Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 September 1932

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 211. Vol. LXXXX. WEDNESDAY, 7th SEPTEMBER, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 138 1 —Reuter. JAPANESE PROPOSALS NOT WANTED BY NANKING Unconfirmed Rumour NO INTENTION TO DEPART FROM ORIGINAL POLICY Manchurian Dispute Nanking, Yesterday. It is officially announced that no information has been received to confirm the report that the new Japanese Minister, Mr. Ariyoshi, is
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  • 228 1 poten'.iary at Caracus.—Rugby Radio Service. Exchange System 1 DANUBIAN STATES’ CONFERENCE OPENS AT STRESA Rugby, Yesterday. General discussion began to-day in the conference of the financial and economic experts on the reconstruction of Central and Eastern Europe at Stresa (Italy) when* delegates of fifteen states
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  • 313 1 "WE ARE NOT USING THEi MONEY” Mr. De Valero, speaking at Drogheda on. ugust 21, referred to the Land Annuities question He said: e have put our money into a suspense I account, and it is there for all the world see. We are not
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  • 86 1 —Rugby Radio Service. IMPROVING MARKET FOR PRIMARY COMMODITIES Rugby, Yesterday Although the activity of? yesterday when there was a spirited rise in miscellaneous markets, was not repeated at the opening of the Stock Exchange this morning the markets continued in an optimistic mood and in
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  • 53 1 ALLEGED MILITARY ACTIVITY IN SINGAPORE (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Yesterday. IX REPLY TO A QUESTION AT YESTERDAY’S MEETING OF THE PEOPLES’ ASSEMBLY REGARDING BRITISH MOBILISATION OF TROOPS AT SINGAPORE THE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID THAT SUCH ACTIVITY COULD NOT BE HELD TO HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE
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  • 75 1 —Reuter. Two Hundred Arrested For Disobeying Orders Rotterdam, Yesterday. Two hundred of the crew of the Holland Amerika liner ‘‘Rotterdam will be prosecuted for alleged disobeying of orders. When the ship arrived at 5 a.m. escorted by the mine uayer Meerlant,” the police arrested
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  • 79 1 Reuter. Virtual Breakdown of System of Collective Negotiation London, Yesterday An effort is made at mediation in the cotton dispute in Sir Henry Betterton's letter, in which he advocates the appointment of a Special Committee in the industry to deal with such matters as wages conciliation as the
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  • 288 1 Modification Approved “To Maintain Co-operation Is Principal Object Rugby, Yesterday. The decision to modify the procedure to be adopted in connection with further progress in the Indian constitutional reforms is approved generally by the press. The proposal that the Consultative Committee of the Round Table Conference sitting
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  • 307 1 Italy Does Not Contest Judicial Right Rome, Yesterday. It is authoritatively learned that Italy does not contest Germany’s judicial right to equality in armaments, but considers that it should be properly raised at Geneva. Therefore, it is assumed that Italy will not oppose Germany’s claim
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  • 127 1 —Rugby Radio Service. LARGE SCALE DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS URGED Rugby, Yesterday. A resolution calling upon Government to adopt a policy leading to the abolition of war debts and reparations and the lowering of tariff barriers and providing for planning, on a large scale, of developments such
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  • 150 1 Reuter. Government Controlled Stock To Be Withdrawn Washington, Yesterday. The Grain Stabilisation Corporation owns three million bushels of wheat. Of 650,000 bales of cotton which the Stabilisation Corporation proposed to market before July 31, 1933, nearly half has been sold but the remaining stocks will be
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  • 231 1 Sprightly Comedy-Drama at Majestic A sprightly and saucy play, with wellbalanced proportions of dramatic interest, is Girls About Town,” which is now showing at the Majestic. The story is about two gold diggers, dressed to kill, whose job is to put in the right frame of mind
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  • 215 1 Over Three Months Salary SINGAPORE CLERKS WANT WEEKLY PAY (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, To-day. A largely attended meeting was held in the Municipal Board Room yesterday afternoon urder the auspices of the Clerical Union to discuss the question of weekly wages.
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  • 143 1 Alleged Contravention of Passenger Restriction Ordinance A summons issued under the Passengers Restriction Ordinance against Messrs. Islay Kerr Co., Ltd., Agents of the British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., was mentioned this morning before the Police Magistrate, Penang. Mr. R. D. Hume mentioned the case and applied
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  • 73 1 The following donation to the above Fund is acknowledged Straits Trading Co. Club’s Subscriptions September, 1932, $ll.OO. Copenhagen, Yesterday M. Deoxholm, counsellor of the Danish Legation, London, has been appointed Danish Minister to China.—Reuter. It is officially announced that a report published in several English and
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    • 1548 2 RATES FOR CASUAL I MUNICIPAL NOTICE RANKS ADVERTISEMENTS M (Q s RABIES F/ V AH communications relating to The Mercantile Bank Chartered Bank Advertisements should be addressed to In view of the existence of rabies m J (Incorporated in England by Royal the Advertisement Manager, The among dogs in the
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  • 738 3 Extreme Coid Cy Upper Atmosphere Milan, August 18. Heights never yet attained by man were reached by Professor Piccard to-day in his second adventurous journey into the unexplored regions of the upper air, in the course of which he reached a height of M>,700 metres (nearly 10V& miles
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  • 342 3 Progress of Balloon s Flight The following is an hour by hour story of Professor Piccard’s flight, as recorded by Reuter’s correspondents in Switzerland, Austria and Italy:— 5.5 a.m. —The Professor took off from the Dubendorf aerodrome, near Berne. 7.30 a.m.—Balloon sighted over the Hohe Kasten Mountains
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  • 350 3 98° IN THE SHADE AT GREENWICH NO RESPITE YET London, Aug. 19. Greenwich Observatory recorded a shade temperature at 2 p.m. of 98 the highest recorded at Greenwich since 1911, when it was 100, the highest ever recorded in this country. At the same time
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  • 83 3 96.7 Degrees at 2 p.m. in London 11 DEGREES HIGHER Than the Previous Record of July 16, 1900 Temperature in London shortly before 2 p.m. to-day was 96.7 in the shade. This boats the previous record of July 16, 1900, when 95.2 was reached. The
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    • 344 3 E 7-1 Isii IllflJ 11 11 SO ENDED AN ORGY OF CHEAPNESS. THIS actual photographic reproduction, taken ’ast year after our Ist Anniversary Sale, portrays 136 watches whicl. were traded in as part payment forNEW WATCHES OUR 2nd ANNIVERSARY SALE OF WATCHES CLOCKS M WILL LAST ALL SEPTEMBER, AND THIS
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  • 560 4 AS REVENGE ON AUNT Seven Years for Attempted Wife Murder At the Assize Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Prichard and a Common Jury, Ariffin bin Jamin, a Malay, was sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for mischief by setting fire to a house at Sungei
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  • 114 4 Consul Going to Siam Siam has not yet consented to allow China to set up a Consulate in her territory. But since September 1, 1932, all merchandise imported into China have to be accompanied by a Consular Invoice, the National Government of Nanking has decided to set
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  • 113 4 .—Daily Telegraph. No Knowledge Of Girl Ottawa, August 23. Mr. L. S. Amery, M.P., told me to-day that he had never heard of Miss Una Wing until he received a cablegram informing him of the action taken in London to prevent his son’s marriage. He opposes the marriage
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  • 453 4 During the absence of the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, up-country, Sir John Scott is acting as his deputy. Staff-Nurse W. Sanderson, C.M.B. Lond., of the General Hospital, Singapore, left on Saturday last in the Centaur for a holiday in Australia. The marriage took place on Sunday at
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  • 362 4 MARRIAGE REFUSED TO MR. AMERY RUSSIA ONLY HOPE—AND IT IS TOO FAR London, August 23 Mr. John Amery, the 20-years-old son of Mr. L. S. Amery, M.P., and his fiancee, Miss Una Wing, the actress, cannot get married outside Russia. This was the disappointing result of
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    • 68 4 OIL ENGINES BUILT BY DAVEY PAXMAN ARE AS WELL KNOWN IN MALAYA AS IN EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. In Malaya to-day, every Commercial Firm is endeavouring to reduce production costs to the minimum. Have you fully considered the possibility of a saving on cost of power and light OIL
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    • 148 4 PHONE THEATRE J 492 XvlA IKJ ROYAL OPENING TO-NIGHT—6.IS 9.30 THE FAMOUS MADAN THEATRES LTD.. CALCUTTA PRESENT BILWAMANGAL OR SOORDAS Partly in Colour Lots of Delightful Hindustani Songs Splendid Music. Gorgeous Settings Phone 264. 6.15 To-night Positively Last 2 Shows 9.30 FREDERICK LONSDALE'S "LOVERS COURAGEOUS" M.-G.-M. PICTURE TO MORROW THE
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  • 1139 5 the worst ever cre ls no remark. as has been obT i before so infuriating as that of the when a very great man misses «mall putt: -What a comfort it qee that these fellows can do it too! is nothing that is malignant and Th JLeful that I
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  • 501 5 SENIOR LEAGUE MATCH Narrow Win for the P.R.C. Underestimating the capabilities of their opponents, the Province Wellesley Football Association brought across a weak team to meet the Penang Recreation Club in their Senior League fixture yesterday and paid the penalty of conceding major points being beaten by
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  • 205 5 Half Yearly Tournament The following opening ties have been arranged in connection with the Penang Recreation Club half-yearly Tennis tournament. Good entries have been received and it is expected to carry through the tournament within a month, before the start of the wet season. For these reasons
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  • 251 5 —Reuter. FOR ST. LEGER Latest List of Likely Runners London, Yesterday The following is the latest list of probable starters for the St. Leger Stakes to be run at Doncaster on Wednesday: April the Fifth (Mr. T. Walls) Lane. Hesperus (M. M. Boussac) Elliott.
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  • 87 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Tuesday The Sweep run by the Perak Turf Club in connection with the St. Leger was drawn for at the Racecourse, Ipoh, on Tuesday evening and resulted as follows: Udaipur 2207 Violator 1469 April V. 2798 Orwell 2209 Sundergain 2125 Taj
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  • 159 5 INNINGS AND 40 RUNS Brilliant Century by Ames London, Yesterday. At Folkestone, the Indian tourists suffered a severe defeat at the hands of an England XI, being beaten by an innings and 40 runs. England XI batting first hit up 282 for 5, declared, towards
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  • 209 5 WEIGHTS FOR THIRD DAY Canvasser 9.12 for Seven Furlong Run The following weights (four races) are announced for the Third Day of the Singapore Meeting now in progress, also the weights for one event on the Fourth Day; RACE 2 Ponies Class I—Division 2—s’£
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  • 40 5 Scratchings For To-day. The following are the scratchings for to-day's races at Singapore: Race 1 Peerless Lady. Race 2 Charles. Race 3 Lady Remington. Race 4 Clargo. Race 5 Cocoa Nib and Carry On. Race 6 Master Taiboo.
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  • 42 5 —Reuter. Grimsby Town Defeated London, Sept 6. The following are the results of matches played to-day in the English League. DIVISION n Grimsby T. 2 Plymouth A. 3 DIVISION n (Northern Section) Rochdale 0 Barrow 0 Southport 2 Chester 1
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    • 17 5 HOME NEWS FOR MALAYANS Read what you friends at Home are doing—Buy the Pinang Gazette EVERT MONDAY.
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    • 320 5 BADMINTON The Most Popular Outdoor Game NEW SHIPMENT of RACKETS fThe Hexagon Well constructed frame strung with fine quality Black Tropical Gut. This wonderful Racket sells in hundreds. PRICE $2.25 Each. The Popular Better Quality Racket, well strung with Tropical Gut, well Balanced and well finished. A favourite with everyone.
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  • 464 6 i ’PLANES’ SWIFT SWOOP ON FLEET I t FOG ADVENTURE The Prince of Wales and Prince George accompanied the attacking force on August 19 when the Mediterranean Fleet was '‘bombed” from the air. The Prince of Wales took his seat between the pilot and observer and
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  • 222 6 SAILORS ATTIRED AS BALLET GIRLS tzt PRINCES ENJOY JOKE Corfu, August 17. Under a cloudless sky and with the sea like millpond, the Prince of Wales and Prince George put off early to-day from the flagship—-the Queen Elizabeth—to resume their inspection of the Mediterranean Fleet. The Prince
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  • 690 6 SUBMARINE COMEDY FLEET SPLICES THE MAIN BRACE” 4 “I never spent more valuable minutes in any previous three and a half hours of my iife,” declared the Prince of Wales at the end of his tour of inspection of the Mediterranean Fleet, on August 20
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  • 831 6 ROYAL TRIBUTE TO FLEET EFFICIENCY PROPOSED VISIT TO RIVIERA u Malta, August 18. While all crews, lineu on deck, cheered lustily and the Royal Salute blazed forth from the guns of the Fleet, the Royal barge went down the line of capital ships in
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    • 33 6 Since you have taken ihe trouble to read this, be convinced that the other advertisements in this paper are also read. If you wish to buy or sell, lef the Pinang Gazette help
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    • 213 6 I REASON/ rife I fr, 1 CO<.o H 4 O* L From his first feed of Cow Gate, Baby shows pleasure and contentment —he loves it I And the Mother too watches with delight the regular and natural growth of strong firm bone and sound healthy flesh. The failure of
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  • CURRENT CLIPPINGS FROM CHINA
    • 1095 7 o Rehabilitation Delayed By Fear Of Hostilities MR. MA MAN-FAI'S VIEWS I Hongkong, August 22. That the re-habilitation of Shanghai after the recent Sino-Japanese conflict, is being delayed owing to every present menace of the resumption of hostilities was the view of Mr. Ma Man-fai, general manager
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    • 137 7 Breach Forced On Grand Canal Tsinan, August 18. A breach in the Grand Canal has caused Shant of uc h en &> in northern hou<;. Un where considerable damage to s and crops has been inflicted. north at Techow, about 30 miles which i uchan
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    • 108 7 Amnesty Must Be Observed Nanking, August 17. An order issued by the Ministry of Judicial Administration instructs that the pardon of prisoners according to the General Amnesty Regulations promulgated by the National Government two months ago must be carried out immediately by the Higher Courts of the
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    • 174 7 WANT MORE WAGES AND SYMPATHY FORM WAILING GROUP Shanghai, August 20. Hung Chia-ping may never be very famous. But he has got his name in the papers as the first Chinese "chimney sitter.” Hung is a member of the Hunger Strike Committee of the San
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    • 143 7 LYTTON COMMISSION CONCLUSIONS Peiping, August 19 Japanese quarters here profess to know a great deal about the report of the Lytton Manchuria Commission and as Japan is probably more interested in the result of the investigation than anybody else, it is possible they do. At all
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    • 105 7 Japanese Statement Misleading NANKING'S STAND Nanking, August 16. It is learnt at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that a report on the bandit-sup-pression campaign in China has been compiled and forwarded to the League of Nations through the Chinese Delegation at Geneva. In this
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    • 114 7 Refused To Sign Records Nanking, August 16. Three hours were spent on wrangling over the Court record of previous sessions of the trial, at the fifth hearing of the Noulens case this morning. When the records of the sessions held on Aug. 10, 11 and 12
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    • 409 7 Wang Lost Race For Nanking Power TALE OF VENGEANCE ALLEGED FACTS BARED IN POLITICAL INTRIGUES I I Hong Kong, August 23. Declaring that Mr. Wang Ching-wei's resignation from the Presidency of the Executive Yuan recently was brought about through a desire for vengeance upon Marshal Chang
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    • 155 7 JEHOL’S COMMANDER STANDS FIRM PLANS RESISTANCE Peiping, August 18. Arriving here from Jehol yesterday, General Kung Fu-kuei, a subordinate of General Tang Yu-lin, Chairman of the Jehol Provincial Government, emphatically denied in an interview the Japanese report that General Tang has compromised with the Japanese military.
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    • 71 7 FLOOD WATERS RISE AROUND HARBIN SPREAD OF CHOLERA ADDS TO ANXIETY Harbin, August 20. The rains have resumed. The Sungari has risen two inches and the flood waters through Harbin are rising simultaneously, causing further anxiety. Ballasting operations have been resumed on the Harbin bridge—a tremendous
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    • 482 7 Red Army Moves On Kiangsi Capital o GENERAL MA ACTIVE SINO-JAPANESE FIGHTING AROUND SHENYANG Fighting is continuing on several fronts, most notably around Shenyang between Japanese and Chinese Volunteers, which City is still besieged by the Volunteers, and between Japanese and Chinese in Heilungkiang. Meanwhile,
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    • 318 7 CHINESE SAILORS DEATH FIGHT CARGO JUNK TURNS TURTLE IN GALE 12 HOURS IN WATER Hong Kong, August 23. Four Chinese seamen set out for Singapore from Siak, Sumatra, in a junk of about 57 tons loaded with a cargo of sago. They were nearing Singapore when a heavy squall got
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    • 45 7 ADVERTISING TELLS OF THINGS i| To wear, to use, to eat and to entertain. It is the news that the housewife looks for. i| Place the merits of YOUR wares i before them through the medium I of the PINANG GAZETTE" and increase your custom.
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  • 455 8 The system of exacting deposits on water, electric light and telephone accounts has always been a sore point with householders in Penang. It appears that the system is attracting attention elsewhere as the following comments from an English newspaper shows. The Post Office’s system of exacting deposits
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  • 297 8 The news that Alberto Santos Dumont has died in Brazil at the age of fifty-nine recalls one of the most romantic chapters in the history of human progress. It is I difficult in these days of Schneider Tro- phies and high-speed flying—when the Atlantic has been crossed a
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  • 69 8 Two Accused Committed For Trial at Assizes (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. Phan Ng How and Lee Yin, at the conclusion of the inquiry in the Magistrate’s Court, were committea to the Assizes on a charge of abducting Yeoh Swee Sim, contractor of Ipoh Tin Dredgings. The
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  • 697 8 te lt is almost impossible for any one to realise the change that has come over the Old Country who did not know the conditions of our cities and even the small iotows and villages twenty years ago. Saturday evening in the working-class districts
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  • 891 8 THE STATION MISTRESS If anybody suggested that th railway stations should be ho women, there would be an 0 by from a few "ultra feminists eXCept of woman’s success in snatchy jobs during the War yen rr l 's on to them since then, theyJ’?* to have
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    • 146 8 WM«—»WWMM—— «KaWmrtMW»— UHW I s WHEN BUYING GIN INSIST UPON "BOORDS" THERE IS NOTHING BETTER OR CHEAPER. Sold by all High Class Stores. I Stocks Always on Hand. -a—■ Sole Agents: PRITCHARD CO., LTD. I I I BUY BRITISH I GILBEY S IMPERIAL WINES j SUPPLIES JUST ARRIVED j SWEET
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    • 256 8 E. O. THE BEST SITUATED SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE EAST. ALL ROOMS FACE THE SEA each with sitting room and private bathroom attached. Modem Sanitation Throughout EXCELLENT CUISINE under expert European Chef. is out to introduce a spirit of optimism which is much needed, especially at a time when the
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  • 2293 9 MISS JOAN MACDONALD'S WEDDING.—WOMEN TO ADDRESS SCIENTISTS.—A PIONEER WOMAN HIKER i From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 26 christening OF THE ROYAL BABY Ann Mary Sybille, the blue-eyed, darkijaired daughter of Captain and Lady May Abel-Smith, is to be christened at St. Marv Abbot, Kensington,
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  • 352 9 Organised Imperial Universities Conference London, Yesterday. The death has taken place of Sir Gilbert Parker. —Reuter. We take the following from who’s who: Parker, Rt. Hon. Sir Gilbert, P.O. 191 G; Ist Bt., er. 1915; Kt., cr. 1902; D.C.L., Litt.D., L.L.D.; b. Canada, 23 Nov. 1862;
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  • 708 9 Letter Sent To Public Men The following letter has been sent to prominent public men in the Malay States:— MALAY STATES ASSOCIATION (IN FORMATION) Dear Sir, —At a meeting which was held here on August 31, it was unanimously resolved that an association, to be
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  • 168 9 The German Himalayan Expedition Berlin, Sept. 2. The German Himalayan expedition, which reached a height of over 25,000 feet in an attempt to scale Nanga Parbat, has been compelled by the illness of several of its members to abandon the venture within sight of the goal,
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  • 101 9 !TN—Spot YESTERDAY. TO-DAY. London £155.10.0 £157.10.0 j TIN (3 Months) London £156.15.0 £158.15.0 Singapore $BO.OO $Bl.OO Business Done Penang $79.*****.00 Business Done Buyers—No sellers Buyers—No seller! COPRA—(Sundried) BLACK PEPPER 23 00 RUBBER London 3 V32d. 3 l/16d New York 4 5/16 (G) 4 7/16 (G) Singapore 9 5/16
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    • 150 9 Ik «HOLLAND GIN” BOLS Regulates the system Sole Agents CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD., {lncorporated under the Companies’ Ordinances of Hongkong} (Incorporate? in Shanghai) ’Phone PENANG 587 m. s. 1 Manufacturers Every Description of I 5 Surgical and Mechanical India Rubber r Products. I Syringes, Water Bottles and Beds, Air >
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  • 277 10 ANYTHING BETTER THAN OIL, SAYS DOCTOR Spray To Kill The Pain A good first-aid treatment in cases of burns is tea, was the advice given by a doctor at a Paddington inquest on Thursday. Both he and a colleague said that oil should not be
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  • 344 10 JEWISH LEADERS AND “MENACE OF HITLERISM” London, August 22 The plight of the Jews in Germany in view of the wave of anti-Semitism which has swept through the ranks of the Hitler Party since their electoral successes, was the predominent note in the discussion cf the Jewish
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  • 235 10 Tribute To Dead Irish Leaders A wreath of flowers forming the colours of the Irish Free State was laid on the Cenotaph, in the form of an Irish cross, in memory of Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, and Kevin O’Higgins, at Leinster Lawn, Dublin, by old comrades of
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  • 352 10 Spiritualist And Strange Seance “TALL, LEAN, COWLED MONK” A CLOISTER “TALK” Remarkable details are to hand of what might be called a seance in Westminster Abbey, when the “spirit” of an Elizabethan monk is alleged to have materialised. The apparition is said to have appeared to a Catholic
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  • 247 10 Box-Number Scandal To Be Ended Baby farming is to be rigorously suppressed by the Home Secretary. Through the Children’s Act, which Sir Herbert Samuel is to enforce, be will take steps to stop the anonymous advertisements which are inserted by baby farmers offering to act
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    • 322 10 W WATER x WOOLLIES i Tn a Variety of Approved Colours THE DELIGHT OF WATER NYMPHS AS USED BY MOST COMPETITORS *N THE RECENT SEA VIEW HOTEL SWIMMING CONTESTS. STRAITS I ♦OhiBAWn MA a"fe=F 2 'T I ft# £s? jj) J J KEM®/ I =l -.< Wi,' Lyffi I mwK-z®Mr
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    • 366 10 £pRO7SCT A tz He who lives just for to-day faces an uncertain to-morrow Make sure that comfortable retirement shall be yours when you feel the need for it. Make sure that your den mdents will not be left destitute The ENDOWMENT Poli-w win provide that safeguard. y WIU Send us
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  • 504 11 AUTHOR of “MUSICAL CHAIRS” IN A SMASH ■WOMEN COMPANIONS IN OVERTURNED CAR To the great regret of the theatregoing public, the stage has lost one of its most promising young dramatists, Mr. Ronald Mackenzie, whose first play, "Mumcal Chairs,” has been a conspicuous success at the Criterion, where
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  • 318 11 "DO NOT STOP” WARNING man charged following ROADSIDE ATTACK ■«k Motorists throughout England are •bnngly urged to keep a sharp look-out for motor bandits and definitely not to ®fop at any summons while on the road tolesa at the request of some known or < early
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  • 269 11 —Central News. ALLEGATIONS OF MONEY PAYMENTS HIS REPLY TO CHARGE The name of a well-known actress was mentioned as the “mys'ery woman” to whom Mayor Walker is alleged to have made substantial gifts of money, during the healing, before Mr. Roosevelt, the Governor of New
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  • 466 11 Soms Cf Party Should Not Have Deen Alone At the inquest at Burnham (Bucks» on August 19 on the Girl Guide, Doris Tomkins, aged 11, of Campbell-street, Paddington, who was killed by falling out of an express train near Maidenhead, when returning from
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  • 1509 12 dated and Sumatra Proprietary.—Investors’ Chronicle and Money Market Review. London, Aug. 20. The weekly rubber returns have resumed their recent favourable trend, for last week’s deliveries exceeded landings at both London and Liverpool, and the combined stocks declined to 105,475 tons, contrasting with 137,077 tons a year ago.
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  • 173 12 Reconstruction With An Assessment The directors of the Foothills (Malaya) Rubber Estate Company propose to form a new company, with a capital of £40.000 in 2s shares. Existing shareholders will be entitled to ten shares in the new company’, credited ■with Is 6d paid, for each share now
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  • 1174 12 London, August 20 The market this week has at times shown a very tired appearance, but on such occasions support has been given from the quarters so active during the last two or three weeks generally assumed to be acting for what for convenience sake is termed the new
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  • 1082 12 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST 5 v 3 names. >. as t/> RUBBER (Dollar.) S c I c Allenbv Rubber Co. Aor Gajah Rubber Estate 3« 40 Amalgamated Malay Estates 70 W AyerHitani Planting Syndicate 50 Ayer Kumng Rubber Estates 5 >5 Aver Molek Rubber Co. ’5 Aver Ptinas Rubber Estates2S_
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  • 176 12 Latest Quotations Tu a Moa. B»t. bd. t 6 5 St pi 19 Paris £8 25,32 68 53 82 128 96 New Ycik 848 1/8 847 3/8 4,85? Montreal 8.82 8 88 Brassets 25C9) 25 074 84 f 6 Geneva lb GO J i 7 97
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    • 15 12 Too much starchy food tends to clog the system. HONEY GRAINS corrects this. tu. th.
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    • 235 12 It is a long sane that has no turning. An advertisement in the Pinang Gazette will help to puli you through dull times. —MI I 1!■ mi I—l I I I r rrTTx r-" I M CI6HTLLN HOLE QOLF COURSE exemfuodaiitm' the Hua. Hrs. 22 ficur* from by. Ejcjvcm TrauV
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    • 99 12 St as /U al'•" f jo 13 *|iS| II W BQLIP JO! OS» ra Sgit-diPatih (Evening in ‘Paris) TOILET PREPARATIONS There is genius in "SOIR da PARIS,” (he lafest, newest, finest creation of M. Bourjois. None but he could have conceived so distinguished, so alluring a perfume. The mysterious, enchanting
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  • 872 13 Schedule of Principal Lines following 13 a «st vessels arriving trom pcnaDS durins IN PORT TO-DAY c danPURA from Japan, China and BS StoX™ c lombo Ade a Malta. Marseilles and London. oC RAJULA from Singapore and Port 8 Swettenham. Sails for Negapatam and Madras. a
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  • 278 13 SEPTEMBER WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. Singapore Races, second day. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. Blackmail,” I.R.P. play at the Playhouse, Grand Hotel, Ipoh. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. Chinese Fair opens in Ipoh. Blackmail,” at Ipoh Playhouse 2nd night. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. Singapore Races, third day. First Perak Hockey Trial. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
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  • 542 13 Not Guilty Of Killing Fellow Airman LANCASTER CASE JURY DELIBERATE FIVE HOURS Miami (Florida), August 17 Captain William Lancaster, a former member of the British Air Force, was acquitted by the jury here to-day of the charge of having murdered Mr. Haden Clarke, a fellow airman and
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  • 314 14 PATIENTS “FORGETTING” THEIR BILLS Consultants Looked Upon As A Luxury Specialists of Harley-street are finding these times difficult. People who can afford to pay are going to hospitals; Bills are not being paid regularly every quarter, as they were; Patients look upon consultants as luxuries. Doctors
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  • 202 14 All Coal Imports In Their Own Vessels Cardiff, August 21. There was consternation among shipowners and shipbrokers on the Coal and Shipping Exchange here when news came from French agents that the French Government intends to apply still further restrictions to British and other
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  • 250 14 —Reuter. Cairo, August 17. With the safe landing at Ismailia of the last batch of troops from Irak, the Royal Air Force has carried out with complete success the transport of 14 officers and 534 men of the Ist Battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment from
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  • 414 14 GAINING ON OTHER NATIONS 1,270 “FIRST-LINE” MACHINE Latest information from many sources gives the “first-line" strength of the Soviet Air Force at 1,270 aircraft. This places Russia above Great Britain, but below’ the United States, France, Italy, and Japan. The method of placing, how’ever, is obviously
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  • 256 14 £4,000,000 Drop In Two Years British car exports have been reduced by half in two years. Last year’s exports totalled £4,457,858, representing 20,312 cars. The figures for 1929 were £8,437,120, representing 41,961 cars. The most prolific buyer of cars last year, according to statistics
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    • 294 14 CYCLING AT 63 How Does She do it? “I have great faith in Kruschen Salts. For the last 3 years I have never missed taking a little every morning at break-fast-time, the bottle is always on my table. I am sure it is owing to kruschen Salts that, at 63,
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  • 1148 16 Spring Examination I The following is a list of the successful candidates in the London Chamber of Commerce Spring Examinations held in Penang In April—May, 1932. SENIOR CERTIFICATES PRIVATE STUDENTS Banking and Currency: —Ang Ban Huat. Commerce and Finance:—Yeoh Eng Kok. JUNIOR CERTIFICATES Government Commercial Day
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  • 191 16 Penang Assize Court At the Penang Assize Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Prichard and a common jury, a Tamil named Ramalingam, a coolie on Caledonia Estate, Province Wellesley, was indicted with attempted murder or, alternately, causing grievous hurt to a woman named Silambayah, his
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  • 91 16 Five Years for Being a Year Before Time (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. Wong Kong, who was banished from the State in May. 1918, for a period of 15 years, was charged with being found residing at Chemor in July, 1932. In answer to the charge
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  • 85 16 LAWN BOWLS Result of Ties Played Yesterday Singles Handicap -|-4 A. Clark beat —5 F. N. Syer 21-20. -|-6 E. James beat -f-6 F. L. Cooper 21-15. —4 G. C. Miller beat —5 C. G. Barnes 21-13. TIES FOR TO-DAY Mixed Doubles Handicap —5 Mrs. L.
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  • 33 16 LAWN TENNIS Results of Ties Played Yesterday Men’s Doubles Handicap —15.2 K. A. Robertson and C. Delmar Morgan beat —15.4 L. G. Lee and H. E. Muriel 6-2, 6-0.
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  • 64 16 Selibin Transformer Fails Last Night (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. The w’hole town of Ipoh was in darkness for a period of fifteen minutes last night owing to the failure of the electric supply due to the transformer failing at Selibin, the transformer station. This occurred
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  • 104 16 Ipoh Chinese Does It on the Instalment Plan (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. At the Assizes three Chinese were charged with abduction of a married woman. According to the woman’s story accused sold her to her present husband and later, owing to not being paid, abducted
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  • 70 16 The management of the Wembley Park, who only the other day made a distribution of free gifts to all their patrons, have decided to repeat this novelty again tomorrow night. Those paying a visit td the Park will thus have the opportunity of not only viewing the many
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  • 103 16 Bolivia Agrees To An Armistice Berlin, September 1. According to Press reports from La Paz, the Bolivian Government has agreed to suspend hostilities against Paraguay in the Gran Chaco district for a period of thirty days, as suggested by the Pan-Ame-rican Union. SOME SUCCESSES The Brazilian Government claims
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  • 60 16 First Batch Of Deportees Numbers 180 Madrid, September 1. The first group, numbering 180 persons, sentenced to deportation for taking part in the recent abortive uprising, will be embarked to-day for the Spanish West African colonies in the Gulf of Guinea. The deported persons include several members of
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  • 635 16 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. B S B S RUBBER Batu Lintang 27% 35 27% 35 Kedah 110 125 ex 1.10 1.25 ex Kuala Sidim 82% 95 95 1.10 New Scudai
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  • 266 16 The Post Office notifies that the air mail (via Karachi) despatched from Penang by the s.s. Rohna on August 20 was delivered in London on September 6. AIR MAILS A mail for Europe and North America, Alor Star-Amsterdam Direct Service, will be closed at 6 p.m. on Friday.
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  • 153 16 Division Of Japanese Marines On The Way Tokyo, September 1. The possible renewal of hostilities in Shanghai seems to be heralded by the official announcement that a division of the 3rd Japanese Squadron is now on its way to Shanghai in order to protect the lives and property
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  • 32 16 The Singapore Prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows: Spot 9% cents per lb. Oct./Dec. 9% Jan./March, 1933 10 April/June, 1933 10% Market easier.
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  • 168 16 PENANG, SEPTEMBER 7 (By Courtesy of the Chartered fev On London Bank Demand m/ts Private 3 m/ts credit 3 Documentary On New York Bank Demand F. r ce India T.T. IBV Bangkok T.T. 80 per ties. 100 L Batavia T.T. jj. Singapore t.T. Hongkong t.T. 40% Shanghai t.T. 127
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