Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 17 March 1934

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 64. Vol. XCII. SATURDAY. MARCH 17. 1934. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 244 1 .—Rugbv Radio Service. ADVANTAGE OF GREATER EXPERIENCE RECORD CROWD EXPECTED FOR CALCUTTA CUP MATCH ENGLAND EXPECTED TO WIN London, March 16. Iwo immensely popular sporting’ events take place in London to-morrow afternoon—the University boat race and the international rugby match between England and Scotland.
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  • 108 1 —Reuter. Economic Agreement Reached Rome, March 17. T! ianubian Economic Agreement rea-■n-i tween Italy, Austria and Hungary '’■il signed to-morrow. The agreement political and economic and it is un•lrr. 4 affirms the intention of the signa'hi > ’o collaborate for the restoration of > D.riubian States. It also
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  • 61 1 —Reuter. Substantial Reduction Insisted Upon House of Representative by a single i''• <ssed a resolution insisting on a sub1 reduction in the figure of $llB 1: ns approved by the Senate for veteallowances for disability payments nsicns compared with $9O millions I 0 “'1 by the bill originally
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  • 45 1 Not Expected To Visit Singapore Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, March 17. I J 'Kes disembarked off Malacca S “Carthage” made a special eric Geddes is accompanied by H Ascoli, managing director ot Rubber Company. It is not that they wi” visit Singapore.
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  • 210 1 Dies Of Pneumonia And Bronchitis London, March 16. The death took place to-day of the Rev. Basil Graham Bourchier, who was Rector j of St. Anne’s, Soho, from 1930 until he went on a health trip to South Africa. The Rev. Bourchier preached a farewell sermon at
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  • 42 1 .—Reuter. R.F.C. Chairman’s Proposals Washington, March 16. With a view to stimulating business rethe relexation ol credit Chairman of the Reconstruction Fmance Corporation has “utamtte o purwill be empowered to lend exporters P by a system government owned export banks.-Reute
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  • 63 1 Export Becoming Still More Difficult (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, March 16. It is reported that as from April 1 the import of rice from Siam in Indo-China will be prohibited. India is also to take similar action. The province of Fukien has raised the import duty on
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  • 125 1 —Reuter. On Trial Before Special Tribunal Rome, March 16. Four Anti-Fascists accused of plotting against the life of Mussolini by exploding a bomb at St. Peter’s appeared before the Special Tribunal for the Defence of the State to-day. Armed Militia and Blackshirts guarded the ccurt. One of the accused,
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  • 37 1 —Reuter. Commercial Agreement Initialled Paris, March 17. A Franco-Dutch Commercial Agreement has been initialled wliereby France restores to 100 per cent, all Dutch quotas in return for Holland maintaining French ex- ports at the 1933 level—
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  • 129 1 .—Reuter. Unjust Section In Hew Bill LINDBERGH BEFORE COMMITTEE Washington, March 16. Col. Lindbergh to-day told the Senate Committee that he considers unjust a section in the new Air Mail Bill limiting the right cf private companies to bid for new contracts and declared that private
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  • 86 1 —Reuter. Scathing Denunciation As Practised To-day Paris, March 16. A scathing denunciation of amateurism as practised to-day and warnings against the lure of professionalism are contained in the report of the International Committee appointed no revi.-e the definition of an amateur. It is decided that national associations will be
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  • 44 1 Rugby Radio Service. London, March 16. Total amount applied for in Treasury Bills to-day was £74,770,000. The amount allotted for bills at three months was £40,000,000. The average rate per cent, was 15s. 6.22 d as compared with 18s 0.77 last week.
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  • 128 1 —Reuter. 45 Million Marks Gold Lost NOTE COVER ONLY 8 PER CENT. Berlin, March 16. The sensational statement that the Reichsbank during the past week had lost 45 million marks gold, so that the actual cover of the bank’s note circulation now amounted to only eight per cent,
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  • 88 1 —Reuter. House Of Representatives To Vote Washington, March 16. Declaring, we are going to test silver in the House, Mr. Rainey, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, announces he will permit the House to vote on March 19 on silver bills. Mr. Rainey’s action is apparently prompted
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  • 87 1 —Reuter. Obtains A Rumanian Visa Athens, March 16. The rumour that Insull was under arrest aboard the “Maiotis” was emphatically denied by Premier Tsaldaris in an interview with rteuter. He said that Insull’s return was required because although under supervision he escaped and broke the laws governing entry
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  • 103 1 and Hendon was placed second.- Madras Mail. Ceylon Turf Figures Heavily Fined Madras, Mar. 5. An official notification of the Madras Race Club states that jockey L. Davison and trainer Dave Rosen of Ceylon have been fined Rs. 500 each for misbehaviour in the jockeys’ dressing
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  • 153 1 Special Committee Receives Report GOVERNMENT'S ASSURANCE London, March 16. A special committee on Japanese competition representing all section* of the British cotton and artificial silk industries met at Manchester to-day to receive the report on the breakdown of the Anglo-Japanese discussions. The negotiating committee were thanked for
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  • 99 1 —Rugby Radio Service and Reuter. Bill Referred To Committee New Delhi, March 16. After four days debate the Legislative Assembly referred to a select committee the Textile Protection Bill giving effect to the Indo-Japanese and the Bombay—Lancashire agreements. Sir Joseph Bhore, for the government, emphasised the political
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  • 207 1 Claim For Share In Kongsi The appeal of Tan Ee Khian against a decision of Mr. Justice Mills in the Supreme Court occupied the attention of the full Court of Appeal in Singapore on Thursday before Sir Walter Huggard (Chief Justice), Mr. Justice Thorne and Mr. Justice Gerahty,
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  • 478 3 Shed For Army "At Home" GUARD AS TROOPS MEET FAMILIES Southampton, Feb. 25. To the strains of “Blaydon Races,” led by the Battalion's band, the Ist Batt. Northumberland Fusiliers’ troopship, the Dorsetshire, docked at Southampton, three hours ahead of schedule. Hundreds of eager
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  • 109 3 Unfortunate Comment On Earthquake Sir Rabindanath Tagore, the Indian poet, has rebuked Mahatma Gandhi for allegedly declaring that the recent earthquake was divine vengence on the inhabitants of Bihar for their adherence to the doctrine of untouchability. "It has caused me a painful surprise,” says the poet,
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  • 385 3 Segrave's Speed Beaten At Southport HITCH OVER TRACK Southport, Feb. 25. Jack Field, formerly of Halifax, who is to attempt the British Empire motor record on the Southport sands, had a tryout with his Silver Bullet and beat the speed set up by Segrave at Southport
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  • 318 3 Funds Raised By Handcuff Escapes Northampton, Feb. 17. The Rev. Louis A. Ewart is Britain s most versatile parson. Not only does he fill his church every Sunday, but during the six remaining -days of the week he keeps his congregation gasping with amazement at the
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  • 827 4 Furrier Evidence Recorded CASE ADJOURNED There was a sequel tc the death cl Kesai Singh who was assaulted at the race course last year, and died as a result of the injuries he received when a chai o c of giving fa’se evidence was preferred against Bhagavan
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    • 816 4 ADVOCATES SOLICITORS ORDINANCE 1934 (To the Editor of the ‘Pinang Gazette”) Sir, —The Advocates and Solicitors Ordinance 1934 and the observations thereon by the Malayan Law Journal. I agree with the observations of the Malayan Law Journal thereon, but going a step higher, I respectfully submit that the clause 7
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  • 510 4 All available accommodation in the Government Houses and Bungalows at Fraser’s Hill has been booked over the Easter Holidays A Certificate of Naturalisation has been granted to Mr. David Lim Gim Boon. Mr. A. E. Brooker, Manager, Budu Estate, Pahang, leaves for Home on furlough in the
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  • 232 4 Gamester In Arrears Discharged Many Chinese were find sums of $3 and $1 each in the Police Court yesterday morning for gaming at various addresses in Penang. Lau Lan, however, had to disprove a more seriously punished offence of being the owner or occupier
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  • 374 5 Govt. Trade School Beaten At Football I FIVE GOALS TO NIL The Chinese Recreation Club beat the Government Trade School at football by five goals to nil yesterday evening. The i score was a fair indication of the run of the play. The club pressed from
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  • 190 5 Defendant Cross-Summons Inspector The first of two cross-summonses was heard before Mr. J. M. Brander on Thursday, when Inspector Tan Teck Chew prosecuted the proprietor of Chop Ban Teck Hin, of Serangoon Road, for obstruction of the five-foot way. The cross-summons against Inspector Tan Teck Chew is that
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  • 111 5 Employee Of Tan Kah Kee In Court Mention was made on Thursday morning of Tan Kah Kee’s affairs with regard to the payment of the wages of their employees when a Chinese appeared before Mr. Norman Grice, the second magistrate, and pleaded that he had not yet
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  • 782 5 AGREEMENT WITH THE ALL-ENGLAND CLUB i, An extraordinary general meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association was held in Lon- don on Feb. 21 for the purpose of consider- ing and approving or rejecting a proposed new agreement with the All-England Lawn *j Tennis and Croquet Club and the
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  • 492 5 What They Have In i Common Miss Mae Quong, of China, lectured recently at the Royal Dublin Society, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Miss Quong, who appeared in Chinese dress, took as her subject, “Old China: Her Culture, Wit and Wisdom.” She began by greeting her audience in
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  • 161 5 Chinese On Cheating Charge A charge of cheating w r as brought against a Chinese named Giap Yeoh Meng in the Penang Police Court yesterday morning, in that he falsely represented to Tan Boon Tan that he w'as handing over a cloth-bound parcel of forged notes and thereby
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  • 64 5 Tamil Drama To Aid Relief Fund A Tamil Drama in aid of His Excellency I the Viceroy’s Earthquake Relief Fund will be held in the Town Hall, Penang, to-day •at 8.30 p.m. under the distinguished patronage oi the Hcn’ble the Resident Councillor, and Mrs. Goodman, the President, Municipal
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  • 2576 6 IRELAND BEATEN FOR FIRST TIME AT MURRAYFIELD SUPERIORITY OF HOME BACKS Scottish Team for Twickenham SCOTLAND beat Ireland at Murrayfield Edinburgh, by 16 points (3 goals (1 penalty) 1 try) to 9 points (3 tries) in the Rugby international championship. It was the first Scottish victory over
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  • 1165 7 EFFECTS OF WESTERN CULTURE ON CHINESE CHINA to-day needs not the Chauvinist who says he is not al laid to die tor his country. China needs the patriot who is truly not afraid to live for his country, wrote Pearl S. Buck. There is great wisdom
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  • 374 7 Plan To Expand Manchukuo Empire? The annexation of Eastern Mongolia by Manchuria before the end of this year, to be followed by another invasion into North China, is the programme mapped out by the Japanese military, according to a Chinese report. Shanghai, Mar. 14. A Chinese source
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  • 67 7 15 Girls Arrested In Canton Canton. Fifteen pretty girls, dressed as students, have being arrested among 40 people taken by the police as suspected communist agents. All the arrests were made in Iccal schools and colleges and all those now under lock and key are young people. Lately
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  • 98 7 Japanese Scatters Coins In The Diet A man who threw a number of coins on to the floor of the Japanese Diet recently told the police he did it in the hope that absentee members of the Diet would read about it, and decide to put in
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  • 49 7 To Be Registered By April 26 In conformity with instructions from the Ministry of Interior, the Shanghai Bureau of Public Safety has issued a circular notice instructing that all temples and monasteries within its jurisdiction must be registered with the Bureau not later than April 26, 1934.
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  • 176 7 Launch Said To Have Been Overloaded While investigation was being conducted by the Hupeh provincial authorities into the recent shipping tragedy in which about 400 hundred persons are believed to have been drowned on the Yangtse when the Chinese steamer Yuyuan sank at Tushuenkow, another disaster, the
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  • 412 7 Adverse Balance In January An unfavourable trade balance of Cu->-toms Gold unit 21,764.468 or §46,960,(27, was reported in China’s foreign trade for the month of January. The exports for the first month of the year were valued at C.G.U. 12,877.738, or $24,235,903, while the imports during the same
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  • 42 7 Given Wide Berth By Tourists Owing to the recent bandit outrages, the number of foreigners passing through Manchukuo has considerably diminished, states a Chang-chun message,. Tourists in January numbered only 23, a decrease of 70 per cent, from the monthly average.
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  • 32 7 The Reich police recently seized a shipment of forged five-Reichsmark coins from China. These were hidden in hollow Chinese statuettes, each of which contained 145 coins, says a Berlin message.
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  • 1056 7 AGAINST ANCIENT CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS ‘4 THE sudden switch over from the thunderings and threatenings of the Tangpu’s and the various committees bent upon uniting China by forcing the people to ape the customs of another world by the adoption of a different calendar, which has
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  • 694 8 hen we wrote in these columns a tew days ago on the question of planters' salaries, and that the time had come for a general increase consequent on the better price for rubber, we had no idea at the time that this discontent had been so pronounced and
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  • 670 8 Mr. Lim Cheng Law's Suggestion FILM OF INDUSTRIES AND AND BEAUTY SPOTS The following is a copy of the letter sent by Mr. Lint Cheng Dow to the President of the Straits Settlements Associations <Penang Branch) in connection with Thursday's largely attended meeting at the Chamber
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  • 1397 8 I have just been reading (or failing to read) one of those novels which are glee-, fully acclaimed as “inconsequent,’ “deli-1 ciously absurd,” and so on. I do not dispute, the adjectives. The characters continually j did and said that which had nothing to do. with the case; “absurdity”
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  • 1015 9 POLICE INSPECTOR'S VIEVtfS, AND LAWYER'S 1 JAPANESE CLOTH IN ACTION AGAINST INDIAN TRADER I I I Considerable argument on the legal defi-j nition of every-day words was heard in the Criminal District Court on Thursday, when' an Indian merchant was summoned for be-i ing in possession
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  • 314 9 OFFICIAL TIMETABLE OF IMPERIAL AIR ROUTE Further to the provisional notice issued on March 1 it is now confirmed that im- portant changes in Imperial Airways Time Table will come into effect shortly whereby the schedule for the journey from feinga- pore to London and vice
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  • 164 9 A Portable Poultry Farm Acting on information that a Chinese amah named Wong Kam Hor was board-, ing a bus from Sungei Glugor with unduty paid liquor in her possession, Revenue Officers intercepted the vehicle at 11.10 a.m. yesterday and found three bottles
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  • 1245 9 EUROPEANS IN INCIDENT! OUTSIDE CAPiTOL Magistrate Dismisses Charges Brought By Chauffeur Five Europeans, R. W. Stainforth, A. J. Thursfield, H. L. King, F. A. Spenceley and J. Angus, appeared before Mr. J. M. Blander. the Singapore fourth Magistrate, on Thursday, in answer to a
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  • 89 9 Ex-Chief Clerk Of Water Department The death occurred early last Thursday morning ci Mr. Ong Seang Wan, ex-chief clerk oY the Municipal water engineer s office, at his residence in Western Road. Deceased had not been in the best o. health for some time.
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  • 112 9 TIN-SPOT YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £234-17-6 £233-0-0 TIN— (3 Months) London £233-10-0 £234-0-0 Singapore $177.37% $116.75. Business Done Penang $117% Business Done 25 tons COPRA (Sundried) $3.00 $3.00 BLACK PEPPER $17.50 $lB.OO RUBBER London 32d. New York 1 2c.(G) 11 3J6c.(G) Singapore Spot 18 %c. 17 %c. Apl.JJune 18
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  • 70 10 ON FORTY CANTONESE HOUSES MAJORITY WILL BE RELEASED (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, March 17. In one of the most extensive raids ever carried out in Singapore 313 persons were arrested this morning. Simultaneous raids were made on forty houses occupied by Cantonese. Practically
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  • 298 10 Reuter. LANCASHIRE'S ONE-SIDED DEMANDS ANGLO-JAPANESE COMMERCIAL TREATY MAY BE DENOUNCED OUTBREAK OF TARIFF WAR Tokio, March 16. Attributing the responsibility for the rupture of the cotton trade conference solely to Lancashire's one-sided demands, the Japanese press and industrialists express regret that an agreement is
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  • 142 10 Rugby Radio Service. No Increase Despite Restrictions London, March 15. rile Minister of Agriculture, replying to a Commons question, said he was aware that, despite the restrictions imposed, there had been practically no increase in the wholesale prices of beef. With regard to the immediate future, reduction of
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  • 47 10 Reuter. Death Of Well-Known Peking Anatomist Pciping, March 16. Professor Davidson Black, Professor of Anatomy, Peking Union Medical CoL lege, died of heart failuie while sitting at his desk in the Rockefeller hospital. The late Professor was famous for his works on the “Peking-Man.
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  • 53 10 —Reuter. Gas And Electricity Staffs ARMY OCCUPY POWER STATIONS Paris, March 16. The strike of the employees of the gas and electricity undertakings throughout Catalonia was declared at midnight, according to a message from Barcelona. Twenty-eight thousand are affected and the technical services of the army have occupied
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    124 10 —Reuter. By Failure Of Electric Current Vatican City, March 15. The failure of the recently installed lift from the Vatican to St. Peter's led to an* embarrassing situation this evening. Ten thousand pilgrims were waiting for the Pope to participate in the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
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  • 144 10 The Rescue Operations Held Up I Moscow, March 9 j The ill-fated crew of the ice-breaker Chel- yuskin is still as far as ever from rescue since extremely unfavourable weather conI ditions have hitherto prevented any furI ther aeroplane flights from Cape Wellen. The steamer Leningrad bringing fuel
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  • 79 10 Question Of Native Quotas London, March 9. The negotiations regarding the question of native rubber quotas bear, firstly, on the quotas to be attributed to the Netherlands Indies plantations prior to 1925, and, secondly, those to be attributed to plantations established since, and those having grafted trees. The
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  • 226 10 —Reuter. America Controls The Market SAFEGUARDING TRADE WITH CHINA London. March 16. Silver is arousing keen interest in London. Mr. Morgenthau’s statement that he is opposed to any action at present is being interpreted as very bearish and as is pointed out from all quarters, America
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  • 82 10 Dutch And Australian Co-operation Medan. Mar. 12. In connection with the reported discovery of a rich gold deposit in New Guinea, two directors of the Billiton Company have arrived in Netherlands India. Meanwhile, it is reported that negotiations have taken place between Mr. F. W. Baker of
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  • 41 10 Dutch Party Leaves To Study Them Medan, Mar. 12. A party of Dutch hotel proprietors have left for Japan in order to make a study of Japanese hotels. The party will stay in Japan at least three week.
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  • 82 10 Murdered And Robbed Native Missionaries i Medan, Mar. 12. In connection with the sentence of death passed on four Bataks by the native court at Tarutung for the murder of a missionary and his wife, last July the Governor-' General has confirmed the sentences on the ringleader.
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  • 43 10 Netherlands Indian*! talian Talks Medan, Mar. 12. Successful negotiations have recently taken place between Italy and Netherlands India for the exchange of products. It is stated that the Colonial Department is now trying to fix similar negotiations with France and Czechoslovakia.
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  • 475 10 Accused Deny Charge INFORMER SMOKED HIS OWN CHANDU The adjourned hearing into the cases in which two men and a woman were| charged with offences under the Chandu Ordinance was concluded yesterday before Mr. B. F. Bridge, District Judge, Penang, who reserved his judgment till March
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  • 88 10 His Berlin Interests I Liquidated I I Berlin, March 9. I That Max Reinhardt has liquidated all his theatrical enterprises in Berlin is announced to-day (Friday) by the ReichsGovernment Gazette. Dr. Julius Lubzynski, who has acted as Reinhardt’s adviser for many years, has resigned from the board of
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  • 39 10 —Reuter. New $100,000,000 Offer Washington, March 16. Mr. Morgenthau has invited bids for $100,000,000 91-day Treasury Bills dated March 21 maturing on June 20 which will be sold to the highest bidder at a discount basis.
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  • 37 10 Batavia, Mar. 12. Unilevers, who are building a soap factory in Batavia, have placed large orders for machinery with Netherlands Indian factories. There is much satisfaction in Java as a result of this development.
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  • 134 10 courts of honour would decide. —Reuter Wireless. Control Of German Industries I Berlin, March 13. I The leader of the economic organisation which will control industries is a Nazi, Herr Phillip Ktsaler, Chairman of Bergi mann's Electric Company and Hitler’s industrial adviser. Krupp von Bohlen wall head the
    courts of honour would decide.—Reuter Wireless.  -  134 words
  • 234 10 i Accused Woman Who Had No Witnesses At the conclusion of the trial of Salleah i binte Ahmad, an Arab woman, who I claimed to be the widow of a European named Clarke, before Mr. Norman Grice, I the Singapore second magistrate, accused was convicted on a charge
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  • NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA:
    • 149 11 "SMITHY’S" SOUTHERN CROSS Still Going Strong Air-Commodore Sir Kingsford Smith’s famous aeroplane the Southern Cross, in which he made his trans-Pacific flights in 1928 and in which he is making another flight from Sydney to New Zealand, has already travvelled 300,000 air miles, the majority of which
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    • 243 11 Buffalo Shooters Start New Industry A number of buffalo shooters in Northern Queensland are tuining their attention to crocodile shooting in the wet season when they can no longer hunt buffalos. This is proving a profitable although risky occupation. The pioneers of the industry, how’ever, consider it just
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    • 145 11 Preacher Wears Out 7 Bibles And 86 Pairs Of Boots For 36 years Philip Lewis has w’andered over Australia preaching the gospel. He has just returned to Sydney after one of his long treks. Lewis admits that he w’as a lively young man at
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    • 68 11 Another Ship To Be Built Australia is adding to its navy a sloop which is being built at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia’s Devonport, at the cost of £275,000. This work says Austral News, is part of a plan which may possibly mean the spending of a £1,000,000 a
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    • 93 11 Bananas At One Penny A Dozen Australia, at the moment, is a fruitarian’s paradise. It has seldom been so plentiful and prices so low. At Melbourne, recently, bananas were sold at Id a dozen. 281bs, of figs were sold for 1/s oranges at 6d a dozen, peaches at
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    • 1159 11 8.8. C. WIRELESS PROGRAMMES TO-DAY I 7.4s—England v. Scotland: A short I half-time summary, followed by a For the Straits Settlements and Federal- 1 running commentary on the second nd Malay States from the Empire transmit- half of the International Rugby Car Daventry, TPngland. Football Match, by Captain H.B.T. Two
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  • 719 12 SHARE MARKET REPORT Penang, March 16. This week has witnessed a welcome revival of interest in local tin and rubber shares with the result that in many instances prices have hardened. The price of the metal has advanced £2-12-6 to £233-10-0 (after touching £234-5-0) whilst rubber has
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  • 70 12 The output of the Tin Bentcng No Liability foi the first half of March 1934 was hours 272, piculs 75, cubic yards 23,100. The c ’.tput of Rangeng Tin No Liability fc the fust half of March 1934 was hours 280 piculs 320, cubic yards 45,000. The cutput
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  • 119 12 Latest Quotations Friday Thursday Paris 77 13 32 77 15 32 New York 5 08 5 09 Y Montreal o-09’£ 5.09% 21.84 v 2 21.86% Geneva Amsterdam 7.57 59 13 32 59 15 32 Berlin 12.83% 12.83/3 Stockholm 19 39% «UM?- 22 A 0 122% 122%
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  • 77 12 Municipality Of George Town The health statement for the Municipality of George Town for the month of February 1934, shows a total of 261 deaths--14 7 males and 114 females —the death-rate being 21.38 per mille, compared with 22.35 in the preceding month and with 22.31 the corresponding
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  • 107 12 MARCH 17 Selangor Turf Club Spring MeetingJ Kuala Lumpur, Ist day. MONDAY, MARCH 19 Board of Licensing Justices quarterly meerting, District Court, 2.15 p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 20 Government Servants’ Thrift and Loan Society Ltd., annual meeting, Government’s office, Government Buildings, 4.15 p.m. Penang Football Association, annual general
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  • 80 12 During the week ending 10th March, 1934, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 22,840 cases of which 17,104 cases were to the United Kingdom, 950 cases to the Continent of Europe, 750 cases to Canada, and 4,036 cases Elsewhere. Total exports for the period Ist January,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 80 12 O OUT IN W/?U THE DAMP Don't get wet and run the 1 r s k a catarrh and A sore throat! Protect yourself against them with Evans' Pastilles. Doctors everywhere recommend them. (jy .<• Made in England to a formula of Ef y Liverpool Throat Hospital EVANS’ Pastilles 9
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    • 414 12 Greatest Discovery IN FOUNTAIN W|l W pen history YOU may not believe it until you see it, the new Parker Vacumatic holds 102% more ink without any increase in y size! New iridescenl barrel (leak-proof, non-breakable) sets k new fashion. ReversiI|k gWIW hie gold point. At all good dealers. W
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 181 12 GRAND WEEK-END ATTRACTIONS SATURDAY —17th MARCH, 1934. WEMBLEY ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT DANCING SPOT D iK I VK T h OT gr SA warded Just arrived a few more Charming Hostesses from Shanghai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. IST CLASS BAR SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF "CHIC GRACE" EUROPEAN COMEDY ACROBATS GYMNAST Direct From
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  • 1118 13 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule of Principal Lines i The following is a list of vessels arriving fluid sailing Cr Penang during the week: IN PORT TO-DAY S.S. TALMA to Rangoon and Calcutta. S.S. KUALA from Tongkah, Kopah, Renong. S.S. DUYMAER VAN TWIST from Belawan, Asahan and Paneh. Sails same ports
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  • 1271 13 AIR MAILS A mail for Siam (Bangkok) by road to Alor Star and thence by Imperial Airways, will be closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday. A mail for Burmah (Rangoon) by road to Alor Star and thence by Imperial Airways, will be closed at 7 p.m. on Sunday.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 34 13 SELLING MADE EASY—Times are bard ho there is no need to ofter that article at a "thro»awas vice." Send atom? a small advertisement to th‘Pinang Gazette" and dispose of it at a sat.sfactor) figure.
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    • 45 13 EE aKBSSM CLOTH-LINED ENVELOPES Sizes. Prices. ’Six 6 SS.GO per 100 15 $5.00 per 100 12 x 5 J $4.50 per 100 !1| x 5 s4.l’ 0 per 100 II x 5 $3.00 per IGO TO CLEAR. ’I Pri.ang GaxeHo Press, Ltd. VA. PINANG BTWKET.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 63 13 Don't Miss This Great Week-End Entertainment! POSITIVELY LAST 3 SHOWS'— 2.45 6.15 9.30 The Brilliant English Stage Success 'SERVICE LOOKING FORWARD "1 with LIONEL BARRYMORE BENITA HUME COLIN CLIVE ELIZABETH ALLAN To-Morrow Opening 2.45 Matinee YOU SIMPLY MUST "MEET THE BARON" M-G-M's Screamingly Funny Comedy with Jack Pearl Jimmy Durante
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    • 100 13 jßj j n fo|! M BFAVJI H Hjw Buj Thu 6-15 OPENING TO-NIGHT 930 MATINEE TO-MORROW AT 2.45 P.M. UNITED ARTISTS’ Terrific Exposition of the inside story of America’s Smuggling Gang Cover The I Waterfront’ WITH CLAUDETTE COLBERT BEN LYON ERNEST TORRENCE HELL TURNED LOOSE, down there on the waterfront..
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    • 44 13 ftp, a RAI iff Affifi A ffil TO-DAY AT 2.45 6.15 9.30 I fl NOEL COWARDS —T" i Booking at the Theatre 'Phone 1355 I NEXT CHANGE "THE MAN WHO DARED" J Enthralling Story ct a Man Who Lived and Died in Newspaper Headlines.
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  • 1161 14 "IN REALITY IT WAS A TERRIBLE FAILURE By Admiral of the Fleet Sir ROGER KEYES fI M,P. (in th/} Daily Telegraph) At one p.m. on Jan. 23, 1915, I sailed from Harwich in the destroyer Lurcher, preceded by the Firedrake and eight sub- 1
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  • 246 14 Liquor Shipped In A Small Vessel I Mr. Lim Kiam Beng, the manager of the Ho Hong Steamship Co., was given I a nominal fine of $1 by the Singapore District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, for imj porting liquor in a vessel of under 100 tons net
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 486 14 This BIG brush givas decay a chance #rx by not fitting the inside curve— BAD F,T HERE 1 h>] PITS HERE HERE <w HERE JM 'W'a T I Tek, with its scientific short head, o-, *A\K fits everywhere, Mso- vvVIX cleans every tooth \<p 7" *y* YA Johnson’s Y V•
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    • 95 14 x xil Jn Hf xzx. J m/ j-- 7 jf I KN 1, V S W i I|L S. E N T Wslß FOR ALL MALAYA 'V FRASER NEAVE, LTD. Distributors. Pinanq Gazette Press Ltd. MONTHLY CHECK ROLLS > ■x 8 Z POCKET CHECK ROLLS NOTE BOOKS > PENCILS INK
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    • 1815 15 A P- ©.-BRITISH INDIA" I i j J I I /k Kk 1\ y J M I 1 I /K\ and apcar lines JQl— (Companies IncarLorated Ln F.nr (and) INU eiinz»be uia MAIL PASSENGER .nd CARGO SERVICES BLUE PUMMEL LIME TO EUROPE V,A SUEZ From Penang Arrive Marseilles Arrive New
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  • 206 16 No Pay, No Play Is Sound Advice PACKS OF UNUSED CARDS IN DRAWER I Tan Au Lye. a Chinese arrested when; 134 Victoria Street was raided by the Police at 9.15 p.m. last night, was brought into the Penang Police Court this morning where
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  • 306 16 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR CHURCH OF ENGLAND sth Sunday in Lent 8 a.m. Matins and Litany. PSXXII. Hymn 107. 8 30—Holy Communion. 9.30 Holy Communion Tamil. 6 p.m. Evensong. PSLI 138. Magnificat 144. Nunc Dimittis 59. St. Patrick’s Breast plate. Hymns 108 and 332. W EDNESDAY—B a.m. Holy
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  • 98 16 Chinese Relatives In Penang A Chinese named Lim Boon Cheong pleaded guilty in the Penang Police Court this morning to stowing away on board the S.S. Ipoh cn a voyage from Port Swettenham: he had r>o money and no belongings, but wished to communicate with his
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  • 522 16 Few Scratchings FINAL SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY There are only three scratchings for today's races at Kuala Lumpur, the first day of the Spring Meeting. The horses not accepting are Wonderful and Asluj in Race 5 and Stoker in Race 8, which probably means that Trainer
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  • 149 16 Mr. Hazell Gives Exhilarating Display TRIBUTE TO KOK YING’S PLAY On Thursday evening at Victoria Green Mr. Denis Hazell, the well-known tennis player, partnered by Goon Kok Ying defeated Wat Hye and Wat Sun in an exhibition game by 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Partnered by Wat Hye,
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  • 134 16 Tea-Party At Cheang Chew Association The Nanyang Cheang Chew Association entertained the Hon. Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe to a tea-party yesterday evening in honour of his appointment as a member of the Legislative Council. There was a large attendance of prominent Chinese. Mr. Yeoh
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  • 1210 16 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The following are the latest quotations In MESSRS. KENNEDY CO'S share Mst to-day. Yesterday To-day Buyers Seilers Buyers Sellers RUBBER Allenby 1.05 1.15 1.00 1.10 Amal. Malay 2.00 2.25 2.10 2.25 Bassett 50 60 55 60 B. Lin tang 87 92% 87%
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 74 16 Eastern Oriental Hotel PENANG. IDEALLY SITUATED MODERN SANITATION THROUGHOUT EXCELLENT CUISINE UNDER EUROPEAN CHEF TO-NIGHT Dinner Dance Music By THE E. O. ORCHESTRA ’Phone 322 Telegrams Hoteleando Ti TxT ATCH THIS XX COLUMN THE GREATEST ROLE ANY ACTOR EVER PLAYED Played By The Greatest Actor Of Them All (i _I
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    • 33 16 H ARMSTON’S CIRCUS BOZ Nightly > SHOWING AT PARIT BUNTAR 17. 18. 19 MARCH. TAIPING 20, 21. 22. 23 MARCH. MATINEE 21 MARCH, 4-15. PRICES 82.50, f 1.50, $l.OO, 50c. 30c. R. BELL, Manager.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 38 16 WEATHER REPORT Temperature Wind Rainfall 6 a.m. 76 E 7 m.m. Noon 85 N TIDE TABLE I To-day High Water Low Water 1.26 a.m. 7.55 a.m. 1.52 p.m. 8.20p.m. To-morrow 1.58 a.m. 8.23 a.m. 2.19 p.m. 8.52 p.m.
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