Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 May 1933

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY N o. H 3. Vol LXXXXI. THURSDAY, 18th MAY, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 639 1 —Reuter. President Roosevelt Heartened FRANCO-GERMAN GULF WIDE AS EVER London, May 17. The world's first impressions of Hitler’s .speech appear generally favourable though Paris, while recognising the moderation and tone of the speech, feels that the gulf between the French and German disarmament positions is
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  • 155 1 to the public or otherwise. —Rugby Radio Service. Chancellor’s Further Explanation ON ONE ASPECT London, May 16. In a notice issued on 13th January, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in withdrawing his earlier and more comprehensive request in regard to new issues of capital, asked intending
    to the public or otherwise.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  155 words
  • 211 1 ’—Reuter Wireless. Washington Conversations Paris, May 13. M. Herriot's silence with regard to his recent visit to Washington has been broken in an article ‘lnformation to Financiers’ in which he states with regard to the debt question that President Roosevelt will be as generous as his
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  • 75 1 .—Reuter Wireless. No Struggle With the Pound Envisaged New York, May 13. A dollar stabilisation fund similar to the British exchange equalisation fund is expected to be established by the Federal Reserve Board within two months, according to the New York Evening Post, which adds that Wall
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  • 51 1 Exploring Machine At Bangkok (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, May 17. One of the Imperial Airways A talari ta planes is arriving at Don (Muang from India, exploring the route of the proposed new service to Australia on Monday. Its departure to Malaya is not yet
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  • 99 1 —Reuter. Gigantic Scheme Washington, May 17. President Roosevelt has requested Congress to authorise the expenditure of 3,300 million dollars for a gigantic public works programme to provide machinery for a great co-operative movement of all indusI tries in order to obtain a wide increase of employment,
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  • 73 1 —Reuter. Definite Proposals to be Framed Geneva, May 17. An agreement in principle on a ten per cent reduction in the wheat acreage and the regulation of exports is believed to have been reached at a meeting of representatives of the four great wheat exporting powers just concluded
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  • 188 1 Commission Of Enquiry MR. JUSTICE HEREFORD RESIGNS We are officially informed that the Hon. Mr. Justice G. A. Hereford has resigned his appointment of President of the Commission to enquire into the general working of the Electrical Department in its commercial aspect and the circumstances that led
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  • 76 1 —Reuter. 78 Coalitionists Returned Capetown, May 17. South Africa voted for 72 members of the new Legislative Assembly to-day as a sequel to the formation of a Coalition Government which combines Nationalists, under the leadership of General Hertzog, and the Opposition, (South African Party) led by General
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  • 555 1 peated in this agreement.—Rugby Radio Service. U.K. And Scandinavian Countries IMPORT DUTIES ON PAR WITH NATIVE GOODS London, May 17. Under the new Trade Agreement between the Governments of the United Kingdom and Norway each country undertakes that the import duties on certain classes of goods in
    peated in this agreement.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  555 words
  • 277 1 Mr. Gartside’s Bankruptcy TIME ALLOWED UNTIL SATURDAY (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 18. An order for the committal to prisoir of Mr. G. H. Gartside, a European lawyer, for failing to comply with the requirements of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, was made by the Chief Justice,
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  • 100 1 —Reuter Wireless. Ordered to Leave Country Berlin, May 13. The British journalist, Geoffrey Fraser, who has been imprisoned since April 4th, has been released and told to leave Germany within a specified time limit, of which he will be notified. No charge wan brought against him but
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  • 69 1 Reuter. U.S. Committee Considering Resolution Washington, May 17. The opposition of the State Department to any legislation which will tie the hands of the American delegates to the World Economic Conference on the silver question is expressed by Mr. Hull in a communication to the House of Representatives.*
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    • 1788 2 BATES FOR CASUAL PENANG HILL s °"11 E S T E BANKS ADVERTISEMENTS RAILWAY ’"“'"’uX Time Table. TL- (mcorporated m the Strait. Settlements.) Ht n«l ANnCCMF All communications relating to I IIC NtUtKLANinUHE Chartered Rw Advertisements should be addressed up TR AINS. Successors to HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, OF INDIA, Australia a
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  • 871 3 M or e Freedom to Sell Being Obtained business men oppose a WAGE CUT SUGGESTION We cannot hope to regain our national prosperity until the nations from which we P recognise that trade is exchange and that only if they buy from us and enable
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  • 653 3 Prince George’s Impression of Black Country MESSAGE AFTER TOUR After having covered more than 100 miles during his second successive day’s visit to the unemployed and the Black Country, on April 25th Prince George summed up his impressions of the tour in the following message:— At
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  • 268 3 Monaco Princess’s Claim to Her Children POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT OUT OF COURT London, April 27. The epilogue of a Royal romance will probably after all not be discussed in a Paris law court. When the case concerning the custody of the two children of Prince Pierre and FTincess
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  • 286 3 Musician Who was a Friend of Dickens London, April 28. The death in London, in his ninety-ninth year, of Professor Francesco Berger, the composer and teacher of music, removes a link with many of the famous figures of the ninteenth century, including Charles Dickens, with whom he
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  • 229 3 Between £40,000 and £50,000 London, April 30. A surprise is likely to be caused when the official announcement of the amount of the estate of the late Mr. Justice McCardie is published. Although his income was at one time in the neighbourhood of £7,000 a year, and
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  • 684 4 provement in this direction.—Malayan Agricultural Journal. English Vegetables And Fruit DEVELOPMENT OF INTERESTING EXPERIMENT Prior to 1929, the supply of fresh vegetables and milk on Fraser’s Hill was limited the vegetables were supplied from a small area in the neighbourhood of “RedCross" Bungalow, and adjoining
    provement in this direction.—Malayan Agricultural Journal.  -  684 words
  • 379 4 Britons May Find Buried Russian Jewels HIDDEN 15 YEARS Four Englishmen surrounded by Soviet officials hope to uncover shortly the first poi Lien of a £2,000,000 hoard of pearls and diamonds which has lain buried since the early days of the Russian revolution. Five of the
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  • 33 4 A service will be held in the above Church on Sunday next, 21st instant, at 9 a.m. and will be taken by the Rev. A. D. Harcus, M. A.
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  • 485 4 Inspector Suleiman, of the Tapah Police, has been transferred to Kampar. Mr. R- H. Mac Niven, of Johol Estate, Tam pin, has returned from leave. Inspector Ramli, of the Kampar Police, has gone on transfer to the Depot,- Kuala Lumpur. Mr. S. N. Veerasamy has been appointed
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  • 154 4 Inexpensive Photography ia the appealing title of a new booklet issued by Burroughs Wellcome Co., Snow Hill Buildings, London, E.C. Its chief attraction lies in the. fact that this booklet clearly shows how photography can be made a less expensive hobby. In. addition, however, the methods adwill, if
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  • 386 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kota Bahru, May 15. The Hon. Mr. A. C. Baker, the acting British Adviser, went on board the s.y. Sea Belle at Turn pat yesterday morning to meet H.E. the High Commissioner, who, accompanied by Lady Clementi and the Misses
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    • 89 4 THE TIRELESS SALESMAN—An advertisement in lie I inang 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
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  • 479 5 Selectors* Problems 4» FORWARD LINE STILL A WORRY The second football trial match was played yesterday between Colours and Whites on the Chinese Recreation Club ground and resulted in a win for the Colours by four goals to two.. The game was uninteresting and scrappy.
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  • 667 5 Penang Tennis i Championships if AND MRS. STOREY ELIMINATED three ties which had to be stopped Xsday afternoon owing to ram were yesterday front the stage at b they were stopped. the semidina! at the Singles. Bnrnnh Tar. Thean Seang started from M lbc first
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  • 52 5 Reuter. Holder and Miss Plumpton in Final Gleneagle, May 17. In the semi-finals of the English Ladies’ Open Golf Championship, the holder, Miss Enid Wilson (Nottingham), beat Miss Doris Park (Gullane) 5 and 4 and Miss Diana Plumpton (Frinton) beat Miss Diana Fishwick (Northforeland) 1
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  • 111 5 Mr. Tan Thean Seang His many friends will be glad to learn that the engagement is announced between Mr. Tan Thean Seang, youngest son of the late Mr. Tan Choo Beng, and Miss Khoo Siew Eng, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Khoo 800 Teng
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  • 815 5 Sylver Starr Beaten LAST NIGHTS BOXING AT PARK (By “SECONDS OUT”) As a result of the pulling down of half the enclosure about the Boxing Arena, a very poor crowd witnessed the fights In the Arena proper. The contests, though lacking in science, were nevertheless exciting.
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  • 361 5 Wallace Beery In Flesh “Flesh,” the rather crudely named film at the Queen’s is a great opportunity to Wallace Beery fans to rejoice in the skill of their hero. Don’t worry about the flesh being weak this is a wrestling talkie with plenty of muscle in
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  • 291 5 Sydney Howard In "It’s A King A gay, laugh-provoking farce, and British at that, is It’s A King,” which openled to good houses at the Majestic last night. This is the funniest Sydney Howard film yet, and as the “gags” were written by those mirth-provokers, R-
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  • 178 5 Three Modern Girls At the King’s is a superb romantic drama, Three Modern Girls,” which was greeted by packed houses last night. This film is in every respect the best talkie produced by a Chinese film company yet seen locally, and vies in production, acting,
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  • 56 5 To-day, at the Esplanade, from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. 1. March —Great Big David —Lotter. 2. Overture —Gilderoy—Berger. 3. Suite —Bohemian —Hume. 1. The Appeal 2. The Caravan 3. The Tarantella 4. Waltz—Cairo—Fletcher. 5. Selection —White Horse Inn —Stolz. 6. Serenade —Moontime—Collins. 7. Fox Trot —Sunshine and
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  • 319 5 1 MAY, 1933 MAY 18 League Football: D. A. F. C. “B” v. M. A. F. C. “B”, Dato Kramat Ground Penang Lawn Tennis Championships, Contd. MAY 19 League Football: Medical Department v. Monopolies, Dato Kramat Ground. MAY 20 Singapore Turf Club meeting, Ist day. League Football:
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    • 168 5 WIRELESS 8.8. C. Programme For Straits Settlements, and Federated Malay States from the Empire transmitter, Daventry, England. Two of the following frequencies and wavelengths will be used in the transmissions to the Indian zone. Announcements will be made at frequent intervals. Call Sign Frequency Wavelength GSB 9,610 kc[s 31.55 m.
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  • 1176 6 COMMANDER CAREY DROWNED FROM DISCOVERY II hJ LOST IN DARKNESS OF EARLY MORNING Not In Command During Homeward Voyage Tragedy has overtaken the Antarctic scientific ship Discovery 11. when almost within sight of England’s shores after 19 months’ absence. Commander Carey, her Captain, who had been
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  • 795 6 Position of the Public Prosecutor ORIGIN OF CASE London, April 29. Further evidence for the prosecu ion was given at London Guildhall Police Court, in the charge against Martin Coles Harman, Berkeley Fairfax Conigrave, Herbert H. Pounds, and Emil Georges Changeat, directors of Chosen Corporation, Ltd., that,
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  • 327 6 R.A.F. Mourning for Sir Geoffrey Salmond A last tribute by the Royal Air Force to its dead chief was paid in London on May Ist. As the mourners followed the body of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond from Hyde Park Gardens along Stanhope Street to St.
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  • 572 6 No Substantial Change in I Her Part In the King’s Bench on May Ist, Mr. Justice du Parcq gave judgment for the defendants in the action in which Miss Dorothy Ezard Bartlam, a film actress, of Hays Mews, Berkeley Square, London, claimed damages for alleged breach
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  • 294 6 Government Planning a Stale Funeral ITALIAN CEREMONY There has been an alteration in the plans for the funeral of Mr. Bert Hinkler, the famous Australian airman, who was killed on a flight from England to Australia wh a his aeroplane crashed on a mountain in
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    • 50 6 BRASSIERS IN DAINTY BROCADED SILK PERFECTLY Cl T Price $1.50 Chinese kAHTEW- BEACH STREET, PENANGBy Courtesy Robinson I’iano <"■ -stS To treat these complain o get to the root of the trou fiarke’. Blood Mixture Is world’» greatest blood pjr healer, It Is famous for B Skin Disorder». Equally good
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  • CULLED FROM THE CEYLON EXCHANGES
    • 544 7 Counsel’s Appeal in Strike Incident Fails MISSILE AT CAR hat an act of violence committed durtng a strike was a matter of exuberance of 'political feeling and that even Memb. rs of Parliament flung books at each other was submitted before Mr. Justice Akbar, who
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    • 120 7 Assistant to G.M.R. Staff and General A despatch has been received from the f 'vnetary of State for the Colonies approvIng with effect from October Ist, 1932, the appointment of Mudaliyar G. F. Perera, •A-M. Inst. T., to the combined posts of distant to the General
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    • 1312 7 RESENTMENT OVER REFORMS MEMORANDUM EXCITING POSSIBILITIES The topic of conversation in political circles is the no confidence motion on the Board of Ministers, notice of which was given by Mr. Bandaranaike in the State Council last week. The immediate provocation for this outburst is to
      of June ”—“Gamma” in the Times of Ceylon.  -  1,312 words
    • 394 7 Points to be Negotiated Between Govt, and Tata Sons PRINCIPLE ACCEPTED Freedom from Import Tax and Harbour Dues The “Times of Ceylon” is able to publish important details of the proposals to extend the air mail service to Ceylon. While the Executive Committee of Communications
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    • 178 7 Mr. Vintcent Negotiating with Ceylon Government Bombay, Apirl 25. Colombo will shortly be connected with Bombay and Karachi by means of an air service, if the present negotiations, which Mr. Vintcent for Tata Sons, Ltd., is carrying on with the Ceylon Government are successful. Mr. Vintcent, who
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  • 642 8 Germany’s statement of her claim to equality in armaments has been greeted without surprise by the other European Powers. Whatever its reception may be when it is considered in cold blood it is unlikely that either Great Britain or France will refuse Germany a hearing on
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  • 222 8 Recently the 1.L.P., which can now claim a membership of no more than 20.000 in the United Kingdom with its electorate of 28 million, discussed the character of the dictatorship which it j means some day to set up. It was a i relief to learn
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  • 885 8 The young woman had two reasons for interest in the young man, who lived in her neighbourhood and shared, membership of the Literary Circle which met every Wednesday evening in a room above a city cafe. During a debate the previous week on “Realism versus romanticism in literature” he
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  • 710 8 AN EMPIRE BUSINESS CONGRESS T nder the auspices of th e p Chamber of Commerce a sail from Montreal un j UWj the eighteenth Congress c* 1 attv!Ui of Chambers of Commerce of th Empire in London. Th- Co n ritlsh held in the Guildhall durlm l!
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  • 444 9 Germany Ready To Disarm IF OTHER NATIONS DO LIKEWISE Berlin, May 17. hen he entered the Opera House the Reichstag was meeting, Herr as greeted with three cheers L. n uniformed Nazis gtving the j ;C ist salute. He began his speech at Hitler declared that he
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  • 109 9 ’•—Reuter Wireless. Won by W. H. Davies Southport, May 12. H Davies, one of Britain’s Ryder nominees, to-day won Dunlop’s South1,000 guineas tournament with a retU™ of 76, 70, 72 and 75=293. Onlan, Henry Cotton and Ernest o: 294 Onibe Were joint 8600,1(13 with a total r
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  • 72 9 n Reuter nvireless. Burmah oa Declares 20 Per Cent Three bin nil May 10. ’lends to-dav COmpanies declared dhrifr whkh S 1/6d per Bhare tax *nah Oil 1 e Same as for 1931 Bur'"“tag a totai“ o IV 2 oX °h PW with I?,/ 1 for the
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  • 181 9 Persistent Reports EX-MINISTER ARRIVES AT PEKING Peking, May 17. The possibility of an armistice in North China to be followed by a rapprochement between China and Japan looms with the arrival here of General Huang Fu, ex-Min-ister for Foreign Affairs, who has been sent by Nanking
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  • 113 9 Reuter. Alleged Interview With Sir Francis Lindley London, May 17. An interview alleged to have been given by Sir Francis Lindley in Canada in which he sympathised with Japan’s policy in regard to Manchuria led to several questions in the House of Commons. Sir John Simon replied
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  • 500 9 The Age of Miracles is Not Past” Poona, May 1. “Unless God or the Devil, or whoever possesses me, tells me not to fast, or unless someone with clearer vision convinces me that I am not possessed by God but clearly by the
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  • 380 9 A "MAGNACARTA OF HUMANITY President Roosevelt's Appeal FRANCE DISAPPOINTED London, May 17. While President Roosevelt’s speech generally is hailed with enthusiasm in the United States, the Boston Herald welcoming it as a “Magna Carta” Gf humanity, the French press unanimously is disappointed at the absence of a definite indication that
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  • 153 9 —Reuter. Agreement Reached Washington, May 17. An agreement on the question of the rehabilitation of silver was reached after a four hours’ conference of the economic representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico. Although no announcement was made, it is learned that they agreed on a
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  • 38 9 —Reuter Wireless. Brother-In-Law Sentenced Stockholm, May 10. Nils Ahlstroem, ex-Managing Director of Kreuger Toll Company, and a brother-in-law of the late Ivar Kreuger, has been sentenced to 39 months’ hard labour for fraudulent accountancy.-
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  • 134 9 Tokio Outrages NAVAL SUBALTERNS AND MILITARY CADETS Tokio, May 17. B anaticism and a distorted sense of patriotism intermingled with blackmail and double-crossing were revealed in the results of the preliminary examination of the participants in the outrages of May 15 of last year and the
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  • 90 9 —Rugby Radio Service. Causes Absence F rom Courts London, May 17. The Duke of York took the King’s place in the Royal Procession at to-night’s court. His Majesty’s general health is good and yesterday, accompanied by the Queen, he had a two hours’ drive through London parks,
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  • 487 9 Crook-Catching with a Hazel Twig Burnley, April 30. Eight men, one of whom is a suspected murderer, stand lined up for an identity parade Facing them in the police station yard are several detectives. And, away in a corner, holding in his hand an innocentlooking hazel-twig,” is
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  • 103 9 TlN—Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £lB5-7-6 £lBB-5-0 TIN —(3 Months) London £lB5-10-0 £lBB-12-6 i Singapore $99.75 $102.75 Business Dene Penang $102.75 Business Done Bu y ers no sellerK COPRA —(Sundried) $3.85 $3.85 BLACK PEPPER $17.00 $17.00 RUBBER London 2 %d. 2JJd. New York MJc.(G) 4J c.(G) Singapore cts 9
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    • 155 9 «■h 'ti f Jr J J When a child has be<n ted from birth on Humanised Trufood, he sleeps well, progresses well—just as a healthy youngster should. Although, perhaps, he has been deprived of breast milk, he has still received the equivalent nourishment in Humanised Trufood. That is why be
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  • NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
    • 398 10 Four Cruiser and Stronger Forts Melbourne, April 29. The complete rearmament of Australia’s coastal defences is provided for in the £7,000,000 plan of the Commonwealth Government, now being discussed with the British Government, according to the naval correspondent of the Melbourne Herald. The plan covers a
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    • 212 10 Zero Hour Pilgrimages Melbourne, April 25. In glorious autumn sunshine 25,000 exsoldiers, led for the first time by a splendid body of Old Contemptibles, marched through Melbourne this afternoon in observance of Anzac Day. The LieutenantGovernor of Victoria, Sir William Irvine, took the salute at
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    • 46 10 Curling, the Scottish national game of ice-bowls is to be introduced to Melbourne during the coming winter, states Austral News. A club is being formed specially to play at the local glaciarium, and orders have been sent to Scotland for curlinj slonea.
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    • 219 10 Presentation to Sir Henry Barwell At a reception at the May Fair Hotel on April 27 the retiring Agent-General for South Australia, Sir Henry Barweil, and Lady Barweil were presented respectively with a canteen of silver and a diamond platinum wristlet watch, in appreciation of their
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    • 203 10 Premier’s Warning Adelaide, April 27. Speaking at a public meeting last night, Mr. Butler, the Premier, declared that he believed that if South Australians had the opportunity they would vote for secession from the Commonwealth. He interpreted the feeling of the people to be one of
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    • 91 10 Australian Doctors on Layman’s Claim Brisbane (Australia), April 30. The treatment, which is based on wrong premises, is a sham and a fraud.” This is the verdict of the medical committee which has been investigating the cancer cure claims (reported in the Daily Herald”) of Mr. George
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    • 94 10 Canberra, May 2. It is expected that Mr. Stewart. Minister of Commerce, will make a statement in the House of Representatives to-morrow regarding the Anglo-Danish commercial agreement, which is interpreted here as giving Danish butter unlimited entry into Great Britain, while Australia refuses to agree
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    • 370 10 Commemoration in London Anzac Day was commemorated in London on April 25 by Australians and New Zealanders. A service was held at St. Clement Danes Church, Strand, at which the preacher was the Rev. G. R. Barnett, lately Dean of Hamilton, New Zealand. The rector, the Rev. W.
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    • 105 10 Three Hours and a Score of 48-46 It has just taken 94 games, a world’s record, to decide a set of tennis at a Sydney competition. After a three-hour struggle, and with the score at 48-46, the four players staggered off the court to where really long
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    • 107 10 Test Team Contributes to Canberra Originally planned on spacious lines as a garden city, Canberra, Australia’s new capital, is now becoming one of the “show” cities of the world. It is beginning with roses, states Austral News, of which the authorities are arranging for 60,000 bushes to
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    • 76 10 Preachers, Choir, Readers, Sideswomen Women are coming into their own in the religious life of Australia. A recent Melbourne Methodist church service was conducted entirely by women. A woman pastor preached, the choir comprised 50 women and girls, and the organist and conductor were women. The
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    • 204 10 Eaten by Crocodile in North Queensland A horrible fate befell two young sisters at Pindi Pindi, North Queensland, one being drowned and the other eaten by a crocodile. The two sisters, Mary Adams, 10, and Thelma, six, left home for school, riding a horse double-bank.” That evening
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    • 90 10 Annual Meeting of 1935 London, May 1. It is expected that the British Medical Association will go to Melbourne for its annual meeting in 1935. An invitation has been received from the Victorian Branch, cordially supported by the Australian Federal Council, and the Council recommend its
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    • 83 10 28J Million People Have Crossed Sydney has just celebrated the first birthday of its mammoth harbour bridge, the largest single arch span in the world, states Austral News. During its year of existence, the equivalent of 27,000,000 people have crossed it in trains, trams and cars,
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    • 71 10 Near the Outer Harbour, at Adelaide, South Australia, a combination furnace, different from any other in the world, has just has been erected. It is turning the peculiar type of seagrass which grows there into food for stock, or rather into mineral concentrate to supplement green
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  • 957 11 NICHOLSON -THE SWASHBUCKLER OF THE MUTINY Man Who Took Delhi—and Died fakirs WORSHIPPED HIM (Wempoi try popular fiction is full of h,roic swashbucklers— from Brigadier GeL to Bulldog Drummond; but it is doubt.lf any author of the "he-man” story r create i a character so romantic, so T r ly
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  • 547 11 Admiral Tyrwhitt’s Warning SHORT OF SHIPS, MEN AND MONEY The Bright Spot of Efficiency London, April 29. An outspoken comment on Britain’s present naval position was made by Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Commander-in-Chief at the None, at the London Press Club’s “Navy Night” dinner.
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  • 367 11 Change of Seat Saves Man’s Life SURVIVORS’ STORIES Naples, April 30. The story of how three of the victims of the French air liner disaster lingered for two days, pinned beneath the wreckage, before they died of cold and hunger, was told by Madame
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  • 3165 12 RECORD PROFIT IN A YEAR OF EXCEPTIONAL DIFFICULTIES INCREASE OF 97,000 TONS IN TURNOVER Marked Growth In Popularity Of Firm's Proprietary Brands LARGE SAVINGS IN DEBENTURE INTEREST Mr. Francis D'Arcy Cooper On The Improved Position In West Africa The thirty-ninth annual general meeting of the members of
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  • 1001 12 TO-DAY’S PRICES The following were the latest quotation* >n MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day. Yesterday To-day. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Ayer Weng 92% 1.00 92% 1.00 Ayer Hitam 13|0 13|9ex 13|3 13|9ex Rangrin 1610 17|0 16|0 17|0 Hitam 30 40 27%
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  • 20 12 output» tbe The following are month of April. 1933 HourS C—- Ltd. —Hours Run. 1 ed, 44.000; Pikuls
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  • 583 13 Schedule of Principal Lines following Is a list of vessels arriving sailing from Penang during the week: LN PORT TO-DAY yrpjTTN MARU from Bombay. Sails H or Singapore, Moji, Kobe, and Osaka. baW aNG from Kantang, Tungah and C<s bUYSKES from Langsa, Lho SeumaSigH. Sabang and
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  • 1801 13 OUTWARD DUTCH AIR MAIL The Agents notify that the Outward Dutch Aeroplane from Amsterdam will arrive at Alor S.ar at 11.30 to-day. The Post Office notifies that a telegram from the G. P. O. London, says that the mail despatched from Penang, Air Mail, (via Karachi) of April
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    • 73 13 I 6.75 TO-NIGHT 9.3 Q J I WaLIAC£ 1 WALLACE BEERY’S I j GREATEST ROLE IN 1 AS THE WRESTLING CHAMPION. i i 1 wh traded his all for 1 jgR W THE SMILE OF f A WOMAN BORN BAD! INEXT CHANGE FIRST NATIONAL’S ALL TECHNICOLOUR I MUSICAL COMEDY TRIUMPH
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    • 202 13 3/» VJ 1! if** !S•- R I 6.15 TO-NSGHT 9.30 Another Grand British Laughter Show s X- F I V i .'L Rs. j The Story of 1 ■llw l an insurance agent liiNwV Mw/ who became o King (or an d 3 i Sqdrieu HowarctirSr!' I CM •>••••* ENTERTAINMENT
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  • 1131 14 Romantic Story Of Walt Disney, Mother's Naughty Boy Mickee.... Yes, Minee.... This is Mickey Mouse’s familiar answer to Minnie Mouse’s call which you’ve probably seen and heard many times on the screen. But here’s one you’ve never heard Wa-a-lter. Wa-a-ltr, come here this
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  • 231 14 Says it Hits Hospitals Very Heavily Prince Arthur of Connaught spoke of the effect of the Budget on hospitals when he spoke recently at the annual Court of Governors of the Middlesex Hospital. He said that he wished to refer to “a burning question—the tax
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  • 138 14 4-Miie Wide Gorge in the Himalayas The world’s greatest gorge, which is within flying distance of Mount Everest, but which no European has ever visited, was mentioned by Brigadier-General the Hon. C. Bruce in a lecture on “Nepal, the land of Everest,” in London recently. “I had hoped
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  • 795 14 Tragedy of Peruvian Expedition Recalled I PROFESSOR GREGORY The disaster which last June befel the expedition in Peru led by the late Professor j. W. Gregory (formerly Geological Professor in Glasgow University) was recalled on May Ist when lectures upon the expedition were delivered before the
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  • 185 16 RACE 7 Horses, Class 1, Division 2, 6 Furlongs. Kalaw 9.00 Eagles Claw 8.13 Done Up 8.11 Brown Jack 8.09 Sigh 8.09 Vederer 8.09 Leighton Hill 8.04 Brass Knob 8.02 The Warrior 8.02 Royal Legion 8.02 Mr. Polly 7.13 Gay Orb 7.12 Selangor 7.12 Tinakill
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  • 1127 16 Anticur And Haraga The Outsiders OPEN RACING IN EVERY EVENT Selections For First Day {By Tic-Tac) Seldom has the racing promised to be so open as that arranged for the first day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring Meeting to be run on Saturday at Singapore and
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  • 883 16 New Strings Join In Singapore, May 16. With only four days to go before the opening of the meeting and the handicaps already in their hands, there was a fair attendance of owners and others interested at the Bukit Timah Racecourse this morning. The bell
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  • 102 16 —Reuter Wireless. Discussion by M.C.C. TOUR MANAGERS PRESENT London, May 15. The “bodyline” bowling controversy was discussed at an ordinary committee meeting of the M.C.C. at Lords this afternoon. Great secrecy was observed and the meeting lasted for an hour .and half after which a statement was
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  • 192 16 —Reuter. MR. SOONG’S APPEAL TO THE UNITED STATES Washington, May 18. Mr. Soong appealed to the United States to be tolerant of the confusion in China and to bear in mind that transition from a monarchy to democracy is a slow process, the very things that make a
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  • 215 16 Wakoff and Chenduri Gifts Not Charitable In the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Justice Cobbett had before him for construction certain deeds of settlement made by one Haji Sahat. This was in connection with an Indenture dated March 30, 1898 and concerned four deed polls
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  • 246 16 Father of 15 Takes Oath Chhua Swee Wan (male) and Mali Wak (female), two Chinese, appeared for sentence in the Police Court to-day on charges connected with the Police raid on a gaming house in Jones Road, on April 21. The full, charge against Chua Swee Wan
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