Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 January 1928

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 17. VOL. LXXXVI. SATURDAY, 21st JANUARY, 1928. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 201 1 NIKKO STUDIO FOR MODERN m PHOTOGRAPHS No. 7, North am Road. Telephone No. 579. tiff Bkl fiZ O’ AA nC CT EH<llll«IIIIHHIWIINfflllll«lllllll>llllllillll»ll.llllllllllllllllllllllllll||||«IMInmiltmmffl||imiMWWm?|| r I qp 4vp VI? 1 I 1 AIM vjr I B I DIESEL ENGINE. pumps for all duties: 1 3 The most ECONOMICAL k I and RELIABLE
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    • 10 1 JBIUHBM TOKISATSU, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART STUDIO ’Phone 772. 68. BISHOP STREET.
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  • 427 2 SIR JOSIAH STAMP ON “KNOWLEDGE WITH TEARS.” At the Mansion House, Sir Josiah Stamp recently distributed the prizes and certificates to students of the City .of London College. The Lord Mayor presided, and Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., who was a student of the college over seventy years
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  • 133 2 FRENCH DANDIES’ “TAILORMADES” AT CRYSTAL PALACE. Jazz jumpers to keep out the cold were worn by many dogs taking part in the Mitcham and District Open Dog Show at the Crystal Palace. The really fashionably dressed exhibits, however, were two French bulldogs whose perfctly fitting coats
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  • 115 2 PROVISIONAL PLAN FOR POOLING ASSETS OF THREE SOCIETIES. Subject to the approval of members and sanction of the High Court, the directors of the Txmdon Life Association, Limited, the Clergy Mutual Assurance Society and the Metropolitan Life Assurance Society, have provisionally agreed for the three offices to bg
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  • 132 2 SPRING MEETING, 1928. First Day, Thursday, 2nd February, 1928. Second Day, Saturday, 4th February, 1928. Third Day, Tuesday, 7th February, 1928. Fourth Day, Thursday, 9th February, 1928. Fifth Day, Saturday, 11th February, 1928. 21 Races for Horses. 12 Races for Ponies> 8 Races for Perak Turf Club
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1306 2 e —j TENDERS INVITED. aiiiiiHiiiiiHiiiMiiHiiHiiiiitttiiiiiiMttttMMig Chinese New Year c I Get that car for 1 Government of Selangor. your leave from i Book Your Orders Now 1 LEAVE CARS Ltd. Tenders will be received at the office S x of the State Engineer, Selangor, up to 2 Written guarantee given
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    • 45 2 Lingering Coughs. Bronchitis leaves a bad cough. So does influenza and la grippe, but these hard, lingering coughs yield easily to the healing and curative qualities of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Good for troublesome night coughs too. For sale everywhere. The Borneo Co., Ltd., wholesale agents.
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    • 229 2 Mt* JKZ w Cow and Gate FOOD Another Shipment Just Arrived, Cow and Gate is the most easily digested of all foods A Butterworth Mother Says:— L “Cow <fc Gate Food is just wonderful. My baby was almost a H skeleton and then we put him on Cow Gate and
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  • 260 3 New Measure Cannot be Passed Till End of 1928. Whatever occurs, it is highly improbable that a revised Prayer Book can be authorised for use in the Established Church before January, 1929. This statement, authoritatively made was borne cut by the time-table cf events
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  • 354 3 PROPOSED TRUST FUND TO REDUCE THE NATIONAL DEBT. It is stated in political circles tbat an offer was recently made to the Treasury of a considerable sum of money which the donor proposed should be allowed to accumulate for a 1« ng period so that
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  • 148 3 PATIENTS WHO FORGET WHEN THEY ARE WELL AGAIN. Many doctors, following the publication of the letter of a doctor, in which he called attention to undue delay in settling accounts f> r me iical s-rvices, said that they have accounts for professional services that have been outstanding for
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 622 3 hat fever and CATARRH can be cured! READ THIS DOCTOR’S LETTER jF > 2 4> May, 1927. “I have been a martyr to Hay Fever z \w f° r l h e l ast seventeen years and have J “found nothing to do me good. ToC< day I have taken
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    • 143 3 tz- J 5 JX ‘■■'V rV -v -y’ pcic i 1 i 0 ML I 1 i H 0 I ®isii |■iiiifllhx. wB I IB h «Olli i s£sS 0 IBS» Wli 0j a I 0 IffilwETioKSiq i I H sga I Ml W* WHISKY Bl I Hffil few 01?«
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  • 281 4 PLACES THAT SAW ECLIPSE. Coppery Disc in West Country. A blue moon at Belfast, a great disc, copper-coloured at Torquay, and like tarnished brass at Plymouth—these were some of the impressions left on observers by the recent eclipse of the earth’s satellite. A battle between fog
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  • 166 4 SURGEON WHO MEASURED ALCOHOL IN MOTORIST’S BREATH. An ingenious test for drunken less was described when a motorist was before Mr. Cancellor at Mariborough-street. J »hn Bryant (35), a managing director, of Stokenchurch stree t Parson’s Green, was charged with being drunk in charge
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  • 125 4 MENTION OF RAIN WHICH KEEPS VISITORS AWAY. The local Syndicat d’lnitiative, which corresponds to British seaside resort associations, demanded recently that ail news despatches from Nice to places abroad should be censored. It is the “secret” rain of Nice which has caused the trouble. Rain has
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 192 4 The Best is Always the Cheapest. Findlater’s Port Sherry IT is with every confidence that we ask you to try these wines. “A Winter’s Tale” Sherry A full flavoured very old Amontillado one of the finest Old Sherries extant. Per Case of 12 bottles $52-50 „24 i 56-00 Per Bottle
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    • 91 4 Fifty Years of Service. Over fifty years of useful and invaluable service stands to the cr.edit of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and in all that time we have never heard of a single dis satisfied user, nor a dealer who is not glad to recommend it i n the highest terms
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    • 158 4 ARE DELICIOUS E 5f CARR’S W E s BISCUITS J s U ft I u CARRBTCO.It? CARLISLE JwF" 111 1 1 1’ I h Y TkdC II V tyfk. 1 EVERY ASSORTMENT //V STOCK. When you buy a biscuit take care to see that its CARR’S |3ANDILANDS.BunERY &C.I PENANG. SOLE
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  • 1107 5 Interesting Paper By Captain S.W. Kirby, R. E. Captain SAY. Kirby, R.E., who, in the summer of 1923, was in command of a Colonial Survey section for the construction of a topographical map of South Johore, described before a good attendance of the Royal Geographical Society at
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 283 5 Msscla '<?u> 1 Ojr_S Zrj xe Every month. the demand grows smoking public grcws more and more enthusiastic over the UNEQUALLED VALUE of ARMY CLUB cigarettes—more and more appreciative of their unique quality and packing —of their unrivalled all round excellence and purity. ARMY CLUBS have set an entirely new
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    • 263 5 SSI I £llenburgs I Foods I are particularly suited to the a feeding of infants t in hot S climates. They are free from harmful germs and are B readily prepared by the 0 simple addition of boiling 3 B water only, thus giving B complete independence of 8 doubtful
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    • 290 5 Il OFTEN WHIPPED For fruit, salads, sweets, soup and all manner of dishes. Indispensable to everyone concerned with s the cooking of food. NESTLE’S If iil I j hiiSTsuo I I LwEaM-I CREAM I Get Nestle’s Pure Thick 1 J Crerun to-day and realize in its full satisfying rich* ness
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  • 737 6 To-Day’s Matches. CHELSEA AND DIVI-lON II LEADERSHIP. By “Athlete.” (Special Spirting C »rr-sp indent of th* Pinang Gazette} ON f «rm Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday have little chanc'i of getting away from the bottom of the First Division to day. Toe former receive West Ham
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 209 6 Go the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.*') Sir, —On behalf of the above Society I enc’ose herewith for your information and publication the proceedings of the annual g-neral meeting. The S ciety is desirous of extending the scope of its usefulness and in assisting them they
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  • 53 6 —P cuter. ARRIVAL OF TROOPS CAUSES A COLLAPSE. Basra, January 20. The arrival of troops aboard two Persian gun-boats at Qisbah has resulted in the collapse of the rising of peasants, who have now accepted the increased taxation. Tee authorities have undertaken to liberate the tribesmen taken
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  • 66 6 (Rugby Ra.dio Service.) London, January 20. Paris, 124.05; New York. 4.87 U, Brussels, 34.98; Geneva, 25.31 Amsterdam, 12.08 J Milan, 92.15 Berlin, 20.46 Stockholm, Copenhagen; 18.20; Osin, 18.31; Vienna, 34.61 4 .Prague, Helsingfors, 1931 Madrid, 28.51 IJ«bon, 2|< Athens, 367£ Bucharest, 795 Rio, syl Buenos Aires, 471« Bombay,
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  • 44 6 DUKE’S DEFEAT THE “HAWKINS.*, (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, January 21. In view of the heavy defeat of Singapore by the H.M.S. Hawkins XI during the week, their defeat by the Duke’s by four goals to one came as a great surprise.
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  • 205 6 Rugby Radio Service. VITAL STATISTICS RFMARKABLE DECLINE OF INFANT DEATH RATE. London, January 20. Evidence of the level at which the health of England and Wales has been maintained during the past year is provided in the vital statistics published to day by the Registrar-General. The
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  • 229 6 —Reuter. ANOTHER HUGE AMALGAMATION ANNOUNCED. London, January 20. Another rubber amalgamation is announced between the British Rubber Estates of J *va, Ltd., Waverley Plantations, Ltd., Toegoesari Rubber and Coffee Estates, Ltd., and Tybar (Java) Plantations, Ltd., owning estates mainly vested in Dutch companies, covering a total area
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  • 217 6 —Reuter. THE QUESTION OF CANADA’S PARTICIPATION. Havana, January 20. Although the actual Agenda of the Pan-American Conference is fixed by resolutions, new subjects cau be raised in the Committees without no ice and in the Plenary Session, by a two-thirds vote. The United States, therefore, has sent a
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  • 815 6 Mr. Godfree, of the Forest Department, has been transferred from Batu Gajah to Taiping. Mr. J. P. Souter, managing director of Pritchard and Comp my. has gone to Belawan on holiday. Mr. H. L. Hopkin, of the Straits Times, left Singapore on Wednesday for Shanghai on a
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 34 6 Owing to the Chinese New Year holidays, there will be no issue of the Pinang Gazette on Monday. A holi- day edition will be published on Tuesday. The Sunday Gazette will appear as usual.
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    • 858 6 New Advertisements. Sanitary Inspectors Training Course For Diploma Examin. POSITIONS VACANT. ljXdmi na. tion of the Koyal Sanitary I n Competent Ledger Clerk nqnired to «fifllte I nndnn take charge of loose leaf ledgers. Apply GOD. with conies only of testimonials to Box No. 3. c/o Pinang Gazette. Tbe Eighth
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 104 6 Tremendous Success Unprecedented response to see the SENSATIONAL KNOCK-OUT Last Two Nights Saturday and Sunday DEMPSEYTUNNEY SECOND FIGHT IN 3 REELS Taken at Rings de by Spacial Siow Motion Camara and Telescopic DESCRIPTIVE TITLES. PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPHY. ALONG WITH HELD by the LAW in 7 reels A MYSTERY AND DETECTIVE DRAMA
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  • 124 6 OBITUARY. SIR DYCE DUCKWORTH. London, January 20. The death has occurred of the Consulting Physician to SL Bartholomew’s Hospital, Sir Dyce Duckworth, Bart,, M. D„ F. R. C. P., etc. He was Hon. Physician to His Late Majesty, King Edward Vlf, when he was Prince of Wales.— Reuter. DEATH. ROWAN.—
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 160 7 t Announcing THE NEW No. 1,000 LINE R°nl° I t FINISHED ENDS CABINET. J f Each Drawer fitted Jj i\ with ball bearing sus- J 1 pension slides. 41 I < Central Auto Lock. 1 T'- T Jk *2. Bronze Drawer Pulls X J and Label Holders. J t i*
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    • 273 7 Oriental Shows MANILA TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. MAGAZINE ROAD, PENANG. COME AND SEE. 1 The well-known MERRY-GO-ROUND For Old and Young. 2 The famous MERRY-MIX-UP Come and enjoy Yourself and your Family. 3 The VAUDEVILLE SHOW Our Manila Dancing Girls. 4 The famous MAGICIAN ASELMO The Man, who makes Dead Men Alive.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 553 7 “P. G.” CROSS-WORDS PUZZLE COMPETITION. PUZZLE NO? 154. First Prize $5O. Second Prize $2O. Third Prize $lO and Four Consolation Prizes of $5 Each. We publish below our puzzle No. 154, entries tor which close at 11 a. m. on Saturday, January 28 (The problem given below affoids another clever
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    • 70 7 y w 1 lai 1 w >^ ri jsif 1 w ‘in!* w n »1 b jTa Yv Jr «I Ewj P I w kl dWI To-night and Till Sunday, 22nd AT 8 P.M. NIGHTLY. THE FIRST BIG BRITISH FILM BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE With Two of BRITAIN’S Famous Stars GLADYS
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  • 500 8 Iq the beginning, every man was a law unto himself; in prehistoric ages there appears to have been some sort of tribal discipline, with death as the simple punishment for defiance in the early history of civilization punishment for violating a law was vindictive, and so it
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  • 1309 8 When the House of Commons dispersed for its Christmas vacation, there was a certain amount of speculation as to how many members were really saying farewell to the lower House, Gossip in the Lobby credited Mr. Baldwin with the intention of promoting two of his colleagues to
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  • 836 8 HEAVY SENTENCES FOR GANG ROBBERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, January 21. At the Assizes, several Chinese charged with armed gang robbery were given leavy sentences of seven and eight years with fifteen strokes of the rottan. Two Chinese who helped the police to arrest the robbers were
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  • 22 8 The Pinang Gazette takes this opportunity of wishing to its Chinese readers happiness and prosperity in the New Year.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 96 8 i■ 1 i 1 BJSkJSL S I IM fwßk fU iR i AND EMAjI i i Ktffl&OOB an D£.MAnßiX* u BdW' 4 tlt—BP ELWMS ’«P fr Hoeman roWT Wb;. IMBS» H v.. I -e^pflli^Plk I ISnoe^ZTH^^- I |K w SOLD AT ALL THE LEADING STORES. kJ Mullenbach Lazarus Sons, Ltd.,
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    • 90 8 id. o.” Guest Night and Dancing— Every Tuesday and Friday. Special Tiffin Every Wednesday and Saturday—E. O. Orchestra. Orchestral Concert every other Sunday. Luxury or Economy You need not choose between them You can have BOTH if you buy LIPTON’S PURE CEYLON TEA The Finest The World Produces. Every tin
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  • 228 9 Anarchy In The Yangtze. Great Britain’s Policy Of Patience And Conciliation. Desire For Peace. Referring to China in a speech at Birmingham, Sir Austen Chamberlain said the danger at present was not so much direct hostility as it was inspired and directed by the Soviet,
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  • 190 9 forcfful seizures. London, January 20. Sir Austen Chamberlain speaking at Birmingham last night, reviewed the Chinese situation which, although still causing anxietv, he believed to be less critical and less serious than a year ago. He described the forceful seizure of lawfully held
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  • 85 9 —Reuter. ANOTHER CHALLENGER ENTERS THE LISTS. New York, January 20. A possibly dangerous rival in the Far Fast for both Standard Oil and Royal Du’rh-Shell interests is indicated in the announcement of plans for a merger between two of the largest oil companies In the United States,
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  • 77 9 —Reuter. FRENCH REPLY TO AMERICAN SUGGESTIONS. Paris, January 20. M. Briand’s reply to Senator Kellogg ih Ix-ing despatched to-night and explains reasons for adhering to a specific efinition of wars of aggression?* It emphasises the difficulties confront*ng Mr. Kellogg if the latter only draws a pact after preliminary
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  • 178 9 r.— Rugby Radio Service. APPEASEMENT OF QUARRELS. The Foreign Secretary continued, “We want our policy of peaceful conciliation. We cannot permit ourselves to be deprived by forceful action of our treaty rights but we are ready at any moment, in a generous spirit,
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  • 124 9 I.— Reuter. SUGGESTED ALTERATIONS PUBLISHED. London, January 20. The New Prayer Book measure, forecasted by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York has been published. The changes are chiefly in the matter of wording in order to remove a possible misunderstanding, notably as regards the reservation of the
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  • 44 9 L Reuter. LABOUR VICTORY CAUSES GOVERNMENT RESIGNATION. Oslo, January 20. Parliament has reopened and the Government has resigned owing to the sweeping Labour victory in the General Election of October. M. Mellbye, the Agrarian leader is forming a Coalition Government. Reuter.
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  • 363 9 —Rugby Radio Service. BRITAIN’S LEAD. ONLY TWO CRUISERS TO BE LAID DOWN TH S YEAR. FURTHER MODIFICATIONS. From an official statement of the Cabinet’s naval plans it transpires that the type of the two cruisers to be laid down in 1928 has not been definitely
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  • 111 9 —Rugby Radio Service. LOUD BIRKENHEAD ON THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SEATS. London, January 20. Lord Birkenhead expressed the hope yesterday that the political parties would not challenge the seats in Parliament of members of the Indian Statutory Commission. The members, he pointed out, were drawn from all three parties
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  • 314 9 r —Reuter. Patrols in South Sudan. ROUNDING UP MURDERERS OF CAPTAIN FERGUSON. AEROPLANES IN ACTION. In the Nuer country in the South Sudan, two British patrols of British and Sudanese troops in eluding a flight of aeroplanes are engaged in an arduous operation. The object of
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  • 56 9 Reuter. INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT TRUST BEING FORMED. New York, January 20. The Anglo-American Investment Interests, headed in the United Ssates by the American Founders Trust, has prac tically completed the formation of an international investment trust to provide a liaison between British and American capital. It is expected to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 50 9 It cleans as it Polishes Is acid free. Seals the pores of leather. Keeps it soft and pliable. It does not soil hoisery. Will not collect dust. The smallest possible quantity gives the best possible result. The one colour Polish for all colour shoes. WHAT IS IT SOLITAIRE Obtainable Everywhere.
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    • 98 9 Commencing to-morrow, the Sunday Gazette will launch a Football Forecasts Competition. The competition is simplicity itself. All you have to do is to forecast the results of twelve matches to be played on Saturday, January 28. For the time being, Football Forecasts will take the place of the usual cross-words
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    • 173 9 ’Made specially nourishing a f or Motorists O n *****5 y° u °ft en 1 can’t afford the time to stop T Rowntree’s Motoring I Chocolate has been specially 1 i ma<^c with almonds and p raisins to give the motorist a really nourishing meal he can enjoy at the
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  • 148 10 To-day’s Departures. Talma fcr Calcutta. Ipoh for Port Sweitenhain and Singapore. Sampit fcr Pangkalan Brandan. Tanjong Poera, Edi and Langas. Reteh fcr Belawan (Deli), Asahan and Paneh. Seang Bee for Port Swettenhair, Singapore and China. Kelantan for Blanket (Torgkah), Kopah and Renong. Kitano Mau for Colombo Ahn, Suez,
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  • 459 10 CLOSE DAILY except (Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States. IV 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 exceptedi at 6
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  • 609 10 Blake and Go’s Share Report. The present state of the share market maybe briefly described as featureless. Weekly increases in the Rubber stocks held in London have damped the opiimism of Bull” operators and with a fairly heavy long position open for the April/.June quarter we shall
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  • 212 10 PENANG JANUARY 21. 1928 Benares Opium p. chest $5,000.00 nom Cloves 70.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 sellertMace Pickings 125.00 nom. Nutmegs 80s 00.00 nom. 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom as on Copra Sandried $11.60 buyers 18/1/28. Rattans 11.15 sale Rattans Coarse 10.50 Green Snail Shells
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  • 620 10 Messrs KItAN DY and 0., Penang, reported on Friday as follows There is little change to report in the Share Market since we last wrote and business continues to be restricted. The price of Tin closes 'd £247-12-6 showing a further loss of £5-5-0 on last week’s
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  • 870 10 Scheme of Amalgamation Approved. A meeting of shareholders .and debenture holders of the Amalgamated R-übbei and General Estates, Ltd., (the Amalgamated (Rubber) Finance Co., Ltd., and the United Serdang (Sumatra) Rubber Plantations, Ltd. wns held on Dec. 21, at Winchester House, Old Broad-street, E.C.. to
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  • 430 10 SirpaP' re, January 17. Business during the week under review h*s been dull and with lower prices for both Tin and Rubber shares have shown an easier tendency all round. Tin has had a sharp relapse with a fall of nearly £9 on balance and there has
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  • 268 10 Skye Meeting. Saturday, January 28th 1928. An Amateur Riders Meeting will be held under S. R. A. Rules by the Penang Polo Club in conjunc ion with the Penang Turf Club on Saturday, January 28th, 1928, at the Race Conrs o Penang. First Race 2-30 p m.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 46 10 Whooping Cough. Whooping cough is hard on the child and hard on the parents. Control the dreadful whooping and coughing with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It induces quiet slejip but contains no narcotics nor other harmful substances. Sold and recommended everywhere. The Borneo Co., Ltd., wholesale agents.
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    • 55 10 r I The reliable medicine 1 Nothing better 1 IF YOU SUFFER FROM i Sick headaches Biliousness Sluggish liver j Indigestion Constipation Sold in boxes, 1/3 and 3/1 i- 1 j KONDO’S TONSORIAL PARLOUR 36 LEITH STREET, > Under New Management. Up-to-date and Hygienic. s Terms Moderate. PASSAGE!! MISS SATO
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    • 135 10 I kx?? 1 I L----f <7 I 1 L. 1 J h® k ft I tw I A j Wfe atl Hlf 3 F. J Garters No Metr/l Can Touc.'-. > .;u Always preferred beer use of tbeir superior quality, style, durability and comfort. Say “PARIS” when you buy and
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  • 645 11 rHI WORK OF THE YEAR. <„llo»i>ig >» 'i’be t ree rt from the minutes of a 1 vnn< held m the chambers < f 1. the chief Justice on Dec. he Hon hie 3 lh Sir Wm. Munson (Presid,r‘ u’/ Yow Ngan Pan, Lim Bock Mr
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  • 140 11 MY MIND’S EYE STILL YOUNG." I I-LEN TERRY’S MESSAGE TO THE blind. Uv L r< l eye s y° un g —unlike dir-. which have grown old and "‘th precious eye I see 3ri rL Nearest of my unknown ■I (i F n ’j°ice because you look happy ).i ‘'"‘assy,
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  • 169 11 Malay Driver Convicted. Before Mr. S. N. King in the Penang Police Court, yesterday, Yahaya bin Jalel, a Malay, was cba-gM with driving his motorcar in a rash and negligent manner along Nonbam-road at 5.25 p.m. on December 20, thereby causing hurt to Mr. E. V.
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  • 203 11 RICKISHA PULLER KILLED. The recond instance of a trolley bus running out of control and crashing into buildings at the side of the road was rrcorded on Wednesday when a bus proceeding along New Bridge Road, Singapore, in the direction of Sepoy Lines ran off
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  • 141 11 THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN. Should the question be asked as to which is one ot tbe m» st popular books, we are certain that Jeffery Farnoi’s “Amateur Gentleman’’ would be amongst the first ten. It is a wonderful book and the film, which is being screened at the Theatre
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  • 120 11 WILD-WEST SCENE IN SERBIAN PARI A AMENT. A revo’ver figured in a scene in the Jugo Slavian Parliament which was exciting even for Balkan Parliaments, where debates are never monotonous. De, uty Vujic, of tbe Agrarian Party, incensed by a comm» nt made by M. Secrow,
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  • 134 11 PASSENGER SUCCUMBS TO BRONCHITIS. A passenger on board tbe Patro clus which arrived in Colombo on Jan. 9 from the Far East, died at sea, while the steamer was nearing Colombo. Tbe body was brought ashore. The deceased, Mr. Walter Ralph Peters of Australia, succumbed
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  • 384 11 St. GEORGE THE MARTYR. (Church Of England.) 3rd Sanday after Epiphany. 7-45 Litany, 8 a.m. Matins. Hymn 220, 8-30 Holy Communion, Hymn 323, 10 a.m. Matins Chinese, 10.45 Holy Communion Chinese. 6 p.m. Evensong. Hymn 236, Ps XXXIII 116, Ps XXXiV 117, Magnificat 50. Nunc Dimmittis 68. Wednesday,
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  • 129 11 The Straits Trading 00. Lta. giifes th* following priCM, January 20 London. Spot £250 up £1.2.6 3 mo?, buying 248.12 6 1 3 selling „248.17.6 1.2.6 The Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd: London January 18. spot £246.5s three months’ buy inp £245.10s and three months* selling £245.155. London January
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  • 165 11 PENANG, JANUARY 21, 1928 (By Courtesy Of The Chartered Bank London Demand Bank 2/3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 17/32 3 Documentary 2/4 19,32 Calcutta Demand Bank 154 1 3 days’sight Private 156 3 Bombay Demand Bank 154 I i Madras Demand Bai.k 154 S
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  • 135 11 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY AND CO.’S share list at 11 a-m. to-day Yesterday. To-day. 2 d Shares. <» 55 >» 25 >» s s o 0Q 0Q M 30 Sc. $O. c. c. Mining. Batu Caves 1.32 J 136 1.30 136 Hong
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  • 89 11 Tbe following are our latest quota tions for to-day Rubbers. Bayers. Sellers. A. Moleks 2.35 2.50 Bassetts 1.25 1.30 B. Jelutongs 1.15 1.20 Indragiris 1150 12.00 Jerams 1.60 1.70 Mentakabs .55 N. Scudais 3.15 3.30 Temerlohs 1.10 1.20 Tins. Batu Caves 1.35 Hitams 1.02| 1.05 ex Jelapangs
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  • 87 11 The following are oar latest quotations for to-day Mining. Bayers. Sellers. A. Wengs .95 1.05 ex B. Padangs .58 .61 Chenderiangs 19/- 19/6 Haad Yais 27/6 28 6 Hitams 103 1.05 Kuchais 2 15 2.17 Kamuntings 19/6 20/Katus 3/3 3/9 p. M. Siamese 9/- 9/6 Mambaus 1.39
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  • 99 11 The following are the latest quota tions for to-day Buyers. Sellers. Tins. Taipings 1.29 1.32. Norths 1.26$ 1.28$ Souths .66 .67 Rahmans 1.87$ 1.90 B. Caves 1.32$ 1.37$ Rantau Prefs. 1.85 1.90 Lahats 18/- 18/6 Chenderiangs 17/- 18/Tronohs 19/6 20/Kamuntings 19/6 20/Ulu Piahs .70 .72 Petalings 4.87$
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  • 67 11 RUBBER PRICES. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smok» d Sheet for to-day are m follows: Spot 67$c Feb/March 68$c April/June 70$c Jaly/Sept. 71Jc Remarks:—Quiet. London Stock estimated down 200 tons. Mr. J. L. Hamphreys, M.C.8., the Governor of British North
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  • 1175 11 KENNEDY CO'S SHARE LIST. names. i gg S St? co c- a {RUBBER [Dollar.] f c 8 c Sc Allenby Rubber Co 3 10 3 20 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 2 30 2 50 ex Amalgamated Malay Estates 3 90 4 10 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 3 80 4 Oft
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  • 48 11 Daring the year 120.000 attendance* wer* madf* in the n utpatient department of Westminster Hospital. In addition 3500 patients were treated in tbe wards. The expenditnre involved was £50.600, and the problem of meeting the liability is one that is causing much concern to the directors.
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  • 21 11 During the last Session of Parliament there were 487 division s on public business and two on private business.
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    • 393 11 ACIDITY CAUSES STOMACH TROUBLES. Stomach pains and inability to retain food often mean nothing mor© than indi-» gestion resulting from ga 8 and excess acidity. Gag distends the stomach, causing that full, oppressive feeling, while tho acid irritates and inflames th e delicate lining of the stomach. The whole trouble
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  • 190 12 Riviera Fashions for this year are being displayed in London by mannequins who have been sent from Paris with the new furs and dresses for a special patade. British Bluejack ts from the I'elhi fighting the Hames which broke out in the doomed Irene. Ihe New British
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  • 533 13 SIR ALFRED MOND’S SCHEME. Research Work in Chemistry. Guaranteed poets at starting salaries np to £4OO a year are being arranged by the Imperial Chemical Indus ries for public school boys, who will go to the Universities for training after selection by a committee formed
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    • 682 13 banks. I HANDEL maatschappij. xetheklands trading society. (Established 1524.) Cnnital Fl 80,000,000 (aht. £6.667,000 pdd Tp "P‘ rve FI 40,000.000 (abt. £3,333.5»0 OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM* AginciM IN Bottirbam* 4 ’s-Gbavixagb Head Aginct in Batavia. bn, —Bandjermasin. Bandoeng,* Bon Br 7 rntta Cheribon, Djember, Djokja y s Jeddah, Kohe, Kota Radja
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    • 130 13 Try This For Your Cough. A nervous hacking cough cannot be cured by a glass of water, but it will disappear under the healing and soothing efiect of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Every user is a friend. It is for sale everywhere. The Borneo Co., Ltd., wholesale agents. I S I
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    • 258 13 ♦1|fllll!!:!!!i:<!ll!fi!l!IIi!!ll<'llllllllllllll **l'l!l!IIIIlllll*flllllllllll!ID*;i!il!!!ll!lllil1lll!llll!!l!!'>lllllllllllllli:<llllllll!llllll'>*lllllllllllillll0lllllllllllllll!4llllllllinilll!< CHINESE NEW YEAR I I HOLIDAYS. 23rd and 24th January 5 1928. I THE BOON PHARMACY I I Will be open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on both days, specially j t for the dispensing of t a EE 1 Prescriptions. 1 slllllilllillll' >:lllllliiiilill'<IIIIHlilllllll HlildtlHui^iillll)l!llllil!*illl!I!ililliI!Hiiir'!!'h;;'4!llll!llll!iilll>lllllllll!i. llll!illl!!lll!*.'l!inil!llll '<llllllll!lllllll>
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  • 321 14 “American Doubles.” Mi 8. Elsie Kmpp Forb-11, of Newark, United States, can gaze at Mrs. Elsie Kr.apo Forbell of Douglas Manor, and pee not only her namesake but also, in a manner of speakit g, ht reelf; for the two women are almost doubles.” One month
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  • 39 14 Debrett for 1928 contains seven new peerages. More peers and peeresses died luring 1927 than during any other of the last fifty years, the numbers being 37 <nd 31 respectively. Only two peerages became extinct.
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  • 120 14 4 Royal Beer Mug, Parrot, and Sailing Boats. Mr. Frederick Henry Thomas Streatfield, of Sea Beach H mse, Eastbourne, Sussex, bequeathed in his will: To Dr. Henry Colgate as a slight ackowledgement of his kind attention bis Sussex Hog in Sussex ware out
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  • 68 14 The Public Entertainments Committee of Birmingham Justices recommended that Corporation toinc’ulein their mx Parliamentary Bill a clause providing for control by the justices of public boxing. It is pointed out that, apart from very limited provisions as to to buildings, the promoters of public boxing in the
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  • 32 14 There were 10,429 pieces of timber deposited with the Thames Police, among the thousands of articles found in public places in London during the twelve months ended November 30.
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    • 444 14 LL C^ T}lE WORLD! t> VU. \V > Evans' Pastilles are prescribed regularly HA\' hy Docto 8 lllJ Word over for reiiev- Ji in? 011 ,s Golds, Gatarrh. Huakiness, J Weak Chests and Sore Throats. The IIIIS i*a vapours penetrate into innermost parts giving instant relief. fc»vANs nSF **irisePT'C tmBO*t
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    • 55 14 Chamberlain's Pain Balm. A toucii of rheumatism or a twinge of neuritis, whatev *r the trouble is, Chamberlain’s Pain Baim relieves the pain. Burns and scalds are promptly relieved, cuts and bruises quickly healed and swellings promptly reduced. In fact- no household should be without it. For sale everywhere. The
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    • 96 14 Success in sport depends on I j r physical fitness. Whilst the regular use of ENO is not in itself a guarantee of fitness, it ■Ex.’j < .fTiYt] helps considerably, and many B sportsmen find they are better J/ able to withstand continued effort and fatigue by the use of
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  • 578 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, January 21, 1928 Mutton— cts 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 Leg of Mntton lb 55 Lamb do 55 Suet
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    • 144 15 JsTJUUL CoXb B 'f ■> I 1 yX'ujg 11 I t _.-_JL—_ E8B& £c B— R ®(i H er-; c-r. Catb r* a ?r —ww I I Hi W I h hree €at mi u J!bg| §l jg 0te?O 11 hi m ■bß JwHl FvW Ete iHOli IHrnRI IrasK'* 111
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    • 199 15 r\ 4-f > «raPMirj rw».-. ’VJTOUR BABY’S future good health and happiness depends upon your choice of his food in infancy. The right food for your Baby is Glaxo, which has been used to rear successfully the children of 5 Royal Nurseries. If there was a better food obtainable these
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    • 1429 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. IkfWXBM. INTENDED RAILINGS FROM PENANGWEEKLY SERVICE, LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. i lIS ENU-S Jan. 27 T.ondon, Rotterdam and Hamburg. ANTEVOR F*b. 2 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow. «> MRRIONES F-b. 10 London, Rotter lam and Hamburg. PERSEUS F b. 16 Marseilles. London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. •RHEXENOR
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    • 616 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES lncorporated in England? MAIL, PAMENGER AND CARGO SERVICE Peninsular and Oriental 8. N. Co. under Sailings of steamers of th» g«i contract with Hie Majesty’s Govern. India 8. N. Co, Ltd ment, London and Fan East Mail Service. (Incorporated Outwards flfom London fo? China
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