Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 August 1931

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833, PUBLISHED DAILY No. 188. VOL. LXXXIX. WEDNESDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1931, PRICE 10 CENTS
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      16 1 B.TOXJSATSU I STUDIO vhh np-to-date Fh«&». grabby by dcstrh i ?hoM m. M M BIBHOr PBNANS.
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    LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
    806 3 SPRING EXAMINATIONS Successful Penang Candidates Tbe following is a list cf the eucceEsfo' cancidatee in the London Chamber of Cemmerce Spring Examinations held in Penang in April —May 1931. Senior Certificates Government Evening Claeses Typewriting L°e Kong Fatt with Distinction. Speed 50. Private Students Bookkeeping and
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    LAKE VICTORIA SWAMP ADVENTURE
    254 3 AIRMAN AMONG CROCODILES Five Hours’ Struggle for Life After Crash Nairobi A five hours’ fl under for life threugh a crocodile-infested swamp into which he had been forced to alight was the thrilling experience cf an airman employed by a big petrol distributing c mpany. Visibility
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    A Lonsdale Cigar Story
    184 3 Mr. R. M. Jackson, Chairman of the Doc caster Public Assistaucs Committee, just been rehtirg an amusing story of how a number of tbe aged male inmates enjoyed the lexury of a smoke with one of Lord Lonsdale’s famous long cigar*. When visiting Lowther Castle Let
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    Leader Among First Nighters
    65 3 Mr. Clarkson shares with Mr. "Eddie” Marsh the leadership of what might te 3-per'bed as the single-seat first nighters. When a reporter asked Mr. Clarkson if he will v rite his ieminhcerc s he replied, "Well, it’s an idea,’’ There would be a rich tarvest of
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    Wa’king Over The Channel
    58 3 Nauen, (Berlin), August 14 To walk acrots tbe Channel to England "s tbe intention of three Austrians who arrived at Calais in order to try out a new kind of "va‘er skis,’’ which are b a> sbaped wooden runners constructed by them and said to enable
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    Institution of Civil Engineers
    1905 6 Malayan Association Successful Meeting at Singapore Avery successful meeting of the Malayan Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers was held in Singapore on the 15th and 16th August, 1931, at which visits to H. M. Naval Base, Teluk Ayer Basin, New Johnston’s Pier, and the
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    THIRD TEST MATCH FARCE
    218 6 3i HOURS PLAY England Scores 224 for 3 Wkts. SUTCLIFFE 109 NOT OUT Manchester, August 18 Although it seemed farcical England came out to bat with only three and a quarter hours left for play, Lowry won the toss and put England in. Sutcliffe and Paynter
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    D. E. I. to Deport Communists
    107 6 POLICE DISCOVERIES IN RIAU ARCHIPELAGO Batavia, August 17 u As a result of recent police investigations in the Riau Archipelago more than 180 Hylam Chinese are to be deported in con nection with Communist propaganda.— Aneta. This message is of special interest to Singapore
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    Municipal Band
    62 6 To day at Date) Kramat at 6 p.m. 1 March Semper Fidelis Sousa 2 Overture The White Queen Metra 3 v election The Naughty Princess CuviUier 4 Vulse I leue Margis 5 Fox Trot On a Little Balcony In Spain Doll 6 Selection To nights, the night Reubons
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    COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP
    471 6 LATEST TABLE Kent Jump to Second Place London, August 18 Yorkshire having won the County Championship rather easily chief interest is centred in who will gain the second place. By defeating Notts Kent at present hold the position but Gloucester, Notts and Sussex all have chances. The
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE
    84 6 Cowdenbeath and Dundee Utd Win London, August 18 In the Scottish League Dundee United beat Queen a Park by two goals to one and Cowdenbeath beat St. Mirren by four goals to one. The hjme side lost in each case.—Reuter. It is reported in Taiping that one of
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL.
    680 6 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Mrs. P. T Allen, wife of the Resident Councillor, Penang, is visiting Kuala Lumpur. Dr. (Mrs.) O’May has been app inted to jbe Lady Medical Officer, General Hospital. Alor Star. Mr John O’Hara, of Ipoh. has been granted a First Class Appraiser’s Licence for Perak for 1931. Major-General
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    FAR EASTERN COMMUNISM
    328 7 Reuter. £BO,OOO Spent in Few Months SOVIET PLOTS Disclosures at Raid at Shanghai Shanghai, August 18 Unquestionably second only m importance to the London 1926 Soviet raid, is the discovery ot Shanghai s centre of Far Eastern Communist organisation as a direct conse «pence of the arrest
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    BURMA SITUATION
    129 7 age has been dene to standing crops.—Rugby Badio Service. Improvement in Most Districts Maintained London August 18 The Incfia Office states there is little change in the situation in Burma. The in most districts is maintained, though daeoities are still numerous in Thayetmyo and Prom© Dstricte. No im
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    A GERMAN AMY
    44 7 —Reuter. Woman's Aitempfed Flight to Tokio Berlin August 18 The airwoman, Fraulein Marga von Etzdcrf hfe Teinpeihof Aerodrome at 4 30 a m. for Moscow on a solo flight to Tokio. Moscow, August 18 The airwoman Etzdcrf landed at 855 pm.—Reuter.
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    AMY JOHNSON’S PLANS
    31 7 Reuter Tokio, August 18 Amy Johnson is planning to start on her return fl ght to England on Monday slier joining in the welcome to the Lindberghs.— Reuter
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    JUNE’S PLANS
    74 7 Reuter. Intends io Marry American Producer Reno. August 18 "I was more nervous than on a first *fight”, declared June interviewed after her divorce She said she intended to abandon the London stage and settle in California which United her health, marry the producer Lothar Mendes as soon
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    DEMPSEY’S DIVORCE
    28 7 J K Reuter. Los Angeles August 18 In reply to Dempsy’s petition, Estelle "Taylor has filed a divorce suit against Dempsey ahargiDg him with general cruelty
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    10,000,000 IN CHINA DESTITUTE
    437 7 HANKOW DEVASTATION Thousands of Square Miles Flooded Shanghai, Auguet 19 Travellers report that the Yangteze alley for a distance of three hundred miles above Hankow is a vast lake; only the hills are visible above the flood waters from a steamer s deck while the countryside
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    K. L. Amateur Radio Society
    132 7 WEEK END BROADCASTING The Kua’a Lumpur Amateur Radio s ociety will broadcast the following pro grammes on a wavelength of 65 Metres. Friday—from the Studio 630t07 00 p m Frontchong Music. 700 to 7.15 p.m. English 7.15 British Official Wire less News. 725t0 8 80
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    Capt. F. C. O. Thomson
    92 7 LEAVING SINGAPORE NEXT NOVEMBER Captain E. C. O Thomson, D. S 0.. Captain in Charge Singapore, will be leaving Singapore in November and will be succeeded by Captain M. B. Birkett» D. S. 0., who will arrive there on November 14. Captain Birkett is at
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    DEATH OF THE REV. D. S. PONNIAH
    293 7 FUNERAL THIS AFTERNOON Served in Malayan Diocese for 45 Years As already briefly announced the death took place on Tuesday, at St George’s Tamil Parsonage. No. 2 Pitt Street, Penang of the Rev Draviam 8. Ponniah, Tamil Pastor of St George s Penang,
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      PLANTERS PROVIDENT FUND
      328 7 (To the Editor of the Pinang Sir, —With reference to the above perhaps your readers might be interested to hear of the following: Being due for leave towards the end of this year. I have been told that owing to the slump, my contract will not be
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    Alleged Enticing Away of Married Woman
    118 7 TAMIL CHARGED Charged with having enticed away a married woman and arrested on information sent to the Penang Detective Department by the Police at Lumut. a Tamil named Ramasimy was ti day produced before Mr. Edward Jago. Police Magistrate. Penang. Detective Inspector Hall said
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    MEDAN RACE MEETING A SUCCESS
    245 7 ANOTHER LIKELY Trawellton Sores a Doable The Deli Turf Club meeting which was held at Medan last week proved, we hear, a great success bo much so that the Club authorities are contemplating holding another meeting in the near future. The batch of Medan griffins
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    Penang 1932 Griffins
    101 7 DUE ON SEPTEM3ER 9 The batch of 12 Australian thoroughbred griffins being imported by the Penang Turf Clab for the 1932 New Year Meeting are due to arrive at Singapore by the ss. Nieuw Holland on September 7, 1931 and it is hoped to ship them by
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    Perak Boy Scouts Association
    318 7 THE SULTAN’S SHIELD Trcops competing for the Shield will be tested during the early part of September. The prelimir ary testa will be ai follows: (a) The TfL will be asked to real a message in Morse or Semaphore (according to his choice) sent by flag
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    TANJONG BUNGAH MOTOR FATALITY
    213 7 CORONER'S ENQUIRY Verdict Reserved till Saturday The adjourned enquiry into the death of Goh Pwah an eleven-year old Chinese girl, who succumbed to injuries' received by being knocked down by a motor car at Tanjong Bungah on July 27, was continued yesterday afternoon. Mat bin Bakar,
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    Large Fish Caught at Kuala Muda
    139 7 Large Fish C aught at Kuala Muda 20 FEET TIP TO TAIL A saw fi h, measuring approximately 20 feet from the tip of the saw to the tail, and weighing six piculs, was landed at Leith Street Ghaut 5 ester day after noon, where a large crowd gathered. Part
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      373 7 New Advertisements TO LET Newly Erected Terrace Houses at College Lane Rent s2s/- a Konth Rent $3O/- a Month (Corner House) Apply to Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited No. 11 Light Street, Penang. FOR SALE Fiat Car 509, 1930 mcdel, in good running order and condition, new hood, new battery.
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    BIRTH
    17 8 Burns—At Maternity Hospital, Penang, on the 18th inet.. to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Burns, Intaa—a eon.
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    THE PLANTERS' PROVIDENT FUND
    488 8 Elsewhere in this issue we publish a letter relating to an occurrence which unfortunately is all too common in the planting industry in these times. Our correspondent tells a familiar story. Due for leave at the end of the y ?ar, he has been axed. For
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    THE COCONUT'S RIVAL
    215 8 The largest floating whaleoil factory ever built left-the yards of Workman Clark, Limited, Belfast, for official trials. By now the vessel should be on her way to the southern seas. An idea of the size of the factory may be gauged from the fact that the ship
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    BY THE WAY
    1315 8  -  A. 11. L. Penang, Wednesday. <JF we are to place credence in I the contents of a letter received this morning from one of our readers we must believe that n t only is the Soviet active in the Far East with paid agents but that in
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      17 8 SPECIAL DiNHER AND DANCE Friday, 21st August DANCE MUSIC BY THE BAND OF THE s.s. “President Adams.”
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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    40 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mrs Heah Seng Hye and family desire to tender their heartfelt thanks to relativesand friends?* ho fo kindly attended the funeral of the late Mr. Haah Seng Hye, rendered assistance, paid visits, sent floral tributes and expressions of sympathy.
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    Schneider Pilot Killed
    359 9 ißugby Radio b ervice. plunge into SEA Naval Officer Aged 24 machine which won ’29 TROPHY Body Not Yet Recovered London, August 18 lied Brinton, of Britain's Schneidsr Trophy team, plunged into the sea off Calshott to eight in one of the Schneider Trophy 'planes and was
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    LONDON TO THE CAPE
    143 9 wn is a distance of 5 100 miles. —Rugby Service Proposed Attempt to Fly 5,900 Miles Non stop Louden, August IS I The first cf thi long distance flights binned by the Air Ministry for the autumn prill probably start from Cranwell, Lincoln ■tire, on September
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    SIAMESE IMMIGRATION
    90 9 Important Amendment to Law ■From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok August 18 An amendreput to the Immigration Act R&zetted An identi" cation psper the jC't of which was f.,ur ticals now Un and return permits row cost five Certificates cf residence ihirty. Aliens ®Bkring Ham are required to obtain
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    “NAUTILUS ” LEAVES
    32 9 “NAUTILUS LEAVES ar ty ®P* zbergen, August 18 e Nautilus left for tbe Pole at 4 p.m. Hfcatsr. Par* (Brazil) for ork where it has been awaiting a Stator since August 8.
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    GRAF ZEPPELIN IN LONDON
    265 9 Reuter. Cruise Round British Isles PASSES OVER CITY London, August 18 The German airship, the Graf Zeppelin, commanded by Dr. Eckener, flew to England from Friedrichshaven to day. The airship crossed tbe Channel late in the afternoon, and after visiting several South Coast resorts headed for
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    HELD BY MONGOLIANS
    104 9 —Reuter. Fate of Two German Airmen Barlin. August 18 The German pilots Ratje and Eoelber, who were shot down by a Mongolian tribe on July 2 while flying from Shanghai to Manchuria, have been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Mongolian court for espionage, according to
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    NEW YORK MYSTERY
    94 9 Reuter. Wealtby Japanese Merchant Missing New York, August 14 The strange disappearance of Mr. Hisashi Fujimura one of the wealthiest Japanese silk importers, from the liner Belgenl >nd on the high seas is engaging the attention of the authorities. Foul play is suspected. When the Belqenland. docked
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    THE PRINCE’S HOLIDAY
    101 9 —Reuter. Air Trip to South of France London, August 18 Tbe Prince of Wales who left Windsor Great Park on a flight to tbe South of France, where he proposes to spend a holiday at Cap Breton, near Biarritz bad to inter rupt his journey more than
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    GREENLAND FLIGHT
    35 9 —Reuter. Copenhagen, August 18 Gronau bas mafle tbe thousand mile flight to Godlhaab Itom Scoresby Sound. He had the greatest d.fficulty .n keeping the m.cbiue up owing to ice forming on the wings.-
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    A GENERAL TARIFF
    235 9 —Rugby Radio Service. Economy Plans Forecast FULL CABINET MEETING TO-DAY General Agreement Reported London. August 19 The Dai'y Herald, the Socialist organ, says the Economy Committee propose for the cabinet decision a general ten per cent, tariff for revenue purposes, the temporary suspension of the Sinking Fund,
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    TEXTILE SHARES WEAK
    63 9 —Reuter. Coates’ and Dyers’ Dividend Surprises London, August 18 Owing to the fall in cotton values. J and P Coatee have reduced their quarterly dividend from 91 to 4|d while Bradford Dyers have passed their interim dividend. This caused a sharp relapse in textile shares on the
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    PARIS EXHIBITION
    36 9 —Reuter. Dutch Pavilion Rebuilt in Six Weeks Paris August 18 After six weeks work, the Dutch Pavilion of the Colonial Exhibition was opened to day. a beautiful Javanese temple literally arising from tbe ashes
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    NEW P. & O. VESSEL
    60 9 NEW P. O. VESSEL —Reuter. London. August 18 Intended for service on the China and Far East routes the P. 0. Carthage was launched at Glasgow to day. She has a tonnage of 14,000 and a speed of knots. A crew of three hundred will be carried and she will
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    CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF
    69 9 The Lindberghs have left Petropavlovsk. Siberia, for Nemuro. The Persian Ministry of Agriculture ie submitting a Bill to Parliament for th. engagement of several tea growing expertss It is expected Italians will be engaged. The United States National Bank (a Los Ange es institution which is
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    JAVA SUGAR
    64 9 uciu orc o —Reuter. Batavia, August 18 The United Java Sugar r reducers have sold to exporters 255 000 tons of superior sugar, being the balance of the 1930 crop, at a price not yet known It is also reported that 150 000 tons of brown sugar of
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    BANDITS HOLD UP BANK
    149 9 —Reuter. Midday Raid in Berlin SEVERAL WOUNDED Berlin, August 18 The City is horrified at the indiscriminate shooting by masked bandits after raiding at midday a branch of the Reichebank in Schoenberg district. Though the streets were crowded, there were only a few customers at tbe
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    MR. MONTAGU NORMAN
    264 9 —Reuter. t Wild Crop of Rumours in United States Chicago, August 19 The suggestion that Mr. Montagu Norman’s health trip has New York as its ultimate destination aid that he hopes to. turn the present Franco American three months bank credit of £lB 000 000 into purely
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    FAILURE OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
    223 9 —Reuter. 1930 Drug Traffic as Large as Ever London, August 18 Reports of seizures of drugs from British Dominions (particularly India), the Colonies and the United States, Egypt and other countries .“show there was little if any dimiiution of the illicit drug traffic generally
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    MORE WILD WEATHER IN BRITAIN
    265 9 New Sea Defences Damaged London, August 18 Heavy gales around the English coasts did great damage yesterday. Beach equipment was wrecks 1 at a large number of aeaside resorts. The Sussex coast was swept by heavy seas and at Winchelsea beach buildings were flooded and
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      166 9 His Master’s Voice THE WORLD’S GREATEST ARTISTS Combined with the Finest Recordings The ever-welcome ‘Surprise” BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by Serge Kcussevitsky Symphony No. 6 iti G. Mtjo? (The “Surprise Symphony) Haydn I Ist Mvt.—Adagio Cautabile Allegro C <oa vivace J 2nd Mvt, —Andante D 1736 3rd Mvt. —Allegro molto
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    UNITED KINGDOM TRADE RETURNS
    672 10 UNBROKEN DEPRESSION No Indication of Recovery The figurrs for Jane complete a half .year's record of unbroken depression and wteadily declining overseas trade, says the July issue of the Westminser Bank ’’Review.” In no department is there as yet the slightest indication of recovery. Uven in
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    EXCHANGE
    60 10 Penang, August 19 1931. By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank On louuuu t*ann Uaoiflua X/3 23/82 4 m/'is 2/8 29'32 r rlvaU 3 tn/w credit 2/4 7/3 ~3 Dosunreniary 2'4 11/32 Nsw York LWtc Dtm&nS '6 r.T. 1,410 r TT 155| Bangkok S* 3 h TX 139 T n
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    LEADING BROKERS’ SHARE LIST
    172 10 TO DATS PRICES The following were the latest quotations ta MESSRS, KENNEDY A Go’s share list at 11 a.m. to day:— Yesterday To day 8B g CD CP W CD Sharks D o tJ a> PQ GQ ffl OQ o. So. So. So. Min lag Ayer
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    74 10 (Rugby Radio Service) London. August 18 Paris, 123 95; New York, 4.85]•; Brussels. 34 88. Geneva, 24 98; Amsteriam, 12.05; MiUu 92.87; Berlin 20 52; Btockhoim 18.16; Copenhagen, 18.17 Oslo, 18.17; Vienna, 34.55; Prague, 164; Hdtfngfora, 193<; Madrid, 55 95; Lisbon, 110 J Athens, 375; Bucharest, 817; Rio,
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    TIN AND RUBBER
    58 10 Latest London, New York and Local Prices TIN: LONDON Spit £ll4 7-6 Down £l-2-6 3 Mwtiti’ £*****-8 Down £l5 0 SINGAPORE $58.50 pr rod Down 50 c. 150 tons fm RUBBERLoiden 2 5/16 d, Down 1/16 d, Ihw Yrt 5 3/16 c. (GaW) Unchanged Lttil 7 g
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    The Mails
    36 10 The homeward mail these. Rajputana closfb at 6 p.m. cn Saturday, the 22nd in ttant. Tu? bb. Kalyan with mails despatched from London ora July 30 is expected to .arrive here at noon tomorrow.
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    SINGAPORE PRICES
    224 10 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE) B.R. Sheet 7$ oil. vr pound —psr pl 110-16 8 -»dy. Loudos 2 5/16 1 New York 5.3/16 eta (gold) (Bv Courtesy of-Messrs. AUon Dennys). General Produce Agency Ltd. Singapore Prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for today are ae follows: Boot 7| etc. per
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    201 10 Psnang August 19, 1931, cis. Near Opium o, ehsst iom FtOCU.OO Cloves h 90.0 C Gold leaf ellms 72.0( Maco Picking nom 170 0( Nutmegs 80s 70.0 C h UOs ,i 60.00 Coconuts per 1,000 n 15.0 C Copra Sundried buyers 4.25 Rattans eaies ll.lt Rattans Oosne 10.6
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    KENNEDY & CO. SHARE LIST
    987 10 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST NAMES 5 S hs i Hi KUSVBB !D«Um.I C Alloonby Babbes Aloi Rabbd Brtato «5 6? 15 1 Ayat Kantar Rab&M IttataJ 15 21 Ayer Molek Babba O« 5 60 Aye» Fm— Bobbee Bmwlm 8 8 rumifas syoo*** I B*m«M Rubber 40 10 Beta blntanc Rubbta
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      39 10 OLD NILAYA. “Pmonalitiei of OH Malay,” by cyril Baiendate, k row on tala at »1 a copy. Tha lolumo may be pwcha«Hl through our sgsnts thrmghKit th? Peninsula or direct from the Pinang Gazette Pre» ltd., la, Pisang-street, Peoaog.
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      307 10 csaa t «k M PINANG gazette Shinnymede’ 1M r Ck'trJ.l .nJ Cool e| g e bought »t 1(J T DAy MA FRESH LOBSTERS l c L Abdal Rahman, E. sn a 0 TO-MORROW Runnymedi Hr.w There will be an extra K M<3- Enß °ff Co., Victoria DINNER DANCE Md.lan.aH, Wo/aXTem,
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      96 10 Penang Daily Weather Report Temp. Wind Rainfall Thursday 6 ’.m. 78 e Noin 89 s nl 5 d m. 87 s Friday 6 a.m. 79 e Noon 90 8 nil 5 p.m. 88 s Saturday 6 a.m. 79 s Noon 89 s nil 5 r.m. 90 s Sunday 6 a.m.
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    Shipping Arrivals and Departures
    953 11 Port Of Penang Schedule of Principal Lines TH* following is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during lhe IN PORT TO DAY g b Sit’awan from Pulau Langkawi and Alor Star. Siiled for Kuala Kuran and Bagan Serai today at 10 a. m.
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    583 11 THE RUBBER POSITION European Financial Jlls_ Messrs. Sanderson and Co., in their weekly report for July 29, state: The position in Germany, still highly dangerous, and the cutting off of all purchasing power from that quarter, coupled with the absence of any announcement from the Dutch
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    102 11 There was a considerable advance in the price of rice in the Bangkok retail shops on August 13. On the wholesale market there was a great demand fcr white brokens for parboiling purposes, and boats are going in search of it to the provincial mills around Bangkok.
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    130 11 SIR NAPIER SHAW ON MODERN SPEED Sir Napier Shaw, the meteorologist, described the craze for speed as a new form of intoxication when he addressed the International Congrees of the History of Science and Technology in London. John Ruskin, he eaid, had a deeplyrooted objection to railways. He.
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    338 11 TRADE REVIVAL Glasgow’s Courage And Enterprise The King and Queen received an enthusiastic welcome on July 10 when they visited Glasgow for the opening of the Sing George V. Dock at Shieldhall. The Royal visitors were received by the cba rman of the Clyde Trust.
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    214 11 PURPOSES TO WHICH THEY MAY BE DEVOTED A new rule under the Excise Enactment, 1923, is published in the F.M.S. Gazette of August 14 and relates to the profits of estate toddy shops. It reads: (i) In the c*se of estate toddy-shops the profits cf the
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    439 12 AIR POLLUTION View that Soot is a Deadly Agent MISS ELIZABETH C. MUDIE, speaking at the Royal Sanitary Institute Congress at Glasgow condemned fog as being responsible for more deaths from influenza and respiratory diseases than were recorded during an average war. ?/A perusal of the
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    135 12 Here is a true etory’of the Eton and Hairow match (writes a Morning Post’’ correspondent) When a yourg Etonian, who had been guilty of numerous offences and shortcomings this half,” arrived for long leave,” his father decided to teach him a lesson. He refused to lake him to the
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    108 12 Mr. W. J. Brown, M.P.. has provoked comment, and some envy, by appearing in the House in a light tussore suit and sandals, and that is by no means the most unconventional attire on record among our legislators. Eail Balfour, usually very sartorially correct, once
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    92 12 WORK TO START SOON Nauen, (Berlin), August 14 l-The century-J J scheme of making I Milan a e. arort will be realized in the near future, the Government having decided to regulate the course of the River Po in order to create work for the unemployed.
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    344 13 THE PTERODACTYL Duke Goes by Air to Pageant ALL records for attendance at an outdoor event for which admission was charged were again broken at the R. A. F. display at Hendon. It is estimated tbit 160,000 people watched the display from the aerodrome. With
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    90 13 SAFETY IN CINEMAS A new type of non i-fLmmalh film was inspected by the members at a c nfertnee of the Institute of Fire Engineers at Newcastle. Mr. Harry Simonir, of London* said the univeraU use cf such a film would ensure absolute safety in
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    212 13 MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVED Another Attempt Reported Naueo (Beilin), August 14 Despite the offer of tne huge reward of 100,000 marks fcr information! the mystery of the attempt to wreck the Bmle-Berlin express is still unsolved. Over 600 clues have been or are being followed, but none of
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    82 13 Tae fi»a’ Master of Ragby has been lamenting the poverty of intellect in England. True, no doubt (says the “Saturday Review’’), but in the same tsue of the newspaper which repcried his speech, there was an advertisement from one efthe public schools offering ’pech 1 y reduced
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    95 13 An ancient sundial, wh'ch has now been 6x*d near Bt. Btuno's Chape], Clynnog, Carmarthenshire has a remarkable history. It probably dates fr>m the eighth or ninth century. It vas Let from near St, Beuno's Church Ciynnog, for many centuries —perhaps since the chapel of St. Bueno
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    72 13 Teresina, raid to be tbe fattest woman in the world, has revealed the sorrow of her life. ”1 lor g fcr a husband,” she sighed, "but lam afraid tl at the offers I have had of marriage have been made with a desire for my werlth. And I el
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    637 14 "MRS. PEACE RIVER’’ Canada’s Pioneer Woman Farmer THE settlers of the Peace Kiver, the Last Great West, have chosen a woman, the first white woman there, to lay their case before the Governments at Victoria and Ottawa for new roads and a railway to the Pacific
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    64 14 THOUSANDS OF ARMY HORSES POISONED Niuen (Berlin), August 13 A mysterious affair is being investiga ted in various garrison towns of Slovakia. Thousands of oavalry and artillery horses died, as a result, it was at first thought, of the sc-oalled Japanese horse flue, but it now turns
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    62 14 PEOPLE REFUSE BANK NOTES Nauen, (Berlin), August 12 The Budapest authorities are concerned about the sudden popuhr tendency to paper money and accumulate silver coil s. The bank, are besieged by crowd, trying to change notes into coinage Tbit is particularly the case in the provinces where
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    1005 15 Publications Available For Public Use The following pub’ka ions were issued or received by the Diriment of Statistics, 8. 8. aid F. M 8, during the period from 18 h July to 9 h August 1931, and a*e labia for public use in the Reference Libiarv, Faibrton
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