Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 June 1929

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833 PUBLISHED’ DAILY. No. 146. VOL. LXXXVII. FRIDAY 28th JUNE, 1929.' PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      21 1 IH. TOKISATSU I STUDIO, with up-to-date Photo j graphy by electric light* j ’Phone 772, 6b, 70, Bishop Street, I PENANG.
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      2061 2 4 TROUSER LENGTHS FOR £2 NOTICES. NOTICES. I BANKS. .Ivy. The cloth offered is the Best Pure Wool BiEfiEni avntruK USbincr 1 —E 3 -> White Flannel [Doe kin]. It is sure to HEATH BROW SCHOOL. maa An uni. 2 give you full satisfaction. We are indeed Public School Scholarships
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    “For the Sons of Gentlemen.”
    941 3 this outspoken article the private school of the type now being shown on the stage is bitterly attacked. Wide discussion has been aroused by Mr, Arnold Ridley's new play, **Keeps' soj Youth, produced. in mail toeek, which deals with life and conditions in the smaller
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      254 3 G. owing Children rl' Tr require constant obser- jfJrJKph vat ion even when in apparent good health. Proper food, well digested, is essential. Their diet should be ~?S jU Vf' augmented by X' H’ -‘KEPLER’Cod Liver Oil with Malt Extract Contains active Vitamins A, B and D Bottles of two
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      70 3 FPut New LIFE in your No other batteries last as q h>ng. give as brilliant light, or -T are as economical as Eveready Unit Cells. Always insist upon Eveready—the world’s finest flashlight battery. Obtainable from all first class dealers. Beware of imitations. eVEREADy trade Mask g I UNIT CELLS J
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      78 3 QUALITYI TAe Essential Factor I Perfected by years of actual experience. Highest Standards of workmanship, and a sound know- i ledge of Local Requirements. J Robinson pianoS Welcome Comparisons. I w I Our Terms: $100 cash I $2O per month. I Prices From $550.00 I 2 i i jLumiMiirmi- J-rw
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    WHEN THE MIDDLE-AGED SHOULD PLAY FOR SAFETY.
    583 4 Golf as the Perfect Example of the Combined Game and Exercise. Good Health and How to Keep It, IN spite of all that has been written about exercise and its effects on the body in health and disease there still exists a considerable
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    THAT TEN POUND MOTORCAR.
    916 4 MY tRIENDS LAUGH, BUT I DON’T CARE. They Are Wrong. Everybody roared with laughter when I announced that I had bought a car for £lO and was going on a touring holiday with it. All my friends have been going about ever since in a pleasant
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      446 4 The New Buick Leads the Field In Every Element of Motor Car Value. luxur Y an d beauty in speed, getaway and power in w? every phase or motor car appearance w 3E H Performance, the 1929 Buick is far wg Ts f j ahead of all competitors. No other
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    HEADMASTER FOUND SHOT.
    428 5 WILL YOU SEND Telephone Message To The Police. Mr. Walter West, headmaster of Oheverelle Green Church of England School, Flamstead, near St. Albans, was found shot at his house on May 25. A telephone message, saying, Will you send up in an hour’s time was received at
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    WHIST IS NOT PURE SKILL.
    288 5 —l/r. Hemmerdt, K. C. CLUB DRIVES CONTRARY TO GAMING LAWS. A suggestion that whist is not a game of pure skill was made by the Recorder of Liverpool (Mr. E. G. Hemmerde, K. 0.) Fifteen men were accused at Liverpool Sessions of assisting in keeping
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    MR. HANDLEY PAGE AND TAX DEMAND.
    337 5 “A SCANDAL.” Revenue Claim On War Award. “7 think I am speaking mo derately when I describe the thing as a scandal.” Mr. Handley Page, the aircraft designer, made this comment to a pressman about a demand that has been made on him for
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    CRIPPLED SAID TO HAVE “PUNCHED HIMSELF.”
    237 5 MAGISTRATE NOT SATISFIED WITH CONSTABLE’S EVIDENCE. Allegations of ill-usage by a constable in a police cell were made at Bow-Street by William Joyce, a one legged man who was charged before Sir Caartres Birun with being drunk and disorderly in Villiers-street. A police-constable said
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    GOSPEL HALL TROUBLE.
    112 5 PLYMOUTH BRETHREN DISPUTE. John Harris, of Fafield, was at Windsor bound over by the magistrates to appear at the quarter sessions on a summons accusing him of disturbing a Plymouth Brethren meeting at Windsor by sitting among those taking Communion. It was alleged that Harris’s action caused
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    THE SAHARA.
    447 5 WHAT A NEW YORK ENGINEER PROPO ES O DO. Reclaiming 100,000 Sq. Miles. The formal incorporation of a compant headed by an Americm engineer bring? nearer the hopes of the realisation of a great scheme to reclaim 100,000 square miles of the great Sahara Dasert and to make
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      219 5 HAS MADE GOOD PROGRESS EVER SINCE. Little Girl In Oylon Improved Almost Out of Recognition By BABY'S OWN TABLETS. Whem little Ruhiue Subaaiughe was lb months old she wua so backward and weakly that her paawits and friends almost despaired. Thea her uncle, Mr. Simon Perera, of 1 Stafford Garden,
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      261 5 Z I 1 I' 'l New Beauty—Greater Luxury Striking improvements in the construction and design of Dodge Brothers Improved Victory Six reveal a Di ger body and an even more splendid sweep of its unusually long, low, graceful lines. Wider windows and wider seats add further comfort to its luxurious
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    AMERICA AND ALLIED WAR DEBTS.
    234 6 no change: in policy. Probable Conference Of Ministers. Washington, June 26. The United States Government does not contemplate a change in its policy with regard to either Allied war debts or repiraticns and American officials will not participate directly or indirectly in the collection of
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    SOCIALIST FASCIST SQUABBLE.
    99 6 ,—Reuter. PRUSSIAN DIET. Berlin, June 27. A loud thunderclap momentarily silenced the Socialist and Fascist squabblers in the Prussian Diet who were engaged in a heated altercation about a trivial matter. Lightning struck the building and passed like a snake along the electric light wires and behind
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    EX-MINISTER OF FINANCE CHARGED.
    96 6 —2t«vter. PILSUDSKI’S EVIDENCE, Warsaw, June 27. My hands are clean not like those of you others in the Diet” thundered M. Pilsudski in a speech, punctuated by virile untranslatable expressions, before the State Tribunal which was trying Czechowicz, the ex-Minister of Finance when M. Pilsudski was
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    THIRD COURT.
    60 6 —Reuter. MR3. HENDERSON PRESENTS MRS. DAWES. L vndon, June 27. T i four’ of the season was hei i l .st ing at Buckingham Palace. It was noteworthy that Mrs. Henderson as wife of the Foreign Secretary, preanted Mrs. Dawes. The Ambassador himself aopcared in ordinary evening iiress
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    BAND PROGRAMME.
    30 6 1 at the Es Pl au ade at 6 p.m. t March Seviad Franklin 2 Overture Ray Bla«< xr j 1 sfoxtZ s tx h :r Kjne D
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    ANGLO-FRENCH DEBT AGREEMENT.
    308 6 —Reuter. M. Poincare’s Statement. INTERESTING DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED. Paris, June 26. The topic of war debts was revived in a statement by M. Poincare, to combined Chamber committees of Foreign Affairs and Finance, dealing with the recent letter from Great Britain in which Mr. Winston Churchill intimated that
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    DEATH OF ADMIRAL LEVESON.
    90 6 Rugby Radio Service. FORMER COMMANDER OF CHINA STATION. London, June 27. Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson who, until his retirement last year, was Aide-de-camp to the King has died suddenly in France were he was touring with Lady Leveson. He was 61 years of age. As a
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    KELLOGG PACT.
    49 6 Reuter. REJOICING AT JAPANESE APPROVAL. Washington, June 27. Government circles are rejoicing at the news that the Japanese Privy Council has approved of the Kellogg Pact. All the fifteen original signatories have now endorsed the Pact, which will come into force when the Japanese ratification is deposited.-
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    DINNER TO MR. E. W. F. GILMAN.
    90 6 LARGELY ATTENDED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 27. The dinner given last evening to Mr. E.W.F. Gilman was largely attended by members of all communities» Mr. Cumarasami paid a high tribute to Mr. Gilman’s work as Controller of Labour during a
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    PENANG WAR MEMORIAL.
    482 6 TO BE READY NEXT MONTH. Arrival Of Bronze Sword And Wreath. Interviewed by a Pinang Gazette representative to day, Mr. D. McLeod Craik, F. R. I. B. A., the designer and architect in charge, said the Penang War Memorial, at any rate so far as the stone
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    INTERNATIONAL HORSE SHOW.
    63 6 Rugby Radio Service- GREAT BRITAIN WINS JUMPING CONTEST. London, June 27. At the International Horse Show today the Prince of Wales’ Cup was won by Great Britain, France being reserved. Each competing country was represented by three mounts. The British team of horses included Broncho, who is
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    AVIATION MERGER.
    59 6 —Reuter. HUGE ASSETS OF AMERICAN COMBINE. New York, June 27. The world’s biggest aviation organisation is claimed as the result of the merger of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and the Keystone Aircraft Company with the affiliated companies. con *pany, with assets of
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    MILLIONAIRE’S SON KILLED.
    60 6 —Reuter. AEROPLANE CRASH. New York, July 27. Francis, the 21 year old crippled son of the late Mr, John Phillips, the millionaire contractor, controlling the so-called sewerpipe ring,” Borough of Queens, New York, was burnt to death as the result of an aeroplane crash. The youth was
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      440 6 OF NEW GOODS At the most attractive prices awaits you. B. I Tl L 3 ft ARTIFICIAL SUB f DRESS FABRICS J WsUa B 3 The Perfect Fla nd. Dress Viy el TroSuitable for Home going Eta ll u/| H -5 ‘J?” 1 Frocks. In a range of w ”p
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    By the Way.
    1353 7 A copy of Punch to hand by the mail this morning we take pride that the campaign launched by thiw journal against the germ of inaccuracy has found an echo in the columns of that meet estimable publication. EADERS may recall that some tXV» t me ago
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    TOBACCO AMALGAMATION DENIED.
    134 7 MOVE TO MAINTAIN HIGHER LEVEL. Carreras Limited, makers of the famous Craven “A” Cigarettes ask us to say that there is no truth in the rumour that they are amalgamating with the B.A,T. or any Tobacco Trust. Smokers will be grateful to Carreras Limited, we are sure,
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    PENANG SUPREME COURT
    727 7 COCONUT TREE CAUSES LAW SUIT. His Lordship Intervenes. WORK in the Supreme Court began this mornini' with the fixing of cases for July. Mr. Justice Sproule then adjourned to Chambers for the purpo e of hearing a number of summonses, etc. Subsequently Neoh Ewe Keat sued Keng
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    SOUTH AFRICANS DEFEAT NORFOLK.
    175 7 .—Reuter. Taylor 170. SOMERSET COLLAPSE AGAINST RENI. London, June 27. The South Africans found the two days’ allotted to their game with Norfolk sufficient to gain a definite result. Taylor, the finest batsman in the side, gave a sparkling display and contributed 170 to the total
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    INTER-STATE FOOTBALL.
    33 7 PERAK UNABLE TO RAISE TEAM. The match fixed to take place on the Esplanade to-morrow between Penang and Perak Europeans has been cancelled as Perak is unable to raise a team.
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    P. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    370 7 RESULTS AND TIES The results of tennis tonrn>ment ties played yesterday are as follows Singles Handicap (Glass B): —l5 G. P. Tronnce beat —15.2 K» Coombs 6—4, 6—4 —15,2 A. W. Frisbv beat —15.2 R. W. Scarlett B—6, 6—2. Singles Handicap (Class C): Scr H.
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    DETECTIVE STABBED BY NOTORIOUS MALAY.
    482 7 A TWO-KNIFE MAN. Shot Dead At Sungei Choh. INFORMATION regarding a serious stabbing affair at Soreudah, in which a detective police constable was severely injured is to hand and the injured man is now lying in the General Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, in a critical condition.
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    INDIAN JUDGE ENTERTAINED.
    107 7 Mr. Nur Ziinuddin Sahib LL. B. (London) District and Sessions Judge of Negapatam was entertained by Mr. K.P. Mohamed Kasim Aminsahib to dinner yesterday evening at the club premises of the Penang Muslim Merchants’ Society. Many prominent members and friends were present. Mr. Ambalam Ibrahim read an
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      39 7 You need onlyHalls We TBS SUPREME TOMIC RESTORATtVB —to make you really well FNa al Irst-claM Chemists I Wine Merchants aW Africa* A Eaatem (Malaya) Ltd. Siafapare and Feaaag. Stephen Smith St Co. Ltd.. Bow, Loodse. Ear J 26
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      484 7 New Advertisements. NOTICES. Madame Rosane IS AT THE Eastern Oriental Hotel Annexe ROOM NO. 78 From Friday, 28th June to Tuesday, 2nd July. WITH AN UNIQUE SELECT.ON OK Dresses and Hats from Paris. VERY MODERATE PRICES Chasha Zaidel. The well known modiste will arrive at Penang shortly, with an up
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    BELATED BUTTERING.
    745 8 The Pinang (Jazette had not in* tendel to say more for the time being upon the subject of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya; but our morning contemporary appears to have entered the lists as a protagonist of Dr. Bryce and what the Malaya Tribane calls the white
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    High Cost Of Living In Penang.
    1119 8 Menace Of The Middlemen. Those Who Operate To Force Up Prices. [Special To The Pinang Gazettel\ THERE was a time when Malaya was one of the cheapest places to live in, and Penang was thought to be the cheapest centre of all. But that
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    AMERICAN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    58 8 —RetUer. BOBBY JONES FAVOURITE. Mamaroneck (New York), June 27. In the American Open Gclf Championship, Bobby Jones, after an uncertain start, justified his position as strong favourite with a sparkling homeward 31 for a round of 69, gaining a long lead from Leo Diegel 74 and the
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    48 8 MONTHL f Y orT^^ 3TFo>£l) On Sunday next to to extend the courtesy members of the Ex-Serr^' of Malaya from 8.30 to Monthly Medal (Stroke P W until the following Satnr pe titi<®l> eld The Mixed Foursomes on June 24th was won b? R.D. Milligan,
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      94 8 E. O. Dance nights every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Tuesdays Saturdays—Evening Dress. Thursdays—Optional. Orchestra every day during Lunch and Dinner. Orchestral Concert every Sunday. LIPTON’S CEYLON TEA. YOU CANNOT BETTER THE BEST. ii' i.«i I "Mir 1 ..m Runnymede Hotel Limited. (Incorporated in the S. S.) Overlooking the Sea. Largest
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    PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR MEETING.
    460 9 —xtcWCT* Monthly Discussions. MINERS’ DEPUTATION DEMANDS. OWNERS TO BE MET. The executive of the Miners' federation has had an interview with the Prime Minister and put before him a list of demands which included the honouring of the pledge for the shortening of hours. The Government is
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    "THE SOUTHERN CROSS.”
    75 9 IZodtP SsrWse. LEAVES DERBY FOR SINGAPORE. London, June 27. The Australian aeroplane Southern Cross with Captain Kingford Smith and his three companions on board left Derby on the North-West coast of Australia this afternoon on a further stage of its light to England. It was hoped to
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    OVERSEAS VISITORS TO ENGLAND.
    172 9 will be one of the events. Rugby Radio Service- UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS. 20,000 ARRIVING FROM AMERICA. LONDON ATTRACTIONS. American liners are landing 20,000 passengers at Liverpool and Southampton this week and the number of visitors from overseas is unprecedented. Special functions have been arranged in London especially
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    GARTER MISSION HOMEWARD BOUND.
    24 9 Reuter- LEAVES VANCOUVER. Vancouver, June 27. H. R. H. The Duke of Gloucester and suite have left Vancouver for Home.—
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    CHINESE CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING.
    166 9 QUESTION OF ADOPTION. Child Recognised By Parents. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 27. In the District Court to-day two Chinese women were charged with kidnapping a child. One woman was discharged when the charge against her was withdrawn by the Crown. She thereupon gave evidence
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    CONVENT SCHOOL BUILDING FUND.
    119 9 The Lady Superior greatefully acknowledges the following donations for the School Building Fund. Mr. P. C. Baptist, Teluk Anson $2OO Mr. Yeoh Cheang Seng 100 Mr. Tye Shook Yuen 100 Miss Maisie Robless 50 Mr. Lee Tian Siew, j.p. 50 Messrs Diethelm k Co., Ltd. 50
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    WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    356 9 —Reuter- Women’s Singles. SURPRISING DEFEAT OF MISS NUTEAI.L. STRAIGHT SETS. Miss Hetty Xuthall who it i was thought would reach the final of the Women's Singles at Wimbledon was unexpectedly beaten by Mrs. Mitchell, formerly Miss Peggy Saunders, in straight sets The weather was chilly and this,
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      MALAYA CUP.
      136 9 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.) Sir, —I am sure the public will agree with the following selection of a few players for the Malaya cup match.-Pratt in goal Che Din as a full-back Lesslar, Mydin and Ghim Huat as halves and Reutens and Rozells as forwards*
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    FRENCH WAR DEBT AGREEMENTS.
    338 9 ,—Reuter. CHAMBER DEBATE. STUCKS DUE TO AMERICA. I POSTPONEMENT WANTED. A statement by Mr- Mellon to the effect that if France did not honour her war debt agreement America would expect the payment of war stocks due on August, 1 was described, as a dagger during
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    GERMANY’S “DAY OF MOURNING."
    96 9 —Reuter. GOVERNMENT MANIFESTO. Berlin, June 27. The Reichstag rejected a motion of eensure on Herr Stresemann notwithstanding the fact that the German Nationals, Fascisti and Communists aligned themselves against the Government. President Hindenburg and the Government have jointly issued a manifesto on the tenth anniversary of
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      14 9 1 ireibam JSL “FIRE” D ,w Uaforeuen w Property. llu W Durege Thomas, Fenaog.
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      240 9 1 L r —rY ii 4 oz. I in I /o cts. $1.45 I This -'eases I Ithe'^cwir.and j KI \al!ows tin I' Factory Freshness in Malaya, t However remote the place, however difficult its climatic conditions, however unreliable the Mails in a world of V •Ji uncertainties inconceivable to
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      78 9 TOWN HALL, Penang. TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHTH For One Recital Only. Friday, June 28th at 9-30 p.m. KUBELIK The World’s Greatest Master of the Violin. ASSISTED BY FKANCESCO TICCIATI (PIANO) Prices $6 $2 Booking Robinson Piano Co ■II II II TO-NIGHT and TILL SUNDAY 30th IJW3 /O P.M. s BE B E
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    SYMINGTON AND SINCLAIR.
    1005 10 MARKET REPORT. London, May 30. THE declining tendency which we recorded in our report last week continued till Tuesday when Spot Ribbed Smoked Sheet changed hands at IOJ<I. with October/December at 10%d. The active cause of the further fall was no doubt the unsettled condition of affairs
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  • LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS.
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      BOUSTEAD & CO., LTD.
      172 10 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. RUBBER SALES. Penang, June 26. The steady undertone that has been in evidence in the market lately continued during the past week. Local values after fluctuating within narrow limits register a loss of cent per lb on balance whilst London and New York are down l/16d. and
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      THE MAILS.
      14 10 The homeward mail by the s.B, Rajputana closes at 6 p.m. to-day.
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      THE SHARE LIST.
      138 10 The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY it Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day 1 Yesterday. To-day. S Shares. 5 o c* M OT CQ 00 Sc. Sc. Sc. S C.» Mining. A Ham K. 32/6 34/6 38/6 39/6 Ayer Hitam Tiu. 10/3 10/9
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      MALAYA COMPANY, LTD.
      51 10 TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. Tin. Batu Caves 1.55 1.60 Kintas 1.67} 1.72} Kuchais Ord 1.45 1 47} M. Consolidateds .50 .52} Penawats .95 .97} Petalings 5.70 5.85 Rahmans 1.52} 1.57} Talams 1.50 1.52} Ban grins 34/3 34/9 K. Kamunting 23/6 24/6 Katu 28/9 29/6 Ayer Hitams 10/9
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      OVERSEA BROKERS, Ltd.
      68 10 TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. Mining. Batu Caves 1.54} 1.56} Haad Yais 8/6 8/9 Hitams 1.00 1.05 Johans .38 .40 Kinta Dredges 1.67} 1.72} Kuchais 1.46 1.49 M. Consols. .50 .52 Penawats .95 .97 Rahmans 1.53} 1.55} Rmtau Prefs 1.22} 1.25} Ratruts 14/9 15/3 Souths .51 .53 S.
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      UNITED TRADERS, Ltd.
      69 10 TO DAY’S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. Tin. B. Padangs .37} .40 Hongkongs 15/- 15/6 Hong Fatts .70 .72} Johans .38 .40 Kintas 1.67} 1.70 K. Rivers 2.62} 2.70 Lahats 13/- 14/- e. Mambaus .72} .77} Penawats .95 .97} Puchongs 26/- 27/Pungahs 27/6 28/6 Rahmans 1.50 1.55 Ratruts 14/6
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      EXCHANGE.
      123 10 Penang, June 28, 1929. ‘By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 23/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/3 7/8 3 Credit 24 9/32 3 Documentary 2/4 11/32 Calcutta Demand Bank 154}*) 3 days’sight Private 157* a Bombay Demand Bank 154} 2 Madras Demand Bank 154} 3 days’
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      SINGAPORE PRICES.
      76 10 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE. S.R. Sheet 35} cts. per pound per pl=s47/66 No. 1 Crepe 36} cts per pound per pl $4B/33 Very Steady. London 10}d New York 20} cts (gold). (By courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys). General Produce Agency Ltd. Spot 35}c per lb. July 36c Aug/Sept. 37c
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      TIN PRICES.
      108 10 The Straits Trading Co., Ltd. gives the following prices on June 27: London. Spot £2Ol Up 2s 6d 3 mos. buying 204.5 a down 2s 6d 3 selling 204.10 s unchanged Local. June 28: Singapore sold 150 tons at $103.62} Penang buyers no sellers at $103.62}. Messrs. Eastern
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      PRODUCE PRICES.
      200 10 Penang, June 28. 1929. cts. Benares Opium p. chest nom 5,000.00 C oves 90.00 Gold leaf sellers 72.00 Mace Pickings nom 170.00 Nutmegs 80s 70.00 110 s 60.00 Oocoanuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Sundried sales 8.70 Rattans sales 11.15 Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Rice:— Siam
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
      63 10 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, June 27. Paris, 123.905; New York 4.84 H; Brussels, 34.90 Geneva. 25.195 Amsterdam. 12.07} Milan. 92.675; Berlin 20.35 Stockholm, 18.09 Copenhagen, 18.205 Oslo 18.195 Vienna. 34.50 Prague 163} Helsingfors, 192} Madrid, 34.25 Lisbon, 108} Athens, 375; Bucharest, 817 Rio, 5} Buenos Aires, 47?0 Bombay
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      FRASER’S WEEKLY REPORT.
      699 10 Singapore, June 25. Fluctuations in price during the! past week in both Tin and Rubber have been within narrow limits and in both cases the market is reported as dull and inactive. According to London advices there would appear to be a better feeling in the Tin
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      PROVINCE WHELLESLEY AND KEDAH CHURCH NOTICES.
      49 10 29th June—B. Peter A, dl M. 7.30 a.m. Holy Communion at S. Paul’s Chapel, Bukit Tengah 30th June, sth Sunday after Trinity. 8 a.m. Holy Commanionand Address [T] at B. Anne’s School Prai, 6 p.m» Evensong and Address at S, Mark’s Church, Butterworth.
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION.
      116 10 Sin «apore Chamber of r, Rubber Association hi-l I auction on Wednesday, ’22,,, catalogued 1 748 610 0 Leu Offered 1,496® 1,255,402 lbs. 560.4U0nt s i4tr 4 London Spot New York Ml Prices Realiypri cts Ribbed Smoked Sh 9e t o'. n Standard Quality Per th. Good
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    784 11 Mrs. Marshall, of Kempas estate, is leaving for Home by the Rajputana. The R*ji Bendahara of Perak left for Singapore yesterday afternoon on a short holiday. Mr. A. E. Mallaly, of Devon estate, Malacca, and Mrs, Mullaly have arrived from Home. Mr. A. Sturrock agent at Sourabaya
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    PERAK TURF CLUB RACES.
    790 11 HANDICAPS FOR FIRST DAY. Eight Events. The folio ving are the handicaps for the first day of the Ipoh races to be run on Thursday, July 4. The handicaps for four races on the second day (Saturday, July 6) are alsi announced at the same time.
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    SNAKES FOR ZOO.
    269 11 LIVELY SCENES WITNESSED AT CALCUTTA. Going To London. There were lively scenes at the Alipore Zx> Calcutta, when nearly 100 snakes, about 20 of them being poisonous, were caged for shipment to the London Zoo by the s.B. Behar. These wriggly passengers were accompanied by 100 lizards
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    RONALD ROSS FUND.
    268 11 We acknowledge with thanks the following subscriptions on behalf of Sir Ronald and Lady Ross Anon I Sardar Sahib Matab Singh J.P., 5 The Straits Echo 50 R. P. Phillips Esq. 10 The Pinang Gazette 50 A. H. L. 10 Grateful 10 Mrs J. Reitsma 25 W.
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    156 11 To-flay*» Departures* Matang for Bhuket, Tongkah. and Palau Panji. Ursula Rickmers for Port Swettenham, Singapore, Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai, Japan, Korea and Vladvostock. Hiu alaja for Singapore, Hongkong. Shanghai and Japanvan Waerwijck for Langsa, Sabang, Olehleh, Padang and Ba*avia. Bulan for Bagan Datob, Telok Anson, Port iwettenham, Malacca and
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    PENANG MAILS.
    578 11 CLOSE DAILY except (Sunday). BT TBAIN. Federated and Non-Federated Malay States Malacca. Johore and Singapore Registration and Parcel Post, except where ohcrwije stated, clog» half an hour earlier than the Ordinary mail. Rksumhtion Of Night Mal Service The following additional mails will be closed Daily (Sunday excepted at
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    COMING EVENTS.
    120 11 June 28—Jan Kubelik, Town Hall, 9.30 p.m. 29—St. Xavier’s Institution, Annual Athletic Sports, 2 p,m. Sungei Tukang Rubber Co., Ltd-, Ninth Annual General Meeting, 9, China Street Ghaut, 11 a.m. Hutchings School, Annual School Sports, School ground, 2.30 p.m. Association Football: Peraf. I Europeans v Penang Europeans, Penang
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    WHY MEN WEAR EVENING DRESS.
    372 12 ACT OF GALLANTRY. Anxious to Please Brilliant Women. THE age of chiralry has returned —in evening dress. Seventy-five per cent, of men in London, under a renewed impulse of good form, are now dressing for the occasion even at restaurants and hotels in the West
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    FREE STATE BETS.
    121 12 ABOLITION OF RACECOURSE TAX RECOMMENDED. It was stated in Dublin that the Commission which inquired into the operation of the Bettinn Act, 1926, hav* recommended the Free State Government to incorporate the following proposals (among others) in an amending measure; Abolition of betting tax on Irish race
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    RIVER OF MOLTEN GLASS.
    91 12 100 TONS ESCAPE FROM FURNACE. One hundred tons of molten glass, he ted to 1,400 degrees Centigrade, escaped when a crack developed in a furnace at the works of Messrs. Lax and Shaw, glass bottle makers. Harslet, Leeds. The liquid glass flowed down a narrow pathway
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    99 12 E. O. ORCHESTRAL CONCERT. The following programme will be rendered by the E and O. Orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Arthur 8. Lax. on Bunday, Jnue 30 a* 9.30 p.m. 1 March Crown of Chivalry” Floteher 2 Overture "The Wanderer’s Goal” Supao 3 Suite The Pagoda of Flowers” Wnodforde-Fiudon
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    LESS HOME-WORK FOR AMERICAN PUPILS.
    138 13 British United Press- SUPERINTENDENT’S POUOTw j-Proper Use Of Honrs Of Study. New York, (By Mail). Dr. illia.ni J. O'Shea, Superintendent of Schools, has laid down a policy oi less home-work for pupils attending New York schools. In a circular issued to Principals and teachers in
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    117 13 -British United Press- COUNSEL’S COMMENTS IN DANCE CASE. Dallas Texas, (By Mail). A spring dance performed almost in the nude by a shop girl is not the same tiling as a similar dance by a society dehuta.nte So a magistrate, here has ruled. Added to the ruling
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    114 13 and November 7.— British United Press. PROPOSAL CONSIDERED BY SOVIET SCIENTISTS. Moscow-, (By Mail) A six-da\ week in place of the tradi tional one of seven days is being con sidered by Soviet scientists Writing in. the Izvestia Prof. Kaigaro doff says the prop*►sal is entirely sensible
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    101 13 -British United Press. IN A CIVIL SERVANT Nanking, (By Mail). “It is not necessary that every staff member be a clever person Thistatement is made in a circular order sent to various Provincial offices and the various district maeristrates, urginu that great care be exercised
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    103 13 until he gets out of prison. British United Press. HUSBAND WANTED FOR CHILD DESERTION Oklahoma City, (By Mail). ITte man-ied life of Mr Thompson Hichett was a failure. It had been s failure for some time, and Mr H’chet-t determined to get a divorce. Accordingly he applied
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    75 13 British U nited Press PRINCESS KENOKE New York. (By Mail). Tlte Menominee Indian» are now ruled by a girl, 14 years old. known to the tribe as Princess Kenoke, hot to white people by the unromantic name of Alice C Oshkosh She took the
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    “THIRD DEGREE” ALLEGATIONS.
    286 14 THEFT CHARGE SEQUEL. Girl Tells Magistrate Of Director’s Questions. Third degree methode, said to have been used by a London Company director against a girl employed by t<im, were mentioned in the Guildhall on May 23. A girl assistant named Irene Mortimer, in the service of Messrs.
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    191 14 FORTUNE FROM SCIENTIFIC RABBIT BREEDING. Fortunes are being made in France by the scientific breeding of all the latest fur bearing types of rabbits. The Government is taking a keen interest in the development of this latest branch of activity, eminently suitable for small holdings, which in 1926 brought
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    177 14 RARE CASE OF DUAL PERSONALITY. Dr. Robert M. Riggall, of Wimpolestreet. W., giving evidence at Westminster Police Court in a case in which a woman was said to have a dual personality,” said she was suffering from an extremely rare condition in which there was a distinct second
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    MARKET PRICES.
    563 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET Penang, June 28. 1929. Mutton— g c t Matton Indian M per lb 55 Head Sheep or goat M each 1-30 Liver with heart A lang do 1.50 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep m per lb 55 Sweet Bread pair 40 Suet 40 Kidney pair
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