Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 March 1932

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY No. 63. VOL. LXXXX. FRIDAY, 18th MARCH, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 313 1 Oagata BBOxHEJS I dentists Utad Office next |o The Diepeniary. I Office 52, Leith Street Dollar Exchange Tables STERLING into DOLLARS DOLLARS into STERLING l££) JS~L «s W*-’ ASCENDING IN I W mw Sixty-Fourths of a Penny f I, Price $6 each I I a l‘ \r\ j Obtainable at
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    • 14 1 H.TOKISATSU STUDIO with up-to-date FhoWgraphy by electric light» 7noa« Hl. TO, BISHOP BTBMT, PHIUNth
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1649 2 oJ„ O Z ZZ A EA VE A HOLIDAY THIS EASTER? bungalow, gerage, sta. A” d! f V the Bath Road, 21 miles from Hyde ki 6 10, Hargraves Road, p arb ar d only 25 minutes’ run by CONCESSION oompou bouse. train from Paddington. e*t I I r"> m
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  • 436 3 IN AN3IENT EGYPT People Suffered from Illnesses of To-day By X-raying Egyptian mummies, erperts at the Field Museum, Chicago, hare found that many of these ancient kings and courtiers once suffered from just the same illnesses which afflict people to-day. Rickets was a common trouble amongst
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  • 261 3 RELATIVE’S STORY OF HIS WANDERINGS A STRANGE narrative of a young man’s disappearance, feared death by drowrirg and return after more than a year’s silence, was told in a village near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. It is the story of Mr. Noel Austin Harvey, whose
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 211 3 Kennedy Patent Bar Bending Machines W'*tig-' ri ■mar’anr L .<•-• >r Bfaf r 444 uWi J i !K> > f L> So. 2 GEARED. As arranged for bending 34 to 1-in, with gear and racket, Rowing check stop for finish of bend. I Bars Bent Cold up to in. Diameter
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    • 83 3 :i—■ The firm which eliminates or radically curtails its advertising at this time in the interest of economy is pursuing a shortsighted policy,” declares Dr. Julius Klein, Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Department of Commerce. The Pinang Gazette and Sunday Gazette arg always pleased to bring their experience of
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  • 360 4 SHE SA YS LOSER DID NOT LOSE TWO young men met in «he bosing rirg ai Hameremith Bathe, W., before a thousand excited, ehcuting m*n and a ccol, unmoved young woman. Before the e x rcunda contests started the M.C. g vs a little hietoricil
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  • 323 4 TRAMCARS WITH VERY LATEST IN COMFORT When you ride on the newest —and b ggeet—L. C. 0. tramcars you w.H not be fotced to stare at a feHow-passenger if be 'or she) is unattractive. Ccmfortabl“ bucket seats cf a reversible type will enable you to stare
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 254 4 BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! Stocked in Many Sections VIZ Classics, General Knowledge, Medical Science, Dictionaries, Sports, Biographies, Fiction, d Children s Books, Etc., EtO., Etc., PRICES From few Cents to Dollars FOUNTAIN PENS From World s Famous Makers AS L. G. Sloan Co., Ltd Waterman’s Fountain Pens” Mabie. Todd Sons. Ltd.
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    • 203 4 CREAM JThih It Cleanses g 1 You cleanse your skin j regularly —why not pro- k f tect it as you cleanse it? Cutiessra Soap g contains the medicinal, s antiseptic and healing g f ~i—— qualitiesofCuiieura. i" *****111 >* hu;! h h I > it is soothing, fragrant B
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  • 1714 5 Punitive Expeditions Red Activity While Nation Defends Itself Many Cities Threatened 7 m efforts of General Chan Chai-tong to organise puiitir' > i/'editions to wipe out the Communist hordes in f idii Honan and Hupeh, are meeting with some success. p.i'ir we hare culled extracts from the
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  • 335 5 Secrets of, the Royal Tombs of Jericho THE Royal tombs of the Kings of Jericho have been found by Professor John Garstang, director of the Marston Archaeological Expedition, Sir Charles Marston has received a report of the discovery which states that the tombs contain large
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  • 459 5 Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Pickering have returned to Singapore from their honeymoon at Frisei’s Hill. Mr. O. E. Collinge, manager in Singapore of Joseph Travers and Sons, is going home on leave by the Carthage. Mr. L. J. B. Madden, of Taiping, who has been on
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  • 1056 5 The following passengers are pro ceeding per C.irthsge on Saturday, for Colombo and Europe: Master Olarke. Mr A J Mclntosh, Mr R K Hepburn, Mr OE Colling?, Mr E J McNaughton, Mr 9 H Cuming Bul-r, Mr R E Inc*, Miss E Ardern, Mr and Mrs C S
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  • 227 5 Tiie m 8. Erria wiil leave Penarg to-merrow noon with the following Olraits passenger:: Mr F T Egm, M* and Mrs C R von HoLz, Mr aud Mrs r£ dei Hercog, Mrs T Roller, Mr and Mrs W F M Streeter, Mr and Mrs F T B Prat’,
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  • 154 5 BEACH PYJAMAS IN lIVOROE COURT An attendant at the Divorcs Court io Sydney had a shcck the other day when, a girl appeared at the entrance to the public gallery arrayed in a suit of dark blue beach pj j'mae. YoU —you can’t go in there
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 225 5 Modern Children are Fortunate Children of to-day have a twenty five per cent, better chance of good health than had children of fifty years ago. This, of course, is due to the great advance in th? knowledge of the parents in matters pertaining to child welfare. Parents do not now
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    • 159 5 Modern Methods of Efficient Accounting— The Twinlock simplifies work, speeds up entry and reference, saves time (and overtime), and saves money. Thousands of Leading Industrial Firms have already proved this. Why not prove it for yourself. Full information and specimen sheet rulings sent by return TWIN LOCK For Pen Posting,
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  • Article, Illustration
    1199 6 TUNING IFF ON SHORT WAVES; FASCINATING RATHER THAN DIFFICULT: LOCAL CONDITIONS STILL BAD IN the article published last week the readers of the Pinang Gazette were promised information as to the tuning in of a Wireless Set on the short wavelengths, and in order to do so a comparison
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  • 1494 6 —S FP. WOMAN PATIENT Alleged Attempts at Extortion Charged with attempted extortion and house trespass a young Straits born hinese woman appeared before Mr. G 0 Dodd the District Judge on Wednesday morning. The complainant in the case is a local hinese doctor End is represented by
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  • 329 6 STABBING A GOLDSMITH Ribed in the yellow garb of a Buddhist monk a Singhalese named Seel a vatan a was yesterday produced before Mr. Edward Jago, Police Magistrate, on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a compatriot, with a knife The accused pleaded
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 66 6 [Manufacturers of Every Description of 9 Surgical and Mechanical India Rubber Frod cts. Syringes, Water Buttice aud Bedr. Air ESTD 1847 C ushions. Enemas, Bed Bheetinvs. Teata, d Tubing, Valves, Washers, Railway Goods, Electrical Gloves, etc. M Catalogues of Snnri.ml or Sport* Rubber g ,loducts ante application. J. G. INGRAM
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    • 252 6 BARGA I N S I 2 Here’s your opportunity to secure real genuine i Piano Bargains. Low prices that reflect the times. 11! BI v Jii—.. 1 Jr+'l I a l I ~r I fc ¥4 A Upright overstrung iron fr 'q lc I Piano, reconditioned in oui < .vn'
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  • 556 7 SUPREME COURT SUIT the Supr«w® Court yesterday the arine of the suit was adjourned till April which Yeoh Goon Choo as the sole mini of the Will of Khoo Saw Kin, £Ud. sued Yeoh Seng Soon for the of a Bum of $9 900 accounts of a
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  • 67 7 Dinner at Runnymede Hotel St. Patrick's Day was celebrated yester s y in Penang, by the Irish community ?n a successful informal dinner and c ce was he’d at the Runnymede Hotel. Greetings were exchanged with Hong og and Shanghai. It is interesting to note
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  • 139 7 DATES OF DANCE PRACTICES GBorgßß’a Society are that the annual Dance will be held i? p P lurda y> April 28, at 945 p. m. at «e Runnymede Hotel. At^° e polices will be held as follows ini 3a. unn ymede Hotel on March 22 Au/^ 1
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  • 164 7 Waterloo Bridge STORY OF LONDON IN WAR TIME Waterloo Bridge,” the much-discussed American fi m dealing with an aspect of London life during the war opened its Penang season last night at the Queen’s. The story concerns a young Canadian private and a pretty ex chorus girl, who unable to
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  • 325 7 TEaM SELECTED Cther Week-End Matches The following two sides have been selected to pay in tbe State Trial match to be played on btaurday and Sunday. The tafe team to meet Perak at Ipoh during the E sier holid ys will be selected after the m tch.
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  • 466 7 SIX-DAY MEETING All Horses and Ponies Being Catered For The Singapore Turf Club Spring 1932 Meeting which ordinarily should have been a five-day meeting has now been extended to six so as to cater for all classes of horses and ponies, and the racing dates will now
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  • 202 7 —Reuter POSSIBLE NOT RUNNiNG List Of Probables And Jockeys The following is the latest list of probable runners and jockeys in the Grand National Steeplechase to be run to day. Sir John Grey s Passible is not running. Alike, who was to be ridden by Escott will
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  • 40 7 —Reuter. Won by Estate Duty The Liverpool Cup, run yesterday, resulted as follows: Estate Duty 1 Venturer 2 Potchim 3 Thirteen ran. Won by one length bead. The betting was: 10—1 Estate Duty; 10—1 Venturer; 13—2 Fotchim-
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  • 174 7 LATEST REsULTS The following are the lahat results in ih* F. R. C. tennis tournament: Lac tea Singles Hindiatp: —5 Miae O Sou bam beat 4-4 Mite P de Cruz 6—3 6—3. «JhHcnpionahin D A Campbell beat A 4 Willweber 6 —2 6 —2. W A Williams
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  • 120 7 TIE 3 FOR TO DAY Singles Handle w B Semi-final: —BC G P Noakes v —l5 1B A stink ton. Sirgles Handicao A Fina': —l5 L F anight v —l5 2J P B Whaley. Ties for Monday—L idles Singles Handicap Semi-final 1 Mies H v —3O
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  • 271 7 Newcastle Utd. At Highbury TO-MORROW’S FIXTURES The following are the matches to be played to-morrow in tbe English and Scottish Leagues. DIVISION 1 Arsenal Newcastle U. BinnusclMun Sheffield W. Blackburn R. v Liverpool 1 Blackpool v Aston Villa Derby C. Chelsea Everton v Huddersfield T. Manchester C.
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  • 113 7 HARVEY.RICH The wedding took place st 11 -.m to day at St. George’s Church, Penang, of N't. Clifford Harvey, of Messrs Harper, Gilfillan and Company, Ltd Ipoh, and Miss Nina Frances Caroline Rich, daughter of Mr. W. Edward Rich. The bride was given away by Vr. B.
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  • 100 7 Oh Bah. a Siamese youth who had pleaded guilty to three separate cha’ges of theft was to-day sentenced to 14 days’ rigorous imprisonment on each charge- He had a clean record. Do you ever stop to think why the beat businesses in this country are invariably
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  • 322 7 Stella Polaris In Port l I The Norwegian ownel rotor yacht Stella Polaris, one of tbe most 1 rnrionely appointed tourist vessels to c JI at arrived here e’Hy this mornirg haying covered over 40 000 miles since she left New York on J .-unary 9. The
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 79 7 LAWYERS REQUISITES Bodkins Green Silk Thread r Tg.pea Indenture Paper Paper Se&ls Pink Office Tapes Power of Attorney Forma Registry of Deeds Forms White Office Tapes Will forms No. I, 2,8, 4 fi. The Pinang gazette Press, Ltd. IBvERY engine be- |l| comes a better performing engine wiC» l 1
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  • 451 8 Commenting editorially on the need for increasing the production of rice in Malaya, the Malayan Agricultural Journal for March drawing a parallel between wheat production in I Lily and rice in Malaya,says “The Italian agricultural policy aims at awakening the agricultural con ci nee of the native
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  • 328 8 Readers must not suppose that our caption refers tn the cost of living—or exis ting—in this country. It is inspired by the news received to day that in Great Britain the cost of living is now officially put at 46 per cent above that of 1911
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  • 62 8 —Reuter. Immigration Laws to be Tightened Washington, March 17 A resolution for the reduction of immigra tion quotas by ten per cent and for placing the countries of the Western Hemisphere on a quota basis and for restricting by ten per cent visas issued in
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  • 37 8 —Reuter. Creston, lowa, March 17 A woman Baid to be in possession of baby resembling the Lindbergh child w r i arrested here, but later the police deciWt the baby was Dot Lindbergh a.-
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  • 574 8 Penang, Friday OCODAY’S Great Thought: ffO Some are born to economise some achieve economy and some have economy thrust upon them. Tne Ma’ayan public is very much among the latter. Hon? Kong has mtde a mistake. The China Mail, in reprinting the S. S. (Penang) Asmciap tion
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  • 108 8 Tin— Spot Yesterday To- r ’ay London .£129 10s. 01 £l2B 17s. 6d. Tin (3 Months) London £l3l 2s. 6d. jg!3o 10.0 d. Singapore $65.87j $66 00 Business Done 125 tons 100 tons Penang 565.78 Business Done 25 tons Buyers —No Sellons Rubber London 2 1 %d. d.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 122 8 LAWSON’S iA LIQUEUR Be SCOTCH e \wHISKEY Safety Sea\S\ is intact. It is $3 60 a Guarantee of P€r Bo,tle Quality. SOLE AGENTS: John Little Co., Ltd., Penang I Singapore Kuala Lumpur» Ipoti g BUY ONLY Clover Brand Milk P xCzS* B U E r s ■p 'T' ;s wwl
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    • 32 8 E. O. THE BEST SITUATED SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE EAST. ALL ROOMS FACE THE SEA each with Bitting room and private bathroom attached. MODEM SANITATUM THROUGHOUT EXCELLENT CUISINE under expert European Chef.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 1705 9 Japanese Claim Early Victories Manchowkuo Officials Resign peace Negotiation Progress at Shanghai Lord Lytton and the Press It nese are experiencing difficulties in Manchuria, v s the State of Manchowkuo. C hinese volunteers ar be marching on Mukden, while the Japanese ci-aim a victory at Ningtao.
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  • 157 9 Reuter. 450,000 STANDARDS Four hundred and fifty thousand standards of timber representing a cost of four and a ha f million sterling c Lf. are concerned in the Anglo-Russian contract. They wi 1 provide one quarter of Britain’s annual requirements of softwoods from Russia. The price is
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  • 58 9 thirty-four. —Rugby. Radio Service. The Cost of Living figure on March 1, was approximately forty-six per cent above the level of July. 1914, as compared with fortyseven per cent one month earlier and fifty per cent one year earlier. For food alone, the corresponding percentages
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  • 139 9 —Reuter. U. S. Refuse to Consider War Debts Revision W shington. March 17 Newspaper reports that Mr. Mellon will short y open negotiations for a revision cf tbe British war debt have provoked a warning from Senator Robinson, the Democr-1 leader, that the United States Government
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  • 69 9 —Rugby Radio bervioe. Commons Welcomes Returned Invalid For the first time since his long i'lness. Mr Lloyd George attended the House of Commons yesterday when he took the oath and signed the roll. Dsspito scute poHtfcsl dlffcrouMfl» Lloyd George as Father of the House” and an outstanding
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  • 69 9 —Reuter Dutch and British Colonial Officials Confer The Hague. March 17 It is revealed to day that the British and Dutch Government conference on rubber restriction was held on Tuesday when Dr Van der Waals director of the Trade and Commerce section of the Dutch ColomaOffice flew to
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  • 146 9 developed in other sections —Rugby Radio Service. BACK TO LEVEL OF LAST JULY The City yesterday received a welcome surprise when a further reduction of the Bank rate, tbe third within a month, was announced. The rate was reduced a week ago from five to four
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  • 243 9 Reuter. Plan to Seize the Capital erlin, March 17 The latest of periodical alarms over secret Nazi activities has stimulated the Prussian authorities into swift sharp action following discovery of an alleged plan to surround and capture ‘tr'in on e'ection day, "as soon as Hitler has assumed
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  • 104 9 Half-Yearly D videod of 6 Per Cent Mr. Montagu Norman Governor of the Bank of England was congratulated at the half yearly general Court yesterday on his thirteenth nomination to the poet. Mr. Norman said the profits for the half year ended February 29 after making provisions
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  • 128 9 Bank Assistant Found With Bottle of Poison From Our Own Correspondent c ingapore March 18 Mr A I D Hodg?. a European assistant of the Mercantile Bank, Singapore, was found dead In a oar on the Ponggol Road at the Eleventh milestone on Thursday morn ing a bottle
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  • 204 9 Delegates for Ottawa Conference The Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons yesterday a provisional list of delegates to the Ottawa and Lausanne Conferences. He said the Government bad to be represented practically simultaneously at three most important conferences this summer tbe Disarmament Conference at Geneva,
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  • 111 9 Convicts’ Fun at Expense of Warder DARTMOOR RIOT CHARGES Bursts of laughter from the thirty-two conrlcts charged in connection with the Dartmoor mutiny punctuated proceedings at Princetown police court y ester da y. Loud guff W 3 echoed through the court when Udy a warder, sp r
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 44 9 RR J RIDE A RALEIGH guaranteed fo/ ever. This world famous bicycle is built entirely of steel. The Raleigh will re ver let you down. Write cow for the illustrated booklet and full particulars from the Sole Agents ROBINSON ft e I.™ D 7
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 102 9 i _u—i an jm—l ft —.ina_i iw -wk. i wwrwMME— V\% t i J L—_. TONIGHT AT 6 13 AND 9 30 Cross Proceeds o! Both Performances in Aid oi THE CHINA DISTRESS RELIEF FUND DOROTHY LEE in Radio’s Great All-Laughing Show “LAUGH and GET RICH” Presented with the Kind
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  • 716 10 GENERAL MEETING Sound Financial Position JUNIOR LEAGUE DRAW The annual general meeting of the Pen*rg Football Aegccistion wag he’d at She 0. K. 0. v.ith Mr. D> J. Fleming (Aon g President) in the chair. After the mirut*B of the last General NeeJng were coudrceed the Cnairm>»u
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  • Company Reports
    • 473 10 The fcllowirg is the Directors’ Report and statement of accounts for the year ended December 31. 1931, fur presentation at the Seventh An.ual Genera' Meeting of Shareholders to be held at the registered Office of the Company, No. 1. Embankment, Kuda Lumpur, on Monday, 4th
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  • 236 10 BOU3TEAD AND CO.’S REPORT Penang, March 16 During the interval the market has been dull, the undertone generally, however, being 8 eady. Following a decline in London cf 1/81. 102.3/16L and »n New York of 1/8 g Jd cent to 03. /8 g 1 cents. Ice 1
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  • 438 10 Directors’ Report The folowing are excerpts from the report of the directors to be submitted to ths sbareboid -th at th, twenty-third annual gete-a’ m enns to be held at the Registered Offices of <he Company, No. la Penang Street, Ptn»>g, on Thursday, March 24, at
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  • 153 10 Latest Quotations Thur. Wed. Bai. March 17 March 16 Sept. IB Paris 91? 92 1/16 128.96 Naw York 8.611 8.624 4.85 r Montreal 4 06 4.06 Brussels 25.90 25 974 84.88 Geneva 18 28/32 18 75 54.86 Amsterdam 8 974 8.974 12.08 Milan 701/16 70 92.89
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  • 29 10 I’altn Sunday St- Ma.k's Butterworth Bam Holy ’ommuniou 6pm Erenimg and Address* Wednesday, T. 30 a m Holy Communion. Good Friday, 10 am Morning Prayer and Address.
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  • 141 10 TO-DAY’S PRICES Vhe following were the latest la MESSRS. KENNEDY* Oo.’s share list it 11 un. to-day Yesterday To day 88 8 g Bharbb S sj S .2 a DQ (Q 10. o. a. 10. Mining Eampong K. 6/6 7/- 6/6 7/-cam Killinghall Tin 9/3 9/9
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  • 86 10 Messrs. Eastern Smelting Co Ltd London, March 16, Spot £129.15.0 three months’ buying £131.7.6 three months* selling £131.10.0. Messrs, Boustead d Co., Ltd, 17th March quotation for Singapore refined tin 165.874 per picul, burines* done 125 tons; Peuaog refined tin $65 874 per picul. bueinees done 25 tone,
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  • 38 10 Singapore Prices for Stands*d Ribbsd Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows: Spot 6} cenu per lb. April/June M 64 M i« July/ Sept. 7 H tl Oct. Dec. 7| a u Market easier.
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  • 234 10 Penang; March 18 ote, Benares Opium p. sheet ncm 5,000.00 Cloves it 90.0 C Gold leaf esllcH 71.0 C Maee Piek!-i ncm 170.0 C Nutmegs lie 70.0 C HOs u 60.00 Coconute'pec 1,000 it 15.00 Copra Sundrlsd small trancastione 6.20 oalee ILIO Rattans Ooaree 10.6: Green Snail Shel
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  • 119 10 The a Klang arrived this morning with the following passengers from Singapore and Port Swettenham. Mr R R Gibson. Mr Noordin Miricar, Mr S R Wallace, Mrs Curran Sharp, Mr Palmer, Mr Foster, Mr Siutobburg; Mr and Mrs Latimer, Mr W Mailer, Mr R G Symons, Mr
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  • 890 10 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST KAMBS F t i a A *1 |?nu iTMliaal 9 a I Allenby KaMes Be 6B| 75 Aloa Kubbci Batata S' «fl A»airNo«tae w*4«y artet* c Aye> SftaM Ftan?tug BynSfeata rf Ayer Xai-mc Babbew Batata» 15 a. Ayer -«'-ek Bubbev Oa 40| ft Ay®» **■«>-»» Rabb*»
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  • 58 10 Ptnagg. M»rab I s Oovtm of IM CWiriJ W* >n Loudon Ba:.it Lomai. 1 0 7(32 m/tB credit J 8 u Buwnijiitery On N.w York Bank COOJ Fr*>o« _2’ x 153 Rxngkok «L.l »L v Qt;j Bb ..a Bd»via h > r) prt m. Singapore w D co. H-nokeng
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 302 10 S® Gbe "OuerJ,! ..J c„r TO-DAY TEA DANCE 5-30 to 7-30 p.m. to-morrow Morning—Music in the L(ni nge Evening—DlNNEß DANCE SUNDAY ORCHESTRAL concert 9-30 p. m. SUNN* MHDK HOTKI TD)I George f'olcJtacx M... L THGNE 543. New Advertisements }(JB Wanted.—Second-hand .V!olcr-cycle mus; bft fairiy i tt ie Ci .eip an
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  • News From All Parts
    • 141 11 But When th» Box Was Opened— A little wooden box was passed gingerly from one United States Government bureau to another. Everyone feaied there was a bomb inside. The box was addressed to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce. The porter who epena the office packages
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    • 126 11 POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT ACTION Lt.-Cok Moore Brabrxon (C. Wall-sey) nt reduced into the H 1 uee cf Com mom on February 9, the Gift Coupons Bm, which was read a first time. The till ha? as its object to make unlawful the issue and redumption of gift coupons. Replying
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    • 124 11 £700,000 AWARDED TO THEM LAST YEAR The record figure of nearly £1,000,000 wes chimed for alimony and mainteuaLce by wives who figured in divorce Cases Let year. The cases for the year totalled nearly 4.CCO, the largest number for any postwar year, “In quite five per cent, of
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    • 113 11 Why a Soldier Left the Barracks One fine day fifteen months ago Private William George Spencer, of the Royal Army Service Corps, stationed at Aldershot, quit the service, without leave. The other daj Private W iiiam Georgs returned to Aldershot, eiid he had come from
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    • 110 11 TAKES FOOTBALL SERIOUSLY AS WELL AS CHEESE The town of Gorgnrzols, near Millan, is proud not only cf ite cheese but also cf its football So proud, in fact, that when Gorgonzola’s eleven was beaten by the play ere cf the rival town cf Cernusco. the inhabitants
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    • 146 11 “AS GOOD AS THE EEST’’ An Empire brandy which, it is claimed, is ts good be the Lest French product, ie beirg made in South Africa. Four years ago the Wine growera’ Co-operative Society persuaded a German brindy expert, Herr H. David, to go to Sou.h Africa to
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 434 11 Dries 31% Quicker QIINK, Parker's new ink. k rVTT dries 31%quicker than other F inks. It is absolutely free of sediment. flows smooth i and free. Write with Quink. For sale at the better stores *rw WBi a I -'w i J /Iwr? I 1 I h j f S
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    • 32 11 Oet a Sei of ZAG-ZAW Picture Puzzles The Ideal Recreation for Ycur g Spare Moments, Train Journeys and oa Board Ship. Price 75 cents I OBTAINABLE AT Tke Pinang Gazette Press. Ltd.
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    • 295 11 a JbX l H k I f HANDKERCHIEFS FOR MEN Pyramid quality is something every man appreciates in a handkerchief. The fine cambric finish, attractive designs, the wide variety of white and colours and, above all the guarantee of satisfaction in wear and wash, make Pyramid the most popular of
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  • 1159 12 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 Namso? From Sailing For Date &i SaiSw BtoanafißT Krian Belawsn Teluk Anson and Bag tn Ditch To-day Tn tan Merban and
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 340 12 It’s a Shame To Stay Fat So Easy to Reduce I Look about you. Note how slender on that gland factor which modern doc* figures now displace the fat so common tors now employ. The tablets: preparv<9ars ago. There has come ■> new era, ed by a world-famous medical laboratory,
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  • 619 13 HOW it Z-NS PAY Industries a*d Towns Run by Gunmen This’? huw ae« t .f terrorism has been tflßc .rg a Giviiieed c immunity: Mosch g in ar d kinpregnatljr enrencai g i ga f not folly in every city of the forty right States hut in
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 256 13 IBB**• !3 -jjMfr*”*'' pXI-PARATIONk -«SO R de PARlS"—evening J| n p ~j a phrase evocative e f a?ce and beauty, is the Ly n? /sn by M. Bourjois to .’st,'s supreme creation. *•>'- j «Soir d« Paris" toilet prepar- BF. jt.ons have been the most success that Paris j, ew
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    • 50 13 lAIUV l*/nDQY9 ,f yon wan L tf Will WUnnl I famish your hoass GO 70 yit lye 28. Eiehop Street, PENANG. The beet bouse for furniture, building contracts and ainting. Undertakes to repair premises and furniture. Has wide experience and unsurpassed technique- Guarantees satisfaction and charges moderate. —f 14-5 32
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    • 540 13 va.il* r r|| Aueti exceed >12.000,000 b. C. Assurance in force ov. r >35.000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. ld Straha SutttaMcta). HEAD OFFICE 1 Great Eastern Life Building. Cecil Street. &us*por* LONDON OFFJvS t 27, Old Jewry, B.'Z. Tba Canpnny bM £20,000 dapodted with the Scprxa,. Ceurt
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