Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 August 1926

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 173. VOL. LXXXIV. MONDAY, 2nd AUGUST, 1926. PRICE 15 CENTS.
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      32 1 THE Eastern Optical Co., (PENANG) (MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS) 188, PENANG ROAD, PENANG I je tested Ly our Optometrist. Lenses ground to piescriptions. Fian.es A Mountings fitted properly. Office hours:—B.3o a.m. to 6 p.m.
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    THE COAL CRISIS.
    753 4 Paving The Way For Peace. NEW WAGE RATES. LEADERS’ HOPES OF CHURCH INTERVENTION. (Rugby Radio Service.) —Reuter. London, July 30. At a conference of miners’ delegates which was held to-day, Mr. Herbert Smith, President of the Miners’ Federation, called upon the dehgites to give reports on the
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    FATAL HURRICANE.
    364 4 Destruction in West Indies. harrowing details. Nassau (Bahamas), July 30. Nassau bore the brunt of hurricane The damage is estimated at 000,000, dt Many families are homeless. The beautiful drives are littered with broken glass and masses of debris. Nevertheless the inhabitants eagerly joined in the search for
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    AMERICAN STEEL AND MOTORS.
    110 4 M<l RTg-5 ix SHARES. New York, July 30. The growingly insistent rumours of substantial melon-cutting have led to the continuance of unprecedented activity in the General Motors Corporation and the United States S‘eel Corporation shares, the former, which had risen by 30 this week have touched
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    HUGO STINNES FIRM.
    66 4 PROPOSED BRITISH LOAN. Berlin, July 31. The Hugo Stinnes firm, which owes German banks about four millions sterling as a result of the winding up of the late Hugo Stinnes’s affairs, intends to pay off the amount, for which it will raise a foreign loan. The Volks
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    THE HALL MURDER CASE.
    67 4 ACCUSED ALLOWED BAIL. Point Pleasant, (New Jersey), July 31. On the ground that there was no great presumption of guilt, bail was applied for on behalf of Mrs. Edward Hall, under arrest for the murder of her busband, the rector of a fashionable church in St.
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    AMERICAN WHEAT SHORTAGE.
    59 4 .—Reuter. RECORD PRICES. Chicago, August 1. There were very lively scenes at the wheat pit when a flood of orders to meet the big shortage at the end of the month, I carried the prices of July wheat up, from ,over 11 cents a bushel, to 1581
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    HOME CRICKET.
    439 4 —Reuter. County Results. OVAL MATCH ABANDONED. London, July 30. The match between Surrey and the Australians at the Oval had. 6 abandoned owing to heavy raijiwicket wa s very wet. Yorkshire v Gloucester. Yorkshire beat Gloucester by an innings and 41 runs. Gloucester scored 170 in the first
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    HOLIDAY CRICKET.
    317 4 COLONY v. F. M. S. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July gj The Colony and F. M. S. match began this morning, Huggins taking the pla t€ of R. N. Hamilton as Captain, the vacancy being filled by Captain Congden. F. M. S. won the toss and
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      331 4 j -MENU- Jk /«a fish.— isas JOINT. AFRAID TO EAT. The Plight of the Dyspeptic. Are you one of those who are afraid to eat because of the pain and discomfort that follow every meal If so, it, is evident that your stomach has become too weak to do its
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    MEXICAN CRISIS.
    320 5 Sequel to Religious Circular. UGLY INCIDENTS. SCENES AT CLOSING OF CHURCHES. Mexico City, July 30. Astonishing crowds are waiting at the churches for the lit a! Mass. It is feared that thousands will not gain admission before they close to-night. The excitement in Puebla terminated with a tragedy.
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    SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
    40 5 NEW RECORD. Lond n, July 30. J. Beresford, junior, has created a new record by winning the Wingfield Sculls Championship, for the seventh successive year, on a foul from T. Collet, the course being from Putney to Mortlake.
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    AMERICAN DERBY.
    48 5 REVIVED AFTER 22 YEARS. Illinois, August 1. The $lOO,OOO Derby, which has been revived after a lapse of twenty two years, was won by Colonel Bradley’s Boot To Boot in 1 minute 50s seconds. The Distance of the Derby Course is a mile and a half.
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    PAPAL AFFRONT.
    40 5 >. —Reuter. INCIDENT AT VATICAN. Rome, August 1. The newspapers announce that papal audiences to Protestants are suspended in consequence of an American protestant visitor omitting to kneel at the general pontifical audience. The American has left for home.
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    V.D. AND T.B.
    31 5 ~~Vale. FRENCH DOCTOR’S CLAIM.. Paris, July 31. Matin reports that a French Physician, Arthur Vernes, has invented an apparatus for registering the degree °f eiphilitic and tuberculous infection.
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    MALAYAN TENNIS.
    58 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS MEETING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 2. fhe Malayan Lawn Tennis Championships Meeting commenced on the 1 'langor Club Courts yesterday aftern °on. The following were the results Keng Sim Lim beat Bourke 6-4, 6-4 beat Markham 6-2, 6-1 Choon Deong beat R. C. Evans
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    162 5 100 Per Cent to Continue, OI F’GL ANNOUNCEMENT. (Rugby Radio Service.) Reuter. London, July 30. It is officially •mnounced that 100 per cent of standard production of rubber will be maintained as the quota which may be exported at the minimum rate of duty from Ceylon and Malaya
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    114 5 COBHAM’S FLIGHT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 31. Mr. Alan Cobham’s departure, which was to have taken place at 7 o’clock this morning, was delayed owing to heavy rain. He is leaving at 10 o’clock if the weather improves. He will stay at Muntok, Banka Island (midway
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    80 5 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Egra for Singapore. Van Neck for Olehleh, Sabang, West Sumatra and Padang. Rawang for Pangkalan Brandan and Langkat. Ampang for Pangkor, Dindings and Sitiawan. Hong Hwa for Port Swettenham, Singapore and China. BY STEAMER. To-morrow. Asahan and Batu Babra Pnngah 11 a.m. Singapore, Swatow and Amoy
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    ROYAL AIR FORCE.
    344 5 First Long Distance Foreign Cruise. SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT. VALUABLE DATA OBTAINED. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 30. The first long distance foreign cruise by Royal Air Force Hying boats was completed to-day at Plymouth when the flight of two supermarine Southampton Aircraft, under the command of Squadron Leader
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    SYRIAN REVOLT.
    79 5 HEAVY FIGHTING AT DAMASCUS London, August 1. The stubborn nature of the Syrian insurrection is indicated in messages from Egypt from which it appears that the movement against the French is spreading. Cairo, August 1. The newspaper L'Espoir from Beirut describes a ten-day battle commencing on July 18,
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    SPANISH PREMIER.
    31 5 ATTEMPT ON HIS LIFE. Paris, August 1. A message from Barcelona states that an attempt was made to assassinate Primo De Rivera, but was unsuccessful. The assailant was arrested.
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    POISONED LIQUOR.
    48 5 GERMAN CONSIGNMENT. Toronto, July 31. Ten men I ave been arrested on charges of manslaughter in connection with the deaths in Ontario as a result of poisonous bootleg liquor. Police investigations indicate that the liquor was of German origin and was introduced into Canada via Buffalo.
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    RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS.
    19 5 NEW PRESIDENT. Moscow, August 1. M. Dzerjinsky’s assistant, M. Menjinsky, has been appointed president of the Cheka.
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    MAIL TRAIN DISASTER.
    36 5 Reuter. Paris, July 30. The mail train which took the points at seventyfive, instead of the regulation thirtyfive, kilometres an hour, was composed exclusively of mail vans. The casualties are all postal employees
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    FRENCH FINANCE.
    212 5 —Reuter. New Bill Adopted. EFFECT ON BANKS. Paris, July 31. The Chamber by 380 votes to 150 passed a vote of confidence in the Government on the motion to proceed with the discussion of the Finance Bill. The Socialists opposed the motion on the ground that the present
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    EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
    169 5 FELT IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 31. An earthquake tremor of some severity was felt in the Chan net Islands yesterday afternoon. Houses in St. Helier and other places, rocked for several seconds and a tidal wave was formed round the coasts. The tremor
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    312 5 OBITUARY. ISRAEL ZANGWILL. London, August 1. The death of Israel Zangwill is announced. —Reuter. Who's Who gives the following particulars of his career —Zangwill, Israel, man of letters b. London, 1861 s of late M. Zangwill in. 1903, Edith (authoress of The First Mrs. Mollivar, The Rise of a Star,
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      183 5 New Advertisements. NOTICES. CICELY ESTATE. Orders are now being booked for sek cted rubber seeds from oldest trees, delivery from September 1926 at $2 per thousand packed in boxes and $1.50 packed in bags, F. O. R. or F. O. B. Teluk Anson. A germination of 75 per cent is
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