Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 March 1933

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 69. Vol. LXXXXI. SATURDAY, 25th MARCH, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 614 1 Rugby Radio Service. GENEVA DISCUSSION Little Entente Support SW.’SS DELEGATE'S TRIBUTE Rugby, Yesterday. 1 hi* ”ore>ii;:i Secretary, Sir John Sinn i, Left London by air this morning for Geneva to take part in the discussion in the General Commission of the Disarmament Conference on the draft c
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  • 28 1 Rugby Radio Service. Rugby, Yesterday. Stock markets were generally quiet. British Government Stocks fluctuated following the new conversion loan result. War Loan 3% closed at 101.
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  • 112 1 —Reuter. Al! Small Military Organisations to be Dissolved Munich, Yesterday. The Interior Commissioner, Herr Wagner, has ordered dissolution of all military organisations except Nazi Storm Troops and Stalhelmers. This is directed against the Bavarian People’s Party iron watch” and other small organisations which were officially thanked for services
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  • 60 1 LUCK Mr. F. J. Ellis Wins Another £lOO (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Yesterday. F. J. Ellis, of the Ford Motor Company, who won sweeps at the Singapore races two days running last November and is now visiting Bangkok received a telegram today to the effect that he has won
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  • 44 1 Macdonald-Mussolini conversations. Reuter. Count Potocki Resigns as Sign of Protest Warsaw, Yesterday. Count Potocki, the new Polish Ambassador to Italy, has resigned, it is understood, as a protest against the policies reported to have been adopted during the Macdonald-Mussolini conversations. Reuter.
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  • 39 1 —Reuter. Not a Vassal State to Any Power New York, Yesterday. Mr. Matsuoka has arrived. He asserted that Japan was not appealing to anyone for it was not a vassal state to America or any other nation.-
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  • 29 1 —Reuter. No News Since Wednesday Morning Bagdad, Yesterday. There has been no news of the airman Fernando Loring since he left Bagdad on Wednesday morning for Manila.-
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  • 75 1 JUDGMENT AGAINST P. O. BANK (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Yesterday. Judgment in favour of plaintiff was delivered by Mr. Justice Whitley in the case in which Seah Eng Lina, Managing Director of Sze Hai Tong a banking and insurance company sued the P. and O. Banking Corporation for return
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  • 133 1 —Rugby Radio Service. COMPANY CONVINCED OF ACCUSED’S' INNOCENCE Bail for All Demanded Rugby, Yesterday. Metropclitah Vickers Electrical Company Limited have cabled Alan Monkhouse, their principal representative in Moscow: “The company have had under consideration the Public Prosecutor’s offer through the Soviet Ambassador here to release Thornton, Cusliny
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  • 93 1 —Reuter. Dead Boxing Manager Safe and Well London, Yesterday. The News Chronicle says that M. Leon See, Camera’s ex-manager, died of poison at Monte Carlo ■where he was endeavouring to recoup his fortunes as he had lost everything. Paris, Yesterday. M. Leon See, who is in good
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  • 95 1 —Reuter. Mr. Roosevelt's Attitude CONFLICTING REPORTS American Terms For Reduction Washington, Yesterday. Conflicting reports of Mr. Roosevelt’s attitude on war debt payments due on June 15 is understood to be the reason for the long conversation between Mr. Hull, Secretary of State, and the British Ambassador.
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  • 55 1 Re*rter. TREASURY ANNOUNCEMENT TO-DAY To be Relaxed Washington, Yesterday. Mr. Woodin states that an announcement on the embargo on the export of goM was under preparation and would probably be issued to-morrow. He refuses to indicate its nature, but rumours are eurrent on Wall Street that relaxation
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  • 98 1 Receiving Order Against Mr. G. H. Gardside (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Yesterday, j After two previous adjournments the debtors of G. H. Gardside, Advocate and Si licitor, were successful in their petition for receiving order for a debt of $490. Mr. Samuel Fung for debtor said the
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  • 38 1 .—Reuter. Washington, Yesterday. Mr. Roosevelt has signed the bill permitting non-member banks to borrow from the Federal Reserve Banks mentioned earlier.—Reuter. Chicago, Yesterday. The Illinois Life Assurance Company is in the hands of a receiver.-
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  • 275 1 Constitution of Malay Reservations The 139th meeting of the State Council of Pahang was held at the Astana Seri Terentang, Pekan, on Tuesday, 7th March. The Acting Legal Adviser, Federated Malay Slates took the affirmation as a member of the Council. Among the matters dealt with by
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  • 99 1 Judge Would Not Like One in Front of His House During a discussion in the Chancery Division with reference to repairs to a lychgate in front of a cottage, Mr. Justice Eve asked what the word “lych” meant. Mr. C. Harman (counsel). —Corpse. Mr. Justice Eve. —Corpse?
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  • 140 1 (RDV). Dresden, February. Richard Strauss has delivered the complete score of his new opera Arabella to Dr. Alfred Reucker, Intendant-General of the Dresden State Opera. It will be produced here for the first time on July Ist. The work is dedicated to Reucker and Fritz
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  • 118 1 —(RDV). Cologne, February. The noted Cistercian Abbey of Altenberg 1 ■ft miles noth-east of Cologne, will observe in May and June its 800th anniversary. It was originally the ancestral castle of the Counts zu Berg, but in 1133 the brothers Adolf and Eberhard zu Berg presented
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  • 111 1 (RDV). Berlin, February. During the Easter holiday period the Ger-' man Railways will again issue special cheap tickets (33 1/3% reduction) between any two stations. The tickets will be available for the outward journey on April 6th9th and 13th-18th and for the
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  • 79 1 (P.DV). Berlin, February. The yearly report of the National Association for German Youth Inns (Reichsverband fur deutsche Jugendherbergen) contains the names and addresses of more than 2,000 of these hostels for young pedestrians. One of the latest additions is the old Butow Castle, the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 15 1 T. NAGATA brothers DENTISTS Head Office next to The Dispensary Branch Office 52, Leith Street
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    • 75 1 JgfWC the land x)C corned r vA IIIL added chaAnvto1 1 "piIERE is a refreshing Sjf.' MWlingering fragrance to I “Key Brand Eau de 7 Cologne rendering i t *\Xrrr tt distinctive and attractive. This worthy product of H Empire is of great strength, and is priced sufficiently low to
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    • 39 1 To-morrow’s Sunday Gazette in addition to the usual air mail features will contain the third of a series of short stories by famous authors, entitled THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID by H. G. WELLS Order Your Copy Now
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  • 201 2 Passengers Grope Through Dense Smoke to Safety SAND TO FIGHT BLAZE Two cases of fire in L.C.C. tramcars occurred recently. The more serious outbreak was on a tramcar which, filied with early-morning workers, burst into flames in Kentish Town-road, N.W. Dense smoke poured into the tramcar
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  • 300 2 Magistrate Criticises Mental Board The West London magistrate, Mr. Powell, strongly criticised the working of the Mental Deficiency Act, when told that Leonard Ife, aged 32, of Mortimer-road, Kensal Rise, N.W., had been detained for 13 months while it was decided whether he was
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  • 123 2 All Made By One Machine A machine in a Willesden chocolate factory is turning out 1,500 Easter eggs an hour. It has made more than 150,000 Easter eggs during the last three weeks, and not one of them has been touched by hand. Hollow chocolate
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 656 2 RATES FOR CASUAL The Taiping Tin Dredging ADVERTISEMENTS (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) All communications relating to Bdvertisements should be addressed Shareholders will be held at the Registered to the Advertisement Manager, The offlce of «L e Company S 3 Beach Street w Penang, S.S., on Friday, the 31st day
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    • 1353 2 BANKS The The Mercantile Bank Hong Kong and of India, Limited Shanghai Banking P i n fl n a Ccrporetk-n ■■Mm wm (Incorporated in Hong Kong) Authorised Capital £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital *LB®O,OOO The Liability of members is limited tn tnj j Paid-up £1.050.000 extent and in manner prescribed Ga zette
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  • 1362 3 Lord Weir and Cost of Sheltered Services INTERNATIONAL TRADE Tribute to the efforts of the Queen and members of the royal family in support of the British Industries Fair was paid by the Earl of Derby at the annual dinner of the Incorporated Chamber of Commerce of
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  • 490 3 History of an Obsolete Weapon Mr. J. G. Mann, speaking recently at the rooms cf the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London, on The History of the Sw’ord,” said that no weapon had occupied so large a place in man’s imagination as the sword. It had been the
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    • 338 3 ,WMf—««■■■■■■—i m.mi m M i qK \ivmwVA I/ XMMB vW X: y When Distance Lends Enchantment Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills will Help. TTHE old saying that “Distance lends enchantment’* I is never more apt or to the point than when I applied to people whose breath is laden with
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    • 341 3 k o n J Al c E Do you know the health alphabet? It goes like this. A. gives you resistance to ills. B. gives you good appetite. C. gives you B protection from disease. D. gives you good blood and good nerves. A, B, C, and B B D,
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  • 592 4 Early Essays in the Art 1 VALUE OF ANONYMITY Sir John Simon, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was the guest of honour at a luncheon given at the Stationers’ Hall by the Company of Newspaper Markers. The Master of the Company, Mr.
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  • 149 4 March 18 to April 23, 1933 Berlin, February. An Exhibition of great cultural importance caUed Die Frau will take place here shortly. The exhibitors are the various Women’s Organisations in Germany, with a membership of three millions. The arranging of the many different departments of
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  • 483 4 Half-Yearly Meeting DIVIDEND OF 2 J PERCENT TO BE DECLARED The following is the report of the Management Committee of the Penang Municipal Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society to be presented to members at the half-yearly meeting to be held at the Town Hall
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  • 55 4 Ng Ah Kow, a Chinese, was charged with, after receiving orders from Government to quit Penang, loitering at 147, Hutton Lane, without a written permit. Mr. Porter, officer in charge of the Detective Department, asked for a week’s postponement that accused’s records might ba looked up. This
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  • 355 4 Ah Quee Estate DISAGREEMENT AMONG TRUSTEES In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice J. C. Cobbett allowed the application of Kok Chooi Peng (f) for the appointment of a Receiver in the estate of the late Cheang Keng Quee on the ground of disagreement between the
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  • 305 4 Maintenance Order Not Complied With Mr. R. H. C. Laverton made another appearance before Mr. H. A. Forcer, the Criminal District Judge, Singapore, bn Wednesday, to show cause why action should not be taken against him for falling to comply with a maintenance order. After listening to
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  • 59 4 S.S. KEDAH STOWAWAY Munam Singh, a Sikh, was discovered stowing away on board the s.s. Kedah yesterday morning, and was brought before Mr. D. Wills, the Police Magistrate. Accused pleaded guilty to attempting to evade payment of the $4.50 fare, third class, from Singapore, and was fined $lB or 18
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  • 548 4 Mr. K. Penaithamby arrived by the s.s. Klang from Port Swettenham. Mr. S. D. Scott, Manager of The Borneo Company Ltd., Ipoh, is in Kuala Lumpur on business. Mr. H. C. Atkin-Berry, of Swan and Maclaren, and Mrs. Atkin-Berry have returned to Singapore after a visit to
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  • 151 4 (RDV). Oberammergau, February. A number of reports have recently appeared in the press stating that a short play The Vow will be given at Oberammergau during 1933. These reports, however, have not been issued by the Council of Oberammergau, as the final decision regarding the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 604 4 (HIRE I PIANO I II 1 1 1 I r Ik I I' IRSh I JLaNjf/ Ik vR-nofi\T T J WHY BE WITHOUT A PIANO WHEN YOU CAN HIRE A BEAUTIFULLY I TONED INSTRUMENT FOR I $lO 00 PER MONTH. ROBINSON PIANO CO. j 31, BISHOP STREET, PENANG. h 'h
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  • 1010 5 FIRST DAY'S RESULTS LYNELLA AND STARBECK PAY BEST HEAVY RAIN DURING AFTERNOON (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. Bain spoiled this afternoon’s races, the first day of the Selangor Turf Club Amateur Spring meeting. The first race was finished in the sun, but clouds
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  • 96 5 Lawn Tennis T ournament The following are the results of Ties played on Wednesday in the Penang Cricket Club Lawn Tennis Tournament: Mixed Doubles Miss Wallis and N. A. Sedwick —30.2 beat Mrs. Bennett and J.H. Bennett —3O 6/3, 3/6, 6/4. Men’s Singles Handicap B W. F.
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  • 82 5 P.C.C. v. M.C.C. The following have been selected to play for the Malay Cricket Club, against the Penang Cricket Club ‘A’ on the Esplanade on Sunday, at 10 a.m. Sharp. M. M. Akbar (Capt.), B. C. Ahlip, Y. B. Osman, H. R. Pawanteh, M. T. Samsudin, H. S.
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  • 406 5 TO-MORROW'S BOXING AT FUN FROLIC BOXING NOTES Unusually Attractive Programme (BY “SECONDS OUT”> An unusually attractive programme is being got up by Mr. G. E. Faulkner for to-morrow’s boxing meet at the Fun Frolic Amusement Park. In addition to the three professional and as many amateur bouts, Fighting Choo, who
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 78 5 I I M W J depart Penang iPraii every Monday and Friday 95n o’ctxk'k r Arrive Bangkok every Tuesday and S\t:t?d*y 1205 n’rijx'K 1 1 Express Trains de luxe in Every Sen««e 1 f Single and Dnuble-Berth Sleen’nr Comrerfment <>ars 1 b P.estaumnt Car nf Delicinw* Cuisine I Fares: Ist
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    • 30 5 Climates May Change BUT OLD TOM DRY GIN Retain the Same Quality From West to East ASK YOUR DEALER FOR IT OR Phone Up 357 GuTnRIE E €fe SOLE AGENTS.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 127 5 I. tv! -X' '1 if 1 'Phone 1 4.15 To-Night Lost Night 9.30 TOM WALLS IN BRITISH AND DOMINIONS SAUCY COMEDY I L EAP YEAR" TO-MORROW OPENING AT THE 2.45 MATINEE UNIVERSAL’S 2 FEATURE SHOW 1 TOM BROWN in "TOM BROWN OF CULVER" ALSO TO M MIX in "MY PAL,
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  • 582 6 The Aeroplanes “The two Westland aircraft destined for the attempt to fly over and photograph Mount Everest have now been shipped to India, and the members of the expedition have left by air for Karachi, where the aeroplanes will be erected and tested before being flown across
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  • 161 6 Protest When Woman Client Gives Evidence Frank Osbaldeston, an aged City solicitor, of Moorgate, E.C., who has been in practice since 1886, was sent for trial at the Guildhall on a charge of fraudulent conversion of £2,600 entrusted to him by Miss Aimee Frances Gregory Beattie,
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  • 452 6 Boat Designer Challenges Commodore Gar Wood A David-and-Goliath battle between speedboats will result from the challenge made by Mr. Hubert Scott-Paine, the young British speedboat designer, for the British International Trophy. This, the most coveted prize for water speed, is at present held by
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  • 152 6 Dramatic Prophecy While Sitting With Family A 92-year-old man s premonition of death was described at the inquest at Mitcham on XV’illiam Henry Greatorex, of Manor-road, Mitcham, Surrey. A verdict of Death from Natural Causes was returned. It was stated that while staying with a son
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 298 6 y 1 A Message of Hope fro these who hove Lost Vigour. I W hen natural youthful vigour is B I MMySh prematurely lost whether it be P 8 Sufijrffiy SKIP through illness, stress of climate, or through overwork —life is merely a dull existence. It behoves every man whose
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    • 150 6 STOP INDIGESTION WHERE IT BEGINS. Far better than relieving indigestion troubles as they come along is to remove their cause and keep free from this narrowing complaint altogether. Even the worst sufferers can avoid indigestion by taking a little ‘Bisurated’ Magnesia in water after meals, because this neutralises excess acidity,
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    • 185 6 MI J babv because it k I neatest to nature JI HUMANISEDhJ < 7WFMU g K EACH TIN STAMPED WITH DATE—- I* YOUR SAFEGUARD. SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA THE DISPENSARY (1929) LTD., PENANG. usefu/ Medicine for all n r J.Cnllis BrowijeS Substitute. Acts like a charm in Checks and arrests
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  • 1348 7 The Ryder Cup Match AMERICA AND THE “OPEN” I think we may safely predict that the Open Championship at St. Andrews in the first week of July will be the greatest ever.” For we have the combination of the greatest, as most people think, and the most
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  • 289 7 B. H. Lyon’s Visor and Helmet Plan TO KILL LEG THEORY Mr. B. H. Lyon, captain of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, is so strongly of opinion that leg theory (or body-line) bowling, against which the Australian Test players complained, is not in the best interests of the
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  • 511 7 The Public is Hard to Entertain 8.8. C. AND POLITICS "The British race are an extraordinarily difficult people to entertain,” declared Sir John Reith, Director-General of the 8.8. C., in London at a luncheon of the ThirtyTwo Club—a club composed mainly of Socialist
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  • 77 7 An Indian named Bakshdin bin Bagidak was charged again before the Police Magistrate yesterday with cheating and dishonestly inducing another to hand over 134 rupees and $B, the property of one Pethick Mohammed, on February 1, 1933. He was charged alternatively with criminal breach of trust in respect
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  • 52 7 Charged with the possession of nonGovernment chandu at Cintra Street on March 23 at 12.30 p.m., a Chinese appeared before the Police Magistrate yesterday. Mr. Pim, for the Government Monopolies Department, secured a transfer of the case to the District Court on Monday March 27, on a bail
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  • 173 7 But None Since 1930 This man must have something like a record for suffering. He says :—“Since 1910 up to 1930—that is 20 years—l have been a great sufferer with rheumatism. I pleased to say that since 1930 up to date, I have been free
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  • 482 7 WHY OLD FACTORIES ARE BEING REBUILT Now is the time for British manufactur ers to rebuild their factories. Thia is the conclusion reached by a Sunday Express” representative who has interviewed leaders of the building trade and other vital British industries. The summarised opinions of these
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  • 701 7 JURY AND ‘A COINCIDENCE A verdict of accidental death by carbonmonoxide poisoning was returned by a jury at Altrincham at an inquest on Ernest Satterthwaite (43), of Brayton, Broadway, Hale, who was found unconscious in a garage at his home on February 14 and
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  • 651 7 Grand Old Lady of the Sea OLYMPICS LUXURY FOR ALL On March 1, the White Star liner Olympic (46,439 tons), the largest British- built ship afloat, set out from Southampton on her 450th voyage across the Atlantic. “The liner, she’s a lady,” wrote Kipling, but the
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  • 94 7 The following new books have been received at the Library Who Killed Alfred Snowe by J. SFletcher. The Motor Rally Mystery by John Rhode. Flawed Blades by P C. Wren. The Seventh Age by Jean Schlumberger. Identity, by Winifred Graham. Huntress of Death, by Sydney Horlor. The Sapphire,
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  • 600 8 Daily, it is becoming more and more evident that the German people do not take kindly to Republican rule. After fifteen years of political turmoil Germany is once more turning towards monarchical domination. The conviction is growing that the only thing that will save Germany is the
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  • 180 8 We have received from the Municipal Secretary a copy of the Penang view album. It is an artistically designed volume containing eighty photographs taken on the island and is well worth the sum of one dollar which is the price at which copies can be obtained. We notice
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  • 1197 8  -  the stone jug.—T. Thompson in the “Manchester Guardian.” Jones was telling me that his habit of saying things on the spur of the moment often lands him into trouble. But he cannot alter. The other day he was reading an attractive pamphlet when a knock came 1 to
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  • 867 8 HY-BRASIL The mythical island of Hy-Brasil. h has so often excited the minds of romantic moderns as well as the credulou" ancients, has now, found a plac; in a m unexpected quarter—a serious treatise on English economic h' tory. Miss E. M. Carus Wilson, in a of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 344 8 I (PENANG HILLS 2,250 FT. ABOVE SEA LEVEL) I SPECIAL TIFFIN ON SUNDAYS HOLIDAYS C COOL COMMODIOUS DINING ROOM WITH LOUNGES NEWLY J 1 a. COMPLETED 1 C TENNIS, BILLIARDS, PING-PONG AND EXCELLENT WALKS. f I MODERN SANITATION (throughout) J f Board Lodging one person per day $7.00 J I
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    • 53 8 E. O. HOTEL PENANG. SPECIAL DINNER AND DANCE Wed. 29th. March, 1933. Dance Music by the Band of the S.S. "President Hayes" NATURAL MINERAL WATER The Ideal Beverage for use in the Tropics. o CORRECTS ACIDITY AND AIDS DIGESTION o SOLE AGENTS Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., PENANG. Singapore, Ipoh and
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  • 210 9 SINGAPORE'S DIFFICULTIES Mr. Bagnall Replies to Critics (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, To-day. Mr. John Bagnal, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, lengthily reviewed Singapore’s commerce at the annual meeting. This settlement has been taken to task, he said for disinclination to erect a tariff wall
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  • 188 9 Tuesday, March 14. Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Tempany, Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, Lt.-Col. R. H. A. D. Love, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. M. Griffin, Captain T. P. Coe, Mr. N. R. Jarrett, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hannigan and Mr. H. Weisberg dined at King’s
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  • 54 9 HUMOUR A picture postcard posted in Weston-super-Mare to a Southampton girl 29 years ago has just been delivered, and on it was stamped the Post Office slogan “It’s quicker to telephone.” The sender, the girl’s uncle ■was killed in the war, and the card was delivered on the
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 145 9 (To The Editor of the Pinang Gazette) Sir, —I desire through the columns of the “Pinang Gazette” to thank H.M. Trade Commissioner for his letter which appeared in your issue of yesterday in response to mine of 16th inst. The explanation of the matter is satisfactory
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  • 25 9 Dance Practice A practice of Old English Dances will will be held at the Gold Club on Tuesday at 9.30 p.m.
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  • 160 9 —Rugby Radio Service. Tenders To Be Invited Weekly Rugby, Yesterday. Tenders were opened to-day at the Bank of England for the new 2% per cent, conversion loan 1944/49 announced last week. The object of the operation is to reduce the floating debt. Tenders are to be invited
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  • 585 9 Blotting Out the Finest Views The current issue of the Journal of the London Society contains, in addition to a number of general notes of interest, the twenty-first annual report of the society. The report protests against the erection of higher buildings in the City, which
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  • 218 9 STORY OF QUARREL OX ER ACCOUNTS Police Brought In (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Yesterday. W. B. Taylor, a planter of Sitiawan in the course of his evidence in a suit for libel against H. Goodwin a planter of the same district, claiming $20,000, damages stated that
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  • 351 9 Railway’s Bid for Road Traffic Here are the latest moves in the Road v. Rail war. The London Midland and Scottish Railway is making a great drive towards increased efficiency in its goods services. Some of the innovations include Large box-like containers which will deliver anything
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  • 429 9 First Test Against New Zealand Christchurch, March 24. The first Test match between England and New Zealand began this morning at Christchurch before a crowd of 3,000. The weather was fine and the wicket good. England won the toss and elected to bat. There was a sensational
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  • 97 9 TlN—Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £149-10-0 £l5O-17-6 TIN—(3 Months) London £l5O-5-0 £l5l-10-0 Singapore $76.87% $77.37% Business Done Penang $76.92% Business Done 25 tons. COPRA—(Sundried) $4.40 $4.40 BLACK PEPPER $17.00 $17.00 RUBBER London 2 s od. New York 2g£c. (G) 2}gc.(G) Singapore Ofa cts. 6% cts. TAPIOCA Fair Seed $3.70
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 88 9 THE TIRELESS SALESMAN -An advertisement in the “Pinang Gazette” is a tireless salesman From one week’s end to another it talks business without boring potential customers. It tells your story (unknown to you perhaps) to a wide circle of interested readers and its influence is all the more satisfactory in
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    • 325 9 "Swing" costs no more than ordinary brands, and in these days of economy that's a great comfort. And talking of comfort, there j**nothing like “Swing” blended specially for th» Tropics, for ironing out the hardships of life By the way. how long did it take you to find the word
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  • 1963 10 Inflation or Revolt NO CANCELLATION OF DEBTS Despairing Letters The following extracts from an article by Mr. Russell Owen in the “New York Times of February 13 illustrate the background of American opinion on the problems of economic recovery. The desperate condition of the
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  • 297 10 2,000 To Be Fitted Within a Year ELEVEN STATIONS Like Using Home Radio A scheme is nearly complete for equipping small coastal vessels and fishing fleets trading within three hundred miles of the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland with radio-telephony. The scheme also includes
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  • 281 10 INTERFERES WITH DANCES AND PICTURES Telephone girls refuse to sacrifice their dancing and their evenings at the “pictures” with their fiances simply to please Sir Kingsley Wood, the Postmaster-General, and the heads of the G.P.O. They have unanimously turned down a proposal that they should
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  • 148 10 Could Not Get Through, So Smashed Receiver A London medical student had to pay heavily for losing his temper at Guildhall Police Court. He w-as Joseph Henry Bentley, aged 26. and he pleaded guilty to w-ilfully damaging a telephone in a kiosk at Aldersgate, E C., Railw-ay Station.
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  • 219 10 They Want a Fair Share of Trade” SIGN WAR Two rival undertakers are holding wordy warfare for the “trade” of Lewisham, London, S.E., while the good people of the district look on and wonder. It is all so reminiscent of the old advertisement: “Why live and be miserable
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  • 108 10 To-day, at the Esplanade, from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. 1. March —Old Faithful —Holzmann. 2. Overture —The Arcadians —Wood. 3. Selection —A Runaway Girl Monckton. 4. Valse —Roses of Picardy—Wood. 5. Phantasia —The Phantom Brigade Myddleton. 6. Selection —The White Horse Inn Stolz. 7. Fox Trot —Say
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 23 10 It is a long lane that has no turning. An advertisement in the Pinang Gazette" will help to pull you through dull times.
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    • 163 10 BOMBAY BUCK If you travel the world over," you’ll never find a better breakfast food than Scott’s Pora? e Oats. They are made solely from the pick of the Scottish Oat crop—the finest, the most sustaining, the most delicious of all oat-. COOKS IN 5 Sole Agents for Malaya: THd
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  • 606 11 Fight Will Be Long and Bitter THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY’S RESPONSIBILITY Mr. Winston Churchill addressed meetings at Epping and Woodford in his constituency Speaking at Epping, he criticised the Government over its India policy. He said that they must not be discouraged by the large Government majority
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    • 751 12 Review of Singapore Market Singapore, Mar. 22. Conditions in the various money markets of the w’orld show very little change since our last report. Wall Street re-opened after the Moratorium with share quotations showring an advance all round and these prices have since been well maintained. Sterling continues
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    • 260 12 Rubber Sales Department Penang, March 22. The rubber market has experienced a very quiet week and there is little of interest to report. Local values improved last Thursday and Friday to 6% cents per lb for spot but have since ceased and close about unchanged on
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    • 113 12 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,114 th. auction on Wednesday. Lbs. Tons. Catalogued 1,440,330 643.00 Offered 1,353,789 604.37 Sold 1.099,430 490.82 PRICES REALISED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb. Standard Quality No Sales Good Average Quality 6 to 6% Off Quality 5% to
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  • 588 13 Schedule of Principal Lines The following is a list of vessels arriving -nd sailing from Penang during the week: LN PORT TO-DAY M.S DUISBURG from Hamburg via Colombo. Sails for Port Swettenham, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, North China and Japan. S. J UNA from Victoria
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  • 362 13 MARCH, 1933 MARCH 25 Selangor Turf Club Amateur Meeting, Kuala Lumpur. Cricket: P. C. C. v Penang Peelers Patani Road Ground. P. R. C. v. Eastern Smelting Co., Esplanade, 2 p.m. MARCH 26 Cricket: P. C. C. "A” v Malay Cricket Club, Esplanade. MARCH 27 Parit Perak
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  • 369 13 OUTWARD MAILS A mail for Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hongkong and Shanghai, by the s.s. “Glengarry” will be closed at 2 p.m. to-day. A mail for Telok Anson Bagan Datoh, Port Swettenham, Malacca and Singapore by the “Mata Hari” will be closed at 3 p.m. to-day. A mail for
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  • 324 13 One Pilot Killed MACHINE NOSE DIVES INTO FIELD Another Officer Injured One R.A.F. pilot was killed and another officer slightly injured when two R.A.F. ’planes attached to the Tangmere Aerodrome, near Chichester, collided while flying near the aerodrome. The dead pilot was Pilot Officer
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  • 126 13 Gaol for a Veteran A Frenchman who fought with the Canadian infantry in the war has been sentenced to a year in prison for not having responded to his country’s call to arms. On the outbreak of war Jean Ernest Boissanade left his work in Detroit
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  • 57 14 —(RDV). Breslau, February. Six Silesian cities, the oldest among them Reichenstein, founded 1,000 years ago, the youngest Lowen on the Neisse, and Haynau, the noted linen town, each 600 years old, celebrate their anniversaries this year. Naumburg and Ramslau look back on 700 years of
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  • 568 16 Pelorus Jack Falls At Last Obstacle THE USUAL THRILLS Eighteen Horses Finish The Course Aintree, Yesterday. Brilliant weather favoured the Grand National and there was a large attendance. Eighteen horses finished the course, including the All-French, Trocadero and the AllAmerican, Trouble Maker. The race
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  • 655 16 TO-DAY’S PRICES The following were the latest quotation* in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s shart. list at 11 a.m. to-day. Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Ayer Hitam 10 9 113 c 10 9 ll|3ex Bangrin 11’0 12 0 110 11|6 Batu Caves 35 40 35 40
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