Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 August 1930

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 195. VOL. LXXXVIH. TUESDAY, 26th AUGUST. 1930. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    OUR OUT-OF-DATE EDUCATION.
    1441 3 ENTERPRISE of youth cramped by USELESS CLASSICAL TEACHING. Youth of to-day is being unfairly handicappM by ou- out-nf date methods of educa i >n. Ihn time is past when a knowledge of the classics, Latin and Greek, was ess* ntial to every succetsful man. The demands of
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    Are Children Overworked?
    194 3 TOO MUCH INFANT WELFARE.’’ Dr. R.C. Clarke, of Bristo’, in an article in the Lancet 01 Tne Exhausted Chil eays he believes this condition cf exhaustion to be more common now than formerly and to shov itsdf in wellmarked signs. The children adopt a peculiar attitude. 'Which
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    Bishop and Gay Mothers.
    87 3 RfV n f f Chelmsford (the Right a o.A. Wilson) said wh«u dedicatir g Camber at Bowers G.fford Pitsea, Es3(X: 8 a s >rry sight to see a plunv y R i r i w i‘h painted face an 1 kungp i?/^ 0 8 Biuin in
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    Avoiding Air Crashes.
    192 3 COL. HENDERSON’S BOOK. An admirable book, A Complete Course of Practical Flying” (Hamilton. 7s. 6 i by Lieut.-Col. G. L. P. Henderson, was by a curious coincidence published on the day cn which the famous pilot was killed in the Kent air crash. He gives sound and
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    The King’s English.
    82 3 NOT THE SAME TYPE AS THE PRINCE’S.” The King and the Prince of W .les do not spetk the same type of English, yet tbeir social environment end outlook on life are the same, Mr. F. G. Blanford said m a Itc ure on pronunciation at Cambridge.
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    Trade Safeguards.
    142 3 HOW EMPIRE PROSPERITY CAN BE ACHIEVED. "The nation that keeps its own market can overwhelm the others,’’ says professor Stephen Leacock, head of the Department of Political Economy of the McGill University, Canada, in Economic Prosperity in the British Empire” (Constable, 7s. 6d.). He gives whole-hearted support to
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    Elephant Drink it One by One.
    151 3 A TRUNK CAI L FOR ALE. An elephant belonging to a travelling circus made a tiuuk call for ale at Emsworth. He was marching dourly along the read with the other animals of the circus. Suddenly he stopped, cast up his head, and g>
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      204 3 HANDSOME /dS SHOWi NG 'OV E R 40 FREE GIFTS 11 towards sny of theGiFtb Every Piccadilly Gift is a Gift of Quality. I Gift book QUALITY brought Piccadilly Cigarettes into popular favour. QUALITY I f i consistently maintained is the reason MADE I N for the constantly increasing number
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    The Drink Commission.
    665 4 HOW LONG WILL IT LAST LICENSING FARCS. £9,000 a Year. Twenty-one men and womenwelfare workers, brewers and crankshave spent £6,000 of public money asking 143 expert witnesses more than a million questions about the British working man and his glass of beer. Another group of welfare workers,
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    5,000 B.C. Fashions.
    292 4 NEW DISCOVERIES IN UPPER EGYPT. Discoveries illustrating the life of a people that existed 5,000 years before the co aing of Christ are described by Dr. Hermann Junker, of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, in a report on his recant excavations in the neolithic settlement of Merimda,
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    War Diary
    114 4 TO BE SEALFD AND LEFT UNOPENED FOR 3d YEARS Instructions as to the keeping secret of a war diary are given in the will of Mr. J hn Kenneth Foster form* r Codb»tv dive M.P. for Coventry, who lived in Cleveland Y ks, and whose estate is vrlued
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    Woman Envoy to Tibet.
    212 4 HIGHEST HONOURS IN SACRED CITY. The correspondent of the Daily Mail” at Kilimpong, Bengal, reports that Leu Men-chin. the woman agent of the Chinese Nationalist (Narking) Government, has passed through Kalimpong on her way back to China via Calcutta after a stay of about three months
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    Won’t They Eat Rice Pudding?
    204 4 Most parents hive had experience of the quaint likes an i d<slikes in children in regard to food. For some strange reason they will object to a dish wi/ca others find quite palatable. I is a mistake to try to compel a child to take
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      13 4 You should give Martell's Brandy the preference ever others as it is superlative.
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    THE REBELS OF HARLEY-ST.
    448 5 REVOLT AGAINST THE B.M A. Secrecy Rule. MUSSOLINI tbelhod* of the British Medicii As* ciation are ciueiog sharp rtßQ< tment among doctors. The latest discoveries of medical science, they state, are being kept from the world. Ban sameut fto u ihn proftssion is tae price doctors
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    Thousand-Miles-a-Week Holidays.
    192 5 SEEING BRITAIN QUICKLY IOPULAR. Motoring holidays cf the See Britain firstand qu’ekiy variety are popular this year. It was a great adventure less than twenty years ago to embark on a holiday motoring trip of a few hundred miles, but tours of 150 and even 200 nrlfß a
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    X-Ray Sacrifice.
    54 5 HOSPITAL PIONEER LOSES HIS RIGHT HAND. Mr. George W. Howard, radiographer to the Tunbridve Wells General Hospital, is the latest X-ray pioneer to pay the penalty of research. His right hand has been amputated owing to the effects ot exposure in early experiments. He has worked for the
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      50 5 HALF i Po i ir I JiC 1 11/ I A lOn AIP I JL A M 'Wil Terms: Strictly Cash 1 THIS WEEK AT I Ipoh, Teluk Anson, Taiping, iLndllg Alor Star, HALF PRICE BARGAINS j Terms: Strictly Cash THIS WEEK j AT "IVfjiteaways I S lg Penang K
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      146 5 FAMILY CHANGE Dy GLUi' AS WILLIAMS luSuSfe C? O <? f 3" fl} CALLS UPSTAIRS THE CALLS HE’5 GOT <W IS TOLP To LOOR LN THTS STAMP £OX EMPLAUNPRY’S COME IT'S A TIME AND A DVE THE STAMP BOX ON' Tri WiFT REMEM6ERS 1.93 SHALL HE DOLLAR BILL AND TIE
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    598 6 ENGLISH MAIDENS. Batch of 30 Being Shipped. FULL PARTICULARS. A batch of 24 horse maidens arrived the other day for the Perak Tnrf Club and now a further batch of 30 are due to be shipped from England by the s.s. Pembrokeshire on the 29th instant. This
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    Australians at Bristol.
    65 6 Reuter. DISMISSED FOR 157. Bristol, August 26. The Australians fared badly on a tricky wicket at Bristol and were dismissed for 157. Of this total onsford made 51. Goddard took five wickets for 52 runs. Gloucester hive scored 147 for three wickets in their s< cond innings,
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    SINGAPORE TURF CLUB RACES.
    353 6 SATURDAY’S TRAINING. The Banker Working Well. With only a week to go before the opening of the Meeting, there was a large attendance of owners and others interested at the Racecourse to watch the work on Saturday, says Monday’s Singapore Free Press The course proper, which
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    P.O.R.C. to Entertain Kedah P. & T.
    180 6 P.O.R.C. to Entertain Kedah P. T. FULL PROGRAMME. The Penang Post Office Recreation Cub is to entertain Kedah P. and T. Sports Team on Thursday and Friday. The following will represent the P.O R.C at soccer on Thursday at 5.15 p.m. at the Dato Kramat Padang L Robless, O. Yahaya,
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    P.L.T.A. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    166 6 YESTERDAY’S RESULTS. The following are the results of yesterday’s matches in the Penang Open Lawn Tennis Tournament: Yeoh Wee Yang and Tan Thean Seang heat Cheah Wat Lum and Oh Eng Leong 7-5, 6 3. Donaldson and Marshall beat T. Mine and E. C. Valberg 6 16
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    PALESTINE. RIOTS INQUIRY.
    392 6 Reuter. COMMISSION’S RETORT. Observations of the British Government. London, August 25. The report of the League of Nations Mandates Commission on last year’s disturbances in Palestine has been issued simultaneously with the observations of the British Government on the report. The Commission expresses the opinion that the
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    Sungei Patani Club Defeated.
    161 6 BY SPORTS CLUB. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sungei Patai, August 25. The wicket was good when the match between the Sungei Patani Sports Club and the Sungei Patani Club started on Sunday. The Sports Club after winning the toss elected to bat and opened with H.
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    Capt. Barnard's Latest.
    99 6 -Rugby Radio Service. NON-STOP FLIGHT TO TANGIER. London, August 26. Capt. Barnard, the famous airman, left Lympne Aerodrome at six o’clock this morning to make a non-stop flight of 1,200 miles to Tangier. He expects to dine in Tangier early this evening and return tomorrow morning and
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    COMING EVENTS.
    40 6 Aug. 30Singapore Turf Club Autumn Meeting, Ist day. Sept. 3 Singapore Turf Club Autumn Meeting, 2nd day. 6Singapore Turf Club Autumn Meeting, 3rd day. 10Singapore Turf Club Autumn Meeting, 4th day. 13Singapore Turf Club Autumn Meeting, sth day.
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    SKIRTS WILL BE SHORTER.
    122 6 B.U-P, PARIS SAYS SO. But Even Longer in the Evening. Paris, July 26. Skirts are to be shorter for afternoon wear in the coming winterbut they withe even longer in the evening, Paris hutspoken. The trend of fashion, as revealed at thdisphys by the great dressmakers,
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    Loftier London?
    204 6 MOVE TO RAISE BUILDING LIMIT FROM 80 FT. TO 100 FT. Lon lon buildings will be kft»?rif e recommend at’on of the L.C.C.’s Building Act Committee is adopted. That committee has just recommended tba* the height limit for b g bnsinet-’-buildingi should ba raised from 80 fet i
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    Flying "Blues."
    174 6 OXFORD MEN’B KEENNESS AS PILOTS. M mbers of the Oxfud Univ?rsif A r Squadron, inaugurate! by thAte Ministry five yeas ago, vho are now under going instruc‘ion at the R. A.F. Etaticn, have taken to the air as nsturJly ts they hav*» thrown their energies iu»o Rigby fnodbaU
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    Borotra, Tennis Ambassador.
    46 6 M. Jean Borotn», the famous Jaw tennis player, h*a teen awarded fhedis ttection of Chevaber of the Legion of H )n n ur frr his s*rv>e« s to Franco as on>‘ of the mo?t brilliant .«gents of French in fi ienca in foreign
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    Shilling Bonus.
    54 6 J mes White, an apprentice carpente*employed by Wadsworth C uicil, ha been awarded a brm ze me tel in th examination of the Company of Carpen terg. He w s first out of fifty four com patitors. It is proposed that the council award him a bonus of
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    Bridegroom’s Lost Leg.
    27 6 Mr. Lloyd Bams, of Seattle, had tn postpone his honeymoon because someon*stol? his wooden leg. Burglars had t .len a trunk obtaining the leg.
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    A Mother’s Place is ..
    25 6 A Mother’s Place is There can be no true discipline in thhouse when the mother goes out to work.” Mr. W. B. Luke, Willesden msg’strate.
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    "Lost Bail."
    29 6 A cricket ball, which was driven out of a ground at Harrow, was picked up by a tnrtorist, who slipped it into his pock?t and drove away.
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      17 6 "BOSCH'* Plugs nave proved to be best on the read in the air and on the sea.
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    Rambutan Thief.
    73 7 CONVICTED in police COURT. a '‘inesp 'n C t n 'V >o^Ce ba m orning Mutansi; Charged with the theft of 25 a garden at Tanjong Tokong Court Inspector Roberts said that the accused had been in court several times for stealing rambutans. The accused told the court
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    NUT PROPERLY CONSTITUTED.
    325 7 SUPREME COURT SUIT. Plaintiffs' Counsel Taken by Surprise. Tn the Sup-erne Court to-day the suit which was down for hearing between the Stationers Hall and Lee Teong Khean, Tan Ttng Phuan and Geh Kwee Keng, publishers of the Lam Kong Weekly was adjourn ed to the October
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    PENANG WEDDING.
    271 7 MENZIES—MACNICOL. The wedding took place on Saturday at St. Andrew’s Church, Penang, of Mr. James Aitken Brown Menzies, representative in Ipoh of Messrs. The Metropolitan Vickers Co., Ltd., and Miss Catherine Mac Niven Mac Nicol, until recently a teacher at St. George's Girls School, Penang. Carrying a shower
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    World's Highest Building.
    124 7 MOORING-MAST TO BE ADDED TO 86 STOREYS. New York, July 21, The chief feature in the change of plans announced recently for the construction of the world’s tallest office building on the site of the old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel will be the erection on the top structure of
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    Penang Medical Changes.
    53 7 Dr. Lau Peck Kiong who is attached to the Kampong Kolam Clinic, is shortly proceeding on transfer to Singapore. Dr. Wong Seong Lee who is attached to the Penang General Hospital has sent in his papers resigning from Government service It is understood that he intends joining
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      PROSTITUTION IN MALAYA.
      186 7 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.) Sir, In reply to the article written by A Chinese j Observer on Prostitution in Malaya, Ido not quite appraise his views. One cannot blame the Sly as the persons that cause many quarrels between husbands and wives. The landlords,
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      A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
      149 7 Sir,If there is anything that forms a danger to traffic, the authorities concerned must immediately remove it. In this connection I would wish to draw the attention of th authorities concerned to the site on which stood the Pitt-street Police Station. "When the station was removed, the
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    Penang Police Court.
    153 7 CHINE E CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER Ong Chin Chye, a Penang Chinese who was formerly charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to three Chinese was again produced in the Penang Police Court this morning before Mr. Edward Jago Court Inspector Roberts, who prosecuted, said that he had
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    Motor-Car and Cycle Collide.
    210 7 YESTERD Y’S ACCIDENT. A motor accident occurred yesterday af ternoon at about 2 30 p.m. at the junction of Western Road and Ayer Itam Road 'op posite the jail It is understood that Car No. P. 2166 driven by a syce named Sheriff bin Mohamed came
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    "SAMSENG OF MACALISTER ROAD."
    283 7 SIKH WATCHMAN HEAVILY FINED. Thara Singh a tall Sikh watchman walked into the dock at the econd Police Court this morning on being called by the Court clerk. He was charged with firstly being drunk and disorderly and then assaulting a const able last night at
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    Hearing To-morrow at District Court.
    132 7 The case in which Detective Inspector Blakesley is charged with causing grevous hurt to Saidd Ahammed, by driving car P. 752 rashly and negligently as to endanger human life, was mentioned again in the Second Police Court this morning. Court Inspector Roberts, who was in
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    Ipoh English Horse Maidens.
    182 7 SIX TO BE LOCALLY TRAINED. Of the batch of 24 English horse maidans which were drawn for on Saturday at Ipoh, six are to be trained in Penang and have already arrived here. Each of the three Penang trainers have received two. Trainer Biliett will train
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    THe Majestic.
    102 7 THE RIVER OF ROMANCE. Crowded houses during the last two nights witnessed the new talkie et the Majestic The River of Romance,’ featuring three well-known stars in Mary Brian, Wallace Beery and June Collyer. The story is that of a boy who did not believe in fighting but
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    LOOKING FOR THE MILLENNIUM.
    412 8 Um fficial members of the Legislative Council appear to be close readers of the Pinang Gazette, for when the Women and Girls’ Protection Bill came up for second readi» g at yesterday’s meeting at Singapore views repeatedly expressed in these columns were put forward by s<
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    259 8 Che Tak, Dato Muda Kinta, was at the King’s garden party last month with the Raja Muda of Perak. The Ipoh Catholic Club is holding a billiards and a badminton tournament next month. Entries for both tournaments close on the sth proximo. Mrs E W Cooke, of
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    CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.
    86 8 Marshal Pilsudski has formed a cabinet, says a message from Warsaw. While settlement of the Lille cottontextile strike was effected at the end of last week, wool workers in Roubaix and Tourcoing yesterday rejected the employers’ proposals and voted for a continuation of the strike. Mr
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    By the Way.
    1110 8 A. Penang, Tuesday. 7F we are to believe the Free Press there is little indication that the slump has in r any way affected the business of racing. Stakes, it would seem, have been raised and in respect of the thiee-day meeting at Kuala Lumpur our contemporary
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    65 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Messrs. Yeoh Clieow Seang, Yeoh Cheo.v Earn, Yeoh Cheow Huah, Yeoh Cheow T:t and Mrs. Ong Tat Cheang. Mrs. Lim Kong Aik and Miss Yeoh Lean Tee thank ad those who attended the funeral of their mother (Mrs. Yeoh Tiang Siew and also all those who rendered valuable services
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    TERRORIST PLOT IN BENGAL.
    1075 9 Attempt to Assassinate Calcutta Police Commissioner. > Two Bombs Thrown at Car. British Casualties in Clash in North-West. Congress Activities Moribund in Punjab. The Calcutta police have unearthed a list of members of a terrorist band which was planning outrages in Calcutta and throughout Bengal. Police,
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    NAMING THE BABY PRINCESS.
    190 9 -Rugby Radio Service. Duke of York to Consult King and Queen. DTAE OF CHRISTENING. London, August 26. An indication of the excellent progress which the Duchess of York and the infant princess are making is afforded to-dcy by th information that the Duke of York, who
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    LATE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
    109 9 Rugby Radio Service. To be Buried in Family Tomb in Westminster Abbey. London. August 25. The Duke of Nothumberland, who died on Saturday, is to be buried in Westminster Abbey on Wednesday. Dukes of Northum berland have the prescriptive right to burial in the Abbey and
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    SIDKY PASHA’S ESCAPE.
    111 9 Reuter. Alleged Fanatic Armed with an Axe Near His Compartment. Cairo, August 25. A berber dressed as a w-aiter armed with a sharp axe was found in the corridor of the train outside the compartment in which the Premier, Sidky Pasha, was travelling to Cairo shortly after
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    LEAGUE INQUIRY.
    86 9 Reuter. Welfare of Women and Children in the Far East. Geneva, August 25. The committee of inquiry into the traffic in women and children in the Far East has concluded its work. It has been decided to confine the inquiry to the international aspects of the question. Nevertheless,
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    GOVERNMENT AND RESTRICTION.
    99 9 Discussion in Council. CONTROL OF CHINESE IMMIGRANTS. Unemployment Growing Steadily. At yesterday’s meeting of the Legislative Council in Singapore Honourable Members devoted their attention to several problems vitally affecting the country at the moment, foremost among them being the questions of rubber restriction, Chinese coolie immigration, protection
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    FOR AND AGAINST.
    2122 9 Members Differ on Merits of Restriction. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 26. At yesterday’s meeting of the Legislative Council Mr. P. M. Robinson on the motion for the adjournment hoped the government would not interfere with the position of the industry. The opinion in some quarters
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      31 9 TO-DAY S NEWS. Page. Cut cf Cate Education 3 Rebels cf Harley Street 5 Personalities in Canada 13 The Drink Commiss'on 4 New Weapoi Against Cancsr 14 Sport hipping Commercial 1®
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      WHY FRANCE IS TAKING GOLD.
      927 10 INTERNATIONAL EFFECTS. Reduction of Rubber Costs. EXTENSIVE AMALGAMATIONS. TOO much mystery is still being made of the big gold export movement. Among bankers there is grcwing unanimity th; t the continu-'d movement of gold from this country and America to France is doe to a
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      STRONG INDICTMENT OF T.P.A.
      280 10 BY METAL BROKERS. Half Measures of No Use. GET TO THE ROOT. A strong indictment of the restriction scheme of the Tin Producers’ Association is made by Messrs. Lewis Lsztrus and Son?, the metal brokers, who have hither to refrained from comment on the Bcbemes. In
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      EXCHANGE.
      71 10 Penang, August 26, 1930 (By Cour4«v TAe On London Bank Demand 2/3 23/32 4 mhd 2'3 29 32 Private 3 m/ts relit 2'4 1/8 3 Dooumaa'ary 2 4 1/4 Oa New York Bank Demnd 56 1/16 France T.T. 1,425 h India H T.T. 1554 Bangkok T.T. 794 nom Batavia
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      The Mails.
      45 10 The homeward ma 1 by the s.s. Ethiopia closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 29. b instant. The 8.1. Raiula with mails despatched from London on August 7 is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday, the 29 .h instant.
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      POSTPONING THE EVIL DAY.
      232 10 VOLUNTARY RESTRICTION. Government’s Loss of Revenue. DISMAL SHOWING. Speakirg at the annual meeting of Anglo Dutch Plantations of Java regarding tbe rubber outlook, Sir Robert Williams said It appears to the Board to be obvious that there are three courses open 1. To bring in a
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      TIN AND RUBBER.
      60 10 Latest London, New York and Local Prices. TIN: LONDON. Spot £134 9 0 Down 7/6 3 Months' £135-18 0 Do/rn 7/6 SINGAPORE. $68.25 per picul. Dm 37 J c. 75 tons done RUBBER: i London 4| d. Down 1/16 d. New York 9g c. (Sold) Unchanged Local
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      Compulsory Restriction.
      229 10 Wbat then are the prospects of obtaining powers fcr compulsory restricton? Besides the planter, there are two other partners who in their own way are equally interested in the industry. One is the manufacturer and the other is the Governm nt. With regard to the former, I cannot
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      Off to the Singapore Races.
      96 10 PENANG HORSES. The Penang horses which have been entered for the Singapore Turf Club Autumn Meeting left for Singapore yesterday by the s s. Kedah”. Their trainers and jockeys also left by the same steamer. Trainer Billet took the following with him Monarch, Portaferry, Titania,
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      LEADING BROKERS’ SHARE LIST.
      141 10 TO-DAY’S PRICES. The following were the latest quotation? in MESSRS. KENNEDY A Co’? share list at 11 ».m. to-day: Saturday To-day ĔE E f Sharks. >, ts aa oq cq co ft o. ft 0. ft 6. ft o. Mining Ran grin Tin 14/3 14/9 14/3
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      SINGAPORE PRICES.
      115 10 LONDON STANDARD (1 OOSE.) S.R. Shsst 15| cts, per pound =par pl 120/66 Quiet. i London 411 New York 9£ c?. (gold). (By Courtesy of Messrs. Ailen Dennys). i i General Produce Ageecy. Lt<. Singapore Prict? for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to- lay are 28 follows: Spat
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      TIN PRICES.
      93 10 Messrs Boustead d Co., Ltd. 26. h Aug: quotation for Singapore rffined tin 168-25 per picu\ business done 75 ton?, Penang Refined Tin s6B|- per picul, buyers no seller?, unrefined tin $67-25 per picu’, tin ore $67-25 picul. The following were the rubber quotations in London on August
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      s.s. Kedah.
      96 10 The Kedah” left for Singapore yesterday evening with the following passengers Mr and Mrs L«ster Maynard, Mr R Billett, Mr E Billett. Mr and Mrs Mueler, Mr ENorman, Mr Cars n, Miss Belles Mr and Mrs J J Vans f or, M ss Waller, Mr L S Dale,
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      150 10 You should give Martell's Brandy the preference over others as it is superlative. H. B. WOODFORD, No- 15, Light Street- Statues, Prayer Books. Scapular of cloth, Gold Scapular Medals c f assorted sizes, Gold Medals of St. Anthony, Gold Crosses, Cruci fixes and Statues in Cas?B. Rosaries of va ions
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      351 10 'py! y©ar!l Luck!!! <jangaramY T 230, Pe„an g Road Free Presentation Sale!! Z Coupon for Purchase of $5. You won't get one Bottle Vaseline ivorth 15 cts. as you get elsewhere in town but you might get an Ivory Figure, a Brass Vase, a Pair of Stockings, or a Dress
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    MALAYALAM PLANTATIONS.
    969 11 COSTS AGAIN REDUCED. The Company’s Sound Position. DIVIDEND. THE ninth ordinary general meeting of Malayalam plantations, Ltd., was held in London on July 31. Mr I j Welch, the chairman, in the course of his speech said The year bas been a disappointing one t he company. The
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    201 11 Psnang, A ugust 26, 1930. Q I Otß Hsnarss Upturn p. chsst nom 5,000.00 Clr,v h 90.00 Oil J leaf sailers 72.00 Maes Pickings no m 179.0< Natmiga 80s lOs s (U--.no ocoanuts per 1,000 M 90.00 opra Buadrisd buyers 6.65 Rattans gales 11.1 r Rattans Coarse M
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    64 11 (Rugby Radio Sbbvioh.) London, August 25 Paris. 123.77; New Y-»rk. 4.87r c Brussels, 34.83; Geneva, 25.05; Amale'dam, 12.08? Milan, 92.97; Berlin, 20.39 Stockholm, 18.11; Copenhagen, 18.16; O»do, 18.16; Vienna, 34.46 ragrel64i; Helsingfors, 1935; Madrid, <4.65; Lisbon, 108.25: Athens» 375 Bucharest 816|; Ric, 4? < Buenos Aires, 1 Ofgd
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    The White Mans Prestige.
    219 11 DANGER OF UNSUITABLE FILMS. Sir Hesketh BaU, ex-Governor of Northern Nigeria, the L a eward Island?, and Mauritius, addressing a meeting of tie British Empire Film Institute at the House of Cc nr mors on July 28. said that immense harm had been done by the
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    KENNEDY & Co.'s SHARE LIST.
    1090 11 KENNEDY Co.'s SHARE LIST. NAMES. S a I i I j n an H %VBEBB PHU*».; f n 9 <3 c Allenby R ibbea Ot 1 01 1 10 Alor Gajah Rabbet Bitate 1 10 1 20 Amalgamated Malay Hatatea 1 25| I 60 Ayer Httanj Pl an ting Synflaate
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      258 11 OWNERS OF JI CA R S Jit S _1 y swt IDUNLOP the tyre tx/itk an even f greater reserve 0/ slength. it i XI i\ \ti iu< YOU AKE SAFE ON FORT DUNLOP. STOCKED BY ALL DEALER?. gr— i mu» Jiu a— Tt beats as pt cleanses O 5
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    Shipping Arrivals and Departures.
    722 12 Port Of Penang, Schedule of Principal Line. THE following is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during the week: Iq Pert To-d*?. B. e. Knila from Dtfoh an* Teluk Anao. Sails for Belawan to day at 5 p. m. m, v, Intan from
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      89 12 NOTICE. > We beg to notify the public that < we have just installed an up-to- date Accumulator charging set in our premises and can charge any number of Batteries at the same lime. Z We undertake to charge motor car accumulators (6 and 12 volts) and Radio accumulators (Low
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      161 12 Asset* exceed 11,000,000. S. C Assuraocc io force exceed 138 <io{) The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co. Ltd (i neo. port led Uj St-aits Settiexneocc). KIAO OFFICE i Wmc'.erter Houw Singapore. LONDON OFFIvE, 27 1 l f, q Tie Company has £20,000 w>»b the Court of Enjiand »nd cotrodrs with
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      81 12 HARK! Good News Good News!-' Free Present Fa-e fIT DOULATRAM’S If you bargain dollars five you will get a coupon f If you collect two coupons you will get a present 1 B. H. T. Doulatram Ba, Bb, Beach Street, Penang. I Don’t Fail To Place Your FuMH’® 1 For
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      281 12 Nightly From Sunday, 24th, to 6-45 and 9-30 Tuesday, 26th dmjust. hona 264 At the Night Club” with the Three Brox Sisters, Universal Sound News No Boy Wanted’’ Suuny Jim Sound Comedy with Snookums. Jean HersholUKathryn Crawford in The Climax” Fdward Locke’s Famous Play The story revolves about the ambition
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    PERSONALITIES IN CANADA.
    665 13 THE RECENT ELECTIONS. Mr. Bennett and Mr. King in New Light. Montreal. Behind the fight ou British preference was a clash of personalities between Mr. King and Mr. Bennett. The Liberal ex-Premier’d grandfather, William Lyon Mackenzie, rebelled against British rule in the early years of last century,
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      542 13 n 7pĕ /i M-M Coughing Su^ lJi at NIGHT r ttoughou™ world have been given CHAMBERLAIN’S C,’ COUGH REMEDY Silver-bright are your pans after Zog. Tf relieves a tickling throat. Smooth as silk is the shine—Zog can’t Lons night coughs, croup scratch, but it can dean. Use nothing J rnlds
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      53 13 OLD MALAYA. Personalities of Old Malaya” by Cyril Baxendale, is now ready for issue at $2 a copy. Ihe volume may be purchased through our agents through ou the Peninsula or direct from the Pinang Gazette Press Ltd la Penang-street, Penang. You should give Martell Brandy the ever others as
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      327 13 INSIST ON FAMOUS MAV’NG FOR AN OVER SLLWOOD. 100 YEAR& C OBTAINABU FROM ALL STOREKEEPERS JOHN ELLWOOD SONS. 24, Great Charlotte Street, Leedes, ShGL hum u~nr rrwtirr t nn >—■— CKiver s Jams Thousands of tons of fresh fruits are <S^> taken every year from Messrs. Chivers by stores ever
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      135 13 LJ Humour As Others See It. <■> o Hotel Thief "Too late, he has already paid his bill.”Jugend, Munich. '7-1 f A I’d never marry a man who ran after >» me. No, but I suppose you’ve nothing against a man who toots with a motorhorn.”Karikaturen, Oslo. I I What
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    NEW WEAPONS AGAINST CANCER.
    704 14 SERUM HOPES. Discoveries by Empire Campaign Workers. Important discoveries regarding cancer are disclosed in the annual report of the British Empire Campaign. It has been found, it is stated, that mustard gas prevent» the onset of career in the skin. This m the first anti-carcer substance
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      253 14 This is the Original Package of (BAYER) foayeh's ASPIRIN EE J I "J 3 c)ijjF <- bearing the worldr famous trade-mark, the Bayer Cross. This trade-mark is a guarantee of "~A genuineness and effective action. x<~x The original ASPIRIN Tablets toothache, earache, rheumatism, neuralgia, influenza and fever. >g«S \t i®
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      329 14 -U i eastern series 'WRiiS L- i i 1 J unk junk sails, Br Wn against a palin 8 sky, A j Win ged romance drifting by, 1 r Shaped by dreams, long, long ag, Bywhatdteamet wl »«>nkn 0 fj| *y7rYlL. -JrSr#l I 71» 1 BlWn, -V». 3* u r-
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    MARKET PRICES.
    624 15 CHOWRABTA MARKET. J Penang, August 26, 1930 Mutton cts. Mutton Indian per 10 56 Head Sheep or coal each 1-30 Liver with heart Icag do 1.59 Vir* do 1.00 Goat or Sheep M per lb 56 Sweet Bread pair 40 Suet w 40 i iney M ppjy 80
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      110 15 5 wf jk JU I H" HB KWy.l r Hi i Mw I J < K;r B V I ri .I Jilll ii A iMiHijl [■■»li* I 1 Id d*l M 1 I SOLE AGENTS: Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., SIEMENS SCHUCKERT A 41 vSP' p®‘. /1 The Reliable Oscillating Table
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      493 15 LIME? BIBBY LINE Ii NFW Yni?K KFDVTCI3 win a o ma l paa««iga’“ steamers and motor veeself hel» flmh. fcL t. V. s u > w en Rangoon, Colombo, Port Said, Marseilles, Plymouth and Regular FrCiylrt Service to Boston, New< London with through eomtociione from Penang. York, Philadelphia and 8a
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      1287 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE '1 dollar steamship line i INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. oM AMERICAN MAIL LINE S WEEKLY SERVICE. LONDON N. CONTINENT. J J PHILOCFETES Aw, 28 Mirs? Ilea, London, Rat e-daoa and Hituburg. > J GLAUCUB 4 London, Ro terdan aid Hamburg. i tLL,, SaRPEDON ll Marseilles, London,
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      574 16 P. 0.-BRITISH Ivim? AND APCAR LINKS ,A (C3MPANIS4 4 *I’A 1J MAIL PASSENGER AMD CARGO Feninsutar aid Orieota! S.H. Ca., under con-IPensng, TeluHw?. a».....,. tract with Rh Najestfa Swernnient, to and Far East Mai Sanice. 1 Outwards Iron Loadoo far China and Jupan. Mata TTari g due PemuQS kX 8%
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