Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 May 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY/! No. 121. VOL. LXXXIV. MONDAY, 31st MAY, 1926. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      749 1 -NIKKO Photographic Studio Every Possible Assistance and advice given to amateurs. No. 7, Northam Road, Penang. TEL. 579. I The BRITISH EMPIRE I THE MOTORISTS SURE SHIELD. TYPEWRITERS I I X H C “MOTOR UNION.” jrf~~lrar- ji l S V Jt 1“ S ihiii»i nil ji. i II |W\ h**
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      31 1 THE Eastern Optical Co., (PENANG) (MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS) 188, PENANG ROAD, PENANG. Fye tested by our Optometrist. Lenses ground to prescriptions. Frames Mountings fitted properly. Office hours: —8.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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    THE POMPEIIAN STATUE.
    666 2 ITS ORIGIN AND AUTHORSHIP. The probable authorships of the magnificent bronze statue of a youth, supposedly a Greek work of the finest period, which was recently discovered at Pompeii is discussed in an article in the monthly’ publication of the Italian Ministry of Education, signed by Professor
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      950 2 er" ll rs xssxssx&ax ss x xs x aes x ssb NOTf CE '3l I «ATES OF SCTSCRirriON. Min N.L. R Including free town delivery or II R postage. u NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Stop that Cold a year Bl not later than 30th June
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      8 2 CROSS WORD X 5 A *0 z PUZZLE.
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      542 2 r Y i j? R M I^’ s just wonderful what Ovaltine Pwp does for us both! The Breast-fed baby is the Best-fed baby because maternal milk is of correct composition and proIJ tects the child from serious diseases of nutrition 9 such as rickets, etc. Further, it is germ-iree—a’
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    E. S. A. M. (KEDAH BRANCH.)
    1170 3 ANNUAL REPORT. The following is t' report of the Kedah Bituich of th* Senie s Association of Malaya for the > ear ending 30th April, 1926: Membership.—At tl >, commenceinrn t of the year we 1 ad on our Books 77 bet din ing
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    THOSE ‘NERVY’ YOUNG PEOPLE OF TO-DAY.
    524 3 ARE THEY AS TIMID AS THEIR VICTORIAN ANCESTORS By Hadden Knight. ‘They overtax their nerves!’’ is one of the charges most frequently made against the young people of to-day. Is it not time we heard the last of this particular criticism One is prompted
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    RICE CONSUMPTION.
    1074 3 BRITAIN’S SUPERIOR (POSITION. It is difficult for dwellers in a breadbating land to realize that rice forms the staple food of r 1 out k.’f the popidat; n oj the earth or that the v orld s r’C'? crops, limited though 1’ y are to countries which provide
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    CANADIAN RAILWAYS.
    377 3 SUBSTANTIAL TRAFFIC INCREASE. Ottawa, Ont. The total revenue tonnage handled by the railways during 1925 exceeded that of 1924 by 2.588,463 tong, agricultural products accounting for only 387.356 tons of this inc. case. The large carry-over of he 1923 grain crop into 1924 and the lighter crop in
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    NEARLY EIGHT MILES UP.
    78 3 AMERICAN AIRMEN TWO HOURS IN AIR WITH THERMOMETER 78DEG. BELOW ZERO1 In making a new altitude record at Dayton, Ohio, Lieutenant John. Macready, U.S. Army, flew to a height of 41, OCOft. —nearly eight miles. The previous record for an aeroplane was 39, OOOft. Lieutenant Macready
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    F. M. S. CHAMBER OF MINES.
    2594 5 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. PRESIDENT’S REVIEW. (Krom Our Own Correspondent.) The annual general meeting of the F M.S. Chamber of Mines was held at I noh on Saturday, May 29, at 11 a.m. Mr S. J. Kelman, the President, occupied the chair and among those
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    NEW COVENT GARDEN.
    259 5 PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF MARKET TO FOUNDLING 'HOSPITAL SITE. Details of a scheme for a new Covent Garden Market were disclosed on March 10. It is the intention of the directors of Beecham Estates, Ltd., owners of the market, to apply for powers to remove it to
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    WAR BY LAND CRUISERS.
    120 5 MR BRITTEN AUSTIN’S VISION OF NEXT CONFLICT THAT WILL BANISH INFANTRY. Stimulating anticipations of the conditions governing the next “war to end war” are fascinatingly developed by Mr. F. Britten Austin in his new book, “The Walks Again” (William® and Norgate 3s. 6d. net.) In the
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    DOMINION TRADE.
    84 5 NEW RECORD WITH JAPAN. Vancouver, B. C. The volume of trade between Canada and Japan increased more than $3.000,000 during 1925, 'setting a new record for foreign trade between the Orient and Canada, according to the annual report published by the Japanese Consulate here. The total volume of
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    KITCHENER “MYSTERY”
    94 5 Nearly 2,500 people at a London meeting signed a demand that the “mysterious circumstances” attending the drawning of Lord Kitchener should be cleared i|P by publication of the report <f the Court of Inquiry and that a further public inquiry should be held. There were angry scenes when
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    SWIMMING CLUB.
    1109 5 An Unconventional Annual Meeting. VOTING IN TOWELS As a general rule annual meetings are affairs of dull and staid propriety. Not so that of the Penang Swimming Club, however, whose members with a happy disregard for convention and outside precedent attended their annual meeting yesterday, at the Clubhouse,
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    132 5 SECOND DAY’S HANDICAPS. The following are the weights for Races 1, 4 and 7 on the second day of the Selangor Meeting: Race 1. Ex-Griffin Ponies C. (6 furlongs) Lady Sydney 19-2; Master Reggie 9-5; Posh 8-13; Jane 8-10; Drusilla 8-10; Ismarani 8-6; Hit 8-4; Loch Es® 8-2;
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    218 5 PENANG, MAY 31, 1926. Benares Opium p. ch«*t $5,000.00 nom. Cloves 100.00 buyers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Picking* 160.00 sellers Nutmeg* 80s 100.00 nom. w 110* 95.00 Coconut* per 1,009 50.00 nom. Copra Sundried $11.85 sales Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Sbelh 13.00 Siam
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    By the Way.
    1563 6 years ago to-day the battle of Jutland, the one great fleet action of the Great War. was fought between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Sea Fleet. It is generally considered that Admiral Jellicoe was too cautious, but his conception of tactics, namely battle in
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    "NO, NO, NANETTE.”
    101 6 COMING TO PENANG. Mr. R. L. Salisbury and his London Company are excpected to open at the Penang Town Hail on the 24th June and will produce “No No Nanette This particular Musical Comedy has had a triumphant world wide tour and Penang is assured of a
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    ROAD ACCIDENTS.
    171 6 WEEK-END MISHAPS. Car and Motor Cycle in Collision. Greasy mads, consequent upon yesterday’s heavy rain, were apparently responsible for two road accidents which occurred yesterday in Penang. A European rider of a “James” motorcycle returning from the Swimming Club at Tanjong Bungah skidded as he applied brakes at
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    185 6 The following are our latest quotations Rubber. Buyers. Sellers. Allenbys $3 40 3.50 A. PanaS 14.25 14 50 Brogas 1.85 1.90 B. Jelutongs 120 1.25 Changkats 9.20 9.40 Hay tors 14.00 14.50 Indragiris 10.50 10.75 Kluangs 9.0 L 9,25 Mandai Tekongs .85 .90 Punggors 1.35 1.40 Sandycrofts
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1124 6 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. H. C. Bathurst is appointed a deputy controller of labour. Dr. J. S. E. Manley has been seconded for service with the Government of Kedah. Mr. Ball has succeeded Mr. C. Bazell as Headmaster of the Malay College, Kuala Kangsar. Mr. M. R. Holgate i s appointed
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    DEADLY COCKTAILS.
    250 6 SAME INGREDIENT AS ABSINTHE. A sinister comparison between vermouth and absinthe the drink, which has been forbidden in France, is drawn in the British Medical JournalVermouth, which is the basis of all cocktails and the most popular drink among women in England at the preEent time, contains a
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      493 6 New Advertisements. POSITIONS VACANT? 1 Bill Clerk wanted immediately 2 writing essential. Apply p, nY T* 1 c/o Pinang Gazette. Na I Wanted Lines Dresser Manager, Snngei Ular Estate, k„T’ Kedah. Wanted Experienced Tamil C ductor for Field work, Telu K n sne-.?' preferred. Apply in writing copies of recent
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      156 6 “P. G.” CROSS-WORDS COMPETITION. Solution of Puzzle No. 67. We publish below the correct solution of the Pinang Gazette Cross-Words Puzzle No. 67, together with the names of successful competitors Ist., Prize Miss Ooi Kee Kin, Nibong Tebal. 2nd., Prize Mr. Tan Theam Hock, Penang. 3rd., Prize Mr. 11. M.
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    INTERPORT CRICKET.
    2385 7 Hongkong’s Collapse. BRILLIANT BATTING AT SINGAPORE. The Hongkong cricketers have a formidable task ahead of them in their match against M ilaya which opened on the Padang on Friday morning. Hancock lost the toss, and in consequence the visitors spent a tiring day in the field beneath a
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    “MALAYAN” CRICKET.
    344 7 Theo writes as follows to the Singapore. Free Press. Sir. —In the representative week-end cricket match Malaya versus Hongkong, it is noticed that the selection of the Malayan XI has been studiedly restricted among Europeans. Why in the name of Cricket call a batch of European cricketers a
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    A VALUABLE STONE
    220 7 POLICE COURT STORY OF A RING. 411 Per cent Profit on Second Sale. When two Tamils, Suppari a postman, and Arumagum, a goldsmith, appeared in the Second Court Penang before «Mr F. K. Wilson this morning on a charge of being concerned in the theft of a
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    SINGAPORE WIRES.
    89 7 GARRISON SPORTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 31. The Garrison sports were a great success. Their Excellencies Sir Laurence and Lady Guillimard and His Excellency Sir Theodore Fraser w»-re present. The Inter-Unit individual championship was won by the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment who also took the Inter-Unit
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    INDIAN OPIUM EXPORT.
    104 7 —Reuter. FORBIDDEN EXCEPT FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES. Geneva, May 29. The League of Nations’ Opium Commission unanimously applauded the statement by Sir John Campbell on the new opium policy of the Indian Government, forbidding any export of opium unless for strictly medical or scientific purposes. Sir John Campbell
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    SUPREME COURT.
    118 7 GANJA APPEAL ALLOWED. The Trade Marks Case. An app a al against a fine of $5O each by Meru, Sedik, and Salin, on a charge of being in possession of ganja on board the S. S, Kopah was allowed by the Senior Puisne Judge (the Hon‘ble Mr. A.
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    PENANG CLUB DERBY SWEEP.
    22 7 The drawing of the Penang Club Derby Sweep will take place in the Clutr this evening at 7.30.
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    FOOTBALL
    581 7 P. C. C.’s Five Goal Win. PERAK CLUB EASY VICTIMS. The P. C. C.’s five goal win over the Perak C u’>, Taiping, on the Esplanade on Saturday, does not smack of the brilliance it may first suggest, although credit for playing their best game of the season is
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    COLOURS v. WHITES.
    73 7 The above match will he played on the Esplanade to-morrow afternoon. The following are the plavers Colours. —Cheah Swee Eng, Pek San and Lim Khay Seng, Gim Seik, Abdul Rahman and F. Reutens, K. Coombs, A. Reutens, Keng Teong, Ismail and E. Vai berg. Whites.—E. Walker, Kean
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    121 7 TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following were the results of the ties played on Saturday Family Pairs —Mr. and Mrs. Sellar beat Mr, and Mrs. Bathurst 10 8—6.3. Men’s Doubles —Bennett (E. J.) and Potts beat McEvoy and Goodwin 6.1 8.10—6.4. Men’s Singles :—Williams (.E T.) beat Finch (E.
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      SAFETY FIRST.
      247 7 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”} Sir.—With reference to your suggestion that a Safety-First Committee be formed to look after the public welfare, I have much sympathy with yon in that wise suggestion which should be welcomed by all persons having a real interest in public welfare.
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      “REMEMBER THY CREATOR,"
      369 7 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir. —The advertisement column in Thursdiy’s issue of your local contemporary bore an article of address to those illiterate people and those who have no chance to attend churches, commanding them to Remember thy Creator”. Being illiterate and having no
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      EPHEMERAL.
      216 7 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”} Dear Mr. Editor, —It is very seldom you give one a chance of pulling th© editorial leg; but, of, course Homer (or was it someone else) has sometimes to nod. In an interesting article on Pentecost in your By The Way column,
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    BIRTHS.
    39 8 PATERSON.—kt the Maternity Hospital. Penang. <»u May 30. 1926, the wife of \V. B. Paterson, of a sop. Field.— On May 27, 1926, at the European Hospital, Koala Lumpur, to Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Field, a son.
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    MARRIAGE.
    18 8 Bltgh—Soenen.— At the Registrar’s Oflice, on May 26, 1926, Leslie Richard, to Julienne Soenen of Lille, France.
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    WOMEN AND THE ROAD.
    712 8 It is only very rarely that we have occasion to make comment upon woman. She is singularly free from the normal defects of civilisation common to mere man it may be that she is more clever at concealing her weaknesses or it may be that she
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    "CRICKET."
    460 8 In our correspondence column to-day, w r e publish a letter written to the editor of the Singapore Free Press which must give* all men possessed ot the true sporting instinct food for reflection. We have no means, at the moment, of ascertaining the methods adopted by the Selection
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    Letter From London.
    1170 8 Js>abour f s QfiaTlenge. PEN PICTURES OF THE STRIKE. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, May 6. The evil days that everyone has been fearing for months past have fallen at last. 2\.nd as usual the reality is not quite so bad as the dream- If the national
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    TIN PRICES.
    162 8 The Straits Trading Co.. Ltd., the follounng prices, on May 28: London. Spot 268.10 s Up 15/3 m/s. buying 267.10 s Down 5/3 selling 267.12.6 Local. May 29: Singapore sold 125 tons at Penang buyers no sellers at sl3si. May 31: Singapore sold 100 tons at Penang buyers
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    41 8 The output of the Tongkah Harbour Dredging Co., N. L. from 23rd to-t May 1926 (being one week) was 12 ton The output of Tin v Liability for the mouth ol a was hours 675, piculs 1,205, v,in 111,100.
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    53 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet cts per pound- per plNo. 1 Crepe cts per pound- per pl. Quiet. 1 {By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen I The following were the rid>l>ei C ll tions in London on May 29: Smoked Sheet ogj Plantation Ist latex crepe (By courtesy
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    14 8 DEATH. Ray. —Cecil, aged 24 years, in the General Hospital. Penang, on May 30.
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    MINERS IN DISTRESS.
    1592 9 PRINCE OF WALES CONTRIBUTES TO SOMERSET FUND. LAST DAY OF SUBSIDY OFFER. FEVERISH EFFORTS TO REMOVE THE DEADLOCK, Hardship in its poignant form is stalking relentlessly amongst the families and dependents of British miners. Pride has reluctantly been pocketed and calls have been made for help. From
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    TROUBLE IN PORTUGAL.
    164 9 —Reuter. INSURGENTS VISIT THE PRESIDENT. Lisbon, May 29. The leaders of the insurgents called on the President of the Republic to establish an extra-Parliamentary Government and to summon the leaders of political parties. The Government in a communique declares that complete order reigns throughout the country. The
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    MOROCCO.
    121 9 Reuter. IMPORTANT SUBMISSION. Fez, May 30. M. Steeg, the French Resident, attended by mounted native auxiliaries and all the chiefs participating in the war, received a formal surrender of the great tribe of Beni Zeroual at the same place where in 1925 the Riffian offensive was launched. —Reuter. RAISULTS
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    DISASTROUS FIRE.
    58 9 —Benter. HAVOC IN RUSSIAN TOWN. Moscow, May 29. Damage estimated at 12,000,000, roubles has been caused by a three days* fire in the town of Kotelnitch in the Viatka Department. S-ven persons are dead and many, mostly children, are missing. All the Government buildings, banks, telephone and electric
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    U.S. GOLF VICTORY.
    372 9 Sweetser Wins British Amateur Title. OPPONENT’S ERRATIC PLAY. PICKED UP HIS BALL AT TWO HOLES. Another British sports title has been won by an American. Only once before, in 1904, has the British Amateur Golf Title been held by an American. In that year it was won
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    TENNIS.
    142 9 Reuter. FRANCO-AMERICAN TOURNAMENT. Paris, May 30. In a Franco-American tennis tournament, Helen Willsand Vincent Richards beat Mademoiselle Yvonne Bourgeois and Lacoste 6-4, 6-3. Lacoste and Brugnon beat Vincent Richards and Howard Kinsey 7-5, 8-6. Mrs. Jessup beat Mademoiselle Descleres 6-1, 2-6, 6-3. Miss Ryan and Howard Kinsey beat Madame
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    HOME CRICKET.
    85 9 Reuter. MIDDLESEX v. AUSTRALIANS. London, May 29. The match between the Australians and Middlesex was commenced at Lord’s to-day, and was witnessed by a crowd of 20,000. The wicket was bard and the weather was fine. Apart from two interruptions by showers of rain after tea there was
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    GUNS FOR CHINA.
    36 9 —Koutur. AMERICAN SENTENCED. Victoria, British Columbia, May 29. Louis Levy was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and fined $250 for smuggling five machine-guns which, it is believed, were intended for shipment to China-
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      15 9 THE KING’S BIRTHDAY. The Pina ng Gazette will not be published on Thursday, June 3.
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    MUSSOLINI’S DEMAND.
    368 10 —Reuter. A Place In The Sun ITALY THE UNEXPECTED GUEST. Rome, May 29. A place in th* 1 sfin for Italy was demanded by Signor Mussolini in a speech he delivered to the Senate in the conrse of a debate on the estimates of the Foreign Ministry. He
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    THE RUSSELL INCIDENT.
    292 10 WHY LANDING WAS REFUSED. London, May. .30. The reason for Free State’s request to Britain to exclude Mr. C. E. Russell an American journalist, unless the latter undertook not to visit the Free State, was explained by the Secretary of the Free State Ministry of Justice. It
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    PRINCESS ELIZABETH.
    69 10 CHRISTENING CEREMONY AT Buckingham palace. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, May 30. Princess Elizabeth, the infant daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York, was christened yesterday afternoon in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. The ceremony which was very simple was conducted by the Archbishop of York in
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    U.S. TURF SCANDAL.
    164 10 —Reuter. Race Horses Poisoned. ATTEMPTED GAMBLING COUP. Aurora, (Illinois), May 29. The death of the well-known throughbred. Apology, and the serious illness of three other race-horses, as a result of poison given them in sugar, was revealed in an attempt at a gambling coup involv ing large
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    PRICE OF RUBBER.
    69 10 —Renter. COMMENT ON SIGNIFICANT MOVE. London, May 30. Alluding to the presistence with which rubber fluctuated in the neighbourhood of Is 9d per lb, the Observer's financial correspondent expresses the opinion that a concerted movement is apparently in progress to bring the average price current for three
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    DISASTROUS STORM IN BURMA.
    58 10 Reuter. TIDAL WAVE CAUSES HEAVY DEATH ROLL. Rangoon. May 30. Devastation followed in- the wake of a disastrous storm, on the Arakan coast, which burst both sides of the Maya mountains, causing a tidal wave which inundated the country, wiping out the whole villages. One thousand
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    POLYTECHNIC HARRIERS.
    76 10 —Reuter, ANNUAL MARATHON RESULT. London, May 29. Viscount Lascelles started fifty-eight competitors in the Polytechnic Harriers, annual Open Marathon Race from Windsor to Stamford Bridge, a distance of 26 miles 385 yards. The following was th* 1 result I. S. Ferris, (Air Force. Uxbridge). Time 2 hours, 42
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    DERBY SCRATCHING.
    17 10 Reuter telegraphs from London that Rose Heartv was scratched on the morning of May 29.
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    BALLOON RACE.
    34 10 —Reuter. GORDON-BENNETT CUP. Antwerp, May 30. Seventeen balloons, representing seven nations, started in the Gordon-Bennett race this afternoon. The conditions are likely to force the balloons to go to the North Sea.-
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    AVIATION.
    49 10 .—Reuter. REMARKABLE NON-STOP FLIGHT. Marseilles, May 29, A remarkable non-stop flight has been accomplished by a Dutch aeroplane. It started from Rotterdam at 3.30 in the morning, carrying the Dutch East Indies mail, landed in Marseilles at 10 o’clock and caught the steamer Indrapoera which sailed at noon.
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    MUNITION DEPOT EXPLOSION.
    31 10 Reuter. MANY KILLED AND INJURED. Sao Paulo, May 29. Twenty civilians and 2 officers were killed and several were injured by an explosion in the State Munitions Depot.—
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    NIZAM’S GENEROSITY.
    30 10 —Reuter. TO REPAIR MECCA MOSQUES. Madras, May 29. The Nizam of Hyderabad has undertaken to repair at his own expense the mosques in Mecca damaged by the Wahabis.-
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    INDIAN GAOL TRAGEDY.
    107 10 C. I. D. Officer Murdered. EMERGENCY POWERS ISSUED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Allahabad, May 29. Visiting Alipore gaol in Calcutta, in connection with the notorious bomb case, Special Police Superintendent Bupendranath Chatterjee, the distinguished C. I. D. Officer, was set upon by the convicts and fatally stabbed.
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    RUSSIAN PRISON MUTINY.
    49 10 Reuter. CONVICTS ESCAPE. Moscow, May 30. A mutiny broke out in Kieff prison as a result of which sixteen convicts escaped after disarming the warders. Four were killed and a similar number seriously wounded by gunshot during the pursuit. Two were recaptured but the others escaped.
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    SOVIET CORRUPTION.
    57 10 .—Reuter. RINGLEADERS TO DIE. Moscow, May 30. The trial of 111 workers, belonging to the Kieff Militia, who were charged with bribery and corruption, resulted in four of the ringleaders being sentenced to death. TWo were sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment and the bulk of the remainder to
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    NOTABLE U.S. WEDDING.
    73 10 —Reuter. POLITICAL FAMILIES UXITE. Washington. May 30. One of the most notable wed-lings in the history of the Capitol was solemnised today, when Ailsa, daughterof Mr. Andrew Mellon, Secretary of State, was married to David, son of Senator Bruce of Maryland. The ceremony was held at the
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    SWEDISH INVENTOR.
    65 10 .—Reuter. Washington, May 29. President Coolidge unveiled the statue of the Swede. John Ericksson, inventor of the revolving turret, which was adopted during the American civil war and which is now universally used in warships. The celebration w*as attended by the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Sweden,
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      142 10 Selangor Turf Club. Summer 1926—Race Meeting. Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday sth, Bth, 10th, 12th and 15th June, 1926. Eight races each day commencing at 2.30 p.m. Nine races for all Horses. Three races for all Maidens. Nine races for ex Griffin Horses. Eleven races for ex Griffin Ponies. Two races
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    HOME SPORT.
    176 11 BIG GOLF MATCH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore May 31. The following is the special London «ports wire to the Free Press The following British golf professionals have been chosen against an American team. The match is to be played on Friday and Saturday at Virginia Water. Surrey
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    CRICKET.
    104 11 KEDAH CLUB v. E. S. C. Rain spoiled the friendly cricket match between the Kedah Club and the Eastern Smelting Co., but each played an innings. The Kedah players won on the first innings’ total. Kedah Club knocked up 68 in their first innings and having the advantage of
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    63 11 (Rugby Radio Service.) Saturday’s foreign exchange rates were Paris, 151 New York, 4.86i n G Brussels, 157] Geneva, 25.12| Amsterdam, 12.10 Milan 129] Berlin, 20.43 Stockholm, 18.16-j Copenhagen, 18.49| Oslo, 22.34 J Vienna, 34.44| Prague 164] Helsingfors. 193« Madrid, 32.09 Lisbon 2.?; Rio 7Ki>; Buenos Aires. 45 Bombay
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    LATE MR. C. RAY.
    284 11 Death of Manager of B.A.T. CO. THE FUNERAL. The death occurred yesterday morning at the General Hospital, Penang, of Mr. C. Ray, the local manager of the British and American Tobacco Co. Mr. Ray had been ill for three weeks and his death was due to
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    255 11 The follotving are the latest tations in Messrs, Kennedy de Cn,’ f share list at I p.m. to-day Saturday. To-day E E f 'O./RK 7 P ~s 2± rr CQ r So. t• c. tc. t c Rubber (Dollar.) Bassett 1 4 1-45 1.40 I.4sexrte Broga 1-871
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    KENNEDY & CO’S SHARE LIST.
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    S.S. CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES.
    584 12 annual report. Appended ar® extracts from the annual report on the working of Co-operative Societies in the Straits Settlements for the year 1925: The Co-operative Societies Ordinance which had been passed in 1924 came into force on January Ist, 1925. Mr- A. Cavendish was appointed Registrar of
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    EXCHANGE.
    130 12 FENANG MAY 31, 1926. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank.) Loudoz Demand Bank 2/3 11/16 4 months’ sight B&ur 2/4 3/32 3 M Credit 2/4 15/32 o H Documentary 2/4 1/2 Calcutta Demand Bank Re 1531 1 3 day’s sight Private ***** Bombay Demand Bank w ***** o Madras
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    109 12 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. van Hoorn for Langsa. Edi, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, Tjalang, Meulaboh and Sabang. Nagano Maru for Rangoon and Calcutta. Ellenga for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Rawang for Pangkalan Lrandan and Langkat. Sitiawan for Setul, Kuala Bahra, Sungei Opis and Tanjong Star. Ampang for Pangkor, Bindings and
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    PENANG MAILS.
    411 12 CLOSE DAILY (except Sundav). BT TRAIN. Federateu 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 be closed daily (Sunday excepted) by the 7-30 p.m. train:
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    COMING EVENTS
    91 12 June 5, 8,10 12 Selangor Summer Races. s—Cricket League Match, P.S. v. C.R.C.. Esplanade, 2-15 p.m. 12—Soccer Match (Malaya Cup) Penang v. Perak, at Ipoh. 19—Cricket League Match, P.C.C. v. C.R.C. Esplanade, 2-15 p.m. 26 Cricket League Match. P.S. v. E.S.C. Esplanade, 2-15 p.m. 27 Cricket P.C.C. v.
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      281 12 Strength I Claude L. Wheeler writes I 1 i I The weakened tissues J 1 and nerves absorb IJ—+. ‘V 'll Sanatogen readily, I (f f I I!> Illi without causing any U I P' ‘v I strain to the digestive fiZ, ’yj; HU system. The revitaligA n influence of
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      66 12 LABOUR ORDINANCE 1923 S.S LABOU R CODE 1923 F.M.S. EMPLOYERS V INDIAN LABOCK are hereby rem led that aaiewment re turna for the *c ceding quarter muat be sent to the < ce of the Deputy Controller of Lab< i Penang, during hhe months of Ap July, October and January.
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      68 12 Theatre Royal. Programme from Monday 31st May to Wednesday 2nd June, 1926. 1. Just Cowboys. (W. Drama) in Parts 2. Laurette Taylor and Million Hamilton in Peg O’ My Heart b 3. Sweet Dreams (Comedy) 4. Jack Hoxie in “The Phantom Horseman’’ 5 t 5. Justine Johnstone in “The Plaything
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    WORDS IN LAW.
    470 13 SOME JUDICIAL DEFINITIONS. To the 1 ayman it may seem odd that'— as recently occurred—the aid of the Code of Appeal should have to !>e invoked to construe such a simple, every-day word as “story,” writes G. W. Jones in the “Daily News.” Yet sample words often
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    £10,000 AN ACRE.
    142 13 THE CITY'S HUGE RATEABLE VALUE. “One of the most remarkable things about the City of London is its rateable value, which works out at £lO.OOO per acre, the extent of the City being 661 acres. This statement was made by Sir Thomas Robinson, chairman of a House
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    50,000-YEARS-OLD CAT.
    156 13 DERBYSHIRE CAVE FIND. The discovery in the Manifold Valley, Derbyshire, of an almost complete skull and part of a skeleton of the dynx borealis, a giant wild cat, extinct for more than 50,0041 years, is reported by the Rev. G. H. Wilson, of Bakewell. Writing to “The Daily
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    THREE MEN IN A BOAT.
    488 13 The human race may be divided rather accurately into three types of mind, viz. the Defenders; the Discoverers; the Directors. The Defenders are satisfied with the ideas and the institutions inherited from their fathers and their only' conscious relation either to ideas or to institutions
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    MAN-EATING CLAMS.
    191 13 ADVENTURES IN A “PRIMITIVE ARCADIA” WITH SHARKS AND SNAKES. Humour and pathos are skilfully blended in “Primitive Arcadia” (T. Fisher Unwin, 155.), in which Mr. Ellis Silas records his in Papua. Grandson of a. famous composer and eon of a prominent artist, Mr. Silas, himseJf an artist, lived
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    LONDON-BERLIN ’PHONE.
    78 13 FIRST DIRECT TALK SERVICE begun. London spoke direct to Berlin by telephone on March 16 for the first time. The service started at six o’clock, and calls had been booked up for all the evening. Three minutes' conversation costs 16s. *to Berlin until eight o’clock, and 9s. 7d.
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      394 13 **A Pine Forest in a Bottle.” THE REMEDY YOU BREATHE.” Because their healing effect is so like the famous curative pine-forest air, Peps are often > described as A Pine-Forest in a Bottle.” You simply take a Peps out of its silver wrapper, place it on the tongue, and breathe
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    INDIA’S SUPPLY STORE.
    1068 14 A GREAT LONDON WAREHOUSE. Across the Thames, on the Surrey side, just beyond the gap that awaits the new wing of the County Ha’l, stands a big old warehouse which is a familiar landn ark to all who pass along the Embankment. But probably not one Londoner
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    WHAT WOULD YOU DO?
    278 14 WHAT WOULD YOU DO CAPTURE A THIEF OR JEWELS HE DROPS If you were pursuing a jewel thief, and. just as his capture was imminent, he threw away a valuable haul of diamonds, what would you do This question is asked in the current issue of the “Police Review,” the
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    ADMIRALTY CRITICS.
    130 14 SMALLER NAVY. BUT BIGGER STAFFS. Not only had the Naval Estimates been reduced by £2,400.600. but the Admiralty had effected additional economics of over £2,000,000, said Mr. Bridgeman in the Commons. Mr. Ammon said that during the last four years Britain had spent no less than £1.000X)00.000 in
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    MIMING OPERATIONS.
    114 14 TO BE ACCELERATED IN NOVA SCOTIA. Sydney, N. S. It is understood here that there will be a big acceleration of mining operations in Nova Scotia about April 15th. when two or three of the British Empire Steel Corporation’s biggest producers will get hack on the output list
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    MARKET PRICES.
    662 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Pbnang, May 31, 1926 cte Government Mutton— Mutton Indian M 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 Mutton lb 55 Lamb
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