Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 March 1930

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY No. 68. VOL. LXXXVIII. TUESDAY, 25th MARCH, 1930. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      1992 2 POSITIONS VACANT. TENDERS INVITED. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, Wanted: Building Inspector to Tk e p ar jt Perak Rubber Co., Ltd. Municipality of George Town. Penang. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA, supervise erection Grorp Hospital at aa (Incorporated in England by Royal Bedong. For term. a-ply to G. W. WiLon (Incorporated m
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    BRITISH FORD MOTOR WORKS.
    298 3 DAGENHXM ENTERPRISE. Prospect Of Employment For 10,000 Men. A visit to the site at Dagen-ham-on Thames, on which the skeleton structures of the manufacturing buildings of the lord Motor Company are rising, prompts cheerful thought, Dagenham is not of itself a cheerful place iu which to
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    NEW GREEK STAMPS.
    126 3 95,400,000 FROM BRITISH FIRMS. To mark the centenary of Greek independence, the Athens Government is about to issue special s'amps. These will number 95,400.0 0 and will be issued in 17 different values. The stamps ere to ba ready for circulation to-day, and contracts fer supplying them
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    FROM MOTOR BUS TO TRAIN.
    108 3 In earlier days the rise of the motor had the effect of diverting a large number of first-ciass pas eogers from the railway to the roads, writes a Manchester Guardian gossip. There has nowsd in, as lam told by a railway expert, exactly the opposite
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    No Beards Wanted.
    111 3 If beards are introduced into England again—and there ire some vi ry insistent rumours —there will be trouble among the women. Englishwomen don’t like beards and they never will, said a London barber, commenting on the latest beard news from Aus ria. where the Hairdres* sers* Association
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    X-Raying an Airship.
    108 3 How one of England’s latest airships was X-rayed from nose to tail in search of a flaw has just been revealed by Mr. A. P.M. Fleming, a Manch ster engineer. When one of ‘he airships was reaching completion heiher it was RlOO or RlOl was not ditcl
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      409 3 EASTERN SERIES i I tf IF T i Junk sails, junk sails, TEiliff [jj' j IJT" I Brown against a paling sky, wHgjT J Winged romance drifting by, 1 /yffTmT ThTTF I **Tf I Shaped by dreams,long,long ago I I By w ’hat dreamer, who can know —BrOU'n. CHINA j
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    Why I Think Some PEOPLE ARE TOO SENSIBLE
    460 4 Who the too sensible people are according to the writer of this article, she fully explains. They deny, her the enjoyment of much beauty, she says. I do wish that the folk with whom I come in contact would sometimes, if only
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    A Wedding Sequel.
    154 4 BRIDE’S SISTER «ROOTS THE GROOM. A wedding feast had a tragic ending at a village near Paris, when Mlle, Suzanne Pareyu, a sister of the bride, shoe the bridegroom, Arthur Legrand, and then tried to commit su:cide by shooting her £elf. Suzanne Pareyn did not want her
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    An Old Man’s Wealth.
    126 4 FIB EWOOD SELLER WITH £1,485 IX THE BANK. After William John Ennis, a 70-year-old fin wood, teller, living in apparently wretched circumstances had been knocked down and killed by a ’bus, the police found in his room at Meadow road, Lambeth, S. E., a trunk containing
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    A Critic Of Some War Books.
    167 4 Writing under the title of War Books Without Honour in the Daily Telegraph the Rev. P. B. Clayton, M. C. Founder-Padre of Toe H suggests that some of these books contain lurid narratives and half truths that besmirch the living and the dead. In
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    Salmon Fisher and Otter.
    128 4 Having read an account of how some "sportsman” had clubbed an otter to death, a correspondent of tht Field writes: I have been salmon fishing for over 41 years and I am glad to say there are otters in the river where I now fish, as
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      61 4 LARGE ESTATE CHECK ROLLS. To Clear at Specially Reduced Prices. Weekly Check Roll Books with Rice Advance Column »> without Fortnightly',, m with at $2.50 each. Stocked by PINANG GAZETTE PRESS, LTD. WfiflftfU KORRENGZAL OINTMENT FOR WOUNDS, SORES, AND ALL SKIN DISEASES. k| El K| EH Em IHw iSgk 5#
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      412 4 Assets exceed $10,000,000. S. C. Assurance in force uve* $35,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance
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    GRAND NATIONAL SENSATION.
    221 5 Re ter. Easter Hero Scratched. RACE A COMPLETE RIDDLE. UNLUCKY PUNTERS, London, March 24. TIIE Grand National betting which has twice been upset first by a mishap to the favourite Easter Hero and then by a poor display by the new favourite Gregalach will be revolutionized by
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    M. Trotzky In Constantinople
    94 5 Reuter. CONDITION WORSE. Berlin, March 21. M. Trotzkycondition in Constantinople is much worse He telegraphed to friends in Germany and elsewhere that hie doctors had not the slightest hope of saving his life unless he can take drastic cure in Germany or France His friends accordingly
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    Indian Finance Bill.
    88 5 ,—Reuter THIRD READING PAS ED WITHOUT DIVISION. New Delhi, March 24. The Imperial Legislative Assembly has passed the third reading without a division of the Finance Bill, Sir George Schuster urging “Give me a chance to pass these taxes and see what comes of them. He added
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    Communists In Berlin
    80 5 Reuter, RAID ON BORSTAL INSTITUTION FAILS. Berlin, March 24. A hundred Communists attempted last night to storm the Borstal Institution at Potsdam and release the prisoners. The Police were warned before by an inmate. They met the astonished raiders who re sisted but w’ere soon rounded up
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    News In Brief.
    60 5 ,—Rent r. Port Darwin, March 24. The airmen, Piper and Kaye, have arrived hero '1 hey left Croydon on February 9 in an attempt to break Capt. Bert Hinkler s record flight to Australia in 16 days. Due to many forced landings they lost hope when they
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    KEDAH NOTES AND NEWS.
    527 5 Cricket Trial. HOWCROFT IN FORM AT ALOR STAR. GOLF MATCH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, March 24. Mr. A. F. Sheedy, Chief Inspector of Police, Alor Star, is going on leave next week. Mr. Delamore from the F. M, 8. will replace him. Mr. J.
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    SUGAR COMMISSION REPORTS.
    194 5 -Ret- < GOVERNMENT STATEMENT. Declines To Anticipate Budget. London, March 24. The reports are published of the WestIndian Sugar Commission headed by the Labour Peer Lord Olivier, and by ':r Francis Watts on the auritius Sugar Industry on which the Government’s policy is based. They recommend a
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    AMERICAN TRADE UNION DEMANDS.
    186 5 —Reuter. Six-Hour Day. HUGE M Y DAY DEMONSTRATION. STATE OF BUSINESS. New York, March 24. FXEPRESENTATIVES of several large Trade Unions have as- sociated themselves with the Socialist Party in issuing a call for a demonstration on May Day to demand a six-hour day, the adoption
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    Twenty Years Old Australian Airman.
    42 5 —Reuter. FLIGHT TO ENGLAND. Sydney, March 24. The 20 years old airmao, D. Smith, who is flying to England has arrived at Btackatl, 'Queensland, and hopes to reach Calcutta via Batavia, Singapore and Bangkok in three days.
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    POSSESSION OF OBSCENE POST-CARDS.
    84 5 IPOH ARRESTS. $lOO Bail Allowed. (From Our Own Correspondent).. Ipoh, March 24. Tan Ah Kum, an educated &lt; hinese Baba and Mahomed Noor of Ipoh were arrested to-day at about 2 p,m. for being in possession of obscene postcards. They were arrested by a Chinese detective
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    China Sea Piracies.
    42 5 Reuter DEMAND FOR ADEQUATE PROTECTION. London, March 24. A deputation representing Mercantile Officers of the Federation of British Companies Trading in China waited on Mr. C. G. 'Ammon M P. to demand adequate protection -against piracy in the China
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    Bandman Comedy Company.
    104 5 TO PRESENT A BIRD IN THE HAND The local booking agents Robinson Piano Company —have received cabled advice from Carl Lawson, instructing them to notify the public that the Company will present John Drink water s latest London success Bird in the &gt; and ‘on v onday,
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    370 5 Mr. J A. Brown has returned to Kuala Lumpur from Home Mr. Ford recently arrived in Ipoh to join the Posts and Telegraphs Department. Mr. and Mrs D. F. Topham leave for Home by the s s. Aeneas on Wednesday. Mr. Ward recently arrived in Ipoh to
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  • Correspondence.
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      HIGHWAYS AND BYEWAYS.
      302 5 To the Editor of the Yinang Gazette, Sir, Almost opposite the “Old Frees’ 1 ssociation” and off the highway of Leith Street, there is a lane —a more correct epithet would be ‘gullie’— the appalling condition of which demands the attention of the proper authorities. Totally lacking
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    Birth Of Triplets.
    101 5 alacca Guardian. MALACCA F MILY’S EVENT. For the first time in the history of alacca, triplets, all sons, were born to a local Eurasian lady living in Praya Lanlast week. We understand that the mother and the little babes are progressing satisface torily. In England, the mother
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    THE NON-BENDERS BENT.
    416 5 P. C, C. Giving Weight. CRITICISMS BY “BLACKSMITH.” GAME OF C HANv E WELL the Non-Benders have been met and bent to th&lt; tune of six wickets, Having promised my readers that I would give them my criticisms of this much-talked-of game I naturally watched eve y
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    How Madame Hanau Escaped.
    131 5 .—Reut r. POLICE DISCOVERY. Paris, March 24. The police in investigating Madame Hanau’s -escape, discovered that she dropped from the window with a sheet not belonging to the hospital and walked out of the gates through which entered the private car which took her to a
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    Mr. Van Lear Black’s Flight.
    29 5 ARRIVES at SH NGHAI. Shanghai, March %4. Mr Van Lear Black landed here at 3.40 p.m. after an uneventful flight from Hong Kong,— Reuter.
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    Penang Football League,
    62 5 P.C.C. v. DARUL AIHSAN FOOTBALL CLUB. The following have been selected to represent the P.C.C. on Thursday, at 5-10 p m. prompt on the Esplanade M. Blancpain E Prattley and W. H. Brodie H. R. arey, &gt;. G Van Houten and A. A. Dobbie; A T. Dougal,
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    Coming Events.
    81 5 Mar. 25—Municipal Commission Meeting, 4 p.m. 29—Taiping Turf (lub, Annual Meeting Grand-stand, Taiping Racecourse 6 30 p.m. 29 —.Malaya Consolidated Tin Dredging Co., Ltd Annual Meeting, Chartered Bank Chambers, noon. 29 and 30 Cricket: P.C.C. &lt;v. P.R.C. Esplanade. April 4 and s—lpoh Turf Club Amateur Meeting. s—Municipal5—Municipal Sports,
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    Hon. Mr. Lim Cheng Ean And Freedom Of The Press.
    948 7 Legislative Council. Censorship Of Vernacular Newspapers. His Excellency’s Reply. {from Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, March 25. ]l. E. the Governor replied briefly to speeches of welcome by lion. Mr. J. Bagnall and the j{ n Mr. John Scott at the
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    Penang Eurasian Volunteers.
    119 7 CIUB TO BE RESUSCITATED. At a meeting held in the Club-house after parade yesterday Capt, T.C. ShfcL° Presiding, it was decided to resuscitate the I. uraeian Volunteer Club. The following were elected as a Provisional Committee with power to co-opt: Company Sergt-Major C.S. Biyle. Q M.S. I.G.
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    121 7 The following new books have been received at the Library: Aesop Dancing, by J. E. Buckro?e, All Our Yesterdays, by H. M Tomlinson, Bvron, by Andre Clad in Purple Mist by Catherine I. Dodd, Conversations’ in Ebury Street, by George Moore, Exile?, by Warwick Deeping, Found Dead, by
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    GRIPPING STORY IN POLICE COURT.
    1387 7 UNTRAINED MIDWIFE. Malay Woman Fined $25. AND WARNED. A gripp ng story filled with some weird and grotesque aspects was heard this afternoon in the Police Court before Mr. F. K. Wilson, Magistrate, when a buxom Malay woma i of mature years known as Cheah
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    CANTONESE ORATORY IN POLICE COURT.
    167 7 OF NO AVAIL, Lo C iar, an 81-year o'd Chinese who came to Peuarg many years ago to seek his fortune is now destitute and" will have to m&gt;ve from a little stall oi Maxwell Road according to judgment handed down this morning by the
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    How Did The Money Get There?
    109 7 INDIAN’S CONTENTION. Thirty nine cents and a pack of playing cards was the evidence introduced this morning in the Penang Police Court against Riman, Muthiab, Givindasimy and Kuruppiab, Indians who were charged before Mr. F. K. Wilson, with gaming. The contention of the defendants
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    ONLY ONE PAIR OF SPECTACLES.
    370 7 BETWEEN TWO PARTNERS. Chinese Nearly Loses Nose. ASSAILANT FINED MO. One pair of spectacles between two Chinese business partners resulted in one of the partners attempting to cut off the nose of tbe other so that he could ex clusively use the glasses. Incidentally Ho
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    Penang Supreme Court.
    170 7 TWO SUITS POSTPONED. Two suits which were down for hearing in the Penang Supreme Court this morning were both postponed. Mr. Raghayan mentioned the first case, 800 B ion Chin versus A. H. Savage. Mr. Euphraim Isaac, for the defendant, produced a medical certificate. His Lordship said
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    An Expensive Throw.
    163 7 CHINESE FINDS HIMSELF IN GAOL. Poon Kuan, a Chimsi coolie who used to have a ima'l bh &gt;p in Uintra Street appeared in the Penang Police Court this morning before Mo F. K. Wiluon. th& Magi 3 rate, on a charge of having inflicted an injury on
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      11 7 ”0/ course I'll have another one, I do like Martell's brandy!"
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  • Obituary
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    185 7 OBITUARY. DR. P. J. SWAMY. The death of Dr. P. Jeganatha Swamy, the eminent Uoani and Ayurvedic Physic an and Surgeon, occurred at his residence in Hutton Line, Penang, early this morning. The deceased who was well over 60 years of age, was a native of Madras and came to
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    NOT MUZZLED.
    582 8 The concern of the Hon. Mr. Lim Cheng Ean for the freedom of the Press is praiseworthy and no doubt it will receive its true measure of appreciation in the quarters to which it applies. Had he, however, established his facts first, instead of relying on rumour, the
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    Week-End Cricket.
    131 8 P.C.C. v P R.C The following have been selected to represent the P.C.C. on Saturday, at 2.30 p.m. and Sunday, at 10.30 a.m. on the Esplanade: G. Aste, J. W. Clark, A. J. L. Donaldson, W. Hope, Dr. H. 0. Hopkins, P, N Knight, J. E. King, K
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    English League Football.
    48 8 «Z&lt;r. LUTON AND NELSON GAIN VICTORIES. London, March 24. In the Southern Section of the Third Division Luton Town beat Bristol Rovers by three goals to nil. In the Northern Section of the Third Division Rotherham w s beVen by Nelson Lao goala to nil.
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    By the Way
    1100 8  -  AHL- Penang, Tuesday. gy? LL hail to Mr. Lim Cheng ezl Ean who in the Legislative Council has arisen as champion of the downtrodden Press of Malaya We had not L thought that in the ranks of our Unofficials there were those who would not see us
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    Progressive Reduction Of Military Forces.
    746 9 British Army Estimates. Profit On Singapore Contributions. O. T. C. Grants. Tn the House of Commons Mr. Tom Shaw introducing the Army Estimates emphasised the progressive reduction of British Military Forces to 143,000 and said the Government did not intend to make another reduction in
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    New Sino-German Agreement.
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    Japan’s Budget.
    194 9 Reuter. INCREASE IN NAVAL ESTIMATES. Tokio March 24. The Finance Department has prepared Bud get figures which will be considered by the Cabinet to morrow The total is 1,606.000,000 yen including the Navy 268,000.000 yen; Army 210.000,000 yen compared with last year’s total of 1,752,000,000 yen; Navy 178,000,00.)
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    French Flood Sufferers.
    29 9 Reuter. CHAMBER GRANTS 1.000,000,000 FRANCS. Paris, March 24. The Chamber has unanimously passed a resolution granting 1,000 000,000 francs for the relief of the Hood sufferers.
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    United States’ Tariff Bill.
    24 9 —Reuter. P SSED BY SENATE. New York, March 24. The Senate has passed the Bill embodyUg the rtnloed Taiiffi Reuter.
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    FUTURE POLICY OF PALESTINE.
    205 9 Rugby Radio Service. MAJOR QUESTIONS. GOVERNMENT OR ROYAL COMMISSION PREMIER’S STATEMENT. The future policy of Palestine was the subject of questions put to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons yesterday. He said major questions of policy were for the Government to determine. London, March
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    Fox Film Corporation.
    100 9 Reuter. SAVaGE financial battle FOR CONTROL. New York, March 24. Mr. W. R. heehan, Vice President of the Fox Film Corporation, has obtained an order in court requiring Mr W. Fox to show cause why he shouid not be prevented from putting into effect the re-financing plan
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    Geneva Tariff Truce Conference.
    104 9 Reuter. DOCUMENTS SIGNED. Geneva, March 25. The final meeting of the Tariff Truce Conference was devoted to the signing of documents, firstly the convention for the maintenance of commercial treaties for one year. It was signed by eleven out of the thirty participants including Great Britain,
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    Koutiepoff In Moscow Prison?
    11 9 —Reutr, R liter. the Anti Soviet Conspiracy.-
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    Criminal Breach Of Trust Charge.
    155 9 ACCUSED ACQUITTED. Mr. F.K. Wilson, Magistrate, in the Police Court shortly before three o’clock yesterday afternoon iendered a verdict of not guilty in the case against Che A isha and S. M.M. Noordin alias Pawanchee who were alleged to have come illegally into possession of
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    NO CAUSE FOR PESSIMISM.
    428 9 —t-euter, Mr. Alexander’s Speech FIVE-POWER NAVAL AGREEMENT. MR. MACDONALD'S EFFORTS. Mr. A. V. Alexander speaking in London deprecated the prevailing pessimistic outlook on the Naval Conference. There was, he said, indications of substantial progress likely to be made and Mr. MacDonald was doing his utmost to
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    Attempt To Beat Hinkler’s Record.
    50 9 Reuter. ENDS IN CRASH. London, Varch 24. The fifty-year-old New Zealander, Mr. Parkerson, who left Lympne Aerodrome in a light aeroplane in an attempt to beat Capt. Bert Hinkler’s record to Australia crashed 50 miles from Paris. He was uninjured but the machine was wrecked.
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    Cost Of Armed Guards Aboard Ships.
    51 9 —Reuter. £BO,OOO A YEAR London, Varch 24 In the House of Commons, in reply to questions, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty said the cost of an adequate system of armed quards aboard ships, if marines were employed, would be at least £BO,OOO a
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      9 9 "Of course I'll have another one, T do lOcn
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      111 9 ROWfiTREE’S I CHOCOLATES Are always an acceptable gift. They’re A Large Bight- RangC Of Fancy If They re Boxes always Bowntrees h» Stock. Prices from $2.50 to $15.00. SOLE AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE CL™ (Inc rjO’ated in Etuih n Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, PENANG and Ipoh. -ifflm ■JiiLimiJUL 11.... L I 111
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      60 9 ROYAL 1 To-night and Till Wednesday, 26th AT 9-30 NIGHTLY Rin-Tin-Tin the Wonder Dog in “Hills of Kentucky with Jason Robards, Tom S mtschi and Dorothy Dwan. “THE VANISHING VILLAIN (Comedy) Ist Show at 7.30 p.m. Billy Sullivan in “The Winner” Mary Astor in unset Derby.” Thursday, Florence Vidor in
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    “SITTING ON THE FENCE.”
    963 10 Investors And Speculators. DULLNESS &lt; HARACTERISES MARKET. UTD. TRADERS LTD. THE announcement of a further reduction of the Bank of England rediscount rate to 3| per cent should stimulate trade and the rapid reduction of the rate from 6j per cent to 3| per cent within
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    LEADING BROKERS’ SHARE LIST.
    268 10 TO-DAY’S PRICES. The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday To-day gE E Shakes. 0 0 OQ QQ 09 00 10. |C. I O. 10. Rubber (Dollar). Allenby 1.55 1.80 1.65 1.80 A.Molek 145 1.60 1.50 1.60
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    TIN AND RUBBER.
    54 10 Latest London, New York and Local Prices. TIN: LONDON. Spot £169-10-0. Up £4-15-0 3 Months’ £l7l-10-0. Up £4-12-6 SINGAPORE. $86.50 per picul. Up $1.50 225 tons done RUBBER: London Hd. Unchanged New York 15| c. (Gold) Up |c. Local 26 cts. Up 1/4 c. By Courtesy of
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    The Mails.
    42 10 The homeward mail by the els. Sirdhana closes at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 28;h instant. The 81. Pohna with mails desp fehed from London on March 6is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. on Friday the 28th instant.
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    SINGAPORE PRICES.
    194 10 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE./ 8.R. Sheet 26 cts, per pound =per pl=$34/66 Quiet. London 7| i New York 15| cig. (gold) (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Dennys), General Produce Agency Lt&lt;. Singapore Prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Siioot for to day are as follows: Spot 26 cents per lb.
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    KENNEDY & Co.’s SHARE LIST.
    1152 10 KENNEDY Co.’s SHARE LIST. NAMES. J g g r? SOBBBB CD«Um.I c o &lt; Allenby Rabbet Os F f&gt; J 8 J Alor G*l*h Rubber Estate 1 4-1 60 ex iillXmated Malay Estates 2 5 2 75 Aver Hitsm Planting Syndicate 2 75 3 00 Aver Kunlng Rubber Estates 30
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      13 10 Of course I ll have another one, I do like Martell's brandy I"
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      325 10 Is Your Baby Gaining Weight? How Backward B «bies Are Helped By Baby’s Own Tab’ets. When an infant fails to steadily gain we’ght the cause usually is malnutrition, the digestive organs are not doing their work properly. In such cases —where the stomach or bowels are at fault —all that
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      173 10 ■■IHMM Xylophone Solo by Starita 5646 (Lonesome Little Doll (Ragamuffin Piccadilly Players 5654 Tainting Clouds with Sunshine f. t&gt; (Smiling Irish Eyes Four Bright Sparks 5661 The Thought Never Entered f.t. (She-’s Such A Comfort Layton Johnson 5650! Sim/in’ In The Rain Vocal (My Song of the Nile 8.8. C.
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    Shipping Arrivals and Departures.
    1341 11 Port Of Penang. Schedule Of Principal Lines. The following is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during the week: In Port To-day. agt f rom Bernam River. Saib for T. Anson and B. Datoh to-day a t 3 p. m. “Kuala” from B.
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    STERLING SHARE IMPROVEMENT.
    372 11 London Buying, MALAYAN COLLI RIES REPORT. BRADBURNE AND Co. Ltd. Kuala Lumpur, 22. Tin. London 3 montl s:—£l66/17/-’. do ‘Spot £164/15/0 New York: —37 cents (G\ Singapore:—sB3.37s. The Metal closes £3-7-6 better and the share Market has shewn a firmer tone during the week under review. Sterling
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    TIN PRODUCERS’ ASSOCIATION.
    130 11 MINES CLOSED FOR TEN DAYS. The local secretaries of the Tin producers’ Association have been advised that the under noted Companies closed for the period frem 15 h March to 21/h March. Henry Waugh Co, Ltd., Group, The Taiping Tin Dredging Co. L‘d. The North Taiping Tin
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
    65 11 (Rugby Radio Service.) London, March 24. Paris, 124.255; New York, 4.86^; Brussels, 34.885 Geneva, 25.125 Ams terdam, 12.125; Milan, 92.95; Berlin, 20.39 Stockholm, 18.10 Copenhagen, 18.16; Oslo, 18.17; Vienna. 34.525. Prague, 164 j Helsingfors, 1931 Madrid 38.85 Lisbon. 108.30 Athens, 375 Bucharest» 818 Rio 51; Buenos Aires, 451*
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    EXPORT DUTIES AND QUIT RENT.
    195 11 WAIVING AND REDUCING. Government Action Welcomed. (From Our Own Singapore, March 25. A Singapore Press representative who conducted enquiries yesterday regarding the invitation for views on the suggestions for waiving and reducing the export duties and quit rent on rubber lands during the present slump
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    EXCHANGE
    75 11 Penang, March 25 1930. Bf/ Gjurlety of Thf OharWed Bank} On London Bank Demand 2/3 1 4 m/is 2/3 15/16 Private 3 m/ts Credit 2/4 1/8 3 Docrmentary 2/4 1/4 On New York Bank Demand 56 1/16 France M T.T. 1.425 h India H T.T. 1541 Bangkok T.T. 80|
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    PARIT PERAK RUBBER CO., LTD.
    245 11 DIRECTORS’ REPORT. No Final Dividend. The following is the report of the Direc’ors of The Parit Perak Rubber Company, Limited to be submitted at the Fourteenth Ordinary General Meeting to ba held at th« Registered Office of the Company, 33, Beach Street Penang, on Saturday,
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    227 11 Penang, March 25 1930. Ct?, Benares Opium p. cheat nom 5,000.00 Cloves 91).U0 Gold leaf sellers 72.00 Mace Pickings nom 170.00 N utmegs 80s h &lt; 70.00 HOs 60.00 Cocoanuts per 1,000 50.00 Copra Sundrisd buyers 8.75 Rattans sales 11.15 Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green Snail Shells 13.00 Rice:—
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    EARL’S BROTHER AS A WAITER.
    160 12 “ARTHUR AND TERRY.” Partnership with Exofficer Cocktail-mixer. Guests at the Countess of Annesley’s reception luncheon party were waited on by the brother of an EarL who is a **Captain the Hon The cccktails were mixed by an exregular Army officer prominent in social circles. The
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    ANAEMIA TREATMENT.
    196 12 HOG’S STOMACH MAY REPLACE LIVER DIET. A preliminary report by Dr. Wilkinson, of Manchester R yri Infirmary, quoted in the British M-d'cal Journal, suggests that hog’s stomach may replace liver in the treatment of pernicious anaemia. A series of nine c ises were divided into three groups, which
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    FORETOLD HIS DEATH.
    208 12 AGED DEAN DEPRIVED OF A GREAT JOY. Dr. T. C. Fry, Dean of Lincoln sine* 1910, died in his 84th year with th** great ambition of his life unfulfilled—‘he completion of the work of restoring Lincoln Cathedral, one of the finest Gothic structures in B itain. He
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    Porridge and the Teeth.
    152 12 Sheffield University, where a vast amount of interesting research work is being carried out, has made, according to th** Medical Research Council, a discovery that is likely to cause grave disquiet in Scotland. It is that oatmeal promotes the deciy of teeth. Hot on the heels
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    LAW LORD AND “USELESS” CROWN APPEAL.
    160 12 Some Outspoken Advice To The Authorities. Announcing the decision of the Hiuse of Lords dismissing an income tax appeal brought by the Crown against the Burma Corporation, Ltd in the House of Lords Lord Dunedin said. “It is really high time —ind I say
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    AS IN HOLY RUSSIA.
    156 12 MYSTIC BEAUTY OF A CHURCH SERVICE. "Thon OLordknowest their names.' 9 This sen’ence w s used in p ace of the usual recit. 1 of nam*s, in a requiem mass sung at tie Rms ?n Buckingham Palace-road, S. W., for the 500 ex-officers of tte former
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    Controlling Drug Traffic.
    109 12 LEAGUE CAMPAIGN PLAN. The League of Nations Advisory Committee on Opium, which has been devising a plan to limit the manufacture of narcotic drugs, which could be the b.sfe of a conference of leading manufacturing and consuming countries, adopted the subcommittee’s recommendations. The main points are I.—That
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    BOTH WIVES AGREE.
    172 12 BIGAMIST TO KErP TWO FAMILIES. A string of bigamy cases cime before the Recorder at the Old Bailey. One man, William Murrell, 55, a plereotyper, had proved such an admirable husband to both bis wives that each was willing tn take him back again. He bad kept
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    "Telling off” A General.
    163 12 LOOK HERFi OLD MAN CURRIE Major General JEB Seely, in his antebiography. ‘‘Adventure,’’ jut-t published, has many good stories to tel), but perhaps the bed is that of a corporal who told tff” a general General Sir Arthur Currie was explaining that Seely had had a
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    Blazing Liner In Harbour.
    42 12 BEFO2Z SHE SANK—Au air view of. the North German Lloyd liner Muenchcn burning at Lcr Leith in New York Harbour, following a series of explosions in her hold. The ship had docked two hours before with 267 passengers.
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      254 12 Pfl Cuticura Ointment i Pure, Soothing and Healing Soft, smooth skin and a scalp that is in healthy condition is assured you i by using this OINTMENT, together with CUTICURA SOAP. Do a not trifle with itching, burning and scaly skin affections —eczema and dandruff —banish by applying this effective
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      132 12 SUBURBAN HEIGHTS—THE HIDE-OUT. JL "A yj- r e 'W° UD r *O-1 mUQ rAMFC UP FEELING PUCKS HASTILY LISTENS ANXIOUSLY HEARS STEPS COMING SfrY DIRTY FROM WTO COAT CLOSET AS WIFE GOES TO TOWARD COAT CLOSET. TOESCAPE. POOR. SEES LADY CALLER LdinIVhEPE GETS AT front door- Jo^ 5 e gets
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    NOT ONE CHURCH TO REMAIN.
    250 13 GODLESS RUSSIA, Kerensky On Persecution Of Religion. MR. Kerensky, who was head of the Russian provisional Government of 1917, speaking at the Oxford Luncheon Club, said that not less than five people were shot daily in Russia at the present time. The third period in
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    13 HEARTS—ONE DIAMOND BED!
    79 13 A story for bridge players, as reported in the “Central News” from New York— Mr. Stafford, after dealing j glancing carelessly at his hand, noticed it was all red.’ So, with- J out further inspection, he bid One Diamond just to get the game started.’ The
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    A “Spoilt” City.
    107 13 "HAS MANCHESTER REACHED ITS ZENITH?” Speaking at a Inncbeon at Manchester, at which the question, Has Manchester reached its zenith was discussed. Sir Kenneth Stewart. Chairman of the Lancashire Cotton Corporation, declared that Lancashire had teen spoilt by past prosperity and had got into the habit of
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    Dog Banished From A Town.
    103 13 DEATH IF HE RETURNS. Banishment or death On behalf of her Alsatian dog, Miss Marjorie Hall, a well known Skegness lawn tennis player, bad to make this decision at the locjl police court after the magistrates had heard a complaint that the animal had attacked
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      212 13 (CAST Soil and Rainwater Pipes i f—U tkwwta Single Double a ••cKaflt Socket Socket Socket ®r»4 x &lt;•»•&lt; Eared plain Plain PUU OHOm I 0 rW i s &gt; No. 1 Rain Water Pipes, in 6 feet lengths. I' 2*. 2j\ 3" aod i" diameter. J 5 Guaranteed in conformity
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      11 13 "Of course I’ll have another one, I do like Martell's brandy!"
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      67 13 otorists t I; R O V Vdcp To 1 I» I it Ijoil -«a&gt;» Xe Ca* w V o\ M« AIIMU M- r PER ffliWr I O N ill mu Hiii I I Ok mU u i In I 111 I Wllulß 4 ''llfl r(umß Hi m\»l VII 111 /II
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      60 14 ~p v &lt;n*/. V 0* Z /V \a when discerning (y ADVERTISERS RELY ON THE I SUNDAY GAZETTE BECAUSE ■*W4S ■■Fa K'S STI B' WHwly KSiWi up -"WW-* 8 IS Hi ilj W Mr* w® H’l ■a wwTY I &gt;g,7&gt;g SL«a j? &lt; I \f|S®L' I I &lt; &gt; EJr
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      220 14 jflg g=.r Wearne Brothers, Ltd., &gt; AGENTS FOR I Di SOTO CARS AND FARGO TRUCKS ,1 (Chrysler Motors Product) r li 8 Proved and Established By its j Host of Owners. De Soto Six $2,120 Fargo Truck $1,950 1 jgF—3B^=^^=^jm ii. I ii j r at Grand Hotel Brastagi (4,800
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      189 14 gi .TiirTBUMaTTi ig I Humour As I I Others See It. Mfjft “Have I given you the right hat and coa*\ sir g “No —thank jou very much.”—Wahre I Jakob, Berliu. o. f X/ I rT-n 9 “My lawyer says that last month I spent £9B 18$. 3 “Does that
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    Our London Letter.
    1630 15 Ersatz Preussen: Germany's Wonder Cruiser. A Rheumatism Clinic. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, February 27. THE Queen this week opened the British Red Cross Society’s new clinic in the Regent’s Park district. Built on the site of an old Baptist chapel, the clinic still bears some churchlike
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      189 15 I ’HE same Tobacco j J in a different .5 form. “CAPSTAN” j (Rubbed Up) Tobacco J ready for use. No f trouble, no teasing, r «imply fill your pipe. J Aloxite Cloth In Economy Rolls &gt; E o: &lt; dHEB Why buy abrasive g Q BpOgl cloth in sheets
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      215 15 &lt; I J wLlh I fell i'll I' 1 I'*l ill l Hull II A i s 11 1 1 i 111 Ml II I 111 I'l Ii i |&gt;! iKHj Kloster BEER SOLE AGENTS: Henry Waugh CcLtd., I 7T Ii rfwbl lIFf a TOBRA&3O RICO SO EASY TO WASH
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      1445 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE c .m&lt;»ip i.ine INTENDED SAILINGS FROM PENANG. J; DOI/LAJR, STEAM MjiFlll/ WEEKLY SERVICE. LONDON N. CONTINENT. i &lt;And AMERICAN MAIL LINE AENEAS Mar. 27 Marseille». London, Rott,rdam and Glasgow. i, es^ r L‘ TEUCER Apr. 3 L indon, Rotterdam and H»mburg. ,J fcSl ‘i MENELAUS Apr.
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      696 16 P. 0.-BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Companies Incorporated in Enolind) MAIL PASSENGER AND CARGO SSRVr -n Peninstrfaf and Oriental S, H. Co., under con* p enano &gt; k tract with His Majesty’s Gwernment, London 9 l J®£’ l Br d c wcttenl ’a«.lfaia to udFtftetMailSenke. Outwards tram Man far China
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