Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 September 1927

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 220. VOL. LXXXV. MONDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER, 1927. PRICE IO CENTS.
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      16 1 i [T. NAGATA j: i BROTHERS DENTISTS. WMa: Heitto.lkeffiJ|sairj I; ImcbOSM Lett Stmt, i; I; I
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    Selangor Turf Club.
    295 2 The Autumn 1927 Race Meeting. Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday, the Bth, 12th 15th October, 1927. 8 Divisions of a handicap for all horses: Divisions A, B, C and D 6 furlongs. Divisions E, F, G and H 5 furlongs. 8 Divisions of a handicap for all horses: Divisions
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    113 2 To-day’s Departures. Ekma for Port Swettenham and Singapore. van Linechoten for Sabang, Olehleh, West Sumatra and Padang. Rawang for Pangkalan Brandan and Langkat. Ayutbia for Asahan, Paneh and Belawan (Deli). Ampang for Pangkor, Dindings and Sitiawan. Kian Gwan for Rangoon. The following ships are in communication with the
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    PENANG MAILS.
    513 2 CLOSE DAILY ,except Sunday). BY TRAIN, Federated Malav States. s’alacca Johore and Singapore Registration and Parce 1 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
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      486 2 positions vacant. Wanted immediately competent Dresser-Conductor for healthy estate, most be hard-working and willing. Only capable men need apply to Box No. 471, c/o Pinang Gazette. 1971—uc Applications are invited for the post of of Grade 1 Assistant Master at the Government English School, Alor Star. The initial salary will
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      231 2 MISCELLANEOUS. Nice large bedroom with board in a comfortable home for a married couple or two bachelors of quiet habits. Box No. 473, c/o Pinang Gazette. 1983—24 26 28-9 AUCTION. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. SALE OF LAND. By Order of the Munic pal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, Mr. T. J. Lesslar,
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      500 2 NOTICES. i V. N. RAJOO, Licensed Surveyor, j Bukit Mertajam, (Retired Government r Surveyor 25 years’ experience). Undertakes to do any Surveying and Levelling work anywhere. Charges moderate. 1819—5-10 MRS. FRED. DARBY, late Malay States, will undertake the care of Children whose parents are abroad. Lessons arranged with own little
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    Strange Marine Communities.
    1622 3 Wonders of The Great Barrier. NOWHERK is the right forlifekeener, says a writer in the Melbourne Argus, than in the shallows of tropical seas. Favourable conditions have brought together there representatives of every class of marine life. Even terrestrial animals have invaded these realms. Turtles come to
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      697 3 "v t How Healthy and Strong he looks!” Sir Gilbert Parker Bt. “A few weeks ago he looked quite ill the istingui* e —his nerves were a jj to pieces, and he wr i t e S was fatigued by the slightest exertion.” "I have used Sanatogm Yes, but he
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      120 3 enervation is a common symptom of these trying, hot days. Loss of appetite, combined with sleeplessness, pronounced nervous- ness, due to the oppressive heat, bring about a condition of the blood and of the nerves that requires correction. This is the worst time of all the year to experiment with
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      211 3 jffc— 11 I Columbia IgrafonolaJ I “LIKE LIFE ITSELF” I' lii is the verdict of all who have t 1 I) a heard the Marvellous Tonal Quality i of Model No. 710 Viva Tonal r Columbia. 1 J To the critical music lover, the Viva-Tonal Columbia is a Triumph, P
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    FILM SCANDAL IN GERMANY.
    643 4 British Company Suppress Pictures. THE desperate attempts of Germany to fight the American film has led to a scandal at Reichswehr headquarters, which is now being investigated by a special committee appointed by the Government, says the Berlin correspondent of the “Observer”. Several high officers in
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      156 4 PItGViSiON DEPT. We have much pleasure in offering for One Only the following lines, and as our stocks are limited we would advise your purchasing at your earliest. ElemeFigs. (A very nice Fig for Dessert,) Packed in glass bottles. Usual Price 75 cts. Reduced Price 50 Per dozen bottles $5-50.
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      52 4 CHOP SIN CHUAN lIWA, 225, MAGAZINE ROAD AND 34, GLADSTONE ROAD. Telephone No. 173. ELECTRO PLATING WORKS. WELDING—Iron, Cast-iron, Steel, Copper, Brass and Aluminium. MANUFACTURI NG—Bumpers (rare and front) andMotr r-car Carriers. FOB i ENVELOPES i or EVERY DESCRIPTION AT Til j! LOWEST ;l PRICES Rtop up 4©B > Pisang
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      296 4 A GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCT I Buick Five-passenger Touring Car —Series 115 1 ft v Prices complete at Singapore Five-p esenger Tonring F.ve-pi«»B«Dger Sport Seven-passenger Touring Five-passenger Car Series 115 T uring Car Series 128 Car Series 128 Sidan Series 115 $3,000 $3,750 $4,100 $3,500 THE EASIEST CAR TO DRIVE W-<OR
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    LONDON FROM THE SKY.
    604 5 An Aerial Tea Flight.” “I was born in London and have lived in it all my life, but 1 have never really seen it before.’* This remark was addressed to a correspondent of The Morning Post some 2,000 feet above Lambeth Bridge on a recent afternoon
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 5 PENANG, SEPTEMBER 26, 1927. (By Courtbsy Of The Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 11/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 7/12 3 Documentary 2/4 9/32 Calcutta Demand Bank 153j'] 3 days’sight Private 155 J d Bombay Demand Bank ***** g Madras Demand Bank 153| g* 3
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      72 5 Practice Economy in 2/our Estate Supplies and use tfie “PREMIER” RUBBER CHEST. I Ist Quality 3 Ply Wood. E I E F I F F t f i I|||i||g] i I *PREMIER* IHflil j MA'* c I i lIBIIIHI c It Spells Efficiency Quotations on Application. SLEDGE MILK THE BEST
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      413 5 Sunburn Red or Rough Skin, Eczema, and Rashes. When your skin is scorched by the burning sun, use Gennolene. You will be charmed by the sure, quick, soothing, and cooling influence. If your skin scorches quickly, you should never be without a supply of Gennolene. One application will bring your
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      176 5 Here’s a comedy that bubbles with joy and mirth and laughter. Theatre Royal From Monday, 26th till Wednesday, 28th September. Day show on Saturday, Ist October, at 2-30 p. m. in the second show at 10 p.m. CONSTANCE TALMADGE In a picture that will astonish you with its surprising turns
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    MEMORIAL TO MEN OF INDIAN ARMY.
    156 6 Soldiers Who Fought At Neuve Chapelle. IO BE UNVEILED IN OCTOBER. (Rugby Radio Service.) London, September 25. Lord Birkenhead, the Secretary State for India, will unveil, on October 7, a memorial at Neuve Chapelle, to the memory of Indian soldiers who fell in the
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    HINDENBURG’S SPEECH.
    169 6 REPLIES FROM FRANCE AND BELGIUM. London, September 25. Belgium and France have not delayed in replying to President von Hindenburg’s Tannenberg speech on September 18. The Belgian Premier, M. Jasper, at the unveiling of a memorial at Ostend tc. the Belgian statesman, M. B<ernaert, who died in 1912,
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    LETTER MILLIONS CASE RESULT.
    195 6 ACTION BY COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK. Chicago, September 25. In the Superior Court, Judge Dennis Sullivan denied the motion of Marguerite Hyde, Countess of Suffolk, to set aside her brother, Joseph Leiter, a Chicago millionaire, as a trustee of the estate of the.r father, Levi Leiter, Chicago
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    AMERICAN LEGIONARIES IN FRANCE.
    94 6 ATTEMPT TO WRECK THEIR TRAIN. Nice, September 25. Huge blocks of stone have been discover ed on the permanent way of the railway line here, and it is believed that an attempt bad been made to wreck the train conveying the American .Legionaries. It is also
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    EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA.
    26 6 MORE SHOOKS IN THE CRIMEA. Moscow, September 25. A fresh earthquake in the Crimea has damaged and demolished buildings at •Sebastopol and Yalta.
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    314 6 MANCHESTER GUARDIANS’” OPINION. Ineffective And Innocuous.” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 26. The Singapore Free Press'* London Correspondent sends the following extract from the Manchester Guardian in an article against restriction: —“The obstinate and continued refusal of the price of rubber to obey, thus far and no
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    JAPANESE ELECTIONS.
    104 6 LABOUR POSITION WEAKENED. Tokyo, September 25. The country is engrossed in the elections. Forty-seven Prefectural Assemblies are now being held, being the first since manhood suffrage was instituted, under which 10,000,000 new voters have been enfranchised, while the results are expected to have an important bearing on next
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    GERMAN AMBASSADOR’S DEATH.
    113 6 INCIDENT IN HIS CAREER. Berlin, September 25. Among many incidents illustrating the career of Baron von Mabzihn which have been published since the Ambassador’s death on September 23, is a newlydivulged account of how von Maltzahn was chosen as the German government’s envoy in 1918 to go
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    A RUM RUNNING INCIDENT.
    68 6 EX AGENT CHARGED WITH PIRACY. New York, September 26. A message from Miami in the Bahamas says that the government authorities have arrested Charles Nesple, an ex United States prohibition agent, on a charge of piracy on the high seas. He is alleged to have participated
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    BAN ON THE CLERGY.
    44 6 BOLIVIAN DECREE. Quito, September 26. The government has issued a decree forbidding foreign churchmen, irrespective of their religion, to enter the country save in exceptional cases when a special permit may be issued for a stay not exceeding forty days.
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    SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES.
    238 6 Rugby Football Results. London, September 25. The special sports correspondent of the Singapore Free Press cables as foltows: Rain falling persistently all over the country resulted in practically every ground being sodden, but the afternoon was fine and the attendances were good. The following are some of
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    THE CZAR'S END.
    340 6 The life of the last Czar and his family in prison, and their terrible deaths are described by Mr. F. A. Mackenzie in World-famous Crimes of the Twentieth Uentury,” recently published. “The Czarina could not school herself to patience in prison,” writes Mr. Mackenzie, “and at every
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    A CHINESE ESTATE.
    223 6 Amendment Causes Adjournment. The estate of Fok Peng alias Fok Kurn Chee who died on December 31st 1915 was the subject of a case which came before Mr. Justice Sproule in the Supreme Court, Penang, to-day. The plaintiff was Fok Poh Khuan a nephew of the deceased
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    CRIMINAL APPEAL.
    183 6 CONVICTION NOT SUPPORTED BY THE CROWN. Mr. G. H. Goh appeared for Din bin Samat and two others, before Mr. Justice Sproule, in the Supreme Court, to-day, in an appeal against a sentence by the magistrate, at Bilik Pulau binding them over for six months’ in the sum
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    PENANG POLICE COURT.
    254 6 CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST CASE. Gamblers Fined. Yee K»k Lin, a Cantonese was this morning sentenced by Mr. S. N. King, in the Penang Police Court, to two months’ rigorous imprisonment for criminal breach of trust in respect of 21 mayams of gold, valued at $65.4?, the
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY LTD.
    36 6 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows Spot 57c Oct./December 58|e Jan/March 6o|c April/June 62] c Remarks :—Market Steady.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    587 6 The Raja di Hilirof Perak, was among those who arrived in Penang from Deli by the Kuala this morning. Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith who went to Deli on holiday returne 1 to Penang by the Kuala this morning. H.E. The Governor, Sir Hugh Cliff >rd,
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    67 6 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, September 25. Paris, 124 New York, 4.86i(]; Brussels, 34.94] Geneva, 25.24 Amsterdam, 12.13}e Milan, 89.26; Berlin, 20.41 4 Stockholm, 18.09& Copenhagen, 18.161 Oslo, 18.43 Vienna, 34.51 Prague, 164 i Helsinefors, 193; Madrid, 27.76 Lisbon, 2|J; Athens, 367 Bucharest, 782| Rio, s«] Buenos Aires, 47|;
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    227 6 The following were the hhw tations in quo. MESSRS. KENNEDY ANbrnv share list at H a m fo Sa nrla To a,,. Shares, t jj B r 5 3 Rubber (Dollar). v a Ayer Panas 10 2". lam Bassett j2y 1 O ,f, 50 Bro a 1.50
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    UNITED TRADERS, LEWD.
    89 6 The following are our latest quntations:— To-day. Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Amalgamated $4.00 s4.2scqd Balgownies 3.00 3.30 B. Jelutongs .90 .95 Connemaras 215 2.30 Jimahs 2.10 2.30 Punggors .95 1.00 S. Bagans 3.35 3.45 Tambalaks 1.20 1.25« Tins. B. Padangs .60 .62] East Siams 23/3 24/3 Jelapangs 40/6
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    OVERSEA BROKERS LIMITED.
    51 6 The following are our latest qn-ta-tions Today. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrins 31/9 32/6 B.'Padangs «61 Kuchais 2.0, -4Kuyohs A Kintas 1-25 M. Consols L-'0 Norths I- 15 Petalings 4.60 Penawats /Ji Rahmans 2 19 Sungei Ways Souths Jni ■n 1 30 l-*w Ta.p.n SS Talams m Ulu Piahs
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    60 6 BUSINESS FOR MEETING. The following is the agenda Municipal Meeting on S,3ptem coB 1. Minutes of last meeting firmed. p reS iJeJ 2. Any special business the 11« may bring forward. 3. Questions. naD ers t 0 4. Decisions on mmnte P be confirmed. 5. Some bills to
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      22 6 YrmsAN hamll Manufacturing Jewelier, Corner of Leith S PENANG. Latest Fashions of Jeweller» made to order. (Gold, Diamond BriUi« nl For Sale-Ceyloa
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      148 6 «p CROSS-WORDS COMPETITION. Solution of Puzzle No. 136. The following are the names of successful competitors Ist Prize ($5O) Mr. Sim Swee Khoon, Penang. 2nd Prize ($2O) Mr. B. M. de Souzt, Kuala Lumpur. 3rd Prize ($10) Mr. Kho> Kie HtHik, Taiping. Additional awards of $5 each to Mr. B.
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    203 6 OBITUARY. VERNON CHARLES WAUGH. News has been received of the death of Mr. Vernon Charles Waugh, of Bukit Gintang Estate, who was drowned in Lake Toba, Sumatra, on Saturday morning. The body has not yet been recovered. The late Mr. Waugh move! out of the Grand Hotel at Brastagi, where
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  • A PAGE OF SPORT.
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      RACING. AT ALOR STAR.
      706 7 KEDAH (GYMKHANA CLUB’S SUCCESSFUL MEETING. (From Oar Own Correspondent). Alor Star, September 25. FOLLOWING the revival of the Kedah Gymkhana Club, which held its first meet in connection with the Kedah Exhibition last year, yesterday’s meet was a decided success and reflected great credit on the
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      AMERICAN GOLF.
      90 7 LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. New York, September 25. In the final of the American Ladies’ Golf Championship at Garden City, Miss Horn defeated Miss Orcutt who had been displaying such brilliant form by 5 and 4. A big crowd watched the finalists both of whom are in the early
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      SINGAPORE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
      63 7 'From Our own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 26. Three champions, Elkins of Singapore, S. C. Campbell of the Keppel Club, and E- A. Rappa of the Race Course Club were knocked out in the third and fourth rounds of the Singapore Golf Champion sbip. in which L. D.
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      WORLD’S CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.
      44 7 ANOTHER DRAW. Buenos Aires, September 26. Tn the fourth game of the series for the 'rld’s Chess Championship Capablanca with Alekhine, yesterday after 49 moves. v The scores are still level each player -aving scored a win and two games drawn.
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      CHAMPIONSHIP POLO.
      46 7 8- ARMY TEAM BEATEN. Westbury, September 25. •j. r 'ding Sindspoint polo team H tchcock, of the victories United att-s Westchester Cup team as their star unn-ber 2 defeated the United States 0 by T. 3 goals to 10 goals in the championship series.
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      YACHT RACING.
      58 7 FINLAND’S VICTORY OVER NORWAY. Oyster Bay, September 25. Merenneito (Finland) won the first race in the International Yachting Competition for the Scandinavian Gold Cup finishing 86 seconds ahead of Prince Olaf’s Noreg with Admiral de Ruyter (Holland) third. Merenneito led from the start over a 6 mile triangular
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      WEMBLEY STADIUM.
      63 7 LONDON SCHOOLCHILDREN’S PLAYGROUND. [Rugby Radio service.] London, September 25. The Stadium at Wembley has been placed at the disposal of the National Playing Fields Association for organised games played by London school-children. It will probably be used for cricket, football and netball. The decision to allow its use
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      PENANG SWIMMING CLUB.
      94 7 At the Swimming Club yesterday the first series of the “Gibbons” and “Simpson” Cups were contested with the following results: GIBBONS CUP. 50 Yards Handicap. Ist T. S. Peers H’cap S’atch Time 33 secs 2nd J. Meynell 11 secs 46 3rd V. C. Davis 2 38 SIMPSON
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      EASTERN OLYMPIAD.
      1550 7 DETAILS OF THE MALAYAN PERFORMANCES. Singapore Swimmers Not Far Behind. Singapore and Malayan athletes certainly distinguished themselves in the Far Eastern. Olympic ga nes which have just been concluded. Although they competed as representatives of China yet inasmuch as many of them were trained here we can take
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      SATURDAY’S HOME FOOTBALL.
      1368 7 RESULTS AND LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE. THE following are the results of English League matches played on Saturday with League Tables to date DIVISION 1. Aston Villa 1 Bury. 0 Blackburn R. 4 Birmingham 4 Bolton W. 0 Middlesboro’ 0 Cardiff City 3 Newcastle Utd. 1 Derby
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      RIFLE MEETING.
      126 7 WARREN SHIELD RESULT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. September 26. The Malaya Command Rifle meeting which started here on Friday was brought to a succt Sdful conclusion yesterday afternoon. The weather throughout was indifferent. The Warren Shield for which 25 teams competed were won by A Cfoy
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    BIRTH.
    16 8 Aitken.—At Dublin, Ireland on 23rd September, to the wife of Win. I. Aitken a daughter,
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    SAMOA.
    431 8 I One tale is good till another is told, and I until the Royal Commission of Enquiry, i appointed by the New Zealand Government to investigate the extraordinary state of affaire in the mandated territory of Samoa, has finished its work and published its report, judgment must be suspended
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    A FLIGHT OF FANCY.
    371 8 Following the spectacular flight across the Atlantic by the American airman, Colonel Lindbergh, President Coolidge was reported to have announced that America would proceed, as soon as possible, to establish between the Old World and the New, a chain of floating islands, and floating beacons, and
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    TIN PRICES.
    65 8 Th« Straits Trading Co. Ltd., gives the following prices, on September 26: Local. Singapore sold 125 tons at $135 Penang buyers no sellers at $135. Messrs. Boustead and Co., Ltd: Saturday’s quotation for Singapore refined tin $136 per picul, business done 125 tons, Penang refined tin 5 5136
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    24 8 The output of The Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N. L. from 18th to 24th September [being one week was 11 tons.
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    By the Way.
    1564 8 HE July number of the Afa’at/an Agricultural Journal, 1927, contains three papers on The LijeHistory and Control of Some Malayan Insects oj Economic Importance by G. H. Corbett and Cedric Dover. The papers dpal with the life-history and control of (1) Orgyia turbata Butler, a small brownish
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    31 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSD8. R. Sheet cts per P°^ No. 1 Crepe 56| cts per 33 Steady. London 16|d New York J 3 n C (By Courtesy of Messrs. Alien
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      33 8 “E>. O.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and Satu r d a y —E. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday. 1 6RANO M m Eft
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    Great Britain's Bid For Schneider Cup.
    884 9 Stage Set For To-day’s Great Race. Crowds Gather At The Lido. British Seaplanes Reputed Faster Than Italian Machines. To Corner At 300 M. P. H.! The stage is set for to day's great race ]or the coveted Schneider Cup—an event which is now regarded
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    RAN INTO NAVAL GUN PRACTICE.
    316 9 SCHOONER MASTER’S COMPLAINT. “SAW SHELLS DROPPING ALL ROUND THE TARGET.” The Master of the schooner “Asp,” in a letter to the "Sing apore Jree gives a vivid account of an experience he had on Thursday night last when he ran into Naval gun practice, short*
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    EARTHQUAKE TREMORS RECORDED AT CAIRO.
    35 9 SLIGHT SHOCK FELT. Cairo, September 25. The Heluan observatory recorded an earthquake at 2.29 this morning, the epicentre of which was 500 kilometres away. Only a slight shock was felt.
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    PRIME MINISTER’S HOLIDAY AT AN END.
    36 9 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, September 25. The Prime Minister (Mr. Stanley Baldwin), who has greatly benefited in health from his stay at Aix-les-Bains, will return to London on Monday night.
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    RUSSIAN ESPIONAGE TRIALS.
    25 9 FOUR DEATH SENTENCES. Moscow, September 25. Balmassov, Solsky, Stroyov and Samoilov have been condemned to death and Vanaderkas to ten years’ imprisonment.
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    "OUTLAWING" WARS OF AGGRESSION.
    254 9 Polish Resolution Adopted. LORD ONSLOW AND OBJECT OF THE LEAGUE. ARBITRATION AND SECURITY. The League of Nations Assembly has unanimously adopted the Polish resolution outlawing wars of aggression. Lord Onslow, the British delegate, expressed thehope that this time next year, great strides would have been taken
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    DEVELOPMENT OF WIRELESS INDUSTRY.
    85 9 NATIONAL RADIO EXHIBITION. (Rugby Radio Service) London, September 24. The rapid development of the wireless industry is shown in the National Radio Exhibition which opened at Olympia today. It is the sixth of its kind held in Great Britain, and, whereas the first was but a
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    IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL COMBINE.
    64 9 LARGE CAPITAL INVOLVED, London, September 25. The announcen ent that a newlyformed international syndicate has acquired the controlling interest in Jurgen’s and the Vandenberg undertakings in all countries not only marks the amalgamation of the two predominating margarine interests, but ends a generation of differences between two
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    SOME BASE CRIMINALS.
    737 10 Animal Trials. AN Amazon parrot, condemned to death by Hull Corporation Parks Committee for biting five children through the bars of an aviary, has been reprieved in consequence of numbers of letters from sympathisers all over the country, and even in Paris. It has been adopted by
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    PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA.
    519 11 Discussion on Cholera. INDIAN IMMIGRATION COMMITTEES R 1 PLIES. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, September 26. At the meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya the Hon. Mr. J. S. Arter pres ded and the attendance included representatives from all over the Peninsula. The Chairman introduced
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    END OF A FAMOUS OLD TOY-SHOP.
    205 11 A traditional link with the childhood of Queen. Victoria will be broken this week when the combined post office and toyshop at the southern end of Queen’sroad, Bayswater, is closed for ever. The old row of brick cottages, one of which houses the toyshop,
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    HUNTING THE GORILLA.
    545 11 BRITISH MUSEUM’S ACQUISITION. VISITORS to the British Museum will soon be able to inspect the skeleton of a new species of gorilla which gave Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. Fenn and Mr. W. F. Burgess much trouble to secure in the wilds of the Belgian Congo. Having been commissioned
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    TOOTHLESS TRIBE IN RHODESIA.
    254 11 PHONETIC ODDITIES IN THEIR LANGUAGE. A tribe of natives (the Baila tribe) who knock out their front teeth and dress their hair with brass-headed nails have been brought into the limelight by Dr. C. M. Doke, Senior Lecturer in Bantu philology at the Witwatersrand University, who
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    HANKOW UNDER THE "REDS."
    865 11 Appalling Poverty of the People. ZONE'S first and prevailing impresI B sion on returning to Hankow is the pathetic air of neglect which overshadow T s the whole place l Where formerly under the regime of Municipalities, one found clean sidewalks, trim grass law’ns edging the
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    714 12 Weekly Market Report. Penang, September 26. AS the week progressed, the tendency of the Share Market became increasingly unsatisfactory and at close was more accentuated. With the big drop in Tin and Rubber during the week, and already nervous market was an easy prey to bear raids
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    KENNEDY & COŠ SHARE LIST.
    1187 12 KENNEDY COŠ SHARE LIST. i I NAMES. g I i g i__CQ H 3 RUBBER [Dollar.] scjS c c Allenby Rubber Co 2 70, 2 80 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 2 30. 2 50 Amalgamated Malay Estates 4 00' 4 25 cum Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 3 90| 1 10
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      55 12 tor the attention of our Chinese Merchant, Schools, Clubs ai d Seahs. We can install Electric Temporary Lighting during the coming Chinese Lantern Procession at Moderate pr’ers and also DELCO Lighting Plants for HIRE. Please call or phone us for further particulars LIANG CO., 438, Penang R oa d and
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    CHIMNEY BOYS.
    472 13 A Horror of a Hundred Years Ago. IT is difficult for us to imagine, writes The Observer that, less than a century ago, chimneys were swept by poor boys, who were trained to climb up the inside of the vent and clear away the soot. Exactly a century
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    206 13 PENANG SEPTEMBER 26, 1927. Benares Opium p. chest 15,000.00 nom Cloves 70.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 sellers Mace Pickings 125.00 nom. Nntmegs 80s 100.00 nom. 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom. Copra Sundried til.lo buyers Rattans 11.15 sales Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam
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      8 13 MASSAGE! MASSAGE!! MISS YOSHIKO No. 142-m, Burmah Road.
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    A WELL-DRESSED NATION.
    373 14 How Visitors See The English. IF you ask any of the thousand and one foreigners arriving daily in London what strikes them most al out the Englishwoman and Englishman of 1927, you will probably be told The neat way they dress. Twenty years ago the average English
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    FASCIST NEWSPAPER SQUABBLE.
    240 14 A VICTORY FOR BRAINS. The long-drawn-out quarre] between the two Rome newspapers, “The Tevere,” representing the views of the young Fascist intellectuals, and “The Impero,” representing the bludgeon and castor oil skill of early Fascismo. has ended in a decided victory for the former. “The Impero”—whose protestations
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      65 14 LABOUR ORDINANCE 1923 S.S. LABOUR CODE 1923 F.M.S. EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR are hereby reminded that assessment re turns for the preceding quarter must be sent to the Office of the Deputy Controller of Labour, Penang, during the months of April, July, October and January. Forms for the return will
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    MARKET PRICES.
    617 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, September 26, 1927 Mutton— cts 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 40
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