Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 March 1934

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 61. Vol XCGI. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1934. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 294 1 —Route.’. Italy. Austria And M*:iigary NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN TO-DAY Rome, March 13. Dr. Dollfuss arrived to-night and was greeted by Signor r’.isscVni and high officials and eno» .hogs cheering crowd, to whom he raised his hand in the Fascist salute. He displayed evident surprise at the cordiality of
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  • 55 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Instructions As To Survey Issued London, March IS. The Board of Tiad? have issued instructions as to the survey of the present steamers registered in the United Kingdom engaged in the carrying of lai ge numbers of unauthorised passengers or pilgrims in certain parts in
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  • 75 1 Rugby Radio Service. British And F rench Delegations London, March 13. At the negotiations regarding the trade situation as between France and the United Kingdom with special reference to French quotas the United Kingdom will be represented by the President of the Board of Trade Mr. Walter Runciman
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  • 67 1 —Reuter. $7BO Millions Since Policy Inaugurated New York, March 13. The Treasury reveals that $593 millions I gold were purchased between February' 1 and March 9, mostly from abroad making i a grand total of $7BO million since the gold I purchase policy was inauguarated on Oct.
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  • 58 1 I.—Reuter. RAILWAY Rumoured Sale To Manchukuo Harbin, March 14. It is strongly rumoured here that secret negotiations in Tokyo have resulted in the sale of the Chinese Eastern Railway to Manchukuo at a price of 135 millions yen. The report has not been confirmed but the tension between
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  • 48 1 Five Year Plan To Demolish Old Houses A five year plan to wipe out Great Britain’s slums is set forth in a Government while paper proposing to expend £115,000,000 and to employ 100,000 workers to demolish over 250,000 old houses and to build 300,000 new ones.
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  • 35 1 .—Reuter. Of $5 For 47,000 Ford Employees Detroit, March 13. The Ford Company has announced the restoration of the daily minimum wage of $5 for all employees. This affects 47,000 out of 100,000.—Reuter.
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  • 42 1 1. —Reuter. War Secretary Appointed To Committee Washington, March 3. Mr Dera, Secretary for War has been appointed to the Committee consisting of Col. Lindbergh, Mr. Orville Wright, Mr. Clarence and Mr. Chamberlin to investigate the air mail services.—Reuter.
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  • 193 1 cing expenditure, was £7&4,4O5jWXb Radio Service. Customs and Excise Revenue IN EXCESS OF I ESTIMATES I London. March 13. 1 Latest weekly treasury returns show that up to March 10 the total ordinary revenue for the current financial year which on March 31 amounted to £676,908,092 and
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  • 86 1 Concluded By French In Two Weeks Paris, March 7. Military’ operations in South Morocco, which were begun on Feb. 25 with the aim of subjugating the unruly tribes in the Anti-Atlas region and on the big plains stretching to the Sahara, have already been concluded, thanks to the
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  • 171 1 —Reuter ’Wireless. Balloon Envelope Bursts SECOND TRIAL Moscow, March 13. The new envelope of the automatic stratosphere balloon in which another attempt is to be made on the existing height record was tested for the second time near Leningrad to-day. The balloon reached a height of nearly
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  • 107 1 i. —Reuter. COMMITTEE To Consider Postal Communications With Manchukuo London. March 13. In the House of Commons, Mr. Eden announced that a meeting of the Advisory Committee of the League of Nations has been summoned cn May 14 to consider the British communication concerning postal relations with Manchukuo.
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  • 66 1 —Renter. Belgian Congo Joins Scheme London, Mai ch Ilf. Tin producers in the Belglian Congo have decided to join the restriction scheme. According to the Financial Times a production of 15,000 tons of tin ore during 193 4 5 will be allotted the Belgian Congo, representing a compromise
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  • 114 1 —Reuter. War Bonus Bill PASSED BY REPRESENTATIVES Washington, March 13. Uproarious scenes were -witnessed when the House of Representatives, defying President Roosevelt’a wishes, passed the Bill to pay ex-soldiers’ war bonuses. Fandemcnium reigned during the debate, members perched on the desks shouting and gesticulating at each other.
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  • 84 1 Second Test Carried Out At Brastagi Medan, March 5. It is reported that hasty preparations are being made to complete the new aerodrome in Idi (Atjeh). The Bali aerodrome is also being in proved. The new aerodrome at Grastagi was tested yesterday for the second time. On the
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  • 104 1 Tamil Imprisoned For Theft The story of a bicycle was told in the Penang Police Court this morning, when a Tamil named Govindasamy received sentence of 10 weeks’ rigorous imprisonment for its theft, and was ordered to pay $7 compensation to its owner, the complainant. The bicycle
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  • 84 1 Chinese Picked Up Cloth From Mohamedan Shop A Chinese named Chua Feng in the Penang Police Court this morning admitted what was tantamount to shoplifting, namely the theft ot 25 vards of Spanish crepe belonging to Messrs. Wass»amull Assomull at 11.10 a.m. on March 9. Accused’s fingerprint
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  • 229 1 .—Reuter. To Rubber Restriction DR. COLLIN'S BROADCAST SPEECH Amsterdam, March 13. Dr. Colijn, in his broadcast speech, made only a passing reference to rubber and said that he expected that within a reasonable time rubber conversations will reach a satisfactory conclusion, and pointed out the most favourable
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  • 212 1 —Reuter. Quickest “Turn South” Of Career London, March 13. The great Cunard Liner “Berengaria” arrived at Southampton this evening and will make the re-crossing to New York tomorrow morning. She will be making the Quickest “turn south” in her career for during her seventeen hours in Southampton she
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  • 78 1 May Form New Latvian i Government Riga, March 6. The Latvian Government, headed by the signed on Friday night following the passPrime Minister, M. Adolfs Blodneiks, ieing of a vote of non-confidence. which the Fanners’ Union introduced into ParliamentThe crucial division was very sensational for only nine out
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  • 3747 3 CIVIL ENGINEER'S IMPRESSIONS OF PENANG: MALAYA ABSENT FROM BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR: DUTCH PREMIER FAVOURS RUBBER RESTRICTION: NEW MOTOR-CAR UPHOLSTERY MATERIAL: INTERNATIONAL TIN COMMITTEE'S PLANS METHODS OF TIN MINING IN NIGERIA (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, February 28 KING OF THE BELGIANS IN MALAYA “Almost exactly a
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  • 2317 4 “THERE IS NO EAST WEST" ALL RACES HAVE CONTRIBUTED SOMETHING TO HUMANITY DR. KHALJD SHELDRAKE'S ADDRESS TO PENANG ROTARIANS “East and West” was the title of the address delivered yesterday to the members of the Penang Rotary Club b\ Di. Khalid Sheldrake, the Western Muslim leader. Dr. Moharnc d Ariff,
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  • 577 4 Mr. Donald C. Knott has arrived in Bangkok to join the Siam Steam Packet Co., Ltd. Mrs. Watson-Hyatt is coming out from Home by the “Carthage” to join her husband in Malacca. The following left Penang for Port Swettenham yesterday by the S.S. “Klang”: Messrs. Brown, R.
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  • 290 4 Damage To Glassware And Waiter P.C. ANSWERS CAMPBELL STREET WHISTLE Two Chinese, whom we will call A. and B. heard further evidence brought against them in the Penang Police Court yesterday afternoon when they stood in the dock to answer charges of cheating, mischief
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    • 343 4 i II®)) uri i OLD DANCING DAYS 1921 D ***** PART 1& 2 Carroll Gibbons is renowned for his superb Piano playing and this record will add to his reputation. He introduces Whispering “Japanese Sandman,’ I j “Avalon”, etc. PLAY TO ME GYPSY Tango GEOU/ APRIL IN PARIS Fox Trot
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  • 341 5 INTO CHURCH STREET FIRE I AFTER CORONER'S j I ENQUIRY At yesterday’s meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, Mr. C. W. Bryant, President, Municipal Commissioners, announced] that he had decided to hold an enquiry under the Municipal. 1 Ordinance, into the Church:. Street fire which occurred
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  • 131 5 If Purse Can Be Arranged NARA—DIAMOND RETURN (BY “SECONDS OUT”) Boy Nara, who was not satisfied with the verdict against him last week, is anxious for a return bout with Diamond. His challenge to Diamond has been accepted but a hitch occurred on the quest’en of the
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  • 81 5 Reuter Wireless. Fatal Accident YOUNG SUBALTERN KILLED Cheltenham, March 7. The famous £l.OOO National Hunt Steeplechase. the biggest British race, for_bonafide hunters was marred by-a fate)l acmdent to Hoker Percy a sublatern in th Welsh Guards. His mount, Killader, owned by Lady Harrington, fell at the first
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  • 1736 5 Annual Meeting YEAR OF PROGRESSIVE WORK I The annual general meeting of the Penang branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association was held yesterday at the hostel in Logan Road in the presence of a large gathering of members and presided by Miss E. Stella Cass.
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    • 20 5 BuyfOl lyres by Dunlop DUNLOP—The greatest factor in driving confidence. THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. (S.S.). LTD.. 101, BISHOP STREET, PENANG.
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    • 822 6 8.8. C. WIRELESS PROGRAMMES TO DAY I 3.50—4.35 A recital by Walter Payn? IV’I/AI i (baritone), and Robctt Silvester (violin) 7.2o—Time Signal from Big Ben The For the Strait. SotUementa and Federal. Rutland Square and New Victoria •d Malay States from Ute Empire transmit- Orchestra, directe y •a Mamy Austin,
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  • 2133 7 INSIDE STORY OF THE PROVINCE REVEALED PEOPLE MORE INTERESTED IN BUDDHISM THAN IN POLITICAL EVENTS The following is a translation of the übstance of an interview which A. Le Patud, of the “Le Journal de Shanghai,” had ust week with the Panchen Lama
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  • 959 7 The Criterion Of Success EDUCATIVE METHODS AND MATERIALS What would you do, if you caught a bad cold, or were attacked by pneumonia, bronchitis, and what not? Undoubtedly you would seek for doctor’s advice and follow all his instructions. No intelligent laymen, for sure, would be
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  • 305 7 Honoured By Japan Embassy Party TO HAIL BROTHER'S ENTHRONEMENT London, March 4. One of the strangest diplomatic functions ever held was staged at the Japanese Embassy in Grosvenor-square, with a small dark and beautiful Chinese girl as guest of honour. Ordinarily she lives in seclusion in
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  • 143 7 Arrival Of Sir Miles Lampson’s Successor Sir Alexander Cadogan, the new British Minister to China arrived at Shanghai or. Feb. 26. Sir Alexander follows Sir Miles Lampson, who left Shanghai in December last to take up his duties as High Commissioner for Egypt. Sir Miles had
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  • 109 7 Chinese Labourer’s Gruesome Mascot A Chinese labourer, who carried a human head round the streets of Shanghai to propitiate the God of Chance, has found that it has only landed him in trouble. The police noticed the man carrying a suspicious-looking bundle, and on examining it found
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  • 715 7 Snow-White Bull Slain By Priests JADE, SILK AND WOOD OFFERED TO HEAVEN Hsinking, March. 2. By his enthronement this morning, as Emperor of Manchukuo, Pu Yi achieved an entirely new type of record. He is the only man who has been made an Emperor three times.
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  • 367 8 Unemployment exceeds the best figures since 1928 by 25,000. and, excepting the cotton industry, all other home industries report cheerfully. To the public mind, the first test of the business position is very rightly the extent of unemployment. As far as they go, the figures are encouraging, and it
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  • 1777 8 EAST AND WEST Down through the ages, from early (lays of civilisation, through the middle 1 ages and up to now. religious intole- rance has been a great obstacle in the brotherhood of man or World Unity. Even in this enlightened twentieth century, minor religious wars are
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  • 77 8 .—Reuter Wireless. Three Survivors Tokio, March 13. The three survivors of the Japanese Torpedo boat, Tomot Zuru, which capsized yesterday during exercises, floated to the surface this morning. They state that there are still eight others alive in the engine room. When, they escaped through
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  • 71 8 sailors by the end of May.—Reuter V less. Applied To German Army And Navy Berlin, March 13. The last refuge of German Jews, nanv lv. the army and the navy, has now been bl;. ked by a decree issued by the Minister of I 'efence ordering the application
    sailors by the end of May.—Reuter V less.  -  71 words
  • 48 8 the Austrian Emperor in 1917. —Reut“ r Wireless. Paris, March 13 Prince Sixte de Bourbon Parma, bn 1 r of ex-Empress Zita, is dying. He conv 1 ‘he secret peace proposals to allies i 1 the Austrian Emperor in 1917. —Reut“ r
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  • 22 8 Reuter Wireless. Appointed Professor Of Soviet Law Moscow, March 13 Dimitroff has been appo'nted Profes of Soviet Law at Moscow University
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  • 210 9 Improving Rubber INTERESTING GATHERING AT KUALA KANGSAR Kuala Kangsar, Monday. What is believed to be the first meeting its kind was held at the Court House, Kuala Kangsar, last Thursday, of rubbei •nail-holders in the adjacent mukims of Kuala Kangsar District. Mr. P. S. Williams, M.C.S., the
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  • 491 9 Descriptions Circulated I STOUT RESISTANCE ANTICIPATED On Monday morning, one of the two Chinese who were detained by the police in «connection with the murder of Inspector A. E. Popejoy was produced in the Singapore Police Court, charged with trespass. He was discharged. The accused was a young,
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  • 531 9 And Had Fractured Thigh NEGLECT CHARGE AGAINST CHINESE WOMAN A woman named Chan Sai Moi was charged in the Criminal District Court before Mr. H. A. Forier on Monday, with wilfully neglecting a child in her custody. Mr. A. W. Hay, Assistant Protector of Chinese,
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  • 642 9 CONFLICTING JUDGMENTS RECALLED Seremban, Monday. In the local police court to-day, Mr. Cole, 0.C.P.D., charged a Chinese named Lim Khian with assisting in the management of a public lottery. Mr. Ernest Jeff appeared for the defence. Evidence was led by a Malay police sergeant with regard
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  • 85 9 Anticipated For Paet’s Government Berlin, March 13. The Ministry of Elders has decided to dissolve the Esthonia parliament on March J 6 after the adoption of the budget It i, not expected that the presidential and parliamentary elections fixed for April can Lke place, thus for a considerable
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  • 77 9 Franco-Swedish Agreement Signed Paris, March 6. A treaty regulating economic affairs between France and Sweden has been signed whereby the original quota Sweden was allowed to export to France has been restored. In return. Sweden undertakes to increase the value of goods imported from France, so that
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  • 69 9 Moscow, Feb. 21. In sorting old archives of the post office at Buzdiak, Bashkiria, a member of the Soviet Philatelic Society found seven old 7-rouble Czarist stamps, with smooth edges, and the centre (the eagle) upside down. No one knew, previously, the existence of these stamps, and
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  • 49 9 SPRING 1 934 MEETING. o EXTRA INTERMEDIATE DAY. o Wednesday, 21st March. UNLIMITED SWEEP :—An Unlimited Non-selling $1. Sweepstake for members only will be held on this day. Tickets obtainable from the Treasurers, Messrs. Gibson, Anderson, Butler Co., Mercantile Bank Buildings, K.L. and on the course.
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  • 111 9 TIN-SPOT YESTERDAY TO-DAV London £234-12-6 £236-0-0 TIN— (3 Months) London £233-15-0 £234-5-0 Singapore $117.75 $117.75 Business Done Penang $117.75 $117.75 Business Done 25 tons Buyers no sellers COPRA (Sundried) $3.00 $3.00 BLACK PEPPER $17.50 $17.50 RUBBER London 516 d. 5%d. 4 New York 11/.jC.fG) 11 916c.(G) Singapore Spot
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  • 220 10 :.—Reuter Wireless. Restore Cuts Or Decrease Taxation LESS SENTIMENT: MORE SENSE London, March 8. The Budget prospects are brightened by the publication of the Military Estimates, completing the supply estimates. Notwithstanding a combined increase in the Defence Estimates of £4,765,000, prospective estimates show a decrease £1,262,000 with
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  • 116 10 >■ —Reuter Wireless. Bill Passes Second J Reading London, March 7. Resumption of work on the new Cunarder is the symbol of Great Britain’s determination not to yield, regardless of obstacles, its rightful place on the Atlantic, declared Mr. Hore-Belisha, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, moving the North
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  • 86 10 --.vpianes and two steamers.-Reute-Wireless. Of Marooned Arctic Expedition Moscow, March i The 78 marooned members of the Arctic expedition are now in increased peril in consequence of the shifting and splitting of the ice on the icefloe on which they are living which has now cracked and cut
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  • 143 10 Flretess amtuues reached.-Reuter 430 Head Of Cattle Lost Weehawken, New Jersey, March 8. Four hundred and thirty head of cattle have been lost through a collision in a fog between the British freighter “Concordia” and the American steamer “Eagle.” Some of the cattle aboard the “Concordia” were
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  • 140 10 Reuter Wireless. Expenditure Of £65,000 IN AIR ESTIMATES London, March 8. The expenditure of £65,000 on a new Air Base at Dhibban, Iraq, was mentioned by Sir Philip Sassoon when introducing the Air estimates into the House of Commons. The Under-Secretary defended the merciful efficiency
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    104 10 Reuter Wireless. Four Year Agreement Reached Berlin, March 9. One hundred fortyeight million marks short-term foreign debts of the German Federal States were involved in an agreement reached here to-day at a conference at which Britain, Holland, Sweden and Switzerland were represented, providing that the rate of interest
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  • 81 10 —Rugby Radio Service. Lord Snell Chosen By Labour Party London, March 13. The Labour Party of the London County Council have chosen Lord Snell of Plumstead as the Chairman of the Council. Lord Snell, who was formerly Labour Member of Parliament for East Woolwich, began life as an
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  • 127 10 biiisation might be achieved.—Reuter Wireless. Four Injured In Explosion Sandiego, California, Mar. 9. Four of the crew of the United States submarine Nautilus were injured in the explosion of a crankcase when a hundred miles out at sea. The United States destroyer Barry immediately proceeded at fullspeed to
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  • 164 10 —Reuter Wireless. 9,000 Dissatisfied With Naxidom COMMUNISTS WIPED OUT Berlin, March 8. Thirty thousand people have passed through the concentration camps since Hitler assumed power and there are now roughly 9,000 inside the camps throughout Germany, according to Herr Diehls, Chief of the Prussian secret Police. There are
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  • 76 10 —Reuter Wireless. Because Wife Was A Jewess Berlin, March 7. For the first time in German legal history, the Court has granted a divorce to a Christian merely because his wife was a Jewess. The marriage was contracted before Hitler came into power. The Judge said to pair
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  • 65 10 —Reuter Wireless. Berlin, March 8. Hitler appeared in a new role, that of a salesman, when he opened the Motor Show and urged that it was the duty of every German to purchase a car in order to provide w’ork for the unemployed. Germany, in comparison with
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  • 120 10 the organisations were well financed.—Reuter Wireless. Evidence Of Organised Groups Paris, March 7. Striking evidence of the existence in France of organised groups of citizens, some numbering many thousands, and of quasi-military organisations bearing arms was given before the Commission of Enquiry into the Paris riots on
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  • 122 10 purpose was entirely non-party.—Reuter Wireless. Warsaw, March 7. The trade war between Germany and Poland which has existed since 1925 has been terminated by the protocol signed today by the two countries.—Reuter Wireless. Vienna, March 8. The Earl of Harewood’s second cousin, Mrs. C. C. Waddington, Nee
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  • 148 10 —Reuter. Danger Point Passed 100,000 MEN ON STRIKE Madrid, March 13. The general impression here is that the acute danger point is now passed. Nevertheless considerable unrest continues. A hundred corporations in the Province of Cordova were dismissed as the result of the declaration that they
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  • 92 10 Rugby Radio Service. Reduction Urged By British Chambers Of Commerce London, March 13. A deputation from the Association of the British Chambers of Commerce was received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Henry Morgan, representing the London Chamber of Commerce, said that nothing would be so
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  • 80 10 1. —Reuter Wireless. Novelist Discovers Lost Capital Paris, March 9. The lost capital of the Queen of Sheba is claimed to have been discovered by the French novelist and explorer, M. Andre Malraux, who recently left secretly to explore the Arabian Desert by air. Malraux in a
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  • 56 10 Reuter Wireless. Public Debt Increased By Millions Washington, March 7. Expenditure over the recovery programme has increased the Public Debt by over five thousand million dollars in President Roosevelt’s first year of office. Over half the Treasury’s cash balance of $4,874,000,000 is represented by the profit from devaluation
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  • 60 10 r.—Reuter Wireless. Ten Being Built In Great Britain London, March 9. Sir James Parr, the New’ Zealand High Commissioner, to-day revealed that British shipyards are building at present ten ships for the New Zealand trade. New Zealand has just signed a £lOO,OOO contract with British firms for the
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  • 122 10 —Reuter Wireless. Washington, March 7. At the end of the “critics’ rodeo” at w’hich hundreds of critics of the National Recovery Administration have been airing their views, General Johnson announced that steps are being taken to reduce working hours by ten per cent in all industries that can
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  • 213 10 Seventeen Dead ALL RESCUE ATTEMPTS A FAILURE Bucharest, Mar. 6. At least 17 people are dead as a result of the stranding of an Italian tanker, the Santoni, near Constanta, a seaport on the Black Sea and Rumania’s chief outlet. The tanker was coming
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  • 161 10 3,000 Tons Arrive WEEKLY SHIPMENTS EXPECTED Madras, Feb. 26. Another Japanese steamer, Akibasanmaru, arrived in Madras Harbour to-day with 3,000 tons of rice (roughly 32,000 bags) from Siam. This is the third shipment of cheap Siamese rice imported into Madras during the last twelve days.
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  • 64 10 Doctor’s Finding In Dharbhanga Muzaffarpur, Feb. 16 Dr. J. N. Misra, formerly Inspector of Civil Hospitals, Nepal Government, now practising at Pusa (Darbhanga Dist.states that since the earthquake, he has been collecting samples of sand coming out of the fissures and having tested them concludes that
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  • 103 10 ing the reduction effective.—Reuter Wireless. I Delhi, Feb. 28 Sir Richard Jackson, chairman of the Indian Cotton Inquiry Committee, in a statement here, said he had formed the impression in Sind and the Punjab that there were possibilities of very great expansion of exports of Indian
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  • 2302 11 QUEEN AT THE INDUSTRIES FAIR: NUMEROUS ROYAL PURCHASES: SUPERINTENDENT OF THREE THOUSAND GIRLS: EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK t From Our Own Correspondent.) I London, Feb. 28. royal visitors to the fair ••My enjoyment of the British Industries Fair grows with every visit, and 1
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    • 55 12 PENANG, MARCH 14 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) London Bank Demand 2 4 332 4 mts 2 4 532 Private 3 mjts credit 2’4 7|16 3 Documentary 2[4% On New York Demand 58% nom. France T.T. 875 nom Hongkong T.T. 33% dis nom. Shanghai T.T. 39% dis. nom.
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    • 138 12 MARCH 15 ‘‘At Home” to the Hon. Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe by Chinese Chamber of Commerce, 4.30 p.m. Straits Settlements (Penang) Association, special meeting to consider Tourist Trade, Chamber of Commerce, 5.30 p.m. MARCH 17 Selangor Turf Club Spring Meeting, Kuala Lumpur, Ist day. MONDAY, MARCH 19
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    • 1291 12 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY OO*b share Mat to-day. Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Ayer Weng (Rahman) D. &P. Co. 1.95 2.05 1.95 2.05 I Ayer Hitam I Tin 14 3 14 9 14 3 14
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    • 1091 12 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST names Illi li RUBBEE. 'Dollar.) I c C 1 Allenby Rubber Co. K I £s 1 aAlor Gaiah Rubber Ertate. 70 »5 Amalgamated Malay Estates Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate IJO Aver Kunmg Rubber Estates 15 Aver Molek Rubber Co Aver Panas Rubber Estates! 2? £*s_ Balau
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    • 66 12 1 r Pinanq Gazette Press Ltd. i* 1 i. t MONTHLY CHECK ROLLS Z POCKET CHECK ROLLS NOTE BOOKS Z PENCILS 2 INK 2 GUM g TnTSTrSl Fi 1 S’fieifcrA’SL.* »H»4kr-r in ftfll-iHk Estate Supplies g nnriTTnrrrs ■■■>■■ 1 t J LEDGERS 1 CASH BOOKS DAY-BOOKS LETTERHEADS I MEMORANDUM FORMS
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 194 12 WEDNESDAY —14th MARCH, 1934. WEMBLEY DANCE HALL SPRING FLOOR —RED HOT JAZZ ORCHESTRA Just arrived a few more Charming Hostesses from Shanghai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. 1ST CLASS BAR COLOURED CHINESE NORLIA OPERA FIREWORKS sua batu shah RAJAYAN( DISPLAY BENAR Beats Anything You Have Seen Imported OPEN AIR TALKIE At
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  • 984 13 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule of Principal Lines Tbe following is a list of vessels arriving nnd sailing from Penang during the week: IN PORT TO-DAY < M.S. MANDAR from Tg. Mengeidar, Bagan Si Api Api, Paneh, Berombang and J Asahan. Sails same ports to-day. S.S. SHIRALA to Freemantle, Adelaide, Melbourne
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  • 1083 13 AIR MAIL A mail for Java and Southern Sumatra 1 by train to Singapore and thence by Netherlands India Air Mail Service will be closed at 7 p.m. to-day. A mail for Medan (via Alor Star) by road to Alor Star and thence by Netherlands India Air Mail
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    • 45 13 TO HIRE CAR OR BUS OWNERS Any hire car or bus owner» oporuusg BUTTERWORTH —SUNGEI PAT .INI —ALOR STAB AND BUTTERWORTH—TAIPING —?POH Willing to make contract for dally Journey at specified times write for particulars to T BOX 95, PINANG GAZETTE, l-a, Peni»>»g Street, PENANGL
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 277 13 j w gr h e n s E T R HE JACK HOLT and GENEVIEVE TOBIN I I i WRECKER— FRIGHTENED FACES > he who toppled mighty '"7 a hovering over life and J buildings of stone and death—would he save steel—or she who made SB dWB M thG a
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  • INDIA & CEYLON WEEK BY WEEK
    • 367 14 Indian Chamber President's Advice DISSENSIONS RETARD PROGRESS Karachi, Feb. 25. It is desirable that we should wait and watch the fate of the improvements suggested in the joint memorandum of the Indian delegates anent the White Paper submitted to the Parliamentary Committee, otherwise we will strengthen
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    • 279 14 Six-Year-Old Bill Revived New Delhi, Feb. 27 A long-postponed measure, intended to give the full status of a navy to the Royal Indian Marine, came before the Legislative Assembly. Moving for the appointment of a Select Committee, Mr. G. R. Tottenham, Secretary to the Army Department, said
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    • 406 14 SECOND PARCEL MYSTERY IN SOUTH INDIA GRUESOME FIND AT VILLUPURAM Who is Diraviyam Villupuram, Feb. 24 The gruesome discovery of a woman s body in a parcel at Karunghuzi early in January finds a counterpart in incidents at Villupuram station on Friday night. A dealwood
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    • 183 14 3 Dizzy Men —AND THEN AN ARREST 1 Bangalore, Feb. 21. In attempting to trace a thief, a man! named Mathiah. who called himself a conjuror, has been arrested by the Bangalore C. and M. Station police on a charge of. having administered stupefying drugs
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    • 171 14 Ship Collides With Mooring Boot BOATMAN DROWNED Colombo. Feb. 26 As a result of a collision between a ship and a mooring boat in the harbour on Monday last, a man named Thomas, an occupant of the mooring boat was drowned. While being conducted to her
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    • 458 14 INCREASE IN JUVENILE PRISONERS IN BENGAL Calcutta, Feb. 21. The report on the administration of jails in the Bengal Presidency for the year 1932 states that the number of admissions was 43,695 against 30,727 in 1931 and 36,801 in 1930, while the average daily strength
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    • 120 14 Transportation for Three Others SEQUEL TO HILI STATION RAID Dinajpore, Feb. 27. Four Bengalis were sentenced to death: three, including a Muslim, were sentenced to transportation for life and three others were sentenced to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment on charges in connexion with the Hili
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    • 370 14 Moslem Support Of The Communal Award Calcutta, Feb. 28. The Aga Khan, with the Begum, arrived in Calcutta yesterday, having been invited by Bengal Moslems to meet their leaders to discuss the situation and help in strengthening their organization. The Bengalis are excited about his
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    • 78 14 Harijan Appointed Choultry Clerk Ellore, Feb. 20 A shock has been given to Hindu orthodoxy by the District Board of West Godavari, passing a resolution appointing a Harijan as clerk in the Board’s choultry at Vundrajavaram. Choultries are visited by people of high and low caste,
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    • 139 14 IHlfe W |pg IMPO-WW gl i Wlßßk I W f;.| Hr < i IBM JI Jt tw 1 i x Hill L From a Doctor’s Letter CCT JL have just watched a baby, obviously dying, recover completely, I might almost say, dramatically, when I altered its diet tc Sunshine Glaxo
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    • 1890 15 /T K P i ©.-BRITISH INDIA k!1 ■l4| y /K and APCAR LINES I Incorporated in England) ui* MA,L PASSENCrR «nd CARGO SERVICES > BLUE PUMMEL LIMB TO EUROPE V,A SUEZ From Penang Arrive Marseille* Arrive New York Veeeeta LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. Leaves Dne Mar. Iff PRES. JOHNSON Apr.
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  • 362 16 A. Andres Scores Three Goals DATO KRAMAT FOOTBALL On the Date Kramat ground yesterday evening the Riff-Raffs defeated the Darul Aihsan Football Club by three goals to one in friendly game. It was a fast and well-contested match, with thrills in plenty, and the Riff-Raffs fully deserved
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  • 167 16 Weights For Second Day The following handicaps (four races only) are announced for the second day of the Selangor Turf Club Spring Meeting to be run on Wednesday, March 21 RACE 1 Ponies Class 2 Division 3; 5 furlongs—--4.00 p.m. Bust Up 9.00 Dewi 8.10
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  • 156 16 Young Muslims’ Victory One goal scored by Itam bin Pananteh, inside left of the Young Muslim Union association football team, gave them the victory over the P.C.C. on the Esplanade yesterday afterncon. The P.C.C. attack were unlucky, and the Y. M. U. forwards would have scored considerably
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  • 111 16 Siam Alarmed URGENT QUESTIONS AT ASSEMBLY MEETING (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, March IS. At yesterday’s meeting of the Assembly urgent questions were put as to whether government had heard of current reports of the unusually great collection of Burmese and Indian troops in Singapore at the
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  • 248 16 Judgment Reserved The further litigation in the Ah Quee estate which began yesterday morning in the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley, was continued this morning and concluded at 11.40 when His Lordship reserved judgment. There is a suit pending between Kok Choo*
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  • 75 16 Inter-Team Singles Ties This Week-End The following are the ties (Singles) to be played off this week-end in the InterTeam competition oiganised by the Penang Badminton Association:—■ Saturday, Maich 17: —Limstead Badminton Party v. Highways and Byeways Recreation Party. Court Hu Yew Seah, Referee Mr. Chew Cheng
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  • 103 16 Chinese Husband Who Missed His Money No evidence was offered before Mr. R. J. E. Curtis in the police court on Monday in a case in which a woman named Lam Seek Kui was charged by her husband, Guan Lim, with theft of $2OB from his room. The
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  • 767 16 Annual Report SATISFACTORY FINANCIAL POSITION The following is the report of the Committee of the Penang Municipal Employees’ Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. for the year ended 31st December, 1933, to be presented at the annual general meeting to be held at the Town Hall,
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  • 370 16 Batch Landed Yesterday I ALL IN FINE i CONDITION I I The batch of 22 English maidens imported by the Penang Turf Club to race at their July-August race meeting were landed yesterday morning in Penang by the P. I and O. s.s. “Somali”. The
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  • 67 16 First Match Drawn Launceston, March 13. The Australian team for England drew in the first match against Tasmania. Tasmania scored 345 (Badcock 105, Fleetwood-Smith 5 for 108) and 214 for 8 wickets (Rotherwell 62 Fleetwood Smith 3 for 64). The Australians put up 537 (Woodful 126, McCabe
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  • 69 16 (From Our Own Correspondent., Taiping, March A curious charge against a f cyclist was brought out at the raining Police Court to-day, when one Leo hoc pleaded guilty to “riding a bicycle or e public road without being seated on t e saddle of the bike.”
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  • 59 16 j Wong Hock, a Chinese, was charged the Penang Police Court this morning the theft at 1.30 p.m. on March 13, oi >ne gold earring valued at $2.40, the of a female named Goh Soo Hoon, in Ja Road. I Chief Inspector McQuarrie asked week’s postponement on bail
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    • 30 16 HARMSTON'S CIRCUS r* Nightly X at 9-15 SHOWING AT BURST MERTAJAM 14, 15, 16 MARCH. FARIT BUNTAR 17,. 18, 19 MARCH. PRICES $2.50, $1.50, $l.OO, 50c. 30c. R. BELL, Manager.
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    • 107 16 1 WONDERFUL FIREWORKS DISPLAY WEMBLEY THURSDAY —15th MAUCH, 1934. I THE Most UNIQUE DISPLAY Ever Seen In PENANG I I IN BEAUTIFUL COLOURS I SPECIALLY IMPORTED AT GREAT I EXPENSE FROM CHINA I See a Whole Drama Enacted See Beautify, Ornamental, Weird, and Grotesque Movi»n 9 Figures See the Denizens
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