Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 January 1933

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. Vol. LXXXXL SATURDAY. 21 sf JANUARY, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 607 1 —Reuter. EARLY IN MARCH Sequel To HooverRoosevelt Parleys REPRESENTATIVE TO VISIT WASHINGTON Rugby, Yesterday. A communique issued at White House, Washington, this afternoon states that a conference this morning between President Hoover and the President elect Mr. Roosevelt, was devoted mainly to a
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  • 198 1 KUALA LUMPUR COURT CROWDED Conviction and Sentence Quashed (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Yesterday. Standing accommodation was at a premium in the Court of the Chief justice, F.M.S., to-day, when judgment was delivered by the Hon’ble Mr Justice W. H. Thorne, in the Supreme Court, Kuala
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  • 40 1 —Reuter. Dr. Wang Attends as Chinese Delegate London, Yesterday. Dr. Wang, Director of the Chinese Purchases ommittee, has gone to Egypt where he will be staying for several weeks acting as Chinese delegate at the International Railway Conference.—Reuter.
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  • 52 1 Reuter. TO MARRY MRS. PRISCILLA WORSTHORNE London, Yesterday. Notice has been given at a register office in London of the forthcoming marriage of Mr. Montagu Norman and Mrs. Priscilla Worsthorne, aged thirty-three, who obtained a divorce in 1929. The bride is an active member of the London
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  • 943 1 NAZI PARTY'S PLAN Return To Old Fighting Methods WILL NOT YIELD AN INCH Berlin, Jan. 15. Early election returns from Lippe appear to indicate that the intense electoral campaign conducted by the National Socialists had the desired result in increasing the Hitlerite vote, but it is
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  • 1591 1 To Accept Or Reject Committee Of 19’s Proposals Covenant, Kellogg Pact And Nine Power Treaty To Be Respected Conciliation Commission To Be Set Up To Conduct Negotiations NEITHER RETURN TO STATUS QUO NOR MAINTENANCE OF PRESENT REGIME SATISFACTORY Unofficial Reports Of Japanese Reply Rugby, Yesterday.
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  • 74 1 ed in heavy seas.—Rugby Radio Service. Rugby, Yesterday. The British freighter Exeter City of 2,959 tons is in distress in mid-Atlantic. The United States liner American Merchant, which is standing by has wirelessed that the Captain and three of the creio of the Exeter City were
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  • 46 1 Reuter. MR. ROOSEVELT WANTS ENACTMENT BEFORE MARCH 4 Washington, Yesterday. Mr. Roosevelt to-day asked for the enactment before March 4 of the Farm Relief Bill and the projected legislation revising bankruptcy laws in order to enable debtors to arrange settlement with majority creditors.—
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  • 183 1 Aviation SEARCH MADE ON FOOT Returning to London Rugby Yesterday. Fears entertained in some quarters for the safety of Captain Hope, and his assistant pilot Heanly, who are making a search in the Alps for the missing aviator Squadron Leader Hinkler were dispelled to-day. The airman returned
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  • 646 3 TOLD POLICE BOGUS HOLD-UP STORY AND BECOMES LEADING CASE IN LEGAL HISTORY SEVEN MEN QUESTIONED RECORDER SAYS THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONVICTED A woman who “made law” by being convicted for reporting to the police a fictitious hold-up was dealt with mercifully
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  • 333 3 TWICE TORPEDOED IN THE WAR London, Jan. 4. Ai the close of the year Mr. Andrew Cockbum, R.D., R.N.R., chief engineer of the Mauretania, retires from the sea after a remarkable career extending over 40 years. He was in charge below when the vessel achieved some
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  • 139 3 BRAVE RESCUE EFFORTS IN A HEAVY SEA London, Dec. 31. Sergt. Nason and Marine Yalden, of H.M.S. Egmont, lost their lives while bathing outside the harbour of Valetta. A heavy sea was running, but despite warnings from his companions Yalden persisted in entering the sea, and soon
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  • 135 3 London, Jan. 2. Reports that specialists have been consulted about the health of little Prince Michael, the eleven-year-old Crown Prince of Rumania, are current in the highest medical circles in Bucharest, says Reuter’s correspondent. It is feared that some very strict regime may be necessary
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    • 65 3 SLUMP or ns slump, all the advertising business that reaches this office is not accepted. Our Adver tising Department exercises discrimination. It has to live up to the traditions of a century of unbroken publication and maintain its reputation for giving advertiser and consumer a square deal. If you see
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    • 599 3 ASTHMA BRONCHITIS CATARRH etiquette of the medical profession entirely fails to restrain iffi doctors’ spontaneous outbursts of personal K testimony to the efficacy of the one liquid remedy for Bronchitis and Asthma which a Royal Physician has endorsed. ‘‘.X. WILL YOU CONTINUE TO SUFFER WHEN YOU The Royal Physician KlEEr>
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  • 1198 4 It Faces The Menace Of The Machine Which, While Utilised And Encouraged, Yet Must Be Controlled To The Finer Service Of Mankind What is the cause of the World Crisis There have been many attempts to answer that question. It has been attributed
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  • 96 4 A National Socialist Split Stockholm, Jan. 16. The recently formed Swedish National Socialist Party has ben rent in twain as the result of a palace revolution by the deputy leader, Mr. Lindholm, who has deposed the leader of the party, Mr. Furugard, with the whole staff, while on
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  • 96 4 Chief Commander Resigns Helsingfors, Jan. 13. The chief commander of the Finnish army, General Sihvo, who played a prominent part in suppressing the Lappoist movement, has resigned and has been replaced by the former Home Minister, General Oestermann It is understood that General Sihvo’s resignation is due to
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  • 218 4 Resignation of the Cabinet Athens, Jan. 13. The Tsaldaris Government has resigned, following its defeat in the Chamber by 109 votes to 91 after an all-night session and a stormy debate ending to-day (Friday) at five a.m. The opposition was led by the ex-Premier, M. Venizelos, who violently
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  • 124 4 Formation of a New Government Bucharest, Jan. 13. In conformity with expectations the Zaranist leader, M. Vajda Voivod, has been requested by [the King] to form a new Government, but has reserved his decision pending consultations with the other chiefs of the party. NEW CABINET FORMED The Premier,
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  • 212 4 Further News of Violence Madrid, Jan. 15. A semi-official statement issued to-day (Sunday) declares that contrary to the alarming reports current in the foreign Press, complete calm reigns throughout Spain and normal conditions prevail everywhere. The statement asserts that last week’s revolutionary outbreak at Barcelona was suppressed within
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  • 56 4 To be Domesticated in Denmark Copenhagen, Jan. 14. Danish agricultural experts are proposing to domesticate the two-humped Asiatic camel in Denmark, pointing out that Asiatic camels are used in northern climates and have been successfully domesticated in Canada. The camel moreover, is stronger and more enduring than a
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  • 1129 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Malay Mail Mr. A. J. Wolfe is returning from home by the Corfu. The Rev. Dr. L. Proebstel is down with a severe attack of “flu.” A Flinter of Singapore was a MrS enr Furone by the Conte Verde, passenger for Europe oy Mr. and* Mrs. G. Ptedger
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  • 100 4 To-day, at the Esplanade, from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. 1. March—Fighting Strength—Jordan. 2. Overture —The Calif of Bagdad— Boieldieu. 3. Selection—Lilac Domino—Cuvillier. 4. Intermezzo —Pendant Le Bal—Gillet. 5. Romance —Hobomoko —Reeves. 6. Selection —Patience—Sullivan. 7. Fox Trot—The Peanut Vendor Simons. GOD SAVE THE KING. To-morrow, at the
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  • 154 4 SINGAPORE BAR OBJECTS Mr. T. M. S. A. Mahendram, formerly practising as an Advocate and Solicitor at Teluk Anson, Perak, yesterday pplied before Mr. Justice Prichard, K.C., for admission to the Straits Bar. Mr. B. E. Ross moved the application. Mr. J. H.
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  • 117 4 th» The monthly business meetin„ Penang Union Epworth League wl^ jr 3 held to-day at the Anglo-Chinese School Hall at 7.30 p.m. sharp. freshments will be served after t..ing, and social evening will foil""• bers and friends are cordially in v Palm oil as an edible
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  • NOTES AND NEWS FROM SIAM
    • 701 5 jq oW Being Filled Water is now being admitted into the Sports Club swimming bath. Interest this operation has formed a topic of conversation at the club over the week d Certainly one can see water covering X bottom of the deep end of the
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    • 152 5 T[ Bangkok, Jan. 17. appointed Da nish and German Wives left r C Urt f Siam > with their Hin. They nR^° k this morning for Hua by His Mat,?, b<? receive d in audience will Present n Y to niorrow morning and in the ?ft F
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    • 564 5 Last Year’s Balance Sheet In accordance with Section 21 of the Currency Act, an abstract of the accounts of all transactions affecting the Currency Reserve for the year B. E. 2474, is published in this week’s Gazette. The Capital Account of the Currency Reserve is as follows:
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  • 251 5 MR. H. W. NEVINSON AND MISS EVELYN SHARP WORKED TOGETHER FOR WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE London, Dec. 29. Two journalists, who were comrades in the fight for women’s suffrage, are to be married next month. They are Mr. Henry W. Nevinson, the veteran war correspondent, and Miss
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  • 107 5 EX-SERVICEMAN’S OPERATION FEAR London, Dec. 29. William James Rowles, giving an address in Broadway, Northampton, who contracted dysentery during the war, and had been in a number of hospitals, was charged at Northampton with defrauding the Northampton Insurance Committee by obtaining 136 bottles
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  • 105 5 A special correspondent of the Sri Krung writes from London that the Siamese Association there held its monthly dinner in December at the Maxim Restaurant. That place was selected for the first time, and the proceedings were marked by much mirth. There was a large attendance and
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  • 88 5 It is announced in the Government Gazette that the East Asiatic Co., Ltd. have received a fifteen years’ concession to build and use an industrial railway in changvad Surashtradhani from the timber forest leased to the firm in the district of Tha Kham to a commune in
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  • 317 5 BEFORE KING BORIS’S PALACE 1 KILLED: 6 INJURED SOFIA, Dec. 28. A further political vendetta between the two rival Macedonian political factions was fought out with revolvers at mid-day to-day in a crowded square before King Boris’s palace, and resulted in one policeman being killed and five
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  • 205 5 CONTINUOUS SERVICE TO NEW ZEALAND The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Shipping Company celebrated on January 1 the fiftieth anniversary of the amalgamation of the Shaw, Savill with the Albion Line. After some years’ experience of trade with New Zealand Mr. Walter Savill and Mr. R. E. Shaw
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  • 112 5 WOMAN APPEALS FOR HIM TO BE PROHIBITED TRYING HER CASE Miss Rush, of Bath-road, Hounslow, Middlesex, who issued a writ against Judge Higgins for wrongful imprisonment, has applied for a writ of prohibition against Judge Higgins trying her case. This was announced by the Judge at Brentford
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  • 1169 6 AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF THE RELIEF BURDEN £4,200,000,000 A YEAR LOST IN WAGES The International Labour Office published last month an important report on “Hours of Work and Unemployment” (55.). It is the first attempt to study internationally the possibility of remedying unemployment by reduction of
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  • 222 6 MRS. DE MELKER’S LASTMINUTE APPEAL FAILS Pretoria, Dec. 30. Maintaining her innocence to the end, Mrs. Daisy de Melker, who was found guilty of poisoning her son, Cecil Rhodes Cowie, for a £lOO insurance policy, went to her death to-day. Though a frail, diminutive woman she was
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    • 1271 7 NUWARA ELIYA RESIDENTS DROWNED AT TRINCOMALEE MR. AND MRS. H. HAWKINS Trincomalee, Jan. 2. A double sea bathing tragedy has occumd in Trincomlaee, the victims being < Mr and Mrs. Herbert H. B. Hawkins of i Haddon Hill School, Nuwara Eliya., Mr. 1 and Mrs. Hawkins
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    • 146 7 Year’s .Extension .for Chief Accountant In view of the fact that the post of Deputy Chief Accountant, C.G.R., has not been filled it has been decided to grant Mr. G. E. W. Jansz, the Chief Accountant, who reaches the age for compulsory retirement in December, a
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    • 846 7 Tampering With Mains RESULT OF OFFICER’S INVESTIGATIONS Mischief Charge Negombo, Jan. 4. How the electric lights in Negombo failed frequently recently, especially on important occasions, was told in the course of a Police Court case. It was suspected that it was the work of mis-chief-makers
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    • 282 7 Arrival in Ceylon on Tuesday Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Wilson, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for ‘he Colonies, arrived in the Island on Tuesday by the Blue Funnel Liner Sarpedon. Sir Samuel is accompanied by Lady Wilson. The Hon. Mr. M. M. Wedderbum, Acting Chief Secretary, Sir H. L.
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  • 104 7 MAN IN CROYDON CONTROL TOWER WHERE CREDITOR CANNOT REACH HIM A man sued over a suit of clothes at Croydon County Court was stated to be employed in the Control Tower of Croydon Aerodrome. He is one of the most difficult men to get at,” said the solicitor
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  • 131 7 WEEPING PROPRIETOR BLAMES RIVAL CINEMA HEROIC AUDIENCE SEES IT THROUGH Jan. 2. A film called “Hay Fever” was stopped by the sneezing of the audience when it was shown as the first-night programme of a new Madrid cinema. Sneezes, more sneezes, and still more sneezes
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  • 171 7 SOVIET PLAN TO DEAL WITH UNDESIRABLES London, Jan. 2. The rounding up of Kulaks, thiefs, and persons of no fixed abode, and the establishment of a single passport system throughout the U.S.S.R., in order to improve the registration of the population, are ordered in a new decree
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  • 146 7 CORINTHIAN BAGATELLE INJUNCTIONS Corinthian bagatelle, the new parlour game, was the subject of proceedings in two cases in the Chancery Division before Mr. Justice Farwell. The Abbey Sports Company, Ltd., of Borough High-street, S. E., proprietors of the Corinthian bagatelle board, sought injunctions against
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  • 115 7 BRITISH NAVAL PLANES’ SEARCH FOR VESSEL London, Dec. 29. Fears for the lives of the crew of the yacht which was missing during a race from Hong Kong to Macao and back, have been allayed by the arrival at Hong Kong of the crew on board a
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  • 755 7 A GREAT WICKET-KEEPĔR The Times, Jan. 4. John McCarthy Blackhum (whose death was announced in "The Times”) was, in the opinion of many people, the finest of all wicket-keepers; and unquestionably be was a player who, in that capacity, had no superior. He was born at Fitzroy,
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    • 11 7 WHAT LONDON IS DOING READ CHARLES ROBERTS in the SUNDAY GAZETTE.
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    • 67 7 IF YOU GET INDIGESTION flatulence or feelings of fulness after eating it is almost certain to be due to excess stomach acid. To neutralise thia harmful acid and get quick relief, toke half a teaspoonful of Bisurated Magnesia. Not only will all pain immediately cease, but Bisurated Magnesia will prevent
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  • 735 8 Some arresting facts regarding the subsidies paid by the United States Government to American shipping companies were made public by Sir Alan Anderson, chairman of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, at the company’s annual meeting, which was held in London on December 21. Sir Alan estimated the
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  • 914 8 I.—“ Manchester Guardian.” EXCAVATIONS AT 1 ANTIOCH I Excavations which archaeologists believe may result in discoveries of the first importance, and which have already yielded significant results, are now in progress on the site of the ancient city of Antioch, in Syria. The work is being
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  • 730 8 LAWYER AS CHORISTe r The case was recently ment County Court judge who enjoy, a 1 tion among his friends as a fine singer, and who has written popular ballads. He la r< I drat legal authority to give OWi I of musical talent. The late t
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  • 54 8 FUNERAL The funeral of the late Mrs. Lam Kam Thong (Nee Chung Siew Yin Neoh) will take place on Tuesday, January 24, 1933, at 10.30 a m., from her residence, 25 Light Street, for interment at Mount Erskine. Friends and relatives are kindly requested not to send Bitcheans (Sweetmeats) and
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  • 81 9 —Reuter. ANXIOUS DAYS FOR THE government Critical Parliamentary Session Capetown, Yesterday. rnUcal session of Parliament, which "suit in the defeat of the Governnt onenrd this morning. C’arendon announced that Govemt w.utd submit proposals for dealing Th the currency situation, which interred would mean that the South African
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  • 217 9 Reuter Wireless. Police Arrest Man After Intensive Search London, Jan. 15. Following one of the most intensive police searches in recent years, Samuel lames Furness was arrested at Southend to-day and charged with the murder of Walter Spatchett. A later message states Furness was arrested in the house
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  • 81 9 uy tiie re Paratory Committee of Experts.—RugRadio Service. Probable Return to Geneva on Tuesday Rugby, Yesterday. The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, will probably return to Geneva on Tuesday and will preside at the meeting of the Organising Committee of the World Economic Conference on Wednesday. It
    uy tiie reParatory Committee of Experts.—Rug-Radio Service.  -  81 words
  • 73 9 —Reuter Wireless. Passport Cancelled by U.S. Authorities T Washington, Jan. 15. r >ii 11 department has ordered cana ion of Samuel Insull’s passport and at tile United States Legation Th 11 nS re q ues t Insull to hand it over, count gation Wlll also inform neighbouring valid
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  • 98 9 Rugby p. 1 ,lur Service. UNBOUNDED PATRIOTISM PRAISED Rugby, Yesterday, of pensit J nislry Pensions’ fifteenth annual report states the number than the ,V S ,n FeCeipt of rants was 1,181,000 which was 84,000 fewer e,tr previously. Expenditure for the year
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  • 719 9 PROCEEDINGS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Labour Matters Geneva, Jan. 14. The general debate in the international conference for the introduction of a 40hour week is drawing to an end, and it will be left to a sub-committee to consider the various suggestions made. All the delegations will be
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  • 105 9 Reuter Wireless. Abundant Supply: Easy Conditions London, Jan. 14. Repayment of money borrowed from the Bank of England to meet year-end requirements and some demand for Stock Exchange settlement purposes had little effect on the present abundant supply. The easy monetary conditions were reflected in the further downward
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  • 84 9 Presentation to German President Paris, Jan. 14. The Government is credited with taking the opportunity... .for the presentation to President von Hindenburg of the regimental colours of the 3rd German Guards, which have been in French possession since the war, and to offer him further a magnificently
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  • 35 9 —Rugby Radio Service. Rugby, Yesterday. London stock markets are quiet pending settlement. British funds are steady with war loan three and half per cent, at Sterling on New York is quoted at 3.34%.
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  • 101 9 to a fault in the Pennine Valley.—Reuter Wireless. Centre of Disturbance at Manchester f London, Jan. 14. Earthquake shocks rocked houses over almost the whole of north-west England to-day. The centre of the disturbance was Manchester where the tremors began at 8.30 a.m. and lasted for one minute.
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  • 68 9 Comments in German Press Berlin, January 16. The evening papers have started publishing articles on the veteran British Liberal statesman, David Lloyd George, who celebrates his seventieth birthday tomorrow, Tuesday. The “Berliner Tageblatt sums him up in the phrase “He it was and only he whose infectious energy
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  • 86 9 .—Reuter Wireless. Desperate Act of Clerk Who Was Refused Leave Baghdad, Jan. 11. 1 James Strachan, a Scottish engineer employed by the Irrigation Department, was wounded and Mr. Iraqi, the head-clerk, was 1 shot dead in a shooting afray in their 1 office. The assailant is alleged to
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  • 77 9 PlN—Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £144-10-0 £145-12-6 TIN (3 Months) London £145-5-0 £l4 6-5-0 Singapore 3 87 Business Done Penang $73.87 x /z Business Done Buyers—No sellers OOPRA —(Sundried) $5.20 $5.25 BLACK PEPPER $21.00 $21.00 RUBBER London 2%d. A New York (G) 2»c. (G) Singapore 6 cts TAPIOCA J
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    • 67 9 T a a O “Swing" costs no more than ordinary brands, and in these days of economy that's a great comfort. And talking of comfort, there is nothing like "Swing" blended specially for the Tropics, for ironing out the hardships of life By the way, how long did it take
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  • 725 10 ALL SIX DEATHS DUE TO ASPHYXIA INQUEST OPENED AND ADJOURNED London, Dec. 30. The Birmingham Coroner’s inquest into the Price Street fire disaster, in which six children, the sons and daughters of Luke Patrick Weir (38), a crippled and unemployed ex-Service man, and Maud Weir (39), his
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  • 267 10 infirmary committee refuse to show it disgusting Epstein’S much criticised sculpture “Genesis” is in trouble again. The Worcester Infirmary Committee have decided not to raise funds for their institution by placing it on exhibition, although it was offered them free by the owner, Mr. Alfred Bossom,
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  • 181 10 THEN WALKED A MILE ACROSS FIELDS TO WHERE IT HAD CRASHED Flying Officer Leslie F. Brown, of No. 25 Fighter Squadron, Hawkinge Aerodrome, near Folkestone, had a remarkable escape when flying a Hawker Fury over Alkham Valley, between Folkestone and Dover. When above the
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    • 88 10 THE TIRELESS SALESMAN—An advert.» ment in the “Pinang Gazette” is a tireleM aateaman From one week’s end to another it talks buainaaa without boring potential customers. It tells your story (unknown to you perhaps) to a wide circle of interested readers and its influence is all the more satisfactory in
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    • 322 10 I fe •"If V I Diarrhcea will beTtopped by I taking KALZANA Diarrhoea is usually caused by inflammation of the intestines, generally due to irritated nerves. By taking Kalzana, the Calcium food, you will provide your blood with the mineral necessary to strengthen the inflamed area». The swelling will be
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  • 918 11 AMERICAN ECONOMISTS SUGGESTION PLEA FOR BUSINESSLIKE COMPROMISE A notable contribution to the war debts controversy was made by Dr. Benjamin M. Anderson, economist of the Chase National Bank, in an address before the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce to-day. Dr. Anderson did not believe it was
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  • 705 11 TWENTY WOMEN VICTIMS IN FOUR YEARS THE YARD’S TASK 3 Unless there are sudden last-minute I developments 1932 will close as another 3 black year of unsolved murder mysteries. Six more crimes have been added to an > already long list. Since the beginning of
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  • 121 11 PROBLEM OF VERTICAL ASCENT AND DESCENT Stockholm, Dec. 31. The figure of £3,300,000,000 is given by Professor Maimer as the amount the leading countries have spent on aviation technique at the Royal College of Technology in Stockholm since 1914. Three-quarters of this total, he says,
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  • 135 11 HIS DAILY DOSE—OF BEER MAN WHO HAD LIVED 100 YEARS London, Jan. 2. Mr. Christopher George Roberts, who was a life-long smoker and drank beer every day, has died at Southampton. He celebrated his hundredth birthday last October, and his birthday message was I have won. It had been predicted
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  • 605 12 Singapore, Jan. 18. With outside conditions showing very little change since our last report, there is an air of apathy over all sections of the local shares market and although quotations for the most part keep fairly steady, the volume of business passing is very restricted. The
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  • 119 12 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,105 th auction on Wednesday, when there was catalogued 1,334,867 lbs., 595.92 tons. Offered 1,243,125 lbs., 554.96 tons. Sold 912,133 lbs., 407.20 tons. Spot London 2 5-32 d. New York 2% cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cts.
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  • 272 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. RUBBER SALES DEPARTMENT Penang, January 18. The easier tone prevailing when we last reported has continued during the past week and values have fallen away steadily, marking a loss on balance of approximatly cent per lb. on last Wednesday’s quotations. On the week, London also records a
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  • 117 12 The International Tin Committee met at the Bolivian Legation, Paris, on Wednesday, December 21, 1932. Cabled information of exports from the participating countries for the months of September, October and November is as follows: Monthly export permissible Balance from at 1.9.32. 1.9.32. Sept. Oct. Nov. Netherlands N.
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  • 111 12 The following are tin outputs for the first half of January:— The Tajping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. (No. 1 Dredge):—Piculs, 62; hours, 321; cubic yards, 50,000. The North Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd.:—Piculs, 52; hours, 117; cubic yards, 19.400. (Dredge working only 2 shifts a day, four days
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 155 12 BRUSSEL SPROUTS KfttH’T THE SIXHAN’S JfBWAKFAST ID The best breakfast for everybody is Scott’s Porage Oats. In a packet of Scott’s Porage Oats you get the very pick of the Scottish Crop, and Scottish Oats are the best the world produces. 4 e wIIIH V> Vj»;U._4 J*aggBgSsSytnU\W Sole Agents for
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    • 14 12 Byy Your PRINTED REQUIREMENTS From THE PINANG GAZETTE Press, Limited. Immediate Attention Prompt Delivery
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    • 284 12 You have read the I 8 reasons for smoking CRAVEN AI CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES FRESHNESS I is the U reason /F Ml® f When von pull this rubber IB Tab listen for the air rush- IB d&x ••'<<.s:+ing into the tin. The lid IB f then lifts off easily. I
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  • 591 13 Schedule of Principal Lines -.tollWto? ls Hal ol arriving fro» dUrlnE WOek: U 4 PORT TO-DAY O TRONOH from P. Brandan and Langfl S V t Sails for Pangkalan Brandan and on Monday, 23rd instant. vt’MaEUS from Singapore. Sails for Liverpool, Havre and Glasgow. a rUKU
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  • 348 13 JANUARY, 1933 JANUARY 21 Penang Radio Exhibition, Town Hall Contd. Penang Polo Club Amateur Meeting, 2.45 p.m. MONDAY, JANUARY 23 Entries close for Taiping Turf Club Ama teur Meeting. JANUARY 27 Golden Wedding Celebrations, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aeria. JANUARY 27 AND 28 Taiping Turf Club Amateur
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  • 160 13 NEW MOTOR VESSEL FOR STRAITS/JAVA VIA AUSTRALIAN RUN The new motor vessel Gorgon,” which is being built by the Caledon Company of Dundee for the Straits/Java/Western Australia service, will probably be in service in October this year. A vessel of 3,200 tons gross, she will be
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  • 378 13 AIR MAILS A mail for South America, by Steamer to Marseilles and thence by French Air Mail Service will be closed at 6 p.m. to-day. OUTWARD MAILS A mail for Colombo, Amsterdam, London and Hamburg by the s.s. “Polydorus” will be closed at 2 p.m. to-day. A mail
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  • 121 13 THIEVES CLEAR STREETS OF LIGHTS CHILE’S SHORTAGE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY London, Dec. 29. Chile, it is reported, is suffering from a famine of electric light bulbs. These have become so scarce that scores of burglaries take place every night in the big towns, and the booty of
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  • 246 13 ARABIC “ALLAH” CUT OUT Constantinople, Dec. 28. At dawn to-morrow, when the great Moslem fast of Ramadan starts, the muezzins (priests) will sound a new call to prayer from the 400 minarets of Constantinople. For the first time since the Turks captured Constantinople, near five
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 147 13 zsmESf Modem fJewlheory astonishes Physiciansirintrsy qiiich reliefmapid cure/Patients dehrrhted /No a Dieiing'NoFasling'Nolnjechons/ Step Siiffcr-ff \lltl'S HI RESF/?ril Labor ?.lcry. PO Bex [7-iCt' iTA SELLING MADE EASY—Times are hard but there is no need to offer that article at a “throwaway price.” Send along a small advertisement to the "Pinang Gazette”
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    • 165 13 Renewed HEALTH Suffered Severely 71; from NERVES ‘Could Feel My Mental Powers Slipping from me!* READ THIS STORY OF MR. GEORGE’S REMARKABLE RE- COVERYFROM NERVOUS BREAK«■L/C,' "W DOWN: MBMay I could feel my mental powers slipping from me. I found myself SL unable to work without the greatest IMuEaS effort,
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 145 13 MATINEES TO-DAY TO-MORROW AT 2.45 Zane Grey's Fast-action drama of the winning of the west W 2;golden GEORGE O BRIEN -x JANET CHANDLER nFM MARION BURNS Directed by DAVID HOWARD FOX Picnu BOOKING AT ROBINSON’S ’PHONE SPECIAL RETURN VISIT BY REQUEST TO-MORROW MORNING AT 11 A.M "MIRACLES AT GOA" The
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  • 480 14 NEW BUILDING WHICH M.P.s Discussed CARLTON HOUSETERRACE BUSINESS FIRM GIVE THEIR SIDE OF THE QUESTION Before the firm who are building a block of business premises to the design of Sir Reginald Elomfield on the site of No. 4, Carlton-gardens, proceeded with their scheme, they obtained
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  • 184 14 DEATH OF A MAN WHO < INSPIRED CHARACTER OF “HARRIS” Jan. 1. The death at Hampton Hill, Middlesex, is announced of Mr. Sidney Harry Feron, the original of Harris, one of the Three Men in a Boat, by Jerome K. Jerome. Jerome lived with Mr.
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  • 268 14 ARMED GUARD FOR MINISTER LADEN WITH BANKNOTES MONSTER SHARE-OUT PLEASANT TO REALISE THERE IS SO MUCH MONEY A church minister jumped down from the back of a removal van in Hammersmith Broadway, W., with £lO,OOO in £5 banknotes in each hand. By the side of the
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  • 302 14 MYSTERY OF LONDON DISAPPEARANCE London, December 29. Police inquiries have so far failed to discover the whereabouts of Miss Florence Mary Carson (19), a student, who has been missing from her home at Highgate, London, since December 20. The following description has been broadcast by Scotland Yard Five
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 31 14 f. PILLS APrOL STEEL Sure and certain for all Female complaints. Every lady should keep a box tn the house.. W. J. EDMONDS The English Pharmacy 62-54, Beach Street, Penang 1
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    • 357 14 i r i h’FT frr r r nntimfr nyilli V ll W n I self-expression L i J 3 is a precious asset of the Y 2 0 I experienced woman in social Bi’l t E B 1 I r 2 3 innate charms by the dis- JM\ z Al
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    • 1484 15 l P- 0.-BRITSSH iMDIA I AND APCAR lines (Companies Incorporated in HOME TO ENGLAND MAIL PASSENGER and cargo services ion Q A M A M A P A M A I Peninsular and Oriental wr 18 b AN A IVI A AL nder eon tract with His' Majesty’s! Teluk Anson,
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  • 362 16 P. R. C. BEATEN Y.W.C.A. Get Their Own Back On the Esplanade yesterday afternoon, the Penang Recreation Club ladies entertained the Y.W.C.A. in a return fixture and this time were beaten by the odd goal in three. The Recreation Club ladies, however, need not feel
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  • 405 16 By Health and Strength Union There was a good gathering at the Lunar Hall, Wembley, last night, on the occasion of the first Physical Culture Display by the local Health and Strength Union. The first item on the programme, display of classical and modern posing was
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  • 42 16 The prize for last week’s Pinang Gazette Football forecasts Competition has been won by B. B. M. Arabee, 253-a, Anson Road, Penang, with twelve correct forecasts. A cheque for $lOO will be forwarded to the winner in due course.
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  • 223 16 Big Loss by Hong Kong Woman One of the most sensational jewel i-ob-beries during the past few years occurred aboard the N.Y.K. liner, Kashima Maru while the vessel was travelling between Shanghai and Hong Kong. The victim, of the robbery was Mrs. M. S.
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  • 214 16 Outbreak on Paul Doumer on Way to Singapore An outbreak of fire occurred on the Societe Maritime Indo-Chinoise cargo and passenger boat G. G. Paul Doumer, which is on the run from Singapore to Saigon and back. The Free Press is informed that the Paul Doumer
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  • 114 16 Startled Syce Drives into Post An unusual accident occurred on Pasir Panjang Road when a wealthy Chinese was being driven to office in his new car. At about the 3% mile stone the Malay Chauffeur suddenly felt something crawling behind him, presumably between his coat and the
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  • 50 16 Only One Screening at Majestic There will be only one screening of the film The Miracles at Goa at the Majestic to-morrow. This will be at 11 a.m. Those interested are advised to snatch this last opportunity, as immediately afterwards the film is being taken to Manila.
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  • 133 16 Only One Scratching GOOD FIELDS LEFT IN There is only one scratching for to-day’s races, namely, Caro, in Race 4, so that good fields should be the order of the day. A double tote will be held on Races 6 and 8 and the Big
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  • 52 16 Lawn Tennis Tournament As insufficient entries have been received for Ladies Doubles, Ladies Singles and Veterans Doubles, the date for receiving entries has been extended to the 27th January. Members are invited to give these events their support; a minimum of ten entries being necessary for holding
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  • 32 16 Mixed Foursome Competition There will be a Mixed Foursome Competition on Wednesday, 25th instant, under the usual conditions, followed by the annual auc'ion of the periodicals at the Club.
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  • 227 16 Latest Quotations Friday Thursday Paris 85 85% New York 3.35% 3.34% Montreal 3.84% 3.85 Brussels 24 7|32 24.18% Geneva 17 13|32 17.37% Amsterdam 8.35 8.33 Milan 65 9j16 65 7)16 Berlin 14% 14.07% Stockholm 18 11|32 18.35 Copenhagen 19 15|16 19 31|32 Oslo 19% 19% Vienna
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  • 127 16 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR CHURCH OF ENGLAND 3rd SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY 7.50 Litany. 8.00 a.m. Matins. PSS XLII XLIII Hymn 323. 8.30 Holy Communion. 10.30 Holy Communion Chinese. 6.30 Evensong PS XXXIII 116. Magnificat 119. Nunc Dimittis 123. Hymns 77, 360, 219, 178. WEDNESDAY Conversion of S. Paul.
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  • 53 16 PENANG, JANUARY 21 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) On London Bank Demand 2/3 27|32 m/ts 2/315|ie Private 3 m/ts credit 2/4% 3 Documentary 2/4% On New York Bank Demand 38% nom France T.T. 985n0m India T.T. 152% Hongkong T.T. 43% Shanghai T.T. 137% Bar Silver T.T. 16 15|16
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  • 561 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. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Ayer Hitam 10)6 ll|oex 10)6 ll)0ex Batu Caves 32% 37% 32% 37% Hitam 20 22% 20 22% Hong Fatt 27% 32%
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  • 904 16 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST —Jj I RUBBER (Dollar.) j Allenbv Rubber Co. 3 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 40 Amalgamated Malay Estate, 35 Ayer Hitam Plant,ng Sy nrt cat 70 Ayer Kuninn Rubber Estate. 50 Aver Molek Rubber o 5 I Ayer Pana» Rubber Po 7o tt 20 ’5 Balau Planting
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 55 16 WIRELESS To-day’s Programme Call Signs: G.S.E. G.S.C. Wavelengths: 31.3 metres. 25.3 metres. P.M. 9.50 Big Ben Dance Music (Gramophone Records) 10.30 England v Wales A Running Commentary on the Second Half of the International Rugby Match by Captain H. B. T. Wakeham Relayed from Twickenham (Blattnerphone-Stille Process) 1120 Announcements 1a.35
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