Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 July 1927

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 167. VOL. LXXXV. MONDAY, 25th JULY, 1927. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      572 1 r C OSAKA CO., J 233, Penang Road, J Glass and Porcelain Ware Importers. Novelty Toys. -.■z-- _n_ —NSt ==jt, j A »vs •J ‘fifiere is a pl I In regard to accidents, you never know —^-v—your luck.” I I I\/[ T I\T I IV /I 7K 2 Somrtime. it
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      16 1 T. NAGATA BROTHERS DENTISTS. I fell Office: Keit to th* Oispamn truck Office 51, Leith Strat
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    DRAGONS IN LONDON.
    434 2 VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT DIET. At the press view of the new Reptile House at the Zoo one of the chief surprises was that a pair of magnificent Komodo dragons have reached the Zoo alive. They arrived recently but their presence had been kept secret until the opening
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    208 2 PENANG JULY 25, 1927. Benares Opium p. chest $5.000.00 nom, Gloves 70.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings 125.00 nom. Nutmegs 80s 100.00 nom. 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom. Copra Sundried $10.85 sales Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam
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    COMING EVENTS.
    26 2 July 30 Ist Aug.—Cricket Match Colony v. F.M.S., Singapore. August 1, 4 6—Penang Turf Club, Summer Meeting. 6—Cricket League Match, P.R.C. v. E.S.C., Esplanade.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    130 2 AUTUMN MEETING, 1927. Thursday Ju?y 28th Saturday July 30th Monday August Ist Thursday August 4th Saturday August 6th 30 Races for Horses. 12 Races for Ponies. STAKES $122.200. Bedding and Stabling Free. Travelling Allowance to Visiting Horses $25. Unlimited Cash Sweep each day.) c r Cash Sweeps
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      185 2 ■K wXv v: -A A u r S/S -y -.1 Energy all day long Wj Every time you move or think you use up a certa^n amount of energy. That wastage of energy goes on all day long. Only from Bl nourishment can that wastage of energy be made good.
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    OUR BANGKOK LETTER.
    1129 3 Mail Train Robbery Still Unsolved. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, July lb. The big robbery of one hundred thousand ticals while in transit from the Siam Commercial Bank at Bangkok to the bank’s branch at Tang Song is still unsolved. The train guards who have for some
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      426 3 Safeguard against lF©v®r Dr. Cassell’s Tablets will give you the necessary strength and vigour to ward off contagion. If you are run down start a course at once. Why run the ri>k of infection when it is so easy to guard against it? There is n uer victim of contagion
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      120 3 J* 'S FOR WOUNDS If at all serious, use an approved antiseptic and dress with “Vaseline” Jelly. Brings comfort, eases pain, helps nature heal quickly. Lnyk for the Trade t *Vancline 99 It it your protection Chesebrough Mfg. Co., Cons’d New Vork London Montreal Vaseline TRADE MARK PETROLEUM JELLY In
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      267 3 -f- <■ ==SEi I -fl -fl I I “CASTLES IN THE AIR”. RECORDINGS BY ORIGINAL ARTISTS. ill 9100 CaBtlts In The Air Sel Theatre Orch /Lantern Of Love Helen Gilliland and Chorus j 9191 (Latavia John Steele jont (Lantern Of Love Fox Trot Debroy Somers Band X 4301 1 Baby
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    PARIS FASHION NOTES.
    1000 4 (By a Woman Correspondent). Paris, Jvne 29. Paris is essentially a woman s town, the g’ass of elegance and “chic, the setting dreamed of by a?l women, to develop most harmoniously all the resources of her person. ‘“La Femme,’’ in Paris, be she of Paris, or London,
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      570 4 X***k A A A A *1 A A A A I i ►p K jt ►1« CL<*X r r I 1 Mobiloil I T X Make the chart your guide J, 4» X Owners of motorcars can buy lubricating oil two ways. V T first, they can purchase on the
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    BATHING POOL FOR 600 PEOPLE.
    378 5 A Fairyland. £120,000 SCHEME TRANSFORMS MARGATE PROMENADE. HE Mayor of Margate has opened a 3 most important and extensive new public attraction to the seafront. Mr. J. Henry Iles, \jho created Dreamland, purchased the old Clifton Baths Estate at Cliftonvillo, in 1919, and, at a
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    THE GRACE OF GOOD MANNERS.
    298 5 T HE GRACE OF GOOD MANNERS. If the world should ever cease to show a fair measure of courtesy and po'iteness in the daily intercourse and happenings of life, the loss would be a very tragic and irreparable one. Some will tell us that this has already taken place, and
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    MARRIAGE OR A CAREER?
    507 5 Wonderful Women. I ACTRESS’S ENGAGEMENT BROKEN. MISS Enid Stamp-Taylor, who has decided that she prefers her career to marriage and has brokI en off her engagement to Count de Bosdari, is reported to have said: “I have mx careei and 1 have tried to have other
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    FAMOUS LONDON HOTEL TO BE SOLD?
    287 5 “BRIGHTER LONDON May Become Suites of Offices. The (hand Hotel, which, because it overlooks Trafalgar square. the finest site in Europe,’ is one of the best-known hotels to visitors to the Metropolis, is about to disappear, the “Referee understands. A City syndicate is negotiating
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      165 5 WOMEN S MALADIES. The ailments of women constitute almost a speciality in the practice of medicine. The feminine temperament is as much a factor in determining the treatment of these as is the feminine «onstitution. Tonicity is the clue to woman’s health and well-being. The blood and the r. u
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      208 5 Siring tfie I "IVorks into Vour I Office. V \O you realise that nearly all the work you V I now send out to the printer can be done in your own office more easily, more *x* quickly, and at one-third of the cost, by inJ stalling a RONEOTYPE I
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      195 5 Tbril’*- *n<l Fxritemeot—See the Breath-Taking Drama— I" “THE LIMITED MAIL" I AT Theatre Royal I From Monday, 25th till Wednesday, 27th July. I Dayshow on Saturday 30th at 2-30 p.m. Low Starfs at 7-30 p. m. I i FOOLS ON THE DESERT” 6 reels 12. Ricardo Cortez in NOT SO
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    By the Way.
    1413 6 r is to be hoped that Penang ricksha u pullers will not take a hint from that intelligent quadruped the h rse which was drawing a c >al van in Cbeapside the other day. A policeman pu’ out bis arm to stop the traffic, whereupon the horse
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    DEATH OF BRIG.-GENERAL DYER.
    287 6 London, July 2.3. T e death has taken place of Brigadier Ge ertl Regin d Edward Harry Dyer, at the age of 6.3 years. Gene.al Dyer- 'v<h in command at Amritsar in 1919 a hen es a result of the intense feeling aroused by the R
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    GOVERNOR’S K.I. VISIT.
    189 6 Representative Gathering. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 25. A special train bringing Sir Hugh Clifford arrived at Kuala Lumpur at 9 to-day. The station was beautifully decorated with flags and greenery and a large and distinguish.-d gathering had assembled to w Icome the Governor. Alighting,
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    168 6 MR. WHITLEY’S FINE CRICKET. (From Our Oaii C.h respondent Sit gnpore, July 25. Mr. N lI.T. Whith y carried cut bis bat for 159, ft r the Public St rvices ano Law against the Mt rcl ants in the S.C C. tournan ent on Saturday, at d set
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    IPOH STABBING CASE.
    95 6 EVIDENCE RECORDED IN HOSPITAI. (From Our Own Correspon t-nt.) Tpob, July 25. The evidence wis record d in hospital of Kangesar, the local Stationrn ster, who on June .3. was severely injured in the leg with a knif*. The complainant alleged that a Jaffna clerk of the
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    ERROR IN MEDICAL EVIDENCE.
    161 6 JUDGE REDUCES SENTENCE. In the Supreme Court this morning the Hon. Mr. Justice Sproule give hie judgment in the ca«e of th* appeal of Min bin Hadji Bikir and three others against a sentei ce of 6 months’ rigorous imprisonment f< r causii n grievous hurt
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    AN UNSATISFACTORY CONVICTION.
    67 6 JUDGE QUASHES SENTENCE FOR HOUSEBREAKING. His Lordship Mr. Justice Sproule quashed the B*ntence, passed on a man named Manikam of nine months’imprisonment for housebreaking at Luraut on June 10th last. The Acting D. P. P. Mr. Crabb Watt agreed with His Lordship that it was an unsatisfactory
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    ST. XAVIER'S CONCERT.
    437 6 Very Kev. Bro. James 0.8. E. Entertained. SOME TXLENTED ARTISTS. lii honour of th* Patronal Feast of the Very Rev. Bro. J ime a 0.8. E Visitor of the Christian Brothers’ Schools, a concert was given by the r*ach*rs and pupils of Xavier’s Insti u o i
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    PENANG POLICE COURT.
    238 6 THEFT OF A LEATHER BAG. Charg-d with the theft of a leather purse belongit g to a Malay fireman employed at the F'rii E!ec‘ric Power Station, d tl e Church S r- et Ghaut Pmr on Julv 16, two T mils ni-.m*d Muthusamy and Pernmal were each
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    DUTIABLE LIQUORS.
    151 6 MAGISTRATE’S SENTENCE ON CHINESE UPHELD. Tn the case of the appeal of Ng Choo of 82, Bishop Street against a fine of $5OO inflicted upon him, for being in possession of dutiable l quors, by Mr. S. N. King (Police Magistrate) on May 2.3 rd last, the II
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    THE SPAN OF LIFE.
    1051 6 Three Books on Vital Problems. EDUCATIONALISTS have come to realise that, in order to gain the maximum mental output, the body must be developed side by bide with the mind. To that end says the Irish Times our schools give important place to gymnastics fend outdoor
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 PENANG, JUIY 25, 1927. (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank 1 London Demand Bank 2/3 11J1 4 months’sight Bank 2 4 ijlb’ 3 Cretit 2,4 I|4 3 Documentary 2 4 9/32 Calcutta Demand Bank 154|] 3 daj s’sight Private 156 '5 Bombay Demand Bank 154 i 3 Madras Demand
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      66 6 HoVIS BREAD In Hovis alone can you enjoy the full nutritive qualities of the Wheat in a form which will make no heavy demand upon the digestion. Baked only in Penang by the sole importers: VICTOR CO., 18 Leith Street, Penange KONDO’S TONSORIAL PARLOUR 35 LEITH STR£^- r Tinder New
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      98 6 u P C CROSS-WORDS COMPETI- Solution of Puzzle No. 127 The following we the na me 3 successful competitors Ist.. P.ize ($5O) Mr. f. B.ib.tch.t, 2nd., Pri Ze (|2o! Mr. Kh, o 3rd., Prize (tlo) Mackie, p. BMgi Additional awards of $5 each t*> Miss Alice Lim, Penarg. Mis»* M.
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    THE WORLD OF SPORT.
    1114 7 Review of The Week Cricket in Penang and England: Malay Tennis Tournament. By Athlete.” (Special Sporting Correspondent of the Gazette.) THE two outstanding events in the world of sport this week have been Dempsey’s defeat of Sharkey in the seventh round of their fight in New
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    PENANG RACES.
    276 7 On The Track This Morning. HORSES LIGHT WORKED. The training track presented a very busy appearance this morning for with the arrival of Messrs. Logue, Bowden, Hobbs and Woodgate during the weekend nearly all the horses entered for the meeting have arrived. The inner track was again used
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    SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES.
    202 7 The Special Sports Correspon lent of the Singapore Free Press cables as follows: CRICKET CONTROVERSY. Chipman declined the invitttion to captain England in a trial match, but played for Kent against Surrey. The Surrey cap f ain complained because as a result of Chapman’s refusal to ptay
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    "THE LIMITED MAIL."
    204 7 The management of Theatre Royal announces the screening, commencing tonight till Wednesday the 27th inst, of three selected prod actions, The Lim’ted Mail” being the chief feature attraction. Elmer Vance’s old time melodrama with its romantic story of the engineer who was the disowned son of a
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    THEATRE ROYAL.
    50 7 Two exceptionally gorgeous prolnctions The Nignt of Love starring Ronald Colman and Dulcj featuring Constance Talma are the special pictures a f Theatre R iyal from the 28tb instant. It is interesting to note that despiie the gorgeousness of the picturvs, the admission charges will be the same.
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    LIFE IN SHANGHAI NOW.
    645 7 NIGHT LIFE DEAD. No Late Nights For Tommy Atkins. CURFEW has killed the much-ad-vertised night life of Shanghai. Tuough the ban has been lifted, its moral effect remains. Purveyors of champagne and jazz mourn, but many wives rejoice. The curfew lived but a little while, and
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    PENANG IS NOT FORGOTTEN.
    114 7 Despite the bad reputation Penang has with Theatrical Producers, Mr. W. B invard, who controls the Banvard Mus cal Comedy Company, ha-* decided to bring his Company of twenty Artists to Penang and will most pr »bably commence his season here on the 17th of October.
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    CITIES AND PORTS OF BRAZIL.
    611 7 VI—PARA AND MANAOS. Where The Rubber Comes From. THE port-city of Belem, capital of the State of Para, and commonly known as Para, lies 138 miles up the mouth of the Amazon, on the right, or south, bank. It was founded in 1616, and has
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    IMMIGRATION IN 1926.
    192 7 The number of immigrants arriving in the Colony from China during 1926 reached the record figure of 348,593, an increase of 62.3 per cent, over tbe num ber for 1925 and exceeding that for 1911 previous highest year, by 78,739 or 29.1 per cent. Adult males formed
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    733 7 Captain P. N. Knight, S.S.V.F. has been transferred to the Reserve of officers. Mr. J. Crabb-Watt has been appointed D.P.P., Penang, with effect from July 25. Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Hart have left for Brastagi and will be away for about a fortnight. Second-Lieut. R. L.
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      36 7 MOTORING IN PENANG. The Motoring notes by The Pilot will commence in to-morrow’s issue. The Pitot has had many years’ experience as a motoring journalist, and his articles will be of great value to Penang motorists.
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    LORDS AND COMMONS.
    515 8 the SC-55 .Lords requires reform is beyond dispute but the generally accepted statement that the absentee peers are the cause of its shortcomings as a legislative assembly, is absurd. If there were no absentees the House wouLi be unwieldy and, as it is, there is as great
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    DANGEROUS IN DIFFERENCE.
    395 8 During the war, the Royal Air Force established a wonderful reputation, but civil aviation has been badly neglected in Britain. This is in no way surprising ;it is singularly in accord with the British official attitude to all civilian requirementsIt is regrettable that civilian flying should be
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY LTD.
    37 8 RUBBER prices. We beg to report that the Singaport prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows Spot 59| c Aug/September 60c Oct./December 61c Jan/March 1928 62c Remarks: Market Quiet.
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    37 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) S. R. Sheet 59} eta per pound per pl. $79/No. 1 Crepe 59} cte per pound Ver pl. $79/Quiet. London 17}d New York 35 cts. (gold). {By Courtesy o/ Messrs. Allen Dennys')
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    Our London Letter.
    1555 8 IbGe JXorse guards ftew Standard. AN AERIAL BATTLE OVER LONDON. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 30, New Standards were presented by the King to the two regiments of Household Cavalry on the Horse Guards Parade, London, on Saturday. There wis a great crowd of interested spectators.
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      121 8 u E. O.” AUTUMN RACE MEETING. DINNER A DANCE on the 28th, 29th July. Ist, 4th «id 6th August BLACK A WHITE FANCY DRESS BALL on the 6th August 2 Prizes for Ladies —2 Prizes for Gents. Orchestra During Tiffin Every Day. No Dancing on Saturday, 30th July or Friday,
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    Unveiling of Menin-Gate Memorial.
    838 9 Scene of First Gas Attack. Men who Stemmed The Tide of German Hordes. The Lion Vigilant.” The Menin Gate, the scene of probably the most bloody fighting during the Great War, is noir the site of a gaunt but very beautiful memorial, surmounted with the Lion
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    CHINA WAR.
    70 9 OPIUM MONOPOLY CREATED. Shanghai, July 25. The Japan to China press rate has been reduced by 30 per cent, from July 25. The Nanking government has created an opium monopoly, which will be farmed out for a year, for the provinces of Eiangsu and Chekiang. The highest tender
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    FRENCH MINISTER TO SIAM.
    23 9 —(Vale). NEW APPOINTMENT. Paris, July 24. Mr. Wilden, Minister Plenipotentiary a t Bangkok, has been appointed to Teheran.— (Vale).
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    ENGINEERING DISPUTE.
    46 9 COMPROMISE ARRANGED. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 24. Peace has been secured in the engineering industry. By a two to one majority, the men have accepted an offer made by employers for an increase of 2s. per week. The increase affects about 165,00) men.
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    SACCO-VANZETTI CASE.
    36 9 DEMONSTRATION AT PARIS. P«ris July 24. There was a large and lively demonstration last night at the Cirque de Paris by members of the Left parties, to demand the release of Sacco and Vanzetti.
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    BUENOS AIRES OUTRAGE.
    202 9 STATUE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON DAMAGED. AMERICAN EMBASSY GUARDED. Buenos Aires, July 23. The bomb which exploded on July 22 at the base of the statue of George Washington almost destroyed the pedestal. The statue was given to the country by the American Colony on the occasion of
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    PRINCE TO VISIT PEACE BRIDGE.
    110 9 A NEWLY ERECTED BUFFALO EDIFICE. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 24. Apropos th« visit of the Prince of Wales and Mr. Stanley Baldwin to Canada, it is now announced that on the afternoon of August 7 the Prince of Wales and Mr. Baldwin will drive
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    A KING’S FUNERAL
    185 9 SCENE AT THE BURI4L OF KING FERDINAND. A SOLEMN OCCASION. Bucharest, July 24. Three Archbishops, 12 bishops and 10 priests participated in the funeral service of King Ferdinand at the Palace of Cotroceni, after which his remains were conveyed for burial to Curtea de Arges. The dazzling
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    DUTCH CIVIL FLIGHT.
    31 9 SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION. Amsterdam, July 24. Mr. Van Learblack has arrived. The Queen has appointed him and the two pilots and mechanic, Knights of the Order of Orange Nassau.
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    63 9 (Rugby Radio Service) London, July 24. Paris, 124; New York, 4.8511 Brussels, 34.93: Geneva, 25.20$ Amsterdam, 12.11| Milan, 89.30 Berlin, 20.415: Stockholm, 18.12$ Copenhagen, 18.15$ Oslo. 18.79 Vienna, 34.50; Prague, ***** Helsingfors, 192.675; Madrid, 28.42$ Lisbon, 21 1 Athens, 371$ Bucharest. 802$; Rio. 5H 5 Buenos Aires, 47f;
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    BRITISH CABINET AND NAVAL QUESTIONS.
    412 9 Debate In Commons DELEGATIS TO RETURN TO GENEVA ON TUESDAY. < SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN ILL.! A final meeting of the Cabinet is to be held to-day to further discuss the question of naval limitations in general, and Mr. Bridgemans report in particular. Mr. Bridgeman and
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    SOVIET’S CHINA POLICY.
    78 9 MAINTAINING RELATIONS WITH NANKING. Moscow, July 24. The Izvestia says that the Soviet government will maintain relations with the Nanking government as it does with all governments with which it has business relatione, and this is facilitated by the fact that the Nanking government has so far
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    LORD OXFORD.
    51 9 ADMIRERS SUBSCRIBE SUBSTANTIAL PRESENT. Gin OF MONEY. London, July 24. According to the newspapers here a number of Lori Oxford’s friends and admirers have subscribed a present for the ex-Premier, which takes the form of a considerable sum of money, in recognition of his great services to the
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    HONOUR FOR EARL BEATTY.
    51 9 TO BE A PRIVY COUNCILLOR. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 24. The King has approved that Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty be sworn in as one of His Mijes’y’s Most Honourable Privy Councillors on the occasion of his retirement from the office of First Sea
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    TWO HOURS IN A RONEO FACTORY.
    663 10 A “Heath Robinson Machine.” Mr. H. N. Casson writing in The Hfficiency Magazine, baa the following to say about the Roneo Works in England. One of the most worth-while buildings in England— this Roneo factory at Romford. I is creating a new British indus
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    126 10 BUSINESS FOR MEETING. The following is the agenda before the Municipal Meeting on July 26 1. Minutes of last meeting to be confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Decisions arrived at on minute papers for confirmation. 5 Retiring age of Mr.
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    852 10 Weekly Market Report. The Share Market has been fairly active during the week under review, the undertone for tin shares being firmer and looked towards a general improvement. Rubber, The price of rubber is quoted l/5£ for London and 35« cts. (Gold) for New York to-day registering
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    "BAD LADS" AT THE ZOO.
    474 11 Sly “Whiskers.” story of ESCAPE from monkey HOUSE. Eight small monkeys, who live in the Small Rodents House and are known collectively as The Bad Lads’’ in semiofficial circles in the Zoo, nearly achieved their greatest escapade of all a week ago. It was nothing
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    FROM "THE TIMES" OF 1827.
    249 11 Monday, June 25, 1827. Goethe.—A letter from a young French student at Weimar gives the following interesting account of this celebrated poet:—“Goethe is, as you know, 80 years of age. I have had the pleasure of re peatedly dining with him in a small party
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    170 11 The following ivere the latest quo tations tn Messrs. Kennedy and Co.’s share list at 11 a.m. to day Saturday. To day. 30 33 Shares. J; 5.-2 S B CO OQ M «2 c. e. c. c. Mining. Batang p. 72 -75 .71 .73 Batu Caves 1.374
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    OVERSEA BROKERS LTD.
    102 11 To-day. Mining. Buy» tp. Sellers. B. Padanga .70 .72 Bangrins New 30/- 30/G Batu Caves 1.40 E. Siams 21/6 22/Hitams .94 .96 Johans .23 2 -25 K. 1 Tins 37/- 37/6 Kamuntirgs 20/- 20/6 Laruts 24/- 24/6 Mambans 1 50 1.52 i Nai Hoots .42| .43£ Norths
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    118 11 The following are our latest quotations Rubbers. Buyer?. Selbrp. Allenbys 2.65 2.75 Balgownies 3.00 3.20 Br» gas 1.40 1.50 Connemaras 210 2.20 Mentakabs .53 .55 Pnnggors .95 1.05 cum Temerlohs 1.10 1.20 U. Benuts .65 Tins. Bar grins 30/3 31/3 Hong Fatts 1.00 1.05 Johans 23 .25
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    TIN PRICES.
    147 11 The Straits Trading Co. Ltd., gt 'S the fallowing on July 22: London. Spot £287 10s Down £1 3 m/s. buying ~281 15s 15s selling „281-17 6 1-7 6 Locai July 23: Sirgapere sold 125 tens at $145.50 Penar g buyers no tellers at $145.25. July 25: S
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    25 11 The output of The Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co.. N. L. from 17:h to 23rd July 1927 (being cne week) was 6 tens.
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    LIFE STORY OF VALENTINO.
    470 12 Dark Days. FAMOUS SCREEN STAR AS MILITARY CADET. THE public interest in Valentino has survived his death. His ‘‘Life’’ has been written. His innumerable admirers will find all that they can reasonably wish to know about him in "La Vie de Rudolph Valentino,” by M. Edouard
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    THE NEWDIGATE PRIZE.
    344 12 Not so many years ago the suggestion that a woman could win the Newdigate Prize for English Verso at Oxford—or even that any decent woman could wish to win it—would have- caused many learn cd gentlemen to grow purple in the face. Now, when “records’ are broken
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    THE BATTLE OF VERDUN.
    377 12 Marshal Petain. FRENCH EPIC OF W.VR TO BE FILMED. THE French are about to commence upon their first epic Mar film. Whilst the other nations engaged in the conflict, Great Britain, America, and Germany, have all made their screen contributions to the history of the ar.
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    KEBLE'S MUSICAL TASTE.
    164 12 At- the- celebration of the centenary of the Christian Year, Kebla’s poetry wa> compared to music. Regarding actual music Keble’s taste or knowledge is illustrated by a, footnote on rfie hymn for Christmas Day. H runs: “1 have ventured to adopt the reading of i-he Vulgate as
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    IN HAGUE AGAINST THE FORGER.
    406 13 LEAGUE OF NATIONS ACTION. State-Aided School For Forgers In Moscow. THERE is apparently to bp an international campaign against th> forger, for the committee appointed by the League of Nations to study the problem of counterfeit currency is now meeting in Geneva. Forgery is a
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    DRINK PERMITS FOR AMERICAN TOURISTS.
    393 13 “EVILS OF PROHIBITION.” New Experiment in Liquor Trade. A Toronto message states that after nearly eleven years of prohibition the Canadian province of Ontario has decided to try another method of fighting the evils of strong drink. The voters of the Province have d°cided that
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    90 14 TO-DAY’S DEPARTURES. Pronto for Negapatam and Coast. Rawang for Pangkalan Brandan and Langkat. Reijmersz for Edi, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, Tjalang, Meulaboh and Sabang. Sirdhana for Negapatam and Madras. Ampang for Pangkor, Dindings and Sitiawan. Takliwa for Calcutta. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations
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    PENANG MAILS.
    491 14 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. 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 C pm. Parit
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    MARKET PRICES.
    636 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, July 25, 1927 Mutton— c ts Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head beep 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 Le? of Mutton lb 55 Lamb do 55
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