Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 August 1929

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 190. VOL. LXXXVII. TUESDAY, 20th AUGUST, 1929. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      343 1 T. NAGATA brothers. dentists. Head Office next to the Dispensary. Branch Office 52, Leith‘Street *«*************«*«*«««****«***«**4>««4*«**«*«**««*««**********««*«***< Mgl Z" ~X 1 cosh •DO FEEL J ROTTEN 0 I ,zC‘ H k. f WHAT A 47A £®CBi 7 *Ax YOUDIDN r 'Swihl-W II mßW hSstlw>Y B’-M U life MM</ Iw, SfUg: Il Jj
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      17 1 H. TOKISATSU STUDIO, with up-to-date Photo* graphy by electric light. ’Phone 772, 68, 70, Bishop Street, PENANG.
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      1204 2 position wanted. %L w H 9 ?B I for MTLF'AGE fit I SB*I I indictment I I |J Applications will bo received by tbe M ri j A ph -q •undersigned np to 4 p.m. on Monday, tbe pE! f*ll V MARK RKS. U.S. PAT. err. /1 1- 1 jfej
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    CAPT. LINDSAY VEARS’ CHALLENGE.
    473 3 A RACING BET. 100 Miles In Five Hours. RUMOUR hath it that a sporting bet which was made some time ago in Penang may probably fructify at Tai ping—maybe before the Taiping races are over. The people concerned are Capt. Lindsay Vears, the popular A. D.
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    800-YEAR-OLD WELL!
    190 3 FOUND BY WORKMEN AT A MOD3RN INN. While workmen were laying pipes for a new ba'hroom at the George Inn, Morden, Surrey, they found a well 16ft. deep by Bft. 6 in. across. There has be*m only one change in the management of the house during the last
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    PENANG WAR MEMORIAL FUND.
    89 3 A Dance will be held at the E. O. Hotel on Sdurday, 24th August, commencing at 9.30 p.m. The Penang Branch of tie fcx Services A>s ciation of Malaya are inaugurating tie Dance, proceeds of which are in aid of tt e Penarg War Memorial Fund.
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      430 3 LAST Q WEEKS OF fci OUK GREAT ANNUAL SALE. (ZU) Half a Million Dollars S* ’•-OlSS'hf Worth of Good Stock at 1 M»W* B a r gai Price.. .SHIRT SHIRT pair'll OFFER mmw A Stiff Collars. BnEHut! V^A X stCA raphfe Mr 7»XP Soft Co,,arscleared off now Sizes 15 LdSjul
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      391 3 The (b/J>er) A Bayer Cross Em of the original HHk EZ Jin QoyeVs ASPIRIN, guarantees y the efficacy of the preparation. AsE by name, therefore, for the original ASPIRIN Tablets, an d see *Eat you get the 1 original package with the Bayer Cross. f\ cannot I send them Home
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    SITTING IN A BIG BOMBER.
    297 4 THRILLS FOR AERO SHOW VISITORS. Confidence In Air Travel. A world of romance a-nd adventure has been created within ithe walls of Olympia, Kensington, W. It is called “The International Aero Exhibition,” I but it is worthy of jthe title of “The Exhibition of Modern
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    SURGEON-FISH AT THE ZOO.
    217 4 LANCET IN HIS TAIL. Early one day recently the most wonderful collection of fish ever seen in Londoii reached the Zoo Aquarium. Of 150 specimens which left Bermuda in the steamship Changuinola (belonging to Elders and byffe s Ltd only for died on the passage, thanks
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    BEAUTY SURGEON TO PAY £8,000.
    184 4 GIRL LOSES HER LEGS. The sufferings of a girl who was victimised by a beauty surgeon and lost I both legs after an unnecessary operation to straighten them, provide a grb» warning for girls who seek the aid of beauty surgeons to remove fancied defects.
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    LOVE AFFAIR THAT WENT WRONG.
    256 4 DEATH OF WOMAN CLERK TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS. “She had a love affair which did not go right,’’ said Mr. Harold M r Martin, solicitor, at the inquest on his sister-in-law, Yvontie Cresswell (27), clerk to the League of Nations, who was found dead in
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    GOLLIWOGS AND MADNESS.
    105 4 HOW TO KEEP SANE. People wishing to preserve their mental balance were warned by Dr. Gil bert E. Mould, a mental Specialist, j n an address given at the Sanitary Institute Congress at Sheffield, to avoid Pessimistic and insane authors and anarchic poets. Spiritualism, in the form
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      253 4 ELLWOOD'S HELMETS INSIST ON FAMOUS HAVING FOR AN OVER ELLWOOD. 100 YEARS. OBTAINABLE FROM ALL STOREKEEPERS. JOHN ELLWOOD SONS. 2k Great Charlotte Street. London. S. E rWfwfeßfc f -J® ■m-w .wor& -*?4 ru\ SBt ™W|W Jr Hi Ia J I h 1 Gout prevents me |i (Ttm p>rt«cir<ting in the
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      254 4 eastern series Jll General view of the Borobu, dur Temple, Central J ava Lil iirllluLlwil fMm THE DUTCH EAST INDIES < X7ET another stronghold of “Milkmaid” A Sweetened Condensed Milk in the East. All classes of all races in these islands I have learned to value its creamy richness. f
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    CHINA FIRM BUT CONCILIATORY.
    624 5 Router, Violent Fighting. .iIEGU» BRUTAL TREATMENT Ob PRISONERS. half naked and ill. The Chinese Foreign Minister sdi/s that China will continue to adopt a firm but conriliatorv attitude, She was unwaeering in her determination nW the country of Communistic influence. The Soviets allege that brutal treatment
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    POLICE COURT.
    480 5 CHARGES AGAINST MUNICIPAL CL ERK. Alleged Criminal Breach of Trust. The prelimin irv enquiry against Mohamed Abdul Kader, till recently Chief Financial Clerk, in the Penang Municipality, who is ch rgei with criminal breach of trust as a servant in respect < f a sum of some $lO,OOO
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    PENANG SUPREME COURT.
    45 5 MR. JUSTICE SPROULE INDISPOSED. There was one suit down for hearing at the Penmg Supreme Court this morning but the case was put off for the September List owing to the absence cf Mr. Justice P. J. Sprouk, who is slightly indisposed.
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    THE MAILS.
    139 5 —Nangineri Taluk. The bo me ward mail by the s.s Malwt closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 23rd instant. The P. 0. Karmala with mails despitchei from London on August 1 is expected to a-rive here at 7 a.m. cn Thursday, the 22nd instant The following tiduks
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    TAIPING PROFESSIONAL RACES.
    497 5 Programme for Second Day. SELECTIONS BY TIC-TAC.” The following are the we ghts and th? full programme for to-morrow’s ncesat Taiping: Race I—2 15 p.m. Ponies—Class 3. Divis oo I. 5 furlong». Lady R-mington 9.6, Longcbamp 9 5, Sydney 9 1. Sahara 9.0, Imareek 8.13, Blarney Stone
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    PERAK CLUB DEFEATS BUTTERFLIES.
    334 5 MARNING’S HAT TRICK. Last Match Of Season. (From O ir O vn C >rrespondent.) Taiping, August 19. The Perak Club brought the cricket s «aeon to a close on Sunday wbeu the Bu ter flies were defea e i by 9 wickets. In the course of
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    THE QUEEN AT THE ROSS INSTITUTE.
    75 5 —Reuter. A SURPR T SE VISIT. Loudon, August 19. Her Maj tsty the Queen paid a surprise visit to the Rors Institute Hospital for Tropical Diseases at Putney. She was specially interested iu the work in connection with malaria, examined mosquitoes through a microscope
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    PENANG LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
    364 5 Open Tournament FIRST TIES LIYED yesh-rday. SIX ties were playei in the open tournament of the Penang Lawn Tennis Association yesterday, three in the meit/s sing ei and three in the men’s doubles. Cheak Wat Swee wa» no mitch for G. Roberts »n who woo 6
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    P.C.C. LAWN BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    181 5 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. The following are the results of bowls tournament tips plav» d yesterday: Ladies Sing'ei Hmdicip: Ser Mr». Reimann beat 3 Mrs Clifcoc 21 —-16; -Hl Ms* O. Smrham b r *at 3 M r s Weinyts2l—l4; 4 Mrs Mason beat 4 M 8» McL«od
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    FLYING BOAT AT PENANG.
    108 5 ARRIVAL BROM MERGUI. The Royal Air Force Flying Boat which arrived in Penang from Singapore a short tim> back and left for Mergu’, returned to Penang this m >rnmg on i s way back to the N«val Base at Singapore. The flying boat was sighted shortly
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    PENANG MERCANTILE EMPLOYEES’ CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.
    105 5 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. Tae committee’s report and statement of accounts of th« P*n»ng Mercantile Employe's’ Co-9p“rative Tnrifi and Loan Society wtnea has just been issued shows a very satisfactory state of affairs for a society which was but recently started. The society has on the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    408 5 Mr. and M-s. C. J. Biker are leaving London early in S iptnmbir f >r M daya. We regret to hear that Mr. J. Danford Word is indisposed and confined to his bed. Mr. G. T, Diwhr, of Austral Malay Tin Ltd., Taiping, retarded from Home leave
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    AIR MAILS TO EUROPE.
    207 5 STATISTICS. The Acting S°cretary for Postal Aff drs. Straus S-ttl-iji-ncs and Fe lerat id Milay States has foruibtied the fo lowing statistics regarding the Air Mails aeipatched from Malava on the 2nd and 16;h of Augast, 1929. Letters,ißegistered Letters aad Post Car. a. August ring ast.
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    FUNERAL OF Mr. W. A. PASQUAL.
    121 5 SUDDEX DEATH AT PENANG SHOW The funeral of Mr. W. A. Pasqual, Feni< r store keeper, Penang Harbour Boar I, whose death occurred with tragic suddenness on Sunday morning, took plan* yesterday evening at the Western Road Cemetery, and was largely attinied. The deceased
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    OUR RAILWAYS.
    639 6 As a rule, departmental reports are colourless things which the ordinary man never peruses, however much they may deal with subjects concerning his welfare. For that reason we do not suppose that the annual report of the General Manager of the Federated Malay States Railways will be read
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    Auction Bridge.
    936 6 Following Up Informatory Doubles. (By Deuce.) IN discussing tbe subject of legitimate overbidding and how it should be conducted by two partners we have established a general prirciple and found two useful applications of it. Since overbidding cannot be kept with’n reasonable bounds if both partners indu'ge in
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      188 6 m,- jp.,'..'. ii i’ Our SALES Make Friends i I Our friends I 111 I iMlllliM^liiHllMiiilMllMililMFflllHr~ I IFIl l MHMBSMHBMHBB Make Bales I n I T i The Watchword| AT BOON’S The Chemists j, ffl li FOR years has always been “Consider the Customer,” j and on that our business
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      78 6 E. O. SPECIAL NOTICE. Every Sunday morning our Salon Orchestra will play from 11-15. Why not enjoy your morning refreshers to pleasing music FOR MUSCLE BUILDING EAT HCVWEICMTILB. x atdJi °J igggs AGENTS. Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., (Formerly Katz Bros Ltd RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, Ltd. Delightfully Situated and Facing the Sea
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      24 6 TIDE TABLES. High Water. Low Water. To-day. 147 a.m. 7 0 a.m. Midday. 7.26 p.m. To-morrow. 1.16 a»m. 7.29 a.m. 1.08 p.m. 751 p.m.
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      172 6 I fHE FAMILY ALBUM—THE OPEN DOOR B y gluyas williams ,:>v y f I I CAIIS somebody LEFT RETURNS id BOOK AS A FEW MOMENTS LATER 5H0U75 TOR PHY'S T 4» THE TRONT POOR, OPEN. MJLPREP CALLS TD REALIZES THAT WILFREP SAKE ID SJOPTHE M' I SHUT IT QUICK OR
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    Sutcliffe Scores A Masterly Century.
    654 7 Innings Closes For 258. South Africans In Strong Position. Indifferent Opening. The final Test match betiveen England and South Africa at the Oval was continued yesterday. England lost their last six wickets in the first innings tor only 92 runs, the innings closing for 258.
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    GENEVA AND WORLD SUGAR SITUATION.
    132 7 —Reuter’ ECCONOMIC COMMITTEE’S REPORT. Geneva, August 19. The report of the League of Nations Economic Committee 01 the world sugar situation, to be considered at the forthcoming meeting of the Council, states that after the war tho consumption increased by four and a half per
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    ANOTHER ATLANTIC FLIGHT ATTEMPT.
    60 7 Reuter. SWISS AIRMAN. Lisbon, August 19. The Swiss airman, Kaeser, accompanied by a Swiss navigator and a mechanic, started at 7.18 on a non stop flight to New Yoik, using a Farman land monoplane with a 230 horse power engine and capable of fifty hoars’ flight
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    PROGRESS OF THE "GRAF ZEPPELIN."
    33 7 —Bcwfer. Tokio, August 19 The G ra J 2 ppelin has landed here. Shanghai, August 19 A from K?sunrpanra states that the lauaod tuoro at 6,27 p.m.— Reuter.
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    AMERICA TO COMPETE IN SCHNEIDER CUP RACE.
    278 7 Reuter. BRITISH PREPARATIONS. SPEED OF 400 M. P. B. MAY BE REACHED. SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES. America ha* definitely decided to compete for the 5 chneider Trophy. The Naval Academy announce* that Lieutenant Alford William* has left for England to partic pate in the race.
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    NEWS IN BRIEF.
    229 7 .—Reuter- LANCASHIRE CO PTON STRIKE ENDED. London, August 19. Work has been resume! in the Lancashire Cotton Mills.— Reuter. Hollywood, August 19. Cheerfulness pervades the studios and thousands of actors are fearful for a livelihood in consequence of the truce between the Actors’ Equity Association and the
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    AMERICAN WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
    95 7 —Rtvteb BRITISH ENTRANTS. Forest Hills, August 20. The Amercan women’s tennis championships have c immenced and the British Wightman Cup players are partiapating. The early results are aR follows: Mies Helen Wills beat Miss Kathrine LaMarche 6-0,6 0. Miss Betty Nathall beat Miss C. Riegel 6
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    ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS.
    194 7 —Rugby Radio Service. Further Discussions. PRFMII R AND GENERAL DAWI S MEET. CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATIONS. Mr. llamsa'j MacDonald and General Dawes resumed the naval disarmament conversations at Lossiemouth yesterday, to which place the latter travelled from London the previous night. “The whole essence of the conversations is that they
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    FIRE ON TRANS-ATLANTIC LINER.
    70 7 Reuter, SERIOUS DXMAGE. Havre, August 20. A fire seriously damaged the 34,000 ton Trans Atlantic liner, Paris, anchored in the harbour. Her departure for New York was indefinitely postponed, the mails for New Ycrk are going by the next boat. The outbreak started in a cabin
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    GERMAN YACHTING TRIUMPH.
    95 7 Reuter. AMERICA DEFEATED FOR PRESIDENT’S UP. Marble Head (Mass), August 19. Germany won the series of yacht races for the President H over cap by 57 points to 48 points. The 18 year old Miss Elizabeth Tovey in the Oriole won the final race the Germ ms
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    MUNICIPAL BAND.
    26 7 The Municipal Band will be on vacation fr-m the 2Lt Inst. There will be no Band Performances at the Esplanade until September 4, 1929.
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      121 7 NEW SHIPMENT OF I CHINA GRASS MATS IN I Attractive Designs and New Colours. 1 I 18 in x 36 ins Pric •$1 50 Nett 9ft xloft 6 in Price $13.50 Nett 'I 6fix 3 ft 300 9ft xl2 ft 15.50 I 6ftx 6 ft 8.50 10 fi 6inxl2 ft
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      277 7 TOWN HALL, PENANG. Two Performances Only Thursday 22nd August at 9-30 p.m. FORBES RUSSELL Presents THE NEW (1929) Forbes Comedy Coy. ,r WITH APRIL VIVIAN n a Repertoire of the Latest London Plays. London’s Longest Run “By Candle Light” A Comedy in 3 Acte, Bv Capt. Harry Graham. Fiom The
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      THE SHARE LIST.
      554 8 The following were the latest quotation* in MESSRS. KENNEDY 6 Co** share list at 11 aan to-day i— Yesterday. To day n so ao co Shares. S B U a UQ CQ A ft c. Sc. S c. ft c. Rubber (Dollar). K. Sidim 3 25 3.50
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      SINGAPORE PRICES.
      130 8 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE.) S.R. Sheet 331 Cts. per pound per pl $44/33 No. 1 Crepe 33j cts. per pound per pl $45/Dull. London 10 1/161 New York 191 Cts.gold {By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys). General Produce Agency Ltd. Spot 33 h per lb. Sept. 1929 33b Ooi/Dec.
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      TIN PRICES.
      41 8 Messrs. Boustead <i Co. Ltd—19th August quotation foe Singapore refined tin $108.50 per picul, busine"»» done 150 ton*. Penang refined tin $lOB 25 per picul, buyers no eellerp, nnrpfinnd tin $107.50 per pica’, tin ore 107 50 per picul.
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      TIN OUTPUTS.
      53 8 For First Half of Angus hours yarns pels. Re-icng Tin No. 2 Dredge 243 No. 3 Dr dge 132 Tiipirg T<n 2dieit4>s 605 75,000 31.5 No. 1 Dr* 1( s 44 hcnr< e'eauing boner and general repair». S. uth Taiping 298 65,060 171 Tej a M .laya Tin
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      JULY RUBBER OUTPUTS.
      19 8 lbs. Bedford 2F.G95 Glenealy 55,748 Hill Rise 3'1,200 Reyland 18,0 r 0 Ratanui 57.391 Trolak 28,000
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      PRODUCE PRICES.
      207 8 Penang, August 20. 1929. cte. Eenarea Opium p. chest nom 5,0 0.00 C oves 90.00 Gold leaf sellers 72.00 Mace Pickings nom 170.00 Nutm gs 80s 70.00 UOs 6''.00 Coooanuts per 1,000 50.00 Onpra Sundried sales 9 35 Rattans sales 11.15 Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail Shells 13.00
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      TIN IN THE TRANSVAAI.
      167 8 RICH DISCOVERY IN NORTHERN DISTRICT. I can now confirm the report that Dolf Eras us, theorig’nal discoverer of platinm in the TransvaV, has found an apparently rich tin lode i eir Nibooms pruit, Northern Traneviai, writes a Johan nesburg correspondent in a Home paie r He
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      FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
      77 8 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, August 19. Paris. 123 84}; New Yors 4.841 o Brussels, 34 87 Geneva. 25.20} Amsterdam. 12.10 Milan. 92.72} Berlin, 20.35} Stockholm. 18.09} Copenhagen. 18.21} Os'n 18.20} Vienna, 34 42 Praeue, 1635; Helsingfors, 192 j Madrid, 33 01; Lieonn, 108?.,: Athens, 375 Bucharest 817 Rin
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      EXCHANGE.
      75 8 Penang, August 20, 1929. IBy Courtesy of The Chartered Bank), On London Bank Demand 2/3 23/32 4 m/st 2/3 27/32 Private 3 m/-t Credit 2/4 3/8 3 Document# y 2'4 7/16 n New Y< rk Bank D mand 551 0, France T.T. 1,420 India T.T. 155} Bangkok T.T. 80}
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      SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
      150 8 To-d*y’> Departure». van Linschoten for Singapore. Kla-g for Pot SAettenham Singapore. Kuila for Belawan (Deb). Donggala for As than. B r 'mb mg, Paneb, B.»gan Si Api-Aoi Bttu Bthra. Bv Steamer. To marrow. Rangoon Kttrawi 10 a.m. Thursday. 22nd inst-nt. Colombo, Suez, Port Said, London, Rotterdam and H
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      COMING EVENTS.
      101 8 Aug 20—Penarg Lawn Tennis Tournament, Cor td sp. 21 —-Taiping Turf Cmb ne'e, 2nd day. 21— Peraog Lawn Tennis Tournament 5 p.m. 22 Penang L.wn Tournament, Contd. 5 p.m. 23 Ministering Children’s League Entertainm a nt at the Residency. Penang Lav n Tennis T urnamant Contd. 5 p.m.
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    "OLD KATE" ILL.
    142 8 FORBIDDEN TO ATTEND RACE MEETINGS. Old Kate,” the well known racetf seller, is again ill, alter having only recovered from a previous indisposition She has not been well since attendel the Tnankegiving Se.<at Westminster Abbey, and been forbidden by her doctor attend any more race meet'? for
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      211 8 |k^L/lfc' IN THOUSANDS OF HOMES WW IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD SOLD RECOMMENDED Chivers I BY S i ORES EVERY A HERE .x OldeEndlish V. R. VICK CO., «L— <2 HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS. Ia mar ntaiacic > is acc’aimed The Aristocrat of the Breakfast 7able.” Jaded appetites gladly
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      290 8 New Advertisements. notices. Kedah Gymkhana Club. In connection with the shore P dance will bs held at th! v 7 Club at 915 p m nn h Angnet 1929. P 31,t Kedah Gymkhana Club. Any visitors requiring acce mmod m Aiof Star on the night ot the G,°° khan» ebonlii
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      31 8 g■ I iw B •g 8 kYgP 1V HR To-night and Till Wednesday 21st. AUSTRALASIAN FILMS (EAST) LTD. g SoSL P '■.ywywhaOr f I w- V I 11l WARNER BROS. PRODUCTION
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      27 8 bAXf" ••W.C papa D ry h ’7™Xerf could not sleep at mgb me -zah as “N he Offered me watet man in his factory. Sac Ass, Leipz'g.
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    NEW CHARING CROSS.
    294 9 £325,000 IN COMPENSATION. Agreement With Authorities. The terms of a provisional agreement between (the London County Council .the Ministry of Transport, and the Southern Railway Company concerning the removal of Charing, Cross Station to (the south side of the Thames and the construction of a new road
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    MR. COOK AS LABOUR’S PETER PAN.
    155 9 “ORPHAN OF THE STORM AND A HUMAN ALARM CLOCK.” When Mr. A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation, addressed meetings in the Leicestershire coalfields recently he described himself as:—• The oiphan of the storm. The leader of youth in revolt. Peter Pan of
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    THE FIRST ABERDEEN STORY.
    88 9 Is this true —or is it the first Aberdeen story The summer graduation in Aberdeen University reminds a correspondent of the Glasgow Herald of an old legend about the instrument with which the Vice-Chancellor “caps” the graduands. It seems that the original cap having been outworn,
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    LONGEST HOLDER OF PEERAGE.
    132 9 A NOTABLE RECORD. A notable record has been attained by the veteran Earl of Coventry’, who is 91 years of age. He has now held his peerage for (the longest period in British history, breaking that of the fifth Viscount Cullen, who died in 1802 after
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    BISHOP FAINTS IN CHURCH.
    150 9 RETURNS TO PREACH FROM A CHAIR. The Suffragan Bishop of Southampton (D*r- C. H. Boutfl owei|) was taken ill during a paitronal festival service at Dorking Parish Church, St. Martin’s. The bishop, who was Suffragan Bishop of Dorking from 1905 to 1909, appeared ill when he
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    PRE-HISTORY PETROL.
    366 10 THE OIL WEALTH IN COAL. Jennie Lee, MP., and a 1; r New Industry. A notable advance in tl e commercial development of processes for the conversion of coal into oil and emokele»s fuel, was d« m metrated at the Askern Colliery, rear Doncaster. A representative gathering of
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