Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 April 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY.’ No. 95. VOL. LXXXIV. WEDNESDAY, 28th APRIL, 1926. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    THE RETURN OF ULYSSES.
    627 2 AN HOMERIC ECLIPSE. Dr. Schoch, of Heidelberg, has attempted to fix the date of the Siege of Troy by applying an astronomical test to the alleged eclipse of the sun described by Homer in the Odyssey. Dr. Schoch used the methods evolved to predict future eclipses
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    CONTEMPORARY ASTERISKS.
    1371 3 SOCIALISM AND A DISTINGUISHED RECRUIT. How M. P’s. Travel. Colonel Josiah Wedgwoo'l. M. P., is an odd fsh. There is probably no more hard-hitten. individualist now living, and yet he has enrolled as a member of the Socialist Party, and he has proceeded to show his belief in
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    SEARCHING FOR MAN’S ORIGIN.
    370 3 SOME PROMISING SITES. After a six-month survey of sites connected with man’s origin and evolution in India, Ceylon, Java, Australia, and South Africa, Dr. Ales Hrdlick», curator of physical anthropology in the L. S. National Museum at Washington, returned recently says the Washington Science News Bulletin.”
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    KING ARTHUR’S GRAVE.
    841 4 NOTES ON A MUCH-DISCUSSED QUESTION. Mr. Henry Jenner, a leading authority on the Arthurian legends, contributes to the “Western Morning News” some interesting notes on the much-discussed question of King Arthur’s burialThe story of the discovery of the grave of King Arthur of Glastonbury in the time
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    THE READY WRITER.
    769 4 A NOVELIST ON HIS PITFALLS. Mr. John Buchan, the novelist, lecturing in Edinburgh on The Pen of the Ready Writer,” warned his audience against overpicturesqueness, the misuse of metaphors, and other “pitfalls of style in modem journalism. He sa.id almost everybody w<as a kind of a journalist
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    British Trade and Shipping.
    1455 5  -  Goods and Services. By Archibald Hurd. Article IL The intricate economic system by which the 45,<*00,000 people of the United Kingdom live from day to day, which was described in the former article on the balancing of the British trading account, lis not been created by
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    820 5 Tribute To Resident Councillor. HALF-YEARLY MEETING. The half-yearly meeting of the Penang Turf Club was held xesterday evening to receive the accounts for the half-year ended 28th February 1926. The Hon. Mr. W. Peel C.M.G. (Resident Councillor) presided, and there were also present Mr. G. A. Hereford,
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    A NATIONAL FESTIVAL.
    570 5 connection with tlw correspondence regard tny Tamil New Year's Day,. reproduce the following leading article from the Ceylon Daily News.” A Large majority of the inhabitants of Ceylon will observe to-morrow (April 13) as a national festival. The day marks the beginning of the Sinhalese and Hindu
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    RARE MALADY.
    240 5 SEAMAN LOSES SMALL TOES. Ainhurn, one of the rarest diseases, necessitated the amputation at the base of both small toes of John Davis, a seaman. who contracted the disease while on an exploration trip in the African jungles. Surgeons said that removal of the diseased tissue was the
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    THE MATUS.
    43 5 The homeward mail bv the s.h. Ekma closes at 6 p.m. on Friday the 30th instant. The R.I. Packet Teesta with mails despatched in Lnndnn on April Bth is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday the 30th instant.
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    By the Way.
    1582 6 1 RLE Y P rooks, novelist, playwright and journalist, Dear old Shirley as his friends called him ■was born on April 29, 1816. After many years of service as a parliamentary reporter on the staff of The Morning Chronicle, he joined the staff of Punch in 1857
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    PENANG HARBOUR.
    178 6 Mr. C. W. Ballantyne, Secretary of the Penang Harbour Board informs us that “Notice is hereby given that the Governor has been pleased to sanction under Ordinance 130 (ports) Sec; 46 and 48 that the Scale of Rates for store rent as at present in force Reference 254
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    HARBOUR CONGESTION.
    173 6 WHAT IS THE BOARD’S SOLUTION? Chairman’s Visit. Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer, Chairman of Singapore and Penang Harbour Boards, is expected in Penang at the end of this week, his visit is in connection with the question of harbour congestion. Meanwhile is it true that the Boards are
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    POLICE COURT.
    224 6 In the Second Court this morning before Mr. S. N. King, Ho Siy Hun a Hokien, was fined $5 for damaging one wooden tray of cakes value 50 cents, the property of Rakki. at Kimberly street on Monday, Rakki was carrying the tray of cakes on his h*»ad
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    A "GLOOM CHASER".
    164 6 Char’es Mason, the principal comedian of the English Comedy Revue Company which opens its season at the Town Hall Penang, on the 3rd May, is known throughout India as the gloom chaser His jokes are spontaneous and often made up on the spur of the mom®nL His
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    AMATEUR WIRELESS SOCIETY OF MALAYA.
    708 6 REPORT AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. The following report will be submitted at the annual general meeting of members of the Amateur Wireless Society of Malaya to be held on April 30 in Singapore As will be seen from the attached Statement, the Society received a
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    THIRTY-SEVEN APPELLANTS.
    118 6 The. appeal by thirty-seven Chinese who had been convicted in the Police Couu\ Singapore, on a charge of membership of an unlawful society wag down for hearing before the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison. cn Monday morning. Mr. Claude da Silva, who ha R been instructed by the
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1218 6 SOCIAL PERSONAL. T.O.M. Mr. W. Gillam and Mr. F. C. A. Allen arrived on the s. s. Ampang from Sitiawan, to-day. Mr. G. Potter, of Lawin Estate, Koala Kangsar, is due back shortly from Home leave, with his bride. Mr. M. D. Daly arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning from
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    PASSENGERS LEAVING.
    418 6 The following passengers are proceeding to Europe by Mie s.s. Kalyan Mrs. Brooke and infant, Mrs. C. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. H. George, Miss Brooke, Master Brooke, Miss M. G. Goldsmith, Mrs. L Wilmar, Miss Tart, Mr. R- G. Heawood, Mr. R. Greaves, Mr. G. Crist, Mr. and
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    A LONDON LETTER.
    1327 7 ABOUT FROCKS A’nD FASHIONS. (By A Woman Correspondent.) London, April 1. Every year when he beech trees throw gold and brown coverlets over the wood anemones, when shaggy chrysanthemums are glowing in the flower-bowls and there are fir-cones to throw on the fires, Autumn seems the loveliest
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    77 7 We are officially informed that recruiting has been generally resumed in the Madras Presidency, but the following taluks are closed to recruiting owing to prevalence of disease South Arcot District —Chidambaram and Gingi Taluks. Tanjore District —Mayavaram Taluk. Trichy District —Odayarpalayam Taluk. Madura District —Palni Taluk. Tinnevelly District
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    284 7 LEAGUE POSITIONS—AND ONE TO GO The positions of the leading and last clubs in the English and Scottish Leagues to date are as follow. The curtain falls on League football on Saturday. Division I. Huddersfield 41 23 7 11 90 56 57 Arsenal 40 21 12 7 83
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    AN AIR SQUADRON FROM THE CITY.
    515 7 STOCKBROKERS AS BOMBERS. Bankers’ Flight.” Stockbrokers as adept at dropping aeroplane bombs as at releasing a block of shares: underwriters as much at home in spinning nose-dives as in the insurance market: bank cashiers as comfortable in an air pocket as they are behind
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      260 7 RHEUMATIC PAINS QUICKLY UISAPPEAR. HEALTH IMPROVES REMARKABLY. From the great capitals of Europe and from far off Australia come reports of wonderful cures effected by De AX itt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills. These reports are confirmed by the experience of wellknown local people and in practically every bazaar tales are
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    BIRTH.
    19 8 Elton. —At Batu Gajah Hospital, on April 27, to Capt. and Mrs. H. de C. Elton, —a son.
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    PENALISING EFFICIENCY.
    656 8 There is need for immediate reorganisation of tbe rubber industry ami not onlyplanters, but all those who have the best interests of the future at heart should not be misled by the wave of false optimism emanating from the Colonial office in London. In a somewhat mixed official
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    PENANG HARBOUR.
    468 8 It's dogged as does it. It ain't thinking about it." A homely truism indeed which most of us have long since learned to appreciate. What a red letter day it will be in Penang when tbe Harbour Board reaches the conclusion that “it’s dogged as does it.” What
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    THE NEW R.C.
    110 8 THE HON’BLE MR. RALPH SCOTT APPOINTED. The Pinang Gazette is officially informed that the Hcn’ble Mr. Scott is expected to arrive in Penang on May 9 when he will assume the Resident Councillorship. Mr. Scott who is 52 years of age entered tbe Straits Settlements service as
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    Scottish Letter.
    1510 8 "taHe Vim of a vernacular. hivid Spoken Speech. (Prom Our Own Corresponlent). Edinburgh, March 31. In the home lands the vernacular has largely come to mean the old Scots tongue; but ‘‘vernacular” has a wider application; it is simply the Latin adjective, home born,” and no two peoples
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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    20 8 DEATH. Hendrie. —At Singapore Hospital, on 25th April, Editbe Hendrie, beloved wife of D. G. Hendrie, Rompin Penari Estate, Bahan.
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    "RETROGRADE MORAL STP."
    225 9 —Reuter. Betting-Ta Opponents. CHANCEIOR DISTURBS HORN IS’ NEST. BUDGE AFTERMATH. London, April 26. The bettinjtox promises to be the most cont cove dal fe it tire of the Budget. It is oppose by churches and b okmakers fror different angles while Constriativr are divide 1, one section
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    U.S. AND DEBT SETTLEMENTS.
    116 9 —Reuter. LATVIA AND F.STHONIA. Washington, April 27. A nineteen minutes* debate was sufficient for the Senate to approve of the Latvian Debt Settlement. The Senate also approved the debt agreements with Esthonia and Rumania. Senator Reed, the chief spokeman of the Opposition, declared that very probably
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    RUSSIAN BUDGET.
    77 9 —Reuter. INCREASE IN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. Moscow, April 27. The Soviet Central Executive Committee concluded its fortnight’s session by unanimously adopting M. report, fully approving the Government’s foreign policy and also adopting the law reforming agricultural taxation and the ratification of the Soviet budget which shows the estimated
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    FASCISM IN ITALY.
    73 9 —Reuter. BLARE AND BOMBAST. Milan, April 27. In torrential rain over fifty thousand Fascists assembled in Cathedral Square last night to pay homage to Signor Mussolini, who was given a most enthusiastic ovation when he appeared on the balcony surrounded by local notables. Referring to the downpour
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    U.S.A. AND MEXICO.
    69 9 —Renter. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES. Mexico City, April 24, The neutral chairman of Mexican delegates on the Amerigo-Mexican Claims Commission has signed and issued the Commission’s decision to the effect that the United States is not entitled to damages for the massacre of fifteen Americans at Santay Safe
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    U.S. RAILWAY BANKRUPT.
    37 9 Chicago, April 27. Judge Wilkerson, of the Federal Court, ordered the foreclosure and sale of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, the affairs of which are already in the hands of a receiver.
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    BUDGET ATTACKED.
    247 9 —Reuter. Ex-Chancellor’s Scathing Comments. “PROFLIGATE AND BANKRUPT” London, April 27. To-day was Opposition Day in the House of Commons in connection with the Budget. Mr. Philip Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer in the late Labour Government, took full advantage of the occasion and accused Mr. Churchill of increasing
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    FLOODS IN RUSSIA.
    107 9 —Reuter. RI VERS OVERFLOW. Moscow, April 28. The Volga and its upper tributaries have overflowed their banks and the River Klazma has flooded the town of Orekhovo, forty-five wiles east of Moscow. Eight persons have been drowned and eleven bridges have been destroyed. Many textile mills are
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    GLOVE INDUSTRY.
    91 9 KEEPING OUT FOREIGN GOODS. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, April 27. In the House of Commons, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, President of the Board of Trade, said the value of glove imports during the first three months of 1925 was £1,157,000. For the same period this year, during which the
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    UNEMPLOYMENT.
    39 9 NOW BELOW 1,000,000 MARK. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, April 27. The number of unemployed in this country is now below one million. The latest weekly return gives the total figure as 996.600. On January 4, it was 1,251,900.
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    CALCUTTA RIOTS.
    26 9 Reuter. STREET ASSAULTS. Calcutta, April 27. Sporadic cases of assault and street fighting continue. The known casualties to-day are 10 killed and 15 wounded.
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    59 9 Yesterday’s foreign exchange rates were Paris, 145 j New York, 4.86| Brussels 135 Geneva 25.11 Amsterdam, 12.10 Milan 121 Berlin 20.43; Stockholm, 18.16; Copenhagen, 18.60; Oslo, 22.52; Vienna, 34.50 Prague, 164]; Helsingfors, 193 Madras, 33.73 Lisbon, 2| Rio, 7J BuenosAires. 45} Bombay, Is. s§d.; Shanghai, 2s. 10i<i.; Hongkong,
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    COAL CRISIS.
    346 9 Premier’s Peace Efforts. PROPOSED JOINT CONFERENCE. (Rugby Radio Service London, April 27. The Premier, the Minister of Labour and the Secretary for Mines met the mine-owners’ sub committee at 10 Downing Street this afternoon. Previously the mine-owners’ sub committee had had a protracted discussion with their Central Committee
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    WORSTED INDUSTRY.
    181 9 PROTECTION REFUSED. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, April 24. Sir Philip CunLffe-Lister was asked in the House of Commons about the application of the worsted industry for safeguarding import duty. He said that in view of the findings of the committee which considered the application, that employment was not
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    PENNY POSTAGE.
    138 9 P. G. AND REVENUE SACRIFICE. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, April 27. At question time in the House of Commons the Postmaster-General was asked whether he would bring up the subject of Empire Penny Postage at the forthcoming Imperial Conference. He said that he did not doubt that the
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    GERMAN-SOVIET TREATY.
    256 9 —Reuter. Possible Drawbacks. IMPRESSION IN LONDON OFFICIAL CIRCLES. FRENCH OPINION. London, April 27. T e general impassion of the German Soviet Treaty in official circles in London is th; t many of the phrases are vague and indefinite and capable of another interpretation which does not appe ir
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    EMPIRE BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT.
    23 9 Reuter. London, April 27. In the Empire Amateur Billiards tournament Shailer of Australia (2000) beat Rutledge of South Africa (1313).
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    HONGKONG—STRAITS CRICKET.
    102 9 THE VISITORS’ TEAM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 28. The Hongkong cricketers, who have been delayed will arrive on May 26. A new programme is in course of arrangement. F. H. Mustard of Selangor. R. N. Hamilton of Singapore, and N.J .A. Foster of Negri Sembilan have
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    FOOTBALL.
    63 9 D. A Ft C. v, MONOPOLIES. In a keenly contested game between the D. A. F. C. and the Monopolies on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon the Malays proved superior, winning by two goals to nil. The Monopolies made a great fight of it in the first half and there
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    SOCCER MATCH.
    166 9 The following teams will represent the Singapore Cold Storage Co., Penang, and the Eastern Smelting Club «to-morrow (Thursday) evening at 5-10 on the Renong Ground. Cold Storage—A Ferguson. Heng Un, Daud, Mat Leong, Choo Un, Osman Tamby, Peng Koon, Poh Keat, Eusoff, Cheng Poh. Eastern Smelting—Richards Eng Keat,
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    A TRAGIC JOKE.
    1182 10 BY A GENTLEMAN WITH A DUSTER Deep down in the hearts of the people is a sincere yearning for peace among the nations. No amount of political junketing will upset this resolve. Whilst it remains paramount the war-mongers can never accomplish their plundering aims. An old peas
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    232 10 PENANG. APRIL 28, 1926. Benareu Opiaui p. >5,000.00 non. Cloves 100.00 buyers Gold leaf 72.00 seller»Mace Pickin«? 160.00 sellers Nutmegs 80s 100.00 nom. 110« 95.00 > Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom. Copra Sundried $11.85 buyers Rattans 11.15 sale» Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shell* 13.00 Siam Rice No.
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      TAMIL NEW YEAR.
      202 11 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette} Sir, —My attention hag been called to a lett» r addressed to you by Mr. D. E. de Silva re. the Hindu New Year and algo his intimation that he and big friends are publishing a pamphlet on the snbj
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    "THE TEN COMMANDMENTS."
    288 11 So much has been written about this great film that it seems superfluous to add the faintest praise. It is indeed a picture of mighty spectacles vividly illustrating in the prologue the flight of the Israelites from the Egyptian bondage, the miraculous crossing of the Bed Sea,
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    BADMINTON TROPHY.
    123 11 The much coveted “Khoo Sian Ewe” Challenge Cup for competition in the Badminton League arrived by the last English Mail and is now on show at Messrs. Lock Co. of Beach Street. The design and workmanship is that of the Goldsmith Silversmith Company Ltd. of 112 Regent Street;
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    TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN.
    64 11 We are informed that Messrs. Bonstead Co., Ltd., Penang have received a telegram from Sydney informing them that the No. 2 Dredge has been ordered from Messrs. Poole Steel, Ltd. It is anticipated that the dredge will be in full working order in 17 months from now.
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    UNITED SUA BETONG.
    98 11 Messrs. Guthrie A Co., local agents of The United Sua Betong Rubber Estates, Limited, inform us that they have received a cable from the Secretaries advising that the Directors of this Company have decided to recommend, subject to audit and usual adjustments, the payment of a final
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    CHINESE ARMED GANG.
    94 11 COMMITTED FOR TRIAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 28. Three Chinese were sent for trial at the Assizes on a charge of assembling to commit an armed gang robbery. This is the sequel to a recent police raid during which shots were fired at European Inspectors.
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    MESSRS STILL AND MAKEPEACE.
    69 11 PR ESENTATION BY JOURNALISTS (From’OurOwn Correspondent) "-TrL- Singapore, April 28. In the offices of the Straits Times Mes-rs. A. W. Still and W. Makepeace were each presented with a silver tankard suitably inscribed, on the occasion of their retirement, by journalists of Malaya. Mr. A. P.
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    SUPREME COURT.
    70 11 SHORT DELIVERY CLAIM. A claim for damages in respect of short delivery rubber is being contested in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Brown, Senior Puisne Judge. Penang. The plaintiff, Eng Kee Teow, trading under the style of Chop Wah Joo is represented by Mr. J. J Saunders
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    RUSSIAN OPERA.
    44 11 There was a large attendance at the Russian Imperial Light Opera Company’s performance of Secrets of the Harem last night in the Town Hall. Vladimir Darrow and Natalie Bochagova agaifi sang well and the dancing of the baltet was a pleasing feature.
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    PENANG CLUB.
    18 11 The half-yearly general meeting of the Penang Club will be held this evening at 7 o’clock.
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    CASHIER’S UNSUCCESSFUL APPEAL.
    258 11 A Chinese cashier, Tan Teck Kang, employed in a sundry goods shop in Bukit Timah Road, Singapore who had pleaded guilty in the Police Court to a charge of criminal breach of trust-, appealed to the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, on Monday, morning, on the ground
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    THE PENANG TRAGEDY.
    123 11 The latest news concerning the loss of the Penang, the Straits Steamship Company’s vessel which caught fire some eight or nine miles off the Sulton Shoal light on Thursday evening lase and sank after burning throughout the night, is to the effect that eighf. persons lost their
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    251 11 The follouing are the latest quotations in Messrs, Kennely <t Co.’s share list at 1 p.m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. Sharks. t c *> s S. 2Q 00 CO 00 e. te.te.Sc. Robber (Dollar.) Allenby 3.10 3.25 3.15 3.25 AlorGajah 2.85 3.00 2.90 3.10 ex A Molek 2.95
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    TIN PRICES.
    102 11 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on April 27 London. Spot £279 Down 1.5 s 3 mos. buying 269.15 s 1 3 selling 270 1.5 a Local. April 28 Singapore sold 175 tons at $1371 Penang buyers no Fellerg at sl36}. The Eastern Smelting Co..
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    101 11 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Allenbys 3.10 $3.20 A. Panas 14.00 14.50 Bassetts 1.42| 1.47| ex B. Lintangs 1.30 1.35 Changkats 9.00 9.50 Glenealys 2.70 2.85 Indragiris 10.00 10.50 K. Sidims 3.65 3.80 M. Pindas 3.05 3.15 Pajama 13.75 14.25 S. Tukangs .70
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    BAND PROGRAMME.
    128 11 The following is the Band Programme to be played at the Waterfall Gardens to-day from 5.15 p m. to 6.15 p.m (Weather permitting) 1 March Argandab Thompson 2. Polka “Pierrot” Godfrey 3. Waltz Why don’t my Dreams come true Patten 4. Selection No, No, Nanette Youmans 5. One
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    KENNEDY & CO'S SHAKE LIST.
    1243 11 KENNEDY CO'S SHAKE LIST. names. g S sc m RUBBER [Dollar./ If c f c c Allenby Rubber Co 3 15 3 25 Gajah Robber Estate 290 J To ex Amalgamated Malay gfetatea 4504 75 Httam Planting Syndicate 21 60 22 5U Ayer Kuntng Rubber Estates 1 17* 1 15
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      575 11 S IR SIDNEY LEE’S W.LL. Nfiw Advertisements Sir Sidney Lee, of Lexham-gardens, 3 Kensington, biographer of King Edward POSITIONS VACANT. VII. and of Queen Victoria, editor of the Dictionary of Biography, and author of th e “Life of Shakespeare,” left £B9lO Wanted: A Tamil Clerk for General He left his
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      179 11 TOWN HALL. The English Comedy Revue Company. Monday, May 3 in SNAP A Tonic for the Jaded. Tuesday, May 4 in BUBBLY” A laugh in every Bubble. Harrington Reynolds and Charles Mason Connie Milne, Elsie May, Myrtle Kingsley, Lena Lawton, Joan Norman and Don Gemmel. Prices $3, $2, $l. Plan
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    LONDON’S LOST RIVERS.
    647 12 ANOTHER STREAM TO DISAPPEAR. The March of Modernism. The London County Council proposes to cover in the River Graveney and to banish if to the obscurity of a sewer culvert. This river, writes a correspondent of the “Observer," has its source below Beulah Hill, crosses the Norbury
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 12 PENANG APRIL 28, 1926. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank.) Lorton Demand Bank 2/3 29/32 i 4 mc-ths’sight Fans 2/4 5/16 3 Credit 2/4 1/2 3 Documentary 2/4 17/32 Calcutta Demand Bank R»lss}| 3 day’s sight Privata 157} I Bombay Demand Bank /f 155} Madras Demand Bank M 155}
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    494 12 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Ellora for Madras. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at: Penang— Aidebaran, Argonauta, City of Glasgow. Eurybates, Laertes, Matsuye Maru. Munsterland. Merauke M. S., Namsang, Nassa, Stagen, Seang Bee, Teiresias. and Vimnale. Singapore —Aldebaran, Belfast Maru, Bithina, City of Valencia, Ekma, Eudunda,
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    COMING EVENTS.
    164 12 April 29—Soccer League Match, Chinese v. P.R.C., Esplanade, 5-10 p.m. May I—Annual Police Sports. Esplanade. I— Soccer Match. P.C.C. v. Perak Club, at Taiping. 4—Soccer League Match. D. Aihsan v. P. C. C., Esplanade, 5-10 p.m, 6—Soccer League Match, Municipality v. P.R.C. Esplanade, 5-10 p.m. 8, 11, 13
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      328 12 The George Town Dispensary Ltd., I THE LEADING CHEMISTS, I PENANG. I OUR REPUTATION —YOUR GUARANTEE. I THE I Cheapest House in the Trade I FOR I Estate Medical Supplies. I SAFETY FIRST. a You are absolutely safe when you deal with E I “THE GEORGETOWN.” Each order is exe-
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    THE WORLD IN 1950.
    1437 13 A VISION OF THE FUTURE. It is easier to discern a far off mountain range than a valley close at hand. If Einstein is right, time is but the missing Fourth Dimension of space, and all things, past and future, exist eternally, ranged jn an iron-world
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    AN UNLICENSED CHURCH.
    89 13 SPECIAL BILL TO LEGALISE PAST WEDDINGS. The discovery that the Church of StMichael, St. Albans, in the diocese of St. Albans, which wa 8 consecrated in June, 1921, had never been licensed for the solemnisation of marriages h<is resulted in the introduction of th e Marriages Provisional
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    SIR OLIVER LODGE ON DEATH.
    1043 14 SOMETHING AKIN TO AN ADVENTURE. In the course of a sermon on “Death.” delivered from the pulpit of Christ Church, Greyfriars. London, Sir Oliver Lodge said there was no neod for the subject to he gloomy. When a youth emigrated his relatives could not help
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    "MR. LOUD SPEAKER."
    727 14 A VISION OF PARLIAMENTARY WIRELESS.” I Cf course, "e shall soon be listeningin to the proceedings of Parliament I whatever th© present Government may decide, writes Mr. Belisha, M.P., in the i “Evenmi Standard-’’ Scientific inventions are always pressed to their logical conclusions, and the microphone, not
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      220 14 Special Advantage TO Morris Car Purchasers. From Ist April, 1926, arrangements 1 have been made with The General I Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corporation to give all Morris Cars sold in Malaya one year’s FREE INSURANCE Morris Cowley 4 Seater $2,015 2 1,845 Morris Oxford 4 2,745 2 2,530
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    MARKET PRICES.
    639 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang. April 28, 1926 S ote Government Mutton— Mutton Indian M per lb 55 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat M each 1.00 Liver with heart A lang do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton M
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      941 15 BANKS STEWARTS AND LLOYDS’ NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL maatschappi j. Wrought Iron Tubes and Fittings for Gas, Water NEDERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY. and Steam. ESI A BLI SITED 1824. Are o bt a j na bl e f rom the Sole Agents Capital (Paid-Up) f. 80,000,000 abt. £6,666,667 at Statutory Reserve f. 20,536,861
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      166 15 lANSALDO I Italy’s Best Car, 1 12 H.P. Full 5-Seater I Touring. $3,000/- 12 H.P. Full 7-Seater 5 Ĕ Touring. $3,600/- See the Ansaldo before you S make* your choice. J I Cycle and Carriage Co., Ltd., PENANG. J T Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Malacca, x B a Regal
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      1232 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. IWVI INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. h |B jOgS S 1 1 9 WEEKLY SERVICE. LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. k 3BS BBS A WHS» Kgl R fi RHEXENOR Apr. 29 Marseilles, London, Rotter lam and Hamburg. IH MH MHg mm ®®a fi O H TANTALUS May 6
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      605 16 P. 0.-BRITTSH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated in Englasd.) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERV,Ci> PKNINSUIAK AND ORIENTAL 8. N. C«. (Under Contract with His Majesty’s Goverument.) P. dL O. SAILINGS. LONDON—FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. Boagkong, Slwmgh«i,’MojL For Colombo, Aden, Port Said, Me r „»i c Yokohama and Kobe. and London. MALWA May
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