Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 January 1933

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 21. Vol. LXXXXI. THURSDAY, 26th JANUARY, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 181 1 —Reuter. De Valera 12 Cosgrove 7 MOST LEADERS ELECTED Four Unopposed Dublin, To-day. Out of a hundred and fiftythree seats in the Dail four Deputies have already been returned unopposed. At 1.45 a.m. the state of the parties was De Valera 12
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  • 88 1 Wirelc ss Curr encies—Reuter C 'neral Smuts Wants National Government Ami Ca P c Town, Jan. 20. Mini.sU ri-.i ch *ers and derisive nounced at UU hUr Gener al Smuts anthat on the 24t h a i 3 Pening f Parliament nu at shouH he WUI mOVC that
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  • 99 1 wjr cUIIU to Reuter Wireless. M '»gui<’ed Youths Who Want Separation Pargue, Jan. 20. fourteen 3 aryln from five months to n < im I’ri»onment have been im- «iiMlellv Jr"* S kS fOUn<l SUUty the n R movement, aimed at lovak f Slovakia from CzechosUr Ped 1, t>* tlsecutin
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  • 122 1 CREDITORS’ SCHEME APPROVED BY COURT Mrs. V. Sarkies’ Claim (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Yesterday. The scheme as approved by creditors of Sarkies Brothers at a recent meeting to consider reconstruction of the businesses of Raffles Hotel, Singapore, and the E. O. Hotel, Penang, received the approval
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  • 144 1 —Reuter Wireless. Britain’s Importance as Agricultural Nation London, Jan. 20. Speaking at a luncheon in connection with the World’s Grain Exhibition and conference to be held at Regina next July in which 21 countries up to now have agreed to participate, Mr.) Walter Elliot, Minister of Agriculture and
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  • 106 1 Reuter Wireless. Accused’s Version of How Spatchett Died London, Jan. 18. The inquest on Furnace revealed that! Furnace had swallowed spirits of salt in, the police cell. The bottle was concealed in the lining of his overcoat and was not discovered when he was searched by the police.
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  • 52 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Sir William Hailey to be Governor Till Aug., 1934 Rugby, Yesterday. The King has approved that Sir William Malcolm Hailey, Indian Civil Service, who will have completed five years as Governor of United Provinces in August 1933, shall continue to hold office as Governor until
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  • 857 1 Glad To Exchange Views" CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER ON NECESSITY FOR REVISION Rugby, Yesterday. Sir Ronald Lindsay to-day handed To Mr. Stimson the message from His Majesty’s Government to Mr. Roosevelt. In this message His Majesty’s Government state that they will be happy to send a
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  • 150 1 NEAR TAIPING Chinese Beaten and Robbed (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Jan. 24. A daring gang robbery occurred at Padang Gajah early this morning, resulting in the loss of $4BB worth of jewellery belonging to a Malay. The house was situated at the 18th mile Trang Road
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  • 161 1 —Reuter. General Satisfaction with Governor’s Statement London, Yesterday. The Financial Times says that Geneva experts’ endorsement of the regulation of exports or production in order to improve prices has occasioned, some surprise. It expresses the opinion that such endorsement is not intended to be generally applied and instances
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  • 152 1 Many Arrests in Japan Dresden, Yesterday. Eight demonstrators were killed and 12 seriously injured in a clash between police and communists at a meeting tonight.—Reuter. Tokyo: Japan, Jan. 18. The Press ban has been lifted on the communist intrigue which was unearthed in October last, resulting in about 2,000
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  • 183 1 —Rugby Radio Service. TEST FLIGHT BY EVEREST ’PLANE 35,000 Feet Rugby, Yesterday. The Houston Westland biplane which is to be used in the forthcoming British attempt to fly over Mount Everset successfully underwent an altitude test at Yeovil, Somerset to-day when it achieved a height of
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  • 105 1 Influenza Rugby, Yesterday. Sir Malcolm Campbell, who has been suffering from influenza, still had a high temperature when he sailed from Southampton to-day for the United States where on February 16 he will attempt to set up a new land speed record on
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  • 100 1 ,—Reuter. Conference of Kellogg Pact Signatories to Prevent U Hostilities Washington, Yesterday. A conference of Kellog-Pact signatories, similar to that held two years ago when Russian troops threatened complications in China, has been called by Mr. Stimson to consider the threatened war between Colombia and Peru over
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  • 99 1 Reuter Wireless. German Arrested With 1,000 Phials of Morphine Berlin, Jan. 18. The police have arrested a man who has long been trading in morphia which was part of the Army stores in 1918. They conliscatcd 1,000 phials of the drug which were found in a box at
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  • 50 1 Rugby Radio Service. Rugby, Yesterday. The main feature of the stock markets this morning was the continued firmness of British funds there being a general advance of I|B to 7|16 with war loan three and a half per cent. 98 13 16. Sterling on New York was 3.39%.
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    • 1875 2 RATES FOR CASUAL municipal notice PENANG HILL Jfas N® BANKS ADVERTISEMENTS mount erskine ROAD. Time Table. H<lll NEDERL AN DSC HE Hongkong M communication, relating to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ttatjn vptBAINS. K HANDEL MAA. SCHAPPIJ. Shanghai advertisements should be addressed to Erskine Itoad’wiil be closed to heavy lorry ONDATS
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  • 1092 3 fate of man and wife inquest verdict of MURDER and suicide London, Jan. 7. A wom n', pathetic «lory of events A ble tragedy in a Horndean, Hampshire. 7 at lucst, on the victims, b Edward Burton, aged „1 attendance officer, of Prill Hall-road, HorndX. a"'
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  • 152 3 AN INGENIOUS CONTRIVANCE London, Jan. 10. An ingenious tubular ladder was an exhibit at York Quarter Sessions, in a case in which a 19-year-old aero mechanic, William Davies, whose home was stated to be at Saltaire, was found guilty of housebreaking, and of being in possession of
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  • 161 3 MAN IN GRIP OF UNKNOWN FORCES London, Jan. 5. “Man seems almost an exploded fallacy, human ingenuity seems bankrupt, and everywhere there is perplexity and despair,” declared canon F. R. Barry, of Oxford, at the first meeting, in Edinburgh, of the Student Christian Movement Conference, to
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  • 92 3 Unregistered Medical Practitioner Judgment was given by Mr. A. W. Hay, the Second Police Magistrate, on Saturday in the case where a Chinese dispenser, Lal Chai Lut, was charged with practising medicine and surgery without being a registered medical practitioner, and of exposing for sale articles deemed to
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  • 409 3 F.M.S. Government Pays $1 a Year The new lease made between H. H. the Sultan of Johore and the F.M.S. Government in respect of the Johore State Railway was laid before the Federal Council on Monday morning. A lease of the railway is granted for 21
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  • 233 3 Rochore Canal on Fire A remarkable phenomenon caused considerable excitement in the neighbourhood of Rochore Canal Road, on Monday evening, when thousands crowned the banks of the canal and watched flashes of fire bubble forth from the depths of the muddy water. There was nothing to suggest
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  • 102 3 Alleged Contravention of the Poisons Ordinance The discovery by the Singapore Detective Branch that the Rejuvenation Pills, Virilinets and Fertilinets,” manufactured by Dr. Richard Weiss, of Berlin, contained a poison named Yohimbine, led to the appearance of Mohammed Ismail, manager of E. M. Abdullah and Co., of Robinson
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    • 136 3 Unchanged in fNt I- 9 i I a changing g I I a world I w I awarded)] A few Lwi I Ll ,>'■ vl L ’-z. I iHa W' r Sill II II I a ;'i I II I' KOy irIPPOMMtNT TO HIS MAJESTY TH£ Ki H z N£
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  • 389 4 Monday, January 16. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Legislative Council held at the Town Hall, Penang, this morning. In the afternoon His Excellency and Lady Clementi gave a Garden Party at the Residency, Penang, to which 476 guests were invited. Wednesday, January 18. Hon.
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  • 94 4 A Chinese named Chia Kim Cheok was produced before the Police Magistrate, Mr. D. Wills, yesterday, charged with, on or about December, 1932, at Chulia Street, stealing one gold ring with a watch inset, value $2O, and thereby committing the offence of criminal breach of trust.
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  • 144 4 Numerous Cases of Crowding Fowls in Baskets Khoo Ah See, a Chinese, was charged in the Police Court yesterday morning with cruelty to animals by overcrowding 40 ducks and 51 fowls into four baskets. He pleaded guilty and was fined $25 or 4 weeks’ rigorous imprisonment. Kho
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  • 82 4 A Sikh named Attar Singh and his wife, Sentakor, were charged with dishonestly retaining stolen property, a bicycle, for theft of which a man was being tried in Kedah. The Police had found parts of the bicycle concealed about the house of the accused and
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  • 871 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr and Mrs. A. C. J. Towers and Miss Towers are spending the week-end m Penang. When at Lumut last week H. E. Sir Cecil Clementi visited the site for the new Post Office. Mr and Mrs. D. G. Barr, of Ipoh are spending the holidays at Pangkor
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    • 114 4 j HERE S I THEIR LATEST! I DBB9B Ni 9 ht Shall Be Rlled With Musk Dream Sweetheart Moonlight On The River D 8950 r It Was So Beautiful < In case you’ve missed their last one or two records, let us tell you r f that there is something
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  • NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
    • 125 5 Health Innovation on Wheels South Australia has sen 1 puffing round thP state a ‘'baby train.” The Governor "-Kuthven) performed mi lai ceremony at Adelaide recently. pi tra in is the result of the Mothers’ -nd Ba Health success vith baby health centres in metropolitan districts
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    • 167 5 How Necessity Mothered Invention Many stories of the birth of invention from the necessity of depression have come to light, recently, in Australia, but one of the most original is that of a Melbourne man who, dissatisfied with the remuneration from casual gardening jobs, conceived the idea
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    • 50 5 To-day, at the Esplanade, from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.:— 1. March—Clear the Road—Hume. 2. Overture—Zampa—Herold. 3. Selection—Chu Chin Chow—Monckton. J 'd.>l Tiie Glow’ Worm—Lincke. 5. for- Picture—By the Blue Hawaiian Waters—Ketelbey. 6. Selection La Gran Via—Valverde. lox !r 11 My Sunny Monterey— Nicholls. GOD SAVE THE KING.
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    • 142 5 Australia’s Depression Food Standard Now that the depression, as far as Australia is concerned, is definitely lifting, ex--1 perts have been estimating whether the standard of living, in point of food quantities, deteriorated to any extent during the Commonwealth’s worst year. They find, states Austral News,
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    • 124 5 Police and Backless Bathing Costumes Manly, a fashionable Sydney seaside suburb, objects to residents and visitors parading in the streets clad only in bathing costume, and the council has asked the police to check the practice, says Austral News. This week the council was informed by the inspector
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    • 67 5 Australian Ties for M.C.C. Australia’s Wear More Wool campaign has just found expression in the presentation to members of the M.C.C. XI, now touring the Commonwealth, of woollen ties, in England’s colours, states Austral News. Meanwhile manufacturers of hosiery, underwear and other goods in New South Wales
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  • 115 5 OCCUPANT RESCUED FROM grim death London, Jan. 10. I gnm incident occurred at Grezes, a n< ar the boundary between the Cor-; T U I,ord ne Departments, France.! W Wiis heard in a coffin which was! ug carried to the cemetery. was f 11 WaS at
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  • 106 5 ’heeting°of\ l ni lhe agenda for the held on Jan, l a^ C 3 P i a l COmmiSSiOnerS tO I finned. f last meeting to be contoay f^ward bU3ineSS President 3 Questions. era, c /S"’ 113 arrived at on minute pap-’ 8. aid on the table. Tea
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  • 113 5 LATEST VENTURE OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN’S FORMER WIFE London, Jan. 7. Miss Mildred Harris, the former wife of Mr. Charles Chaplin, is to marry as her third husband Mr. James A. Bausch, the Olympic-decathlon champion, whom she has known less than a fortnight, according to her manager,
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  • 132 5 Miss Harriet Jay, the authoress of “When Knights Were Bold” and other plays and novels, has died at her home at Ilford, Essex, after a long illness. She was 79 years of age. Miss Jay was well known on the WestEnd s’ age in the ’eighties.
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  • 731 6 COUNTRYMAN OF CYPRIOT WHO WAS SHOT POLICE EVIDENCE RESULT OF IDENTIFICATION PARADE London, Jan. 7. A youth named Theodosios Petrou appeared before Mr. Cairns, at Marylebone police court, charged with the murder of Dr. Angelos Zemenides, a Cypriot language master, at a boarding house in Upper
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  • 274 6 SOME SLOWER THAN IN 1896 HEAVIER rolling STOCK London, Jan. 7. Although every effort is being made to-day to speed up travel on the rai^ ayS fi a comparative study of time-tables of 1896 and 1932, made by the current number of The Railway Gazette, shows
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  • 302 6 PIQUED WIFE AND HER HUSBAND’S CAR Mr. Cairns, the Marylebone magistrate, described a case before him as of the type where a married woman would go to any length to let her husband see that he must do as he is told.” Mrs. Rosalind Agnes Pearson
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  • 133 6 Lucky Recovery for American Woman A £3OO wristlet watch in platinum, studded with diamonds, has been lost and found in one day at Auckland (N.Z.). The watch belongs to an American, Mrs. Dorothy Abel, who is travelling to Sydney in the Mariposa. During a short
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    • 318 6 Renewed HEALTH a Suffered Severely from NERVES ‘Could. Feel My Mental Powers Slipping from me!’ READ THIS STORY OF MR. GEORGE’S REMARKABLE RECOVERY FROM NERVOUS BREAKDOWN t I could feel my mental powers slipping from me. I found myself unable to work without the greatest effort, and felt really very
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    • 240 6 < A I p ct «re j of ABY NEEDS a food which produces natural 1 growth—not a forcing food which makes I fat at the expense of blood, bone and brain S HUMANISED TRUFOOD induces this natural growth because it is the ONLY truly Humanised r milk food; medical
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  • 2420 7 WOMEN AND THE HONOURS LIST A FAMOUS HOSTESS AND GARDENER: GOLD MEDAL FOR MRS. MOLLISON: ELECTRICITY LESSONS FOR WOMEN I k;»., (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 11. RELICS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH Relics of Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots will be conspicuous in
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    • 235 7 TOIWTCO SO EASY Sji h Tobralco stands up wonderfully to sunshine and washing. See the fascinating range of designs. Like all Tootal Products Tobralco carries the Tootal guarantee of satisfaction in wash and wear. When buying be sure to see the name Tobralco on the selvedge. A TOOTAL PRODUCT. tootal
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    • 139 7 TO WOMEN IN THE EAST LILIA, the protection used by all discriminating women in Europe is now available here. The result of research by women doctors and made by one of the world's largest surgical dressings firms, Lilia answers the demand for absolute comfort, security, super-absorbency an 1 i coolness,
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  • 777 8 There are in existence to-day schools, colleges and institutes, which, for a small fee, guarantee proficiency in any subject under the sun. In the forefront are the organisations which have as their slogan, there is money in writing.” If you are a navvy and are imbued with
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  • 1145 8 SOME UNUSUAL HOARDS MADE BY ANIMALS In bridging the gap between autumn and spring, when food supplies are scarce and the winter nights are long and cold, various creatures adopt different devices. Frogs, toads and newts relapse into a state of torpor, remaining insensible to cold and requiring
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  • 773 8 A CHANNEL FERRY As a result of the Gov e r nmen to consider further the constr refusa > Channel tunnel, plans for a 1 ferry between England and v rHbeing expedited. Tenders wtnT* for three up-to-date vessels and t cipated that the service will be tion
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    • 116 8 IMPERIAL WINES Available from Stock Dry and Sweet Australian and South i African WINES try GirrnpjE E @fe Telephone 357. If the is pouring down and you can’t get to town I CARISBERG LAGER PILSNER STOUT SOLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY. LIMITED, Singaf ore PENANG Kuala Lumpur m. L
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  • 74 8 Mr. Lam Choon Kee, Mr. Lam Say Kee, Madam Lam Swee Lan, Madam Lam Beow Lan and Mrs. Alan Loke beg to tender their heartfelt thanks to all those relatives and friends, who attended the funeral of their beloved mother, the late Mrs. Lam Kam Thong (Nee Chung Siew Yin
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  • 608 9 Important Conversations At <. r Nanking DECIDEDLY IMPROVED OUTLOOK Alleged Abandonment Of Conciliation By League JAPAN TAKES SERIOUS VIEW ’C Peking, Yesterday. Recent under-currents have given birth to strong hope among wellinformed people that North China may be spared fighting. There appears reason
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  • 403 9 R rA MSAY MACDONALD PRESIDENT Loudon Meeting Rugby, Yesterday. L Forei t Secretary, who arrived at TL Z London this morning, later t.ng of the Commjsorganisation of the World Eco(’onference which Is 11 The Commission deI ijourn for three months and on “to fix the .late of
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  • 117 9 Silver Basis for Currency Geneva, Jan. 18. I'or the money of the Far East having H.r for it s basis the experts do not put .’(Wmi any very definite suggestions. But 11 y are of opinion that it is possible to ■nvisage stabilisation at a price that would '>T'
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  • 70 9 —lteuter. lncrease Against Countries with Depreciated Currencies Urged A n*«u>i. U Hhil, Ston. Yesterday. ktio n to L rglnK imi,M “<linte tegis*‘th <J' prr .i'Xj anffS aKltblSt ountri <* u "«nlm<!uhl v 4 CUrrencle pawed •hniMic*,, <WlfereilCe f of the ,loUBe o' a n 'il)ion 11 W clainaed
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  • 280 9 Rugby Radio Service. BOARD OF TRADE REVIEW Ottawa Agreements Rugby, Yesterday. The Board of Trade reviewing the position regarding supplies of imported meat states that in accordance with arrangements made on November 7 marketings of chilled beef from South America were reduced by ten per cent, from
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  • 149 9 blood for the country’s unity.—Reuter Wireless. Former Imperial Flag and a Socialist Deputy Berlin, Jan. 18. The flying of the black, white and red flag of Imperial Germany over the Prussian Diet to-day to commemmorate the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Empire occasioned a scene in
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  • 146 9 —Reuter Wireless. Mr. Lloyd George’s Views London, Jan. 20. There is a keen desire on the part of Welsh Liberals to see Mr. Lloyd George the leader of the Liberal Party and this was repeatedly expressed at the conference of the North Wales Liberal Federation held at Carnarvon
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  • 73 9 Reuter Wireless. Virtually Ended: British Troops to be Withdrawn Alwar, Jan. 18. The disturbances in the Meo areas in Alwar State have virtually ended and it is expected that the British troops called in to quell the revolt will shortly be withdrawn. Brigadier Lakin who is in charge
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  • 108 9 —Reuter. MENACE OF JAPANESE COMPETITION Manchester Views London, Yesterday. Japanese competition in the overseas cotton trade is among the subjects to which attention is drawn in the annual report of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce which calls on the British Government to adopt policies designed to secure
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  • 390 9 Rumours of Sabotage Refuted Cherbourg, Jan. 19. The rumours that the burning of the liner “Atlantique was due to an act of sabotage appear to be definitely refuted by the result of the official investigation, which has now been made known. The report states that it has
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  • 78 9 Successful Rising in Arabia Milan, January 15. According to reports published by the “Corriere della Sera,” the uprising in the Asir region of Western Arabia against the Wahabi King, Ibn Saud, has so far been successful. Ibn Saud’s troops were repeatedly routed by the rebels, who proclaimed
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  • 24 9 ,—Reuter. London, Yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeal of Commander J. G. Sutton. —Reuter.
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  • 262 9 DIFFICULT POSITION AHEAD SOME PROTESTS Paris, Jan. 18. Some 20,000 ex-service and maimed men at a meeting yesterday adopted a motion protesting strongly aginst the financial proposals that would affect their monetary rights. The Finance Commission of the Chamber has begun its examine ion of the measures proposed
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  • 95 9 i.—Reuter Wireless. Heavy Drop Recorded in France Paris, Jan. 18. A heavy drop in both Imports and Exports for the twelve months of 1932, compared with the previous year are shown in the latest returns. Exports amounted to 19,693,000,000 francs, representing a decrease of 10,712,000,000 francs, while Imports
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  • 65 9 are expected to continue.—Rugby Radio Service. All Lakes and Ponds Remain F rozen Rugby, Yesterday. Although Britain with the major portion of Europe continues frost-bound the temperature is slightly above that of yesterday. In London all lakes and ponds in parks remain frozen. Winter sports are continuing
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  • 115 9 Geneva, Jan. 18. The International Labour Conference after discussing the Italian proposal for a forty-hour week has accepted the resolution presented by seven nations expressing the view that a reduction in working hours will be one measure contributing to a reduction in unemployment and deciding to examine details
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  • 161 9 ..—Reuter. DISPUTE LIKELY TO BE PROTRACTED Deadlock London, Yesterday. The dispute over the proposed reduction of wages of railway employees is likely to be protracted, possibly as a result of the strike following the decision of the three railway unions not to accept the findings of the Chairman
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  • 198 9 By South African Students Berlin, Jan. 19. On January 14 a party of thirty-five South African students, of whom eighteen were women, arrived in Germany. Their j first few days were devoted to Berlin; where j in addition to the usual sights they visited industrial works ana the
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  • 67 9 help search for Lady Bailey. —Reuter Wireless. Discussing Plans for South Atlantic Flight London, Jan. 18. The airman Mollison, accompanied by Capt. W. Courtney flew to Dublin to-day to discuss plans for the South Atlantic flight with the Irish airman Saul. He stated he was ready to be
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  • 3265 10 PREPARING FOR THE BOAT RACE COVERED COURTS TENNIS TOURNAMENT: BEST PROFESSIONAL GOLF AVERAGE JACK PETERSEN RESIGNS A TITLE WINNER OF POWDERHALL SPRINT London, Jan. 11. NEW RULES FOR NINE SPORTS The several governing bodies of British sport have together been much more profligate in their issue
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  • 114 10 ANOTHER CAMPAIGN TQ ATTRACT PUBLIC ATTENTION The British Health Resorts Association are well satisfied with the results of last year, and arrangements are almost completed for a fresh campaign to start shortly by which even greater benefit will accrue to hundreds of resorts up and down the
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  • 962 11 THE GREAT EXPONENT OF CHOPIN FIFTY YEARS BEFORE THE PUBLIC Rome, January 8. Vladimir de Pachmann, the great pianist, died of peneumonia after a sudden illness at the home of Francesco Palltelli, his old impresario. How Pachman played a few bars of his favourite Nocturne by Chopin
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  • 317 11 ABOUT £24,000,000 IN 14 YEARS HOW HE WAS ABLE TO DUPE THE WORLD London, Jan. 10. Ivar Kreuger, the Swedish “Match King,” who committed suicide last year, personally spent 432,000,000 kronor (about £24,000,000 at par) during the period of more than fourteen years covered by his frauds.
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  • 148 11 MAN’S ASTONISHING ESCAPE AT LEVEL-CROSSING London, Jan. 4. While leading two horses attached to a cart over a level crossing near the Ford Works, at Dagenham, a man named Pctchcy, employed a’ a Rainham, Essex, farm, had a remarkable escape from death. The crossing is approached down
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  • 1081 12 SCOTTISH SECRETARY ON THE FINANCIAL POSITION ADDRESS TO GLASGOW LIBERALS Sir Godfrey Collins, M.P., Secretary of State for Scotland, in a speech in Glasgow, commented on the White Paper which has been issued showing that the amount Scotland receives from the Imperial Exchequer is actually more
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  • 593 13 Schedule of Principal Lines Mu; from w k: tn PORT fO-DAY ctLVERH VZEL from Calcutta for -an Francisco and Los Angeles. L 7 OUT from Langsa, Lho Seumawe, ic< 1' Bcba a nd Olehleh. Sails for I £wan. LaW Idi 010 Se awe I Sabana and
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  • 333 13 JANUARY, 1933 JANUARY 27 Golden Wedding Celebrations, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Aeria. Taiping Turf Club Amateur Meeting, Ist day. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28 Taiping Turf Club Amateur Meeting, 2nd day. TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 Entries close for Perak Turf Club Spring 1933 Meeting, 3 p.m. FEBRUARY SATURDAY, 11 Perak
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  • 567 13 AIR MAILS A mail for Medan (via Alor Star), by road to Alor Star and thence by Dutch Air Mail service will be closed at 7 a.m. to-morrow. A mail for Europe, Great Britain, Ireland and North America by steamer to Calcutta thence by rail to Karachi for
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  • 352 13 The Postal authorities announce the following in connection with the holidays:— 26TH INSTANT (THURSDAY) 4-G.P.O.: —Registration, Parcels, Telegrams, Sale of stamps, etc.: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sale of stamps, etc.: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Savings Bank and Money Order Branches:
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 66 13 STRONG DEFINITE IN THE CHARACTER OF THEIR APPEAL. YET SMOOTH AND MELLOW IN THE SATISFACTION THEY GIVE 1 kA I'l it x-y >'7 i 'l® A Wk b- i Wssfte 'Aa' 7 I. OKw v ILf I I J t i i /w is 1 wti#. i 'TC 71. t
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  • 716 14 COLONEL BUCHAN’S CRITICISM "‘LARGELY IN HANDS OF CRANKS” Outspoken criticisms of the League of Nations Union were expressed by Col. John Buchan, M.P., President of the Federation of University Conservative and Unionist associations at their Conference at Oxford. Young Conservatives from the principal universities
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  • 308 14 "SQUEEZABLE HANDS MAY BE USELESS FOR HOUSE-KEEPING MENTAL SPECIALIST ON LOVE AND HAPPINESS WHY TRIAL MARRIAGE FAILS London, Jan. 10. Dr. Bernard Hollander, the mental specialist, discussed the subject of easier divorce at a meeting of the Conway Discussion Circle in London. Referring to trial marriages, he said that they
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  • 159 14 SAILOR’S THIRTY TRIPS ROUND THE WORLD London, Jan. 10. “I have been round the world 30 times. I had tea with Robert Louis Stevenson in Samoa in 1896, and I have not a friend or relative in the world,” said an old sailor, now wandering about
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  • 110 14 YOUNG ENGLISHMAN’S FATE ON JUNGFRAU London, Jan. 10. The body of Mr. Kenneth J. Hepburn, the 20-year-old son of Mr. D. H. Hepburn, of Reigate, Surrey, who was killed when he fell 90 feet down a crevasse at Jungfraujoch, has now been taken down to Lauterbrunen in
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    • 436 14 I < fflattpreme t Jr J f Araf !> A splendid protective cream for day use > and the ideal foundation for powder. Supplement it by “47/7’ Cold Cream, the W j < perfect cleansing cream. 5 /CM 4k CLCways l ffiadiantCy ffresfi < changing seasons indoors and out- >
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    • 2159 15 Idin! /T /n,. P ©-“BRITISH INDIA I ntr nTJTin I IHm I J (Companies Incorporated In EnglcSj, 7* BMirrtfiMlJ LIMB -—«aau j I I ~<,>,«>• AND NORTH CONTINENT. p"X“ JX) ffl j MA I L PASSENGER SERVICES I Marseilles, London, Rotterdam Glasgow Jan. 27 Feb. 22 IMllHftaltiMMMMlMHlMlllHfllttlkliliH Peninsular and Orioni.i
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  • 266 16 AMATEUR RACES Weights and Selections for To-morrow Below will be found the weights and selections, by Tic-Tac, for to-morrow’s races at Taiping. The Mule Race having been cancelled, there will only be a card of five events, the first starting at 4 p.m. THE WEIGHTS The following
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  • 61 16 Dean’s Grand Opera, the favourites of the Penang onera fans, are opening a rhort season at the Drury Lane Theatre. ■Their season will start from to-night when lhey will stage Hawai-E-Majilis. CRESCENT STAR SPORTS CLUB The Crescent Star Sports Club, Penang, have issued invitations for a Members’
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  • 114 16 NORTH VS. SOUTH Three Important Changes (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, To-day. Three important changes have been necessary in the North and South side who will meet in the closing game of the season here on Saturday. Neither PaxtonHarding (Selangor) who had been chosen to captain the
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  • 143 16 —Reuter. Queen’s Park to Meet Rangers London, Jan. 25. The following is the draw for the second round of the Scottish Cup to be played on February 4. Dundee U. v. St. Johnstone. St. Mirren v. Kilmarnock. Aberdeen v. Hibernian or Forfar A. Leith A.
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  • 211 16 Penang “A” XV. Defeat H.M.S. Falmouth Penang’s “A” XV. defeated a team from H.M.S. Falmouth yesterday by three goals and one try (18 points) to nil in a match on the polo ground. The visitors, who at first sight seemed men ideally built for the game, surprisingly could
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  • 147 16 Administration of Estate An application by the Official Assignee before Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell for letters of administration in the estate of Mr. Thomas Powell Robinson was granted in the Supreme Court, Singapore. Mr. Powell Robinson died in the General Hospital on December 9, leaving
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  • 343 16 SCOUTING—PROFICIENCY BADGES (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette) Sir,—Reference G. T. Boon’s letter in column one page 5, dated 24-1-33, of the 25th issue of the Pinang Gazette. It is deplorable to think that G. T. Boon should call himself a scout. He apparently has not been a
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  • 165 16 With effect from Ist February, 1933, the senders of parcels posted in the Straits Settlements for delivery in the Federated Malay States or of parcels posted in the Federated Malay States for delivery in the
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  • 155 16 Latest Quotations Wednesday. Tuesday. Paris 87 87 116 New York 3.39% 3.38% Montreal 3.91 3.92% Brussels 24.45% 24.50 Geneva 17.55 17.55% Amsterdam 8.45 8.46% Milan 66 7|16 66 9|16 Berlin 14.27% 14 9132 Stockholm 18 13;32 18 13 32 Copenhagen 19 15|16 19 15 16 Oslo
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  • 549 16 municipal chief SANITARY INSPECTOR Funeral This Afternoon Following immediately after the death of Dr. J. E- Lesslar, the Eurasian community in Penang received a further shock this morning when they learnt of the sudden death of another of its very popular and respected
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  • 152 16 Straits Passengers Homeward Bound The m.s. “Meonia (homeward) arrived in Penang this morning from Singapore and will sail again on Friday Jan. 27 with the following Straits passengers:—Mrs. M. Brewer, Port Swettenham, Master David Brewer, Port Swettenham, Master Thomas Brewer, Port Swettenham. Mrs. A. E. Bruhn, Malacca, Mrs.
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  • 204 16 VIEWS OE FAMOUS ENGLISH CRICKETERS WRONG TIME TO SQUEAL London, Jan. 19. All Britain is discussing with deepest interest the Australian protest against the English leg theory bowling tactics, most newspapers publishing leaders on the matter and all prominent cricketers have been canvassed. Lancashire and Yorkshire cricket
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  • 577 16 The Funeral MOUND COVERED WITH FLORAL TRIBUTES The funeral of the late Dr. J. E. Lesslar, M.8.E., took place yesterday afternoon, at the Western Road Cemetery and was largely attended. The Rev. Father N. Deredec officiated both at the Roman Catholic Chapel and at the graveside.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 287 16 NEW AOVERTISEHEIJI MISCELLANEOUS WANTED A Year's Lease of bung»*» on Penang Hill. Apply Box No. I Pinang Gazette Government Notifiicafioi TENDERS will be received at the E» ourable Resident Councillor’s Office, Penn up to noon of the 17th February, 1933. fr the following works Erection of a New Enpi .3
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 81 16 W!r EIF.SS I To-day’s P r I Call signs: Wavelengths: 3’l metres metr ‘-s I P o M -I 1 9.50 Laddie a I h >*h.w o ?%l fe taping I fantasy, I, Intermezzo, Pair T Let's put out the Li eh f. '*l 10 20 Se e U Ha
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