Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 August 1934

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1888. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 187. Vol. XCII. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10. 1934. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT NATIONALISES SILVER
    909 1 NECESSARY TO INCREASE AND STABILISE DOMESTIC PRICES AND TO PROTECT UNITED STATES' FOREIGN COMMERCE Washington, August 9. President Roosevelt has issued an executive order nationa.sing silver at a price of 50.01 cents an ounce under the Silver urchase Act. The proclamation declares that the proportion of
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    PRINCE OTTO
    73 1 mure question of the restoration.—Reuter Wire-| less. Austrian Pretender To Visit Italy Via Reggio, August 9. Prince Otto, the pretender to the Austrian throne is expected to arrive to-night. His party includes Prince Bourbon of Parma and Duchess of Luxemburg. The visit j has led to the belief
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    NEW CRUISER LAUNCHED
    32 1 pany Limited, Greenock— Rugby Radio Service. London, August 9. The new 2,500 tons cruiser, Galatea,” was launched to-day from the yard of Scott’s Shipbuilding and Engineering ComplyUmiled, Greenock.-Rugby Radio
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    ANOTHER SOLDIER HANGED
    39 1 Reuter Wireless. Assault On Austrian Chance’lery Vienna, August 9. The Court Mart al passed sentence of death on ano her soldirr for participation in the assau’t on the Chancellery. The condemnec 1 ma-' v."*~ subsequently hanged.
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    GERMAN CABINET CHANGES
    100 1 Reuter. Official Announcement After V 'lebiscite Berlin. August 9. Cabinet char are pending but an official announ expected until after the plebiscite on august 19. It seems likely that the vice-presidency and the vice-chancellorship will be united and one man will fill the role of Deputy Reichs
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    London, August 9.
    33 1 Rugby Radio Service. The Viceroy, Lord Willingdon and Lady Willingdon will leave Croydon by air for India on Saturday. His Private Secretary and Aide De Camp, will fly with them.
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    MARKET DOES AWAIT CAMERON HIGHLANDS PRODUCE
    1807 1 MR. GORDON GRAHAM ON NEED FOR GREATER PUBLICITY SUPPORT FOR "CAMERONS CALLING" 1 hat a definite market awaits Cameron Highlands produce was stressed by Mr. Gordon Graham, the President of the Cameron Highlands Society, at a quarterly meeting at the Highlands Club, Lubok Tamang,
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      2336 2 KATES FOR CASUAL notice PENANG HILL HOE E .Jl < i Sl OTOR BANKS ADVERTISEMENTS RAILWAY Government of Kelantan CLASS HONG KONG AND THE MERCANTILE All communications relating to I 7ND CLASS SHANGHAI BANKING OF INDIA, LIMITED Advertisements should be addressed to The attention of the PobEe is CORPORATION (7«oorpor<rtM
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    Latest Details Of Divorce Procedure In The Colony
    5633 3 Rules Made Under The Ordinance The following rules as to procedure, costs and fees under the Divorce Ordinance were tabled in the form of a special paper at the last meeting of the Legisalative Council. 1. Proceedings under the Ordinance shall be
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    Annual Inter – School Sports
    668 4 Annual Inter School Sports IF ©if ©feg©ir W TAIPING SCHOOL WINS CHAMPIONSHIP KEE YONG CHIN INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION The eighteenth annual Inter-School Athletic Sports for the Glugor Shield were held yesterday on the Esplanade in the presence of several thousands of school 4x>ys and a large gathering of spectators which included
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    PENANG BOY SCOUTS’ ASSOCIATION
    172 4 Australian Jamboree, Melbourne Malaya will be represented by a contingent and it is proposed to send at least one patrol from Penang. In order to carry this out a Special Fund must be raised. Donations will be gratefully acknowledged in the Press, however small. Messrs. Brown,
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    TAIPING TURF CLUB AMATEUR MEETING
    460 4 Weights And Selections For To-day CARD OF EIGHT EVENTS Below will be found the weights for today’s races at Taiping, the first day of the Amateur Meeting, togther with selections, by Tic-Tac RACE 1 Ponies 3, Division 2, about 5 furlongs, 2.30 p.m. Little Pat
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    HAMMOND SCORES 302 NOT OUT
    100 4 Rugby Radio Service. His Highest in England WOOLLEY HONOURED BY KENT London, August 9. Hammond, the Gloucestershire cricketer, made 302 not out in the match against Glamorgan, the highest score he has ever made in England. Hammond heads the first class cricket averages with the
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    NOTTS BEATEN BY AN INNINGS
    83 4 Reuter. County Cricket FREEMAN AND MARRIOTT IN FORM London, August 9. Essex defeated Somersetshire by ten wickets. Somerset 60 (Fames 4 for 35 and Eastman! 4 for nil) and 111. Essex 126 (Hazell 7 for 77) and 46 for no wickets. KENT’S INNINGS VICTORY Kent
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    BADMINTON
    462 4 Ghim Huat Beats Ah Foo: Victor’s Great Come-Back (BY SHUTTLECOCK”) Tung Ghim Huat, who some years ago gave up badminton to take up football, at which he made his work, has now turned to badminton again. How seriously he trained for his come back” was evident yesterday when before
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    SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE
    373 4 Municipality Trounce Bousfields NINE GOALS TO ONE In a. one-sided game of football pi ayea yesterday on the Dato Kramat padang, the Municipality trounced the Bousfields Xi h nine goals to one in the Second Division League. For quite three-fourths of the game the Municipality forwards worked
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    Britain's Strong Davis Cup Lead
    1958 5 AMERICA, DEFEATED IN FIRST TWO SINGLES PERRY S RUTHLESS RECOVERY AGAINST WOOD > TRIUMPH FOR AUSTIN < i Wimbledon, July 29. A crowded centre court at Wimbledon on July 28th saw t.icat Britain gain an almost unassailable lead over'America in the Davis Cup Challenge Round.
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    HOBBS' FAREWELL TO SURREY
    323 5 "Given Up Idea Of Playing Again" VAIN WAIT FOR AN INVITATION Jack Hobbs, the famous Surrey and England batsman, has been reluctantly compelled to retire from county cricket. The public, which has idolised him for thirty years, will receive Hobbs’s decision with regret and disappointment, especially
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    A 13-YEAR-OLD DIVER IS ONE OF CANADA'S EMPIRE ATHLETES
    327 5 AND THERE IS A BOY WHO CAN HOP, STEP AND JUMP 45 FEET Canada’s consignment of hope in the Empire Games championships at the White City arrived in London on July 27th in the form of 400 pieces of luggage (important);
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    AUSTRALIANS AT BIRMINGHAM
    60 5 Reuter. Grimmett In Form WARWICK DISMISSED FOR 179 London, August 9. The match between the Australians and XVarwickshire was continued to-day at Birmingham when the scores at close of play weie as follows Aus raiians 221 B’4 135 for 4 wickets (McCabe 77 and Darling 50). XVarwickshire
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    MISS WETHERED'S WONDERFUL RECOVERY
    669 5 Last Five Holes In 16 Shots MISS WILSON BEATEN In on amazing finish Miss Wethered beat Miss Wilson by 2 holes in an eighteenholes exhibition match at Bramley, near Guildford, on Saturday. A large crowd assembled to see the two foremost women players, who, strangely enough,
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    Two Dictators In Contrast
    1758 6  -  WHERE HITLER HAS MADE MISTAKES WHICH MUSSOLINI AVOIDED By BEATRICE BASKERVILLE. "Daily Telegraph” Rome Correspondent. Since the Nazi rising in Austria and the murder of Dr. Doll fuss the Italian, criticism of Herr Hitler's regime in Ger- many has become increasingly outspoken. The article below indicates
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    WIDOW ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
    217 6 j Accused Of Causing Native’s Death By Flogging i j Nairobi, 2B. I The magistrate’s court at Kitale has i committed Mrs. Helen Selw’yn, widow of a Liverpool man, for trial before the Su- preme Court of Nairobi on a charge of I murder. The
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    WHERE BRITAIN IS UNIQUE
    607 6 No Racial Terrors No Dictators SIR T. INSKIP ON OUR IMMUNITY Sir Thomas Inskip. K.C., Attorney General, speaking at Ipswich on July 28, said that, looking at the troubled condition of, Europe, we could congratulate ourselves! that without dictators or Fascists we had made a tolerable
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    LONDON HAS NO AIR DEFENCES
    127 6 Batteries That Have Faded Out Of Existence London is undefended from air attack so far as ground defences are concerned. The once splendid ring of ground defences n.t the end of the war have been allowed to fall into disrepair. Gun positions for protecting anti-air--1
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    "MUTINY" ADMIRAL LOST HIS JOB
    682 6 SIR ROGER KEYES DEMANDS AN INQUIRY Sir Roger Keyes, hero of the Dover Patrol, disclosed in the Commons on July 31st that Vice-Admiral Tomkinson was relieved of his command after the naval mutiny” at Invergordon three years ago. Sir Roger urged that an inquiry into
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    FINDING MEN FOR BIGGER R.A.F.
    414 6 Air Ministry's Measures SERVICE AFFECTED THROUGHOUT The special measures to be taken by the Air Ministry to augment the personnel of the Air Force, rendered necessary by the Government’s decision to add forty-one new squadrons to the total strength have been set out in an
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    CAME TO LONDON TO PETITION THE KING
    320 6 Killed On The Road London, July 28. Mr. James Mercer, a member of a Gold Coast deputation to London to see the Secretary for the Colonies (Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister,) was fatally injured in a street accident et Knightsbridge, W Eight days ago Mr.
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    Ban Hin Case Continues
    1865 7 LENGTHY CROSS-EXAMINA-TION BY PLAINTIFF COUNSEL MR. SEENIVASAGAM BEGINS DEFENCE ADDRESS When the hearing was continued on Wednesday, at the Ipoh jpreme Court, of the civil suit involving $200,000 in which the 'ftK R M, e co "> pan yi-egistered in Singapore, are suing K y r
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    SINGAPORE FIRE VICTIMS
    321 7 Relief Fund Started URGENCY AND IMMEDIATE HELP STRESSED (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, August 9. Charitable Singapore had a bust day today. Charity really began last night when the proprietor of the Great World threw open part of the premises for the shelter of the homeless. Each
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    FINANCES OF FAR EASTERN COUNTRIES
    614 7 U.S. ECONOMIC EXPERT I Singapore Interview j STUDYING CURRENCY i CONDITIONS I I Singapore, Tuesday. One of America’s foremost economic and financial expertsand a man who has, been frequently in the news in China re-’ centlyis in Singapore. He is Professor' James Harvey Rogers, informal
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    LOITERING IN THE EARLY MORNING
    390 7 Four Chinese Charged BAD CHARACTERS Four mqii, described as bed characters who had assembled at night to commit a crime, were before the third police magistrate, Mr. J. M. Brander, on Tuesday. They were asked to show cause why they should not be bound .over
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      56 7 Eastern Oriental Hotel PENANG. TO-MORROW DINNER DANCE FAREWELL PERFORMANCE BY "JERE LEE'S MADCAPS" COMMENCING AT 9 P.M. ADMISSION TO BALLROOM $l/SUNDAY, 12th AUGUST FAREWELL CONCERT BY MISS JERE LEE AND HER TALENTED ALL-GIRL ORCHESTRA (On the Lawn Weather permitting) ADMISSION $l/Please Book Early. PHONE 322. WHAT LONDON IS DOINC READ
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      403 7 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICES S.s. "PEMBROKESHIRE" VOY. 30 (OUTWARD) Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from Europe are hereby notified that she is expected to arrive in Penang on Monday morning, the 13th August, 1934, and will discharge in the Roads. BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., (Incorporated in the F.M.S.> AGENTS, GLEN”
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      632 8 MAJESTIC ..’."."X 'i SOMETHING NEW DIFFERENT IN TALKIE ENTERTAINMENT v r>'’<!r“ .v— the SCREEN'S FIRST MUSIC-HALL SHOW METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER LEADS AGAIN WITH ANOTHER JLT TP TT TP A T GRAND WEEK-END ATTRACTION I J gJ| XM. JL JK WITH A MIGHTY ARRAY OF RADIO, SCREEN STAGE STARS i HEADED BY 6-15
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    QUOTAS IN CEYLON
    63 9 Reuter. Protest By State Council IMMEDIATE STEPS TO NULLIFY EFFECTS Colombo, August 9. After a two-clay debate, the State Council passed a resolution protesting against the enforcement by an Order-in-Conncil of the quota system for Japanese goods. The Council requested the Board of Ministers to take immediate
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    SALVATION ARMY
    111 9 Rugby Radio Service. High Council To Elect New General London, August 9. Forty-seven delegates from twenty two countries will attend the Salvation Arm\ High Council which will be held in London on August 28 to elect a successor to General Higgins, who will retire from leadership on November
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    THE LOCH NESS MONSTER
    110 9 Reuter. Seen 21 Times Within Four Weeks PHOTOGRAPHS SECURED London, August 9. The Loch Ness monster is again featured in the newspapers in consequence of a statement issued by Sir Edward Mountain claiming that the monster was seen twen-ty-one times within four weeks. Sir Edward Mountain
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    GANDHI’S NEW FAST
    42 9 Reuter Wireless. Doubtful Whether He Can Stand Ordeal VVardha, August 9. Gandhi has started a week’s fast after partaking of milk and fruitjuice. He admitted feeling weak and was doubtful whether he would be able to stand the ordeal.
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    London, August 9.
    78 9 by the German Government.—Rugby Radio Service. The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman. was in conference in London to-day with officials of his department regarding difficulties in connection with the liquidation of a considerable amount of commercial debts which are now due from Germany
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    BRITISH MISSION TO MANCHUKUO
    113 9 .Reuter. To Study Industrial Conditions GOODWILL VISIT TO JAPAN London, August 9. The Federation of British Industries have decided to send an industrial mission to Manchukuoin the immediate future to study conditions therej and to ascertain whether British in- > dustry can co-operate with local in-,
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    ONTARIO—LONDON
    57 9 six o’clock this evening.Rugby Radio Service. AIRMEN CROSS THE ATLANTIC London, August 9. The two British airmen, Captain James Ayling and Captain Leonard Reid, who left Wasaga Beach, Georgian Bay, Ontario, at six o'clock yesterday morning in the twin engined British biplane called the Trail of Caribou” landed at
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    NAVAL TALKS
    71 9 been adjourned until the autumn.Rugby Radio Service. Japanese Delegate Arrives In London London. August 9. Captain Arr.’laro Yautaro Iwashita. Japanese naval officer delegate for the conversation preliminary to next year’s naval conference, arrived at London yesterday evening with instructions from the Japanese Government to the Ambassador, Mr. Matsudaira.
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    SPEED RECORD
    57 9 Rugby Radio Service. Sir M. Campbell To Make New Attempt Next Year London. August 9. Sir Malcolm Campbell, the famous English motorist, has accepted the invitation to visit Daytona early in 1935 to attempt to break the world’s land speed record of 272.109 miles per hour which he
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    GANGSTERS’ NEW FACES FOR OLD
    287 9 U.S. Detectives Perplexed New York, July 27. Plastic surgery, that boon to film stars, offers a new disguise to American gangsters. It also adds greatly to the worries of detectives as they search the country for ciiminels. With gangsters buying new faces for old, the
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    VON HINDENBURG
    58 9 Rugby Radio Service. Memorial Service In London To-day London, August 9. The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, has interrupted his holiday in Scotland to return to London to attend the memorial service to the late President Hindenburg at the German Church to-morrow. Sir Robert Vansittart, Permanent Undersecretary for
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      138 9 i< PACKED HOUSE AT EVERY SHOW !IMM 6-30 TO-NIGHT 9-30 The Wonder Picture that has broken all records in the History of Motion Pictures in India CHANDIDAS” The Picture which ran Continuously for 352 DAYS in Calcutta. PERFECT SOUND CL£AH PHOTOGRAPHY COLOURED SCENES. A NEW SENSATION OF SHEER S RKO-RADIO’S
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION
    725 10 As will be seen from our advertisement columns a further notice appears under the signature of the Acting Controller of Labour, Malaya, announcing the tightening up of conditions for the classes of Indian labourers who will be assisted to immigrate as non-recruited emigrants. Behind this official advertisement lies
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    CREDIT FONCIER EGYPTIAN BONDS
    87 10 Crown's Successful Appeal AGAINST LOWER COURT'S FINDING (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, August 9. Mr. Justice Gerahty to-day delivered judgment in the appeal by the Crown against the acquittal of two defendants in the Lower Court on charges in connection with Credit Foncier Egyptian Bonds and
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    MURDER VERDICT RETURNED
    58 10 At Re-opened Singapore Inquest (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, August 9. A verdict of murder against a person or persons unknown was returned at the reopened inquest on a young married Chinese woman who was found dead on her bed with a str’ng round her throat. It
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    BY THE WAY
    683 10 ALSO RANS: Brevity, regarded as the soul of wit i and journalism—appears to be acquiring an additional distinction in, Malaya by the frequency of its asso-j ciation with municipal and sanitary board meetings says friend Egoist” in the Times of Malaya.” Until recently the Penang Municipality set
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    WAXWORK
    1163 10  -  Charles Greavesin the "Manchester Guardian” The rein showed no signs of abating, yet Mr. Bracegirdle hesitated to edge farther into the doorway, although it was almost empty. In fact it held only one other occupant, a bulbous, uniformed man with a hacksaw voice. "This way!” the man was shouting.
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    VOLUNTARILY CAUSING GRIEVOUS HURT
    1507 11 TAMIL CHARGED ALLEGED STABBING WITH PENKNIFE Evidence was heard by the Penanf istrict Judge, Mr. B. F. Bridge, yesterday hiring a case in which Munnusamy, a i .nnil coolie living at 8 Brick Kiln Road ,s charged with, at about 10.20 p.m. on lune IS, voluntarily
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    CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST
    322 11 Gels Three Months DISAPPEARED FROM STATION AND $76 MISSING S. V. Na’liah, the stationmaster of Kulai Railway Station, about 22 miles from Johore Bahru, who on June 6, disappeared from Kulai was arrested by the Pahang police on Temerloh on July 16, on a charge of
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    MISS ETHEL WOOD,
    22 11 MISS ETHEL WOOD, who has been elected Queen of the Wood Green Carnival, receiving the congratulations of fellow workers.
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    CHINESE WOMAN CHARGED
    69 11 Possession Of Contraband LIQUOR A Chinese woman named Tcow Ah Lee was to-day charged in the Penang Police Court, before Mr. D. Wills, with (1) possession of dutiable liquor at 599, Tanjong Bungah, (2) with fermenting intoxicating liquor and (3) with the possession of distilling apparatus. The
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    TWO STOWAWAYS FINED
    85 11 Found On Board S.S. Kut Sung” Two stowaways named Jogindar Singh and Tceja Singh who were detected on board the s.s. Kut Sung” which arrived at Penang on Wednesday from Calcutta were to-day fined $3O each or in default six weeks’ rigorous imprisonment. Among the ai rivals
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    MUNTRI STREET HYLAM CLUB
    261 11 Held To Be Common Gaming House TWO MEMBERS HEAVILY FINED I have not the slightest doubt that under the cloak of being a registered club the place has been used as a common gaming house,” said Mr. 1). ills, in giving judgment convicting two of four
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    ADMISSION OF LAYREADERS
    132 11 St. Marks’ Church, Butterworth On Sunday last, the fairly large congregation assembled at St. Mark's Church, Butterworth, had the privilege of witnessing a pleasant but impressive ceremony in the form of licensing two layreaders Messrs. A. C. Stone and G. Devanesan. The recipients of the licenses were
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    50 PER CENT. HONEST: 50 PER CENT. OTHERWISE
    489 11 CHINESE WHO FOUN2 SINGAPORE TAXI DRIVER’S PURSE Singapore, August 8. The owner-driver of a taxi bearing a Singapore number, drove his car into Johore Behru on the morning of July 16, and parked it in the stand at Segget. He then went
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    POSTAL EMPLOYEE’S THEFT OF $2,500
    619 12 TWO MALAYS SENTENCED Muar Assizes JOY RIDE IN NEGRI SEMBILAN Johore Bahru, Aug. 7. At the Muar Assizes this morning, the Chief Police Officer of Segamat related to Mr. Justice W. H. Thorne how a registered postal package containing $2,500 was stolen in transit from
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    ESPERANTO
    42 12 Stockholm, August 5. The twenty-sixth international Esperanto congress opened here, attended by 2,000 foreign delegate i epresentmg thirty different countr.es ar..’. 8,000 other guests from > beyond the Swedish borders. The opening ceremonies were presided over by Frau Manya Gembachcr of Cologne.
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    TROLLEY BUS DRIVER KILLED ON ROAD
    205 12 Rash Driving I Charge SERANGOON MISHAP The sequel to the motoring fatality in Upper Serengoon Road on the night of Aug. 5, when one person was killed and three were injured, was heard in the police i court, on Tuesday. Lim Kim Seng, of
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    FOUNTAIN TRADE MARK INFRINGED
    583 12 I For the second occasion within the 1 space cf a few months Parker Duofold 1 cur.tain pens formed the subject of a charge under the Merchandise Marks Or(finance before Mr. H. A. Forrer. the Cri- min al District Judge, Tuesday. Two Chinese proprietors of High
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    THE MAN WHO WANTED A DRINK
    223 12 This happened to an American business! man on a Trans-American train: He met a woman friend, and suggested they should go and have a drink. A steward informed him that it was a dry train. The man was determined to get a drink. So
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    DEAN INGE ON LEAVING WORK
    431 12 No One Is Wanted Very Much” Dean Inge spoke of old ege at St. Faul's on July 29 when he preached what may b? his last Evensong sermon in the Cathedral before his retirement from the Deanery. His farewell sermon will be preached in September.
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    HAWKER FINDS 10,000 FRANCS
    380 12 But Fails To Locate i Owner z i APPEAL TO SUPREME i COURT DISMISSED That he found 10,000 francs on the Singapore Harbour Board wharf and did not take reasonable steps to trace the owner, was the allegation made in the Appeal Court on Tuesday before
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    BLIND MAN TO MAKE A FILM
    231 12 A blind botanist, whose infirmity deprived him of a brilliant career in botanic research, is now preparing a film illustrating the occupations and recreations of blind people. This film, w'hich will be produced in the autumn, will be shown in the London area by
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      214 12 THE SMARTEST WOMEN USE OUTDOOR GIRL BEAUTY AIDS YET THEY COST fONLY 25 CENTS. j Ik l I Times have changed. So r Pi IF have opinions. Fashinable women no longer beheve necessary to pay high prices for high beauty aids. Scientific L have absolutely proven that OUTDOOR OUTDOOR GIRL
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    PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY INTO CHINESE WOMAN S DEATH
    1547 13 EVIDENCE RECORDED THAT DECEASED WAS NOT NORMAL ACCUSED'S SON IN WITNESS BOX The preliminary enquiry into the case in which a Kheh named Cheong J.ee Yoon stands charged with the murder of his wife, Lye Ah Say, at 258, I‘aya Terubong Road, Ayer
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    JAPANESE CHARGED
    74 13 Alleged Enticement Of Married Woman Singapore, Aug. 8. A pretty Japanese woman named Hanako Wada was one of the parties in a case that was mentioned before the Second Magistrate (Mr. N. Grice) this morning. A Japanese Jiro Kimura, was the accused He was charged with enticing away
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    JUDGE REBUKES COUNSEL
    541 13 Appeal Dismissed INSUFFICIENT DETAILS SUPPLIED Tell the appellant that his appeal is dismissed as his counsel has not chosen to comply with the law as laid down when he movtil the court in appeal.’’ This stateme it was made Mr. Justice Prichard itn the Court of Appeal
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    RONALD COLMAN IN DIVORCE CASE
    195 13 Decree For His Wife A decree nisi against Ronald Colman, the famous English film star, was granted by Sir Boyd Merriman in the Divorce Court on July 30th. The suit was not defended. The wife, Mrs. Thelma Victoria Maud Colman, who gave evidence, wore a
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    RUY BARBOSA
    46 13 Feared A Total Loss Paris, Angus'- 8. Accoiding tc experts the Brazil steamer, Ruy Barbosa, which ran aground near Leixoes a few days ago, is definitely lest Discharge of cargo was continued cn Sunday amid greatest difficulties, the waves threatening to wash deckhands overboard.
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    "LITTLE WOMEN"
    132 14 KATHERINE HEPBURN SUPERB IN FINE FILM Little Women,” R.K.O. Radio Pictures line film opened its season at the Majestic last night to good houses. Katherine Hepburn, the brilliant new film star, filled the role of Jo in the story. Her performance is magnificent and shades anything that she
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    TAIPING TURF CLUB AMATEUR MEETING
    60 14 SELECTIONS 3Y ORMONDE (PENANG) Race 1. HOP OVER Place Prophet’s Gift Race 2, LOVER’S IDOL Place Purple Princess Race 3. KIRKDV E Place Financier Race 4. LERRICK Place Jangi Race 5. LADY ALOUETTE Place Ethelwood Race 6. LADY NELKIN Place Babz II Race 7. LADY
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    "BRITANNIA”
    61 14 Rugby Radio Service. Wins Principal Race At Cowes London, August 9. The King’s yacht, Britannia,” won the chief race at Cowes to-day. She finished about three minutes after Velsheda over the 42 miles course and having an allowance of 4 minutes 12 seconds saved her time for the first
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    STOCK MARKETS
    81 14 Rugby Radio Service. Close With Good Tone London, August 9. Stock Markets generally closed ttf-night with a good tone. British Funds maintained a firm front with War Loan 3% per cent, at 104%. Brazilian Bonds registered appreciable gains on recent messages indicating improvement in the coffee position whilst
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    Kingston, Jamaica, August 9.
    41 14 Reuter. A bill is being introduced into the legislature in the aut :mn session for increasing the tariff on certa n foreign manufactures including hardware and cement, with the object of minimising Japanese competition with British imports.Reuter.
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    INFRINGEMENT OF TRADE MARK
    221 14 Case Settled By Mutual Consent GRAMOPHONE RECORDS FORFEITED Yet another case under the Merchan- dise Marks Ordinance which was listei for trial before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the criminal district judge, on Wednesday, was settled by mutual consent between the parties. I The subject matter of
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    PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY’S ADVANCE
    91 14 Exports Up By 15,767 Cases A Week Dui’ng the week ending August 4. 1934. xperts of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 58.<31 cases, of wh ch 48.655 cases were to the United K ngcom. 1.879 cases tc the Continent of Europe. 6.600 cases tc Canada,
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    BRAVE CHINESE
    129 14 Coroner Commends Young Men Seremban, August 7. The Seremban magistrate, Mr. V. W. W. S. Purcell, acting as coroner, to-day complimented two Chinese witnesses. Wong Teng Fai. a clerk in the Forest Office at Seremban. and Loke Peng Chan, a schoolboy attending St. John’s Institution at Kuala Lumpur,
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    CHINESE WOMAN TO BE REPATRIATED
    153 14 A Chinese women from Penang with her four children, three girls and one boy, were brought to the Fort Poli*»*' Station at Colombo, from Galle, as destitutes to be repatriated. The woman had a pathetic tale to tell the authorities of her sojourn in Ceylon.
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    LEADING BROKERS' SHARE LIST
    484 14 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The following are the tatest quotetiom n 1CB8SR& KENNEDY RO'S etwro BUI > Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers RUBBER Amal. Mo lay 3.20 3.50 3.27% 3.50 Ayer Panas 1.82% 1.90 1.85 2.00 Batu Lintang 1.15 1.20 ex 1.17% 1.22%ex Benta 95
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    A.A ANTHONY & CO.’S QUOTATIONS
    193 14 A.A ANTHONY CO.’S QUOTATIONS Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers RUBBERS Ayer Hitam 1.85 1.95 1.90 1.95 Bassett 85 90 85 90 Batu Lintang 1.16 118% 120 1.22% Benta »0 95 1.00 1.10 Kedah 3.10 3.20 3.15 3.30 Kuala Sidim 2.35 2.45 2.45 2.55 Mentakab 47 49 48 50 Parit
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    EXCHANGE
    44 14 PENANG, AUGUST 10 London Bank Demand 2’4 A 4 rots 214 ft Private 3 ro ts credit 2'<\ 3 Documentary 2'4 ft On New York Demand 58% nom France T.T. 886 nom Hongkong T.T. 34 Shanghai T.T. 39% Tnd’a T.T. 155A» Silver 21
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    HOW EXCHANGES ARE MOVING
    91 14 Latest Quotations Thursday Wednesday Parts 76U 76H New York 5.07 5.05% Montreal Amsterdam 7^ 4 7^ 44 12 89 12 89 Stockholm 1939% 19.39% 22.39% Vienna 2 4 2 Prwe 121 2 2 Helsingfors 226 226% Madrtd 36 13J16 36 ***** Lisbon 110% 110% Athens 2
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    119 14 YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £227-17-6 £228-17-6 TIN—(3 Months) London £228-0-0 £228-17-6 Singapore $113.25 $113.75 Business Done Penang- $113.12% $113.75 Business Done Buyers no sellers 25 tons COPRA(Sundried) $3.15 BLACK PEPPER $14.00 RUBBER London 7%d. 7%d. New York 15&c(G) 15Hc(G)> Singapore Spot 24%c. 25%c. Oct.|Daß. x 25 %c. 26 %c.
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    SOON THEAM & CO.
    420 14 SOON THEAM CO. The following are the changee in 00 quotation* up to noon to-day Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers RUBBER Allenbys 1.77% 1.87% 1.77% 1.87% Amal. Malays 3.20 3.35 3.25 3.40 Ayer Panas 1.75 1.85 1.75 1.85 Bassetts 81 86 82% 87% B. Lintangs 1.15 1.18 1.18 1.23
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    UNITED TRADERS, LIMITED
    190 14 The following are the latest quotation? tor to-day Buyer* SeDerv RUBBER Allenbys 1.80 1.90 Ayer Panas 1.80 1.90 Bassetts 85 90 Batu Lintangs 1.20 1.25 Bentas 97% 1.02% Brogas 95 1.00 Indragiris 1.27% 1.32% Jerams 1.17% 1.25 Jimahs 1.80 1.90 Glenealys 2.35 2.45 Haytors 1.47% 1.52% Kempas
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    KENNEDY & CO. SHARE LIST
    1132 14 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST 8 S i il NAMES. J!, gc M W I .RJJBBE? > c. c. Allenby Rubber Co. 1 i 85 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 35, »45 Amalgamated Malay Estates 3 2^ 1 3 50 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate *9O 2co Ayer Molek Rubber Co. J J
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      37 14 ro DVPDPT Temperature Wind RalnfaZ 6 a.m. 75 E Noon 88 NW tide table To-day High Water Low Water 1.00 a.m. 7.05 e,.m. 12.45 p.m. 7.35 p.m. To-morrow 1.25 a.m. 7.35 a .m. 1.13 p.m. 8.00 p.m.
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    CRAIGIELEA RUBBER PLANTATIONS
    1665 15 YEAR OF MARKED PROGRESS DIVIDEND OF 3 PER CENT. MR. A. M. SELLAR ON THE OUTLOOK The eighth annual general meeting of Rubber Plantations, Ltd., was eld on July 27, at Winchester House, Old Broadstreet E.C. Mr. A M. Sellar (chairman of the company) presided. Mr. H.
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    RUBBER
    870 15 A Firm Undertone London, August 1. The rubber market has weathered the buffeting caused by the European political upheaval in a very sturdy fashion. Naturally enough prices have eased off to some extent, but at no time has there been any sign of weakness, and it is still difficult
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    JERAM RUBBER ESTATES
    298 15 Improved Result In Past Year The twenty-fifth annual ordinary general meeting of Jeram Rubber Estates, Ltd., j was held on July 20 at 71, St. Mary Axe. I Sir Herbert Wright (the chairman) said that in the year under review the company made a trading profit of
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    KUALA-NAL KELANTAN RUBBER
    189 15 Capital Reorganisation Approved An extra-ordinary meeting of Kuala-Nal I Kelantan Rubber Company was held at 33, j Eastcheap, E.C., to consider a scheme of. capital reorganisation. Mr. R. J. Arnold, who presided, said that if the scheme were approved the company would enter upon the more prosperous
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES
    729 17 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Shedule of Principal Lines The following is a list of vessels arriving Had «ailing from Penang during the week: TN PORT TO-DA.Y ta JKRAM from Paneh and Bernam River. Sails for T. Anson end Bagan Datoh. S.S. JITRA f r om Port Weld. M.V. SILVERYEW from Singapore
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    SPORTING EVENTS IN ENGLAND
    122 17 Dates And Venue» August 4-11.Cowes Regatta. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15 International Two-Year-Old Stakes. Run at Kempton, Distance Five Furlongs. August 18, 20, 21, 22.—Fifth Test Match The Oval. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22 Hardwicke Plate. Run at Stockton, Dis1 Five Furlongs. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29 Ebor Handicap. Run at York,
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    MALAYAN DIARY
    57 17 FRIDAY, AUGUST 10 Taiping Turf Club Amateur Meeting, Ist day. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 Penang A.A. A. Sports, Esplanade. Taiping Amateur races, 2nd day. MONDAY, AUGUST 13 Entries close for Perak Turf Club. Ao gust Amateur Meeting. AUGUST 17 18 Perak Turf Club, August Amateur Me>eting, Ipoh. Sept. 1,5,
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    DAILY MAIL LIST
    1222 17 NOTICE The Air Mails despatched from Penang on the Ist August per the Netherlands Aircraft via Alor Star-Amsterdam were delivered in London on 9th Augrst. AIR MAILS A mail for Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Irish Free State and Canada by road to Alor Star and thence by
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      181 17 q When Distance Lends Enchantment Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills will Help. T'HE old saying that Distance lends enchantment** 4 is never more apt or to the point than when applied to people whose breath is laden with evilsmelling odours. No matter how handsome they may appear, they lose their
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      511 17 WIRELESS PROGRAMMES BB f PHOHI—HOLLAND 1». u M Wave-length 16.88 Metres mg wavelengths 25.28 metres will be used aim- 81.30 metres TO-DAY ultaneously. BrM metreo 49.59 metres 8.50 Dutch National Anthem. TO-DAY 9.00 Station Orchestra conducted by P.M. Loe Cohen 6.20 Time Signal from Big Ben. An K Der Sieg
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      241 18 > M 5 < < B WHISKY > > S it-- -izOlz S e diJL A sUn/p < j| f 2 4 delightful study of "LACTOGEN" babies— J. always having fun. c 2° H They are happy because Lactogen agrees with them. It gives them strength and vitality for >
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    HANKING AND THE PRESS
    1011 19 Canton Truth.” FREEDOM VERY MUCH CURBED The freedom of the prens even in dei ratio China is very much curbed apd would not be inaccurate to say that re is no freedom of the press in this nmtry even in the case of publications m a
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    ADVENTURES IN TIBET
    1416 19  -  WINDY PLATEAU COUNTRY CARPETED WITH A WONDERFUL VARIETY OF FLOWERS It the ancient Western world had known of Tibet as they new o Aiabia, they might well have divided it also into Scythia deserta and Scythia felix. It was to the latter region I went, bv wav
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    PREMIUM ON PURITANISM
    605 19 CANTON’S BAN ON KISSING IN PUBLIC W e have often had occasion to complime ib the Canton Government on the bold s and taken bv it in the matter of social pu.ificatfon in Canton. In the matter of the licensing of prostitutes as a preliminary step to
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    MEDICAL FEES
    212 19 To Be Regulated By Board Of Five Tenative regulations governing the charge of medical fees by doctors and hospitals in the city as proposed by the political Reforms Committee were adopted by the Provinica 1 and Municipal Governments for execution on July 20 Contrary to expectation in many
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      241 19 Extreme Climatic Conditions AND ROUGH USAGE WILL NOT AFFECT The It gives along period of faithful service as the moulded container is of substantial design capable of withstanding the Jolting of the Worst Roads and is of the well known "Richardson” Composition Material. Decide to fit an Oldham and, if
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    An Ancient & Interesting Custom
    319 20 An Ancient Interesting Custom These pictures, taken from the Royal boat, show the interesting custom of swan upping in progress at Windsor Reach. Above, the birds are being rounded up by picturesquely attired watermen prior to checking over. All the swans on the Upper Thames belong either to the King
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