Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 September 1932

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. Ms. 223. Vol. LXXXX. TUESDAY, 27th SEPTEMBER, 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 512 1 FINNANCIAL POSITION REQUIRES CAREFUL NURSING" SIR JOHN SCOTT kaft estimates for 1933 PRESENTED Steady Drop In Revenue HR. ROBINSON URGES CONSTRUCTION OF HILL ROAD f (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, To-day. The effect of part of the recommendations of the Retrenchment Committee upon the estimates for 1933 was indicated at
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  • 259 1 —Reuter. Not Forgetting Ireland FAR EASTERN CRISIS Geneva, Yesterday. Reviewing the whole situation of world politics including the SinoJapanese and Anglo-Irish disputes, Mr. De Valera inaugurated the thirteenth League Assembly. He said the League would indubitably be judged by the success or failure of
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  • 57 1 WRECKAGE OF PLANE SIGHTED IN GULF OF MARTABAN Rangoon, Yesterday. Wreckage of an aeroplane believed to be that of the missing airmen Salt and Taylor, who were last seen on August 12 attempting a flight from the Malay States to England, was sighted by the French air
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  • 61 1 and are returning to duuuuu <*. earlier than originally arranged.—Rugby Radio Service. Return to London Earlier Than Expected Rugby, Yesterday. The King and Queen will leave Scotland on Thursday by the Royal special train arriving in London on Friday mornThey went to Balmoral on August 23, and are
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  • 106 1 —Reuter. Legislative Assembly Expresses Horror and Condemnation WILL NOT FRIGHTEN BRITAIN Chittagong, Yesterday. The casualties in the terrorist outrage are now one killed and 16 wounded. It is stated that the raiders were attired in Mohamedan costumes. The Legislative Assembly passed a resolution expressing horror and condemnation
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  • 46 1 Reuter. ACCUSED GIVEN THREE MONTHS RESPITE TO FACILITATE APPEAL Hongkong, Yesterday. Cheng Kwok Yau, who was due for execution next week, was granted a respite of three months by the Governor to facilitate application for special leave to appeal to the Privy Council.—
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  • 132 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Grounded in Uncharted Waters Off Labrador Rugby, Yesterday. The Admiralty announce the grounding of H.M.S. Challenger whilst surveying in uncharted waters off the Labrador coast. The vessel struck a rock on September 23 six miles off Ford’s Harbour light in latitude N. longitude 61.10 W.
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  • 76 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Large Orders for Britain 100,000 Tons of Coal Rugby, Yesterday. Messages received by British firms represented at the Great British Trade Exhibition at Copenhagen report very satisfactory business and the acceptance of many large orders from Danish buyers. News is also received that the Danish
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  • 342 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Impending Resignations Of Ministers iA BUT MAY CO-OPERATE WITH GOVERNMENT ON OTHER MATTERS Rugby, Yesterday. A full attendance of Ministers is expected at Wednesday’s important meeting of the Cabinet. The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, in order to be present left Geneva
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  • 32 1 Death of Admiral Sims’ War Time Chief of Staff San Deigo, Yesterday. The death has taken place of Vice Admiral Pringle, Chief of Staff to Admiral Sims during the war.
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  • 70 1 The Robinson Piano Co., Ltd., will be vacating their premises on the 30th inst. and will be located at 31 Bishop Street as from October. Their removal is only temporary, due, we understand, to extensive alterations to their present premises. As the booking plan for Mr. Pirn
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    • 1657 2 RATES FOR CASUAL NOTICE ANKS Th® ADVERTISED. El Ni J Mr McDougall begs to thank all his id fi fl customers for their kind patronage in the The Mercantile Bank Chartered Bank I .ill communications relating to p.- t, r.d regrets b ir. r compelled to close (Incorporated in England
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  • 331 3 SECRET HINTS MASS SCRUTINY OF SUSPECTS A new step towards the defeat of the motor bandit has been taken by Scotland Yard. Representatives from practically all the Metropolitan Police divisions now attend mass identification parades of suspects, so that they can familiarise themselves with the
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  • 363 3 IRRESISTIBLE ATTACKS OF SOMNOLENCE 1 1 A girl who fell asleep irresistibly at almost any time and for excessive periods is described by Dr. E. Mildred Creak, assis- j tant medical officer of the Maudsley Hospital, London, in "The Lancet. The girl, aged seven, was unusually
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  • 258 3 ENGLISHMEN’S FATE GRIM END TO SEARCH FOR GOLD London, Sept. 17. A tragedy of unsuccessful gold-prospect-ing is believed to lie behind the mysterious deaths of two Englishmen, whose names are given as Duffill and Hess, whose bodies were found covered by sand at a spot about
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  • 256 3 SIR J. STAMP AND STEAM Sir Josiah Stamp, president of the London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, speaking at the Engineering Section of the British Association at York, said he wanted to know more of the relation that existed between the physical durability of railway machinery and
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  • 232 3 Horse-hunting is a very rare pleasure in civilised Europe, and even in America where earlier the wild mustangs used to be caught, but the other day an official Swedish party drove together no less than sixty wild horses, peacefully grazing at the Lojsta Haid,” in the big
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    • 289 3 afraid TO EAT i/TW i tf Mil I -IBr 1 &gt; o KmC £ll HEALTH Entirely Rebuilt By CASSELL’S TABLETS Mrs. Smith, who is Chairman of the Women’s Section of the Slouch British Legion is loud in her praise of Cassell's Tablets. Her remarkable restoration to Health after years of
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    • 243 3 a cork tipped cigarette and I delightfully cool. PLAYER’S BACHELOR MADE IN ENGLAND, T1 V Actual micro-f&gt;hotogTasfc 19 &lt; ncrvc-ccll. wpr W W are quietly conjgL. Jgiz J qu.r.d with L Sanitojtn, be i Sanstoge® WyT serves regulatiaf ,h di apparatus, 1 Conquer H i Nerve troubles i W Loss
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  • FOOTBALL AT HOME
    • 1095 4 ALEC JACKSON’S BREAK WITH CHELSEA SIR WILLIAM CLEGG’S CAREER (From Our Own Correspondent) London, September 3. Football as usual opened in summer weather, and eonditions for both players and spectators were far from comfortable. Yet so great is the interest that the public takes in Soccer
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    • 506 4 1 ST. MIRREN’S DIRECTOR’S RESIGNATION COWDENBEATH’S RARE DISTINCTION (From Our Own Correspondent) London, September 3. It is many years since there has been such an entertaining start to Scottish 1 football. With only a fortnight gone there are but five undefeated clubs, and only one
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  • 823 4 BOATS AS TAXIS DRINKS WITHOUT THE LIMIT A Floating hotel, free from landlubberly shore restrictions, is the latest competitor for the favour of holidaymakers at leading seaside towns. The vessel —a beautifully furnished power yacht has been paying calls along the coast, much to the concern of
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  • 805 4 Mr. and Mrs. E. J. McLernon, Malacca, have returned from leave and the former has resumed duties. Messrs. R. C. Cussen and N. A. Worley have been appointed examiners in law for the State of Selangor. The death took place on Friday in Colombo of Mrs. Agnes
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 127 4 BISHOF STREET WILL BE OUR NEW ADDRESS AS FROM OCTOBER Ist. To Save Removal Expenses, we are offerinr cur Stocks at Greatly Reduced Prices. Here's your opportunity to Save Money. Music from 10 cents, a copy, Records $l.OO each. Violins $7.00 Accordeons $4.00 Mandolines $4.00 Bugles $B.OO Ukuleles $2.00 Clarinets
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  • 1065 5 GLOSTE R REGT. DEFEAT SELANGOR CLUB Six Points to Nil ggV/iCK SHINES AT FULL BACK from Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. Scratch teams representing the Glo’ster composed of members of the v ier.t who came to Kuala Lumpur for Maiaya Command Rifle Meeting, and !..:igor Club met at rugger
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  • 295 5 Walker Saves Penalty YESTERDAY’S CUP MATCH ENDS IN DRAW The match between the Penang Cricket ub and the Chinese Recreation Club B’ in the Penang Football Association Cup Competition was played yesterday on the draw na Ti? reen resulted 111 a goalless draw. The game
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  • 344 5 Large Quantity of Opium Found (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Sept. 26. Acting under information, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Mr. L. A. G. Morris) accompanied by Inspector Dan Singh, detectives and constables raided premises No. 40 Tupai Road last Saturday night at about 10.30 p.m.
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  • 180 5 INADEQUATE FOR DEFENCE RUMOUR OF A NEW CRUISER Inquiry in well-informed circles elicits no confirmation of a report from Canberra that the Australian Government intends shortly to order a cruiser of the Leander class, and that Mr. Bruce would discuss the matter with the Admiralty on his arrival
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  • 139 5 SOVIET VENTURE NEARLY COMPLETED The American engineers who have been x. acting m a consulting capacity in connection with the £20,000,000 hydro-electric scheme at Dnieprostroy, near Dnyeprovsk, on the Dnieper, have left Moscow, and the work has now been officially taken over by the Soviet Government. The
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  • 84 5 GIANT HOTEL TO BE BUILT AT MOSCOW Ji What is claimed will be the largest hotel in Europe is to be built by the Moscow Soviet for the benefit of foreign tourists. It will be 16 storeys high. Among the attractions will be billiard rooms,
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  • 185 5 The China Year Book for 1932 (published by Simpkin, Marshall, Limited, price 425. net) appears in a new form as to typography and make-up. It has been revised and re-written from cover to cover and contains new features of present importance. Among those of special interest
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  • 49 5 An A.B.C. of air transport, similar to the railway A.B.C. has been published by George Lunn’s Tours, Ltd., London. It contains 28 pages, and should assist business men and travellers who may suddenly wish to know how, when, and where it is possible to fly abroad.
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  • 391 5 ROMANCE THAT BEGAN IN BOYHOOD The people” is able to reveal that, behind the announcement of the eighteeny ear-old Lord Egmont’s lightning marriage o his second cousin, Miss Moody, there lies a story of one of the best-kept love 1 secrets the world has ever known. When,
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  • 265 5 SUITOR WHO TOOK FLOWERS TO PRISON Mrs. Olive Kathleen Wise, who w r as sentenced to death at the Old Bailey, London, for the murder of her child, reprieved, and later released, was married to Mr. A. J. Wheatley, who visited her and took her flowers while
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  • 145 5 WORKS OF ART IN SUGAR—CAKES THAT TELL A STORY The Royal Academy of the baking world, where £l,oo-a-year artists in icing reveal triumphs of decoration that have taken weeks to make opened at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. Landscapes, miniatures and architectural designs reveal the artistry of a
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  • 241 5 Millionaire’s Death While Crossing Atlantic DOCTOR’S ADVICE IGNORED Mr. James Wood Johnson, an American millionaire, has paid with his life for ignoring the advice of his doctors. He has died at sea on board the White Star liner Majestic as it crossed the Atlantic in
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  • 176 5 Discussing the importance of food at a Rotarian luncheon at Wembley Dr. Josiah Oldfield said: “When a woman makes home miserable by enternal nerves and nagging, her husband should not retire to his club. The solution of the trouble is a dietetic one. It is a case
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  • 214 5 A WIFE’S DISCOVERY London, Sept. 7. A remarkable case of mistaken identity followed an accident at Neath, Glamorgan. A man knocked down by a motor-car was identified as Walter Samuel Wardlow, aged 65, a mining engineer, of Port Talbot. He was at once taken homa
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 223 5 NEW SPRINGTIDE HOTEL ’Phone 60 TANJONG BUNGAH DINNER DANCE EVERY SATURDAY FROM 8 P.M. Light Orchestral Concert Every Sunday From 5.30 p.m. Followed by DANCE, tu. f. It is a long iane that has no turning. An advertisement in the Pinang Gazette 11 will help to pull you through dull
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  • 3024 6 DONCASTER YEARLING SALES LORD HAREVVOOD'S BIRTHDAY TIP THE AUTUMN HANDICAPS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, September 14. N OTES ON THE ST. LEG ER The race for the St. Leger was fully dealt with in my article last week —here are some additional particulars:—lt was the Aga
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    • 308 6 COWtGA TE a |W| tho &gt;h'y Look at his smiling health 1 look at his well-boned and I I firmly fleshed little body! '-rM 1 He is a Cow Gate baby naturally formed without the useless fat and the weaknesses of the ordinary -s. iff*, artificially fed Child! And •:&lt;
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  • INDIAN ITEMS OF INTEREST
    • 665 7 ORTHODOX brahmins SUPPORT POLYGAMY nambudiri bill INQUIRY Ernakulam, Sept. 8. There is sharp difference of opinion Nambudiris in Cochin on the gill introduced in the Legislative Council by a non-official member to amend the laws governing marriage, ,accession and family management among the Nambudiri Brahmins.
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    • 218 7 Midnight Raid On Village Tinnevelly, September 12. News of a very serious nature is reported from Thalankulam, a village in Nangurei Taluq. It is alleged that a party of Maravars belonging to Marukalkurichi village, armed with guns and other dangerous weapons, attacked the village at midnight on
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    • 96 7 Warning From Government Peshawar, September 14. As the advance guard of mounted troops of a reserve column were carrying out a reconnaisance of the Kamrani Pass on Tuesday morning a few rounds w r ere fired by Shamozai tribesmen from the west oank of the Panjkora River. The
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    • 47 7 Simla, September 14. The Chitral Relief Column, when in camp at Bandagai on the first march out of Chakdara, were sniped by a Shamjai Lashkar from across the Panjkora River. The casualties were one killed and two w’ounded. Punitive action is being taken.
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    • 54 7 Lawyers to Represent Indian Government Simla, September 14. According to lobby gossips in the Assembly, the choice of the Government o India in respect of the two eminent lawyers to represent them before the Capital Tribunal would most likely fal on Sanderson of the English Bar and Mr.
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    • 75 7 f urther Recruitment Suspended A Press communique, dated Se P te 15 states- “The Government of India taVft wttb the approval of the Scretary of State for India in Council, decided suspend further recruitment to the Indian Forest Service, whether by promotion or direct appointment, until a
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    • 1734 7 Viceroy's Announcement And Its Reception In The Country Madras, September 16. The Viceroy’s speech has been conceived in a spirit of conciliation and sympathy. Nevertheless, there are many who regret that His Excellency was not able to announce any relaxation of the present policy of ordinance rule.
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    • 6 7 HEDJAZ PILGRIMS
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    • 4 7 HEDJAZ PILGRIMS
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    • 310 7 THE SHIMSHA BRIDGE FATALITY RAILWAY SERVANTS NOT TO BLAME Bangalore, September 8. The circumstances leading up to the fatal accident to Lieut. J. F. Bearcroft of the Royal Engineers, attached to the Madras Sappers and Miners, which occurred on the Mysore—Bangalore Railway a few
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    • 270 7 Marriage in Defiance of Court’s Order Nagpur, September 11. Holding that there can be no question but that by the deliberate disobedience ’of the injunctions issued by the District I Judge of Akola, the appellants had not only flouted the authority of the Court I
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    • 88 7 Nagpur, September 10. The Deputy Commissioner of Nagpur has passe- orders in a case under the Child Marriage Restraint Act in which the mother and husband of Kachra, an eight-year-old Hindu girl, were charged by her grandmother for having acted in contravention of the provisions of the
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  • 855 8 Yesterday was a fie'.d day at the Legislative Council. The Budget was introduced, the Daylight Saving Bill was read a first time and the report of the Retrenchment Committee was laid on the table. The last mentioned comprises some twenty pages and demands careful perusal before anything in the
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  • 247 8 John Stuart Mill, in his Principles of Political Economy,” held that the skill of a violinist, in every respect, was as much a part of the world’s wealth as the violin itself. Translated into physical terms, the violinist’s skill is dependent entirely on the delicacy and
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  • 855 8 BEAUTY OF THE CHURCHES AN ARCHITECT’S PILGRIMAGE In a letter to the &lt;e Times’ f on the subject of the English Fenlands Mr. E. Guy Dawber, A.R.A., says.— If our American friends visiting this country, and any of our own people, wish for a peaceful and
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  • 756 8 THE CABMAN’S HAT Women, we are told, are obliged hats in churches and law courts their hair is attractive to evil S pi r would seem that evil spirits are e attracted by the hair of Belfast c between the hours of six a.m. and p.m., since
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 200 8 B B_B B B B B B B B i H BEBS3E3H£JLJi3E3EHSiKB aBB,BB B IB zZ Pure leylon leak Obtainable &gt; u Drink and En J°- v -S f. W "&gt; 1 'V ’*&gt;’:.• M Ji *z .4 .’-f &gt;.&gt; &lt;-5.-4J I*. aii f r. This c First Class j
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    • 40 8 E. and O. HOTEL. SPECIAL DINNER AND DANCE. WEDNESDAY, 28th SEPT., 1932. Dance Music By the Band of the S.S. PRESIDENT VAN BUREN.” IFOR THE HOME HANDSOME CARVED TEAK CHESTS CAMPHOR LINED Chimese kAMTERM. By Courtesy of Robinson Piano Co.
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  • 539 9 MR. GANDHI BREAKS FAST AFTER OVER SIX DAYS' Adequate Security For Depressed Classes o— NUMBER OF SEATS UNALTERED -o Rugby, Yesterday. The British Government’s telegram expressing acceptance of and great satisfaction at the agreement reached between caste Hindus and leaders of the depressed classes
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  • 133 9 I.—Reuter. By Mrs. &lt;?uo Tai Chi ON OCT. 12 London, Yesterday. China’s first train ferry, built for the Chinese Government on the order of the Chinese Purchasing Commission in London at a cost of £70,000, will be launched at Newcastle on October 12 by
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  • 979 9 Estate of Khco Tek Chye DIFFERENT PRACTICES IN COLONY AND F.M.S. There was interesting argument in the Supreme Court this morning between Counsel and Mr. Justice Prichard when the bearing of an issue was commenced between Lirn Kim Thay (Caveatrix) and Oon Kim Lan,
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  • 129 9 —Reuter. Ten Injured: Vessel Towed To Port Cherbourg, Yesterday. Ten were injured in an explosion in the accumulators of the French submarine Persee which is the same type as the illfated Promethee. The disaster occurred during trials between the Channel Islands and the French coast whereupon the
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  • 92 9 .—Reuter. Great Damage Throughout Bulgaria London, To-day. A violent earthquake was recorded in England the needles in the seismographs at West Bromwich Observatory, London, running off the charts. Seismologists express the opinion that the centre was near the Azores. Seismologists at Washington University and at Seattle which also
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  • 146 9 Offenders Not to be Placed in Dock A distinction used to be made in the Penang Courts hitherto in that an ordinary cyclist who happened to be arrested on a charge of riding without a light being placed in the dock while a person who owned a motor
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  • 43 9 .—Reuter. R. A. F. PILOT BLOWN TO PIECES London, To-day. An R.A.F. pilot was blown to pieces during bombing practice at Holbeach, Lincolnshire when his single seater burst into flames in a dive and crashed, the bombs he was carrying exploding.
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  • 111 9 Claim Over Building of Astana at Kuala Kangsar (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. Brossard Mopin, contractors for the building of the Astana at Kuala Kangsar, are being sued for payment of metal, timber, lime, etc., supplied. The claim totals over $3,000. Brossard Mopin dispute the claim
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  • 99 9 European Woman Petitions Against Indian Husband (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. Two divorce suits are pending in the Supreme Court. In one a European lady petitions for dissolution of her marriage to an Indian husband at present studying for the Bar in London. In the other
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  • 207 9 Herriot Accused Of Hypocrisy Munich, Yesterday. “This insolence is carried too far” is the heading of a leader by Hitler in his paper, the National Observer, which speaks of M. Herriot’s insolence and hypocrisy and accuses him of wilfully misrepresenting facts. It ridicules M. Herriot’s statement
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  • 502 9 Eight-Year-old Victim Relates Story Colin Liddlow, the 8 year old pupil of St. Xavier’s Institution who was kidnapped by an English speaking Chinese who robbed him of the gold chain he was wearing related before the District Judge, this morning, the story as to how he
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  • 118 9 —Reuter. Wild Enthusiasm in Streets of Barcelona I PREMIER’S VISIT Barcelona, Yesterday. Wild enthusiasm on the part of huge crowds thronging the beflagged streets greeted the arrival of the Spanish Premier, Senor Azana, to hand over to Catalonia her statute of autonomy. The rejoicings reached their climax
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  • 96 9 ClN—Spot YESTERDAY. TO-DAY. London £153-15-0 £153-5-0 TIN (3 Months) London £155-10-0 £155-0-0 Singapore $79.50 $78.00 Business Done Penang $79.25 $78.00 Business Done i Buyers—No sellers Buyers -No COPRA— (Sundried) $5.90 $5.90 BLACK PEPPER $22.50 $22.50 RUBBER London 2&lt;Bd. New York (G) 3H (G) Singapore 8% cts. BY 2
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  • 180 9 OBITUARY Col. Sir Percy Girouard London, Yesterday. The death has taken place of Sir Percy Girouard. —Reuter. The following is from “Who’s Who”: Girouard, Colonel Sir (Edouard) Percy (Cranwill), K.C.M.G. cr. 1900; D.S.O. 1896; R.E.; F.R.C.1.; b. Montreal, 26 Jan. 1867; s. of late Hon. Desire Girouard; m. 1903, Mary
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  • 4803 10 NO SUGGESTIONS FOR CLOSING OF DEPARTMENTS OCCUPYING SECONDARY THOUGH DESIRABLE POSITION IN ECONOMY o Departments Exercising Primary Functions Not Allowed To Escape MILITARY AND POLICE Communication Considered Unfortunate We give below the Report of the Straits Settlements Retrenchment Committee appointed by H.E. the Governor and
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  • 371 11 VALUE IN TRAINING FUTURE SEAMEN GRAIN SHIP’S NEW VOYAGE SWEDISH BOYS SIGN ON FOR AUSTRALIAN TRIP The past year has witnessed a remarkable revival of interest in the sailing ship (writes a Naval Correspondent), not only as an economic form of transport within its limited sphere, but
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  • 360 11 EXPLORING UNKNOWN PART OF SAHARA ON WAY TO KANO SAFETY IN REMOTE PLACES AMONG MOUNTAINS London, Sept. 7. The Sahara, in its most inhospitable mood, has been conquered by two young Londoners, Mr. William Donkin, aged 20, of Westminster,, S.W., late of Rugby’ School, and
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  • 247 11 APPEAL TO POLICE GIRLS POSE FOR CAMERA IN SCANT ATTIRE Powers from Parliament arc to be sought to deal with holiday camp evils at Heswall, W irral, writes a "Reynold’s” correspondent. Astonishing allegations regarding boy and girl campers at this favourite Cheshire beauty spot are made by
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  • 511 11 EXHIBITION AT BIRMINGHAM ART GALLERY London, Sept. 7. The display of foreign stamps on exhibition in the Birmingham Art Gallery, under the auspices of the Birmingham Philatelic Society, deals wi’h the issues of Hong Kong, and is shown by Mr. H. Grindall, the president of
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 288 11 Unsightly Rash Caused Inconvenience Healed by Cuticura “I had a very stubborn rasb on my 1 face. It was red and inflamed and broke 1 out around my mouth and chin. It was I of a dry nature and scaled over, but the I inflammation and irritation were awful. llt
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    • 99 11 WAW.V.WAV I Rubber that's alive! M 1 that every one is new from the B factory at Fort Dunlop when B you buy it. Live, new tyres of a outstanding merit. DUNLOP FORT °3 The first TYRE in the world a U i u a ja I BULLFINCH I BUTTER
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  • LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 758 12 Chairman on Financial Position The fifteenth annual general meeting of the Kluang Rubber Company, Limited, was held on Friday at the offices of the accountants, Messrs. Derrick and Co., Hongkong Bank Chambers. Mr. S. Q. Wong took the chair and those present were Messrs. E. A. Elias, W.
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    • 122 12 Cash resources of Biting Rubber Es tates haying become depleted, shareholders cfnt inV f ted tO subscribe for £7,000 7 per M the m®*- f Provided the Plan is support- notes, together with interest, is to be made as soon as profits are available, and before paying
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    • 284 12 MALAYAN TIN DREDGING, LIMITED. —An interim dividend of per cent has been declared (the same as a year ago), payable on September 21. CHANGKAT TIN DREDGING.—An interim dividend of 2% per cent on account of the year to December 31, 1932, has been declared payable on September 30;
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    • 117 12 Reconstructed Company Registered The Serdang Central Plantations was registered as a public company on Bth September, with a capital of £90.000 in £1 shares, to acquire the undertaking of the Serdang Central Plantations &lt; incorporated in January. 1909) and to carry on the business of cultivators of rubber,
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    • 112 12 New York, Sept. 12. Outside prices quiet. First latex thin crepe spot 4% buyers. Smoked ribbed sheets spot, 3(3 buyers, 3 7 s sellers; smoked ribbed sheets October-November-December, 3's buyers; smoked ribbed sheets January-February-March, 4 buyers. 4 A sellers. Rubber Exchange of New York (closing) —Barely steady.
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    • 147 12 Johore Rubber Lands, an E. B. Ridsdel Company undertaking, is one of the few concerns able to record a profit. In the year to March 31 last this was £2,890, and contrasts with a loss of £4,012 for the preceding season. Balance brought in is £5,414, and
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    • 229 12 PRODUCTION UNDER THE QUOTA The recent further cut which came into operation at the beginning of July is of interest as showing present production from mines operating at that date in Bolivia. Monthly figures for individual producers are as follows: Patino Mines Simon I. Patino 700,000 Soc. Empresa
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    • 167 12 Latest Quotations Mn. Sat. 8&t. Sept. 26 Sect 24 Sept 19 Paris 88 »7 82 88f 128 96 New York 8 45$ 8 46$ 4,85? Montreal 8 82$ 8.84 Breeds 24 92* 24 9:s 84 88 Geneva 17 92$ 17 95$ 24 86 Amsterdam 8.6 i
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 50 12 MAORIS, I APIOL STEEL I Sure and certain for all Female g complaints. Every lady should I keep a box in the house. W. J. EDMONDS I The English Pharmacy B 52-54, Beach Street, Penang S WIRELESS WIRELESS Informative and Interesting articles appear in the Pinang Gazette ON FRIDAYS. ■■"■■■■■"■"■WbVbV.Vs
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    • 275 12 4 Gentleman Always Looks Well Dressed in Good Clothes. When in England, call and fit your H self out with clothes at approx, ha! n original cost, Overcoats. Lounge, Sports Dress Suits, Plus Fours, etc by eminent Savile Row and West End Tailors viz. Davies, Scholte. Lesley anc Robert*, etc.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 118 12 ==y TO-NIGHT at 8.30 p.m. DEAN'S STAR OPERA OF SINGAPORE. Will Present The Second Chapter of The Great Javanese Historical Play Gunong Sari With JAVANESE Songs, Dances, Costumes, Custom and Music. The first chapter was shown last night to a packed Hall. Don’t miss this Chapter to-night. There will be
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    • 126 12 111 BB Phone 264. 6.15 OPENING TO-NIGHT UNIVERSAL’S FAST-MOVING DRAMA OF EMILE GAUVREAU'S SENSATIONAL NOVEL “HOT NEWS” SCANDAL FOR SALE" WITH THE STARS OF “EAST OF BORNEO’’ CHARLES BICKFORD— ROSE HOBART Bookings at Moutrie's —'Phene 795 COMING EDGAR ALLAN POE'S "MURDERS ,N THR RUE MORGUE” MORE AMAZING THAN FRANKENSTEIN.’’ m
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  • 921 13 Schedule of Principal Lines The following is a list of vessels arriving sailing from Penang during the week: IN PORT TO-DAY MV FUSIJAMA from Singapore for Venice and Trieste. s &lt; AUTOMEDON from Liverpool for B Hong Kong, Shanghai, Pukow and Hankow. mV. COL. DILANA from
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  • 193 13 OCTOBER SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1. SelSgor A at Tai P in 8 T f C 1 b Autun an Meeting Kuala Lumpur, First day Association Football: Police v.‘ C.R C Vic toria Green. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8. Rugby: Taiping v. I poh at Taiping. Selangor Turf Club Autumn Meeting
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  • 287 13 HEAVY DUTY 78 DISTILLERIES DECIDE TO CLOSE Owing to the crushing duty, Scottish pot malt distillers at a meeting in Elgin at the week-end agreed to a general stoppage of distillers in the combine. No whisky will be made in the season 1932-33, and others outside the
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  • 298 13 UNNAMED WOMAN’S VENTURE London, Sept. 7. A woman, whose name was not disclosed, was stated at Gravesend to have the monetary interest in the 3,517 gallons of spirit, valued at £25,307, in the yacht Strathspey, which was seized in the Thames. The cargo was taken abroad
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  • 112 13 Sir william Clegg, who rendered great public service to Sheffield and at the height of his career was known popularly as the King of Sheffield,” died there at the age ot was a member of the Sheffield City Council for forty yeare, being a strong Liberal
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  • 623 13 MR. GAR WOOD’S VICTORY i Detroit, Sept. 5. —A quarter of a million people saw Mr. Gar Wood win the International trophy. Miss England lll.’s engines stopped completely towards the end of the second lap. Frantic efforts on the part of Mr. Kaye Don and Garner, his mechanic,
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  • 232 13 FALL THROUGH BOTTOM Paris, Sept. 4. An accident which is believed to be the first of its kind has resulted in the death of Andre Weigal, an aerial photographer attached to a flying squadron stationed at Chartres. He fell through the floor of an aeroplane at an
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    • 222 13 I BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME H I I i THE lamp; of luting brilliance S H IP a Ji raw S 3 I dHID si rs RS L jßpi E Dll BRITISH MADE. 9 Sole Agents UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) 87, BISHOP STREET, PENANG. w/jwwwM/wwwwAwwy J FAVOURITE I
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  • 684 14 BROTHER’S BRAVERY RESCUE ATTEMPT IN ROUGH SEA The inquest on Miss Helen GrahamLittle, daughter of Sir Ernest GrahamLittle, Independent M.P. for London University, who was drowned while bathing at Saltdean, near Brighton, was held by the Brighton coroner, Mr. W. D’Arcy PcslcctX. Sir Ernest Graham-Little, who
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  • 140 14 SIR HAMILTON HARTY London, Sept. 7. Sir Hamilton Harty, conductor of the Halle Orchestra, Manchester, is to become artistic adviser and conductor-in-chief of the London Symphony Orchestra. An official statement issued points out that some reorganisation of the personnel of the orchestra is inevitable, but it is
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  • 488 14 DENUNCIATION BY A MAYOR M.P.» CRITICISED London, Sept 7th. “I think it behoves the civic heads of every city, town, and village in every part of this country immediately to abolish such ogres as Mrs. Grundy and her detestable daughter D.O.R.A. This statement was made by
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  • 330 14 ADVENTURES OF A SAILING VESSEL The September issue of the Blue Peter recalls the story of a pleasure cruise in 1884 by the sailing ship Tyburnia, under the command of Captain Kennaley. Chartered by the “Pleasure Sailing Yacht Company,” the idea was that “people of
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    • 201 14 STUDY THE PINANG GAZETTE ADVERTISEMENTS There is much in the way of useful information contained in our Advertisement Columns. Read the advertisements and learn who stocks the article you are contemplating buying, who is offering the best bargains, or who is willing to buy your unwanted goods. EVERY ADVERTISEMENT, no
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    • 572 14 THE FUTURE OF THE EMPIRE ties in the arms cfevery nursßtgmat» 'T'HERE are occasions when, do what you 1 will, the Mother's milk remains scanty, weak and unsuitable. In these cases Sunshine Giaxo has proved helpful to the Mother, remedying the difficulty and allowing natural feeding to go on unhindered.
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    • 2135 15 4 I d mi p and O---BR'TISH INDIA ftf’* V. J■ I I tffll f njy~l| HTjßi fl P "W O B BB and apcar lines ®fifr Jsffn Brn (Co,op3aleB lECOrp rated T^ s BLUE 1 MM MAIL PASSENGER and CARGO SERVICES fFISANDER for Colombo. Amsterdam, .cr a h^X° N
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  • 857 16 Annual Meeting DIVIDEND OF 6 PER CENT. PASSED Ths annual general meeting of the Penang Posts and Telegraphs Co-Operative Thrift and Lean Society, Limited, was held yesterday afternoon. Mr. Mun Soon Hoong, Chairman of the Managing Committee took the chair and there were
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  • 63 16 British Hopes HOLDER FAILS TO QUALIFY Peabody, Massachusetts, Yesterday. Miss Helen Hicks, the holder of the American Women’s Golf Championship, failed to qualify with a return of 89. The sole British competitor, Miss Enid Wilson, the British Champion, who is attempting to pull off the double
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  • 195 16 BOXING Schmelling Beats Walker in Eliminating Bout New York, To-day. In the eliminating bout for the world’s championship Schmelling technically knocked out Walker in the eighth of a fifteen-round contest. FIGHT DESCRIBED In the first round Schmelling battered Walker’s head and floored him with a right to the
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  • 22 16 —Reuter. London, Yesterday. In a match played to-day in the Scottish League Aberdeen defeated Hearts by 3 goals to nil.-
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  • 45 16 RESULTS OF TIES PLAYED YESTERDAY Championship: G. B. F. Southam beat A. F. Baughan w. 0.; W. M. Edwards beat Dr. G. Chance 21-4. Championship Pairs: G. C. Miller and C. G. Barnes beat L. M. Norris and T. A. Wemyss 21-8.
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  • 60 16 P.R.C. v. E. S. Co. The following will play for the Penang Recreation Club against the Eastern Smelting Company on Thursday, September 29, on the Esplanade, at 5.15 p.m.: Dr. da Silva; A. de Zilva and A. Salvon; M. Pestana. J. W. Boyle and D. Howell; R. de Cruz,
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  • 70 16 Penang Centre Results The following are the results of the London Matriculation Examination held in Penang in June PASS—lst DIVISION Alfred Victor Winslow’. PASS—2nd DIVISION Miss Oh Jit Kwai. Tan Eck Soon. N. P. Orchard. James Lovick. Fong Joo Khoon. Loo Khim Leng. Hon Yung Sen. Govindasamy
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  • 35 16 Reuter. Washington, To-day. Democrats gained numerical control of the Senate to-day when the Governor of Colorado appointed Mr. Walter Walker, newspaper publisher, to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Waterman.—
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  • 26 16 The Senior League match between Chinese Recreation Club and the St. Xavier’s Recreation Club which w’as fixed for tomorrow has been postponed.
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  • 64 16 PENANG, SEPTEMBER 27. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) On London Bank Demand 2/3% m/ts 2/4 Private 3 m/ts credit 2/4 3 Documentary 2/4 A On New York Bank Demand 40 France T.T. 1,000 nom India T.T. 153 Bangkok T.T. 80 per tics. 100 nom Batavia T.T. 99 Singapore
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  • 89 16 The Singapore Prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows: Spot 8 cents per lb. October/December 8% January/March, 1933 8% April/June, 1933 9 Market easier. London Liverpool Stock decreased by 1,214 tons. The following prices were realised for rubber sold at our Auction
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  • 503 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 MINING Ayer Weng 85 95 90 95 Bangrin 14/3 15/3 14/3 15/3 Hong Fatt 39 41 39 41 Johan 17 21 15
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  • 363 16 The Post Office notifies that a telegram from the G.P.0., London, says that the mail despatched from Penang on September 3 by the s.s. “Ranpura” was delivered in London on September 24. AIR MAIL A mail for Europe and North America, Alor Star-Amsterdam Direct Service, will be closed
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    • 32 16 ON OTHER PAGES Retrenchment Committee’s Report 10 Indian New’s 7 Commercial News 12 Home Football 12 Selangor Rugby 5 Latest Cable News 1 and 9 Legislative Council Meeting 1 Produce Markets 9
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    • 223 16 notice Madame Tan Saw Hoon h a&lt;t established a Coffee Campbell street -and U Hock has been appointed as STOP FUN (Bth mile Tanjong Bungah Road) SATURDAY, Oct. 1, at 9 30 pjn VARIETY CABARET SHOW Cameron Alston and Gordon WakefoM with their GIRL FRIENDS New songs, ditties, comedy dialog
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