Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 May 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 116. VOL. LXXXIV. TUESDAY, 25th MAY, 1926. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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    BETTING TAX PROBLEMS.
    475 2 IS A DOUBLE TWO BETS A number of complex problems will have to be solved by the revenue authorities before the new betting tex of 5 per cent, or Is. in the can be put into operation on November 1. It i s presumed tha-t the new
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    REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS.
    243 2 SIR F. SYKES’ PLAN TO STOP WAR. “A future war is inevitable if armaments are piled up nation against nation, and, though of small beginnings, will spread to world dimensions, effect unexampled misery, and probably destroy the civilised world.” That is the opinion of Major-General Sir Frederick
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    Australia’s Test Match Warriors.
    1219 3 Bv Clem IGn. •r (The Great Australian Batsman.) Why England May Win the Ashes. Concluding Article To retain the Ashes, Australia goes to England to face her most difficult task since the war. It was in 1920 under the captaincy of Johnny Douglas that England lost
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    MISS LEE WHITE’S AFFAIRS.
    201 3 SUES MR. WILFRED COTTON FOR WRONGFUL ARREST. A Melbourne message states that Miss Lee White, the comedienne, has issued a writ against Mr. Wilfred Cotton, the theatrical producer, for £3,500 damages for wrongfully causing her to be arrested and imprisoned. This action is a sequel to
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    COMING EVENTS.
    30 3 May 29 —Soccer Match. P.C.C, v. Perak Club, Esplanade. 5-10 p.m. 30 —Cricket Match E.S.C. v. Kedah Club, Esplanade, 10-30 a.m. June 5, 8,10 12 Selangor Summer Races.
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    PARIS FASHION NOTES.
    1101 3 (By A Woman Correspondent.) Paris, April 28. There have been moments during the pie sent season, when I thought that the earliest period of all —that of Eve in the garden of Eden —was returning to us. but even this influence is somewhat on the wane! But
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    SHAKESPEARE IN WESTPHALIA.
    291 3 The citizens of Rechlinghausen, long an obscure little town in the province of Westphalia, are making a bold bid for literary fame says “The Times”. After a long career of “bourgeois” mediocrity, they have produced “The London Prodigall, a play which on its title page, printed in
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    MR. W.M. FRATER.
    695 4 CHINESE RUBBER DEALERS’ TRIBUTE. Mr. W. M. Frater, the manager of the Penang Branch of the Anglo-French Trading Co., Ltd., was the guest of honour at a dinner given by the Penang Chinese Rubber Dealers a t the Springtide Hotel, Tanjong Bungah. on Friday even.ing on the
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    NORTH POLE FLIGHT.
    137 4 GARGOYLE MOBILOIL USED EXCLUSIVELY. It will doubtless be of interest to the many local users of Gargoyle Mobiloil to learn that this oil was used exclusively on the recent successful Hight to the North Pole. In fact, the leader of the expedition. Lieutenant-Commander Byrd, also borrowed the
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    A PEER HITS BACK.
    1504 5 BY LORD STRATHSPEY. So much is written in these days of a democratic Press, says our contributor, attacking the incomes of peers of the realm, their rents and royalties, and challenging their very right to e.i ist. that \lhe average citizen almost takes it for grunted
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    JACK HOBB'S BENEFIT.
    159 5 FOR SERVICES TO CRICKET The most important benefit match of the present cricket season will be that in recognition of the services of Hobbs to the Surrey Eleven. This will be the third benefit match for this famous batsman, the previous games were spoiled by the circumstances
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    By the Way.
    1557 6 VT was not until 1904 that the Heart t 9 of the Empire adopted Empire Day, i already well established as a national 1 institution in many of the overseas dominions May 24 was chosen as a compliment to Victoria the Good whose i birthday it was.
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    OIL COMPANY’S LOAN.
    62 6 —Reuter. NEW DEBENTURE I SUE. J Amsterdam, May 25. The Bdaafsche Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of the Royal I’lVch Company, is issuing on June 1, 24,000,000 guilders 4-j P p r c nt. debentures at 97| of which 6.000,000 already have been privitely This issue is part
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      SAFETY FIRST.
      298 6 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, —In the interest of the public, permit me to draw the attention of the public in general and of the authorities in particular to a grave public danger that is now existing in Carnarvon Street and its neighbourhood. Hired cars
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    CIVIL SERVICE AND THE PUBLIC.
    290 6 THE ADDRESS AND THE CASKET. The new Gei cal Order published below, which has been issued by the Colonial Government, will be read with interest by the public. It will be noted that if an address of greeting or farewell is presented by a grateful
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    HOME CRICKET.
    101 6 —Reuter. OXFORD VERSUS AUSTRALIANS. Oxford, May 22. The Oxford versus Australians match was opened in delightful weather before 5,000 spectators. The wicket at first was slow but latterly it became faster. At the tea interval Oxford were all out for 135. Taylor ami Stephenson scored 34 and 15
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    THE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
    178 6 W. L. Pts. No. P W L Ist Ist Pos Obt Res Per In In Kent 1 1 0 0 0 5 5 0 100 00 Yorks 5 3 0 1 0 20 18 1 90 00 Lancs 6 2 0 2 0 20 16 2 >0
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    KING OF ITALY’S CUP.
    52 6 .—Reuter. FRANCE LEADS INTERNATIONAL TEAMS. Stamford Bridge, May 24. The result of the International Athletic Team competition for the King of Italy’s Cup was as follows France 23 points England Italy 14 Belgium 4. The times in the short-distance races were poor since the best runners
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    DAVIS CUP.
    34 6 —Reuter. SPAIN DEFEATS IRELAND. Dublin, May 22. Dy defeating Ireland in «3 matches out of five. Spain earned ttie right to meet the Argentine in the third round of the Davis Cup.—Reuter.
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    INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL.
    20 6 —Reuter. ENGLAND BEAT BELGIUM. Antwerp, May 24. At association football England beat Belgium by 5 goals to .3.—Reuter.
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    EGYPTIAN ELECTIONS.
    148 6 .—Reuter. COALITIONISTS’ GAIN. Cairo, May 23. The Jttebadists were routed at the elections, the Zaghlulist Coalition having captured in all twenty seats. The declared figures for thirteen cons’ituencies show that the Coalitionists polled 68,000 votes against their opponents’ 1,301. Azmy Pasha, Ex-Minister of War, and a prominent Ittehadist,
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    STEAMER ABLAZE.
    42 6 —Reuter. SERIOUSLY DAMAGED AT DUNKIRK. London, May 23. A message from Dunkirk states the French steamer Omphule, from Port Arthur with petroleum, took fire in port last night. The fire was extinguished by steam injection, but the damage is serious.-
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    FRANCE AND U.S.A.
    49 6 Reuter. WAR DEBT SETTLEMENT. Washington, May 24. The House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee approved the French war debt settlement. The Chairman expects the bill will pass the House with little opposite n, but it will be a long and bitter fight in the Senate,-
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    279 6 LAST DAY’S RESULTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 23 The weather was fine. H. E. the Gov- rnor and the G. O. 0. weie present. The following were the resu'ts Race 1. HIT (Hair) 1 LADY SYDNEY (Glennon) 2 KISMET (Northrnore) 3 Won by three jeng'hs a
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    AMATEUR RACES.
    261 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 25. The weathe- was fine and there was a moderate attendance. The following were the results Race 1. NANETTE (Mr. Elliott) 1 AL\. ID 01 A THOLE (Mr. Hourke) 2 rIAT S 3 AND (Harriman) 3 Won by a short head; lengths.
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    COLONIAL CRICKET.
    48 6 STRAITS V. HONGKONG. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 23. The probab e team to represent Mahya against Hongkong will comprise Armitage, Bostock Hill. Charleswortb, C. II.G Clarke, N.J. A. Foster (Captain), R. Hamilton, S. G. A. Maartensz, A. p. Penman, Rhodes, Taylor and De Vitre.
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    238 6 GUILLEM ARD CUP. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 21. At the end of Sunday’s play for th. Guillemard Cup the Colony h*4d a commanding lead by 17 poii ts to 9. H. E. the Governor was p sent yesterday. The following were the results Singles. John Lim
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    CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.
    70 6 TO BE HELD AT KUALA LUM PHII. At a meeting of the Malayan Liwn Pennis Association it was decided b» hold a Championship Meeting on July 31 at Kuala Lumpur lasting ab <ut a week. Entries will be limited to 16 Sin hs, although it might be possibl»'
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    HOME SPORT.
    155 6 THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR (Special Sports Service.) From the special correspond‘nt <>f the Singajtore Free Press. Singapore, May tH. The general opinion of the cricketing world, after seeing the Australian battii form, is that the best matches will end in drawn games. There have been no special discoveries of
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    DERBY BETTING.
    65 6 The betting on the Derby a lows:—Colorado 5 to 2 against: ll nach 7to 1 against; Lex 9to 1 agaiiis Apple Samy 100 to 7 against Hearty 100 to 6 against Swiltsure to 1 against.—S. F. P. Special bpo« Service. ’Varsity Athletics. In the play for the Christie
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      125 6 “P. G.” CROSS-WORDS COMPETITION. Solution of Puzzle No. 66. We publish below the correct solution of the Pinang Gazette Cross-Words Puzzle No. 66, together with the names of successful competitors Ist., Prize Dr. T. Y. Khew, Ipoh. 2nd., Prize Mr. S. G. Sintbanam, Malacca. 3rd., Prize Miss Chin, Penang. Additional
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    WHITSUN CRICKET.
    2948 7 Penang Defeats Selangor. A KEEN MATCH. Ideal cricketing conditions favoured the inter-state match between Penan# and Selangor on Saturday and Monday. A cloud-fleeced sky threatened rain during the morning of the first day, but the weather clerk was kind and beyond ensuring an unusual coolness the clouds did
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    MUIRFIELD GOLF COURSE.
    55 7 WHERE THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP IS BEING PLAYED. Mansfield golf course is one of the finest courses on the East Coast of Scotland. It is situated a few miles north oj Gullane, in Haddingtonshire, awl faces the Firth of Forth. Its lay-out is excellent and it offers a
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    INTER-STATE CRICKET.
    433 7 SINGAPORE v. N. SEMBILAN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 23. The match between Singapore and Negri Sembilan commenced on Saturday in fine weather. The wicket was hard and fast. The following were the scores Singapore—(lst Innings). Charlesworth c N. J. A. Foster b De Vitre 44 Taylor
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    BIRTHS.
    38 8 Stephens. —On the 19th May at Tremelbye Estate, to Mr. and Mrs. W. F. 0. Stephens a son. Edwards. —On May 20. at 63, Scotts Road, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Edwards, a son (stillborn).
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    THE NEW CHINESE MEMBER.
    417 8 H. E. the Governor hag not yet made known his choice in the matter of the selection of a member of the Chinese community to represent Penang in the Legislative Council. We were in hopes that his decision would have been made public at the last
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    SAFETY FIRST.
    456 8 Traffic problems at Home have reached such a stage that every city or town of any pretensions has now got a Safety First Committee charged with the duty of considering the safety of vehicular and pedestrian traffic in the streets. These organisations work in co-opera-tion with each other
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    "WAIT FOR IT!"
    369 8 What have the Federated Malay States done to Singapore, to incur the bitter resistance of the Press to the Governor’s proposed reform of the administration of the F. M. S., popularly but somewhat vaguely known as Devolution So fierce indeed is this resistance that the Press will
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    Letter from London.
    1541 8 John MR. CHURCHILL’S BUDGET SPEECH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 29. Though the whole of Mr. Churchill’s Budget speech was inevitably delivered with the possibility of a great industrial i crisis in mind, that contingency occupied only a few sentences. But they were significant. They contained
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    68 8 DEATH. Distant.— On the 21st instant at 58 Meyer Road, Singapore, Annie Maria, widow of the late Capt. A. Distant of Penang, Ag Q d 91. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Mr. Lim Keit Lemgand family’ beg to ihank those friends and relations who kindly sent lett°rs and telecrams of condolence, wreaths, scrolls, banners,
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    COAL DEADLOCK.
    1038 9 GOVERNMENT NO LONGER TO ACT AS MEDIATOR. FIRM REPLIES TO BOTH SIDES. INABILITY, NOT POLITICAL INTERFERENCE,” THE INDUSTRY’S REAL TROUBLE. The Government has withdrawn from the thankless post of mediator in the coal dispute, and in so doing has probably brought the owners and miners to a realisation
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    MOROCCAN WAR.
    178 9 —Reuter. REPORTED CAPTURE OF ABD-EL-KRIM’S FAMILY. Tangier, May 22. The French claim to have captured the Abd-el-Krim family at Targuist.— Reuter. Fez, May 23. The break-up of the Rift resistance is continuing. All tribes between the French lines in the eastern sector and Targuist are offering to surrender.
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    WORLD’S STATESMEN.
    174 9 Notable Gathering in London, H. R. H. AS HOST. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, May 22. London next week will be the scene of a notable gathering of 130 of the world’s statesmen, representing more than 30 diffeient nationalities, at an International Parliamentary Conventional Conference. The highest honour will
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    S. AFRICA’S FLAG.
    302 9 PEOPLE PROTEST AGAINST NEW DESIGN. London. May 24. The L nion of South Africa is greatly agitated over the Government’s Flag Bill, which provides for the introduction of a new National Flag from which the Union Jack.is omitted. In the Rand and Natal particularly, indignant protest meetings
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    POLISH ZINC DEAL.
    45 9 —Reuter. MINES BOUGHT IN UPPERSI LESI A. Warsaw, May 23. Representatives of the Harriman and Anaconda financial concerns, have definitely signed a final agreement with the Polish Government to parchase zinc mines in Polish Upper-Silesia, involving further investments of over 10,000,000 dollars.-
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    BRAZILIAN BONDS.
    25 9 —Reuter. OVER-SUBSCRIBED IN U.S. New York, May 22. An issue of $35,000,000 in Brazilian Bonds at 6| per cent was promptly over- subscribed.-
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    GERMAN "REDS."
    161 9 .—Reuter. Armies Reviewed Under Police Supervision. ORDERLY ASSEMBLY. BRITISH LABOUR LEADERS DENOUNCED. Berlin, May 24. The German Communist party and the extreme Nationalist organisation, Stahlhelm or Steel Helmets,” held reviews of their respective armies yesterday, the former in Berlin and the latter in Duesseldorf. The Communists were estimated
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    AVIATION.
    144 9 CAIRO-CAPETOWN FLIGHT. Khartoum, May 22. The Air Force aeroplanes have arrived here.—Reuter. [On March 1 Reuter cabled The first stage of the 11,000 miles flight by the R.A.F. to Capetown, under the leadership of Wing-Commander Pulford, with 5 officers and 2 mechanics, has been completed with the arrival at
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    DISTRESS IN RUSSIA.
    127 9 —Reuter. SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. Riga, May 25. There are no fewer than 650,000 waifs and strays in Russia, many living under appalling conditions, according to the revelations made at a sitting of the Council of the People’s Commissars presided over by M. Rykoff. As reported by the Izvestia,
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    FRENCH FINANCE.
    102 9 .—Vale. M. PERET’S LATEST PLAN. Paris, May, 22. M. Peret, the Finance Minister, it is stated in Le Journal, is working at a project of voluntary conversion of debt and contemplates the creation of a tax for amortisation in order to restore French finance, which alone will enable
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    55 9 (Rugby Radio Service) Saturday’s foreign exchange rates were Paris, 147} New York, 4.86; Brussels, 148} Geneva, 25.13 Amsterdam, 12.182 Milan, 125} Berlin, 20.43|; Stockholm, 18.17 Copenhagen, 18.53 Oslo, Vienna, 34.4|; Helsingfors, 193}; Madrid, 33.461; Lisbon 2}}; Buenos Aires, 45 Bombay, Is. 5&d.; Shanghai, 2s. lid.; Yokohama, Is. llAd.
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    AMATEUR GOLF TITLE.
    439 9 Americans Make Their Greatest Bid. TOLLEY DEFEATED. PROMINENT BRITONS FALL IN FIRST ROUND. Muirfield, May 24. The greatest bid ever made by America for the British Amateur Golf title, held by Robert Harris, a Scot, was opened here this morning. The weather is ideal. The first round
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    BOXING.
    70 9 —Reuter. WORLD’S WELTER-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. London, May 22. At Scranton, a coal miner, Pete Latzo, won the world’s Welter-Weight Championship, outpointing Mickey Walker in. ten rounds—Reuter. CARPENTIER’S GRIM FIGHT. New York. May 22. Fourteen thousand spectators witnessed, a ten-round light heavy-weight bout between Georges Carpentier and Sailor Huffmann at Madison
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    DEVOLUTION.
    1612 10 Special Interview with Sir Frank Swettenham. TIME WHEN CAPITAL WAS BEGGED. The following special intervieiv with Sir Frank Swettenham, sent to the Malaya Tribune by its correspondent in London, Mr. 11. J. IT. Sidney, M.A., is of great importance and interest at a time when Malayan politics are so
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    ALLEGED USE OF FORGED CHITS.
    647 10 EX-GOVERNMENT CLERK CHARGED. The case was l>egun on Friday before Mr. J. W. W. Hughes, in the Kuala Lumpur police court, against S. F. David, an ex-Government clerk, who is charged with using as genuine certain forged documents. The first witness was Palani, a Tamil
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    EXCHANGE.
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1429 11 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. E. Gattey has joined the Board of Visitors to the Singapore reformatory. Mr. S. Knocker is appointed a Muni l it Commissioner for Singapore, vice Mr. F. G. Lundoii. Lt. E. B. McCall has become honorary cretary of the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Association, vice Mr. H. E.
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    TAMIL STABBED.
    211 11 EXPLANATION OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE DOUBTED. iKNIFE AND KEYS FOUND. A Tamil named Kunan was brought before the magistrate, Mr. F.N. Wilson in the Second Court, Penang, this morning in connection with the wounding of another Tamil named Valathian. On Sunday afternoon information was brought to Inspector Matthews that
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    A CROWN APPEAL.
    265 11 SOAP TRADE MARKS’ CASE. Notice not Served. An unusual case was down for hearing r. the list at the Supreme Ce urt, Penang, by the Senior Puisne Judge, this morning It was an appeal by the Crown against a decision of the District Court Judge. The appeal
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    SINGAPORE MOTOR SMASH.
    40 11 TWO EUROPEANS KILLED. Our Singapore correspondent telegraphs that two Europeans named Percy Lowi des and Kernick. the latter employed in the Singapore Traction Company were killed outright in a motor smash in Tanjong Pagar Road last night.
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    MOTOR CARS IN COLLISION.
    59 11 A hire motor car P 2337 cam? into collision with a Baby Austin P 1494 driven by Capt. A. Lovell, Adjutant el the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteers Corps at the junction of Udini Road and Glugor Road yesterday afternoon. None of the occupants of the
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    THE ETERNAL TRIANGLE.
    109 11 OR, WHEN THE MEN PAID.” Penang Police Court Incident. An “eternal triangle” that would have gladdened the heart of Charles Gan ice was pathetically disclosed in the colourless language of the Police Court, Penang this morning. Two men and a woman, Tamils, were charged with fighting at
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    253 11 a The following are the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy <k Co.'d share list at I p.m. to-day Saturday. To-day S’® Bharkh. Z S. CJ 5Q 00 ffl 3Q 80. S c. t J c. Allenby 3.50 3.60 3.60 3.70 cum Amalgamated... 4.90 5.10 5.00 5.20 Broga
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    127 11 The following are the changes in the report of THE MALAYA COMPANY, LIMITED for to day Tin Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Batang Padang Dredging .77 S -79 Chenderiang Tin 24/9 25/3 Bitam Tin Ltd 1.37} 1.42} Idris Hydraulic Tin 6<*/- 61/6 Johan Tin Dredging .34 .49 Kinta
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    103 11 T ie following are our latest quotaRubbers. Buyers. Sell» rs. A. Mol. ks 2.90 3.00 A. Pam.s 14.51, 15.50 Bcgowiiies 5.50 5.75 B. K dils 1.30 1.35 Gler.ealys 2.75 3.0.'» L dragiris 10.75 11.25 K«-ui p.»s 10.25 11.00 Jimabs 2 80 2.90 MxlakolTs 4.80 5.30 N. Sereipiahs
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    TIN PRICES.
    117 11 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices, on May 21: London. Spot £266.15s Down 10/3 w/s. buying 265.5 s Up 5/3 selling 265.10 s 5/Local. May 22: S'ngapore sold 100 tons at $135/* Penang buyers no sellers at sl34}. May 25: Singapore sold 50 tons at
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    32 11 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet 71 cts per pound per pl. $94.66 No. 1 Crepe 71 cts per pound per pl. $94.66 Easier. (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.)
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    RUBBER SALES.
    39 11 The General Produce Agency Ltd Beach Street, Penang, report that the following prices were realised at their auction room to-day: Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet 89 to $9O F.A.Q. do 85 88 Low F.A.Q. do 78 84
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    51 11 The output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N. L.from 16th to 22nd May 1926 (being one week) was 7 tons. The following ivere the rubber quota tions in London on May 22: Smoked Sheet 1/10 Plantation Ist latex crepe 1/10 (By courtesy of Messrs, boustead <k
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    RUBBER DIVIDENDS.
    70 11 Messrs. Boustead Co.. Kuala Lumpur, the agents, inform us that they have received a cable from the Secretaries of the undermc ntioned companies reading as follows: ‘‘Cheras Robber Estates Ltd. Annual Report for 1925, issued profit .£18,501, final dividend recommended 15 per cent, carrv forward 13,130/-. “Snngei Purnn
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    MUNICIPAL BAND.
    259 11 To-day at the Esplanade at 8.30 p m. 1. March Our Battalion Rushworth 2. Overture Light Cavalry Suppe 3’ Waltz Parma Handy 4. Fox Trot Don’t Bring Lulu Brown ft. Selection The Golden Moth Novello 6. Intermezzo Fairy Bower Hume 7 Fox Trot In Sunny Havana Nicholls 8.
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    TALES TOLD TO THE MAGISTRATE.
    827 12 THE INSEPARABLES, John Desmond and Deteotive-Sergeant Rosie did their well-known double act “The Inseparables,” at Lambeth Police Court when the combination was broken up. The “turn” has appeared before four metropolitan magistrates with great success for several weeks, but for seven months John Desmond, who
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    96 12 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Pungih for Asahan and l ain Bahra. Kopah for Belawan (Deli). Rengam for Bernam River, Kuala Selangor, Port Dickson, Malacca and Singapore. Klang for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Laisang for Calcutta. The following ship* are in communication with the Wireless Stations at: Penang —Adrastus, Ambassador, Atlantic
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    PENANG MAILS.
    386 12 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday) BT TRAIN. Federate,! Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Pont, except where otherwise slated, close half-an-hour earlie r than the Ordinary mail. Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) hr the 7-10 p.
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    INSECTS AND FLOWERS.
    1097 13 INVISIBLE COLOURS. The broad facts of the interdependence of insects and flowers cannot be doubted, says a scientific correspondent of “The Times. Plants flaunt their colours or spread their fragrance when the fertilizing pollen, is ripe and the pistil i s ready to receive it. Plants in
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    AN INSULT TO SHAKESPEARE.
    410 13 WHY PEOPLE CRIED “SHAME!” I am not in the least surprised that a cry of “Shame!” greeted the unfurling of the Soviet flag at Stratford-on-Avon the other day during the celebration of the anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, writes John Blunt. That the great interpreter of national
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    SALE OF DWARF CHILDREN.
    238 13 FOR STAGE AND CAFES. Budapest. Though the very high percentage of dwarfs in the Hungarian counties of Borsid, Abaui, and Zemplen, is due to natural causes, the dwarf dealers of the Middle Ages are curiously reealle 1 by the steady export of dwarfs of both sexes
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    CONTEMPORARY ASTERISKS.
    1327 14 LORD HARRIS ON THE FUTURE OF CRICKET. Films v. Stage. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 29. The Australian team have been practising at Lord’s, but the weather has prevented them deriving the full benefit. One day they were entertained by the Australian and New Zealand Luncheon Club.
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    MOTOR-CAR RECORD BROKEN.
    472 14 ONE-HAND STEERING Pendine (Carmarthenshire), April, 27. With sheets of flame belching from its drain-like exhaust-pipe and cascades of •water tin its wake, Mr. J. G. Parry Thomas’s giant 400-h.p. racing car “Babs’’ to-day set up the world's fastest speed record on the sands at Pendine, in spite
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    MARKET PRICES.
    600 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET Pmam, May 25, 1926 > oto Gotkbnmbnt Muttoh— Mutton Indian m. per lb 55 Mutton— Head, sheep or goat M 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 Mutton lb
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