Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 July 1928

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 149. VOL. LXXXVI. MONDAY 2nd JULY, 1928 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      20 1 T. NAGATA I BROTHERS j DENTISTS. Head Office: Next to the Dispensary 1 Branch Offica 52 Leith Street 1 W
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    Perak Turf Club.
    406 2 SUMMER MEETING 1928. Saturday, 7th July, Tuesday, 10th July, Thursday, 12th July, Saturday, 14th July. 2 three division Races for Class 1 Korses 2 four 2 2 five 3 2 two 1 Ponies 2 three 2 Advertised Stakes, Excluding Added Money, $59,600. ENTRIES CLOSE at 4 p.
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      1383 2 POSITIONS VACANT. |MISCELLANEOUS. NOTICES. Dresser Wanted, must be Grade n The College of Commerce Rangeng Tin No Liability, apply by letter, enclosing copies of rfc nt mnTTTnv testimonials, to Dr. Mcllvean, Gub, I O-’iTAL IUIUCLN vattap- u u p era k 1 NOTICE is hereby given that all shares Book-keeping
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      253 2 GREEN MANURE SEED Pamanoekan and Tjiasem Co., Java. (The Anglo Dutch Pla„ tation „f J’ ,a > Ltd The above Company will have available for sale in JulyDecember, 1928, considerable quantities of seed from the following Green Manure types p#r c. i. f. Penang. Calopogonium Mucunoides 17J Centrosema Plurnieri 23
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    Position and Prospects of World’s Rubber Industry.
    1012 3  -  Period of Uncertainty Ended. By Gilbert C. Layton. Assistant Editor of The Economist.” (Exclusive to the Sunday Gazette.') The announcement male on April 4th last by the Prime Minister that the Biitish Government had decide!, on the recommendation of the Committee of Civil
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      162 4 ESTfITI MANAGERS. GET YOUR MEDICINES AT “THE GEORGETOWN” AND SAVE THE DIFFERENCE. SWEEPING REDUCTIONS. SEND FOR OUR NEW LIST. ISSUED TO-DAY. Here are a few of our prices: Quinine Sulphate $l2-50 per lb. Quinine Bi-Hydrochlor 16-50 Perchloride of Mercury 2-50 Estate Department. QUININE. Our Estate Department is under the control
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    The Conquest of the Air.
    1105 5 Valuable Survey Flight. Trustworthiness of British Flying Boats. (By a British Correspondent.) London, June 7. An event of outstanding importance in aviation is the recently concluded cruise in a flying boat round the African continent carried out by Sir Alan Cobham. During this 20,000 mile
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      73 5 Over the tea cups Of what do women talk? k sty a Husbands, children, the latest engagements, clothes j and certainly the care of their complexions. It is then that the woman who knows will J recommend to her friends “’hazeline’ snow” (Trade Mark) > A pure, non-greasy preparation which
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    By the Way.
    1581 6 yESTERDAY was the twelfth anniv- rsary of one of the greatest feats of British Arms in hstory—the first battle of the Somme which opened on July 1, 19 6. Between Ham at d Arras the Somme runs from south to nor li a* far as Teronne and
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    40 YEARS IN SERVICE OF Y. M. C. A.
    97 6 —Reuter. DR. MOTT RESIGNS. New York, July 2. After forty years in the Service, as head of the Y. M- C. A. in the United States, Doctor John R. Mott has re signed to b-come President of the Internation d Missionary
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    WEEK-END TENNIS AT WIMBLEDON.
    222 6 —Reuter. More French and American Successes. HELEN WILLS SUPREM i. London, June 30. There was a large holiday crowd at Wimbledon to-day when the weather was showery. Miss Helen Wills was the first player to enter the semi-finals defeating the British international Mrs. Watson 63, 6-0.
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    PERAK TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    91 6 CONCLUDING TIES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 2. The Perak Open Lawn Tennis Championships concluded yesterday. The results were as follows —Men’s Singles Lam Say Kee beat Ong Tuan Beng 6-2, 6—4; Ladies’ S ngles Mrs. Ryan beat Mis. Woods 6-4, 6 1. Mixed Doubles: Mrs.
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    1401 6 ENTRIES AND DRAW. FIRST ROUND TIFS ARRANGED. The draw for the P.C.C. Tennis Tournament is as follows Profession Pairs First Round —H. H. S urt and A. G. A. Mosley v A. K. a. B. Terrell aud P. N. Knight N. M. Kennedy and F. V. Duckworth
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    TRIBUTE TO LORD LONSDALE.
    96 6 ed misfortune. Rugby Radio Service. £350,000 Subscribed. CONVALESCENT HOME TO BE BOIL I London July, 1. The amount raised by subscription from all parts of the world as a personal tribute on the 50th anniversary of his weddinr to Lord Lonsdale, in recognition of his services
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    OLYMPIC HURDLES CHAMPION.
    41 6 —Reuter. CLAIMS WORLD’S RECORD. New York, June 30. In the Olympic Games trials MorganTaylor the 1924 0 ympic Games hurdling champion did the 400 metre hurdles in 53A seconds. This is claimed to be a world’s re- cord.-
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    RUGBY IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    28 6 —Reuter. ALL BLACKS BEATEN. Durban, June 30. In the first Rugby Test S >uth Africa beat the All Blacks by 17 points to nil.
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    GORDON-BENNET BALLOON RACE.
    33 6 Reuter. TWELVE STARTERS. Detroit, July 1. Twelve balloons, 3 American, 3 German, 2 French and one each Danish, Swiss, Argentinian and Belgian have started on the Gordon Bennett balloon race.—
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    MALAYA CUP.
    116 6 PENANG’S DEFEAT BY SELANGOR. Followb g on Penang’s defeat by two goals to nil by S langur on Sitnrday in a Malaya Cnp match on th<> Esplanade we have received the following letter from a correspondent C. P.”— Sir, —What «as Abdnl Rahman’s reaso for being 10 minutes
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    PERAK TURF CLUB SUMMER MEETING.
    300 6 SMALL FIELDS. The handicaps for the first day (Saturday, July 7) of the Perak Turf Club Summer Meeting are as follows Race 1. (Horses, Class 2. 4th Div.), 1 mile and 50 yarls :~Dowse the G im 9-0: Pegasus 8 12; Gladiator 111 8 12;
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    RACEHORSE INJURED AT PENANG.
    237 6 STARTLED BY LORRY. SHIED AND FELL INTO DRAIN, MAY NOT RACE AGAIN. Road manners generally are at a discount in Penang but to deliberately accelerate when passing a string of restive racehorses in spite of the warning signal of the syce of the leading horse is
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    NEWS IN BRIEF.
    228 6 —Reuter. KING OF SPAIN AS BRITISH FIELD MAR'HAL. London, July 1. The King has promoted King Alfonso of Spain to be a Field Mirshal in the British Army. The only other foreign monarch who holds this rank is the King of the Belgians. Marshal Foch shares with
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    CHOLERA RAGING NEAR SIMLA.
    65 6 —Reuter. 847 DEATHS REPORTED. Simla, June 30. An epidemic of cholera is raging in the fertile and populous Kulu Valley. There already been 1,360 casts and 847 death?. The Punjab Government has taken vigorous measures to check the disease aud prevent its spreading to Simla. The
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    THE COOK—MAXTON MANIFESTO.
    52 6 Reutei\ COUNCIL’S FINDING. London. June 30. The National Administrative Connc’.l of the I. L. P. ha? discussed the joint Cock— Max 1 oa m.nifesio and has decided that the manifesto was not intended to dis apt the Labour Party. Maxton will therefore remain, as chairruun of tho
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    1010 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mr. Justice McCabe Reay has to go into hospital with an injured knee. Mr. J.N. Sturrock is now manager of Sepang Valley estate, Nilai. Mr. A. W. Burton is now manager of the Rantau Tin Dredging Co.’s mines at Kuala Sawah. Mr. C. Bathurst, Manager, Banir Rubber Estates
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    THE ATHLETIC CONVICT.
    321 7 PRISON ROOF ENTERTAINMENT. A convict who escaped from his warders while exercising at Walton prison in mail week provided a remarkable thrill for thousands of persons. The man, who was a Southport “cat”- burglar undergoing twelve, months’ imprisonment, broke from the exercise squad and, racing towards the
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    “SON OF MOTHER INDIA.”
    493 7 ANOTHER REPLY TO MISS KATHERINE MAYO. “Fetid Travesties.” After all that has been said and heard about Miss Mayo’s “Mother India,” it might be of interest to read the following extracts from the review by Lord Olivier of Mr. D. G. Mukerji’s book, “A Son of
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE NEWS.
    147 7 Monday June 25. His Excellency the Governor attended by Captain G. N. Macartney, A. D. C.. returned to Singapore by the S. Y. Sea Belle. In the afternoon His Excellency and Lady Clifford attended by Captain G. N. Macartney witnessed the final of the Singapore Lawn Tennis
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    64 7 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, July 1. Paris, 124.15; New York. 4.87i6 Brussels, 34.91'; Geneva, 25.30; Amsterdam, 12.10 J Milan, 92.75 Berlin, 20.41; Stockholnj, 18.19; Copenhagen, 18.20; Oslo, 18.21; Vienna, 34.621 Prague, 164^; Helsingfors, 193 j; Madrid, 29.53? Lisbon, 2/? Athens, 374? Bucharest, 795 Rio, sj? Buenos Aires, 47£
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    BIRTH.
    25 8 Henderson. —At 18. Damansara Ter race, Kuala Lumpur, on Jane 28 to Marie-Therese, wife of Laurence Henderson, of Kambau Estate, Sedili, Johore, a son.
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    EUROPEAN CHILDREN IN MALAYA.
    620 8 Dr. Gordon’s criticism of the European mothers of Singapore has not to be allowed to pass unchallenged. Dr. English, the well-known gynaecologist and obstetric surgeon, writing in The Malayan Medical Journal, says that the fojlish mothers cannot be taken as models of the Singapore woman although
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    YACHT RACING.
    96 8 NEW YORK TO SANTANDER. New York, June 30. Four little American-owned yachts, the Mohawa, Nina, Pinta and Isabella, the largest of which is only 60 feet long have started on a 3,000 mile race to Santander, Spain for the gold cup presented by Queen Victoria Regina. The race
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    PRETTY PENANG WEDDING.
    138 8 LLOYD—McLEAY. The wedding of Capt. Hamilton Samuel John Lloyd (late Indian Army), of the F.M.S. Customs, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lloyd of Handelie, South Wales, and Miss Marguerite (Bobbie) McLeay, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McLeay, of Saint Jean de Luz,
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    MIDSUMMER DANCE.
    102 8 The Midsummer Dance at the Town Hall on Saturday night was a social success. It was well attended, over fifty couples took the floor the costumes were excellent. Miss Gladys Wheatley in the costume of a little Jack Tar took the ladies’ prize and a Russian Peasant whose
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    Our Scottish Letter.
    1410 8 Tbfje Of "tefe frtigGlands. ABERDEEN LOSES HER TRADITIONAL SOUBRIQUET. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Glasgow. June 5, The Parliamentary Committee on Land Settlement in Scotland has issued its report. ‘The problem in the Highlands,” they state, “involves historical, racial, economic and social considerations entirely different from those of
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    THE MAILS.
    42 8 The homeward mail by the s.BEdavana closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 6th instant. The B. I. Rajula with mails despatched from London on Jane 14 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m.. on Friday, the 6th instant.
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      27 8 To-night Till Wednesday, 4th A METRO-GOLDWYN SPECIAL “Bardelys the Magnificent" STABRING JOHN GILBERT FROM RAFAEL SABATINI’S FAMOUS NOVEL. Thursday, sth July THAT LION” with DOU6US MacLEAN. I
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      21 8 TIDE TABLES, High Water. Low Water. To-day. Midday. 6.01 a.m. Midnight. 7.02 p.m. To-morrow. 1.0 a.m. 6.40 a.m. Midday. 7.35 p.m.
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    Annual Pageant Of Royal Air Force.
    149 9 Brilliant Display. Crowd Of Half A Million People Thrilled. British Supremacy. The annual Royal Air Force display at Hendon for R. A. F. charities, afforded six hours of thrills to thousands of spectators, 200 machines participating. King George and King Alfonso, the Queen and
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    LARGEST AEROPLANE IN THE WORLD.
    296 9 and allied charities.— Rugby Radio Service. SLOW-MOTION FLYING. London, July 1. The King and Queen, the Duke of York, and most of the members of the Cabinet, with the Air Attachesan I other representatives of nearly every nation of the world, saw at Hendon, yesterday,
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    INDIAN TRIBESMEN IN TROUBLE.
    166 9 WLU J "Reuter, FIGHT with police. Calcutta, July 2. C)tiP man an( f our wounded 11 n the police fired on a mob of An Ht 1 ri besmen at the Salvation y Htlement at Saidpur, Bengal. J he Karwalnuts are a criminal tribe of chihr
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    PRINCES’ TOUR OF EAST AFRICA.
    198 9 Rugby Radio Service. LEAVING IN SEPTEMBER. London, July 1. It is now officially announced that the Prince of Wales will leave England for his East African tour with his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, (herewith) on September. Th“y will cross France and join s. s.
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    ENQUIRY INTO DARLINGTON DIASTER.
    71 9 —Reuter. AWAITING RECOVERY OF DRIVERS. London, June 30. Two signalmen with ninety-eight years’ service between them gave evidence at the Ministry of Transport enquiry into the Darlington disaster. The shunter dramatically described how, just before the collision occurred, seeing the signals against him, he applied, released
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    CREW OF ITALIA STILL MAROONED.
    289 9 .—Reuter. FUTILE EFFORTS. GERMAN EXPLORER VOLUNTEERS HIS SERVICES. NO NEWS OF AMUNDSEN. Little progress is now being made in the attempts to rescue the remaining members of the crew of the ill-fated airship, Italia. The German explorer, Filchner, who has just returned to Berlin after
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    ACTIVITY IN BRITISH SHIPYARDS.
    113 9 .—Rugby Radio Service. MORE MOTOR VESSELS BUILT. London, July 1. A considerable increase in the construction of motor vessels in British shipyards is reported. There are 280 oilengined vessels, totalling 1,760,000 tons gross, on order. Of these 209 are cargo and passenger ships, the gross tonnage
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    COTTON EXPORTS UP.
    92 9 —Reuter. ARTIFICIAL SILK TRADE STILL BOOMING. London, July 2. The report of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce shows that the exports of cotton, artificial silk and mixed piece goods in May exceeded the total in May, 1927 by 6.886,000 square yards. The exports for the first five
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    PROBLEMS OF THE PEACE PACT.
    296 9 —Reuter. Britain And The League. FOREIGN SECRETARY DIStUsSES U.S. PROPOSALS. NO EASY PROBLEM. Speaking to a delegation from the League of Nations' Union, the Foreign Secretary said Mr. Kellogg's anti war proposals presented a problem which was not so simple as it seemed. The Prime
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    WHY PILSUDSKI RESIGNED.
    103 9 Reuter, OUTBURST IN NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW. Berlin, July 1. The reasons for Pilsudski’s resignation are given with uncompromising vigour in a newspaper interview at Warsaw. Marshal Pilsudski said, “I had to resign or I would have been unable to control myself and would have struck the Deputies and
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    VIOLENT MINE EXPLOSION AT ST. ETIENNE.
    58 9 Reuter. 48 PERSONS KILLED. St. Etienne, June 30. Fortyeight persons were killed in a violent’explosion at the Rochel-a Moliere Mine. The disaster originated in a comparatively trifling fire, but a fall of earth broke the compressed air pipes with the result that poisonous gases
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    CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO. (1926) LIMITED.
    987 10 SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. Results Gratifying by Steady Progress The following is the report of the Chairman’s speech at the Annual General Meeting of the Cycle and Carriage Co., (1926) Ltd., held at Singapore on June 30:The Chairman said I will deal first with
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    208 10 Penang, July 2, 1928. Benares Opium p. chest $5.000.00 nom Cloves 70.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 seller 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 buyers. Rattans 11.15 sale Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 10 Penang, July 2, 1928, (By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank) London Demand Bank 2/3 21/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/3 27/32 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary 2/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank 154 3 days’ sight Private 156 B Bombay Demand Bank 154 g Madras Demand Bank 154 g-
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    COMING EVENTS.
    13 10 29tb, 30th and 31st July—Fifth Annual Conference, I.S.P. at Port Dickson.
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    542 10 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day:— Saturday To-day. g 2 B Shared g, g, o'® o 2Q GO 2Q QO c. sc. c. c. Mining. Bangrin Tin 40/- 41/- 40/6 41/- ex Batang P. -42 J 47i
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    KENNEDY & Co's SHARE LIST.
    1119 10 KENNEDY Co's SHARE LIST. J r- i 1 NAMES. g J S g I t a n h 3 RUBBER [DolUr.] f c S o f e Allenby Rubber Oo 1 15 1 25 Alor Gaj«h Rubber Estate 1 00 1 25 AuiAlgnnnnteA Malay Estates ...I I 70 2 CO
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    PENANG CHINA DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.
    509 11 Subscription List No. 14. Total as per List No. 12 $41,080.41 Total subscription in List 13 2,697.27 Subscriptions left out in List N 13 Prangin, Maxwell Gladstone Reads Section P nang: chop Joo Cboon... 300.00 Mrs. Phuahn Hin Leong (Ne Oog Teng N<oh) 200.00 chop
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    UNITED TRADERS, LTD.,
    649 11 WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Saturday, Evening. TLe approach of the Half Yearly Settlement exercised a restrictive influence upon business in the Share Market during the period under review and in mst tec'ions quiet conditions prevailed, while qaotations again fluctuated within very narrow lim ts. The chief centre of
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    TIN PRICES.
    26 11 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd., gives the following prices on July 2: Local. Singapore sold 100 tons at slo7j Penang 150 tons at slo7|
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    39 11 London Standard Loose. S. R. Sheet 30i cts per pound per pl.—s4o 66 No. 1 Crepe 32 cts per pound per pl.=s42-66 Easier. London 9| 1 New York 18j cts. (gold). By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys.
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY Ltd.
    34 11 Rubber Prices. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follow Spot 31c July 31|c July/Sept. 31ic Ocl/Dec. 31c Remarks—Market Quiet.
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS.
    35 11 The following are additional rabbet outputs for June:— lbs. Penang 414,000 Sabrang 143,000 Straits 291,000 Rubana 150,000 Tali Ayer 134,000 Bagan Serai 50,000 Batak Rabit 43,* 00 Kurau 30,500 Merchiston 46,800 Mouutjoy 34,000
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    TIN OUTPUTS.
    48 11 The output of Rjnpibon Tin, No Liability for the m >nth ended 30th June was piculs 351, yds. 82,000, hours 612. The agents have received the following telegram from Pakuapa Valley Tin Dredging N. L, output June hours worked 597, cubic yards treated 145,000 piculs 605.
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      456 11 New Advertisements. notices. notice. I have purchased Jelai Estate n the 12th June and this Estate shall be called as Nagappa Estate” in future. T. P. N. K. NAGAPPA, Batu Kurau, Clusapetang P. 0., Near Taiping. Loke Yew Donor Scholarships Hongkong University. o ne of these scholarship*, which provide free
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      139 11 I I There is no need to go to the Pole I 1 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 in the world pressed
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      211 11 Nature gave them that thin outer coating of enamel to protect them. To keep this intact you must keep it clean and polished. Use powder to polish, of course, just as you would for polishing anything else. But it must be the right powder, one specially prepared for the purpose—
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    FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
    378 12 MANCHESTER DEBATE. Censorship Demands Omniscience. A team of debaters from Westminster College, Missouri, received a warm welcome at the Manchester University Union recently. They appeared in the role of champions of ai free press and had tabled for discussion the following motion That this House is
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    £2,270,000 IN BRIEF WILL.
    158 12 GREAT FORTUNE FOR LADY DALZIEL. Otnly 140 words to disburse £2,270,000! Such was the way in which Lord Dalziel, chairman of the Pullman Car Company and president of the International Sleeping Car Company, formulated his will. The document, the terms of which were revealed recently, shows
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    LITTLE TICH’S LOST WEALTH.
    185 12 £450 A WEEK SALARY BUT NO ESTATE. Little Tich, the famous comedian, died practically penniless. His will, if he ever made one, has not been found, but it is clear that his financial position was such that nobody could have benefited by his death. Indeed, what
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      617 12 MmiK I 1 Hi Ai -t-1. U limn— K i Il I ft I iWI I Death Breeds Outside Tour Window I TIAIN pipes and rain barrels, filthy pools and stagnant marshes XV. these are the breeding places of the ravaging army of hum- H ming, stinging, fever-bearing mosquitoes. Free
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    110 13 To-day’s Departures. van Neck for Sabang, West Sumatra and Padarg. Rawang for Pangkalan Brandan and Langkat. Flosang for Singapore, China and Japan. Edavana for Singapore. Ampang for Pangkor, Bindings and Sitiawan Ked h for Singapore. Namsang for Calcutta. The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations
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    PENANG MAILS.
    556 13 CLOSE DAILY except (Sunday). BY TRAIN. Federated Malay States. Malacca Joho’e and Singapore. Registration and Parce’ 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 closet) daily (Sunday excepted) at 6 p.m Parit
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    INSURANCE AND FLYING.
    571 13 ATTITUDE OF LOCAL COMPANIES. Very ?4oderaie Pates. The formation of the Singapore Flying Club, which is an amateur organisation with professional instructors, has raised an interesting problem for life insurance companies established at Singapore and although the article published in the Straits Times, on Wednesday last appears
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    DELYSIA ENGAGED.
    220 13 TO MABRY DIRECTOR OF A PARIS NEWSPAPER. Madame Aiice Delysia, the actress, who has arrived in London from a holiday in the United States, is engaged to marry M. Georges Denis, the director of the Paris paper Intransiyeant. “I have known my fiance about eight months,” she said
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    IN SUMMER SEAS.
    644 14 WHERE THE SUN STANDS STILL.” Life at Nice Among the Women Folk. At this time of the year it always seems Jo be noon at Nice, the sun stays as still as Joshua’s in the middle of the sky, and always shines with midday brightness, says a
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    WHEN EATING IS HARD WORK.
    248 14 What the Dyspeptic Thinks. Men and women who come to the table with haggard, drawn 100k s and poor appetite are to be pitied for their miserable existence. They are afraid to eat food which normal, robust persons will n joy. However hungry they may
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    SIX JUDGES SIT.
    496 14 GREAT APPEAL CASE IN LONDON Right Of Wife To Maintenance After Divorce. Questions regarding the right of a wife to maintenance, which were of such importance that a full court of s’x Judgee considered them, came bef >re the Master of the Rolls and Lords Justices Scrntton.
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    MOYNIER DISCHARGED.
    93 14 UNEXPECTED END TO EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS. Jean Moynier, the Frenchman who was arrested at a Singapore hotel recently on an allegation of being an escaped convict fmm Saigon, was again produced before the District Judge (Mr. J. L. McFall) on Friday morning. Mr. W. E. Demuth, retained by the
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    NOT A TALL MAN’S JOB.
    159 14 SIX-FOOT EX-GUARDSMAN TOO BIG FOR BUS CONDUCTOR. When a 6ft. ex-Guardsman, with a good record, applied to the L.G.O.C. for a position as a conductor he was told that his application could not be granted because the maximum height for conductors is sft. 9in. “Hundreds
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    MARKET PRICES.
    607 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET. Penang, July 2, 1928. Mutton— S eta Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head heep or goat M each 1.00 Liver with heart A lung do 1.30 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep per lb 55 Sweet Bread M pair 30 Leg of Mutton lb 55 Lamb
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      222 15 TANGYE-TYNESIDE SHEETING PLANT. Design No. 2302 Comprising 3 Smooth Rolls, one Marker and Tangye Vertical Kerosene Oil Engine, Cluth operated and complete with all Accessories as illustrated. $2,115 ex godown, Penang. I (i' 1 AGENTS FOR MALAYA. HUTTENBACH, LAZARUS SONS, LTD., (incorporated in the straits settlements.) Singapore. Engineers and Contractors.
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