Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 March 1927

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1533. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 56. VOL. LXXXV. THURSDAY, 10th MARCH, 1927 PRICE IO CENTS.
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    Selangor Turf Club.
    212 2 SPRING 1927 RACE MEETING. Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday the 3rd, sth, Bth, 10th and 12th. March, 1927. Stakes. $68,000 exclusive of Added M-'ney. 12 races for all Horse*. 11 races for Ex giilli-i Horses. 9 races for Ex-griffiu Ponies. 2 races for all ponies. 7
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    TRAMP SHIPPING
    1024 2 THREE PER CENT. RETURN ON CAPITAL. An Interesting Review. Mr. William Ropner, of Messrs. R. Ronner and Co., Ltd., shipowners, West Hartlepool, had a wide experience of the operation of cargo tramp fleets, and his anticipnt ons regarding the outlook for 1927 will be read with interest. In
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    Selangor Turf Club.
    208 2 AMATEUR RACE MEETING. (Under S. R. A. Rules of Racing.) Thursday, 17th and Saturday, 19th March, 1927. Stakes. $15,100 exclusive of Added Money. 3 Races for all Horses. 1C Races for all Ponies. 5 Races for Selangor Turf Club Spring 1927 Pony Griffins. Stabling Accommodation and Bedding
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      546 2 POSITIONS VACANT. Wanted An Assistant Book-keeper. Apply in own ban l-writing to Box No. 107, c/o P nang Gazette. 516-15-3 Wanted Immediately. Experienced Clerk for Estate and Share department. Chinese only need apply. Reply Box No. 106, c/o Pinang Gazette. 508uc Wanted immediately, experienced Chinese Office Clerk, must be good
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      256 2 NOTICES. Modes de Paris. New shipment of goods just arrived. Definite Date of Opening to be announced Later. United Engineers Limited. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). NOTICE OF LOSS OF SHARE CERTIFICATE. Whereas application has been made to the Directors of the above Company to issue a duplicate certificate for
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    THE REAL WHITTINGTONS.
    1393 3 LORD MAYORS FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS. By T. Howard Deightbn. {Under-Sheri if of the City of LondcnY Sir James Roll, ex-office boy and latterly Lord Mayor of London, has died, and the annals of this our ancient City are richer by the tale of one more of tlhe
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    SIX DIRECTORS RESIGN.
    127 3 ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES IN SPILLERS MILLING INDUSTRIES. Shareholders of Spillers Milling and Associated Industries, Ltd., were informed by circular on Feb. 3 that it has been decided that all the trading activities of the principal associated companies are to be concentrated in the parent company, and the board
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    ACT TO TEACH PAINTERS.
    154 3 ACID AND CHROMATE TEST TO FIGHT LEAD COLIC. Designed to make painter’s colic a thing of the past, the Lead Paint Act, which came into force on January 1, has given rise to special instructions from the Home Office. These instructions are framed so as to
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    THREE MEN IN A BOAT.
    91 4 (AFTER 40 YEARS.) By The Original Three. Forty years after their famous adventure, the originals of the characters in Mr. Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat,” met at a reunion dinner in London recently. In writing this book which has amused many thousands
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    TEETOTAL.
    511 4 By Harris.” Carl Hentschel, who is now sixty-two years of age.” Although J.’’ and George refuse to believe me to this day, I was the only teetotaler among the Three Men in a Boat. I was also the only one to do any work when it came to hard
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    RIVER TRIPS.
    521 4 By George.” (“George Wingrave, a retired bank manager, who i s now sixty-four years of age)”. When I first met Harris and J.,” about forty years ago, 1 was a bank clerk in Fenchurch-street, and I used to se e often enough at the theatres. vVith the exception
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    By "J."
    20 4 Jerome K. Jerome, who is now sixtyeight years of age. 1 am fed up with the whole business.
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    BOOKS FOR MOTHER.
    98 4 NOVELS JUDGED TO-DAY BY WHAT I) AU GIITE RS REC DM MEND. w The twentieth century idea of a novel is an excellent book that any daughter might recommend to her mother.” So declared the Rev. th' 1 Hon. Edward Lyttelton, in an address to mothers at
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    WONDER BOY VIOLINIST.
    56 4 AMERICAN PRODIGY MAKES EUROPEAN DEBUT. Claimed by America to be the phenomenon of the century,” Yehudi Menuhin, aged ten, made his European debut as a virtuoso of the violin in Paris. Menuhin revealed skill with the bow at the age of five, and after receiving only a
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    THE REAL THING.
    40 4 A small girl, staying with her aunt, showed signs of great boredom. Mell,” said the aunt, what would you like to do I should like,” said the child, to do some wet washing in some hot water.”
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    By the Way.
    1591 5 increase of robberies by motor bandits in London has so greatly impressed Scotland Yard that it has been decided to create a real Flying Squadron” of detectives to deal with these inaraudtrs. As a start six fast cirs equipped with the latest wireless apparatus are shortly to
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1090 6 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mrs. A. S. Horton has returned to Ipoh after a short stay at The Hut”, Taiping Hills. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Gordon, of Tanjong Rambutan, are leaving for Australia at- an early date. Mr H. L. Lamotte, Manager, Batang Benar Estate, Batang Benar, is on a visit
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    FRASER AND NEAVE, LTD.
    154 6 THE ANNUAL REPORT. Th? report of Fraser and Neave, Ltd., for the year ended Dec. 31 last states that after making ample provision for depreciation and doubtful debts the net profit amounts to $43(1668.49, which, with the balance of $7,543. 36 brought forward from the last
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    "DEVIL’S CHIEF ASSET."
    132 6 WOMAN EVANGELIST DENOUNCES DANCES AND FLIRTATIONAccording to Mrs. Victoria Booth Demarest, grand-daughter of General Booth- women ar e The devil’s chief asset.” She expressed this view, says the Central News in the course of a lecture in Montreal, in which she vigorously denounced flirtation, the modern dances
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    CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING.
    242 6 World’s Title Match. MILLIGAN-WALKER FIGHT. London, March 9. There is every probability that the Milligan-Walk* r fight will be held at Bl «ckpool. The General Purposes Committee of the Blackpool Corporation has decided to grant Cochran the free use of the Sports Oval at Stanley Park. Cochran has
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    67 6 ENGLISH CUP REPLAYS. The following are the results of English Cup ties (replays), played to day Cardiff 3 Chelsea 2 Sjuthampton 2 Millwall 0 THE LEAGUE (DIV. 1) Boltou Wanderers 3 Burnley 1 DIV. 11l (SOUTHERNS Swindon 4 Brentford 2 SCOTTISH LEAGUE. Aberdeen 0 Celtic 0 Airdrie 7
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    FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS.
    77 6 MEMBERSHIP FALLEN. Amsterdam, March 9. Owing to fascism practically wiping out the Italian trade unions, a'so owing to unemployment, economic and other difficulties in France, Germany, and Britain and Communist dissensions in France, membership of the International Federation of Trade Unions has fallen in five years
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    PATHAN RUNS AMOK.
    87 6 SEQUEL’TO UNSUCCESSFUL LOVE AFFAIR. Bagdad, March 9. A Pathan servant ran amok and secured his British master’s rifle and revolver after killing the butler with an axe. He hired a carriage, drove to the city and stopped outside the shop of an Indian tailor who, 5 years
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    LIST OF DRUG SEIZURES.
    73 6 WITHDRAWN FROM CIRCULATION. London, March 9. The list of opium and drug seizures, drawn up by the League of Nations and issued in London by a firm of publishers, has been withdrawn on a telegram received from Geneva. It is supposed that some country concerned objected
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    DUCHESS OF YORK.
    53 6 SUFFERING FROM TONSI LITIS. (Rugby Radio Service). London, March 9. The Duchess of York has b°en obliged to cancel her engagements in New Zealand for the next f-w days as she is suffering from a mild attack of tonsilitis. The Duke will continue to carry out alone
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    PENANG DISTRICT COURT.
    351 6 UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF CHAN DU. Before Mr. G. A. Hereford, District Judge, the Monopolies Department charg ed Tan Kham with (1) that he did, on or about February 25 at 8 p. m. at No. 130 Telok Bahang, sell cbandu without a license; (2) that he did
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    THE URUGUAYAN AIRMEN.
    110 6 HELD FOR RANSOM. Madrid, March 9. It transpires that the airman Larre Borges’s mishap was due to an oilpipe breaking. The seaplane came down on the open sea and the crew had to swim to the shore. They were expected to reach Cape Juby immediately, but measures
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    THE JAPANESE EARTHQUAKE.
    30 6 AMERICAN RED CROSS SERVICES. Washington, March 9. President Coolidge has requested the American Red Cross Society to offer its services in Japan in connection with the earthquake.
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    BANK OF JAPAN.
    53 6 Tokyo, March 9. The Bank of Japan has lowered its in'erest rate by a fifth of the sen. The discount rate on c mmercial bills is reduced from 6 57 to 5 84. This is regarded as preparatory to lifting the gold embargo, which is expected in
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    FRANCE AND INTER-ALLIED DEBTS.
    48 6 .—Vale. Paris, March 8In conformity with the request of M. Poincire, who pos*ei a question of confidence, the Chamber, by 339 votes to 175, postponed th» discussion of th» motion by the Socialist Vincent Auriol anent the prov sinnal payments of Inter- Allied debts.
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    JAPAN AND DISARMAMENT.
    40 6 Tokyo, March 9. Informal conversations are being held between the Japanese and American Governments regarding a tripartite conference but. despite reports to the contrary, the Foreign Office denies that any formal proposal has been made so far.
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    67 6 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, March 9. Paris, 124.05 New York, 4.85 3 7 Brussels, 34.90 s Geneva, 25,21| Amsterdam. 12.12t1 Milan, 1091$; Berlin, 20.46 Stockholm, 18.16 Copenhagen, 18 21f; Oslo, 18.69; Vienna, 34.47; Prague. 1631«; Helpsingforg. 192.571; Madrid, 28.41 h Lisbon, 2>g Athens, 376 Rio. 5$ Bn»nos Aires,
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    751 6 PADI DEALER’S DEATH. Charge of Murder. Mr. Justice-Sproule resumed th» bearing of the cases at the Assizes yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. H. Pedlow, Assistant Protector of Chinese and Deputy President, Municipal Commissioners, Penang, having b *en sworn in as Registrar of the Supreme Court, Penang. The first case
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    "CAUSE OF OUR MISERY."
    111 6 SIR W. AUBUTHNOT LANE BLAMES WOMEN. Women, who are so charming and useful in the world, are really th.? cause of all our misery, degradation and disease, because in the first place they teach us wrong habits and feed us wrongly.” So said Sir W. Arbuthnot
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    251 6 FOURTH DAY’S HANDICAPS The following ar e the weight f fourth day:— B llt s for th e Race 1. Ex-Griffin Ponies Class B” (5 F Cossack 9.3, Rubberneck a/ Maiden 9.3, Kismet 8.8, Dreodn/ lerr} Black Auster 8.4, Citv L. 8 2 P 8 -“> 7-10, Venture
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    PENANG CRICKET LEAGUE.
    68 6 P. C. C. v. PUBLIC SERVICES. The following will represent the P.C.C. on Saturday. March 12 at 2. p.m. sharpen the Esplanade: E. G. Bird. R. C. Bishop, A R. B. Davenport, H. C. D. Davies, A. J. L. Donaldson, P. N. Knight, R. H. P. Lav-gharne.
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    47 6 The following are the results of thel ties plaved yesterday: Double Handicap Class B.” (Seen Final) 4.6 R. V. Patterson and J. L. Potter beat l5 G. C. Watson and JWilkinson 75. 64. Singh Handicap Class C. (Final):Ser. W. McQuarrie beat 1.6 A. Ferguson.
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    P.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    75 6 The following are the results of th ties played yesterday: Ladies Single Handicap: +3 Mrs. C H. Hertz beat +1 Mrs. B. N. Ue 21—16: 4-3 Mrs. McLernon beat 4-7 Miss Proudfoot 21 15. Championshin:J. G. Allan heat I A Chalmers (C. S.) 21—13. Fridav. March 11
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    VARSITY MEN LIKE U.S.
    102 6 UNDERGRADUATES TO TAKE POSTS IN NEW YORK. After an intensive study of social in New York, ten undergraduates n < retvirned to Cambridge. New York made such an appeal to undergraduates that five of them are return there 1 to work when their unn si tv
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    MAN’S NEW FACE.
    76 6 GRAFTING MIRACLE ON MAR VICTIM. This man is now far more than anv member of this Boon So said a member of the V. am Board of Guardians in rP,P! pst in restoration by Dr. Gillies. T' 2 ;t B skin grafting at St. James BalM.m, of
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    THE LATE MR. P. CAVE.
    1740 7 evidence at the inquest. Death bi Misadventure. A verdict of death by misadventure wa g returned by Lient.-Col. Tyte, the Acting Coroner. Singapore, at the conclusion of the inquest on the death of Percy Cave, late manager of Messrs. Guthrie and Company’s motor department. which
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    £1,600,000 FOR STATE
    84 7 DUTIES ON LORD BEAJISTED’S ESTATE. Though Lord Bearsted only died on January T?, arrangements have been made for the payment of the whole of the £1,600,000 death duties within the next few days. lord Bearsted, the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Co., Ltd., left estate
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    PRACTICAL GOLF.
    539 7  -  By George Gadd. No: 6—Playing to the Green or Flag We have repeatedly been told that the success of the American golfer during the past few years has been due to his persistence in playing to the flag instead of tbe green. Personally, I do not agree, but
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    IS THE GIRL OF 1927 IMMODEST?
    797 7 CHARGE THAT SHE IS BOTH RECKLESS AND BRAINLESS. BY VALENTINE When will the critics become reconciled to the emancipation of the modern girl I see that Miss 1927 is being attacked again for her dress, her brains, her manners and her morals. The sages
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    MEDAN NEWS.
    551 7 SOUTH SUMATRA RAILWAY. (From Our Own Correspondent). March 8, 1927. The opening of the railway connecting the Lampong districts with Palembang, which occasion was fittingly celebrated on the 23rd Feb., is an outstanding event in the history of the development of Sumatra. The line which was projected in
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    BISHOP PRAISES YOUTH.
    214 7 STICKY” CONVENTION OF THE MIDDLE-AGED. The chaperon is almost a thing of the past and Charley’s Aunt’ has been almost entirely disestablished,” said the Bishop of Lichfield, Dr. Kempthorne, at the assembly of the Church of England at Westminster. He was proposing that a council of youth
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    £16,000 FOR A PAINTING.
    45 7 A painting by Bernardino Luini, a celebrated master of the Lombard school and personal friend of Leonardo da Vinci, which was recently discovered at Bergamo, on the Swiss-Italian frontier, has been sold to the Museum of Cleveland, United States, for £16,000.
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    £1,009,080 ORDER.
    419 7 SEVEN SHIPS FOR THE U.S. In face of keen competition from Continental shipbuilders, British firms Lave secured orders from the United States for vessels of the total value of £1,000,000. The Furness Shipbuilding Co., of Haverton Hill, near Middlesbrough, have secured orders for four new vessels to be
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    SWEEPSTAKES RUN BY PRIESTS.
    256 7 GRAND NATIONAL OFFER TO CROSSWORD PRIZE WINNER. Crossword puzzle prize lists, the glamour of which seizes people in all walks of life, has caught the eye of a Roman Catholic priest near Dublin, who has the instinct of the publicity agent in the promotion of a
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    CHINA.
    614 8 THE GENESIS OF THE TROUBLE. The relations of China with foreign countries during the Nineteenth Century, as now, were largely complicated by the internal situation. Realis ng this the foreigner has often been tempted to interfere in the domestic troubles of the country, usually with disastrous results. The period
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    THE FLEET AIR ARM.
    416 8 The loss of two British pilots whil» flying from H. M. .aircraft carrier Furious, b s drawn public attpntion to the developments in the Fleet air arm since the war The Vindictive and the Hermes (which has accommodation for twenty sea-planes), ar« in Chinese waters ready
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    99 8 HONOUR TO YACHT CLUB, (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, March 10. At the Yacht Club dinner, Commodore Sir Laurence Gnillemard announced that the King and Queen had been graciously pleased to autograph their portraits for presentation to the Club. Golf Club Annual Meeting. At the Singapore Golf Club
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    Scottish Letter.
    1554 8 Extraordinary Murder 'ferial at Edinburgh. MATRICIDE ALLEGED AGAINST YOUNG STUDENT. Glasgow, Saturday, February 12. An extraordinary murder trial was concluded this week at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh. The circumstances attending the death of the victim were wrapped in mystery, and although the trial lasted seven
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    CHINA.
    1160 9 Effectiveness of Cantonese Propaganda. Workers Intimidated. Railway Traffic Rapidly Becoming Disorganised. T' so called Nationalist Government has a fine appreciation of the uses v > nwnt, and, ably backed by the insidious Soviet propagandists, appears <, the fullest possible use of its advantages, even to the extent of intimi
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    THE PAUL LECAT.
    59 9 UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO REFLOAT HER. Shanghai, March 9, The M. M. steamer Paul Lecat is stil\ aground on a mudbank, attempts to cow her off being unsuccessful. The situation is not considered serious, but m view of the filling tides it might, be difficult to refloat her.
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    PARLIAMENT.
    791 9 Change in King’s Title. A MISNOMER. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, March 8. The Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson Hicks, in the House of Commons, moved the second reading of the bill to bring the title of the Sovereign into consonance with the present constitutional position. The Imperial Conference had
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    THE LEAGUE.
    219 9 Position of Defaulting Contributors. (Pl UM. HNDIAN TO LEAD INDIAN DELEGATION. Geneva, March 9. The Council of the League has decided to convene a conference on communications and transit on August 28. With regard to the legal position of the States not paying their contributions to the League,
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    U.S. ALIEN PROPERTY SCANDAL.
    177 9 MILLER’S SENTENCE REDUCED. New York, March 9. Miller was sentenced to 18 months and fined £l.OOO. [On March 4 Renter cabled The second trial of the former Attorney-General, Daugherty, and the ex-Custodian of Alien Property, Miller, on the charge of conspiracy, ended in a verdict of
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    WIRELESS LOVE.
    186 10 A GLIMPSE THAT CURED. The fact that a Viennese woman committed suicide after having fallen hopelessly in love with a broadcaster’s voice illustrates a problem which is not unknown to the British broadcasting authorities. Artists and announcers were extremely reticent about the remarkable letters they received, especially in
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    U.S. TOURIST ROBBED OF £200.
    134 10 An Americtn who wag watching the scenes at the opening of the Parliament near the House of Commons was the victim of confidence tricksters, who robbed him of about £2OO. One of the tricksters got into conversation with the American by giving him information about
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    EMPIRE TRADE EXPANSION.
    127 10 BID FOR AUSTRALIAN MOTOR MARKET. Mr. Bruce, speaking at a meeting of welcome given in his honour by commercial travellers in Sydney said it was necessary to get into touch with British manufacturers. Thu Dominions imported £18,000,000 worth of motor-cars, of which only one tenth were manufactured
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    207 10 PENANG, MARCH 10, 1927. Renarss Opium p 15,000.00 non*. Cloves 70.00 sellers Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Picking* 125.00 nom. NotmegsßOs 100.00 nom. HO* 95.00 Ooconut/per 1,000 50.00 nom. Copra Sundried $10.90 sales Rattani 11.15 sales Rattans Goar»* 10.50 Green Snail Shell» 13.00 Siam Rice No. 1 15.00
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    "AMERICA’S POUND OF FLESH."
    257 10 WAR CHIEF’S SENSATIONAL attack. General Sir Arthur Currie, who commanded the Canadian Corps in France, made an astonishingly candid attack on th- attitude of the United States during and since the war in the course of an address at McGill University, of which he is the
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    A KISS AND THE GUILLOTINE.
    157 10 WHAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT ME TO.” A moving scene between a condemned man about to be led to the guillotine and his wife took place at Bordeaux. The man, whose name was Geantry, and his wife had been sentenced to death for the mjurder by
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    BRIDGE PROBLEM.
    140 10 MR. BALDWIN TO DISCUSS FATE OF WATERLOO? 1 he need for a speedy decision on the question of M aterloo Bridge has becom« urgent, in view of its unsatisfactory condition, says a report of the General Purposes Committee of the London County Council. They recommend that the Prime
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    COMING EVENTS.
    24 10 March 10S <cc r League Match, P.R,C. v. Esplanade. 10S< langor Races. 12Selangor Races. 12Cricket League Match, P S. v. P.C.C., Esplanade.
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      103 10 H rd wEr I h OLYMPIA 1927 MODEL. NEW 12/14 H. P. 6 cylinder, sleeve valve engine capable of 65 miles p. h. at 26 miles p. g. A True Daughter of a Well-Known Family. In Malaya $2,925 against £5OO in London. 20 H.P. and 30 H.P. $5,295 and $5,825
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      178 10 9 9 1 j New Shipments I Grouse I Wood Cock j Smoked i b Salmon I h jj I Singapore Cold Storage i Company, Limited, I PENANG. a g -d-» W 1c Penang Foremost House, Ladies’ and Gents’ Tailors and Outfitters, Corner of Bishop and Beach Street, p’ The
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      248 10 United Cinema Telephone No. 264. Empire Theatre. From Thursday, 10th to Sunday, 13th March. REGINALD DENNY the popular English Comedian (Harold Lloyd’s Rival) in George Broadhurst’s Laughing Stage Success What Happened to Jones Here’s the Comedy King in the season’s best and funniest comedy. It will make you stand on
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    MR. MORRIS'S CHEQUE FOR £730,000.
    835 11 WOLSELEY MOTORS BOUGHT. romance of former bicycle mender. Xfter what he described as the most thrilling h< ur of his life, Mr. W. R. Morris, fou ider of Morris Motors and its snb-idiary companies, recently bought the assets of Wolseley Motors, Limited, in the Bankruptcy
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    THE CINEMAS.
    433 11 THE SON OF THR SHEIK.”’ A trial screening of The Son of the Sheik, took place at the Lyric Theatre yesbr lay when the privileged few enjoy ed the picture immensely. The film is d übtless the greatest picture of Rudolph Valentino, who is said to excel his
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    CITY BUCKET SHOP.
    422 11 AN ECHO OF THF. MANDEVILLE SWINDLES. A former employee of the three Mandeville Brothers, who last year were sentenced to long terms of penal servitude for carrying on a bucket shop fraud, Walter William Carver. 41, of Southend, pleaded guilty at the Old Bdley to obtaining £1.683
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    UNFORTUNATE NAMES.
    472 11 A DISTRESSFUL MATTER. In a law case that has been much in the public eye recently, Mr. Justice ivory referred to the tittle-tattle of Upper Tooting.” Now I don’t suppose for a moment that there is more tittletattle in Upper Tooting than there is in Mayfairl am sure
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    DISHONOURED CHEQUE.
    122 11 IPOH MAN SENTENCED, For cheating the proprietor of Tong Sun tailors. No. 29 Batu Road, J. Ray was charged, before Mr. J. W. W. Hughes of the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate's Court. It appears that the accused went to the tailor and ordered clothes to the value of $133
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    EXCHANGE.
    129 11 HSNANO, MARCH 10, 1927. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank Lendos Demand Bank 2/3 11/16 4 months’sight Ba»»er 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 9/32 f 3 Documentary 2/4 5/16 Calcutta Demand Bank 153 j 3 day’s sight Pr i vate 155 Bombay Demand Bank >, 153 r Madras Demand
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    RUBBER SALES.
    39 11 T/te 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 $9O to $9l F.A.Q. do 88 89 'Low F.A.Q. do 83 87
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    140 11 Tis following were the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.'s share list at 11 a.m. to day Yesterday. To-day. Shares. a a. M ar. X w sc. c. c. c. Mining. Bangrin Tin 34/6 35/- 35/- 36/Eastern Siam Tin 24/3 24/9 24/6 25/Johan Tin .32i .35
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    84 11 The following are our latest quotations Rubber. Buyers. Sellers. Amalgamated $4.40 $4.60 Bassett L42| B. Jelutong 1.10 1.15 Changkat 10.00 10.50 Mentakib .59 .61 N. Sendai 2.85 2.95 S. Tukang 1.32| 137| U. Ma’acca 2 55 2.65 Tin. Bangrin (01d)... 31/3 35/3 Hitam 1.10 1.15 Hong Fatt
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    32 11 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE! S R. Sheet 68} per pounds per pl. $9l 66 Mo. 1 Crepe 68} cts per pound** per pl. 191-66 Quiet. (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys)
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY LTD.
    34 11 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to day are as follows Spot 69c April/June 71c July/September 73c Oct./December 75c Quiet.
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    TIN PRICES.
    171 11 Tne Straits Trading Co. Ltd. and Beduced give the following prices, on March 9: London. Spot £315 15 0 Up £2 15 0 3 m/s. buying 301-5-0 1-15 0 3 selling 301-15 0 2-0-0 Local. March 10 Singapore sold 150 tons at $157-50 Penang buyers no sellers at
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    137 11 The output of Tronoh Mines, Ltd. for th° month of Fehrua”v was Pls. 1,086. The output of Hitam Tin. Lirnitel for the month of February was piculs 109. KAMUNTING TIN DREDGING, Ltd. We are informed by Messrs. Harrisons Barker Co., Ltd., that they have received a cable from
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    192 11 AMATEUR RACE MEETING. Easter Saturday and Easter Monday. THE 16th AND 18th APRIL, 1927. First Race at 2-30 p.m. each day. 10 Races for all Ponies. 6 Races for all Horses. 2 Races for all Hacks. Stakes $lO,OOO exclusive of Added Money and Value of Cups. Amateur
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      55 11 Cramps in the Stomach No need of suffering from cramps in the stomach or intestinal pains. Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to relieve the most severe cases. Get it to-day; there will be no time to send for it after the attack comes on. For sale everywhere. The
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      299 11 New A 4ver? isements. i 1 1 POSITIONS VACANT. Wanted: Board Residence by European state terms to Box No. 110, cl j Pinang Gazette. Wanted A Junior Clerk with knowledge of typewriting. Apply stating salary required. Bachelor pr< ferred Box No. 109, c/o Pinang Gazette. < Wanted Temporary Assistants for
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      388 11 Malaya Consolidated Tin Dredging Company, Limited. (Incorporated in Penang, Straits Settlements.) NOTICE. The Direct rs have received advices that pf rmissicn has been n ceived from the London Stock Exchange fur tbe fully paid shares in the Company Nos. 1 to 1,200,000 to be officially quoted and dealt with on
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    KENNEDY & CO'S SHARE LIST.
    1254 12 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. NAMES J 2 1 S tn to RUBBER [Dolisv.j f o I o Allenoy Robber Oo 2 95 3 15 ex Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 2 90 3 00 Amalgamated Malay Estates 4 30 4 50 H Ayer HI tarn Planting Syndicate 4 70 4 90
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      173 12 f m i'j I Everybodys /IftgWiOailllNj I IklK'ftg &bout the Greddr i DEMZXI IBgWW H Pance Bsj\d j HEAR THESE NEW RECORDS? Her Beaus are Rainbows Foxtrot What Good is Good Morning Precious Someone is Lesin Susan y St Louis Blues Hello Baby i Where’d you get those Eyes 7
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    THE SEAMY SIDE.
    646 13 TALES TOLD TO THE MAGISTILATE. How One Woman Saved Another. Bow-street Police Court daily produces more sensation than sensational novel, writes R. E. Corder. However trivial the morning charges may appear, they always contain th? element of surprise, for so wide and skilfully spread is the Bow-street
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    BANKS’ TRADE CONTROL.
    119 13 C'HALR/MAN OF LLOYDS ON DANGEROUS THEORY. r Should trade be controlled by’ banks At Lloyds Bank, Ltd., meeting on Feb. 4. Mr. J. Beaumont Pease the chairman, said it had been suggested that banks should insist on traders following a certain course, according to their theoretical conception
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    164 14 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES Pnnpah for Asahan and Batu Rabra. Rftoh for Belawan (Deli), Paneh and A«ahan. Trang for Kantang (Trang) Girbee, Tongkah and Pang Nga. Sri Muar for P. Langkawi and Kantang (Trang). Tairea for Port Swettenham Singapore. Fookeang for Singapore, China Japan. Am pang for Pangkor, Dindinga and
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    PENANG MAILS.
    547 14 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). st num Federated Malay States, Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) .at 6 p.m. Parit Buntar,
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    MARKET PRICES.
    700 15 CHOW KA ST A MA REFT March 10, 1927 Mutton— Mct'on Indian p >r lb 55 Head, sheep or goat each I.OU Liver with heart 4 lung do 130 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutto* lb 55 Lamb
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      1294 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG g| gHL H Ik’ WEfiStLY BEBVICE< LONDON AND N. CONTINENT, |a| tl BH IKE jgfl 1 g g- P A.TROCLUS Mar. 16 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow. MFNTOR Mar 25 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. naßiaaN^HMßaaHHwaßßßeMHHamawaMMaaaMßi mi ADRASTUS Mar. 31 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam
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      648 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. under Sailings of steamers of the British contract with His Majesty’s Govern- India S. N. Co., Ltd ment, London and Far East Mail Service. (Incorporated in England) Outwards from
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