Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 March 1933

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 54. Vol. LXXXXI. WEDNESDAY, Bth MARCH, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    SOVIET DECLINES INVITATION
    524 1 DISAGREEMENT WITH league RECOMMENDATIONS On Some Basic P-sints DIFFICULT POSITION OF NON-MEMBER STATES Moscow, Yesterday. The Soviet has declined the invitation of the League of Nations to join the Advisory Committee of Twentyone on the Sino-Japanese dispute. M. Litvinoff, in a long telegram to Sir Eric Drummond
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    CHANG RESIGNS
    10 1 —Reuter. Peking, Yesterday. n s Hsueh-liang has resigned.
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    HOLLYWOOD HIT
    33 1 —Reuter. New York, Yesterday. The Hollywood Universal Studio has announced that it has tem- a porarily suspended contracts of all its players, officials and directors, owing to the financial silaa- tion.-
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    THE KING
    176 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Entertains Retiring U. S. Ambassador to L,uncheon Rugby, Yesterday. Tiif King remained indoors to-day but his cold is progressing quite satisfactorily. The United States Ambassador, Mr. Andrew Mellon, who is shortly retiring, together with his daughter, took luncheon with Their Majesties. The Prince of Wales
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    EVEREST EXPEDITION
    39 1 .—Ri-.gby Radio Service. Three Planes Arrive at Karachi Rugby, Yesterday. Members of the Mount Everest expedition who have flown from England to India arrived at Karachi this aftemoCn their three aeroplanes completmg the flight with- out mishap.
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    U.S. BANK CRISIS
    175 1 Mr. Woodin's Communication TO FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS Washington, Yesterday. Mr. Woodin has authorised the Federal Reserve Banks to conduct normal operations as fiscal agents in the United States in transactions pertaining to exchange of U. S. obligations. It is understood the announcement is purely technical. The general
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    EXTRA TWO PER CENT CUT
    341 1 STANDARD QUOTA SLIGHTLY IN EXCESS Over-Production Of 400 Tons Feared FULL EXPLANATION BY SENIOR WARDEN OF MINES Tin Restriction The following ojicial notification has been forwarded to us by the Senior Warden of Mines:— Owing to the present standard quota of 25% being slightly in
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    ENGLISH FLOODS
    95 1 their ultimate level this afternoon^ —Rugby Radio Service. Rivers Overflow in Parts of Yorkshire r Rugby, Yesterday. Although flood conditions in the Thames Valley are improving and with few exceptions all roads are now clear heavy rains yesterday aggravated the situation in parts of Yorkshire where the rivers
    their ultimate level this afternoon^—Rugby Radio Service.  -  95 words
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    THE PHILIPPINES
    46 1 Reuter. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Resigns Governorship Washington, Yesterday. Mi. Rccsevelt has accepted the resignation of Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of the Philipp njs. Pending the arrival in Manila oi Mi. Homer S. Cummings, the new Governor, Mr. John Holliday, Vice- Governor, will carry on.-
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    SINGAPORE SENSATION
    125 1 Grave Charge Against Well-Known Residents QUESTION OF BAIL (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Yesterday. The Detective Branch caused something of a sensation on Monday night by the arrest of a well-known Chinese and Eurasian, respectively, Poh Kim Seng and Norman Albert Jansen, who are being held on charges
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    AMERICAN BANK CRISIS
    31 1 —Reuter. Heavy Withdrawals Washington, Yesterday. Anxious shareholders have withdrawn 962 million dollars in 450 Member Banks during the week ending March 1, according to a Federal Reserve statement.
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    STOCK MARKETS
    79 1 and a half per cent, at 99 Rugby Radio Service. Rugby, Yesterday. The feature at the close of the Stock Exchange this evening was the firmness of trans-Atlantic issues on Montreal buying. Nickels, United States steel, Brazilian tractions and Hydros all improved. Kaffirs closed at best points of
    and a half per cent, at 99 *«.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  79 words
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    HOUSING
    147 1 ment to see the work through. —Rugby Radio Service. New Bill Passes Third Reading Rugby, Yesterday. By 233 votes to 66 Government’s Bill which abolishes housing subsidies and guarantees losses to Building Societies on advances of building of working class houses received its third reading in the House of
    ment to see the work through.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  147 words
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    AGRICULTURE
    75 1 into pig and milk industries.—Rugby Radio Service. Government Proposals for Assisting Farming Rugby, Yesterday. The Minister of Agriculture, Major Walter Elliot, introduced the Agricultural Marketing Bill in the House oi Commons yesterday. The Eill embodies Government’s proposals for assistance of the fanning industry in several directions and newspapers state
    into pig and milk industries.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  75 words
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    UNEMPLOYMENT
    105 1 Rugby Radio Service. Explanation for Seasonal Improvement Rugby, Yesterday. The seasonal improvement in industry i is the main explanation for better figures j in February of those unemployed, the total !of which was reduced during the month iby 46,427. The improvement in employ-1 Iment occurred chiefly in building, public
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    POLITICS OF THE WEEK
    2254 3 FINANCIAL ADVISERS TO AMBASSADORS: HIGHER NAVY ESTIMATES: THE OXFORD UNION'S PACIFIST MOTION: NEW BISHOPS IN THE LORDS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb, 18. tilF WAR DEBTS SITUATION gir Ronald Lindsay, the British Ambas*lor to the United States, has left London the conclusion of his talks
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    TOOK THE GUN FROM THE GUNMAN
    171 4 MALAY’S COURAGE Unpleasant Surprise for Armed Intruder (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, March 6. Entering a pondok in Chemor Road and presenting a pistol in the face of the owner of the pondok who was at the time talking to his wife and daughter,
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    BOY LAW-BREAKERS BOUND OVER
    82 4 Theft of Lead from Rifle Range The Police Magistrate, Mr. D. Wills, yesterday bound over Yap Ah Kan and Kok Soo Seng, the two Chinese schoolboys who were convicted of picking up 15 catties of lead from expended bullets at the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu. in
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE BULLETIN
    370 4 Tuesday, Feb. 28. Mme. Berthelot, Mlle. Berthelot, Mme. Chordel, Mr. P. A. Ballereau, Mr. Le Mayour and Mr. and Mrs. H. Sarton had luncheon at Government House. In the afternoon His Excellency, Lady Clementi and the Misses Clementi visited the Naval Base. Wednesday, March 1. The Hon.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    777 4 Mr. C. Harry, of the Electrical Department, Ipoh, and Mrs. Harry have sailed for Home. Mr. C. C. Best, Assistant Superintendent of Surveys, F.M.S., has been seconded for duty in Johore. Mrs. Alan Carter, wife of the Manager of Gopeng (Perak) Rubber Estates, Ltd., is sailing by
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    BALL GAMES AT PENANG AMUSEMENT PARK
    1331 5 With Cigarettes For Prize TEST CASE FOUGHT OUT IN DISTRICT COURT Judgment Reserved The cases in which the managers and a stall holder who conducts the ball game in each of the amusement parks are charged under the gaming Ordinance was mentioned yesterday before
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    INDISCRETIONS OF A CONVICT
    194 5 “Crime” Poems Written In Prison Belgrade, Feb. 18. A book of memoirs, mainly written in verse, is included in the evidence submitted to the Jugoslav Court of Appeal with an appeal of the Pubic Prosecutor for a death sentence against the writer. Jove Meditch, a bandit
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    A PRESIDENT’S ROMANCE
    134 5 Wins Fame, A Bride, And A Gold Telephone Tegucigalpa (Honduras), Feb. 18. The arrival of General Tiburcio Carias Andino at his presidential palace here completes the romance of a man who strove for office so that he could win the hand of the woman he loved. For
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    WALLACE MURDERER TO HANG
    430 5 Appeal Dismissed COURT OF APPEAL SITTING IN IPOH The first Perak Full Court of Appeal sat at Ipoh on Monday morning with the Hon’ble Mr. Justice ABeckett Terrell, acting Chief Justice, presiding, and associated with him on the Bench were the Hon’ble Messrs. Justices Whitley, McFall
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB
    126 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament The following matches have be r n arranged in the above tournament for to-day and to-morrow TO-DAY Mixed Doubles Handicap Miss Chambers and J. H. Fenwick -|-15 v. Mrs. Purcell and J. P. B. Whaley —15.4. Men’s Doubles Handicap ‘A’ W. M. Oak-Rhind and
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    DISMISSED HIS SHIP
    212 5 Naval Officer Who Reported Himself At a naval court-martial at Devonport on February 16th, Lieutenant Anthony Cecil Capel Miers, first lieutenant of H.M.S. Dart, was dismissed his ship and severely reprimanded for attempting to strike a stoker. He pleaded guilty and expressed his profound regret and shame,
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    MISSED BEING A MILLIONAIRE
    176 5 Liverpool Man And Henry Ford Mr. George M. Walker, train conductor, a native of Liverpool, who refused to go into partnership with Henry Ford at the beginning of the magnate’s career, has retired from the service of the Canadian National Railways. Mr. Walker, who might have
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      23 5 It is a long lane that has no turning. An advertisement in the Pinang Gazette" will help to pul! you through dull times.
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      174 5 WEMBLEY Ta;i Heng S@ah Aracy Opera Will Stage To-Night “HONG SIN PONG” Part 16. This Popular Serial Has Broken All Records IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT YOU CAN START RIGHT NOW. Thean Seng Cantonese Opera Will Present LOH KIM FIE in HOO YONG TIANG WAN TOH CHOON SEOW” Part
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      81 5 Special Show I °F NEW DRESS FABRICS ON THE FIRST FLOOR DON'T NEW MISS GOODS. I THIS NEW J SHOW. PRICES. ATTRACTIVELY LOW PRICED) These fabrics have just been i unpacked and comprise several 1 ranges of fast colour Cottons. Suitable for Morning Frocks, and many designs ideal for f
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      146 5 ’Phone l 26< '”1 6.75 OPENING TO-NIGHT 9.30 J THE SCREEN’S GREATEST DRAMATIC ACTOR 1 Lionel Barrymore I IN HIS FINEST ROLE 1 "The WASHINGTON MASQUERADE" AN ABSORBING DRAMA OF LIFE IN THE POLITICAL WORLD C A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PICTURE. J Plans At Moutrie's 'Phone 795. GET READY! LAUREL and HARDY
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    WAR-TIME LEADERS AT THE ABBEY
    558 6 Simple Memorial Service for Famous Soldier SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON London, Feb. 17. Having expressed a wish in his will to be buried as a simple civilian, Sir William Robertson, who rose from the ranks to become a field-marshal of the British army, was laid to
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    KEDAH GIRL’S SUCCESS
    119 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, March 4. Advice has oeen received by cable that among the successful candidates in the Junior Cambridge Examination held in Alor Star last December, i s Che Salma daughter of Che Ismail, Superintendent, of the Monopolis and Customs Department. She is
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    TOM MANN "HAS BEEN TOO MILD"
    682 6 Will Now Hit Straight from the Shoulder PRISON RESOLUTIONS Mr. Tom Mann spoke on Feb. 15th of his experiences while serving his sentence of two months’ imprisonment at Brixton. He was visited by a reporter at his home at Biggin Hill, Kent. It was
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    EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
    79 6 February Donations s T Clubs 1,700.10 Incorporated Society of Planters 56.01 Royal Society of St. George (Selangor) 308 42 Penang St. Andrews Society ioo 00 Raffles Hotel, Revue aaa nn j. a. BUMen Esq Singapore Presbyterian Church 69.46 Mrs. G. C. Bucknell. Jumble Sale 32 21 B.
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      39 6 SELLING MADE EASY —Times are hard but there is no need to offer that article at a “throwa way P*”* o >«nd a.on<* t small advertisement tc the Pinang Gaze' .nd dispose of it at a satis t-.ctory figure.
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      410 6 i® s It's a Wise Mother Who Puis Her Child on Trufood Nearest To Mother's Milk Humanised Trufood carries on the good work associated with breast feedin? because it is actually almost akin to breast milk so near in fact that medical science says there is hardly any difference between
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    ROYAL NETHERLANDS INDIAN AIRWAYS
    1263 7 Annual Report For 1932 < US*' ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. REGULARITY OF SERVICE MAINTAINED Increasing Passenger Traffic o The annual report of K. N. I. L. M. (Royal Netherlands Indian Airways) for 1932 states: The p't nger and freight traffic on the regular > rvices declined
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    U.S. SLANG PROMOTED TO DICTIONARY RANK
    409 7 Speakeasy, Whoopee, And Jazz. NEW WORDS FROM THE GREAT WAR London, February 17. The astonishing grow’th of the English language during the past 30 years, and the numerous changes which it has undergone, are revealed by the publication in two volumes of the Shorter
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    HYPNOTIC HEALER
    248 7 His Cures Cost Him £lO,OOO Nantes, Feb. 18. The bench of judges here who exercise the functions of an English rmmtry court judge have just given their decision in the much discussed case of the wellknown “magnetic healer” railing himself Professor Eynard. His fame has spread all over
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    LAYING BARE IMPERIAL ROME
    234 7 Feb. 16. Signor Mussolini has given his consent to a proposal to excavate the Circus Maximus, the great stadium in which Christians were martyred and fights were staged between gladiators in the days of the Caesars. The Circus which lies in the hollow’ between the Palatine
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    THE FUTURE OF FASCISM
    845 8 With flaring headlines in their front pages the Italian newspapers welcome Germany into the Fascist fold. The Giornale d’ Italia, Mussolini’s organ, declares that the victory of Hitler is a victory for European civilisation and a definite salvaging of Germany from the Bolshevist flood.” The country
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    NIGHTMARE
    935 8 It was a queer dream. I dreamt that a vast bird came out of the south-west and berar tc circle round tne cricket field. In appearance it was something like a pigeon but ct gigantic d-mensions, and the curious thing was that although it careered aro md at a
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    BY THE WAY
    838 8 A PLUM-HEADED ESCAPADE As an epithet relating to mentality "plum-headed” sounds som. w akin "pudden-headed”—if you were to call ar one "a plum-headed parroquet” he woi'i'l hardly regard it as a complim .t to t itl intellectual ability. Eut it w s a headed parroquet at the
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    ALARMING STORY OF JAPANESE AMBITION
    116 9 -Reuter. CHAIN OF AIR BASES TO AUSTRALIA Alleged Offer To Dutch CONCESSIONS SOUGHT IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA Disguised Aerodromes In Borneo London, To-day. The Daily Herald Diplomatic Correspondent splashes a story that Japanese plans for a system of disguised air bases in the Dutch East
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    DISARMAMENT
    142 9 lugby Radio Service. Cabinet Committee Meets in Long Session Rugby, Yesterday. The Cabinet Committee on Disarmament n»'t for two hours this morning and had another long session this afternoon. Speaking at the Disarmament Conference Geneva to-day the Chief British delegate, Captain Eden, said Britain recognised ths importance for continental
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    WIFE’S ACT
    152 9 Gives Husband Away After Quarrel (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Yesterday. domestic quarrel ended in the aggrieved wife of a Chinese employed as a barber in Femina Ltd., the well known Ipoh Beauty Parlour and Hair Dressing Saloon, pjfavjr v, the lady Ln charge of the saloon and
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    EUROPEAN IN TROUBLE Story of Rejected Stengah
    99 9 ’lrom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Yesterday. I r Richardson, you are charged with !n pting to obtain an illegal gratification hor- h llf fa P ut)lic servant, to wit, alcoan'. C nlrvs hment for Inspector Goodship u IS< hirn 10 sllow favour,” was
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    COMMUNIST CLASH WITH THE POLICE
    49 9 **JUter, Three Killed 14 Injured Berlin, Yesterday. Co Inrn killed and 14 injured in a at Ait,' stre€t dash with the police ni «Ls fl* 10 Hambur g. where the Comma- 1 n groups of Nazis forcing the Rey. make a drastic street clearance.
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    THE PREMIER
    154 9 ment.—Rugby Radio Service. Leaving for Geneva on Thursday Rugby, Yesterday. The Prime Minister and Sir John Simon are intending to leave for Geneva on Thursday morning. The Prime Minister has not had the opportunity of seeing M. Daladier since the latter formed his Government and as the British
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    GREEK ADMINISTRATIVE CABINET
    45 9 —Reuter. Athens, Yesterday. Following a conference between Zaimis. Venizelos and Tsaldaris an Administrative Cabinet is being formed under General Othoneos, composed of members of the Supreme Military Council and civilians. It will remain in power till the new Cham- ber is convoked.-
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    FILM INDUSTRY TO STOP WORK?
    27 9 i.—Reuter. Hollywood, Yesterday. Film industry executives are contemplating a stoppage of all work as the moratoriums are preventing the payments of salaries.
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    THE MAN WITH 100 SUITS
    203 9 London, February 20. Herr von Hoesch, the new German Ambassador in London, has more suits than any man in town. He has 100, and they fill two rooms at the Embassy. It took two days to unpack them, and the rooms in which they are
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    BRITAIN AND IRELAND
    189 9 Irish Free State was £2,123,000. —Rugby Radio Service. Free State Decision Regarding Land Annuities Rugby, Yesterday. The Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, announced receipt of a letter from the High Commissioner in London of the Irish Free State informing him that the Free State Government had
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    FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT
    60 9 .—Reuter. Plan For Consolidated Loan Paris, Yesterday. A plan for a Consolidated Loan probably, about 10,000,000 francs, for which it is hoped lists will be open on Monday, will be presented to the Chamber to-day and rushed through Parliament. The loan is required to meet a grave
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    CERMAK MURDERER INDICTED
    17 9 .—Reuter. Miami, Yesterday. Zingara has been indicted for the mur- der of Mr. Cermak.
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    LIQUOR CHARGES
    124 9 First Offence of 70-Year-Old Woman For the first time in her life a 70-years-old Chinese woman appeared before a magistrate (Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal District Judge) to answer to a charge of being in possession of dutiable liquor in a house in Nankin Street on February
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    NEW CHURCH AT NIBONG TEBAL
    100 9 The Bishop of Singapore (Rt. Rev. B. C. Roberts) is to consecrate the recently rebuilt church of the Holy Trinity at Nibong Tebal, on Thursday, March 9, at 5 p.m. All interested will be welcome. There will be a Service of Holy Communion on Friday
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    CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS
    201 9 INDIA therefore, does not arise. —Rugby Radio Service. Consultations With Indian Representatives Rugby, Yesterday. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Winston Churchill asked the Secretary for India whether the Committee of Indians is being invited by Government to participate in a consultative capacity or otherwise in the
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    CLAIM AGAINST GOVERNMENT FOR $27,294
    409 9 Supreme Court Suit PETITIONER GETS $3,168 AND COSTS Tn the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. Justice Prichard, K.C., delivered judgment in the case in which Mr. V. N. Rajoo sued the Attorney-General for $27,294 in respect of a contour survey of certain padi land in Province
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    IN SELANGOR
    109 9 FOOTBALL Annual Meeting of S.F.A. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Yesterday. Over twenty-nine representatives of clubs and associations in Selangor were present at the annual general meeting of the Selangor Football Association this evening at the Y.M.C.A. Hall, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. C. G. Sollis, Vice-President of the
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    PRODUCE MARKETS
    105 9 TlN— Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £146-10-0 £146-17-6 TIN—(3 Months) London £147-5-0 £147-10-0 Singapore $75.75 $76 00 Business Done Penang $75.62 Business Done ..Buyers—No sellers COPRA—(Sundried) 54.50 54 50 BLACK PEPPER $lB.OO $lB.OO RUBBER London 2 3 2 d. New York Closed. Closed. Singapore cts cte TAPIOCA TTnir Seed
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    BARONET'S WIFE AND HER DEBTS
    1232 10 Petition For A Judicial Separation Fails SIR HAROLD BOWDEN Lord Merrivale On When A Husband Is Provoked Lady (Muriel) Bowden petitioned before Lord Merrivale and a special jury, in the Divorce Court, on February 16, for a decree for judicial separation from Sir Harold Houston
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    "ONLY WAY OUT"
    240 10 FURNACE’S LAST NOTE Wife Receives It From Yard INNOCENCE PLEA By the time you have this I shall have gone. It was purely an accident, but this is the only way out.” These words w-ere the last written by Samuel Furnace, who poisoned himself, in a police
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    A LONDON LETTER FOR WOMEN
    2362 11 PRINCESS WHO LOVES TRAVELLING: TRIBUTE TO MISS GERTRUDE BELL: LIFE IN THE FOREIGN LEGION: FORTHCOMING JUBILEE OF ALEXANDRA CLUB (From Our Own Correspondent) London, February 22. THEIR MAJESTIES’ RETURN The King and Queen have returned to Buckingham Palace after nearly ten weeks at Sandringham. Their
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    DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
    411 12 The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S., during the period February 18th to February 24th, 1933. inclusive, and are available for public use in tiie Reference Library, Fullerton Building, Singapore. Application may be made by members of the public
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    GUTHRIE’S WEEKLY
    86 12 RUBBER REPORT Singapore, Mar. 2. The market has been dull and inactive since our last report, and only a small business has been done. Latest quotations are:— Spot 6 down 1 London 2 l|32d. down 132 d. New York 2 27|32 gold l|l6gold Total shipments from Malaya during
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    RUBBER OUTPUTS
    50 12 The following are rubber outputs for the month of February, 1933: Lbs. The Yarak Rubber Co., Ltd. 7,597 The Ayer Tawah Rubber Plantation Co., Ltd. 59,700 The Sandycroft Rubber co., Ltd. 28,600 Bindings Rubber Estates, Ltd. 47,944 Lesong Tujoh Rubber Estates. Ltd. 7,970 Kuala Kangsar Plantations, Ltd. 92,200
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    MALAYA TIN STATISTICS
    132 12 Foreign exports of tin, being final shipments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports, during the month of February, 1933. Destination Tons United Kingdom 550 United States of America 1,747 Continent of Europe 1,388 British Possessions 191 Japan 131 Netherlands India 5 Other Foreign Countries 52 Total 4,064
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    TIN OUTPUTS
    75 12 The following are tin outputs for the month of February, 1933 Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N.L.:—Piculs, 834. (From 2uuh Feb. to 4th March, 1933, being one week, was 134 piculs. Glimau Tin, Ltd.:- —Hours, 607; c. yards, 16,700; piculs, approx. 50. Asam Kumbang Tin Dredging. Ltd.: Hours,
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    HOW EXCHANGES ARE MOVING
    118 12 Latest Quotations Tuesday Monday Paris 88% 88 New York Montreal 4.16 4.21 Brussels 24.99% 24.85 Geneva 18.07% 17.87% Amsterdam 8.70% 8.67% Milan 68 11|16 68% Berlin 14.77% 14 23,32 Stockholm 18 18.90 Copenhagen 22 7|16 22 716 Oslo 19% 19 916 Vienna 30% 30 Prague 117%
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    BAND PROGRAMME
    50 12 To-day, at the “Gardens,” from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.:— 1. March—Faugh-a-Ballach—O’Keefe. 2. Overture —Maritana —Wallace. 3. Selection—The Boy—Monckton. 4. Two Pieces—(a) Waltz “Girl of My Dreams* —Clapp. (b) Fox Trot “When Little Children Smile”—Gilbert. 5. Three Dale Dances—Wood. 6. Fantasia—The Village Coquette Smith. GOD SAVE THE KING.
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    394 12 Official Receiver On Theatre Proprietor’s Debts UNDER-ESTIMATED There was a large attendance at the first meeting of creditors of Sir Walter Gibbons, of Chiltern Court, Baker-street, W., and Leicester-square, W.C., theatrical proprietor. The Official Receiver said that Sir Walter was ill, had had a severe operation,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    602 13 Schedule of Principal Lines following la a list of vessels arriving jailing from Penang during the week: IN PORT TO-DAY MA TANG from Tongkah, Kopah, Re--8 nonr and Victoria Point Sails for the aam’ ports— Saturday, 11th instant. KAKAPARA from Singapore. Sails for Rangoon and Calcutta.
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    A MALAYAN DIARY
    370 13 FEBRUARY, 1933 MARCH 11 Selangor Turf Club races, Ist Day. Cricket: P. C. C. "A” v. P. R. C. Esplanade, 2 p.m. MARCH 12 Cricket: P. C. C. v Perak Club, Espla nade. Cricket: P. R. C. v C. R. C. Victoria Green. MARCH 15 Selangor Turf
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    820 13 AIR MAILS A mail for Europe, Great Britain, Ireland and North America by steamer to Calcutta. Thence by rail to Karachi for Conveyance by Imperial Airways will be closed at 10 a.m. on Saturday. A mail for Medan (via Alor Star) by road to Alor Star and thence
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    TRAGIC FAMILY
    203 13 Sister Of Dead Iraq Student Leaves England London, Feb. 17. A girl whose husband was murdered, whose father shot himself, and whose brother —less than a week ago—committed suicide by poison, has left England to comfort her widowed mother at home in Bagdad. Aida Sadun is the sister
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    218 13 Woman’s Claim Against Estate Paris, February 19. A case concerning an intimate episode in the early life of the late Aristide Briand is to come before the Paris Civil Court in the near future. The wife of a Nantes banker, with whom M. Briand when a young man
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    PATRICK’S PEST
    230 13 A New York Dialogue In Three Acts Patrick Danaher, manager of a grocery shop in Fulton-street, Brooklyn, New York, was not in the least excited when he looked up from his work into the barrel of a revolver held by a bandit. “Oh, it’s you again,” he said,
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      26 13 Nutbing succeeds like success but success needs to be backed by consistent advertising. Use the Pinang Gazette regularly and keep at the top of the tree.
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      171 13 x; ■—A Message of Hope fmEm to those who have L° s VigourWhen natural youthful vigour is ■l prematurely lost —whether it be through illness, stress of climate, or through overwork —life is merely a dull existence. It behoves every man whose vital forces have been run low —who lacks
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    COMMUNIST PLOT IN ROUMANIA
    320 14 Discovered After Arrest of Woman Spy ABDICATION DENIAL Bucharest, Feb. 19. Elaborate plans for revolution and a widespread Bolshevist plot are said to have fallen into the hands of the secret police following the arrest of a mysterious woman said to be a Communist spy. Plans
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    BY CAR AND ON FOOT TO VILLAGE MECCA
    360 14 Amazing Events Draw Crowds to East Anglia Sudbury, Feb. 18. The tiny church of St. Mary the Virgin near here has become the Mecca of an amazing daily pilgrimage. Since the exclusive disclosure in The People of the miraculous manifestations in and
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    340 14 Modern Methods at the Vatican THE POPE AND SCIENCE Vatican City, Feb. 18. Modern scientific ideas and inventions have a strong supporter in the present Pope. During his pontificate the ways of the Vatican have been modernised, and any apathy that there was previously in this direction
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    1,000 GIRL TRAMPS
    262 14 On the Road with Husbands and Babies 20 MILES A DAY London, Feb. 19. More than 1,000 young women tramps, it is estimated, are wandering about the country, spending the nights under haystacks, in bams, and in the casual wards of the workhouses. They are causing the
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      66 14 SLUMP or no slump, all the advertising bustnes* ;hat reaches this office is not accepted. Our Ad ver 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
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    EX-SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA
    1362 16 Annual Meeting Cf Penang Branch MR. V. W. W. S. PURCELL ELECTED PRESIDENT The annual general meeting of the Exservice Association of Malaya, Penang Branch, was held yesterday at 7 p.m. at the Penang Cricket Club. Mr. D. A. Mackay, the President, was in the chair,
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    WEEK-END CRICKET
    177 16 P.R.C. Playing Two Matches The P. R. C. will be playing two matches during the week-end on Saturday on the Esplanade, against a P. C. C. “A” team and on Sunday, on the Victoria Green, against the Chinese Recreation Club. The following will play for the P. R.
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    LEADING BROKERS' SHARE LISTS
    544 16 TO-DAY’S PRICES The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY &i Co.’s share List at 11 a.m. to-day. Yesterday To-day. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Ayer Weng 85 95 85 95 Batu Caves 37% 40 35 40 Hongkong 12;6 13)6 12)6 13 6 Ipoh 13)6
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    EXCHANGE
    53 16 PENANG, MARCH 8 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) On London Bank Demand 2 3 23 32 m’ts 2)3 13)16 Hongkong T.T. 41%n0m Private 3 m)ts credit 2)4 1 32 3 Documentary 2|4 532 On New York Bank Demand Nominal France T.T. 985n0m India T.T. 152%n0m Shanghai T.T. 131nom
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    30 16 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ACKNOWLEDGE! ENT Mr. Joseph Khoo begs to thank all those who attended, sent wreaths or in other ways assisted in the funeral of his wife, nee Charlotte Rozells.
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      35 16 PENANG ROTARY CLUB. A concert will be IwM th at Dance Hall, on Frida}. t j, e 9.30 p.m. under the au>p above club. .i lt t K.ti Funds. .-.pj The public are cordial 111
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      122 16 WIRELESS To-day’s Programme Can Signs: G.S.B. G.S.E. Wavelenths: 31.5 metres, 25.28 metres. P.M. 9.30 Big Ben The News 10.05 The Northern Studio Orchestra Directed by John Bridge The Rustle of Spring Sinding Interrupted Reverie Tchaikovsky Russian Dance Waltz Idyll, Golden Butterfly Siede Suite, Gabrielle Rosse 1. Pizzicato; 2. Nocturne; 3.
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