Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 June 1928

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY, No. 137. VOL. LXXXVI. MONDAY 18th JUNE, 1928 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    ART OF BIOGRAPHY.
    544 2 M. ANDRE MAUROIS’ LECTURE AT CAMBRIDGE. Tribute To Strschey. Biography as a work of art was the theme of a lecture by M. Andre Maurois in his series on modern English biography at Trinity College, Cambridge. He began by comparing the art of the novelist with the
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    PARIS FASHION NOTES.
    962 3 A CITY OF MOODS. (By a Woman Correspondent.) Paris, May 16. A gentleman with/a pronounced bent for statistics recently undertook to inform the tolerant world that Paris has been described in some ten thousand seven hundred and ninety->nine boosts, short stories and newspaper reports as a “City
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    "CANCER CURABLE BY OPERATION.”
    261 3 FAMOUS SURGEON ON HIS SUCCESSES. i Sir St. Clair Thomson, formerly president of the Royal College of Medicine, London, was the guesit of honour af, the semi centennial meeting of the American Laryngological Association at Washington recently. In the course of an address he said that
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    Men, Women, and Memories.
    1592 4 Sir Edmund Gosse-Villiers Barnett-Miss Compton-Mr. Neville Chamberlain. At half-past six every morning my news-vendor supplies me with my papers. I have usually been waiting half an. hour in eager anxiety to get once more into touch with the world. My anxiety is beginning to be mixed
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    Selangor Turf Club Summer Meeting.
    421 5 Fourth Day’s Results. Serious Mishap In Third Race. Six Riders Thrown. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jnne 16. The fourth day of the Selangor Turf Club’s Summer Meeting was favoured with delightful weather and there was a good attendance including H. H. the Sultan
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    LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    90 5 WIGHTMAN CUP. DUTCH TITLFS OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED. London, June 16. There were 5,000 persons present when the Wightman Cup matches were continued with Great Britain leading by two matches to one. Mrs. Watson beat Mrs. Mallory 2—6, 6—l, 6—2 Miss Wills beat Miss Bennett 6 —3, 6—2 Miss
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    IDUTCH CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    87 5 —Reuter. The Hague, June 17. In the first Dutch Lawn Tennis Championships to be officially recognised by the International Lawn Tennis Federation the Women’s doubles was won by Miss K. Bouman and Miss Rollin Couquerque (Holland) who defeated Mrs. McJlquhan and Miss Joan Ridley (Great Britain) 6 —l
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    20 5 JULY TOUbJSmENT ENTRIES. The entries for the next July Lawn Tennis Tournament close on Saturday, the 23rd June.
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    SOCCER.
    24 5 MALAYA CUP PRACTICE. A football match between the P.C.C. and Etceteras will be played to-mortow at 5.15 p.m. prompt on the Esplanade ground.
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    GREYHOUND RACING CLOSE SEASON.
    119 5 WEMBLEY OPPOSITION. PROFESSIONAL CYCLING RECORD EQUALLED. (From Oar Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 18. The Special Sports Correspondent of the Singapore Free Press cables from London as follows The National Greyhound Racing Association is shortly to decide whether to have a close season for the sport during
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    66 5 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, June 17. Paris, 124/« New York, 4.8835 Brussels, 34.94|; Geneva, 25.32 j Amsterdam, 12.10; Milan, 92.77| Berlin, 20.421; Stockholm, 18.11 Copenhagen, 18.30; Oslo, 18.221; Vienna, 34.69 J Prague, 164 J; Helsingfors, 194; Madrid, 29 47 Lisbon, 2/? Athens, 375; Bucharest, 7374; Rio, 5§4 Buenos
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    BISHOP ROBERTS’ COMMENTS.
    917 5 THREE POSSIBILITIES. Grave Blow To English Church. In his quiet office at Bishopsbourne on Friday the Bishop of Singapore favoured a Straits Times representative with some comments upon the situation created by the rejection of the Prayer Book that will be read with attention throughout his extensive
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    BESPECTACLED BRITAIN.
    280 5 MORE GLASSES THAN ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE. That “style” has much to do with the increased wearing of glasses in Britain was a statement made by Mr. Owen Aves, chairman of the London Refraction Hospital and ex-chairman of the Institute of Opthalmic Opticians, in discussing the nation’s eyesight with
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    KING’S MESSENGER ASSAULTED AT MILAN.
    220 6 Reuter. Fascists Arrested. NO GOVERNMENT ACTION TAKEN. London, June 16. Interest has been aroused in London bj reports that the Faec sts recently as saulted at Milan the King’s messenger between Rome and Milan. According to a Berne message the King’s messenger was standing in
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    TREATY OF SECURITY AND FRIENDSHIP.
    143 6 .—Reuter PERSIA AND AFGHANISTAN. Teheran, June 18. Persia and Afghanistan have exchanged ■four Protocols completing the treaty of security tnd friendship. In the first place it lays down that in the case of war threatening with other countries the contracting parties shall endeavour to find
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    NEWS IN BRIEF.
    120 6 leader of the House of Commons.— Rugby Radio Service. THE KING HONOURS PACIFIC AVIATORS. Sydney, June 17. The King has awarded the Air Force Cross to Mr. Kingsford Smith and Lieut. Ulm, who flew the Southern Cross across the Pacific Ocean.— Reuter. Simla, June 17. The death
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    ANONYMOUS GIFT TO HOSPITALS.
    57 6 —Rugby Radio Service. £lO,OOO FOR DISTRIBUTION. London, June 17. Kijig Edward’s Hospital Fund which distributes, from voluntary subscriptions, £250,000 annually to London hospitals has received a gift from an anonymous donor of £lO.OOO. It is believed, from circumstantial evidence, to come from a subscriber who has
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    GUARDS FOR GARRISON DUTY ABROAD.
    55 6 ~-—tiugby Radio Service. ARMY COUNCIL DECISION. London, June 17. The Army Council have decided to send the Guards Regiments for, service overseas and the first battalion Welsh Guards will go to Egypt for a short tour of garrison duty instead of the line batI* ion
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    BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION: ANNUAL REPORT.
    155 6 —Rugby Radio Service. £487,728 FOR PROGRAMES. OVER TWO MILLION LICENSED LISTENERS. London. Jane 17. The first annual report of the British Broadcasting Corporation shows that the cost of wireless programmes in 1927 was £487,728 or about £7 an hour. There were more than 68,000 hours
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    WAGE-FIXING MACHINERY.
    68 6 —Reuter. LABOUR CONFE RFNCE ADOPTS CONVENTION. Geneva, June 16. The Labour Conference by 76 votes to 21 votes finally adopted the convention minimum wage fixing machinery and also adopted by 81 votes to 18 votes certain recommendations therein. Representatives and Delegates in their speeches emphasised the fact that
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    ITALIAN-SERBIAN CONVENTIONS.
    44 6 —Reuter. RATIFICATION BILL. Belgrade, June 17. The Foreign Minister has tabled a Bill for the ratification of the Nettuno Conventions with Italy. The delay in ratifying has been largely caused by the strained Itaio-Yugo Slav relatione which led to the recent excesses.
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    SIR ALFRED MOND’S TITLE.
    39 6 I.— Rugby Radio Strvice. LORD MELCHETT OF LANDFORD. London, June 17. Sir Alfred Mond, on whom a baroncy was conferred in the Lst Honours List, will take the title of Lord Melchett of Land ford
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    GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE CORP., LTD.
    173 6 ANNUAL REFORT SCOTLAND. The annual general meeting of the above company was held on Wednesday, April 18, at the Chief Offices, General Buildings, Perth. The result of the year’s operations resulted in an excess of Income over Expenditure of £612,502.10.11 and. after
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    BEBE DANIELS.
    129 6 Its a long time since we have had the pleasure of viewing any of Bebe Daniels’s pictures, more’s the pity, as she is an artist that has a large following and any film that stars her, means that a film of merit is being released. The Palm Beach
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    THE SELANGOR RACE ACCIDENT.
    263 6 HOW M4NY STARTERS? LITTLE HOPE OF MAHONEY RECOVERING. THE news of the unfortunate accident in the third race at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday has raised the question as to the advisability of placing a limit on the number of starters in each race. The Malaya c
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    PERAK POLICE SPORTS.
    92 6 AWARDS TO AVOID PROFESSION A LISM. Ipoh, June 18. The Perak police contingent held its annual sports at Ipoh on Saturday and at the conclusion Mr. R. N. Hamilton, Chief Police Officer, stated that in the past there had been some anxiety with the Malayan Amateur Association
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    BODY FOUND IN RIVER.
    454 6 EUROPEAN’S DEATH AT SINGAPORE. Mystery surrounds the death of a European named Mr. Frederick Crawley whose body was found floating in the Singapore River on Saturday morni- g. The discovery was tn de by a marine police patrol at 7.40 a. m, near the Merbau Bridge,
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    SINGAPORE FLOATING DOCK.
    919 6 GIGANTIC STRUCTURE. Control Effected With A Few Switches. The last number of Eastern Engineering to hand has the following interesting article on the Singapore floating dock which is being sent out for the Naval Base:— Within a few weeks the Singapore floating dock is to start on
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    THE PENANG CHINA DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.
    372 6 Subscription List No. 10. Amount previously acknowledged $29,249 41 Teachers and Pupils of The Anglo-Chinese Girls’ School, Penang 330 20 Per Mr. Chew Tat Teik, Mmbers aid Friends of The Chinese Unite! Ciub.Sungei Patani, Kedah Khoo Keng Syn 20.00 Khor Eng Hock 20 00
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    MALAYAN POLICE MAGAZINE.
    137 6 REPLY TO AMATEUR JOURNALIST’S CRITICISMS. There is some extremely good reading in the Malayan Police Magazine, the fifth issue of which has just appeared. The writer of “The Police and the Public’’ has paid too much attention to criticisms from an unimportant quarter, and it may be
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    HOARD OF GOLD COINS.
    256 6 interesting hobby of a 1,0 u .r, ING HOUSE KEEPER. Remarkable Collectiaa. One of the most rema'rkable private collections in the world belongs to Guilford Street, London, boardin? house keeper. Mr. Joseph Tisserant, an Italian, has devoted twenty-eight years of his Hfe to collecting gold coins.
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    DO GIRLS OVERDO SPORT?
    248 6 BETTY NUTHALL COLLAPSES DUR. ING TENNIS MATCH. “Are girls overdoing sport” is the query newspapers feature as a result of Betty Nuthairs recent collapse during a tennis match. It is said that the experience in re eent years towards moderation, especially in tennis, is forgotten in
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    FATE OF THE WHALE.
    262 6 HUNTING METHODS WHICH MAY END IN ITS EXTINCTION“The whale is disappearing rapid!* from the seas of the world,’’ said J. Travis Jenkins, superintendent of the Lancashire and Western Seas I i~h ne speaking at a luncheon of the aI 1 ter Rotary Club. “Being a mam»*
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    994 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. 11. Lloyd, Chief Court Inspector, Kuala Lumpur, has been admitted to the European Hospital. Lady Victoria Feilding, who has been staying with Sir Hugh and Lady Clifford at Government House for some months, sailed on Saturday by the W akasa Maru for Mombasa. Mr. H. W. T.
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    MALAY WEDDING.
    80 7 PENANG COURT INTERPRETER MARRIES. On the occasion of the marriage of Mr. G. M. Yusoff, Malay Interpreter, Police Court, Penang, and Miss Rajabee, daughter of the late Mr. Wanchee Ariffin and Mrs. Ariffin, a dinner was given o n ‘Saturday by Mr. M. C. Mohamed Ismail, uncle of
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    COLONIAL SECRETARYSHIP.
    105 7 NO INFORMATION REGARDING RUMOURED APPOINTMENT. The Colonial Secretariat, in response to an inquiry by the Straits Times, state that they have no information regarding the rumoured appointment of Mr. John Scott, C.M.G., Ohief Secretary in Tanganyika Territory, to succeed Sir Hayes Marriott as Colonial Secretary in this Colony.
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE NEWS.
    626 7 Friday, June 8. His Excellency and Lady Clifford accompanied by Lady Victoria Feilding and attended by Captain G.N: Macartney, Mr. Woods and Mr. Churchill sailed for Port Swettenham by the S. Y. Sea Belle. Saturday, June 9. At 7.30 a.m. the S.Y. Belle arrived at Poft Swettenham.
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    ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE BOYCOTT.
    517 8 Various little incidents continue to remind us that the Chinese boycott of all things Japanese is still active in Malay a. The sole redeeming feature of the situation, if it can be said to have any, is the orderliness which has characterised it throughout. At
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    A NATIONAL ART FUND.
    287 8 When people complain of raids made by American millionaires on our art treasures the best retort is to tell them to support the National Art Collections Fund, which, so far as its means allow, does a great patriotic work in stemming the tide which flows across
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    TIN PRICES.
    46 8 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices on June 18: Local. Singapore sold 150 ons at $109.75 Penang buyers no sellers at $109.75. Messrs. Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd.— London June 15, Soot £221.2.6 three months’ buying £218.12.6 and three months’ selling £218.17.6.
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY Ltd.
    36 8 Rubber Prices. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for tc-day are as follow Spot 32« June 321 c July/Sept. 32; c Oct/Dec. 32jc Remaiks—Market Qu'et.
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    THE MAILS.
    42 8 The homeward mail by the s.s. Ekma closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 22nd instant. The s.s. Rohna with mails despatched from London on May 31 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 22nd instant.
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    By the Way.
    1644 8 F danger s’gnals and warnings were t ever heeded in Malaya we should not have to lament the appalling calamity which happened at the Selangor Races on the Kuala Lumpur course on Saturday when no lets than seven jockeys and their mounts came into collision were thrown.
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  • Nationalist Government And A United China.
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      Important Declaration.
      142 9 Appeal For Co-Operation Of The Powers. New Treaties. The Na ionalist Government of China has issued an important declaration bearing on the unification of China and appealing for the co operation of the Powers to establish peace on a firm and permanent basis. The declaration points out the
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      BUILDING UP A NEW STATE.
      464 9 REVOLUTION ENDED. Nanking, June 17. The Nationalist Government has issued the following declaration, dated June 15, 1928: —“Now that the unification of China is being accomplished the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China has the honour to make to the friendly nations of the
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      THRESHOLD OF UNITED CHINA.
      698 9 r.—Reuter. DR WANG S STATEMENT. Nanking, June 17. The statement concludes:— With profound sincerity the Nationalist Government, in the name of the People of all China, makes the foregoing declarations to the whole world and hopes that all friendly nations will accord their fullest sympathetic understanding
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    PILGRIMAGE TO BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE.
    241 9 have no identifiable gravts— Rugby Radio Service. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES. BRITISH LEGION TO MUSTER 11,000 PEOPLE, PARADE AT YPRES. The British Legion will conduct 11,000 people on a pilgrimage to the battlefields of France and Flanders in August next. On the 14th anniversary of Great Britain’s
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    SPEAKER OF HOUSE OF COMMONS
    294 9 pointment to be signified.— Rugby Radio Service. a New Appointment. CAPTAIN F. A. FITZROY OF DAVENTRY. HONOUR FOR MR. WHITLEY. Captain the Rt. Hon. F. A. Fitzroy, (Cons. Daventry} the present Deputy Chairman of Committees is to be appointed Speaker of the House oj Commons
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    PRAYER BOOK MEASURE.
    100 9 —Rugby Radio Service. BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE ON ADVERSE VOTE. London, June 17. The situation created by the adverse vote in the House of Commons last Thursday on the Prayer Book Measure is to be considered by the Bishops at a conference which begins on June 27. In the
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    BRITISH EMPIRE CANCER CAMPAIGN.
    87 9 in regard to cancer. Rugby Radio Service. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. London, June 17. Distinguished physicians and surgeons from all parts of the world will attend the International Conference arranged by the British Empire Cancer Campaign to be held in London next month. Among the subjects to be
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    TOO MUCH MONEY.
    351 10 Profits Make Judge “Gasp With Envy.” UNUSUAL APPLICATION. An application of a very unusual nature was made in the Hong Kong Supreme Court recently by Mr. Eldon Potter, K.C., on behalf of the Hong Kong Trust Cor poration. Ltd., who sought a reduction of capital—not for the
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    Perak Turf Club.
    405 11 SUMMER MEETING 1928. Saturday, 7th July, Tuesday. 10th July, Thursday, 12th July, Saturday, 14th July. 2 three division Races for Class 1 Torses 2 four. T.. 2 2 fi»e 3 2 two 1 Ponies 2 three 2 Advertised Stakes, Excluding Added Money, $59,600. ENTRIES CLOSE at 4
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    LONDON METAL MARKETS.
    285 11 BUSINESS QUIET. Messrs. William Jacks Co., reported on May 23 as follows Business has remained quiet during the past week, and there is no special feature of interest to report. Copper.—Consumers are now feeling the effect of the Copper Exporters’ Trust, as prices have been advanced from
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    WOMEN’S WAY WITH SICK ANIMALS.
    219 11 Professor Frederick Hobday, hon. veterinary surgeon to the King and principal of the Royal Veterinary College, lecturing to the Union of Women Voters at Essex Hall, London, said that no man, however gentle he might be, would ever obtain the response which a sick dog
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    NEW YORK’S NICKEL.
    174 11 AN HISTORIC RIGHT ENDANGERED. At last New York citizens have something to worry about infinitely more important than the bounding Bull market. Their famous nickel fare is endangered. With the nickel they can travel anywhere and all day on the underground railways, but the Interborough Rapid Transit,
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    UNITED TRADERS, LTD.
    704 11 WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Penang. June 18. With Tin irregular and Rubber not showing much improvement in spite of the steady decline in London Stock, markets are anything but cheerful. In fact, business is a mutter of negotiation and any persistent selling soon discloses the inherent weakness of
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    110 11 London Standard Loose. S. R. Sheet 311 cts per pound per pl. —s42-33 No. 1 Crepe 32| cts per nound per pl.=s43 66 Quiet. Linden 9|d. New York 19| cts. (gold.) {.By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys') A commercial traveller held up in Orkney by a storm wired
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    311 11 The output of Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd,, (two dredge*) for the hdf month of Jane was hours run 578, cubic yards tr-atpd 74.000 total piculs 749.59, nett value $49,436 54. The output of Asam Kumbang Tin Dredging Ltd., for the half m >nth of June was hours
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    212 11 Penang, June 18, 1928, Benares Opium p. chest $5.000.00 nom Cloves 70.00 nom Gold leaf 72.00 sell, r Mace Pickings 125.00 nom Nutmegs 80s 100.00 nom 110 s 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom Copra Sundried $ll.OO sales Rattans 11.15 sale Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail Shells 13.00
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    SOVIET BOTANISTS’ QUEST.
    77 11 AID ASKED FROM SCIENTISTS” IN AFGHANISTAN. A large expedition of the Central B, tanical Garden of the Soviet Union has, it is announced, left Leningrad en route for Afghanistan to collect seeds of useful wild plants for cultivation in this country. Part of the duplicate collections to
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    "SEA SERPENT” SEEN.
    96 11 Pilots on duty near Corbiere Lighthouse, Jersey, are confident that they, have seen a sea serpent. A huge head with bulging eyes appeared a few hundred yards from their boat, they reported. “Its head was held upright for some seconds, and snorting loudly, it dived bick and
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    KENNEDY & Co’s SHARE LIST.
    1150 11 KENNEDY Co’s SHARE LIST. NAMES. S g I 3 li RUBBER [Dollar.] c 9 c 1 o Allenby Rnbber Co 1 05 1 2P Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 CO 1 25 Amalgamated Malay Estates 1 70 2 00 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 1 75 2 00 Ayer Kuning Rubber
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    United Patani (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Ltd.
    2165 12 Board’s Policy Under iNew Conditions. 0 1 Forward Sale —Financial Times. The eighth annual general meeting of United Patani (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on May 11, at Winchester House, Old Broad-street, E. C., Mr. E. L. Hamilton (the Chairman) presiding. The representative
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    BARLOW’S REPORT.
    170 12 Singapore, June 14. Rubber. —The market has been dull and has displayed a slightly .easier tendency during the greater part of the period under review'. Some recovery took place to-day, however, and at London is now unchanged on balance since lasit Thursday. Nlew Yotrk still shows a decline
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    FRASER’S WEEKLY REPORT.
    490 12 FRASER’ S WEEKLY REPORT. "Singapore, June 12. There has been very little of interest to record during the past week in cither the Tin or Rubber sections of the share market. Tin continues to fall away in price and shews a decline of £2 12s. 6d. on balance. Interest in
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    125 12 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Saturday. To-day. ■J 00 X Shares. Jg o’® o T SQ 02 CQ 02 c.. sc. c. c. Mining. Haad Yai 19/6 20/6 18/9 19/6 Hitam .87i .90 .85 .87J Johan
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    68 12 The following are the latest quotations in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMITED’S share list:— Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Jelepang 25/3 25/9 Kinta Tin Dredging 1.424 1.474 Kuchai Ord. 1.55 1.60 M. Consolidated .95 .974 North Taiping 1.00 1.02 Penawat .624 .65 Rahman 1.30 1.324 Ratrnt 26/6 27/Takuapa 31/3
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    OVERSEA BROKERS, Ltd.
    87 12 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Mining. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrins 43/3 44/- c. Batu Caves 1.30 1.324 B. Padangs .47 .49 Hong Fatts .50 .534 Kuyohs .57 .62 Kuchais 1.55 1.60 M. Ccnsols .95 .974 Norths .98 1.00 Pangnga Rivera 2/9 3/3 p. Penawata .62
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    UNITED TRADERS, Ltd.
    56 12 The following are onr latest quotations for to day Tins. Buyers. Sellers. Batu Caves 1.324 1-35 Hitama A 5 .-S7j Kamuntinga 18/3 K. Lumpura 32/ Kuchais (Ord) 1.55 1.60 M. Consols. .95 .974 Pargnga Rivera 2/6 p Petalinga 4.35 4.40 Rahmana 1-30 1-324 Southa .46 Takuapas 31/3
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    EASTERN TRADERS, Ltd.
    60 12 The following are our latest quotation for to-day Tins. Buyers. Sellers. Norths .99, J-'?!, Rahmans 1-324 Kamuntings 18/- t Kintas 1.424 Taipings 1.034 J Hitams .»24 M. Consols. -96 Talama 1.00 1-2 Ratruts 27/- 27/3 Souths «44 Takuapas 31/- 31,t Kents 4 Larnts 17 Nai Hoots -JJ
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    EXCHANGE.
    108 12 Penang, June 18, 1928. (By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 2j 4 months’ sight Bank > L 3 Credit 2 4 J t 3 Documentary 2/4 irt Calcutta Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private L,b j Bombay Demand Bank 1 p Madras Demand Bank S 3
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    VETERAN’S ANNIVERSARY.
    746 13 MR. GOSLING’S 53 YEARS IN SINGAPORE. Advice to Youngsters. To land in Singapore s'ck unto death with fever, yet to be interviewed by a Press representative on the fifty-third anniversary of his arrival, is the nniqae experience of Mr. T. L. G> sling. To-day, Mr. Gosling loots very
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    TURKISH WOMENS RESOLVE.
    193 13 A TWO-DRESSES-A-YEAR SOCIETY I According to the Stamboul correspondent of the J r os.nseAe Zeitung a new association of Turkish women has just been formed to combat luxury in women’s clothing. The members pledge themselves to order no more than two evening dresses in the year. The
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    106 14 To-day’s Departures. Ekma for Singapore. van Heemskerk for Sabang, Oiehleb, West Sumatra and Padane. Rawang for Pangkalan Brandan and Langkat. Ainpang for Pangkor, Dindings and Sitiawan. Kutsang for Calcutta. Kedah for Singapore. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at:— Penang.—Amboise, Borelis, Bolton Castle, D’Artagnan,
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    PENANG MAILS.
    548 14 CLOSE DAILY except (Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States. Malacca, Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parce’ Post, except where otherwise stated, close half-an-hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Resumption Of Niuht Mail Service. The following additional mails will be closed daily (Sunday excepted) at 6 p.m Parit Buntar,
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    ALEXANDRA BRICKWORKS LIMITED.
    77 14 The above company, which is issuing a prospectus (particulars of which will be found in our advertisement columns) has been formed with the purpose of acquiring from the Borneo Company Ltd., and developing the Alexandra Brickworks, Pasir Panja g, Singapore, and the Butterworth Brickworks, Sungei Dua, Province
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    MARKET PRICES.
    596 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET. Penang, June 18, 1928. Mutton— J c ta Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head heep 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 Mutton lb 55 Lamb do
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      507 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Companies Ingorporatbd in England.) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co. undeti Sailings of steamers O f t^e contract with His Majesty’s Govern- India S. N Ct ment, London and Far East Mail Service. Outwards from London for China rporated
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