Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 August 1927

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. Hg. 194. VOL. LXXXV. FRIDAY, 26th AUGUST, 1927. PRICE IO CENTS.
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      20 1 T. NAGATA i BROTHERS i I k DENTISTS. leal Mice: Nett to.the Bispuwj I french Office S 2 Leith frnei,
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    GETTING ON.
    376 2 The Mistakes People Make. THE danger of making dogmaticstatements lies, it seems to me, in the fact that what applies to one person does not always apply to another. When, therefore, we discuss, as has been discussed recently in this paper, such a question as, Does the wearing
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    LIFE TO SAVE BOY.
    275 2 UNKNOWN MAN’S DIVE INTO THAMES. An unknown Londoner lost his life when trying to rescue a 6-yearsold boy who had fallen into the Thames near Westminster Bridge, the boy being saved by a river police boat. Hundreds of people saw the drama. The boy, William Lane,
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      1200 2 posmoys VACANT.TENDERS INVITED. NOTICES. Wanted Chinese Canvasser, apply The Municipal Commissioners of MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Box No. 431, c/o Pinang Gazette. George Town, Penang, hereby invite 17M 26 8 ,e The r8 s n°ppTy of special grade sand for 'way' of Wanted First class Chinese Boy for bonding .cans tor the
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      38 2 ATTENTION. If you wish to SELL and secure HIGHEST MARKET VALUE OR TO BUY, VALUE or MORTGAGE GOOD PROPERTIES CONSULT US. A. DENNYS, Licensed Valuers and Auctioneers, 22a, Reach Street, Penang. PROPRIETORS OF THE BEACH STREET AUCTION ROOMS.
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      309 2 A Delicate Girl The va^ue °f fuffr Jr Cien f y of lnthe x. 'y appreciated at j ts s' worth,” write» u Physician i n X|\ Practitioner.” For fast growing girls a sufficient calcium content in blood and bones is of vital influence on their future. Symptoms of calcium
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    JUMP FROM BOAT ON RIVER LEA.
    949 3 MESSAGE IN BOOK. Fly-Leaf Note in “The Sheik.” A GIRL who committed suicide while she was in a boat with a young man on the River Lea was the subject of an inquest at Hackney at which an amazing story was told. The dead
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    TRUNK MURDER APPEAL FAILS.
    696 3 COUNSEL FOR THE CROWN NOT CALLED. Ample Evidence.” Without calling on counsel for the Crown to reply, the Court of Criminal Appeilhas dismissed the> appeal of the trunk murderer, John Robinson (36), clerk, of De Laune street, Kennington. THE Court (says the Evening Stan dard} consisted
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    LARAS (SUMATRA) RUBBER
    1827 4 STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION. MARKET AND RESTRICTION SCHEME. The seventeenth ordinary general meeting of the Laras (Sumatra) Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on July 28 at "Winchester House, E. C-, Mr. F. O. Streeten (chairman of the company) presiding. The Representative of the Secretaries (Messrs. Paterson, Simons and
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    NEW YORK’S NON-STOP STREET REPAIRS.
    304 4 Eighth-Avenue of Wooden Planks. WHILE Piccadilly is being repaired New Yorkers are watching with astonishment one of the world’s great engineering feats in progress, with no hindrance to the day’s traffic. Along Eighth-avenue a new underground railway—subways they call them here—is being built. Like London’s
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    40 FT. FALL TO DEAIH.
    206 4 ROCK CUMBER’S FATE. How a loose handhold caused the death of an expert rock climber, Mr. Claude D. Frankland, aged 49, headmaster of Sweetstreet council school, Leeds, was tuld at the inquest at Wasdale Head, Cumberland, when a verdict of Accidental Death was returned. Mr.
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    INQUEST ON CHINESE WHO WAS STABBED.
    404 5 A PENANG-ROAD AFFRAY. “Murder By Some Person Unknown.” AN inquest was held at the Penang Police Court yesterday by the Coroner (Mr. S. N. King) on the body of Gooi Ewe Bah, a Hokien, who was stabbed in Penang-road on August 12 about 7
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    A CHINESE WILL.
    215 5 SECONDARY WIFE’S APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION. Judgment Reserved. The case in which Lau Ah Thye is applying for a declaration to be declared a widow of Cheang Ah Quee so that she could claim a share of his estate was concluded in the Supreme Court yesterday before Mr.
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    BANGKOK NEWS.
    97 5 SIAMESE BUDGET REPORT. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, August 25. The Budget Report just issued makes it clear that the capital expenditure of the Railways and Irrigation, estimated at 7,000,000 ticals, will be financed from the Treasury balances and no foreign loan is contemplated. The new Customs and
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    MAN SHOT DEAD ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH.
    232 5 MORE THAN £5O IN NOTES DISCOVERED. Once in Asylum. With over £5O in the clothing, the body of a well-dressed man between 50 and 60 years of age has been found shot through the head on Hampstead Heath near the Viaduct Pond. By his
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    SIX MONTHS AND FINE OF £100.
    197 5 MAXIMUM SENTENCE FOR A WOMAN PICKPOCKET. Mrs. Elsie West (39), of Gibson-square, Islington, was given the maximum sentence—six months’ hard labour, and, in addition, a fine of £lOO, or a further three months* imprisonment—at Marylebone Police Court for stealing a purse from a woman’s
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY AND KEDAH CHURCH NOTICES.
    56 5 August 28th —11th Sunday after Trinity, 8 a.ru. (E) Holy Communion. 9 a.m. (T) Holy Communion and Address, both at Holy Trinity Church Nibong Tebal 6 p.m. Evening Address at S. Mark’s Church, Butterworth. Thursday 1st —S. Giles Ab. C. 7.30 a.m. Holy Communion
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      84 5 hotel belvedere brastagi. Rec ms, $6-50 to $8 per day. 4,800 feet above sea, View frcm Hotel for 90 miles. Electric light, running water in all rooms, full sewerage, Billiards, Golf, Tennis, Riding and Dancing. G. J. WALTER, Manager I A HISTORY OF J BRITISH MALAYA I I 1824—1867 I
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      132 5 WHAT THE TONGUE TELLS. It tells, first of all, the reason for th© child’s lassitude, of the disordered stomach that robs the youngster of desire to play, of pain and general malease due to a congested intestinal tract. These disorders are so common to childhood, accounting for fully 90 per
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      370 5 tl.-c' Richard Talmadge again with His Dare-Devil Stunts ThScitr© Royal (Telephone 1152.) From Thursday, 25th till Sunday, 28th August. Day Show on Sunday, from 2-30 p.m. shoW Starts at 7-30 p. m. 1 Comedy 2 Reels 2 Monte Blue and Patsy Ruth Miller in Red Hot Tires 7 Reels A
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      PENANG TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
      198 6 DOUBLES SEMI-FINALS. Two Semi-finals in the Doubles of the Penang Lawn Tennis Championship matches were played yesterday when G. H. Pinckney and J. R. Bennett beat R. D. Hoblyn and P. H. Swinchatt 2 —6; 6—2; 6 —3, and Lin Keng Sim and Cheah Wat Sun beat
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      KINTA TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
      90 6 TAM SAY KEE RETAINS THE TITLE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipob, August 26. Lam Say Kee, for the second time, has won the Kinta Tennis Championship, defeating Kok Ying in a well contested game by 2-6; 6-2; 6 3. In the Doubles. Kok Ying and Ko Chens
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      AMERICAN WOMENS’ TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
      121 6 BETTY NUTHALL ENTERS FOURTH ROUND. Forestbills, August 25. In the third round of the American National Womens’ Lawn Tennis Championships, Betty Nuthall beat Miss Penelope Anderson of Richmond, Virginia 6_4, 6—3. Mrs. Mallory sensationally beat Miss Sterry 60 0-6 ;6 0. Miss Helen Wills beat Mrs.
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      DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
      31 6 FRANCE DEFEATS JAPAN. Brookline (Massachusetts). August 25. In the opening match of the Davis Cup inter zine final between Japan and France, Cochet beat Ohta 6'o; 6-3;6 2.
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      LACOSTE BEATS HARADA.
      19 6 Brookline, August 25. In the Davis Cup tournament, Lacoste beat Harada 6-1 6 1 6 2.
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      MALAYAN CUP FINAL.
      67 6 SELANGOR TEAM. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, August 26. The following have been selected to represent Selangor in the Cup Final to-morrow: —Walker; Peng Kong, Chiang Seng; Farquharson, De Silva, Doig; Perdrian, Choon Lin, King, De Souza, and Welsh. The Selangor Football Association is unable to
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      P. C. C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
      40 6 The result of a lawn bowls tournament tie played yesterday was Teams of Three— +3J. G. Allan. T. F. Meson and A. Ferguson- beat Scr G. B. F. Southam, J. Duguid and E. Dunkerley 21-16.
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      GOLF.
      140 6 AMERICAN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP. Minneapolis, August 25. In the American Amateur Golf Championship, playing under perfect conditions. Von Elm turned 2 up on the veteran Legg, who won the next four all with “birdies.” Von Elm had an “eagle” and won the fourteenth. The remainder were halved. Second round results
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      BOXING.
      167 6 DELANEY AND “STABLE’’ REINSTATED. New York, August 25. Jack Delaney the heavyweight, and Pete Reilly his manager, with their “stable” have been reinstated following a statement by Reilly to the effect that a settlement would shortly be made regarding Coney Island Stadium whe-re Delaney should have fought Sharkey last
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    DEATH OF DR. VAN HELSDINGEN.
    212 6 The death took place at Singapore on Tuesday of a very well-known and much loved man in the person of Dr. R. van Beuningen van Helsdingen. The doctor was at one time attached to the Deli Maatschappij and was stationed at Billiton as doctor among
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    SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
    115 6 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, held its 826tb, auction on Wednesday, when there were Catalogued 1,345,772 lbs. 600.79 tons. Offered 984,385 lbs.; 439.46 tons. Sold 842,948 lbs.; 376.32 tons. Spot. London Is. s}d. New York 341 cts. Prices Realized. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb.
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    FAREWELL FUNCTION.
    404 6 In Honour of Rev. and Mrs. G. F. Pykett. The members of the Anglo-Chinese School Union held an impressive function at the Club house, Penang Road, on 25th August in honour of Rw. G. F. Pykett, Patron and President, Ex-Officio, and Mrs. Pykett who will be leaving Penang
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    36 U.S. SHIPS FOR SALE.
    190 6 —Central News. 4 TRXNSATLANTIC LINES. Plans are being drawn up and specifications outlined for the impending sale of four American steamship lines, consisting of 39 ships, engaged-in Transatlantic cargo traffic, and aggregating 294,680 tons, according to a Washington message to the New York Herald Paris
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    RICH DIAMOND FIND.
    227 6 1,000 STONES FROM 10-ACRE FARM PLOT. A remarkable story of a discovery o diamonds at the mouth of the Kei River near the Cape border, is told by Mr. J. J Van den Bergh, a Johannesburg attorney, who has returned from that area (says a Johannesburg message).
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    TRAFALGAR LOGBOOK.
    436 6 SEXMAN’S RECORD OF THE BATTLE. Dogging The Enemy. Ati me-stained log-book kept by Thomas Fletcher, a s aman in H. M. S. Defence at the Battle of Trafalgar is a cherished heirloom in the possession of Mrs. M. A. Harper, of Johnson’s square, Albert street, Kings Lynn. Thomas
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    THIEVES' WORK LOCKED IN.
    364 6 £1,600 POST OFFICE HAUL By breaking through an 8 inch brick wall and burning through a sheet of thick steel, a gang of burglars lave stolen cash and stamps worth ,600 from a London post office safe, which stood in full view of pissing policemen during
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    FRASER’S WEEKLY REPORT.
    518 6 Singapore, Aug. 23. —There is little change to note in the prices of either Tin or Rubber during the past week and although a fair volume of business has been transacted in both sections of the market, quotations shew small alterations. Industrials continue very steady with a
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    BOUSTEAD AND CO., LTD.
    192 6 RUBBER SALES DEPARTMENT. Penang, August 24. The local rubber market has been comparatively dull during the past week, and prices have dropped slightly since last reporting. London stocks again show a small increase, and now stand at 64,842 tens, 285 tons higher than last week. Cables
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY LTD.
    38 6 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to’ report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to day are as follows Spot 58i September 58 }e Oct./December 60c Jan/Marcb, 1928 61}c Remarks: Market Weak.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    453 6 The band of the President Ad play for to-night’s dance at tho P S will Hotel. dt the E- am 0. Mrs. O>. B. Parsons' who v visiting Fraser’s Hill, has rp as bee Kuala Lumpur. urue d to. Mr G. Mines DP ment, is proceeding Home
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    180 6 MALAYAN IRON ORE POPULAR LK JAPAN. Tokio, August 23. The Yawata Iron M oi’ks have uno.Ji cially decided to purchase iron-oie h L Kuhara’s Mine in Malaya. The W Works also intend to purchase non--from the Nanyo Kogyo Kaisha of pore. Rubber Quotation. Rubber f-a.q. spot was quoted
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    28 6 have bee The following new books received at the Library AUegra, by L. Allen HarkeJ. Fombombo, by T. bll yecM c0 ***** Heaven, by Carl I»
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    By the Way.
    1654 7 O^ HP: June number of the Malayan Agricultural Journal, contains inter alia a preliminary note on "Acidity determinations in Malayan Soils” dealing with a technical point which has arisen in the course of such Jeterm'natione, and an article entitled "Longevity of Hevea Brasiliensis,” in which he Agriculturist,
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    THE WILBUR PLAYERS.
    371 7 Excellent Performance of “Rain.” Mr. Somerset Maugham’s “Rain,” which was presented at the Town Hall last evening by the Wilbur Players, is, frankly, an unsavoury play. It deals with an unsavoury subject, and there is no concealment in the author’s presentation of it, although there is always
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    AMERICA’S NAVAL PROGRAMME.
    79 7 GENEVA FAILURE NOT IMPLICATED. New York, August 25. The Tinies correspondent at aSn Francisco says that Mr. Wilbur denies the statement cabled yesterday. Accordto the Times, Mr. Wilbur said that the cruiser building programme will be based on the country’s needs, and the General Board! will decide
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    SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN LEAVES FOR GENEVA.
    91 7 NEXT WEDNESDAY’S INTERESTING CEREMONY. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, August 25. Sir Austen Chamberlain leaves London on Tuesday next for Paris on his way to Geneva for the meeting of the League of Nations which opens the following Thursday. On Wednesday, at the hotel de
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    64 7 (Rugby Radio Sebvicb.) London, August 25. Paris, 124 New York, 4.86 A Brussels, 34.92 Geneva, 25.21 Amsterdam, 12.13} Milan, 89} Berlin, 20.42 Stockholm, 18.19 Copenhagen, 18 15 Oslo, 18.70 Vienna, 34.51; Prague, 164 Helsingfors, 193 Madrid, 28.85 Lisbon, 2ts; Athens, »72 Bucharest, 781 Rio, ssj; Buenos Aires; 47}
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    COMING EVENTS.
    19 7 Aug. 27 Fifth Annual Athletic Meeting. Aug. 27, 28—Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association (Perak North Branch) Annual Show, Taiping.
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      21 7 The fifth annual athletic sports of the Subordinate Civil Service Association will be held at the Dato Kramat Gardens on Saturday.
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      83 7 WHITEAWAYS ANNUAL SALE ENDS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER THIRD THOUSANDS IQ jkl HQ have profited by our I nwUOAVIIUO Wonderful Bargains. All Who have not had the opportunity to AA L L visit the store should remember the following dates SURPRISE BARGAINS Friday, August 26th and Saturday, August 27th. REMNANTS ODDMENTS AND
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    TOWARDS THE LIGHT.
    542 8 Mr. Wilbar, the Secretary of the U. S. Navy Department, according to a cable received yesterday, is going to ask the next session of Congress for a 100 per cent, increase in the shipbuilding programme, and is reported to have siid that the failure of the Geneva
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    THE PROBLEM OF ATHEISM.
    416 8 The issue for August, 1927, 'of The World To day contains a wellinformed and well-written article on The Rising Tide of Atheism,” and its menac» to the rising generation. “It is impossible to deny,” says the writer, that we are living for the most part in
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    39 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) 8. R. Sheet 58 eta per pound per pl. $77/33 No. 1 Crepe 58 eta per pound t>er pl. $77/33 Weak. London 17d New York 34£ cts. (gold). {By Oourteay of Measra. Allen Denny*.')
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    TIN PRICES.
    44 8 Tae Straita Trading Co. Ltd., gives the following prices, on August 25: London. Spot £290 down £2 3 m/s. buying „285 5 1. 5 selling. 285.10 1. 5 Local. August 26: Singapore sold 150 tons at Penang buyers no sellers at $144.87|.
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    Our London Letter.
    1560 8 Oj Jlir Services WAR MINISTER’S VISIT TO INDIAN FRONTIER (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, August 4. Details are now available of the allmetal flying boats which the Royal Air Force will use in the flight from Felixstowe to Singapore. Under the command of Group Captain Brown-Cave the
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    HIGH SPEED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION.
    458 9 British-India Service. completion of new beam STATIONS. SUCCESS OF AMBITIOUS SCHEME. The short ware ivireless beam stations h!c j t hare been built for the General post Office by the Marconi Company at Grimsby and Skegness, fur highspeed wireless communication with India, hare successfully passed the
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    HEAVY DEATH-ROLL.
    86 9 MORE DEATHS IN SEVENOAKS Railway smash. London, August 25. In the Southern railway accident near eve,i four of the injured, including t 0 ave died, bringing the death roll and the number of those seriously mjQred to 30. mountain train disaster. Chamonix, August 25. and v feared a
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    SOVIET GENERALS EXECUTED.
    26 9 j.. Moscow, August 25. c a^y announced that Generals an d Denissov have been th Central Executive having eir Petition for a reprieve.
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    GENERAL ELECTION IN IRELAND IN SEPTEMBER.
    146 9 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S PROCLAMATIOV. SEQUEL TO DUBLIN BYELECTIONS. As a sequel to the Govern inent’s victory in the by-elections in Dublin, the Governor-General, on the advice of the Executive, has signed a proclamation dissolving the Dail Eireann, and a General Election will be held on
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    INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION CONFERENCE.
    230 9 FRANCO GERMAN RELATIONS. Paris, August 25. A somewhat cool reception was accorded to the speech of Herr Loebe, President of the Reichstag, who headed the important German delegation, including ex-chancellor Wirth, to the 24th Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union which was the precursor of the "League of‘
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    PRESS CONFERENCE.
    138 9 THE PROTECTION OF NEWS. Geneva, August 25. The Press Conference adopted resolutions with regard to the press rates of telegraphic and telephonic messages and also to the question of code press messages and the improvement of communications. A divergence of views was manifested in the discussion on the
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    JAPANESE NAVAL DISASTER.
    63 9 CONDOLENCE FROM AMERICA. Washington, August 25. Mr. Robinson, Acting Secretary of the Navy, has sent a message to the Japanese Minister of Marine, condoling with the naval disaster. He says that the realisation that such a disaster must be accepted as a constant risk in the operations
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    PREMIER’S TRIBUTE TO CANADA.
    327 9 Spirit of Optimism. PERMANENT ASSOCIATION WITH DOMINION’S FUTURE. DONE MY BEST TO LE ARN. In the course of a telegram to the Premier of Canada, Mr. Stanley Baldwin says, I can send no better wish to Canada than that when next a Prime Minister of Great
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    JUST EIGHT YEARS OLD!
    191 9 BRITISH AIR LINES CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, August 25. To-day the B-itish Air Lines celebrate their eighth birthday. On August 25, 1919, the first British Civil aeroplane, a Rolls Royce converted-warplane made its maiden flight between London and Paris. This machine had accommodation
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    MORE LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHTS IN AMERICA.
    87 9 ATTEMPTED 4,600 MILES’ HOP. Brunswick, August 25. Flying the Stimson-Detroiter Monoplane Port of Brunswick the aviator Paul Redfern, has started from Beach Glyn-Isle on a 4,600 miles’ non-3top flight to Brazil. Redfern’s objective is Rio de Janeiro, and he hopes at least to reach Pernambuco.
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    SERIOUS HAMBURG RIOTS.
    236 9 POLICEMAN CLUBBED TO DEATH. RIOTERS SENTENCED IN PARIS AND GENEVA. Sympathisers with Sacco and Vanzetti are still active in places, although to a less serious degree. There has been much trouble in Hamburg, while in Paris and Geneva the Courts have been busy dealing with rioters and
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    ENGLAND AND JAPAN.
    153 9 AMERICAN ALLEGATIONS OF A SECRET ALLIANCE. Washington, August 25. According to the Washington Past, reports from trustworthy sources have reached the State Department that a mutually satisfactory Anglo-Japanese agreement as regards the future of naval supremacy was reached when it finally became apparent that the United States
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    INDIANIZATION OF THE ARMY.
    125 9 SIR WILLIAM BIRDWOOD’S IMPORTANT STATEMENT. Simla, August 25. An important statement on the question of the Indianization of the Army in India was made by Sir William Birdwood, Commander in Chief in India, to a crowded Assembly. Replying to a resolution by Dr. Moonji. urging the
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    SHIPPING STRIKE IN CALCUTTA
    77 9 SEVERAL STEAMERS HELD UP. Calcutta, August 25. As the result of a strike of 23 Assistant Harbour Masters for an increase of salary, eight steamers have been held up for a month in the Hooghly. One of them, carrying mails and passengers from Burma, will be
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    CHINA COAST SHIPPING STRIKE.
    1536 10 A Complete Deadlock. Let us state at the onset that in attempting to pass a little comment on a matter which both sides to the dispute have made it perfectly clear that outsiders have no concern with, w« are not totally uiMiiindful of Gay's Hues to
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      115 10 You can keep well in 9 trying climate by taking Halls Wine THE SUPREME TONIC Front all first -class Chemists a»d Wine Mereha-nts and African and F.attarn Trade Corporation Ltd.< I Singapore and Penang. Sole Proprietors: Suf.phen Smith ft Company, Lt»., Bew. Lemaen. Fnglax». “pTlTisan hamy, Manufacturing Jeweller, Corner ol
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    BOYS PLAY WITH LIVE SHELL.
    509 11 RANGE WARNING IGNORED. Nursemaid’s Death. THE death, as a result of being struck on the head by a shell, of Miss Millicent Catt, aged 50, a nursemaid, at Lulworth Cove, near Weymouth, was inquired into at the Tank School Camp Lulwoj-th (says the “Daily Mail”).
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    WOMAN ‘RED' DEPORTED.
    160 11 TAKEN BY LONDON DETECTIVE TO BOAT. In the custody of two Scotland Yard officers a shingled-haired young woman, described as a Communist spy, has left London for Harwich. On arrival there she is to be placed upon a boat sailing for the Hook of Holland, with the
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    RIVER ROMANCE OF A DETECTIVE
    292 11 Athletic Officer and Keen Oarswoman, A meeting between a young detective of the Special Branch of Scotland Yard and the only daughter of Mr- F. W. Owbridge, managing director of the famous patent medicine firm, while both were preparing to row in races for the
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    DEAD ON EXMOOR.
    286 11 EXHAUSTED MAN’S FALL INTO STREAM. After a lengthy search of the lonely wastes cf Exmoor by horsemen and parties of people on foot, the body of Mr. Henry Charles Newmarcb. of Cross-field-road. South Hampstead, N.W., who has been missing fcr sometime from Pcrlock, w?s found two miles
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      356 11 e ff Advertisements. VACANT. i 'T"'77c!erk wanted for Pulao LangTamil preferred. Knowledge of k3 it ink’ and office routine a recomlype?r,i n Excellent prospects. Apply B, T 0 handw.itiDß to Box No. 433, c/o X-Bfi» ette MISCELLANEOUS. n C. S. Manyam, wishes board and 1 dfing vviih bachelors within town
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      25 11 MASSAGE! MASSAGE!! MISS YOSHIKO No. 142-m,V Burmah Road. FOB ENVELOPES i; OFEVDLY DESCRIPTION AT TBB I; LOWEST PRICES Rlne UP <®B <>Piaang Gazette Press, Ltd.;-
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    177 12 FOOTBALLER SUSPENDED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 26. The Straits Football Association Referees’ Board suspended Salleh, of the Telephone Company, who was sent off in the cup match against the Wireless Station. McALISTER’S ANNUAL MEETING. At the annual meeting of McAlister and Co., the Chairman, Mr. A.
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    MISSING MAN FOUND IN PRISON.
    196 12 ‘’FREE PARDON” FOR VICTIM OF SLEEPY SICKNESS. The Home Secretary has decided to advise the King to grant a free pardon to Mr. Norman Newton, a Post Office employee, of Manchester, who was arrested at Longton, Staffordshire, on a charge of sleeping out and sentenced
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    PIN GAME ON THE STAGE.
    239 12 PLOTTING THE MOVEMENTS OF ACTORS. Twenty-six drawing pins, each representing an actor or an actress, have played the parts in a play which has just gone into rehearea 1 The pins have stood for, among others, Miss Margaret Bannerman, Mr. Nicholas Hannen, Miss Mabel Terry
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    PENANG POLICE COURT.
    67 12 For quitting the service of his employer without giving due notice on August 7, Mr. S.N. King sentenced a Tamil named Tamutram, to 14 days rigorous imprisonment this morning under section 95 of the Labour Ordinance. Ttie accused sa d he went to work for complainant who
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    170 12 The following were the latest quotations in Messrs. Kennedy and Co.’s share list at 11 a.m. to day Yesterday. To-day. fi E Shares. 2. P <E D PQ «2 ffl OQ c. sc. c. c. Mining. Batang P. .71 .73 .70 .72} Chenderiang 20/6 21/6 21/- 21/6
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    67 12 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list Mining Shares. Bayers. Sellers. Batang Padang .69 .71 Chenderiang 20/6 21/6 Huey Yot Pref. 31/- 32/Kuyoh 1.60 1.62} Malaya Consolidated 1.27} 1.30 Mambau 1.52} 1.55 North Taiping 1 20 1.22} Petaling 4.85 4.87 j
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    88 12 The following are our latest quotations To-day. Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Allenbys 2.80 2.95 Bassetts 1.32} 1.37} Changkats 7.75 8.25 Jimahs 2.40 2.50 Kedahs 4.10 4.30 Mentakabs .57 .59 Parit Peraks 3.55 3.75 U. Malaccas 2.20 2.30 Tins. Batu Caves 1.35 1.40 Eastern Siams 23/6 24/Hong Fatts 1.15
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    OVERSEA BROKERS LIMITED.
    72 12 The following are our latest quotations To-day. Buyers. Sellers. Mining. B. Padangs .68 .70 Bangrins 32/6 33/K. Lumpurs 38/6 39/Kintas 1.40 1.45 Lahats 20/9 21/3 Larnts 23/- 23/6 M. Consols 1.28 1.30 Nai Hoots .29 .30 Norths 1.20 1.22 Pattanis 5/8 6/Ratruts 26/3 26(9 ex Souths .79
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 12 PENANG, AUGUST 26, 1927. (By Courtesy lOf The Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 11/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 7/12 3 Documentary 2/4 9/32 Calcutta Demand Bank 1541') 3 days’sight Private 156 B Bombay Demand Bank 1541 Madras Demand Bank 1541 }g’ 3 days’
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      315 12 ONLY 90 Cents Per Doz. Standard 14oz. Bottle, Crisp, Crystal Clear Soso -Waler i “BN” Quality Famous Throughout MALAYA. DEALERS and AGENTS IN EVERY TOWN AND VILLAGE Fraser Neave LIMITED, PENANG. ii'Qh' Grade pUttT ■p' t A fa 1 ountain PATENTED S \i Nos. *< //> 1235 yr ///By 8632
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      298 12 A GENERAL MOTORS PROD U C pl OLDSMOBILE) I I’’ ■v. Vxijs J- a A \wlWv I4Sp eodid And Lasting Service of the lb west-priced and most economical car in the six- 5 IB cylinder field, the latest model Oldsmobile has made a J < distinct and uHinistakeable tnark in
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    TALES TOLD TO THE MAGISTRATE.
    460 13 “Been to the Dogs” At the White City. A positively disconcerting peace brooded over Bow street Police Court. The sergeant who interviews ali callers—he is, by the way, probably the politest policeman in London —met me at the door with a blank look on his
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    BOXER’S TRAMP TO LONDON.
    227 13 LUCK OF THE EMBANKMENT. A six-days’ journey on foot from Wales to London and three nights on the Thames Embankment were the lot of Billy Shea, a young ex-miner, before he gained prominence in London boxing circles by his succesi at the Crystal Palace where he
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      211 13 ,O\WHAT IS WRONG 0 WITH MY fegiO SKIN? Why Endure It—When you can Cure it. Just think what it must mean after such terrible itching, such burning torture, to have the skin cooled and soothed, the itch banished as if by magic. A few drops of D.D.D. Prescription, and you
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    131 14 To-day’s Departures. Sloet van do Beele for Langsa, Sabang. Olehleh, Padaog and Batavia. Trang for Kantang (Trang) Girbee, Tongkah and Pane Nga. m/d Asia for P. Swettenham, Singapore China Japan. Tairea for Negapatarc and Madras. Knala for Belawan (Deli). Glenluce for Port Swettenham, Singa pore, China and JapanPresident
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    PENANG MAILS.
    519 14 CLOSE DAILY (except Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated Malav States Malacca Johore and Singapore Registration and Parcel Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-au hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption Of Night Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) at 6 pm Parit
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    THE MAILS.
    15 14 The homeward mail by the s. e. Rawalpindi closes at 6 p.m. to-morrow.
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      303 14 'l— I I "MR 11 W*-I 'W' JOW PD2 ■s& 1 READ I fh THE REMARKABLE REPORTS ON I PHYLLOSAN BY THE WORLD’S LEADING DOCTORS *S t$ These Eminent Medical Journals are not in the habit of awarding testimony in any promiscuous fashion —their opinion is given without fear or
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      384 14 Z F w I their hairy legs through mire and tilth, they track their germ-laden bodies over your food, your //1 table, your very person. They sow the seeds of disease throughout your home the innocentlooking fly is a greater murderer than the 1 vicious brigand who attacks with dagger
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    MARKET PRICES.
    625 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, August 26, 1927 Mutton— c ts Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head heep or goat each 1.00 Liver with heart lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb do 55 Suet
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      657 15 BANKS. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL maatschappij. TRADING SOCIETY. (Established 1824.) paid Up Capital Fl. 80,000,000 (abt. £6,667,000) Statutory Reserve Fl. 40,000,000 (abt. £3,333,500) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM." IT i Au»NCi«e in Rotterdam" A ’s-Gbavimbags* Hiad Agmnct in Batavia. branches.— Bandjermasin, Bandoeng,* Bom Calcutta, Cheribon, Djember, Djokja*, Jeddah, Kobe, Kota Radjs j/Acheen), Macassar,
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      566 15 I Assets over $7,000,000. S. C. Assurance in force over $23,000,000. II The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Strait» Settlement»). HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, E. C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the
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      1218 16 THS BLUE FUNNEL LInET HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG- QT'TNINIK'Q I TIVTP'.M WEEKLY SERVICE, LONDON AND N, CONTINENT- EIUVJVf kJ JL J *****2/3 AjJ.LvI.AJ TIDEUS Aug. 29 Marseilles, London and Holland. AND .«.sarT ADRASTUS Sept. 8 Lon 1 on. Rotterdam and Hamburg. DEUTSCH-AUSTRALISCHE DAMPFSCHIFFS-6ESELLSCHAFT. PERSEUS Sept. 15 Marseilles, Lmion,
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      530 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCA* LINES. (Companies Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. under Sailings of steamers of the Bt| contract with His Majesty’s Govern- India S. N. Co Ltd ment, London and Far East Mail Service. (Incorporated in Eng 1 and
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