Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 August 1928

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 196. VOL. LXXXVI. MONDAY, 27th AUGUST, 1928. PRICE IO CENTS.
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      303 1 'll TOKISATSU STUDIO, with up-to-date Photography by electric light. ’Phone 772, 68, 70, Bishop Street, PENANG. P I (bIAA AAA 11 3>IUU,UUU. H claim amounting to r—- T T 11 H k this sum is a compara- 1110 Universally H tively rare occurrence but H r> 1 H //"SA >t
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      13 1 T. NAGATA BROTHERS DENTISTS. Bog Office: Next to.the Dispensary BrMdi Offia Lett Stnel
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    WOMEN AND THE MOVIES.
    447 2 MORE ACTIVE PART IN CENSORSHIP URGED. New Openings. Women have become so useful to the community in such a variety of different ways that they are being admitted to professions and trades that had hitherto >»een considered only fit for men writes, the Countess of Westmoreland
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      1458 2 NOTICE. MISCELLANEOUS. NOTICES. WANTED. NOTICE. SOUVD POSTAL TRAINING. Hy- New rr Second hand Petrol-Electric Mien*. Sanitary Inspection and Engineer- plant to following or near The business of M-ssrs. D. C. ing. Building. Book keeping. English. Al pecification> One to one-and-a-balf RAINNIE CO., KELANTAN, has been trade and Technical Courses. Rapid
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      97 2 8.3 ORDINANCE NO. 197 (LABOUR) AND THE LABOUR CODE, 1923. EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR hereby reminded that asseißinent reurtt for the preceding quarter must be »eut to the Office of the Deputy Control e- of Labour, Malaya, Penang, during the months of April. July, October and January. Forms for the
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    REFORMS IN RELIGION.
    967 3 AIM OF TURKISH REPUBLIC. Re-Interpretation Of Sacred Books. It is declared in inner Turkish quarters that Ghazi Kemal Basha did not approve of the premature publication last month of the Theological Commission’s report on the religious reforms to be introduced in Moslemism in Turkey Th s accounts
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    MISS 1928 NOT EAGER TO WED.
    285 3 HER INSTINCT FOR INDEPENDENCE. The Too-Exciting Novel. The strongest instinct of the modem gtrl is towards independence, and not nearly so much, as people think, towards tne choice of a man. The authority for a statement so mortifying to the modem young man is
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    HOW TO KEEP COOL.
    221 3 MAN THE VIOTIM OF CONVENTION. Clothes—that first topic of conversation with women—have suddenly, during the warm spell, become a talking point for men. The question is always: “Why do we have to wear so many clothes Girls, who are able to go about the streets shopping
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      447 3 BooKs from Home, either NEW or SECOND-HAND V’< cin po*t new hooks on the We hold a comprehensive of publication at net Lon- range of secondhand books in prices plus cost of postage good condition, which may be n v In many cases special purchased at roughly one-third f, 1
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    MYSTERY OF A GHOST.
    293 4 WOMEN’S VIGIL. Huge Crowds At Empty House. Somebody has seen a ghost in Stoke Newington, N., the smallest of the 28 London boroughs. Who that somebody is nobody knows. The apparition was first “seen” in an unoccupied house in Newington -'zreea and the news of this
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    COURTSHIP BY POST
    247 4 ROMANCE ARRIVES AT SOLTI! MIMAIS AT LAST. Aft<?r a long and strange absence Cupid has paid a fleeting visit to the Hertfordshire village of South Minims. But even now the long-silept wedding bells will not ring out, for th? South Minims maid has found her groom in
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    ‘WILD CAT’ LOAN PLAN.
    206 4 RUMANIA IN SEARCH OF MILLIONS —IN HOPELESS STATE. Rumanian finance is in a very bad way and seems likely to become worse. For somte time past the Rumanian Government has strained every nerve to raise a loan of £15,000,000 in America. That effort has definitely failed,
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    Candidates For The U. S. Presidency.
    1453 5 Governor Smith vs. Hoover. Why The Latter Has Greater Chances. Tj{E American Presidential election this year promises to be the most significant t in a generation, a writer in the Manchester 'I his is due chiefly to jiff, r( nces between the candi- ,o
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    CHINESE WOMAN BROKER.
    519 5 MR. JUSTICE PRICHARD CRITICISES DEFENDANT. Most Awful Witnesses.” “It is not your fault, nor the fault of Messrs. Drew and Napier, but the fault of your clients that you have lost the case. They were the most awful witnesses, giving their evidence in a most hesitating manner
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    FUTURE AMERICAN NOVEL.
    725 5 AN AUTHOR’S VIEWS. Brilliantly Recorded Slabs of Life. Mr. Thornton Wilder, the author of I The Bridge of San Luis Rey,” has very i definite views about the direction the American novel is taking. j I think, he stated in an interview while he was recently in
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    ONE WAY WITH COMMUNISTS.
    106 5 TO BE SHOT AT SIGHT IN CANTON TERRITORY. The Canton Government have issued orders for the apprehension of neany 9<j prominent Communists, who are said t<» be responsible for Communistic troubles in the Liang-Kwang provinces, and they are to be executed on the spot wh'-n caught
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    DO OYSTERS SING ?
    402 5 DO OYSTERS SING NOT IN ENGLAND, AT ANY RATE. Ocean Love. 1 America is the place where they make things hum. Even their oysters have taken to community humming. And such is the force of the bivalvular hum that wireless underwater experiments in the vicinity of North Carolina had to
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    SERVANTS ROUT ROBBERS.
    356 5 TWO JAVANESE TACKLE FOUR CHINESE. How two Javanese servants, a driver and gardener, attacked and put to rout four Chinese robbers armed with knives, was described to the Singapore police on Friday, when an attempted gang robbery at Mr. Lee Peck Hoon’s house, 40, Newton Road, w’as
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      282 5 AFTER AN OPERATION. This Lady in Ceylon Was Left Bloodless and Weak Until She Took DR. WILLIAMS’ PINK PILLS. Even in temperate climates surgical operations of any magnitude must of necessity sap the strength. Undergone in ths tropics they are doubly weakening and dangerous because the patient usually is already
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      469 5 New Advertisements. TO LET. 34, Ayer Rajah Road. A spacious Compound House suitable for European dwelling. Apply Box No. 277, c/o Pinang Gazette. TENDERS INVITED. Post and Telegraph Department, S. S. and F. M. S. Tenders are invited for the work of digging trenches, laying underground telephone cables and refilling
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    Surprises In Opening Games Of 1928-29 Season.
    1398 6 Huddersfield Defeated. How Everton Fared At Bolton. Bradford City’s 11 Goals. THE following are the results of Saturday’s matches in the English and Scottish Leagues (the positions of the clubs in the Divisions, as at the conclusion of last season, are appended):— DIVISION
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    KEDAH GYMKHANA AMATEUR MEETING.
    479 6 Large Attendance. RAIN STORMS CAUSE HEAVY z GOING. DIVIDENDS FOR WINS ONLY. (By Our Own Representative). Alor Star, Saturday. THE Kedah Gymkhana Amateur Meeting was held at Alor Star in fine weather yesterday. Owing to the rainy weather, experienced in Kedah during the week, the going
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    ANOTHER AMATEUR FOOTBALL SENSATION.
    217 6 Leyton Suspended. BRITISH EMPIRE GAMES IN CANADA IN 1930. The Special Sports Correspondent of the Singapore Free Press cables from London as follows The English football season opened on Saturday and no less than 200,000 spectators watched the league games in and around London. WoolwichArsenal players
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    U. S. NATIONAL LAWN TENNIS TITLE.
    52 6 MISS WILLS IN FINAL. Forest Hills, August 26. In the National Lawn Tennis Championships Helen Jacobs (California) beat Mrs. Mallory 6 2, 7-5 in the semi-final round. Miss Jacobs meets Miss Helen Wills, who defeated the other semi-finalist, Mies Edith Cross 60, 61, on
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      THEFTS AT RAILWAY STATION, PENANG.
      242 6 (To the Editor of the Wnang Gazette.) Sir, —Recently there have been many theftrat the F. M. S. R. Station, Penang, most of which remain undetected. As a frequent visitor to this station and its pier, I can lay my hand on the reason for
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      CHINGAY PROCESSION.
      69 6 Sir, —In your yesterday’s issue I notice that under the heading Chingay Procession my name has been inserted as a member of the Committee of M magement. I would request you kindly to withdraw my name from that insertion, as I have never been asked to net as
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    THIRD DIVISION MATCH.
    29 6 NORTHAMPTON TOWN DEFEAT CHARLTON. London, August 25. In the Southern Section of the Third Division Northampton Town beat Charlton Athletic by four goals to one.— Reuter.
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    AMERICAN AMATEUR GOLFERS.
    33 6 WESTERN CHAMPIONSHIP. Chicago, August 26. Frank Dolp (Portland, Oregon) won the Western Amateur Golf Championship by defeating Gus Novotny (Chicago) by 4 and 3 over the difficult Bobolink course. Reuter,
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    COLONY AND F.M.S. CHINESE FOOTBALLERS.
    64 6 DRAWN GAME. (From Onr Own Correspondent.) g Kuala Lumpur, August 27. The Colony Chinese drew with the F.M.S. Chinese two all yesterday. It was an excellent game and both defences were good. The Colony were Lading two nil at half-time, 1 Yong Liang and Liong
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    RIFLE MEETING
    85 6 F. M. S. POLICE WIN WARREN SHIELD. (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, August 27. The rifle meeting was brought to a successful conclusion yesterdav. The Warren Shield was won by the F. M. S. Police with the Johore Military Forces (B team) second and B Company M.S.V.R., third
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    HEAVY FINES FOR SELLING ADULTERATED MILK.
    74 6 Heavy fines were imposed on two Tamil milk vendors by Mr. W, C. Taylor in the Penang Police Court this morning. In one case the magistrate fined Ponappen $5OO for soiling adulterated milk to Mr. J. S. R-utens, Sanitary Inspector, Muncipal Health Office, and
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    463 6 The resignation of hie the 8.8. V. F. of See. Li' nt A has been accepted. Mr. F.K. WiL,n bee for service in Kelantan, and King for service in Johore. r S -N’. Mr. H.C. ed to the Board of Architect of Mr. W. Campbell O.nan The
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    HINDU WEDDINGS IN PENANG.
    140 6 K RISHN ASA MY—PONNAMMAL. A pretty Hindu wedding was c*W ed yesterday, at the residency of: bride’s grandfather Mr. A. Pillay. J.P., in Kajang Road, tween Miss Ponnammal S. Saravana Pillay, Chi f Clerk, Rw Con cillor’s Office. p n ng J.’ ld Krisbnasamy of the
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    KANDASAMY-THAILAMMAL AMMAL
    58 6 Another HinJn nised at the b-mlegroom Western Road, Penang. V' ing, the contractmg r ir profit'. P. Kan.ia.amy P. f ibmm .i A»«J Penang and Miss nn Pi |hy. daughter of Mr. y far”tractor of Sim pang L’ m piah Pillay, Chief e pjj] a v P W.,
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    SUPPIAH—KALI AMMAL.
    46 6 SUPPIAH— KALI AMMAL. C n I The marrlae- b “''’‘‘p bh pili»’ Pillay, son of Mr. Miss Kali Amma, Ruppamuthu PiUaJ’ at >’o. place yesterdav TIV rtlll wa»*" Argyll Road, v KriB bn*; attended inciuding p Vandayar, the find wbicb Mahajana Snngana 1 < newly establi bed.
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      48 6 -JR.-., -r ■-i; A., Did You See Yesterday’s Sunday Sazelfe 16 Pages. 70 Columns Of News. 9 15 Excellent Pictures. 12 Columns Of Sports News. II 2 Competitions Prizes Valued $7OO fro Entry 3ee. The Brightest Paper published in Malaya. Order Next Week’s Copy I NOW. jil I
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    THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.
    683 8 When the Marquis of Ripon, as Secretary of State for the* Colonies settled the dispute which had arisen between the Imperial government and the Straits Settlements in the matter of the amount to be contributed by the Colony towards the expense of maintaining a military garrison at
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    NEWS IN BRIEF.
    75 8 —Reuter. DANISH ORDER FOR BRITISH: ’PLANES. London, August 26. The De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited have been awarded the contract for the supply of eight Gipsy Moths for the Training Squadron of the Danish Royal Air Force.— Rugby Radio Service. Tirana, August 26. The proclamation of Ahmed
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    COMMANDER BYRD’S ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
    57 8 —Reuter. FLAGSHIP LEAVES FOR DUNEDIN. New York, August 26. The 160 foot barque, the City of New York, the Flagship of Commander Byrd’s Antarctic Expedition, with thirty-two men and 200 tons of supplies, has sailed for Dunedin, where she will be joined later by the two
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    THE MAILS.
    89 8 The homeward mail by the ss. Ellenga closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 31st instant. The B I. Rajula with mails despatched from London on August 9 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 31st instant. A fancy dress ball is being organized
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    Our Scottish Letter.
    1521 8 flew Jsife 3or Qoal Jndustry. Dr. Johnson And The Pipes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Glasgow, August 1. When the coal trade of the country is in such a stage of stagnation that the Government is organising employment in the Canadian harvest fields for 10,000 unemployed miners, a
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      39 8 TO-NIGHT AND TILL WEDNESDAY, 29th AT 9-30 P. M. NIGHTLY RAFAEL”SABATINI’S MIGHTY ROMANCE “CAPTAIN BLOOD” IN 10 REELS WITH J. WARREN KERRIGAN AND JEAN PAIGE. Thursday, 30th CONSTANCE TALMADGE in DUCHESS OF BUFFALO PAUL WAGENER in THE WILD MAN.”
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      24 8 TIDE TABLES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 10.07 a.m. 4-06 a.m. 11.0 p.m. 5.19 P.m. To-morrow. 10.58 a.m. 5.09 a.m. 1f.05 p.m. 5.54 p.m.
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    56 8 DEATH. Choong Eng Heng—Aged 57 at his residence 46, Mangin Lane at 10 a.m. on Sunday 26th August 1928. He leaves behind his wife 3 sons, 5 daughters, 3 grandsons and 4 grand daughters, to mourn their loss. The date of funeral has not yet been fixed. S. S. and
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  • Powers To Sign Peace Pact To-day.
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      THANKSGIVING SERVICE IN ENGLAND.
      386 9 Important Ceremony At Paris. Speeches Broadcast. Enthusiastic French Welcome For Herr Stresemann. (J. S. A. And The League. T<> days ceremony of the signing of the Kellogg Peace Pad is to he lueid-asf throughout the world. The Chelmsford Station, operating on a e length of 24
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      TREMENDOUS CROWD CHEER STRESEMANN.
      246 9 Reuter. STATEMENT TO PRESS. Paris, August 26. A tremendous crowd inside and outside the station cheered wildly at the arrival of Herr Stresemann, who was obviously profoundly moved by the warmth of the greeting accorded to the first German Minister to be officially received in France
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    MISSING ATLANTIC FLIERS.
    69 9 "Ihuwr. REPORTED radio messages WORK OF' HOAXER. Hertford (Connecticut) August 26. h r> l^er °f the missing Atlantic telegraphist, and jn gi Ven mpr °bability of the position (I n B considered that the messages an 10 k® fr °m Pert Hassell are not f, o [Jl
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    U.S. BUDGET DEFICIT.
    37 9 1 IRST SHORTAGE of revenue sl -NCE the war. -p W ashington, August 27. d''eit r ‘h* Budget predicts a il in the current > f r definite forecast of a /> *"vernrnent revenue since the
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    ANGLO-FRENCH NAVAL COMPROMISE.
    100 9 Reuter. FORGED DOCUMENTS IN U.S.A. London, August 27. The delay in publishing the terms of the Anglo-French Naval Compromise, which has prompted fertile brains in all manner of speculations, has now led to the appearance, in the United States, of forged documents purporting to be secret correspondence
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    FINDING WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS.
    173 9 Rugby Radio Service. GOVERNMENT SCHEME. BOYS REMOVED FROM DISTRESSED ARFAS. SYSTEM OF TRANSFERENCE. THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME FOR SECURING EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTHS OF 16 AND 17 YEARS OFAGE IS PROVING HIGHLY SUCCESS FUL. London, August 26. The Government scheme, administered by the Ministry of Labour, to
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    FOREIGN SECRETARY TO TAKE LONG HOLIDAY.
    133 9 Rugby Radio Service. 6,000 MILES’ SEA TRIP. London, August 26. The Secretary for Foreign Affaire, Sir Austen Chamberlain, is due to leave Liverpool on Thursday in the liner Or coma on a health voyage to the Western coast of North America, via the Panama
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    MOSCOW AND PEACE PACT.
    156 9 —Reuter. Complete Disarmament. ONLY GUARANTEE TO PEACF. LETTER TO GENEVA. M. LITVINOTF, IN A LETTER TO THE CHAIRMAN OF the prep ara tor y dis a rm. ament commission contends that THE SIGNING OF THE KELLOGG PACT CANNOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF DISARMAMENT, WHICH IS THE
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    AUSTRALIA AND MIGRATION.
    88 9 t.— Rugby Radio Service. VISIT OF BRITISH ECONOMIC COMMISSION. London, August 26. The Economic Commission which has been appointed by the British Government to visit Australia, will include Sir Arthur Dockham (Chairman), Sir Hugo Hirst, Sir Ernest Clarke and Mr. Dougal Malcolm. The mission is the outcome
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    APPOINTMENT OF NEW COLONIAL SECRETARY.
    65 9 Mr. Scott as Chief Secretary.— Rugby Radio Service. TO SUCCEED SIR HAYES MARRIOTT. London, August 26. Mr. John Scott, Chief Secretary of Tanganyika territory, has been selected for the appointment as Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements, to succeed Sir Hayes Marriott on his retirement.
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    FRENCH ESTIMATES FOR 1929.
    49 9 Vale. HUGE PUBLIC DEBT. Paris, August 26. France’s expenditure for 1929 is estimated at 45,225,278,701 francs divided as follows public debt 22,157,606,175 public authorities 78.600,000 government departments 21,050,219,516 collecting revenues 1,331.644,410 repayments and sundries 607,754,600 Ministers’ salaries, proposed to be increased by 180,000 francs. Vale.
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    FEARED LOSS OF CANADIAN AEROPLANE.
    95 9 Retuer. LONDON BARRISTER A PASSENGER. Victoria, August 27. The British Columbia, a three-engined all-metal passenger ’plane, belonging to the British Columbia Airways, is feared lost while en route to Seattle. She has two pilots and four passengers on board, including Mr. Alexander MacCallum Scott and
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      88 9 ONE TEN CENT PIECE IS ENOUGH to buy the Sunday picture newspaper in Malaya. The Sunday Gazette gives the finest value in pictures, news, special articles, fiction, gossip and humour. In addition, its free football and cross-words competitions make it possible for readers to win $7OO weekly. The World's Best!
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    Along a Battle-Line of Ihirty Miles.
    3266 10  -  Historic Points in Fighting of August Ten Years Ago. What the Visitor Sees To-day. By RAYMOND BRIDGEWAY. Continuing his series of fortnightly articles on the battlefields of 1918, our special correspondent here describes the country between Peronne and Arras where ten years ago, a
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    By the Way.
    1761 11 Calcutta Society for the Pre Tn vention of Cruelty to Animate V/ protests against the employment water-buffalo for draught pur--0 It has no sweat glands and suff 8 H nsely when it has to walk under snn. In its free state it lies all a a pool
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    THE SHARE LIST.
    189 11 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’i share list at 11a.m. to-day Saturday. To-day. E E 2 Shares. 0 O C 02 00 0Q sc. c. c. I c. Mining. Batane P 45 .47$ .45 .47$ Haad Yai 12/6 13/6 13/3 13/9 Hong Fatt
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    GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY Ltd. ,
    34 11 GENERAL PRODUCE AGENCY Ltd. Rubber Prices. We beg to report that the Singapore prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follow Spot 3C|c Sept. 30ic Oct/Dec. 291 c Jan/March Remarks—Market Easier.
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    37 11 London Standard Loose. S. R. Sheet 30j cts per pound per pl.—s4o-33 No. 1 Crepe 31 cts per pound per pl.=s4l-33 Easier. London 9 1/81 New York 18| cts. fgold). (51/ Courtesy of'Messrs. Allen Dennys.)
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    TIN PRICES.
    44 11 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd. gives the following prices on August 27: I.OCAL. Singapore 15G tons at $lO5 Penang buyers no sellers at $lO5. Messrs. Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. London, August 24, spot £2ll three months’ buying £207 three months’ selling £207.5?.
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    208 11 Penang, August 27, 1928. Benares Opium p. chest $5.000.00 norm Cloves 70.00 nom. Gold leaf 72.00 selkr Mace Pickings 125.00 nom. Nutmegs 80s 100.00 nom, llOs 95.00 Coconuts per 1,000 50.00 nom Copra Sundried $11.40 buyers Rattans 11.15 sale Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Siam Rice
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    107 11 BUSINESS FOR ORDINARY MEETING. The following is the Agenda of an ordinary meeting of the Penang Municipal Commission, to be held on August, 28 1. Minutes of last meeting to be confirmed. 2. Declaration of Mr. B. E. Ross as a Municipal Commissioner to be laid on the
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    RACING SENSATION.
    215 11 POLICE TAKE POSSESSION OF SADDLE. The latest Australian papers report that it is probable that action will be taken by the Police Department against the connections of the mare Halloween, John Hook (jockey), S. Kelly (owner), and Reginald King (groom), who were disqualified for life at the Richmond
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED.
    602 12 WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Saturday Evening. For the third week in succession, the Share Market in general experienced a quiet time and with both Rubber and Tin displaying easier tendencies, operators are adopting a watching attitude and marking time. Dealings are in consequence few and far between, being
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    125 12 Penang, August 27, 1928. fßy Courtesy of The Chartered Bank), London Demand Bank 2/3 21/32 4 mop ths* sight Bank 2/3 27/32 3 w Credit 2/4 5/16 3 m Documentary 2/4 3/8 Calcutta Demand Bank 1531 3 days’sight Private 156 D Bombay Demand Bank 1531 Madras Demand Bank 1531
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    94 12 The following are the latest quotation» in THE MALAYA COMPANY LIMI TED’S share list: Mining Shares. Buyers. Sellers. Batu Cave 1-35 1.37| Hitam 7 a Idris Hydraulic Tin 17/- 11/6 Jelapang 27/- 27/6 Kinta Tin Dredging 1.45 Klang River 3.85 3.90 c. Kuchais Ord. L4O 1.45 Kuyoh
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    69 12 The following are our latest quotationfor to-day Tins. Buyers. Sellers. Batu Caves 1.35 1.40 Hitams .75 .77$ Jelapangs 27/- 27/9 Katus 24/6 20/6 Klang Rivers 3.60 3.65 ex Kuchais (Ord) 1.40 1.45 Lahats 15/6 16/6 M. Consols. »72 .74 Nawang Pets -80 .85 Papans »13 *l6 Ra
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    OVERSEA BROKERS, Ltd.
    111 12 The following are our latest quotations for to-day:— Mining. Buyers. Sellers. Bangrine 43/3 44/Batu Caves 1.35 1.37$ B. Padangs .46 .48 Hong Fatts .41 .43 Kinta Dredges 1.44 1.46 Kuchais 1-45 1.47| K. Lumpurs 34/- 34/6 c. Kuyohs «39 .42 Kents 4/9 5/3 Laruts 16/6 17/M. Consols
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    EASTERN TRADERS, Ltd,
    108 12 The following are our latest quotations for to-day Tins. Buyers. Sellers. Norths .90 .92 Taipings 1.08 1.10 Kintas Hitams .75 .77 Talams 1.07 1.09 Ulu Piahs .64 .67 B. Padangs .45 .47 Ratruts 28/- 28/6 Rahmans 1.37| 1.42| Sione Tin 23/3 23/9 Kuyohs .37 -39| Souths .43
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    67 12 (Rugby Radio Sbrvice London, August 26 Paris, 124.30 New York, 4.85 A Brussels, 34.90; Geneva, 25.20; Amsterdam, 12.10| Milan, 92.65 Berlin, 20.36; Stockholm, 18.13; Copenhagen, 18.19 Oslo, 18.19 Vienna, 34.42 i Prague, 1631; Helsingfors, 192? Madrid, 29.17? Lisbon, 2s 7 Athens, Bucharest, 794| Rio, s|| BueriQS Aires, 47g
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    KENNEDY & Co’s SHARE LIST
    1088 12 KENNEDY Co’s SHARE LIST NAMES. I J af RUBBER [Dollar.] S c 3 c Sc Allenby Rubber Co S 1 25 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate J Amalgamated Malay Estate? 2 5 2 7d Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 4 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate- 30 4 Ayer Molek Rubber Co J 0
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    JUST THE YANKEE WAY!
    120 13 AMERICA “LEADING.” Wrong Calculation Of Points In Olympic Games. During the Olympic Games the New York newspapers have been giving prominence daily to points supposed to have been scored by various countries, always showing that America was leading by a big margin, this being the result
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    245 13 MAN OF .30 WHO “PLAYED FAST AND LOOSE WITH WOMEN.” “It is clear that you are a man who has been playing fast and loose with women throughout your life.” With these words Sir Ernest Wild sentenced John Ainsworth Christian, aged thirty, at the Old Bailey to
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    163 13 RUSH AT SHIPOWNER FROM DOC\. Harold Lloyd, the Cardiff solicitor wio has been sent for trial charged with fraudulent conversion, figured in an amaziag scene in the local police court. He was placed in the dock to answer a further charge of converting £625 belonging to Edwin
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    106 14 To-day’s Departure». Ravang for Pangkalan Brandan and Langkat. Van Neck for Sabang, Olehleh, West Sumatra and Padang, Jeram for Pangkor, Bindings and Sitiawan. Kedah for Singapore. Kian Gwan for Port Swettenham and Singapore, The following ships are in communication with the Wireless Stations at: Penang—Asphalion, Benvanue, CapstjacQues, Delag-a
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    PENANG MAILS.
    541 14 CLOSE DAILY except (Sunday) BY TRAIN. Federated and Non-Federated Malay States, Malacca Johore and Singapore. Registration and Parcel Post, excey where o herwise stated, close half-an hour ?a lier ‘lau the Cirdinary mail. Resumption Of Night Mail Servcce. The following additional mails w'H be cl sed daily (Sunday
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    MARKET PRICES.
    598 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET. Penang, August 27, 1928. Mttpon t eta Mutton Indian per lb 55 Head beep 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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