Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 August 1930

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY No. 197. VOL. LXXXVIII. THURSDAY, 28th AUGUST, 1930. PRICE IO CENTS
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    Wealthy Men’s Wives Are Worth
    289 3 SOCIAL QUALITIES IN TERMS OF CASH. WHY JURIES IGNORE JUDGES’ WARNING. The Human View. What is the value of a wife Ag the answer merges from the divorce courts, her vilue, independently of all her qualities, is often in the ratio of her husband’d wealth—or
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    To Those Who Fell.
    198 3 BERLIN MEMORIAL TO GERMAN WAR DEAD. Berlin is to have a memorial to the German dead in the Great War. which will probably be consecrated in November and will serve as a national memorial until a larger project is fulfilled. The Reich and Prussian Governments have
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    Tribe of Savages Discovered.
    127 3 TERRORISED at hoot of a MOTOR CAR. Johannesburg, July 27, The ex.B‘enc3 of an isolated native r p dwelling in the heart of the Drakens er K mountains, who speak a language ppcniiar’y their own, is reported. hey live in a volcanic area, which parted by
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    55-Year Old Priest Captured.
    60 3 He a it r Hong Kong, August 26. Ro^i/\^ gr 4^orta Vicar Apostolic of Nan!!. on rece ved a telegram from that R 1 1!? South of Honan, elating Forpi/ h 7r. Jameß Br °Bnetti of the Milan bandit» iflBlon has been captured by 8 55
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    A FATHER GAMBLES WITH DEATH.
    148 3 LINER CAPTAIN OPERATES ON HIS SON. The story has been revealed of a father’s gamble with death which resulted in saving the life of h's son. While Captain R. W. Orom*, of the Ellerman liner City of Alexandria, was taking his nine-year old son on
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    London Port Charges.
    293 3 REDUCTION OF £120,000 A YEAR. Details of some of the reductions in port charges recently announced by the Port of London Authority are now available. Although amended schedules of chargee have not yet been published, it is announced that the main reductions will be as follows: Port
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    Layton and Johnstone.
    74 3 MR. JOHNSTONE’S NOTICE OF MARRIAGE. Notice has been entered at a London register office of the fortbc 'tning marriage cf Mr. Johnstone, one of the partners in the well-known variety turn of coloured entertainers known as Layton and Johnstone. He is described as Clarence Nathaniel Johnstone (formerly
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    Paderewski’s Pride.
    174 3 HIS HAIR COMES BEFORE HIS ART. Paris. July 12. His leonine sweep of silver hair means more to M. Paderewski, the great pianis and ex Premier of Poland, than his art. This is the secret he revealed on his visit to France for medical treatment. I admit I
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    PAID FOR DOING NOTHING-$615.
    403 3 SCANDALOUS ABUSE OF 1 THE DOLE. 11 A Demoralising System. With the Na»ion»l Unemployment Fund another 10,0(0 000 in debt, and the prospect of farther borrowing being necessary in a f‘« months, results of inquiries made by Duly Mail’* reporters on tbe abuse of the dole
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    Trade Forecast.
    218 3 END OF DEPRESSION NOT YET IN SIGHT. In its forecast of trade conditions for the third quarter of the year, the Federation of British Industries states:The end of the international trade depression is not yet in sight, but we cannot be very far from the bottom. By comparison
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    Bradman on Brewers.
    166 3 The Young Australia Temperance Society, we are tolo, has just siarted a crusade to enrol one at s ainer for each run Bradman compiles in England.” Judging by Mr. Bra< mm’s behaviour at Leeds, it sounds lite an insidious way of achieving total Prohibitionnot quite such a
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    NIGHT CLUBS GO TO THE SUBURBS.
    267 4 EXODUS FROM WEST END. sa. MEMBERSHIP. New Attractions lor Dancers. NIGHT clubs are increasing in the London tubnrbe, and freak centres, of gaiety are attracting people who formerly spent their evenings in the West End, aaya the Daily Mail.” Tbe war cn illicit clubs
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    An Air Danger Conquered.
    287 4 ELIMINATION OF FLAT SPIN. One of tbe most bs filing of air d> ngerr, the flat spin, been conquered, it is claimed, by tbe ose of a device known as the slot and interceptor. This is an impertant advance is air safety. The flit spin, to
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    Wild Life in Malaya.
    86 4 The Commission appointed to enquire into the Preservation cf the Wild Life of Malaya will shortly be sittir g at various centres in Malaya and is desirous of securing the attendance and evidence of those interested. I; is hoped therefore that those in a pos tion
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    ANIMAL WELFARE IN SINGAPORE.
    740 4 8. P. C. A. ANNUAL MEETING. Plans for September Show. The fact that the Society proposed holding a showthe first of its kind in Singaporeon September 28 was disclosed by Lady Colima Hasaey at the annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
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    BANNING OF BRITISH "TALKIES."
    383 5 CENSOR BUSY. Prohibited Films Going to Java. Mr. R. Gourdeau, Manager of Australasian Films «Malaya Ltd., Singapore, leaves for Java by the Dutch air-mail this morning taking with him four talkies’ produced by British International Pictures, all of which have been banned by the Censor in
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    Cost of Home Unemployment.
    50 5 £2 Gs. Bd. PER SECOND. The staggering increase of British unem ployed brings the total within range of 2.000 000. Three weeks ago the amount being spent on unemployment was: Per second £2 GJ Bd. minute £l4O hour £8354 day £220 500 week £1.543.500 year £80,482.500
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    "Rancher Earl's' Plight.
    264 5 The Earl of Egmont (formerly Frederick Percival, of Iberta, and known as the Rancher Earl” in order to pay death duties intends to sell the family heirlooms an 1 pictures and perhaps also his ancestral home. von < astle, where he is living in seclusion with his
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    P. L. T. A. OPEN TOURNAMENT.
    182 6 YESTERD\Y’B RESULTS. Dojbles Semi-Finals on Saturday. THE P. Li. T. A. tournament matches were very one-sided last night. When Tan Thean Seang beat H. L. Marshall, the last P. C. C. player in the singles, he made it an all-Chinese semi-final, the matches being
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    Malaya Comm nd Riffle Meeting.
    259 6 PENANG R EPRESENTATIVES. Penang is making a bold bid for Championship honours at the Malaya Command Rifle Meeting, beginning at Kuala Lumpur to morrow. In Sergeant M >j Griuier, who won the Championship in Penang. Lieut. C. A. de Cru7 and Sergeant F. W. Stewart
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    Penang Volunteers News.
    146 6 ADDRESS BY ADJUTANT. Instead of the usual outdoor scheme the Eurasian Company, Penang Volunteers, who pan.ded yesterday listened to an interesting lee. are on List of Mechanised Columns in Malaya” by Capt. G H. Gilmore, Adjutant. Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps, delivered at the Drill Hall.
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    Ebor Handicap.
    81 6 Rugby Radio Service. DEAD HEAT IN YORKSHIRE CLAB-IC. London, August 27. The race for the. Ebor Handicap, one of the great races of the year for Yorkshire, was run at York to day. It resulted in a dead heat between Mr. A. R. K Wrights Gentlemen s Relish
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    EMPIRE ATHLETES TO MEET U. S. A.
    433 6 Reuter. YESTERDAY’S CONTEST. Rotary Club Luncheon to Teams. FRIENDLY SPIRIT, Chicago, August 27. The Rotary Club of Chicago gave a luncheon to the I nited States and British Empire athletes participat ing in the international contest at Chicago to-night. The Empire athletes have
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    AUSTRALIANS AT CANTERBURY.
    82 6 .Reuter. DISMISSED FOR 181. Freeman Takes 5 Wkts. for 78. Canterbury, August 27. The Australians found Freeman very difficult to play at Canterbury and but for «cores of 45 by Richardson and Hurwood would have fared badly. Freeman finished up with five wickets for 78 runs. The
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    PENANG 1931 GRIFFINS.
    118 6 The batch of Penang 1931 Australian thoroughbred horse griffins are due in Penang about September '2. They are due at Singapore about the Bth I instant and will be transhipped to Penang from that port Ihe griffins on this occasion are costing £l5O each. On previous occasions
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    THE MALAYAN TURF.
    951 6 SINGAPORE RACES. Tuesday’s Work on the Course. There was a large attendance at the Course yesterday morning in anticipation of some fast gallops prior to the first day’s running on Saturday. Excepting the Penang stables the up-country horses had all arrived and the latter were due during
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    432 6 ANNUAL REPORT. Slight Increase in Membership. The report of the Singapore Cricket Club for the year ended June 30, 1930, which will be presented at the annual meeting of members on Friday, states The income and expenditure account for the year shows a surplus of $1,091.30. Members’
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    COMING EVENTS.
    262 6 Aug. 28Chinese Inter-school sports, Esplanade. Miss Edna Leslie in selections at the After Dinner Dance. E. 0. Hotel. 29Chinese Inter-school sports, Esplanade. 2 p.m. Dance at the Masonic Hall in aid of St. George’s < hurch, 9 p.m. 30Singapore Turf Club Autumn Meeting, Ist day. Sept. 3Singapore Turf
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    ALLEGED CRIMINAL DEFAMATION.
    406 7 BUTTERWORTH CASE. NcwspJper Correspondent Charged. Vr N. H. Whitton, the ButterPef r itiirp Magistrate, the case in which rt M hammed lU’zzali, alias de Hammel, VftnM Lr correspondent, is charged with 8 efl nTl 1. famation. was mentioned again. cr,m i was charged as follows on August
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    CULLED FROM THE COURTS.
    399 7 Mutbu Merican. a Tamil tobacco dealer who had previously pleaded guilty to a charge of the possession of 33 lbs of dutiable tobacco was produced in the Police Court before Mr. E. Jago for sentence. When the case was called the Hon. Mr. H H Abdul
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    CHINESE UNEMPLOYED IN PENANG.
    479 7 36G BE P ATRIA TED. 200 More on Waiting List. Statistics as to the number of unemployed < hinese labourers in Penang are still not available but it is officially learnt that two batches of 256 and 100 odd have already been repatriated and that there
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    BRITTON MURDER.
    219 7 Madras Paper’s Misleading Headline.” Madras, August 14. As soon as Mr. Justice Reilly came on the Bench at the riminal Sessions of the High ourt to-day, Mr. Brooke Elliott. K.C obtained special h ave fiom his Lordship to mention a matter of urgency He said that, as his
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    Alleged Libel Case Postponed.
    53 7 "NANYANG TIMES” BEING bUED. The suit being brought by Messrs. Tan Teng Phun and Ooi Peng Cheng against the Nanyang Times” Limited, and Tan -oo Lam and Lee Poh Kwan, for alleged libel which was down for hearing in the uprerne Court this morning was adjourned
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      "DISMISSAL OR CUT."
      359 7 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.) Sir,I read with interest the leading article on the above subject which appeared in your paper of yesterday's date and I agree with most of the views contained therein. It has been proved abundantly that a wage which is below
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      RESTRICTION.
      258 7 Sir,In furtherance to my recent letter advocating the Ferrers rather than the Were-Stanton Scheme, may I request pub lication of the following The Ferrers scheme of restriction by legislation, in epitomised form, is set out below. Details with regard to operation have been omitted but the scheme in fuller
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    Supreme Court.
    39 7 The fixing of cases for September will be held to morrow morning at the Supreme Court, commencing at 10 45. His Lordship will then adjourn into hambers and return later for the hearing of Bankruptcy matters, etc.
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    Chinese Swimming Club.
    25 7 The Open Swimming event, 100 Metres Back Stroke, for the Jefferson Cup will be swum on Sunday, 31st August, at 4 p.m.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    255 7 The fortune of the late Lord Sefton bag been proved at £1.758,000. Mr. W.J.K. Stark has been appointed Controller of Labour, in succession, to Mr. Bathurst. Major W.R. Dingle R.A.O C., was struck ofi the strength of the Malaya Command with effect from August 6. Mr. Simpson,
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    HINDU TEMPLE AT NEBONG TEBAL.
    500 7 CELEBRATION OF THE "VINAYAKA CHATHURTHI” FESTIVAL. Since early times it has been the custom of the people of all nationalities all over the globe to establish a shrina of their own religion, whether it be a Church, Mosque or Temple. According to that custom, wherever
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      297 7 THE PINANG GAZETTE List of Places where the Gazette” can be bought at 10 Cents. LOCAL. Abdul Rahman, E. and 0. Hotel andl Runnymede Hotel. Md Eusoff, Victoria Pier and Swettenham Pier. Md. Ismail, Logan’s Archway, Beach St. Look Bros., 215, Penang Road. Hock Huat, 178, Penang Road, Kader Mydin,
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      29 7 i f I K 4 Waiter, don’t bring the food in too hot Why. sir ecause everyone begins to blow and I can’t stand draughts.” Il Tra .aso, Feme.
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      148 7 Humour As Others See It. c— o IF JI I j Nj X 1 IN 1 ECONOMY. Come back; fancy going out in this weather with that lovely umbrella.”Nebelspalter, Zurich. J J CjiM That rascal boy of mine didn’t want his dinner! So to punish him I sent him to
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    A DUTY TO THE FLAG.
    429 8 The new Ordinance to admit aliens into the Malayan volunteer forces is arousing a good deal of hostility. The general view, so far as we can gather, is that while it is desirable to extend every token of friendship to neutral and ex-enemy subjects, it
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    A LEAD WANTED.
    434 8 The world is passing through troublous times, and this country among others has its burden to bear. Trades and industries are being besought on all sides to work out their own salvation, and no doubt are endeavouring to do so. But we look to Gov ernment for
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    By the Way.
    1061 8 A I' 1 Penang, Thursday. spe» HIS craze for military rank and titles of pomp and splendour appears to be spreading. Throughout Malaya the press generally has done its best to eliminate the evil among the civilian population by stern substitution of plain Mr. for major, captain,
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    INDIA PAY MAY BE POSONED.
    112 9 INDIA PAY M A Y BE POS O NED 1; mbdp dB OUTRAGES M ongress Leaders M Sentenced. ,ndon report says that the 11 Mind Table Conference Tn I X be postponed until April in Y to allow the present political sniper to spend itself. A further bomb outrage has
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    FORBIDDEN PROCESSION.
    259 9 IReuter. Police Charge Crowds at Simla. London, August 28. The Mining Tost Simla correspondent Bssttu that official quarters are considering a M’Ses'.ion to postpone the Round Table Conference until April in order inter alia to allow the present political distemper to Bpend itself. Calcutta, August 27. An examination
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    FOR SCIENCE.
    92 9 >.Reuter. Professor Turner’s Last Wish. London, August 27. The executors of Professor Turner of Oxford, who died at Stockholm, announce that he left directions that his body should b dissected or otherwise used for the R' icral advancement of science and that his d' ith should not be
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    NEW TRANS-DESERT RAILWAY PLANNED.
    144 9 .Reuter. Connecting Baghdad with the Mediterranean. SUEZ CANAL HIT. Baghdad, August 27. Definite progress is being made in the project of a railway of six hundred miles directly connecting Baghdad with the Mediterranean which it is anticipated will be an alternative route from Europe not only
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    SUGAR CRISIS.
    194 9 Reuter. 1929 Report of D. E, I. Syndicate. Sourabaya, August 27. The world sugar situation is more critical and far less favourable than during the 1920 2l slump. According to the report for 1929 of the Syndicate of Sugar Factories in the Dutch East Indies, which owns 178
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    ABBEY FUNERAL.
    127 9 .—Rugby Radio Service. Remains of Duke of Northumberland Laid to Rest. London, August 27. The remains of the Duke of Northumberland were buried to day in Westminster bbey, the family of Percy having this prescriptive rig’t shared only by Royalty. Tall, bare headed Grenadier Guardsmen bore the coffin
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    U.S. DROUGHT VICTIMS.
    82 9 t.Reuter. Facilitating Local Credit for Farmers. Washington. August 27. The establishment of local credit corporations to act as intermediaries between the drought stricken farmers and intermediate credit banks has been formally approved by banking representatives on the relief commissions of over a dozen States Farmers will receive
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    ROYAL DUTCH SHARES.
    77 9 No Reason for Recent Rapid Fall. The Hague, August 27. Various shareholders of the Royal Dutch Company who requested the management for information in connection with the rapid drop in the company’s shares the last few days have been informed that nothing whatever has occurred to shake
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    LONDON SWELTERS IN 92°
    127 9 Hottest August Since 1911. WORSE THAN MALAYA! London, August 27. After weeks of unsettled weather, the greater part of England to-day and yesterday has been sweltering in a heat-wave. Shade temperature at three o’clock yesterday afternoon in London was 8G and to-day at the same hour
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    CABLE CONFERENCE.
    94 9 ;.Reuter. Foreign Companies in Session at Nanking. The cable conference is in session at Nanking with representatives the Ministry of Comsnunicatiors, the Great Northern, tl e Eastern Extension and the Commercial Pacific It is understood the foreign companies agreed to the general principles laid down by’ the Ministry
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    PILSUDSKI AGAIN.
    108 9 Reuter. Constitution Like a Putrid Cabbage.” Warsaw, August 27. Marshal Pilsudski, who was summoned to form a cabinet after the crisis, frequently in the past has expressed contempt for par liamentary institutions, has now told an interviewer from the Government organ, Gazeta Polska,” that his chief anxiety was
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    'PLANE ON SPECTATORS.
    79 9 .Reuter. But National Air Races Continue. Chicago, August 27. As a result of a naval pursuit plane while 'stunting crashing on the stands at the national air races, Naval Airman J. P. Deshazo was killed and an unknown spectator was seriously injured. Several spectators had the narrowest
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    RUSSIAN ATROCITY.
    39 9 .Reuter. So-called Counter-revolutionaries Shot. Moscow, August 28. It is officially announed that ten more men sentenced to by the State Political Department for buying and hoarding large sums of silver and spreading counter-revolutionary rumours have been shot.Reuter.
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    PERUVIAN EX-DICTATOR ILL.
    46 9 Reuter. New York, August 27. From Lima it is rumoured that ex President Legnia is dying as a result of an attack of uremia from which he has been long suffering. An American doctor has been summoned to attend him aboard the cruiser
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    OLD-FASHIONED MUSIC.
    140 9 British United Press. £3,600,000 from Canned Machines.” PUBLIC’S CONSERVATISM. Chicago, August 27. Old fashioned musical machines, which provide you with so many yards of melody for a penny 7 in the slot, are still holding their own against the most modern competition of the wireless and the talking
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    PEKING BOMBED.
    145 9 Reuter. Nanking Still Demanding Action over Mr. Putnam Weak. Peking, August 27. Two Nationalist aeroplanes from Tsinanfu dropped six bombs this morning on Tartar City and Forbidden City. Only one exploded inside the Chiehmen Gate. There were no casualties and populace shows no panic and appear utterly uninterested.
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    IMPERIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
    146 9 .Reuter. Australia to Ring up South Africa via Loudon. The Daily Mail” says everything is ready for the opening of a wireless telephone service between Britain and India. Suit able stations in both countries have prepared to link up as soon as the necessary agreements are reached regarding
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    AN ARCHDUKE’S MARRIAGE.
    57 9 Reuter. Conducted without Father's Knowledge,” Budapest, August 27. Archduke Friedrich announces he is unable to take cognizance of the civil marriage in England of his son Albrecht which was conducted without his knowledge or approval. He declares that in no circumstances will Albrecht’s wife be recognised as
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    NEW INDIAN AGENT.
    168 9 Rao Saheb Kunhi Raman Nair Appointed. Rao Saheb M. Kunhi Raman Nair, of the Madras Provincial Civil Service has been appointed to succeed Rao Saheb Subbayya Naidu, as the Agent of the Government of India in Malaya. He is, expected to leave Madras by the ss. Santhia’
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      279 9 Orchestral selections of four of the latest and most popular Sound Films on two His Master’s Voice” Records which you will want to bear Again and Again. SONG OF THE WEST 1 Intro Hay-Straw,” West Wind/’ The one Girl,” Come back to me/’ Finale. HIGH SOCIETY BLUES r C 1944
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      WHY RESTRICTION WAS REMOVED.
      1160 10 DISCLOSURE BY TRUTH .Anti-British Propaganda Succeeds. Th» cause of modern wars is the desire to grab commodities or territory, or the fear of othera grabbing them. The democratic ir ntinct which says Away with secret diplomacy is sound because the truth is not so dangerous as
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      LEADING BROKERS’ SHARE LIST.
      143 10 1 TO-DAY’S PRICES. The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Oo’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day: Yesterday To-day g a Shares. m co <2 ft a, ft ft ft c. Mining. Aypir Ditan» Tin, 9/3 9i9 9 3 9.9 Hitam -22 i .27$
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      TIN AND RUBBER.
      56 10 Latest London, New York and Local Prices. 77AZ: LONDON. Spot £133-7-6. Upl2/G 3 Months’ £*****-6. Up 16/SINGAPORE $69 00 per picul. Up 50 c. 150 tons toe RUBBER: London 4| d. Unchanged New York 9 c. (Gold) Up c. Local 15 j cts. Up i c. By
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      The Mails.
      40 10 The homeward mal by the s.e. Talamba closes at 11 a.m. on Saturday, the 3Uifo instant. The 8.1. Raiula with mails despatched from L< ndon on Aagunt 7 is expected to arr ve here at 6 a.m. to-morrow.
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      SINGAPORE PRICES.
      26 10 LONDON STANDARD GOOSE.) S.R. Sheet 15| as, for pound =t»r pl 120/66 Qaiet. London New York 9j cts. (gold). Courtesy of Messrs. Atlen Dennys}.
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      General Produce Agency, Ltd.
      74 10 Singapore Prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows: Soot M 15l cents per lb Sept. 15f Oct./Dec. 16| Jan/Mar. 1931 17| Market quiet. The following prices were realised for rubber sold at our auction-rooms to-day. Good F.A.Q. Ribbed Smoked Sheet ft2o| to
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      TIN PRICES.
      23 10 Messrs. Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd. London, August 26. Spot £132-15 0 three mcn:hs’ buying £134-7 6 three mentbs’ selling £134-10 0.
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      PRODUCE PRICES.
      198 10 Pmarrg. August 28, 1930. ft cts Ov«T»m p. aMrt nom 5,Cl O.OC |ww 90.01 Odd ie«f seller» 72.00 q< m 170.0< NutmegH 80s 4 70.00 w 110 s 60.00 CocoanuU per 1,000 M 90 00 Copra Sundried buyers 6.75 Rattans »»>«* 11.15 Rattans Oarse M 10.60 Green Snail
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      EXCHANGE.
      76 10 Penang. August 28, 1930 (Bp Courtesy of Ihe Ohartered gank). On London Bank Demand 2/3 23/32 4 m/ts 2/3 29,32 Private 3 m/ts redit 2 4 1/8 3 Documentary 2 4 1/4 On New York Bank Demand 56 1/16 France w T.T. 1,425 India T.T. 155 J w Bangkok
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      ss. "Matang."
      59 10 The 8.8. Matang” arrived this morning with the following passengers from Kopab, Renong and Tongkah Madam Ine Ideguchl, Mr. F. J. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. T. Bteckie, Mirs S. A. Taylor, Mr. 0.8. Kneebone. Mr.J. Fol tti, Mr. James Taylor, Mr. A. C. Selby Biggie, Mr. R. J.
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      KENNEDY & Co.’s SHARE LIST.
      1071 10 KENNEDY Co.’s SHARE LIST. NAMES. 5 g rUEBBB CDeilM.l Ifof o 1 o ailroby Bnbber Oe Alor (Mjeh 1 V 1 10l Ayel Hitam J^J** 6 1 i 5? Ayer Knnh>g Bobber 26 35i Aver Mclek Bubbee Oo 1 06 1 30 Jyei EX BoHwWteteb W 1 CC Beteu Planting
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      17 10 BOSCH'’ Plugs have proved to be best on the road, in the air ana on the sea.
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      427 10 ENGINEERS SAY Where Reliability is Needed j RUSTON OIL ENGIhs I SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. f Tbe engines and equipment we use to > maintain the necessary low temperature in our various cold storage rooms and ice factories in Malaya must of necessity 1 be relied upon to give
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    Sungei Tiram Rubber Estate, Ltd.
    1733 11 Increased Crop. Reduction of Capital Approved. Chairman’s Speech. Tnjriourth ordinary general < pjeting of Sungei Tiram übber Estate, Ltd., was o i I London on July 29. foe. Everard Fielding, the chair- .’rfVntpat of rubber for the year ,'J,.«amounted to 723,000 it».. nnJer a hi
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    Kepitigalla Estates.
    356 11 LARGER OUTPUTS IN PAST YEAR. The twenty-fourth annual ordinary general meeting of the Kepitigalla Rubber Estates, Ltd., wai hdi on July 24 at Bunge House, 71, S f Mary Axe, E. C. Mr. Lawrence T. Bous ead (the chairman) said that the balance sheet showed that their fixed
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    EASY MONETARY CONDITIONS.
    819 11 IN LOMBARD STREET. Changes in Bank Return. FRENCH WITHDRAWALS. PRACTICALLY since the turn of the half-year Lombard Street has experienced sur- i prisingly easy monetary conditions, 1 due mainly to the almost entire absence of the usual weekly win- dow-dressing by the clearing banks and to the
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    HOUSEHOLD RUBBER GOODS.
    826 11 SMELL HINDRANCE. Only Two More Disliked. CONSUMER SURVEY. Why do rubber shower curtains not dominate the shower curtain market? Why do other numerous rubber products for household use fail to take on across the counter as their usefulness to the householder would suggest that they would? That
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    Rubber Output.
    128 11 PORT DICKSON-LUKUT ESTATES. The output of the Port Dickaon-Lukut (F. M. 8) Rubber Estates increased from 1.356.873 lb. for the year to March 31, 1929, to 1,842,412 lb. for 1929 30. but the report gives no details of cost and prices per lb. Tne profit amounted to £15,882
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    Dutch Indies Exports.
    83 11 SHARP FALL IN SHIPMENTS IN JUNE. According to figure? published by the Netherlands Rubber Union, Dutch ladian rubber exports of plantation rubber in June amounted to 19,000 ion?, as against 25,000 tons in Mav. Exports of native rubber totalled 10,000 tong, as against 12,000 tons in M*y.
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    Mercantile Bank Interim Dividend.
    53 11 The Mercantile of India, L'mited, branch hag receive i an advice f-om its London Office th-t the Direc; re have declared an interim dividend of 8 per cent lets income tax for the half vear ending June 30th- 1930 on the A” B” and 0” shares
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    Bachelor’s Advice.
    80 11 "NEVER LET YOUR HUSBAND THINK YOU MANAGE HIM.” Mr. Cyril Clancy, a Liverpool police court missionary, who is a bachelor, has drawn up a list of hints for young wives who seek bis help. They inclu ie: After you marry himstudy him. If ha is secretivetruet him. When
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    66 11 (Rugby Radio Ssrvich.) London, August 27. Paris, 123.77; New Yorx, 4.865; Erueseis, 34.82; Geneva, 25.05 Amsterdam, 12.08; Milan, 92,97. Berlin* 2139 Stockholm, 18.10 Copsntagta, 18.16; Oslo, 18.16 Vienna, 34.45 Prague 164 i; Heltongiora, 193/«; Madrid, 45.95 Lisbon. 108.25 Albans* 375 B icuarcst, 816$; Ril, 4l; Bueno* Aires, 40i%d
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      73 11 SMICE. BRINGS THE HOME FLAVOUR TO THE HOTEL FARE Q r NEW STRENGTH with Isanatocenl 7*A« Trw« 7»m«-Fo«d. K M Sanatogen has »n immediate and jU remarkable effect noticeable by a «'eady increase of body weight,and WH ol muscular strength and energy. flB At the same time the colour ie
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    Shipping Arrivals and Departures.
    1444 12 Port Of Penang. Schedule of Principal Line. THS following is a lif t of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during the week: la Part T«-dav. S. e. Tang S »ng from B-rnam R ver Sv if for Fu'fu Langkiwi and Kantang to-day at 4 p.
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      134 12 I OLD MALAYA. Personalities of Old Malaya” by Cyril Baxendale, is now ready Tor 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. -JLBnr? (erlhn resimiron US3EB .UM EAN «M OMENT
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      330 12 For Better j[ *l V Reproduction s Right, SOUND t±j| SYSTEM IF- d ENTIRE CHANGE OF NEW PICTJ7ES TO-MGHr fiT 6-30 ?IND 9.30 P.M. IATHE PRE3ENIS THE SJ'l'i’-NDOtH ALL-TALKING AIR-THRILLER. THE FLYING FOOD r r with William Boyd, Marie Prevost, Russell Gleason and Tom O’Briei < J A Sensational story
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    AERODROMES IN HEART OF LONDON.
    230 13 NEW USE FOR RIVER. Proposal to Erect Landing Grounds over Stations. A proposal to erect landing grounds for aeroplanes on super-structures above the main railway stations and roofs of big buildings in the centre of London is being considered by the London County Council. The
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    Princess Mary.
    325 13 HEARS HUSBAND’S FIRST SPEECH IN HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of Harewood, the King’s son-in-law, made bis maiden speech in the House of Lords on July 23. It came almost at the end of an exceptionally long sitting, and most favourably impressed all parties. For ever two hours
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    Asthma Research.
    157 13 The Asthma Research Council have issued a rep- rt on the progress of their work sinc° the council’s inception in October, 1927, to May 31, 1930. Included in the report are statements by doctors on investigations carried cut at the Bbthma research clinics ft Guy’s Hospital, the Great
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      585 13 y *2* 3 Every night, before going to ocu, V ©OITC J&CITI passage your face and throat with a creamy a-MTLlfi.* lather of Palmolive Soap. Use your two A X hands. The palm and olive oils, delicately 7—\ 1* -m4-llw» lended in the rich lather, act as a lubricant n
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      17 13 "BOSCH’* Plugs have proved to be best on the road, in the air and on the sea.
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      123 13 THE MID-DAY NAP By GLUYAS WILLIAMS eu)YAS tuiLQAftb r IS PUT 70 BED FOR MD-W &E&IN6 THLRIH6 10 «IS FIN- GATCHES HIMSELF WITH A NBP. DECIDES HE WObit 60 GERS 10 KEEP HIMSELF START. HE ALMOST POZEP 10 SLEEP AWAKE OFF THAT THE C® l -MB W DECIDES THAT PLAYING
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    HEN-PROTECTED HUSBANDS.
    187 14 SUMMER SCHOOL LECTURE, When Mothers’ Darlings Grow Up. Dr. 0. W. Kia mine, the educationist and authority on children, lecturing at the Cambridge Summer School, said the only child and the mr ther’s darling grew up to be henpecked” husbands. Recently he made an investigation and bad meetings
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    Klang Towkay Threatened.
    265 14 ATTEMPT TO EXTORT MONEY. Klang, August 25. Lee Tian Loi, a Cantonese was produced to-day before the Tungku Syed Abu Eakar, in the Klang Police Court, and a-rsigred tta k he. on August 23 did attempt to commit extortion by putting one Leong Yan Tuck, in fear
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    Malay Examinations.
    170 14 LIST OF PASSES. The following officers have passed the examinations in Malay held in Jane last {Standard I Messrs W A Cooper, B Neyland, AHL Wheeler, A F Hunter, Miss T E Thorn aud Dr G H Lowe, all of Singapore, Messrs G Austin, G F Staynes, Miss
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    London Treaty.
    64 14 I. Reuter. Tokio, August 26. Count Hamaguchi, Baron Shidehara and Admiral Takarabe again appeared before the Privy Council Examination Committee and answered questions on the London Treaty. Baron Shidehara explained the diplomatic background about which Viscount Kentaro Kaneko was tbe chief qaestioner. It is authoritatively stated that several
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    MARKET PRICES.
    577 15 CHOWRASTA MARKET. Penang, August 28, 1930 Mutton eta. Mutton Indian per w 56 lle&a Sheep or goal each 1-39 Liver with heart A lung do 1.59 Tri?*» do 100 Goat or Sheep per lb 56 Sweet Bread pair 4'J Suet 40 iiney pair 80 Feet M khe four
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