Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 May 1928

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY No. 112. VOL. LXXXVI. WEDNESDAY, 16th MAY, 1828. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 589 1 NIKKO STUDIO FOR modern art photographs No. 7, North am Road. Telephone No. 579. I THE BIGGEST ‘NINE’ OF ALL! THrwr I <FIRT> QI A THINK u. r «M,OIU Before you buy a Car and insist on a R *5 one which has been proved i r'Z’X I I CHEVROLET
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    • 15 1 T. NAGATA BROTHERS DENTISTS. Head Office: Next to the Dispensary Branch Office 52- Leith Street
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  • 521 2 BRITAIN LIVING 05 IMPORTED GOODS. “We Must Buy AHJVe Can From Empire.” Mr. Bonlby, chairman of the Whitby Conservative Club, makes the statement that the party that has the honesty an conrage to carry out the policy which have outlined has a greafc future before it.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 935 2 POSITION VACANT. NOTICES. ESEESSEB BUDWOOD. SS£w» r™ 8 B-r wand salary required to Box No. 179 h Pinang Gazeite. Estates contemplating Budgrafting 17 5 young clearings this season, or BudgraftI mg nurseries for multiplications, can now x-. t- r <■* place orders for Bud wood with Prang NO 1 O
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    • 371 2 I I i iWHBiI asSbmWsL I I There is no need to go to the Pole J to get cool I When the sun pours down, pour out a long glistening glass of Montserrat. You will soon be as cool as a cucumber I Montserrat is the only Lime Juice
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    • 296 2 GLAXO builds tirm flesh, plenty of strong bone, and a sound constitution. It contains nothing whatever to harm 1>aby or cause him pain. That is why if Baby is fed on Glaxo he will progress steadily day by day into happy childhood. Give your Baby Glaxo-the food doctors recommend and
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  • 1544 3 A Reply To Katherine Mayo. Age of Marriage Being Gradually Raised. Mies Mayo’s Inrid pages in Mother India about the women of India have caused deep resentment among the people, as they feel that she has taken some isolated facts, distorted others, and shown altogether
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 419 3 r The Leak-ProcS Test Will your Pen Pass It? Try this test yourself in a glass of water. Empty a -.-A a--,' Parker Duofold, z x J'jlgjK i screw the cap on tightly and press Ij! |PA’5(«f J the flier but on. Mmb-I I *p*j Not a bubble of air
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    • 190 3 “LITTLE I BOY BLUES” J I Fox Trot, is the hit of “Clowns in Clover.” Debroy Somer’s Band get the most out of a big success. Hear it now 5 Other Good Records J^ y Blue Heaven Layton and Johnson (The Song le Ended 4.71 Q (Janette Waltz S (Trail
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  • 715 4 INDIRECT LEVIES. Beginning At 1 he Breakfast Table. In addition to the heavy taxes taken fron? us in the shape of income tax every half-year, and the still heavier duty levied at death, the Treasury levies day by day a series of taxes at every
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  • 172 4 ACTOR INJURED BY LAMP EXPLOSION. During the filming of Wilkie Collins’s novel, The Woman in White,” a t a studio at Cricklewood, N.W., Mr. Cecil Humphreys, one of the actors, upset a a paraffin lamp, which exploded and burned him badly. The scene was the vestry of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 302 4 r sflested M V 3crJ/aStasuSaniMahtt ~q v of Rifles, Pistols Revolvers n/s/'1 vcr y cartr^ge produced ,''w i7 ji g/ by Remington must pass lai I f i&*d inspection at many mII sta g es > brom raw material to f a P r °d uct 77 Bo y '9/rll///
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    • 305 4 If-' best QUALITY SAUCE X# A B REr 9 TRADF maq CE I ft- REG. TRADE MARK REG. TRADE MARK I'** x ’VW •< x a *t| t Vg 43, RODGER STREET AS 43 RODGER STREET KUALA LUMPUR jp* TT J Kuala lumpur d 3 V SLONG BEST QUALITY SAUCE
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  • 421 5 —Reuter. Hendren In Form. two results in eight matches. London, May 15. Amazing scores and a few good bowling averages were the features of the first-class matches which finished to-day. Jack Hobbs added another hundred to his already long list of centuries and Hendren reached
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  • 44 5 MALAYS DEFEAT S. R. C. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 15. In the Singapore Football Association First Division league match the Malays set up a record score for Singapore by defeating the S. R. C. by eight goals to nil.
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  • 192 5 MALAYS GAIN EASY VICTORY. The Malays defeated the P. C. C. by five goals to one in a League match on the Esplanade yesterday and now have an excellent chance of winning the championship. The P. C. C. was unable to field its strongest side ar d
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  • 349 5 Foretold Her Fine Within 3s. POLICE WOMEN CLIENTS INTRIGUED. Mme. Jesta, aged 48, of Railway-ap-proach. Shepherd’s Bush. W., was charged at Marylebone with professing to tell fortunes. Mr. Melville, prosecuting, said that the woman used to carry on business at the Arches, Shepherd’s Bush, but gave that
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  • 40 5 —Reuter. AMERICAN PLAYER’S SUCCESS. Hunstanton, May 15. In the third round of the British Ladies’ Golf Championship Miss Glenna Collett (America) beat Mrs. Temple Dobell, of Bromborouah. the British champion since 1912 by 3 and 2.
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  • 44 5 An extra-ordinary general meeting of members of the Penang Polo Club is to be held at the Polo Ground on Saturday, May 26, at 6 15 p.m. to consider and if approved to adopt the proposed new rules of the club.
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  • 356 5 HEENEY’S TWO MEALS A DAY. Active and hard training, whether a fight is in prospect or not, and two meals a day are among the chief requisites for boxing success. This is the view taken by Tom Heeney, the New Zealand heavy-weight, who has now been matched
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 707 5 BANKS. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY. (Established 1824.) Pa <1 Cp Capital Fl. 80,000,000 (abt. £6,607,000) gtatut'-ry Reserve Fl. 40,000,000 (abt. £3,333,500) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM.* Agencies in Rotterdam* ’s-Gbavenage. Head Agency in Batavia. Brandis —Bandjermasin, Bandoeng,* Bom- Calcutta, Cheribon, Djember, Djokja, ffongkong, Jeddah, Kobe, Kota Radja /Zheen), Macassar,
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    • 197 5 FRYS CARTELS CUBE BLOCK CHOCOLATE I a A meal in a Cartel I Sustaining, strengthening and energy-giving. A| 11 chocolate in cartets is an ideal food in a I I V convenient and pleasant form. Just the thing for lunch—theatre—travelling—sport» /and in fact whenever you need a standby. There are
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  • U.S., Move To Secure Peace of the World.
    • 129 6 Debate In the House of Lords. War Denounced. I. < The House of Lords yesterday discussed at length the. American proposals for a Multi-Lateral Treaty denouncing war as an instrument of national policy. Lord Reading said he wished to pay a tribute of warm appreciation to the efforts,
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    • 562 6 Rugby Radio Service. AMBITIOUS PROPOSALS. London, May 15. The American proposals for a Multi-Lateral Treaty denouncing war as an instrument of national policy, were discussed in the House of Lords to-day. The debate was initiated by the Marquess of Reading, one of the Liberal leaders
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    • 345 6 unanimously agreed to.— Rugby Radio Service. NO PESSIMISM. London, May 15. Lord Cushendun, the present British representative on the League Council, replied for the Government. He said the Government entirely agreed with all that Lord Reading had said about the American proposals, but it was
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  • 829 6 Sikh Charged With Murder. WOMAN VICTIM. The first case to be called at the Penang Assizes to-day was that in which Santa Singh, a Sikh, was charged with the murder of Pakirichi, at Leith-street, Penang, on April 16 last. Mr. Balfour E. Ross appeared for the D. P.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 296 6 (To The Editor of the Pinang Gazette.) Sir, —As a matter of public interest I should like your views regarding the true conception of the word convention. In my opinion—and in the opinion of most—convention is a vague term the meaning of which we follow merely because
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    • 557 6 Sir, —Your paper reaches me so late that I have only just received the issue containing your admirable plea for clean culture in this country, in view of the danger of contracting hook-worm from consuming vegetables raised in tbe unpleasant manner of the Chinese marketgardeners. As everyone
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  • 1682 6 GTfT CORRESPONDENT takes exception to our pretest against £X I the interference of Singapore in the local affairs in Penang. Who pays the piper, says he, calls the tune. Singapore pays and Penang must dance to its tune That is all very well but from where does
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  • 440 7 Details of Japanese Industry. SHARK FISHING NOT PROFITABLE. f "During 1927 there were 403 Japanese fishermen, equipped with 39 fishing boats and 25 power fish-carriers, employed in the muro ami fishing industry at Singa pore, states the Director of Fisheries in his annual report. Besides the above
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  • 199 7 RECTOR CALLED UPON TO RESIGN. There were heated scenes at the parochial church meeting at St. Edmund’s Jnurch, Greensted, near Ongar, Essex The vestry was crowded. Mr. G. N. Hoare, who had been people’s warden for more than twenty years, protested against a letter which the rector, the
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  • 110 7 FINED AT IPOH. Jrona Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 16. A Malay constable was prosecuted on a r ge of being asleep when on beat duty. oying to the Court the prosecuting >r stated that the reason the accused not dealt with departmentally was 1 that
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  • 295 7 K. L. Supreme Court Case. REFUND OF $4,000 CLAIMED. The action began in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court yesterday morning, bdfore the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gompertz), in which the Federated Engineering Co., Ltd., Kuala Lumpur, seek to recover from Mr. S. V. Smith, a former
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  • 188 7 GUNMEN’S WARNING TO MR. SPENCER. At a meeting at Nottingham of the Nottinghamshire Miners Non-Poli* ical Union, which was founded by Mr. G. A. Spencer, M.P., it was stated that a letter received by Mr. Gascoyne, the secretary, stated We give you time to
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  • 94 7 Parades week-ending Sunday, Ma 27 Penang. Monday, May 21 Eurasian Company 5.30 p.m. “A” Coy. (Recruits) Musketry 5.30 p.m. Tuesday. May 22 “A” Coy. (L. Gun Class) 7 p.m" Signal Section 5.30 p.m. Band 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, May 23 “A” Company (Recruits) 5.30 p.m. Friday, May 25 Signal
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  • 81 7 HEAVY SENTENCES ON ARMED GANG ROBERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 15. The third Assizes opened before Mr. Justice Sproule. Four Chinese were charged with armed gang-robbery. The Deputy Public Prosecutor said the men entered a house in Race Course-road, held up the occupants, ransacked the house
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  • 577 7 Dr. J. Norman, of London, a wellknown geologist, is on a visit to Kinta. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cassels arrived at Singapore from Calcutta by the Kut Sang. Miss M. Brebner, nursing sister, Straits Settlements, has been seconded for service in Kelantan. Mr. A. Graham, of
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  • 238 7 UNITED CINEMA. “Loves of Carmen” one of the most pretentious pictures attempted in the United States in recent years, opens at the United Cinema to-morrow, for four nights. This photoplay, directed by Raoul Walsh, is out of the ordinary in more ways than one, for it brings
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 64 7 0/2 C2Z"/? \fi x n i I 111 I r V /W jlrri ji jL W tiund, rrroeny j ClVu si/otv dfaeatfle F insects. f'ceety -tnnjOuyhTtne, /roc-rw &bdJ decoct fflceA can, adoed, S ac^odc'b'tci^dcAa/facth. aSoou/nd, *Z)/ocd/nJ {•JctJv&agc/ tamd, S cony jdocce, cvrle/ic ,cviddy gtven, dai/y tfte c&mcny itv cu yjiAyminentpafctJof
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  • 321 8 In the correspondence columns of to-day’a Pinang Gazette will be found an interesting and instructive letter on the subject of diet and health by X. Y. Z. of Tavoy who supports the Pinang Gazette's plea for clean culture of food and adds some useful advice upon the
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  • 376 8 Farmers in the province of Ontario, Canada, have discovered a new use for the gramophone. They intend to employ it in hunting wolves which yearly make serious depredations on their stock. This is but an old idea in a new setting. Bird catchers the world
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  • 88 8 “IN THE NEXT ROOM.” Everything is ready for to-morrow’s production of the play “In The Next Room” at the Town Hall by the Penang Amateur Dramatic and Choral Society and all who have not obtained their tickets should do so without delay. Two crowded houses are all
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  • 54 8 TAIKONG OF JUNK FINED. In the Marine Court this morning, Liang Seang Pat, the taikong of a junk, was fined $2O by Commander C.A. Peal, Harbour Master, for anchoring at the mouth of Sungei Pinang River with gasoline, after sunset, For not having the gasoline under proper cover
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  • 59 8 PENANG FIRM FINED. The manager of Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Co., Ltd., Penang, pleaded guilty to the charge of failing to inform the Protector of Chinese, as agents, of the date of arrival of a Chinese immigrant ship, and was fined $25 by Mr.
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  • 39 8 The homeward mail by the s.s. Kashgar closes at 6 p.m. on Saturday, the 19th instant. The P. O. Ranpura with mails despatched from London on April 26 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to-morrow.
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  • 1607 8 Order of the garter. The “Royal Oak” Incident. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, April 19. The Admiralty’s decision on the Royal Oak affair is in accordance with justice. Admiral Collard is placed on the retired list, and is considered to have shown himself “unfitted for further high
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 166 8 AN OLD FAVOURITE AND A REAL WHISKY |ii| > faaJ L-Ej H M ?i A#l w w |J PERFECT As to Age, Quality, and Mellowness. JOHN ROBERTSON Sc SON. Dun«lfi«* SOLE AGENTS PRITCHARD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the S. S.) PENANG, Also at Ipoh and Sungei Patani. I PETER F.
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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 ether 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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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • Anti-Japanese Feeling At Singapore.
    • 135 9 $200,000 Contributed. Determination To Boycott Japanese Trade. Southerners Nearing Tientsin. So intense is the feeling in Singapore against the Japanese on account of the Tsinanfu affair that a fund, opened by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce for the relief of the Chinese victims, resulted
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    • 214 9 Reuter. REFUSAL TO WORK. Singapore, May 15. Chinese feeling against Japan on account of the Tsinanfu affair is illustrated by the fact that a fund has been opened by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here for the relief of the Chinese victims of the Tsinanfu
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    • 292 9 —Reuter. CIVILIANS EVACUATING. Peking, May 15. The Fengtien troops are withdrawing from Paotingfu along the Peking-Hankow Railway. Many field guns and munitions are passing through Peking and Tientsin on the way to Manchuria. All indications point to Chang Tso-lin leaving in a few days. Many
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  • 45 9 —Reuter. AMERICAN PILOT KILLED. Washington, May 15. The tragic death has occurred of Lieutenant Buse, while flying a seaplane training for the Schneider Cup Race. He suddenly dived into the Potomac river and disappeared. I .at er the wreckage was recovered
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  • 29 9 —Reuter. ‘IN THE ARDENNES. Brussels. May 15. Lrince Carol’s Surrey host, M. as found the ex Crown Prince a home ib l be Ardennes
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  • 43 9 Reuter. MARRED BY ACCIDENT. Pehsawar, May 15. The opening of the new aeroplane service between Kabul and Tashkent was marred by an accident. The aeroplane crashed at Tashkent, and was destroyed by fire. One passenger was killed.—
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  • 158 9 —Reuter. 100 LIVES LOST. VIOLENT TREMORS IN ECUADOR. JAVA ERUPTIONS. Numerous reports are to baud to-day of earthquakes and eruptions in different parts of the world. According to an unofficial message 100 persons have been killed by an earthquake in the Mishifitamo district of Japan. Manchester
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  • 106 9 —Trans Ocean Service. ITALIAN AIRSHIP LEAVES FOR NORTH POLE. King’s Bay, May 15. The airship Italia has taken off on a three days’ flight from Greenland to the North Polar regions.— Reuter. Berlin, May 15. Herr Stresemann is in a very weak condition. He has refused food
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  • 35 9 Reuter. JUTE WORKERS DEMAND MORE MONEY. Calcutta, May 15. The strike fever is spreading. Twentytwo jute presses at Cossipore and Chitpore are involved, and 15,000 employees are striking for increased wages.
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  • 156 9 —Reuter. Orang Utans in Europe. PROTEST BY EX-GOVERNOR OF MAURITIUS. “FILLED ME WITH PITY.” Sir Hesketh hell. Governor of Mauritius from 1915 to 1924, writing to The Tim»e, protests against the Dutch law which permits of wholesale razzias in Sumatra merely to enable a Jew persons
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  • 97 9 Reuter. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT’S HERCULEAN TASK. Washington, May 15. President Coolidge has signed the Mississippi Control Bill, committing the Government to the herculean task of curbing the flood waters —probably one of the greatest engineering enterprises ever attempted. The cost will be over £60,000,000. Reuter. Later. The whole
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  • 55 9 —Reuter. LONDON UNDERWRITERS ANNOUNCE 10 PER CENT INCREASE. London, May 16. In consequence of heavy losses in the marine insurance market in recent years the Institute of London Underwriters announce an increase in the rate on hulls, irrespective of ownership or nationality, by 10 per cent., operative on
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  • 67 9 (Rugby Radio Servicb.) London, May 15. Paris, 124; New York. 4.88 A Brussels, 34.97 Geneva, 25.33 Amsterdam, 12.09 f Milan, 92.65 Berlin, 20.41; Stockholm, 18.20 Copenhagen, 18.20; Oslo, 18.22; Vienna, 34.691; Prague, 164 f; Helsingfors, 194: Madrid, 29.11 Lisbon, 2A Athens* 374 Bucharest, 792|; Rio, 5H Buenos Aires,
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  • 177 9 SO THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE WIND AND SUN. The funeral of Mr. John Talbot Clifton, lord of the manor of Lytham. Lancashire, took place on the hills on his Scottish estate, Kildalton Castle, Isle of lelay, Inner Hebrides. He died in the Canary Islands in
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 1 9 Florange
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    • 39 9 FERTILISERS. STOCKS HELD SULPHATE OF AMMONIA NITRATE OF SODA, NITROLIM, CAKEMEALS, BONE MEALS, SUPERPHOSPHATES, BASIC SLAG, FISH, SULFUROPHOSPHATE, POTASH SALTS, ETC., ETC. STANDARD ADCO Synthetic Farmyard Manure. STANDARD FLOWER AND LAWN FERTILISERS. WORM KILLER. Durege and Thomas, Ltd. PENANG
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    • 291 9 II 'Tfnaippr'oac.fiaAfc 1928 Models J REG? TRADE MARK THE FINEST YET. ....2 WRITE DEFERRED PAYMENTS LATEST I CATALOGUE. ARRANG'D. Model 21. O.H.V. Dry Sump. $660.00 Nett. 1 Model 16 U. 490 Sports $550.00 Nett. Model 18. 4-90 O. H. V. $620.00. j p MODEL r !t “.J a Camshaft Model
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  • 177 10 LEAVING SINGAPORE ON MONDAY. To Meet Commander Wackett at Broome. According to present arrangements the four flying boats of the Royal Air Force Far Eastern Flight which have been undergoing overhaul at the Seletar air base will Ipave on Monday next for the Dutch
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  • 190 10 HOW FITZMAURICE SAVED VON HUHNEFELD. It has been revealed that Fitzmaurice saved Baron von Huhnefeld from drowning after the Bremen landed at Greenly Island. The machine camo down with great force upon the thin cover of ice of a small pond used as a reservoir and broke through.
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  • 214 10 TESTS FOR THE SEA COOK. The changes in naval cookery are in pleasant and marked contrast to the days when "bully” beef and salt pork formed the dietary of bluejackets. In the latest Admiralty Fleet Orders there is ample evidence of the care that is exercised in the
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  • 137 10 A CONTROVERSY SETTLED 1 For many years controversy raged between the United States Line, which owns the Leviathan, and the White Star Line, which owns the Majestic, as to which ship is the larger, and incidentally the largest in the world. The dispute has been settled,
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  • 151 10 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday To-day. OQ 00 02 32 Shares. O *o C 'al cq OQ CQ CO c. c. c. C. Mining. Bangrin Tin 43/9 44/6 44/- 44/9 Kampong K. 27/9 28/9 27/9
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  • 99 10 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list:— Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrin 44/6 45/Batu Caves 1.40 Chenderiaug 17/- 18/ Haad Yai 20/3 20/9 Hong Fatt .68 .70 Kent (F.M.S.) Tin 4/3 4/9 Kinta Tin Dredging 1.45 1.50 Kuala Lumpur Tin 33/3
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  • 71 10 The following are our latest quotation# for to-day Rubbers. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrins 43/6 44/6 Chenderiangs 17/- 18/East Siams 18/3 19/Idris 17/9 18/6 Ipehs 42/6 43/6 Kamuntings 18/9 19/6 Kinta Kellas 26/3 27/3 K. Pulais 29/- 30/Lahats 16/6 17/6 Malayan Tins 26/3 27/3 Pahangs 12/- 12/9 Rambutans 18/6
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  • 81 10 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Mining. Buyers. Sellers. Batu Caves 1.39 1.41 Bangrins 44/- 44/6 Hitams .94 .96 Haad Yais 20/3 21/Ipohs 41/9 42/6 Kamuntings 18/9 19/3 K. Lumpurs 33/- 33/6 Kuyohs .79 .82 Kuchais 1.77| 1.80 Lahats 17/- 17/3 M. Consols 1.04 1.07
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  • 92 10 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Tins. Buyers. Sellers. Norths 1.13 1.15 Rahmans 1.57| 1.62| Kamuntings 18/6 19/6 B. Padangs .51 ,52| Kintas 1.45 1.50 Taipings 1.13 1.15 Hitams .92| .95 M. Consols. 1.05 1.08 Bangrins 44/3 44/9 Talams .99 1.01 Ratruts 25/9 26/3 Rantau
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  • 1007 10 KENNEDY Co’s SHARE LIST NAMES. E >> 5 S o RUBBER [Dollar.] 8 c Allenby Rubber Co 1 m 1 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate j f i Amalgamated Malay Estates i ”02™ Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 1 ~r t Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates o n Ayer Molek Rubber Co 1
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 585 10 f| Adding beauty 7 to j -inwJ' 1 f 11/ t —i I ASm/ 7k fairest scenes °f tro P ica splendor Buick is like a rare and wonder* ful gem in a beauteous setting, for Buick 1928 is most beautiful Buick ever built the most beautiful car of today.
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  • 35 11 London Standard Loose. S. R. Sheet 30f cts per pound per pl.=s4l/No. 1 Crepe 31| cts per pound per pl.=s42/Quiet. London Bjd New York 181 cts. (gold). (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.')
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  • 34 11 Rubber Prices. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are aa follow Spot 30|c June 31c July/Sept. 31c Oct/Dec. 31c Remarks—Market Quiet.
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  • 100 11 The Straits Trading Co. t Ltd., gives the following prices on May 15: London Spot £232.15s up 10/3 mos. buying 232 7/6 3 selling 232.2.6 7/6 Local. May 16: Singapore sold 150 tone at $llB Penang buyers no sellers at $llB. Yesterday’s quotation for Singapore refined tin $ll7-50
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  • 46 11 The output of Pahang Consolidated Co., Ltd., for the month of April was pls. 3,470.21. The output of Ipob Tin Dredging Ltd., for the month of April was pels. 740.00. The cu'put of Tronoh Mines Ltd., for the month of April was pls. 1,280.
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  • 208 11 Penang, May 16, 1928. Benares Opium p. c<.est $5,000.00 nom* Cloves 70.00 nom. Gobi leaf 72.00 seller Mace Pickings 125.00 nom. Nutmegs 80s 00.00 nom. Ilf's 95.00 Coconuts per I,oo° 50.00 nom Copra Sundried sales 14 5/28 Rattans 11.15 sale Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail SheHs 13.00 S
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  • 119 11 Penang, May 16, 1928. (By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 21/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/3 7/8 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary 2/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank 153 3 days’ sight Private 156 p Bombay Demand Bank 153 Madras Demand Bank 153 ?g* 3
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  • 165 11 ROGUES’ GALLERY IN BRISBANE CUSTOM HOUSE. W ithin the sacred precincts of the Brisbane Customs House, suspended on a walj is to be found an interesting document. It relates to 160 men, mostly Chinese, whose admission to Australia is not desired. To the average European one Chinaman
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  • 140 11 DR. JOHNSON’S TAVEtRN IN MOMENTARY PERIL. Fleet Street’s famous hostelry, the Cheshire Cheese, was in temporary danger recently of being burned to the ground. A fire was discovered shortly before 10 p.m. in a storeroom and staff-room at the rear of the top floor of the Cheshire
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  • 283 11 WINNIPEG TO CAPE HORN. Stretching from Winnipeg to Cape Horn, a distance of more than 15,000 miles, the Meridian highway, the world’s ’ongest and finest motor road, is—except for surfacing in the southern portions—now approaching completion. Moreover, by the end of this year 2,000 miles direct
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 686 11 flew Advertisements. u AUCTION. of sale. The Penang Exchange 5 Valuable Household Furniture piano, Cabinet Gramophone and ULi- J, Uten il8 Leaves Hair Twice TO BE SOLD BY HS Beautiful The simple hair styles of to-day make beautiful hair a necessity. No 23, Vermont Road, Penang, Luckily, beautiful hair is
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    • 73 11 What is the matter with your Skin Does it get rough and wrinkle Harsh soap is the cause. Recall the sting you feel after washing with it. That sting is the sign of beauty being ruined. Use mild soap—Palmolive—the kind that cleanses efficiently and then acts as a lotion, due
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    • 550 11 Jturrah! its 9 eCt ly rvI trv 1 -TgwXjflr v /0/5/ (children agree that this form of Cod Liver Oil is delicious YOUR children need constant protection against the coughs, colds and bronchial troubles that can so easily lead to dangerous illnesses. Cod liver oil is the proven safeguard. from
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  • FEMININE REFLECTIONS
    • 837 12 Monday, April 23rd:—Do drink a dish <;f tea this day with Mr. Pepys’s Aunt Lettice, and there do eat of a cake made by her from an old recipe, but not to be indulged in, she say th, except when eggs be cheap. My praising it, «he
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    • 657 12  -  BY MRS. ABBIE HARGRAVE. Op.en air and exercise are so constantly urged upon us by the doctors that no one can pretend they haven’t been warned of the danger of neglecting this essential part of “keeping fit.” Young people, restless and almost super-energetic, take exercise naturally.
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    • 140 12 The new spring hats are very varied in shape and design. The hat sketched in the top left-hand corner is made of black felt, and has a shaped band of white felt stitched right across the middle of the crown. This harlequin effect is also obtained by
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    • 457 12  -  BY ISOBEL FRANCIS. Among thp colours seen at the recent dress parades are a bewildering ar "ay of lovely shades. There are colours to suit all complexions. The new si]k and voile materials contain a great deal of red, which is of the shade beet described
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    • 563 12  -  BY ELEANOR BURNES. The modern bride in spite of her matter-of-factness and up-to-date-ness, is every whit as superstitious as her ancestresses, hundreds of years ago, perhaps more so. The tenant of a West End flat, busily engaged in spring cleaning operations within and without, was having
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    • 532 12  -  BY POPPY BACON. Just at this time of th b year wc our wardrobes to bring out (he '»*> which last autumn, we put away w.th L comforting assurance that riL the bp excellent for the spring. > that they acquire a fal se mind s
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    • 418 12  -  BY MARJORIE CROOME Tiled floors, which so often involve unnecessary amount of work, may kept in a perfectly rlean condition «or a considerable time provided thfy ar® trc ed in the following manner. Sweep thoroughly with a soft then wipe the floor over with ac
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  • 683 13 To-day’s Departures. Kelantan for Bbnket (Tnngkah), Knpab, Renong and Victoria Point. Donggala for Asahan, Paneh, Bagan Si-Api-Api and Batu Bahra. .The following ships are in commrmcation with the Wireless Stations at:— Penang.—Carl Legien, Glengarry, forghwa, Honolnlu Marn, Indrapoera, Kazembe, Natica, Nanking, Oakbank, Phobas, Pjrrhus, Shirvan, Shunko Maru and
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  • 104 13 The economy regulation by which salutes between British warships and British ports are regarded as fired was waived when the Australian cruiser Melbourne arrived at Portsmouth flying the flag of Rear Admiral G.F. Hyde, the first F'ag Officer appointed in the Australian Navy. The Melbourne saluted
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  • 286 14 BOY MORMON’S SERMON. A Girl Deputy. Thirteen- years-old Deacon Jim Hill was the ycongest preacher at a Mormon conference held at the Surrey Masonic Hall in Camberwell New-road. S.E. He sat on the platform among nearly 30 Mormons, and was conspicuous by his bare knees and short
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  • 420 14 A JOB FOR SMART BOYS. When you see me in the lounge of a big hotel it may occur to you that I look pretty neat, but you will never guess what a trouble it all is to me. If you are a resident perhaps you will
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  • 101 14 AFTER COLLISION WITH BLIND MAN. A collision between a blind man and a deaf woman as they were walking in the street at New Barnet, Hertfordshire, resulted in the death of the woman, Mrs. Jane Hunt, a wido« ,aged 84. The man, Frank Sutton, said at the
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    • 1244 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE. HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE WEEKLY SERVICE, LONDON ANW N. CONTINENT. HUGO SIJIN IN Ho LllNlElN AUTOVEDON May 18 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES. PATROCLUS May 24 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Hall Glasgow. OUTWARDS LAOMEDON Jane 1 London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. For anjtfmi and Japan. due Singapore.
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