Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 November 1930

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY >Jo. 266. VOL. LXXXVIII WEDNESDAY, 19th NOVEMBER !93O. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      442 1 t.nagatT brothers dentists Head Office next to The Dispensary. Office 52, Leith Street y i a T **x~* ■teY-* fcT d trYa %T< fcY< aY< hT< hYs »j< rp *j* \1’ ’i’ rr ir n? p i? nr n w p a w p a’ tt a’ w p x’
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      104 1 H. TOKISATSU STUDIO with up-to-date Photoby electric light, ’Phone 772, «8, 70 t BISHOP STREET, > PENANG. t -fisagssesaaas t 1 aessas? W£! ALL MESHES Sime, Darby Company, Limited, BUILDING MATERIAL and ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 1—* W— I S ®r i0 wi vanll 0 I ®F I 1 ftsl >'- E
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      1180 2 POSITIONS WANTED dp RE AUTF CCRSUS 1931 Wanted A Billet. Well Experienced 23, Bishop Stre t. Penang. Notice of Planting to Factory, Holding got d TEL. 1408. reference?, w’sbes to take up a Division c Baths for 1- Notice is hereby given that a in-charge or small Estate, about l.OCO
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      897 2 BANKS ~ggS.W.ln.F" SELANGOR TURF CLUB **1 S-SiSB-f..,. “S= AMATEUR RACE MEETING. S p—. SS F,iday 5lh 3ni1 s rJiir 61b De b Bead Office:—HONGKONG. ENTRIES close at 3 p.m. on Monday 1st De«mk Branches and Agencies *«uuay 181 December 193() Amoy Bangkok, Batavia, Bombay, Calcutta, B Canton, Colombo, Chetoo, Dairen.
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    BISHOPS’ QUICK WOOING
    241 3 THREE LAMHIlT I CONFERENCE BR l>Es AT least three bisLops have found romance in the Lambeth Conference. They came to London bi cbelors and they are t<ku g wives back with them. The 3C0 delegates arrived in Junr, and all but a handful have now returned to
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    New Cars for Old.
    139 3 LATEsT BODIES ON AGED MODELS A Paddington coecbbuilder has discovered a new industry. He provides new bodies on old cars. “Many people,” he said to a “Sunday Express” representative “do not like to be seen with an old car, yet they cannot afford to replace it
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    Colleens Refuse
    109 3 NO MOR-2 RETURNING FROM U.S. FOR HUSBANDS Irish giria who have made good in the United States are no longer returning home to seek husbands. In the past it was theambitioo of every colleen who emigre! to accumulate a few hund»’ a d coundB. return to the Ould
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    That’s Peer—That Was!
    61 3 That’s Peer —That Was! HOP POWER IN A 135 MILES WALK Mr. George Cumming', the famous long distance walker, is tn •’•alk from Lmdon to Barton-on- Trent, 135 mile 3 tn test the sus'a ning q iali.i»s of beer. He will drink four pints of beer to each fifty mil»
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      217 3 M&ALLL1 MT$ M v f fmy v Aw J a B v i ZfS ’3p£*C jK' jsTjgpSs •*'"3S t•.*•■ A/ 228®-''"--Lv^#® L I1-* Ww AGENTS 2 Tl L LTERN AGENCIES U2 TT -~v4 ■<■ ~W»idlMJ*i L J Cl/yon WILL m*.-. |k (> txJ *h e re^res hed feeling that f
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      137 3 INSOMNIA MONG the most frequent causes **di u simnia is excessive sharp ness of hearing. Many people lie awake at night listening intently withe ut actually knowing that they are listening. They are the people who suff r greatly fr< m the traffic noises of busy city streets, but who
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      322 3 «—saw—- nimni I n I Poppy Day 1930. i I JT O U R t 1 ii Messrs. Brown, Phillips i Ct "S3 d*"'\ T T J and Stewart, No. la, L R y Penang Street, Penang, (j I r\ are The Honorary Trea- r\ I 1/ Bnrers the above
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    Once Upon A Time Animals Were Tried For Murder
    431 4 IF the Lull that recently gored a farm labourer to death had done the earn" thing two or three hundred years ago it would have been promptly arrested and tried for homicide. History abounds with instances of the indictment, trial, sentence
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    The Island that Does Not Like to Be Visited
    241 4 Rockell, a tiny island three hundred miles cut in the Atlantic thr.t appears mysteriously to charge its shape, is the only rock in British water», dangerous to eh pping, that defies all eff rt to erect a light upon it and
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    Jade for Luck
    113 4 OLD-FASHIONED CHARMS POPULAR AGAIN Lucky black cats, billikins, hearts, fishes, swastikas, an 1 other charms, which were worn by the Edwardian?, have returned to favour after twenty years. They are being used for earrings, choker?, cuff link?, buttons, and hat ornaments. Billikins and Buddhas are popular as
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    Fortune for a Butler
    179 4 MARRIED HIS 72-YEAR OLD EMPLOYER New York, October 18 Butler, soldier, husband of an American millionaires —and now a widower with a substantial and ersured income. These are phates in the life romance c f Juhn burden a middle-age 1 Scotsman, whose elopement two years ago
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    Channel Heroes
    108 4 U. S. MEMORIAL TO THE DOVER PATROL New York is to have a memorial to the Dover Patrol, the foies that kept the English Channel comparatively free of enemy submarines during the war, and provided so many romantic stories of heroism and ingenuity at sea. The memorial will
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    The Water Cure
    36 4 When a woman, who complained at Willesden Police Court of feeling unwell was asked if she would like a drink, she replied: What of?” A policeman: Water. The womar: Oh no. thank yen.
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      132 4 Something is Sure to Suggest Itself »RiTCHABDS Penangs Recognised Gift StoreNOW is the time to select your Christmas Presents Do not wait until the rush of the days just before Xmas which often mean disappointment. Nowhere; in the Country is such a varied assortment of goods to be found. Departments
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      164 4 ’’BOSCH” Plugs have proved to be best on the read in the air and on the sea. FOO CHEONG COMPANY, Building Contractors, Furniture Makers, Painters, Polishers and Signboard Writers, Workshop aud Office, Show Room, 158, Hutton Lane, 97, Bishop Street. ’Phone 1248. Open Day and Night, ’Phone 868. Dining Room
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      202 4 .MJ.I i -mi o IMPORTANT ,j() -A NOTICE V* e Slazenger Tennis Balls uJ 0 are packed in hermetic- a M ally sealed cylindrical X J q tins, in which the air rt (1 v pressure is equal to a .W* >1 i A V that in the balls. Hence
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    MILLIONAIRE’S VISIT TO SHANGHAI
    629 5 PHILANTHROPIST FROM SINGAPORE $350,000 for Nanking Hospital Mr Aw B on Haw, Chinese phil nthrrpiet and mubi-tniilionaire of Singapo e, went to '“■trngbai on October 20 from Dairen, ffter hiving made an extensive tour throughout Indo Ch n’» Fornarg!», Japau« K re?, Marchuria and North China.
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    The following communication appears in the Johore Government Gazette issued on Thursday :-
    54 5 The following communication appears in the Johore Government Gazette issued on Thursday —“lt is notified ter g*neal information th«t a telegram has received from H. H. the Sultan announc ing the fact of his mar and decision to confeer on hi* wife the rank and title °f Sultanah cf Johore
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    A number of interesting civil suits are down for hearing in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court during the present and next month.
    123 5 A well-known local lawyer baa brought a suit for damages against another he.) member of the profession, and the case will ba fix u d for hearing oa
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    667 5 Mr. J. 8. Arter arrived at Pa lang thii momir g frem Pirc Swettenba n by th» s.*. Kintp. Mr. F. J. Maj ger, of the Scotia O 1 O', Singapore, who has been rathei 8er>vosly il’, is now muci batter. Lieut. Waring, R. A., who has
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      41 5 S. P. C. A., Penang. MORE MEMBERS WANTED Join the S.P.C.A. and help protect our dumb friends. Subscriptions may be paid to Mr. T. S. Wilson, Hon. Treasurer, Messrs. Boustead Co.,Ltd., or to Hon. Secretary, 1, Pangkor Road, Penang. Telephone: 1049.
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      365 5 I Poppy boy Fund MAJESTIC I A Tamil Drama J I Sathiawan Savitri I Home of Paramount Pictures I will be staged at the 6-15 To-night 9-30 L TOWN HALL. Paramouni’s All-Talking Drama of the throb- .1 I bing story of the Men behind the Headlines l I PENANG I
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      111 5 <■ jy- Best f ’Phone Sly ”*Hp Sound in j 264. Town S I I TO-NIGHT r JO-NIGHT j 6-15 9-30 p.m. sound jfc±J| system 6-15 9-30 p. m. j Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents Marion Davies io “NOT SO DUMB” I with Elliot Nugent, Raymond Hackett and Sally Starr. 'I Adapted from
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    Owners’ Association of Malaya
    2678 6 Keen Interest Body Already in Existence! Time for Revival By Tic-Tac The fact that it is proposed to form a Race Horse Owners’ Association of Malaya in the near future has aroused keen interest to judge by the number of letters received at this office. As
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    Kiss Breaks a Tooth
    209 6 STRANGE CLAIMS ON AN INSURANCE COMPANY Astonishing claims for compensation are frequently submitted to insurance companies. Here are a few rep>rted by a casualty insurance oncern i i New York as file within the last few weeks, says a inti, week paper. Insured was en'ertai irg
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      17 6 "BOSCH" Plugs have proved to be best on the road, in the air and on the sea.
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      154 6 1 mr. i JO K,y. F' KF’: i V Engine Trouble? Faulty lubrication often leaves the unwary motorist stranded on the road miles from the nearest garage. With CASTROL, however, you n-'P(] not fear a break down of this nature. A good engine deserves CASTROL, a poor one ne»-ds it.
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    PROMINENT CHINESE BUSINESS MAN
    497 7 VIL HEAH JOO SEANG Started Life as a Clerk MR. Heah J’oo Sean?, who delivered ■an address on The Rubber Trade at <i. e Rotary Meeting yesterday is to •i large extent a self made man and j lS risen to his present eminent ixsition from
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    Cruelty to a Bullock
    82 7 TAMIL FINED BY THE POLICE MAG STR ATE Mr. M. V. Pillai, of the Municipal Veteri na-v department, prosecuted a Tamil named Narayanasamy before Mr. Edward Ja-'> in the Second Police Court this mor ning for working a bullock in an unfit Elate, The accused pleaded
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    Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule
    24 7 will be leaving f”■ Singapore during the ■week-end to sit in the Court of Appeal commencing there next week.
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    Mr. Scully Improving
    50 7 >n enquiry at 2 o clock this afternoon we were informed that the condition of Mr. l D. Scully, who had a nasty fall at his house yesterday and whose condition was causing anxiety, was showing slight improvement but that he is still not out of dagger,
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    Dame Clara Butt
    22 7 Dame Clara Butt has accepted the invite toon of the Penang Rotary Club to dinner on Wednesday, December 8.
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    NATIONAL HOME FOR JEWS
    289 7 EVERY OPPORTUNITY Tribute to Development Work London, November 18 During tbe debate in the House of Commons last night on Palestine, tbe Undersecretary for the Colonies Dr Drummond Sbiels, announced that Britain would make itself responsible for Palestine development at a cost of £‘2,500 000 The
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    Poppy Day Fund
    236 7 PROVINCE WELLESLEY ENTERTAINMENTS Life in the Province is just returning to normal after a -trenuou- fortnight spei.: in raising money for Poppy Day Fund. The Chinese fair aud wavopg at Bagan Tuan Ketchil was the first event starting oOctober 31 and con'’r uing till November 2 It
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    Christmas Greeting Telegrams
    157 7 CHEAP RATES By arranc* with the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company. Limited, Christmas Greeting l'e eqrams aidressedto Great Britain »nd N «ribern 1 eland the Irish Free St Me. Australia. Canada, South, East and West Africa India, other parts of the British Empire, Belgium. China. Czechoslovakia Denmark, France,
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    SUGAR STABILISATION
    46 7 European Producers to Hold Conference New York, November 18 Mr Chadbourne. author of the plan to stabilise the Cuban sugar industry, sails on November 20 to attend a Conference of European suguar producers in an attempt to work out a world-wide stabilisation plan. Reuter.
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    ALLEVIATION OF DISTRESS
    326 7 UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE Delay in the Colony URGENT RE1 R satKTA HON THE Malay Mail ha’published tbe following leader on the commoTifp made in the Pinanq Gazelle anent making’ a wider apppal for funds for the relief of the unemployed not only irr the F. M. S but
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    Alieged Wrongful Seizure
    137 7 Alieged Wrongful S eizu r e JUDGMENT RESERV D n the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Jn>tice Sproule reserved judtrient in the two suits in which Lo Kok Lam and Lo Mai Sun sued N. N. Nagappa Chetty f >r damages for the alleged wrongful Seizure of their shops and consequent
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    Barrack Road Nuisance
    72 7 CHINESE CAUTIONED FOR CRYING WARES Goh Peng, a middle aged Chinese, was| charged in the hecond Police Court this morning with cryi’ig and announcing his wares in the prohibited area of Barrack Road yesterday. Goh Peng pleaded guilty. Mr. Chalmers A S. P said that there were
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    COMING EVENTS
    130 7 Nov. 19 Batu Caves Tin Dredging Co Ltd meeting, Henry Waugh Co., Ltd 11.30 a m. Rantau Tin Dredging Co.. Ltd., meeting, Henry W augh Co,, Ltd, noon 21: The Eurasian Association (Penang Branch Annual Meeting P.R C. Pavilion, 4 45 p m. Football match in aid of
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    MALAYA CUP MATCH AT K.L
    93 7 PENANG’S TEAM Cowan and Potter Unable to Travel The following have been selected to represent Penang on Saturday at Kuala Lumpur. J. P. B Whaley J. E. King H. R. Carey W. R S Perrott J. W Cla.k K S Murray Lim Keng Chuan H.
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    European Charged with Dangerous Driving
    126 7 European Ch arged with Dangerous Driving CASE POSTPONED A European Assistant of Messrs Henry Waugh and Co., named H. Peterhans, was to day summoned before Mr. H A Forrer, District Judge, Penang, and charged with 1) driving Motor Car 1’580 in a manner dangerous to the public, along Light Street
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    Municipal Band
    56 7 To-morrow at the Esp’anade at 6 p.m. 1 March A Bunch of Roe s Chapi 2 Oveiture The Wanderer (joal Suppe 3 Select cn The Va«al»..nd King Friml 4 Fox Trot Happy D tys Are Here Aeain Yellen 5 Music From Merchant Of Venice Bosse (a) “Portia”—Intermezzo (b)
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    A general meeting of the Penang Senthamil Valipa Sangham was held at the Sangbam Premises on November 15,
    58 7 at which Mr. V. Kaliapj>a Pillay was unani mously elected President of the Association for the year 1931. The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chair and to Mr.
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    1018 7 PORT OF PENANG Schedule of Principal Line THE following* 18 a list of ref. seis arriving and sailing from Penang during the Id Pert T*-4ay 88 Malacca from Kantang. Ghirb and Pungah and Kantang. Sailed for Kantang. Pang ah, Ghirbi and Kantang to-day at 2 p.m.
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      51 7 Wescogesttnat you c:-k your nearest distributor to show you W the complete line of RAY- n 1 O-VAC Electric Torches jg k and RAY-O-VAC Bat- A teries. There are no better made. Illustrated Catalogue tent without charge upon request. Pon tfouid giw MartaZT* Brandy preference over others as it is
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      322 7 New Advertisements FOR SALE Cbangi wood $50/- per Un. Merbau wood $45/. Tamara wood $40/IAnd vari< ub kinds x cf wood toca $25/ M Datna, Charigha’ j Pasir. Pinarg Pcgak.efc. O’ *t GUAN THYE 94, Weld Qaay. Assessment Notice Under Section 60 of Ordinance No. 135 (Municipal) Notice te hereby
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    30 7 Obituary CAPT. W-LFE MURRAY London, November 19 ie death is announced of Captain James V- ife Murray, ex-Chief of Staff to the I 0 iiumander in Chief in China. —Reuter.
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    DANGEROUS IDEALISM
    541 8 As the Pinang Gazette anticipated the proposals in connection with the so-cdled franchise put forward by the S. S. (Singapore) Association have resulted in hysteria on the part of two of our contemporaries in the southern settlement. In an editorial the Malaya Tribune rebukes the Straits Times for
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    ANTI-STALIN CONSPIRACY
    119 8 Number of Leading ommunists Arrested Berlin, November 19 It is reported from Moscow, following the recent arrest of Syrtzof, the ex-premier of the Soviet Republic, as a result of his attack on Stalin, that a widespread conspiracy against Stalin has been discovered and a number of leading Communists
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    BLUEBIRD PETROL LTD.
    75 8 Trial of Francis Lorang Opens London, November 3 8 The trial opened at the Old Bailey of the financier Francis Lorang. The indictment contains 84 counts and the trial is expected to last a week. The prosecutor alleges that Lorang owes £500,000. Lorang pleaded not guilty. —Reuter.
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    MRS. BRUCE AT SEOUL
    13 8 Seoul, November 18 Mrs, Bruce landed at 3.43 p.m.—Reuter.
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    By the Way.
    1219 8 Penang, Wednesday. HE atmosphere at Singapore is darkened somewhat by the conflict of two mighty organs of public opinion, the Straits Times and the Malaya Tribune. Ami to us it has all the appearance of getting hot under the collar about, nothing. €>T is not often that
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      232 8 JUST RECEIVED SPLENDID SELlCHON OF FIRST QIPLPY CHOCOLATES IN B: Ali.HFULi v DECORATED BOXES Terrys Fullers Maison Lyons Cliftons Meltis In 11b, 21b, 31b and 4'b Boxes. Prices from $2.50 per box. PRITCHARD FCO., L D. ”ju hii i i ||||i|| iiiim i ill I1 /®|1 ■■Ml I HnWIRt I
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      76 8 E. O. HOTEL. t TO-WOff/?OW TO-MORROW TO-MORROW A« »‘.3O p m. sharp At ®30 pm. sharp ta Aid of the St. feorge s Church Fund i !n Aid of the St Gorge s Church Fund w THE PURSE STRINGS THE PURSE STRINGS A powerful play in four acts. A powerful
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    “United States of India” Within the Empire
    880 9 Visualised by a Maharajah Practical Application of Treaties and Alliances No New Powers S )ught Dramatic speeches were made at the resumption of the R >nnd-table Conference yesterdav. The Maharajah of Alwar visualised a United States of India within the Empire and said
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    PRINCE OF WALES
    107 9 Leaving by s s. Oropesa for South America London, November 18 It is officially announced that the Prince of Wales accompanied by Prince George, will travel on the ss. “Oropesa,” leaving Liverpool on January 15 for South America. They will spend January 27 at Bermuda, January 31
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    KING HUSSEIN
    47 9 Report of Death Denied London, November 18 An official telegram from Cyprus where King Hussein .is ill denies the report from Baghdad that he is dead and states that his condition is unchanged.— Reuter. An earlier message from Baghdad stated that King Hussein had died
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    BANK IN LIBERIA
    76 9 Part of United States Trading Co. Akrons (Ohio), November 19 The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company announces that the first American bank in Liberia will be established at Monrovia. The new institution, which the President of Liberia designated as the Republic’s Official Bank, will be part of
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    D.O.—X. FLYING BOAT
    70 9 To be Equipped With Rolls Royce Engines London, November 18 It is reported that new British engines are to replace the engines already installed in the big German flying boat DO.—X. It is understood that Dr. Dornier negotiated, while in England last week, for the equipment of
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    NANKING-MUKDEN UNDERSTANDING
    190 9 Expression of High Ideals CHANCE OF ATTAINMENT Shanghai, November 18 Commenting on the comprehensive programme drawn up by the Nanking special committee, beaded by Marshal Chiang Kaishek for tbe reorganisation of tbe present system of government and machinery for wiping away corrupt practices and for the improvement of
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    FOUR PER CENT BEER!
    77 9 Bill to be Introduced into U.S. Senate New York, November 18 Contrary to the belief based on advance information about the Law Enforcement Commission’s decisions the New’ York Times learns that the commission voted bv 7to 4 in favour of a modification of the Volstead Law,
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    ITALIAN BUDGET DEFICIT
    48 9 Cabinet Reducing State Salaries Rome, November 18 Faced with a budgetary deficit of 000 lire for the fi-st four months of the financial year the Cabinet has decided to reduce the salaries of all State employees from 12 to 35 per cent according to grade.—Reuter
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    BRITISH FORCES IN CHINA
    49 9 Sufficient to Protect Interests London. November 18 In the House of Commons during question time, at the conclusion of an enumeration of British forces in China, r. Shaw repeated that there were sufficient British troops there to protect British interest and particularly British lives. —Reuter.
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    IMPERIAL CONFERENCE FAILURE
    160 9 Industrial Committee’s Statement ECONOMICS SUBORDINATED London, November 18 The Executive Committee of the National Council of Industry and Commerce, of which Sir William Morris is Chairman, has issued a statement in which it savg that it is dismayed at the failure of the economic side of the
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    UNEMPLOYMENT IN AMERICA
    140 9 CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $6,000,000 New York November 18 An emergency employment commission has opened a campaign to raise #6.000,000 to relieve the unemployed in New Y’ork. The Mayor’s unemployment commission announced that they would buy 4 500.030 lb. of food to feed the needy until January 1
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    AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY
    92 9 Text of Government Bill Issued London, November 18 The text is issued of the Government’s Hours Industrial Employment Bill for the purpose of implementing the Washington Convention of 1919 Bill which is not rigid. The limits of the statutory working hours for industrial workers are eight any
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    RAILWAY ECONOMICS
    69 9 Scheme for Staff Reductions Submitted London. November 18 A scheme for the reduction of wages of railway shops and stores’ staffs was submitted yesterday by the managers to the unions. These are estimated to represent a saving of £1,700 000 a year making, with the proposed reduction in
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    STOP PRESS
    63 9 Cairo, November 18 The Government has decided to restrict the cultivation of sakellarides to 40 per cent of the total cotton area for the next three years.— Reuter. Tukio November 19 Owing to Mr. Haungachi’s satisfactory progress no further official bulletins will he issued. It is hoped he
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    Tin Industry Still in the Doldrums
    727 10 To-Day’s Company Meetings Batu Caves and Rantau Tin Dredging Reduced Profits and No Dividends The fourth annual general meeting of shareholders of the Batu Caves Tin Dredging Company, Limited, was held at 11.30 a.m. to-day at the others of* Messrs. Henry Waugh and Co.,
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    RANTAU TIN DREDGING
    1096 10 Mr. D. A. M. Bro wn also presided tolay at the s’x'.h annual general meeting of shareholders of the Rantau Tin DredgCompany, Limited which was b**ld at the cffices of Meters H a nry Waugh Co. Ltd. at noon. Others present at the meeting were: Mr. A.
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    SINGAPORE PRICES
    61 10 LONDON STANDARD (LOOSE.) S.R. Sheet 14 1 cts per pound =perp\ 119/66 Qni?\ London 4 9/16 1 New York 9| ct?. (gold) (By Courtesy of Messrs. Allen Denny s). General Produce Agency Ltd Singapore Prices for Stand*»'’ Ribbed Smoked Sheet tor to-day are as folio 8 Spot 141
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    Tin Outputs
    27 10 For First Half of November S’put Tin Co., Ltd. Piculs t Tong‘«ah Harbour Tin Drelging Co. N.L. Fiom 9;h to 15th November (One week) Piculs
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    TIN PRICES
    67 10 Messrs. Boustead dt Co., Ltd. I 19 h Nev. quotation for Singapore! nfiied tin $58-62$ per picul, business! dene 150 tons, Penang refined tin! $58 37$ per picul, buy*>nj n0 sellers, unrefined tin $57-62$ per picul, I tin ore $57-62$ per picul. The following were the rubber quotations
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    71 10 (Rugby Radio Sirviob) London, November 18 Paris. 123.66: New York. 4.85H Brussels. 34.83; Gteneva. 25.04; Ams 12.06; Milan. 92.75; Berlin, 80.38 Stockholm. 18.09 Copenhagen, 18.16; O’o. 18.15; Vienna. 34.48 Pr«vue 1631: Helsingfors, 193; Madrid, 43.80; Lisuon 108.25; A *beni. 375 Bucharest, 818; Rio, 4« Bueme Aires. 38icd: Monte
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    LEADING BROKERS’ SHARE LIST
    203 10 TU-i>AX S PRICES The following were the latest quotations m MESSRS. KENNEDY 4 Go’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day Yesterday T -day 2i g c SHASB8. *5 >, b T- o X OS OQ 02 I e. Io. Ic. Io. Rubber (Dollar). Allenby -8'1 -90
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    TIN AND RUBBER
    59 10 Latest Louin, New York and Local Prices T//V: LONDON Spit £113-5 0 Down £1-15-0 1 Months’ £114-10 0 Down £1-17-6 SINGAPORE $58.62i per picul Unchanged 150 tons done RUBBER: London 4 0/16 d. Down 1/16 d. Rew York 9} c. (Gold) Unchanged Local 14 J cts. Down
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    118 10 Penang. November 19, 1J30, t ore. Benaroi Optam ft, eheti notn 5»000.00 Cloves Gold leaf eelien 72,00 Mace Picking nona 170.00 Nutmege 80a 70.00 U0b 1 $0.00 Cocca its per 1,000 15 00 uopift 6.45 Ijtetta&l eaies 11.15 R>itta&9 Qosfae j0 CO Green Snail Shells w 134» Rice*
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    EXCHANGE
    69 10 Ptnang, November 19. 1980» (Bw CkmrtMV T>.« Chartered Bank.) On London Bank Demand 2/3 I h 4 m ti 2/8 29/32 Private 3 m/ti credit 2’4 I H 8 H Documen’-wy 2 4 < On New York Bank Demand 56 France T.T. M25 India T.T. 1554 «Bangkok T.T. 78nom
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      34 10 I IRjunnymede Hotel The Cheerful Hotel TO-NiGHT dinner-dance REMINDER I PRACTICE REELS To-morrow. 5-30 p. m. MUSIC in the LOUNGE every Saturday morning and Sunday evening. runnymede hotel, ltd., George Goldsack, Manager. 'Pho»e 543.
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      542 10 Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd. Circular Letter Balance Sheet Position at September 1930 The following circular has been sent to Shareholders on the Eistern Regli'. of Consolidated Tin Smelters Ltd. I have to advise having received a cable from our London Offic» stating that the Directors* Report and Accounts will be
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    SIR GEORGE MAXWELL ON RUBBER
    1430 11 SONE STRAIGHT TALKING “Survival of Fittest’’ or “Suicide Pact” It is difficult to thick of our former Chief Secretary, Sir George Maxwell, K. P.E., C.M.G., as the director of a rubber company. But that is what he is to-day, and if he had more directors
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    Plea for Indulgence
    315 11 MEMORANDUM OF APPEAL AGAINST JUDGMENT A motion for an extension of time for the filing of a memorandum of appeal against a judgment of Mr. Justice Stevens was maae in tie Supreme Court on November 17 before Mr. Jascice Palgrave Simpson. Mr. Stuart Bell appeared for the
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      188 11 jpssPmJTOW J£i *££3£ W—lh hl III II ,llLLW IMITATORS naturally only choose good and universally I popular products for their prejudicial trale. S BAYER'S ASPIRIN ZT\ I jvo y s is also frequently imitated. k Be careful to buy only BAYER’S ASPIRIN in the original packing with the <| world-famous
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      201 11 ELIMINATION IS NOT ENOUGH nt PHOSFERINE X 1/ HEALTH SALT Tones as \0 1 I y it cleanses t d°- n Invigoration must accompany the regular daily removal of the causes /r&ss>' constipation, and this is now accomplished by Phosf erine r Health Salt, with total freedom fioin the enervating
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      M S. PEPYS’S DIARY
      754 12 Monday.—-At my reading, to my great f tigfaction, do c .me upon an easy way of cleaning p°nv akin, and other short 1 aired furs. Thia 1 bop-3 to be useful to many who reid here in my diary, sirce these furs are to be worn
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      OUTGROWN: BUT STILL USEFUL
      444 12  -  BY ELIZABETH EDGAR One of the problems of the children’s last-year clothes is that usudly they are outgrown, and it often happens that they are banded down to the next in ez or pats’d onto another family where such a gift is much appreciated. Bat for
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      HAVE YOU MET HER?
      461 12  -  BY VIOLET DISMOR?. I was out walking with my friend Jennifer the o;her day when suddenly gripped my arm and hurried me into a si<U street. “Q lick, before she sees uel” ehe gasped. ‘’Whatever is the matte»?” I asked. 'Went have you been doing? Why—”
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      ALL FROM ALMONDS
      507 12  -  BY KATHLEEN KETTLE Although almond trees are chiefly on account of the beauty of their pale pink, rose pink and sometimes white blossoms, the almond itself—the seed of the plant—is by no means to be despised. Its delicate flavour and value as food are not so widely
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      Satin and Hopsack
      61 12 I would be difficult to find a frcck more serviceable this design in bottle green hops ck, which is as pretty as it is practical. There is a long bolero effect with extra-wide revere. The vest as well as the cuffs are made from strips of satin
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      RINGS, NECKLACES —AND HANDCUFFS!
      498 12  -  BY JOAN ROSSITER To RO with Autumn frocks and coat?, Mayfair salons are producing jewellery which ere rich in colour, h->Hvy in weight—and, at their best, semiprecious. Handcuffs consisting of tqnares of white gold, are modish. Some are punctuated with coloured stone?, and the larger these
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      Owner of Bush House
      123 12 £16,600 CUSTOMS CHFQUE FOR WIPES JEWELS The American Customs rfficials have ju,t cashed a cheque for £16 600 bearing the s goature of Mr. Irvine T. Bush, the owner cf Bush House. Aldwycb (Lonaon), the amount representing duty and fines paid on jewellery. A few weeks
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      GLASS IS A GOOD FRIEND
      530 12  -  BY OLGA WRiq Ht For many years now nk* I helped to preserve and I Of our furniture, and the c I wife has been saved endless wol? 0 1 I the problems of ecratched I Uble tops by this invaluable S I It is
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      New Burma Aerodrome
      247 12 BASSEIN LANDING GROUND FOR R. A. F. Bassein, November 1 The project of constructing an aerodrome at Bassein bad been under coni'-de-a'ion fcr some time and was eve tually taoctioned by the lodla aunt “‘«uiid.lle of.b« ye*' estimated cost of Ke. will ba an emergency boding str
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    ETON’S “BIRCH MAN” DIES
    333 13 ETON’S BIRCH MAN” DIES FUSEE,” THE MAN THEY LOVED—AND FEARED Painful Memories Memories—some of them painful—will be stirred in all Old Etonians throughout the world by the news of the death of Mr. Willi m Hal), more familiarly known as FuseeT who as schrol meseerger at Eton College frr forty-five
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    Joan Bull Is Slimmer Now
    167 13 BARGAINS IN 17-ISCH CO! LARS The beefy, bull-necked type of Englishman who gave aldertranic bar qu?ts their appearance of solidity will soon be as dead 98the dodo. Golf and abstemiousness from the roast beef and strong ale of old England are rapidly extinguishing him. One
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    203 13 THOUSANDS SEEKING CULTURE Ycurg men and women a-e becoming more Bericua minded. F gures of the enrolments at evenirg classes show that a thirst for knowledge is spreading. The main demar d is not for technical knowledge or business training but gereial culture. In London 80,COO young
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      421 13 xz. 10» FREE FROM f 0 l/i ANIMAL X FATS. ONTAIM8 />* RO LA«O M HO OTMf ANIMAL OIL on r AT. 1W' «CALOS 'SPRAINS PULS 1\\ I PIMPlfS fCTffMA BAD UG5 JQ I V <*l Cl H MINT. WORM CHAPPI {> AMDS 'S •IX 1 |4L <• HASH! S
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      13 13 Pou should give Martell's Brandy the preference over others as it is superlative.
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      257 13 1 'OW'»- J I ~-y /r 1 I I F I I 1 THE loveliest I I fif |f WOMEN IN THE I WORLD ARE I USING EXQUISITE 1 LUX TOILET SOAP I t? 'Shflliifc' t Beautiful film stars, I know the value of a smooth, 1 lovely skin, use
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    TREES WITH A PAST
    485 14 TLERE is a wealth of history and romance in the grand old trees of England. The Oak of Luccombe, Somerset, which has been puzzling the villagers b cause it never its leave»*, was strong and sturdy 200 years ago, but although it was commented on by
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    Women Demand More Rights
    148 14 AND MAKE THEMSELVES TROUBLESOME A vichnt sex war is raging rrund the international delegates at Gentv*. It is being carried on by a feminist organisation called the “Equal Rights International,*’ formed in cot junction with the British “Six Point Group.’’ to recure for women all over
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    Animal Census
    109 14 “COUNT NG THE CHICKENS” ALl over tee world A world census of agiici’tural reeour cea, which it ia estimated will take two years to complete has been started under the guidance if Dr. Leon M. Estabrook the Agrtcu tural Commissioner of the United States Department of Agr culture.
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      246 14 Sore Throat We are never without FORMAMINT —a little common-sense protection is all that matters.” Mrs. R.J. —W. Formamint cures Sore Throat» J \/A prevents infectious diseases, such as: INFLUENZA llHIIHiir DIPHTHERIA TONSILITIS x f0 R MAM IH]* Obtalndbla at all Chamuta. Ths Germ-killing Throat Tablets MMWWW—TOKM—KSS—- ~tW- ;S*89ffiiSS£JE ISiSlEEH
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      15 14 You should give Martell's Brandy ths pref er sues over others as it is superlative.
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      249 14 Pinkcttes Once a Week, Bring bloom to her cheek. f ja The bloom of a dew-freshened rose is not acquired from boxes 11 or in expensive beauty parlours. No greater untruth has XV ever been uttered than the old adage that “beauty is only VAX skin deep.” The beauty that
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    MARKET PRICES
    631 15 CH0WRA8TA MAR BET. Penang, November 19, 1930. Mutton ote. Mutton Indian ?er to 56 Head Sheep or foat each 1-30 Liver with heart A iuvg do 1A0 Trip*» do 100 Goat or Sheep per lb 56 Sweet Bread pair 40 Suet 46 > idney pair BO Feet tee
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      795 15 East Asiatic Co., Ltd. jWT 1%/H (Incorporated in Denmark.) «dMLk sBbk. jJHhk Sw Royal Packet Navigation Company. OUTWARDS. P J Fnr q [.Incorporated in Holland] hor Tort 8 wet ten ham, Singapore, m q -v < and Bangkok. Telephone No. 582. Telegrams: Paketvaart. Dae Penang, nja Fionia Nov 28 HOMEWARDS.
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      764 16 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE INTENDED SAIT INGS FROM PENANG. WEEKLY 8ERVI0E. LON DON N. CONTINENT. x TER8KU Nov 20 Marseilles. Lou ion, Ro’tordau aid Hamburg. Th i w iAl AS Nov 27 Amiteraam London -nd Hamburg r RECTOR Do 4 Marseilles, London, Rotterdam ani jlaagiw I ANCHTSE3 Dee. 11 Mant-illett.
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      620 16 S DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE dind AMERICAN MAIL LINE i F>’i A J TRANS PACIFIC ROUND THE WORLD to '8v >Sn:i» .nW To Colombo, Atniindria, N.ple-, J Lm Angeles via Hoooluln. Gere, Marseilles, New York J PRES. TAFT Dec. 2 and Boston. PRES. JEFFERSON Dec. 16 p?ES. VAN RUREN Nov. 28
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