Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 March 1933

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAELISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 50. Vol. LXXXXI. FRIDAY. 3rd MARCH. 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 758 1 Key Positions Of Chihfeng And Lingyuan Captured CONSOLIDATING THE GAINS Japanese Troops Live Up To Reputation RAPID MARCH UNDER ARCTIC CONDITIONS Tokyo, Yesterday. ith the important strategic centres of Chihfeng and Lingyuan in their hands, the Japanese appear to have spent to-day mainly consolidating
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  • 60 1 .—Reuter Wireless. 14 Killed Johannesburg, Feb. 27. Two Europeans and 12 native miners were killed when the cage in which they were travelling crashed to the bottom of one of the Crown mines. It is believed that the accident was due to the failure of
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  • 135 1 Desire For Neutrality WHY SIAM ABSTAINED FROM VOTING AT GENEVA (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, March 2. The official reason given as to why Siam abstained from voting at Geneva is because the policy of the Government has been to remain neutral in the controversy
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  • 78 1 .—-Reuter. London, Yesterday. The greatest earthquake recorded in the 28 years’ experience of Mr. Shaw, the Seismologist at the West Bromwich Observatory began at 5.43 p.m. The distance was estimated at 6,000 miles. The shocks which ceased at 9.00 p.m. were so severe that levers
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  • 136 1 world economic conference. —Reuter Wireless. Speech By Mr. N. Chamberlain London, Feb. 25. Britian cannot return to the Gold Standard until she is satisfied it will work, declared Mr. Neville Chamberlain in a speech to-day at Birmingham. There would ave to be a substantial rise
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  • 201 1 and too slow for an emergency.—Reuter. Sir lan Hamilton's Warning WITHIN GRASP OF THE JAPANESE. London, Yesterday. Britain’s and the world’s attitude on the war in the Far East is deplored by General Sir lan Hamilton in the course of an appeal for real disarmament
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  • 204 1 .—Reuter. Denver (Colorado), yesterday. Charles Boettcher, the millionaire banker, was released, unharmed, from a motor car in the outskirts of Denver. He immediately communicated with his father’s home, whither he is being taken to be questioned by the Police. The report that
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  • 26 1 Reuter. Washington, Yesterday. William Phillips, ex-Ambassador to Belgium and who formerly served at Peking has been appointed Under Secretary of State.
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  • 169 1 Alarming Experience PART OF MAST AWAY An alarming experience befell the P. O. British India steamer Rohna about one o’clock this morning while on her way from Singapore to Penang. She encountered a severe thunderstorm and while passing through it was struck directly by lightning, which
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  • 93 1 sia. Reuter. An Early Pointer Berlin, Mar. 2. A pointer that many supporters of thrt Communists hitherto will vote for the Socialist at Sunday’s general election is given by the elections for the Workers and Clerical Staffs Councils in the Berlin Municipal electrical gasworks. The
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  • 57 1 i. -Reuter. Returning From Honeymoon Wilson (South Carolina), Mar. 2. The death occurred of Senator Valsh during his sleep aboard the train travelling to Washington from Havana whence he was returning with his bride who is a member of a wealthy Cuban family. Senator Walsh presided
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  • 57 1 Reuter Wireless. First •’Pocket” Battleship Ready Berlin, IVb. -7. To-day the “pocket” battleship "Deutschelanleft Kiel on her last tr tr j> before being commissioned for sarvlca at Wilhelm ;haven where she will be placed or the active service list on April Ist. On this date Germany’s second
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  • 15 1 OBITUARY London, Feb. 27. Thomas Tweedie Millar died at Carlisle to-day, following influenza. —Reuter Wireless.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 1195 3 SHORT-WAVE RECEPTION TIMES PREPARED BY THE P.G. WIRELESS CORRESPONDENT AND THE PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY M,d g ght ia to m 2a to m 3 m 4 v- sa to m 6 *to m v 6p to m 7p^ m s v 9 v 10 r"- "fc”1 a. m. 2 a.
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  • 357 4 "THE MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS Packed Houses At Queen's Last Night There is a fine British musical at the Queen’s. It was shown to bumper houses last night and is the talkie version of “The Maid Of The Mountains,’’ with Nancy Brown, British International Pictures’
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  • 153 4 Whirlwind Dancers Coming To The Majestic When the Imanoffs last came to Malaya, some three years ago, they had a successful season at Singapore, but due to an urgent call elsewhere, they had to omit calling at Penang. Commenting on their display a Singapore paper says that they
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  • 779 4 Mr. F. F. King has arrived in Kuala Lumpur from Australia. Mr. Thomas Bonar has been elected a Life Member of the Automobile Association of Malaya. The Automobile Association of Malaya propose inviting H.M. the King of Siam to become a Patron of the Association. Mr. James
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    • 11 4 WHAT LONDON IS DOING READ CHARLES ROBERTS in the SUNDAY GAZETTE.
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    • 230 4 Memories You Treasure L Will Be Pleasantly Revived When You Listen To These Old Time Songs i no akt J HAVE YOU forgotten r DB p ART J 2 Introducing “Sweet Adelaine “Garden Of Roses”, I’li F Your Sweetheart”, “Tiny Seed Of Love”, “Nellie Dean.” I nv A9A < WHEN
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    • 173 4 I 'Phone 264 I 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 > MATINEE TO-MORROW AT 2.15 1 ACKNOWLEDGED THE BRIGHTEST AND BEST f BRITISH Musical Ever Shown I I FREDERICK LONSDALE'S MAID OF THE MOUNTAINS with NANCY BROWNI—IHARRY WELCHMAN AND A SUPERB ALL BRITISH CAST. J A BRITISH INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL TRIUMPH. j BOOK EARLY
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  • 297 5 English And Scottish Leagues FIXTURES FOR TO-MORROW The following are the matches to be played in the sixth round of the F. A. Cup: W. Ham IL v Birmingham Dei by C. v Sunderland Burnley v Manchester C. Everton v Lu* on T. The
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  • 72 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament The following are the results of ties played on Wednesday in the Penang Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament. Men’s Doubles Handicap:—G. W. Bryant and N. A. Sedwick —30.3 walk over J. G. Carr and I. Pemberton —2. Men’s Singles Handicap:— ’A’: C. H. Rogers
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  • 65 5 Stiff Sentence for Gang Robber (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, March 2. At the second Assizes which opened to-day eight years rigorous imprisonment and fifteen strokes of the rotan was imposed on a Hylam for armed robbery and causing hurt. Four years’ rigorous imprisonment was imposed on
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  • 192 5 Opening Ties Next Week The following ties have been arranged for next week in connection with the 1933 New Year Tournament: TIES FOR MONDAY MARCH 6 Mixed Doubles Handicap:—Scr. Miss D. Southam and V. Lun berg vs. —5 Miss E. Scharenguivel and D. Campbell. Ladies’ Singles
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  • 124 5 A Bengali named Jatala yesterday received a sentence of 14 days’ imprisonment from the Police Magistrate, Mr. D. Wills, after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of stowing away on board the s.s. Sirdhana. Accused said his home village was in India, and having found no
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  • 182 5 Motoring Thieves Break Window With Spare Wheel Threemen were concerned in a smash-and-grab robbery at a shop in High Holborn, W.C. They arrived in a car, carried the spare wheel to the shop, and pressed it against the glass, being able in this way
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  • 692 5 Exclusive Interview With Lady Oxford HER SORROW Action Forced by Circumstances The Wharf, Sutton Courtenay, the beautiful Berkshire home of the late Earl of Oxford and Asquith, has been sold by his widow for a sum she describes as “a mere song.” In an
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    • 13 5 Every Wednesday Ladies will find special articles of interest in The PINANG GAZETTE.”
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  • 378 6 Heroism and Endurance on West Coast of Scotland BOARD OF TRADE AWARD February 11. A story of heroism and endurance is revealed by the announcement that the Board of Trade Shield for the most gallant wreck service of the year is to be awarded to
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  • 297 6 World Laughing at the Wrong Things Professor T. H. Pear, of Manchester, conducted a one-day school at Irlam Hall under the auspices of the local branch of the Workers' Educational Association, when he dealt with the subject of “Laughing at New Ideas.” Laughter to-day, he said, was more
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  • 453 6 Idle Hoard of £80,000,000 BUDGET DEFICIT RISING Panic Feared if Debtor Countries Default Switzerland, although bulging with gold, is facing industrial and economic problems which have been raised by its very presence and which may conceivably end in disaster before long unless a
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  • 153 6 Souvenir of King's Visit to France Paris, Feb. 11. The Royal Standard w’hich was flown from King George’s car when he visited France with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York after the Armistice was sold by public auction. The buyer was a French
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    • 373 6 jip fwWOi > z > z <: -v:... 4''-■A 13B1' —1 W y T7OR WA i' r'O P K>'JU’ XVZ kJL/ IC 80 EASY TO WASH SO HAK D TO WEAR OUT ATOOTAL PRODUCT HAVE you bought your TOBRALCO Directly you touch Tobralco you are conscious of its quality; its
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    • 19 6 A small advertisement in the “Pinang Gazette” is busier than the bee. It works all day and every -’iy.
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    • 387 6 THE IDEAI? FOR THE TROPICS The Nourishment A Child Receives From Breast Milk And HUMANISED TRUFOOD Is Virtually Identical. EACH TIN STAMPED WITH DATE YOUR SAFEGUARD. HUMANISED TOiyjiFiQ)©© < OBTAINABLE FROM ALL CHEMISTS AND HIGH CLASS STORES. x O SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA THE DISPENSARY (1929) LTD.. BISHOP STREET, PENANG.
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  • 1792 7 Hard Times for the Industry WANTED, A LITTLE COMMON SENSE The twenty-fifth ordinary general meeting of the United Serdang (Sumatra) Rubber Plantations, Ltd., was held on February 7 at Winchester House, Old Broad-street, London, E.C. Mr. H. Eric Miller (chairman of the company) presided. The
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  • 168 7 Unlucky Souvenirs Returned to Crypt February 11. Six years ago a man and a woman, visiting the famous Bone Crypt at Rothwell Parish Church, Northamptonshire, which contains numerous ancient numan skeletons, secretly took away two small bones as souvenirs. A few days ago they made
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  • 121 7 Designing Bridal Cakes London, Feb. 12. Architects are designing wedding cakes. For a bride born in December one architect produced a silver and white ringed globe representing Saturn. Another cake had a tall sugar tower reflected in a mirror at tne base. The bride and groom were
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  • 1093 8 As cancellation of the War Debts is a subject of infinitely much more importance to the world than the activities of the Japanese in Jehol we need make no apologies for returning to it. The problem bristles with difficulties of which the most difficult is the elementary
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  • 925 8 He was a slight, diffident little man and no one knew who he was or where he came from. Mrs. Blackwell had brought him to Lady Fort’s cocktail party, and she would have occulted a far larger specimen than this shy, colourless creature whose inevitable place was some quiet
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  • 807 8 THE NAILSMITH SEES R F n According to the “Observer of all mechanical inventions th mains in the South of q,. re r*. the nailsmith. Judging v blace of references to manicure i n ment columns, in beauty and elsewhere in the books, plays •of the period,
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  • 359 9 •tauter Wireless. In The Far East MR. MATSUOKA’S CLAIM London, yesterday. The claim that Japan is fighting alone for i :u:e in the Far East and in respect of freaties, is made by Mr. Matsuoka in an interview in the Daily Mail. He declares t
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  • 119 9 .—Reuter. Anglo-French Policy Criticised Paris, Yesterday. The fundamental error of the AngloFrench policy at the outset of the SinoJapanese dispute, said Mr. Wickham Steed to Reuter, was not to inform China and Japan through the League or otherwise that the method of taking the law in their own
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  • 60 9 Reuter. M. Nowinckel As Premier Oslo, Mar. 2. 1 oe m w Cabinet which was formed unJ r Nowinckel after the Goverhment had designed owing to dissatisfaction with ti'>vcrnment’s financial programme is pureJ"i a Liberal complexion. It includes M. Lluid > finance, M. Kobro, National
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  • 55 9 —Reuter. toss of Substantial Funds New York, yesterday. I,:i New York Federal Reserve Board u w says that a substantial loss of funds ;4Us »lamed in the New York money mar- ’trough the conversion of dollar balances by foreign central banks into gold h,
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  • 346 9 Reuter. Well-Known Singapore Figure BODY FOUND IN CAR AT TANJONG PAGAR (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Yesterday. Still at the wheel of his car the body of Mr. T. O. Mayhew, the Managing Director of Estate and Trust Agencies (1927) who had been
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  • 93 9 gate difficulties caused a rally.—Reuter Wireless. On London Stock Exchange London. Feb. 27. On the Stock Exchange to-day Brazilians strengthened on encouraging reports of the financial conditions in that country. Otherwise the markets were dull, mainly owing to foreign influences, more especially the news from America
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  • 108 9 —Reuter Wireless. Presentation Of Name-Plate Berlin, Feb. 2. The name-plate of the famous German raider “Emden” has been presented by Mr. Stanley Bruce to President von Hindenburg as a gift from the people of Australia to the German nation. Mr. Bruce paid tribute to the
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  • 83 9 In Potsdam Garrison Church Berlin, Mar. 2. The opening session of the Reichstag is to be held in the garrison church at Potsdam where Frederick the Great lies buried. Persons arrested in Rhineland and Westphalia now number 2,050. Herr Friedrich Stampfer the chief editor of the Socialist
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  • 175 9 Increase On Last Year NEED FOR RETURNING TO NORMAL STANDARD Rugby, Yesterday. The Army Estimates for the coming year amount to £37,950,000. This figure is £1,462,000 more than that for previous year, but is nearly £2,000,000 less than the estimates for 1931. The Secretary of
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  • 137 9 idle. —Reuter. Oklahoma City, March 2. The governor has proclaimed a compulsory three day bank holiday.—Reuter. AND SOME MORE New Orleans, March 2. A three days’ holiday has been decreed at Louisiana for “ail public, including banks and other public enterprise.”—Reuter. New York, Yesterday. The Governor of
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  • 27 9 .—Reuter. Tokyo, Yesterday. Fifteen hundred houses were washed away by a tidal wave at Kamaishi 200 miles northward of Tokyo following an earthquake.—Reuter.
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  • 74 9 —Reuter Wireless. Alleged Use Of Mails To Defraud Chicago, Feb. 27. Samuel and Martin Insull, Samuel Insull, Junior, and 16 former officers and directors of the bankrupt corporation Securities Companies of Chicago have been indicted on a charge of using the mails in a scheme
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  • 87 9 A Teochew Chinese named Loh Ah Chong behaved strangely in the Police Court yesterday when charged with disobeying the lawful order of a police constable. When asked what was the matter, the police constable said that accused was suffering from stage fright. He had been all
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  • 48 9 —Reuter. Washington, Yesterday. Britain had not asked the United States to join the embargo on the export of arms declared Mr. CasUe, the under Secretary of State who added that the State Department had not received any communication in regard to it from Britain.
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  • 89 9 Singapore Will Case DEFENDANTS DEPRIVED OF THEIR COSTS (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, March 2. Giving judgment in the Mohamed Noor will case Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley said, “I deprive first and second defendants of the costs. There is ample authority for this
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  • 474 9 not advance beyond a certain point. —Rugby Radio Service. Britain's Single-Minded Desire London, Yesterday. Britain’s anxiety to achieve success at the World Economic Conference was referred to by the Prime Minister in a speech yesterday. He said that the British Government would enter upon those negotiations with
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  • 118 9 Berlin, Feb. 27. Ten revolver shots were fired by two men, believed to be Nazis, who broke into the flat of the Socialist member, Kurt Lowenstein. The bullets embedded themselves in the furniture but Lowenstein escaped unhurt. The police arrested one of the intruders.
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  • 121 9 Reuter. Dutch Attitude Changing? IMPORTANT DECLARATION FROM AMSTERDAM London, March 2. The Financial Times, gives prominence to an Amsterdam declaration, which is regarded in authoritative rubber quarters as of the highest importance because it indicates that the Dutch Government is willing to reconsider the rubber situation in
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  • 121 9 —Reuter. A Paris Visualisation Paris, Yesterday. An Asiatic league of nations with Japan proclaiming a sort of Monroe doctrine for the Far East by the conclusion of a treaty of security between China and Japan in Manchuria is visualised by Le Temps in a leader
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  • 88 9 TlN—Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY 1 London £l4B-15-0 £147-7-6 TIN—(3 Months) London £149-0-0 £l4B-0-0 Singapore 575.12% Business Done Penang $75.87% Business Done 25 tons COPRA—(Sundried) 4 35 BLACK PEPPER 518 00 $lB.OO 2.Ad. 2,Sid. New York »««•<?> Singapore c TAPIOCA §3 50 |3 so Fair Seed j Medium Pearl Rangoon
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  • 135 9 —Reuter Wireless. What Is Needed To Start It > AN AMERICAN VIEW I Washington, Feb. 2. Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambassador conferred for ninety minutes this morning with Mr. Hull, Secretary’ of State designate, who afterwards said they discussed the question of the programme contemplating
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  • 148 9 —Reuter. Resignations Offered Geneva Yesterday. It is ascertained that Messrs. Quotaichi, Wellington Koo and Dr. Yen have telegraphed to Nanking resigning as Chinese Representatives on the League. Their view is that the centre of gravity has shifted from Geneva to Jehol where stout resistance should be
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  • 2468 10 SHORT WAVE STATIONS—SMOOTH REACTION L.F. INSTABILITY—A CURIOUS TROUBLE RECEPTION NOTES (By Our Wirelees Correspondent) So many different short-wave stations have bsen reported from time to time as having regular transmissions, and so little is heard of the majority of these stations that the average short-wave listener may rightfully begin
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    • 1085 10 PRINCIPAL SHORT-WAVE BROADCASTING I STATIONS r tn Order Of Wavelength 5 1 time ff GENERAL INFORMATION. •5 i n Jh h STATION. =4 i FirnalS days transml lsionitett 7.4 41,891 La Turbie, France I 9.8 30,602 Coltano, Italy 13.04 23,006 Malabar, Java |FLZ 13.92 21,540 Saxonburg, Penn., U.S.A. 14.28 21,018
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  • 377 11 But a Real Thief Went There First SHOOTING CASE RECALLED Feb. 11. Cosmo Leon Kendal, 43, described as a phrenologist, of Streatham, London, revealed in evidence at the Old Bailey yesterday that in 1911 he was sentenced to 14 years’ penal servitude for shooting at a
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  • 322 11 Information Available for the Expert Mr. J. G. Pearce, director of the British Cast Iron Research Association, addressed a meeting in the Textile Institute, Manchester, on The uses of information and the value of the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux to users.” The meeting was arranged
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  • 335 11 Rumoured Desire to Marry a Commoner Madrid, Feb. 9. Alfonso, Prince of the Asturias, eldest son of the ex-King of Spain and heir to the Throne, is reported here to be ready to renounce all Royal rights if he can fulfil his desire to marry a commoner.
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  • 194 11 Hereford House Scheme Developing In connection wi‘h the important scheme originated by Mr. W. J. Merifield to provide a wholesale trading centre in support of British and Empire industries, to be known as British Industries House, it is officially stated that arrangements have now been concluded whereby
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  • 305 11 Friendship and Flattery Do The Trick London, Feb. 12. Mr. Smith —at least, that's what he calls himself —slipped into a quiet hotel in Ix>ndon last week —and no one suspected that he had one of the oddest jobs in the world. He spends
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  • 221 11 Theories of Society of Genealogists February 13. In a discussion on the origin of surnames by the Society of Genealogists, Bloomsbury Square, on Saturday, Mr. W. P. Haskett-Smith said some old names were almost inexplicable. For instance, an ancient record gave "Longus Venta,” literally “long belly.” Probably
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  • 636 12 DIRECTORS’ REPORT The following is the report of the Directors for the year ended December 31, 1932: Your Directors have pleasure in submiting their thirteenth annual report together with a duly audited statement of account for the year ended 31st December, 1932. Mine working and property:—The report
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  • 1099 12 Full Scale Trial of Process NECESSARY FINANCE SECURED The second annual ordinary general meeting of Nipah Distilleries of Malaya, Ltd., was held on Friday, the 30th December, at the offices of the Company, 6, Lloyd’s Avenue, Fenchurch Street, E.C. Mr. P. J. Burgess (Chairman of the
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  • 381 12 The Foresight Saga Messrs. William Jacks Co. reported on February 8 as follows The “Gold Rush’’ has diverted speculation from Commodities, but it will in the end benefit business, as on all previous occasions it has been the precursor of an all-round revival in trade. Let us
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  • 77 12 The following are the rubber outputs for the month of February, 1933. in respect of the undernoted Lbs. The Penang Rubber Estates Co., Ltd. 351,800 The Sabrang Rubber Estate, Ltd.. 112,000 The Straits Rubber Co.. Ltd. 267,500 The Rubana Rubber Estates. Ltd... 122,000 The Bagan Serai Co., Ltd.
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  • 125 12 Latest Quotations Thursday Wednesday Paris 86 15|16 86% New York ..3.43% 3.41% Montreal 4.11% 4.08% Brussels 24.40 24.25% Geneva 17.56 17.46 Amsterdam 8.48 8.43 Milan 67% 66 lljl6 Berlin 14 13 32 14.34% Stockholm 18.87% 18% Copenhagen 22 7|16 22 7|16 Oslo 18% 19% Vienna 30
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  • 68 12 The following are the tin outputs for the month of February, 1933 Rambun Mines, Tanjong Rambutan Piculs, 241. Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Ltd.: Piculs, 420. Katu Tin Dredging, Ltd.: —Hours, 566; c. yards, 155,000; piculs, 506; estimated cost, $12,200; cost per c. yard, 7.87 cents. Renong Consolidated Tin Dredging
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  • 35 12 Messrs. Harrisons, Barker and Co., Ltd., as agents for the above-mentioned companies, advise that all dredges were closed down during the month of February and were re-opened on the Ist of March.
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  • 631 13 Schedule of Principal Lines flje fol> H ,Ht f VCBBeIB arrlvlDB WuitHln;’ i‘‘ nang during the week: IN PORT fO-DAY H unNOLVM MARU from Singapore Rarcoon and Calcu'ta. for n ir j\TANG from Tongkah, Kopah, ReM Vi toria Point. Sails for the irday, nth instan‘. ■if-’
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  • 392 13 FEBRUARY, 1933 MARCH 4 and 5 Cricket: P. C. C. v Ceyion Association, Esplanade. MARCH 11 Selangor Turf Club races, Ist Day. Cricket: P. C. C. “A” v. P. R. C. Esplanade, 2p.m. e MARCH 12 Cricket: P. C. C. v Perak Club, Espla nade. B Cricket:
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  • 824 13 The Post Office notifies that a telegram from G. P. O. London, says that the mail despatched from Penang, Air Mail (via Karachi) on February 11 by the s.s. “Karoa” was delivered in London on March 1. OUTWARD DUTCH .AIR MAIL The Agents notify that the Outward Dutch
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    • 345 13 REDUCED FACSIMILE ert catc the Institute of Hygiene for ten successive years, wRSrWIt awarded to Carreras for CRAVEN “A” ISy CiBaret,es w fro 1 fi AVEN "A 2 I Tobacco Factory in the aHBuK IhH W CRAVENJK CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES awarded GOLD SEAL by Institute of Hygienelollowmq 10 years'endorsement For
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  • 540 14 Claim Against Canadian Railway Companies JUDGE AND QUESTION OF COURT’S JURISDICTION An action involving a claim for £37,000,000 came before Mr. Justice Luxmoore in the Chancery Division, London. The plaintiff, Mr. William Henry Boardman, sued on behalf of himself and all other holders on January 18, 1923,
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  • 157 14 Alleged Threat to Second Son Two Men Arrested February 11. Two men who are suspected of having attempted to extort 50,000 dollars from Colonel Lindbergh by threatening to kidnap his second son, now nearly six months old, have been arrested by the police at Roanoke (Va.) by
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  • 352 14 For Mental Research A shy woman —widow of a former mis- j sionary in the backwoods of Canada—has given £lO,OOO for research into mental pro-’ blems and disorders. She is Mrs. R. G. Burden, of Clevedon Hall, Clevedon, Somerset, warden of theIncorporation of National Institutions for'
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  • 138 14 Use of 50,000,000 Tons of Coal a Year” London, Feb. 10. Dr. C. H. Lander, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Imperial College, told the Junior Institution of Engineers in London to-night that motor spirit could be made to-day froin British coal which would use up 50,000,000
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    • 285 14 -'-i i 1 1,, E Corrugated Iron, D Wire Ropes, Rj Hallite Jointing "Vf Solignum, El 5 Plummer Blocks, T- Packings, QJ U Expanded Metal jD Safes, U% P Asbestos Cement Goods, Nails, IS P Pabco Plaster Board, Etc., L Vz I Collapsible Steel Gates. Etc. I I O T<
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    • 27 14 Nvtbir.R succeeds like success but success needs o be backed by consistent advertising. Use the the'teot Gazct,e r ul r >y and keep at the top of
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    • 290 14 LAR ALL OVER THE WORLD Consistent high quality that Var L eS and a wide range of delicious flavours have ensure! unyersal fame for Jellies. Delightfully cool and appensmg, they are M 2222 d k? e Ve 7 wht,,eBOme *n<i fishing. Start using th« Chivers'Jellies I Try abo Chivers*. Jam»,
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    • 2192 15 I K I P O. -BRITISH INDIA i 'm' x AND APCAR lines I umrwn t' 1 (Companies Incorporated in EnglaLai >L TkBLUK FUMEIJ LIMB TRAVEL HOME BY DOLLAR MAIL PASSENGER and CARGO SERVICES s w Leave» Due 1 J V«*eL' LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. Penang London LINE 1 c
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  • 445 16 Four Honours for Taiping Centre (FiGm Our Own Correspondent) Tai ping, Mar. 2. Cabin results from Cambridge of the successful candidates who sat for the School Certificate and Junior Cambridge Examinations last December, were received by all the Schools this morning. The percentage of passes is considerably higher
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  • 38 16 Mr. D. A. M. Brown has been elected a Vice-President of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaya. Mr. Brown has also been re-elected President of the Senior Golfers’ Society of Malaya.
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  • 26 16 Reuter. London, March 2. In the Second Division of the English League, Preston North End defeated Grimsby Town by four goals to two.
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  • 83 16 Lawn Tennis Tournament The following are the results of ties played yesterday in the Penang Cricket Club lawn tennis tournament Championship Pairs. —J. R. Bennett and D. R. A. Hoblyn beat L. F. Knight and C. H. Rogers 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. H. E. Muriel and K. A.
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  • 97 16 Italian from Tsingtao to be Sent Home An order that the man be kept in the Civil Prison until his repatriation at the expense of the agents of the ship by which he arrived was made by Mr. J. F. F. Gregg, the Third Police Magistrate, Singapore, when
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  • 283 16 Annual Meeting GOVERNMENT GRANTS OF LAND The annual general meeting of the ExServices Association of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur Branch) was held at the Selangor Club premises, on Wednesday evening. Mr. A. C. Jomaron took the chair in the absence on leave of Major Harris. The Chairman
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  • 76 16 Schneidemuhl, February. Excavations in the district of Flatow, Grenzmark, which have so far laid bare 88 prehistoric graves, have brought to light many vessels with varied contents. Among these are kernels of a grain related to wheat. The graves date from the transitional period from
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  • 68 16 MISSION CHAPEL, FARQUHAR STREET ENGLISH SERVICES SUNDAY 8.30 a.m. Observance of Lord’s Supper 4.30 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes. 6.00 p.m. Gospel Service. Preacher, Mr. W. S. Blick. MONDAY 8.00 p.m. Young Men’s Bible Study Class. WEDNESDAY 6.00 p.m. Prayer and Ministry. CHINESE SERVICES Sunday 10.30 a.m.
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  • 51 16 PENANG, MARCH 3 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank") On London Bank Demand 2 3 23'32 m[ts 2|3 ***** Hongkong T.T. 43 Private 3 m|ts credit 2 4 1J32 3 Documentary 2'4 5,32 On New York Bank Demand 39%n0m France T.T. 985n0m India T.T. 152% Shanghai T.T. 136 Bar
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  • 619 16 TO-DAY’S PRICES The following were the latest quotation* Ln MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day. Yesterday. To-aay Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Ayer Hitam 113 llj9 lljO 11|6 Gopeng Consol 27|6 30|0ex27 6 30;0ex Ipoh 12|6 136 133 14 0 Kamunting 6'o 6|6
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    • 54 16 I JUST UNPACKED A NEW CONSIGNMENT OF WORLD FAMOUS i MERIDIAN SINGLETS: I PURELY BRITISH I PRICES MODERATE j ALL SIZES WITH I lU I DIFFERENT SHAPES j Sh IlSa T Inspection Cordially Igß 4T i V K B Invited at j < I'M B ’I s I Kfl 12,
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    • 485 16 J Get A Pair of SILK STOCKINGS I I FREE At PARMANANDS During the whole month of March From 1st to 31st: I MAKE YOUR PURCHASES NOW. a SAVE MONEY a F r j LADIES' "KAYSER" STOCKING I STYLE 188x > A Free Gift Coupon will be given to any
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 60 16 WIRELESS To-day’s Programme Call Sign: G.S.B. Wavelength 31.5 metres. P.M. 9.50 Big Ben 9 50 Big Ben The Northern Studio Orchestra Directed by John Bridge 10.20 A Musical Programme With Illustrations Arranged by Sir Walford Davies 10.50 Talk: “Leaders in Other Lands” Mr. Vernon Bartlett < Blattnerphone— Stille Process) 11
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    • 37 16 PENANG WEATHER REPORT Temp. Wind RainfaL 6 a.m. 76 NE Noon 88 N TIDE TABLES High Water. Low Wate? TO-DAY 3.20 a.m. 9.35 a.m. 3.45 p.m. 10.20 p.m. TO-MORROW 3.40 a.m. 9.42 a.m. 4.08 p.m. 10.55 p.m.
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