Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 May 1930

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY No. 109. VOL. LXXXVIII. WEDNESDAY, 14th MAY, 1930. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    Selangor Turf Club.
    315 2 Summer 1930 Race Meeting. Saturday, 31st May, Tuesday, -3rd June, (H. M. The King’s Birthday) Thursday sth, Saturday 7th and Monday 9th, (Whit Monday) of June, 1930. Three runs for each division of Classes 1. 2& 3 Horses. Two Classes IV V (Combined) Horses, Three c^ss P
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    Symptoms When TIRED OR TIPSY—a Snag.
    678 3 A Contrast of Condi ions—’he Physiologist’s Ideas. THE man who arrives home late from a bibulous evei ing at the club has been provided with a new weapon of defence against conjugal reproaches in a theory put forward by a physiologist that iut x'cation
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    Cackle 1 Want To Cut.
    415 3 The reform of conversation among certain people is strongly urged by this writer. IT seems to me that it is high time that some cne or other started a society for the reform of the conversation of er gaged and married women. The work of
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      287 3 WHY NOT A t, MMI MOTORING leave You arc bound to travel about somewhat while Home on Leave. Have you budgeted the amount you are likelv to spend on Train Fares, Taxi Hire, etc., in so doing If so, you probably realise that it would cost less to run your
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    WEDDING TO FOLLOW BREACH OF PROMISE?
    189 4 “PROPOSAL” IN COURT. Widow’s Visit to Solicitors After Damages Award. There was an atmosphere of romantic expectancy in the offices of Messrs Judge, Hackman. Meyer and Judge, in H gh Holborn. London. It was reported that Mrs. Yetta Joseph, the 47 years-old widow, of
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    NAMES OF WOMEN IN DIVORCE CASES.
    198 4 JUDGE INSISTS THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN. Only Way To Get Justice. Mr. Justice Hill, in the Divorce Court, London, made a further reference to hnsbantis who withhold tbe names of women cited in divorc- suits. In one case the Ju ige said that as
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    The End Of "Journey’s End.”
    174 4 A REJECTED PLAY TAKES £1,000.000. The West End run of ‘Journey’s End” is to come to a close on May 24 after a run of sixteen months. It was produced at ’he Savoy Theatre on January 21, last year. Since then it has been acted
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      271 4 Bread and milk t What Bread and Milk at a <XL party? How unjust! How awful! ?But the curious thing is that the children liked it better than the JL For the milk, you see, was <rna ’d Milk spread nice and thick on thin slices of bread. a z/f
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  • A Sportsman’s Scrap Book
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      WIMBLEDON’S WORLD ENTRY.
      733 5 BRITISH TENNIS HOPES. Austin, Lee and Gregory. «yIMBLEDON this year will y be even more representative of the world’s best lawn tennis players than ever before. Each year the entry goes from strength to strength. Although W. T. Tilden and W. Coen (h •is no longer to
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      GLOUCESTER AND SUSSEX.
      618 5 COUNTY CRICKET. Promise Of Bright Play To Come. Gloucestershire and Sussex could be regarded as the two most interesting sides of 1929. Between them they did much to brighten the season. Until well on into August they were both strong candidates for the championship; and even more
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      NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE.
      98 5 Sp°«king at the annual meeting of the New Z aland Rugby Union, the Pres d*n‘, Mr. Adame, regretted that Scotland had only one representative in the British Rugby t auto tour New Zealand. The President Slid that it had been hoped that the British Union would have
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    CRICKET STOPPED BY RAIN
    169 5 Unfinished Matches. SMALL SCORES. BOWLERS GAIN UPPER HAND. London, May 13. g]\AIN interfered with county cricket V in all parts of the country and with the exception of Notts who found two days sufficient in which to defeat Somerset, no definite results were obtained. No play
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    The Scoreboard.
    177 5 AUSTRALIANS v YORKSHIRE. Sheffield Yorkshire 155 (Grimmett 10 for 37). Australians 320 (Woodfull 121, Bradman 78. Match Drawn. Hampshire v Leicester. Portsmouth: Hampshire 159 (A«til! 6 for 35) and 122 for 6 (Geary 4 for 38). Leicester: 269 (Newman 4 for 42). Leicester won on the first innings.
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    Golf Ball Factory Gutted.
    45 5 —Reuter. £50,000 DAMAGE. Chicopee, Mass., May 14, Three firemen were injured and damage estimated at £50,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed a building c »n--taining 1000 Kallens of naptha acetone at A. G. Spalding Brothers’ golf ball factory. —Reuter.
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    Kedah Malaya Cup Trial.
    167 5 NORTH’S EASY WIN. (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, May 13. An interesting footl all maton was witnessed by a 1 irge number of spectators cn the Government English School Pc. dang, between a eelec ed team from North Kedah and combined team from Central and
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    A.C.S.U. DEFEATS P.C.C.
    376 5 Two Clear Goals. RLCORD CROWD ON FADING. LEAGUE MATCH. Territorially—P.O.c. 60 per cent, of the game; effectiveness near goaI—A.C.S.U. a superiority of 20 per cent. This sums up be game in the Penang League on the £«dang yesterday in which the Anglovn nese School Union defeated the
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    British Ladies’ Golf.
    182 5 TO-DAY’S ANGLO-AMERICAN MATCH, Formby, May 13, While Great Britain had nothing to (quo! the smashing golf of Hard Hitting Helen Hick?, who defeated her English opponents in the second and third rounds each by 7 and 5, the bulwark of British confiiencewas supplied by the British ptaye
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    Practical Golf.
    446 5  -  Danger Of The Caddie By George Gadd. AN ODD JOB MAN. FKIEND of mine declares tri that the modern cad lie only serves two useful purposes, namely to carry the bag and keep the clubs and ball clean. It was different in the old days when the caddie
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    SINGAPORE TURF CLUB SPRING MEETING.
    357 5 HANDICAPS FOR LAST DAY. Scratchings And Sweep Results, The following are the scratchings for to-day’s racFg (the 4th day) at Singapore. Race 1: Ensign. Race 2 Pac fy. Race 4 Master Reggie. Race 6 Gozird and Lady Wire. R&ce7: Hambooe, R.amavay, C arep, Clarita and
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    BUTTERWORTH RECREATION CLUB.
    424 5 CRICKET VICTORY. At Sungei Patani on Sun 1 y the But‘erworth Recreation Club d» fe-Ved the Sungei Patani Sports Club by wicket. Scoree: Sungei Patani Srorts Club. First Innings:— B. Singh run out 9; R. Peiera c Mi bra b Scfcsrerguivel 4; A. Hamid c S. de
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    Martial Law Proclaimed At Sholapur.
    604 6 Military Controlling City. Cocksureness Of Swaraj Leaders. Mr. Tyabji Sentenced. Calcutta, May 13. Eighty arrests have been made here as the result of raids on the head-quarters of the Bengal Presidency Congress Committee, the Volunteers and the branch camp on a warrant for alleged dacoity,
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      291 6 Sport!!! HOME LOCAL SPORT is now a DAILY FEATURE of the fPinang gazette Secretaries! Send your selected teams and match results to the SPORTS EDITOR, Pinang Gazette, la, Penang St. On Saturdays, results may be telephoned to 477 Ext. 2. after 9 p.m. for insertion in the SUNDAY GAZETTE. FOO
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    GIRL -WIFE WHO WAS NEARLY KILLED.
    747 7 PENANG ASSIZES. Butterworth Tamil On Trial. Nir, Justice Sproule and a Common Jury with Mr. F. A. Stevens as Foreman was this morning engaged in the trial of V. Muthu, a Tamil motor-car driver, who was indicted on a charge of attempted murder. The
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    Millionairess Who Thinks Herself Poor.
    87 7 —British United Press. AGED WOMAN’S DELUSION. Gne of the richest woman in the world, Mrs. Ida M. Flagler, aged 81, is suffering from the delusion that she is pauper. In 1898 her husband left her £200,000 in Standard Oil stocks. These stocks are now worth
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    DEATH OF DR. NANSEN.
    383 7 FAMOUS EXPLORER. Pioneer Of Modern Arctic Study. A cable from Oslo records the death o Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the Arctic explorer. Nansen s first Arctic journey was in 1882 when he made a voyage in a sealing shij to Greenland. His experiences on this sborl journey
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    CULLED FROM THE COURTS.
    307 7 Ah Bah and Low 1 eong were charged in the Police Court to-day with disorderly conduct by fighting in public. The first accused who was of very youthful appearance was stated to be employed as a bus conductor. The second accused was a man of about
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    GAOL SUICIDE INQUEST.
    669 7 CH NESE PRISONER. Authorities Held Blameless. As a sequel to the recent case of suspected suicide in the Penang gaol, reported exclusively in Sunday Gazette, the Penang Coroner, Mr F. K. Wilson held an inquest this morning, when the jury returned a un animous verdict of suicide
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    Berlin Growing Rapidly
    123 7 British United Press COUNTRY INVASION OUTWEIGHS DEATH RATE. Berlin, May 13. Berlin is growing at the rate of 80,000 persons every year. Large numbers of country-people are making the capital their home, and this factor is the cause of the steady increase in population. The death rate
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    SOCI AL AND PERSONAL.
    621 7 Mr. C. B. Grabnrn of Snngkai, acting Chairman of the P. A. M.. is in town on 4 ousinees visit. Mr. R. Q. R nfHe ll of Messrs. J. A. Hassell and Co., is expected back from Home this week. Bourdillon waa sworn in as cer
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    Judgment For Actor.
    166 7 In the suitinwich Mr. Charles Moririeff McCallum, an actor, claimed from Mr. Carl I awaon, of the Bandman Comedy Company, arrears < f ta’ary and t vo fifths of the cost of a second class I a a ve to Austra'ia, the Distr o' Judg**, S ngapore,
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    SHIPS THAT CREAK IN THE NIGHT.
    167 7 DISTRESSING EFFECT ON NERVOUS PASSENGERS. Battleships As Bad. An important matter for all ocean travellers was the question of "creakage,” said Dr. P. A. Hillhouae, of Glasgow, at the Institute of Naval Architects in London recently. He had recantly done four voyages—two on the
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    Penang Amateur Athletic Association.
    101 7 LONG JUMP. The Anglo-Chinese School has kindly consented to allow the Championship Long Jump event of the P.A.A.A, to be competed for at their School Sperls on tbe Renong Ground on Saturday next, I7th May. Heats of the event, if these prove necessary, will begin at
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    Penang Chinese Football Association.
    138 7 MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES. A meeting of representatives from various Chinese Club?, presided over by Mr. Khoo Sian Ew»-, was held at tbe Chinese Town Hall, on M nday to discuss the draft rubs of the Penang Chinese Football Association which were raised and adopted with slight
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    Thursday's Soccer On Esplanade.
    92 7 COLOURS v WHITES. The following have been selected to play on Thursday, t 5-10 p.m. on the Esplanade Ground Colours J M Mason; W Penrice and A D Pearson; W Gjodeson, SV Adams an! A Sinclair; L S Day, C Bendle, J P B Whaley. H
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    Sunday’s Cricket.
    71 7 P.C.C. v DUBLIN ESTATE. The following hive be?n selected to represent the P.C.C. on Sunday, at 10-30 a m. on the Eiolanade S V A lams, J M Colins. G T Church, Dr H O Hookins. A H Hunh p N Knight (Captain), J E King, J M
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    Chinese Newspaper Suspended
    120 7 GOVERNOR’S DRASTIC ACTION. The Min Kuo Jit p o, Chinese daily newspaper published in Singapore, which has been in exist» nee seveia’ months only a. dis belirvei to be the official organ locally of the Nanking Government, has been ordered by the Gove nor to clo*e down
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    WRECKED CREW’S ORDEAL.
    450 7 ROWED FOR 20 HOURS IN SM LL BOAT. I ngineer Dies F/om Exposure When Near Safety. Ten members of the crew of the Grimsby trawler "Edwardian,” who landed at Leith en route for their homes, had a poignant dory to tell of their sufferings in Icelandic walers,
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    Tragic Death On A Mine.
    139 7 The death took place co Tuesday morning, under tragic circumstances, of Mr. R. M. Evrry. accountant of the Malaj a Consolidated Mine at Cbemor. Itx appears that Mr. Every, who is a young man of 24 years, and unmarried, was found in his quaitns dead
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    Davis Cup.
    135 7 GREAT BRITAIN AND POLAND. Torquay, May 13. In tbe Davis Cud ma’ch which Great Britain had already won by winning the first thr*e gamAF, Lee beat Stotarov 6 4 6-2, 8 6, Sharpe beat Tloczynaki 6-2, 6 1, 6-1. —Router. The former Siamese Minister to Japan Phya Mentri
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    PLANTERS AND MARRIAGE.
    674 8 Can a planter earning $4OO a month afford to get married? Mr. Chai les Watney, the wellknown London correspondent of The Planter revives this question in the current issue of that publication as the result of a case which has been brought to his notice Accoiding to
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    British Minister To Afghanistan.
    25 8 Rugby Radio Service, SAFE ARRIVAL. London, May 13. Mr. Maconachie, the New British Minister to Afghanistan safely reached Kabul on Sunday.
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    Siamese Airmen Killed in America.
    37 8 AEROPLANE COLLISION. (From Our Own Correspondent). Bangkok, May 13. A Siamese Aviation Officer studying long distance flying in America was killed in an air collision. The American in the second pICLI- «a.,
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    By the Way.
    1136 8  -  A. H. L. Penang, Wednesday. OC HIS morning we have it in <0 mind to vent a grouse. Headers will readily admit that very rarely do remarks of an acrimonious nature find a place in these columns on the contrary, The writer’s mission is to attempt to
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    CHANNEL TUNNEL SCHEME.
    206 9 —Rugby Radio Service. technical developments. MILITARY ASPECTS UNDER CONSIDERATION. PREMIER’S STATEMENT. London, May 13. Replying to questions in the House of Commons, the Premier stated that the inquiry into the military aspects of the Channel Tunnel was taken up as soon as the report of the committee
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    Red Menace In China.
    83 9 Reuter 14 aRMIES RiVISHING THE COUNTRY .-IDE. Shanghai, May 13. The weekly Finance and amm rce in an article on the red menace in China publishes a list of fourteen distinct red armies totalling -1 ,000 men who are ravaging the country side in Central and
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    Air Mail Pillar Boxes.
    93 9 —Rugby Radio Service. LONDON EXPERIMENT. London, May 13. Pillar boxes for air mail correspondence only are to be provided for the London Postal Service They will be painted blue to distinguish them from the red pillar boxes for ordinary letters. It has been decided to fix
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    Japanese Loan In London
    44 9 Reuter. SUBS RIBED IMMEDIATELY. London, 'ay 13 f ash applications for £12,500,000 representing the London quota of the Japanese loan were subscribed immediately. Later. The respective quotas of the Japanese loan are $71,000,000 in New’ York and £12,500,000 in London.
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    Burma Earthquake.
    35 9 —Reuter. PEGU DEATH ROLL 800-1,000 Rengoon, May 13. The Governor of Burma, Sir Charles Innes, opening the Earthquake Relief Fund, said that the official death-roll at Pegu was between KOO and .000 people.
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    Coming Events.
    99 9 May 14. Penang Football League Police v S X R C, I atani Road Boatmen v D A F C, Renong Ground i ORCv Sepoy Lincs, Dato Kramat. Singapore Turf Club Races, Singapore, 4th day. May 14. Penang Assizes, contd May 17. Singapore Turf Club Races, sth day.
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    COAL BILL.
    68 9 Reuter. GOVERS'MINT DEFEATED IN 1 OROS. London, May 13. The Government was defeated in the House of Lords in the committee stage of the Government Coalmines Bill, which has already passed the House of Commons. An amendment, moved by Major Dudley providing that the quota for each district
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    204 9 COUNTERFEIT CHARGE. ARMED ROBBERS SENTENCED. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, May 14. At the Assizes yesterday Nee Seng w*as found guilty of being in possession of materials for counterfeiting coins and was sentenced to two years. R. I. Ling Kee Poh who was found guilty of counterfeiting and
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    British Troops In China.
    84 9 —Reuter. £270,003 EXTRA COST London, May 13. In the House of Commons answering questions Mr >haw said that the establish ment of British troops in China was approximately 3G5 officers and 7,000 other ranks. The figures include British, Indians and Colonials who form the normal establishment
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    Fran o0South American Mail.
    40 9 —Reuter. FEASI BILITY DEMONSTRATED. Natal, Brazil, May 13. The French airman E. Mermoz has arrived here non stop from St. Louis. Senegal, with the object of demonstrating Hie feasibility of a weekly Franco-South merican air mail.-
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    Japanese Diet.
    32 9 Reuter. ALL GOVERNMENT BILLS PASSED. Tokio, May 13. After passing all the Government Bills the special session of the Diet ended its business to-ri*,’ht before the formal closing ou edun»uu>.-
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    MISS AMY JOHNSON’S FLIGHT.
    336 9 —Reuter RANGOON REACHED. MACHINE DAM V ED IN LANDING. AUSTRALIA ENTHUSIASTIC London, May 13 Miss Amy Johnson, the twentytwo year old English Girl Aviator, left Calcutta at seven o’clock this morning for Rangoon in a further stage of her attempted solo flight to Australia. She reached
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    FRENCH WOMAN MURDERED.
    104 9 Bangkok Crime. YOUTH’S ALLEGED CONFESSION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, May 13 A French lady was murdered here on Saturday morning by strangulation. The crime took place in the absence of her husband An Annamite youth this morning was charged with the crime He was committed for
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    CANADIAN TARIFF CHANGES.
    259 9 Reuter MR. GRAHAM’S STATEMENT. SOVIET EXPORTS TO BRITAIN INCREASING. LOAD LINE CONFERENCE. London, May 13. The Rt. Hon. W C. Graham, President of the Board of Trade. replying to questions in Parliament said the government had learned with great interest of the tariff changes recently introduced by
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    "Christening” New Books.
    178 9 have the honour to distribute.” British United Press FRENCH PUBLISHERS’ NEW FASHION. Paris, May 3 Prospective French literary successes will in future be launched on a tide of champagne. This new fashion for publishers has been inaugurated by one of the most popular of French firms which
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    Census Officials Threatened
    154 9 collecting information.— British United Press. IST KEN FOR TAX-COLLECTOR-IN MEXICO. F exico City, Vay 13 Officials who are taking the census in I» exico have had ample opportunity of discovery just how unpopular tax collectors are. While at Ixtapalpa, near Vexico City, the officials were surrounded by
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    Argentine Recognition Of Russia.
    57 9 ritish United Press. SUGGESTION ROU ES STOR 4 OF PROTECT Tuenos Aires, May 13. A storm of protest has been aroused by a recent proposal for the recognition of Russia brought before the rgentine Chamber of Deputies It is considered that as a r-su’t of the
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    THE MORALITY OF DEBTS.
    867 10 > F you (or I) arc adding a greenhouse to the amenities of your home, and if the cost of this same be £2O, and if you pay this sum out of your monthly salary cheque, which normally pays for food, clothing, and indulgences, then, unless
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    NEW DOLLAR LINE STEAMERS.
    289 10 UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Automobile Garage On Board. MR. R. STANLEY Dollar, the Chairman of the Dollar Steamship Lines Inc., Ltd., of San Francisco, California, has issued a circular to all the branches and agencies of the Dollar Steamship Co., setting out the Company’s construction of two combination
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    Fire On President Polk.
    157 10 GENERAL AVERAGE DECLARED. A ceitain amount of lenang cargo appears to have een destroyed in the fire which occurred on the Dollar Liner, President Polk, on April 30, when the ship was between Honolulu and Kobe. The seat of the fire was in No. 1 hold
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    N. E. I. .NATIVE PLANTERS.
    162 10 ABSOLUTELY UNORGANISED. To Follow Malayan Lines. MR, M. P. Tielens, manager of the Singapore office of the International Credit en Handels Veeriniging, Rotterdam, is in Kuala Lumpur, making investigations into the organisation in Malaya of the Asiatic rubber producers. Bringing About Co operat’on, Interviewed by
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    LEADING BROKERS’ SHARE LIST.
    161 10 TO-DAYS PRICES. The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to day Yesterday to-day C E E b Sharks. SS m 3 i c. 10. 10. 10. Mln inf. Ayer Hitam Tin. 13/9 14/6 14/3 15/Cbenderiang 1/9 2/3 2/-
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    TIN AND RUBBER.
    61 10 Latest London, New York and Local Prices. 77/V: LONDON. Spot £l5B 2 6. Up £4-15 0 3 Months’ £l5l-15 0. Up £4-10 0 SINGAPORE. $75.12£ per picul. Up 62} c. 200 tons done RUBBER-. London ***** d. Unchanged New York 14} c (Gold) Up ic. Local 23}
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    SINGAPORE PRICES
    150 10 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE./ S.R. Sheet 231 eta, pgr pound =ptr pl= $31/66 Qaiet. London 6 15 163 New York 14| cts. (gold) (By Courtesy of Mgasra. Align Dennys). General Produce Agency. Ltd. Singapore Prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows:— Spot 2.H cents per
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    EXCHANGE
    74 10 Penang, May 14, 1930 Bv Cturtesy sf The Chartered Bank On Louden Bank Demand 2/3 h 4m/ s 2/3 15/16 Private 3 m.'ts Credit 2/4 1/8 3 Documentary j/4 1/4 On New Y< rk Ba ok Demand 56 1/16 France T.T. 1,425 India rt T.T. 154} Bangkok T.T. 80
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    KENNEDY & Co.’s SHARE LIST,
    947 10 KENNEDY Co.’s SHARE LIST, names. O 5* =3 C 7 a 30 H BUSEBB [Delta-J o 0 0 1 s I 8 (,»1.0 PUcUu. Bp>‘ to, e 2 70 s I- z c. :Ico |< <=■ -u Borelli Kuhbei CO 2 2 U Bukit Jalotong Rubber Botate 5A C.j Bukit
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    RUBBER CROPS FOR APRIL.
    151 10 LATEST RETURNS. F.M.S. And Sumatra Companies. The following are the latest crop returns f jr April. lbs. Bukit Kail 11,907 Anglo-Malay 118,983 Patahng 64,453 London Asiatic 346,500 Golden Hope 179 311 Bikam 84,20 U Sungkai-Chumor 65,184 Seaport 6\ooo R. E. of Johore 55,892 North Labis 58,000
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    64 10 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, May 13. Paris, 123.905; New York. 4.851 k Brussels, 34.815 Geneva, 25.115; Amiterdam, 12.08} Milan, 92.67 Berlin, 20.365 Stockholm, 18.105 Copenhagen, 18.165 Oslo, 18.455 Vienna. 34.445; Prague, 164; Helsingfors, 192|; Madrid, 39.755; Lisbon, 108.30; Athens, 375; Bucharest. 818; Rio 5J Buenos Aires, 4216 Bombay,
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    Attempt To Stop Motor Lorry Racing.
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    Shipping Arrivals and Departures.
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    PRANK THAT LED TO TRAGEDY.
    469 13 COURT SEQUEL TO SCOTTISH BARRACKS FATALITY. Homicide Charge Against Young Soldier Fail». How sky-larking by young soldiers in M ryhill Barracks ended in tragedy was r» ’a*.ed in Glasgow Sheriff Court when an 18 year old youth, Luke Stewart, appeared before Sheriff Micdiamid on a
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    U.S. Offer for London Theatre.
    216 13 The directois cf the Paltce Theatre, Cnmtridge Circus, London, have received s-n < fl>r from representatives of an Atrerican multiple firm. The cffer is be lieved to be £400.000. Tae directors, who include Mr. C.B. Cochran (managing d’rectcr), Mr Jonas Wolfe, and Mr Alfred Levy,
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    BILLIARDS ON A SQUARE TABLE.
    437 14 TWELVE-LE9GED ANTIQUE OF STUART DAYS. Hair-Stuffed Cushions And a Jacobean Cue. Billiards as played by our jolly forbears was mere child’s play compared with the strenuous modern game, if one may judge from a rare late Stuart billiards table which will te sold at Sotheby’s
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    A Scottish Invasion.
    252 14 MORE ABOUT THE NOISY TRIBESMAN. On May 7. under the above heading, we quoted a letter which appeared, over tbe signature of Eric Keown, in the Times of April 7. The letter was an amusing reference to the Scottish irf-vH«-ion of London on th» occasion of the
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    MARKET PRICES.
    612 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET Penang, May 14. 1930. M jttor— S c» Matton India* M per lb 60 Head Sheep or goat M each 1-3 1 Liver with heart A lung do 1.60 Tripe do 1.00 Goat or Sheep M per lb 60 Sweet Bread w pair 40 Suet m
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