Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 March 1935

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 64. Vol. XCIII. TUESDAY. MARCH 19. 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 2374 1 PROTEST AGAINST DECISION TO ADOPT CONSCRIPTION ATTAINMENT OF AGREEMENT ON ARMAMENTS MADE IMPOSSIBLE London. March 18. A hite Paper was issued this evening containing the text of the British Note to the German Government which was in following terms: “His Majesty’s Government in the United
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  • 10 1 MONSTER IN THE MAKIN G.—J ack
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  • 165 1 Question Of Japanese Attitude London, March 18. In the House of Commons the qurstior of a lean to China was raised by Mr. Mander. Mr. Eden replied that the situation had not changed since Sir John Simon's reply on March 6 and he was unable to state
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  • 68 1 30 M.P.H. In Built-up Areas London, March 18. The thirty miles per hour limit in British streets and roads travelling in builtup areas, came into force at midnight. All motorists are driving with caution this morning and the observance of the limit appeared to be general. The first
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  • 60 1 —Reuter. Memorandum Issued By China Nanking, March 17. China’s opposition to the Chinese Eastern Railway transfer is the subject of a memorandum addressed to the British, American, French, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and the Belgian Governments. The memorandum reiterates the Chinese position as a joint owner
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  • 134 1 Rugby Radio Service. i Based Upon Membership Of League London, March 18. Speaking tonight at Stratford-on-Avon Mr. Anthony Eden again emphasised that I British foreign policy was based upon the membership of the League of Nations and that the main purpose of that policy was to make
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  • 30 1 —Reuter. London, March 18. A debate demanded by Mr. George Lansbury regarding the German situation is to take place on Thursday displacing the India Bill discussion.-
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  • 51 1 i.—Reuter. Appointed U. S. SolicitorGeneral Washington, March 18. President Roosevelt has appointed Mr. Stanley Reid, former General Counsel of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to be the United States’ Solicitor-General in succession to Mr. Crawford Biggs who resigned last week on the ground of pres- sure of personal
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  • 10 1 y.—Reuter. MONSTER IN THE MAKIN G.—J ack
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  • 21 1 .—Reuter. M. Venizelos, his wife and friends are jailing for Naples in the Italian liner, ‘Rex’’. —Reuter.
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  • 197 1 Reuter. Motion To Reduce Personnel Defeated DISCUSSION ON HONGKONG BARRACKS London, March 19. In the House of Commons, Mr. Hacking in introducing the army estimates said that in view of yesterday’s news we are faced with at least one serious extra commitment, namely the provision of adequate
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  • 156 1 Eleven Sampan Coolies Fined $4 Each That they went alongside the ship in order to fetch certain goods was the plea made by eleven Chinese sampan coolies when charged in the police court yesterday with tying up their lighters alongside the s.s. Alfoer, a ship carrying
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  • 31 1 I.—Reuter. Remaining Charges Dropped Chicago, March 17. The State Attorney has announced that the remaining charges of embezzlement against Insull and his brother Mar’in would be dropped.
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  • 487 1 tions they might put forward. —Rugby Radio Service. On Bill SANCTITY OF THEIR TREATIES London, March 18. The Indian States’ views on the Government ot India Bill are contained in a hite Paper and shows one of their chief demands relates to the form of their accession
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  • Article, Illustration
    748 3  -  EASY TO KNIT— Pretty Fashion for Any Ai>e in a new lace stitch by cMary Grace NOW that e v e n i ngs are drawing out instead of in, it is only natural if thoughts turn towards new clothes. Of course your spiing and summer wardrobe will
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  • 2462 3 FASHIONS AND COLOURS FOR COURTS INVENTIONS AT BRITISH INDUSTRIES FAIR SAVING MOTHERS AND BABIES FEMINIST MOVEMENT IN FRANCE (From Our Own Correspondent) London, March 6. THEIR MAJESTIES AT EASTBOURNE The King and Queen are now staying at Eastbourne. The other day the Queen: drove to
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    1921 4 FAILURE OF KELLSBORO* JACK GATWICK NATIONAL TRIAL STEEPLECHASE FINE FORM OF ALEXENA (From Our Own Correspondent.) y London, March 6. AT NEWMARKET The three new stands on the July course at Newmarket will be ready for the First July meeting which begins on July 2nd. The new
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  • 468 4 Joe Kirkwood's Advice “Play naturally and develop your own talent, said Joe Kirkwood, in the course of his demonstration to an audience of about 200 golfing enthusiasts, at the Singapore Golf Club on Saturday. “Don’t try to imitate some other player, that is a mistake.” He
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  • 693 4  -  OTHER SPORTING NEWS ON PAGE 7 —Reuter. Last Test Match ENGLAND COLLAPSES FOR 103 Kingston March 18. In the fourth test match at Kingston, West Indies defeated England by an innings and 161 runs thus winning the rubber to the delight of a crowd of 5,000
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  • 202 4 —Reuter. Golden Miller Favourite REMUS A DOUBTFUL STARTER London, March 18. The following was the latest call-over for the Grand National: 41 Golden Miller taken and offered. 1512 Thomond offered, 81 taken. 9 1 Tapinois offered. 18'1 Delaneidge taken and offered. 18 1 Really True offered. 20
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  • 112 4 Lawn Tennis Tournament The finals in the Penang Cricket Club Tennis Tournament which were postponed owing to inclement weather have been arranged to be played on Wednesday. The Matches to be played are:— Championship Singles:—D.D.B. Cook v. C.N. Reed. Mixed Doubles Handicap—Final: Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
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  • 1555 5 Should The Stymie Be Abolished THE R. AND A.'s REPLY Players Who Dislike The Rule Should the stymie be abolished The eternal question has recently been made before the Rules of Golf Committee on a request from America that the Royal and Ancient Club should again review
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  • 725 5 SECRET PLANS BEING LAID TO OUTWIT BATSMEN VOCE AS SLOW SPINNER LIKE VERITY SECRET plans are being laid behind the scenes to combat the inspired campaign against the fair name of Notts cricket. Nottingham is still seething with resentment at being made the
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  • Article, Illustration
    288 5 Club Cricketer's Plea For Larwood And Voce Mr. D. O. Evans, 64c, The Chase, Clapham, S.W. 4, writes: “May I as an active participant in the finest of all sports, club cricket, inquire why it is that the Press do not take steps to put an end to
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  • 535 5 THE LEADING EVENTS IN THE YEAR 1935 The calendar of leading golf events for 1935, compiled and arranged by the British Golf Union s Joint Advisory Council in terms of the agreement wi‘h promoters, is:— April 4to 6.—Sixteenth annual professional invitation tournament, Roehampton. April 6 and 7. —Ladies v.
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  • 359 5 Batthyany Plate (Lincoln) March 26. Brocklesby Stakes (Lincoln) March 26. 1 Lincolnshire Handicap March 27. 1 Liverpool Spring Cup March 28. i Union Jack Stakes (Liverpool) March 28. I Liverpool Grand National March 29.. I Champion Steeplechase (L’pool) March 30. Newbury Spring Cup April 6. Column
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  • 335 5 Brooklands Season Opens The first Brooklands meeting of tht year took place when the Junior Car Club held a highly successful members’ rally. No fewer than 122 drivers, two of whom came specially from Scotland, took part and were put through eight difficult tests in the short time of
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  • 390 6 MANY NEW STUDIOS TELEVISION AND VARIETY NEEDS I i PLANS for doubling the size of Broadcasting House at a cost of i £200,000 will receive tjhe assent of the 8.8. C. Board of Governors at" their meeting this month. Work on the
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  • 1403 6 NO SIDE-SLIPS OR SPINS CHEAP AND SAFE FLYING Ever since the beginning of flying, pilots and designers have been seeking the cheap, simple and safe aerial run-about. So far, in spite of some promising attempts, it has eluded them. In a small shed on the
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  • 518 6 OIL CHIEFS FORESEE CIVIL WAR World’s dic’a'or No. 1, Genera! Juan Vicente Gomez, is old, dying slowly, and "There is no strong man to take his place as President of Venezuela. His death would unleash ravage forces: communist propagandists are busy; stu-dents--always agi’ators of South American revolutions—plot
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  • 274 6 THRONE MUST WAIT WILL RULE WHEN HE IS STRONG ENOUGH Lausanne, March 4. UNAWARE that his future and possibly his life was in the balance, Prince Nananda, the nine-year-old vivacious but frail heir to the throne of Siam played unconcernedly with his
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  • 344 6 Woman Who Put Idiot Son "To Sleep" Mrs. May Brownhill, aged 62, the Harrogate mother who “murdered her son for mercy,” wos released from Strangeways Prison, Manchester, on March, 2. Accompanied by a nurse, Mrs. Brownhill. who was released between 6.30 and 7 a.m., travelled by motor-car
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  • 388 6 Revolving Turrets That Give All-Round Fire I The 16-ton tank—the finest and fastest long-range armoured fighting vehicle in i the world—will, the Morning Pest understands, be the main armam nt of the Royal Tank Corps w’hen sufficient money is available to replace the 12-ton
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    • 38 6 IE 1 Of j T\ i M 1 Bs/ L i rS z/jgr ■>' JI GYPSY NINA, one of America’s greatest radio stars, who made her first appearance in England at the Palladium in “Life Begins at Oxford Circus.”
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    • 15 6 MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN as Dora in the film, "David Copperfield,” fine adaptation from Dickens' popular novel.
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  • 692 7 AIR ROUTE TO BE LINKED UP THREE-POWER NETWORK OF LINES IN SOUTH PACIFIC It was reported vesterdav that tharo .u Singapore, March 18. BriUsh North Borneo. Philippines, and assays Considerable importance attaches to this development for it visualises an extensive network of British American
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  • 288 7 Reason For Absence From Inspection At the annual general meeting of the Boys Scouts Association, Malacca, held on Friday evening at the High School, the following were elected office bearers for 1935: President, the Hon’ble the Resident Councillor. Mr. G. W. Bryant. Vice-Presidents: —Lieut. Colonel A.
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  • 119 7 Alleged Attempt At Extortion That there were others still to be arrested in that case was the remark of Detective I Inspector P. S. Gordon in the poHce court j today, when the case was mentioned in which two Chinese named Cheah Ah Too and
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  • 157 7 Criminal Charge Withdrawn The case of alleged criminal breach of trust in respect of funds of the Mariam- man Temple, brought at the instance of *R. K. Ramalingam against A. KasL Pillai. came before the first Magistrate on Friday morning. When the case previously came before the
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  • 69 7 Annual General Meeting The sixth annual general meeting of the Se anger Badminton Association took piece at the Victoria Ins itution Hall on Sunday, March 17, 1935. The following were elected Office Bearers President.—-Mr. F. L. Shaw: Vice-Pre-sidents.— Miss J. Fess and Mr. Tan Pan Thye Hon.
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  • 273 7 Teik Choon And Beng Wai Win Doubles (BY “SHUTTLE COCK”) Chan Teik Choon end Ho Beng Wai beat Lee Cheng Chye and Teoh Chye Poon on the Hu Yew Seah court yesterday, in a further s ssion of the Junior badminton championships. Both pairs belong to the
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  • 80 7 Tribute To Committee (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, March 19. The Ipoh Golf Club annual report disclosed that the club received from the Pepe.k Turf Club $l,OOO as compensation for relinquishing its rights to play on the p d course adjoining 'he Turf Club's property.
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  • 199 7 In Penang Gaol Today Gobal, the Province Wellesley Tamil who was recently convicted at the Penang Assize Couit wi.h the double murder of a compatriot and his wife, at dawn this morning underwent the extreme penalty of the lew, he being “hanged by the neck” till he
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  • 116 7 The case was mentioned today in the police court in which a Chinese named Yeoh Choot stood charged with theft of a tin of coconut oil, the property of Whye Hoo Beng, from premises No. 51, Madras Lane, at 12.50 p.m. on March 7.
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  • 201 7 Snatched $lOO From Counter The ruse by a Tamil to steal money from a Chinese when the latter was paying in $2OO into an account at the overseasChinese bank, was related to the magistrate (Mr. J. P. Biddulph) in the police court today when Ramasamy
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  • 117 7 More Arrests Yet To Be Made That there were about twelve arrests to be made in connection with the case, was the statement of the prosecuting officer when two Chinese named Teoh See Teong and Lau Kim Seng were produced in the police court today before
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  • 74 7 Penang people, ay well as visitors to Penang wi 1 be able to enjoy good food and drinks from April 1, in “The Southern Restaurant and Bar.” Mr. Pang Tcck Heng, a Chinese towkay, has rented the second and third storeys of the new building beside Windsor
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    • 448 8 TTTI ——OPENING THURSDAY, 21 ST Immortal Masterpiece The Count Of Monte Christo WITH ROBERT DONAT ELI S S A IANPI 6-15 OPENING TONIGHT 9-30 BRITAIN'S NEW 'RED-HEAD' STAR LAST NIGHT TONIGHT 6.30 LAST NIGHT TONIGHT 9-30 HA.A.S Due T The El,ormo,,s Leß 9* l Of This Programme SPECIAL RETURN SCREENING
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    • 37 9 1 S tH dal v need is an morning ‘‘P’*' e up d i > I I V T ,x ...n 1 Buy Y our Printed Requirements *7l FROM THE PINANG GAZETTE PRESS» LIMITED. IMMEDIATE ATTENTION PROMPT deuvery.
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    • 65 9 PENANG 'PHONE 543. J! _L v PENANG S. S. WEDNESDAY NEXT > Cocktail Dance 6.30 to 9 p.m. TEDDY WEATHERFORD Leading The Band YOLA PAUL will again attend the Dance giving their exhibition of Ball Room Dances. I Thursday Saturday i j Dinner Dance with Yola Paul MAJESTIC OPENING THURSDAY
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    • 239 9 FUN FROLIC MAIN GATE 10 CENTS Tuesday, 19th March, 1935. THOONG YIT CANTONESE OPERA “HOR LIN KWAI LEE YUET” LOW SAI THOE GUAN TEOCHEW OPERA “CHIN BEE JlN’’—Part 5. Legless Show The phenomenon of the world. TA CONJURING SHOW A HIGH CLASS SHOW. Free Lists Cancelled. OPEN-AIR CINEMA “WAYSIDE FLOWERS”
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  • 933 10 The introduction of a new salary scheme for local nurses has been announced, full details of which, it is stated, will be gazetted in the near future. Pending the publication of these details it is not possible to accurately weigh up the merits or demerits of the scheme
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  • 588 10 ‘SILVER JUBILEE: i Will any readers having in their possession photographs of local decorations and celebrations of the King s coronation in 1910 please communicate with the Editor, “Pinang Gazette” j Jubilee Number? i FRUIT PRODUCTION IN MALAYA: One is apt to overlook or to minimise the
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  • 303 10 Mr. Lim Kung Leong And M iss Ong Eng Kim i The wedding, in the reformed style, took place yesterday et the Town Hall of Mr. Lim Kung Leong, manager of Messrs. Aurora BookstaT Co., and Miss Ong Eng Kim. Dr. C. H. Tann was the officiating chairman.
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  • 115 10 HOOD RENOWN COLLISION Board Reconsiders Decision CAPT. SAWBRIDGE'S SENTENCE REDUCED London, March 18. The Board of Admiralty has revised its findings in respect of the court martial decisions in regard to the Hood—Renown collision. Their Lordships state that they are unable to absolve-Admiral Bailey from blame. He had adopted the
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  • 67 10 Duty On Foreign Rice (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, March 18. The export trade from Siam t olndia of broken rice wiped out the decision of the Indian Government to enforce an impo»! duty of twenty rupees per ton on foreign broken rice entering India from April 1.
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    • 62 10 YARDLEY LAVENDER JSg? THE LOVABLE /(£?sbx fragrance r So fresh and fragrant, the Yardley Lavender gives you a daintiness and charm which no other perfume can quite equal. A Lovable Fragrance—exquisite at all times and especially perfect for the informal occasion when a heavy, exotic scent might be out of
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  • 403 11 Card Of Nine Events The following are the weights for the concluding day of the Selangor Professional Meeting to be run on Saturday: RACE 1 Ponies Class 2; Div. 3, 5 Furs. CAN DO g 05 GLAMOUR g MISS WOO 8.09 BRIGHT EYES 8.08 LADY
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  • 304 11 On Bookmaking Charge $5OO BAIL (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, March 18. Much interest was aroused in the local court this morning when it became known that three brothers, well-known Persian Merchants of this town were being charged, as a result of a Police raid on Saturday
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  • 245 11 Government Clerk Convicted (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, March 19. A letter written by a Chinese clerk employed in the Land Office in Kuala Kangsar to the rubber restriction officer offering tea money for a favourable report on a rubber land owned by his relatives led to
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  • 157 11 By Monopolies Department CHINESE ON $20,000 BAIL A large haul of chandu made yesterday by the Preventive branch of the Government Monopolies had a sequel when three Chinese named Choo Chooi Kean, Seow Khay and Lee Kay Seng were produced in the police court today charged
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  • 33 11 The Eastbound Imperial aircraft is now due to arrive at Alor Star at about 1.20 p.m. today. Correspondence will probably be ready for delivery to box-holders at 5 p.m.
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  • 208 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, March 19. Mohamed Amin bin Taib, headmaster of Seputeh Malay School committed suicide last evening. It was understood the deceased attended a conference of Malay gurus returning home cheerful and not giving any indication of his intention to take his
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  • 643 11 i Late Mr. Teoh Jin Wan PROFUSION OF FLORAL TRIBUTES Y esterday at 4 p.m. the funeral the late Mr. Teoh Jin Wan who passed away at his residence Sunbeam Cottage in Bukit Mertajam at the age of 58, took place from Church Street, Ghaut Pier for
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  • 176 11 "Jaga Kreta" Boy Cautioned Discretion has to be used in cases of this kind said the magistrate (Mr. J. P. Biddulph) when a Chinese youth named Lee Tee Hor was charged in the police court today with soliciting employment as a watchman by receiving ten cents from the
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    • 196 11 A PICTURE OF HEALTH. I v ,4 4 /W '2 s? "A S®x>. i 1 w HL 3 4 j 4 >¥i I THIS HAPPY BABY HAS BEEN FED ON HUMANISEP Humanised Trufood carries on the good work associated with breast feed- I Ing because it is actually almost akin
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  • 1001 12 COMMITTEE APPOINTED MR. RAGHAVAN'S PLEA FOR FEEDING OF POOR IRRESPECTIVE OF CASTE OR CREED HON. MR. H. H. ABDOOLCADER ELECTED PRESIDENT In connection with the Penang Silver Jubilee celebrations over 60 members of the Indian community met yesterday to consider the best form of celebration,
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  • 386 12 Saving 32| Days FIRST TEST OF ITS KIND An experiment never before attempted, that of sending a sitting of hatching eggs for 12,800 miles by air, was carried out in connection with the recent departure of the first air-mail service from this country to Australia. The
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  • 102 12 Accused's PJea Of Having No Employment That he stole the bicycle because he had neither employment nor money was the plea put forward by a Chinese named Lau Mee when charged in the police court yesterday with the theft of a bicycle valued at $9, the
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  • 315 12 European Fined $3 “I maintain that there was no signal given to me by the constable. If there I had been one I would certainly have seen i it.” This statement was made by an European, Mr. R. Mange, the local manager of the successors of Messrs.
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    • 17 12 MAJESTIC OPENING THURSDAY ALEXANDRE DUMAS' Immortal Masterpiece THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO with ELISSA LANDI ROBERT DONAT
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    • 170 12 through trans partutort design! Pm ■fl HOLD IT TO THE LIGHT and SEE the INK WITHIN The amazing Parker Vacumatic hoLh 102% more ink enough to write many thousand words! And that double ink supply is always visible! Through the gleaming, iridescent “little windows,”of built-up rings of shim- t mering
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    135 13 MR. CHANG WEI CHUNG AT ROYAL TOMORROW MR. CHANG WEI CHUNG, the well-known Chinese master magician, who, with his company of 30 artistes, most of whom are girls, will begin season at the Theatre Royal imorrow. The programme will isist of dancing, jugglery and ler items. Mr. Chang
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  • 600 13 Chinese Barrister Makes f History SEX NO BARRIER The question of wneUicr her sex was a disqualification co Mrs. Heng nong (Jon (formerly Miss Heng Hong JLim) of the Straits Settlements Bar, being admitted to the bar of the Federated Malay States was settled yesterday
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  • 91 13 Ful! Inquiries To Be Mode An Indian named Perianayam was charged in the police court yesterday before the magistrate (Mr. J. P. BiddulpU) with committing housebreaking by entering 79A, Batu Lanchang Lane, after sunset and before sunrise, at 10 p.m. on March 15. Court Inspector Smith, the prosecuting
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  • 338 13 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mrs. L.A. Thomas, the Commissioner I for Malaya, Girl Guides Association, has I removed to Ipoh (from Kuala Lumpur) I during the week-end. i Mr. A.K.E. Hampshire has recently suffered from a severe attack of influenza. He and Mrs. Hampshire have now left for a sea trip to
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  • 262 13 Of Well-Known Chinese Couple Last Thursday the Malacca Chinese Lawn Tennis Club was the scene of a very fashionable wedding, the contracting parties being Mr. Tam Seat Wah, the fourth son cf Mr. Tam Ah You, J.P., and Miss Kong Kim Hah. an educated and accomplished lady
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  • 889 14 Magistrate Pemarks On Accused's Sanity NO REASON TO STEAL, SAYS WITNESS That there was no reason for eccused. to s' eal was the statement made by a witness when a Me.’ay woman named Tuan Chik binti Ayoib was charged in the police I court yesterday
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  • 251 14 AU Are Happy Except Lawyers Johcre Bahru, March 15. On every side in Johore is evidence of rc newed prosperity. Everyone wears a happy Icok which w'as sadly lacking two years ago. New’ businesses and shops have sprung up. The slump is ever, and the only people
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  • 195 14 The following are th" latent quotation. 1 for today Buyers Sellers FIN Ampat Tins 4 0 4 6 Ayer Wergs 1.85 1.90 Hitam 47 49 Hong Fatts 50 52% Jelebu 90 95 Johan .27 29 K. Lanjuts 14 0 14 6 Killinghalls 116 12 6 Kramat 43
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  • 367 14 KENNEDY COMPANY TODAY’S PRICES The following are the latest quotations m MESSRS. KENNEDY CO.’S Share List today.— Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers RUBBER Batu Lintang 1.05 1.10 1.00 1.05 Jeram 1.05 1.15 1.00 1.10 Mentakab 39 42 37% 40 Nyales 100 1.10 97% 1.05 S.
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  • 403 14 A. A. ANTHONY CO.’S QUOTATIONS The following are the chances In out quotations up to noon todav Yesterday Today TIN Buyers Sellers Buy ->rs Seller» Ayer Weng 185 190 1.87% 1.92% Hi’am 47 49 47 49 Hong Fatt 50 52% 50 52% Jelebu 90 95 90 95 Johan 27 29
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  • 49 14 PENANG, MARCH 19, 1935 London Bank Demand 2 3 15 16 4 m!ts 2 4 132 Private 3 m|ta credit 2|4% 3 Documentary 2|4 7|16 On New York Demand 55 France T.T. 830 Shanghai T.T. 29% dis. Hongkong T.T. 12%% dis. Ind: a T.T. 153% Bar Silver 27%
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  • 131 14 YESTERDAY TODAY TIN London (Spot) No market £211.0.0 Do. (3 months} No market £207.0.0 Singapore $107.62% $106.00 Business Done Penang $107.75 $106.12% Business Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA- —(Sundried) $4.05 $4.00 BLACK PEPPEB $20.00 $19.00 RUBBER.— London s ad. New York llc(G) 10 f n B
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    • 36 14 WEATHER REPORT Temperature Wind RalnfaT 6 a.m. 76 SE Noon 91 S TIDE TABLE TODAY HIGH WATER LOW WATER 12.26 a.m 7.00 a.m. 12.59 p.m 7.20 p.m. TOMORROW 12.55 a.m 7.26 e.m. 121 p.m 7.49 p.m.
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  • 1753 15 STANDARD PRODUCTION UNDER 1934 PLAN EXTENDED LIST OF PROVISIONAL ASSESSMENTS ‘‘Financial Times.” Under the Rubber Control Plan announced on 30th April last the 1934 quota, or standard production, for the entire eight territories within the scheme was put at 1,019,000 tons. The individual plantations had not then
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  • 95 15 Latest Quotations Monday Saturday Paris 72% 72?|§ New York 4.76 4.80 Montreal Brussels 20.38 20.65 Geneva 14.69 14.85 Amsterdam 7.02 7.10 Milan 57% 57% Berlin 11.88 11.96 Prague 113% Copenhagen Oslo 19.90% 19.90% Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Vienna 25% 25% Helsingfors 226% 226% Madrid 34?/« Lisbon 110
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  • 607 17 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule Of Principal Lines The following Is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during ths wsck: IN PORT TODAY B.S. MANDAR from Tg. Mengeider (Koealoe), Bagan Si-Api-Api, Paneh, Berombang e,nd Asahan (Tg. Balei). Sails tomorrow for the same ports. S.S. MANTAI MARU from Japan
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  • 1129 17 The Post Office notifies that a telegram from G.P.O. London, says that the mail despatched from Penang on 23rd February by the s.s. “Khandalla” was delivered in London on 16th March. AIR MAILS A mail for Medan (via Alor Star) by road to Alor Star and thence
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    • 1605 17 WIRELESS PROGRAMMES quharson—Talk on Share Quotations Market conditions. CBBl9—Rumba —Caranga La Cucarecha—Geraldo and his Orchestra. C 8791 —Fox Trot— Have a Litte Dream on Me Yes Sir, I love your Daughter.— 8.8. C. Dance Orchestra. (Regal Zonophone) MRlsol—Quick Step —The Man from Harlem Slow Fox Trot —Why Am I Bue
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  • 1329 18  -  fry H. Kingsley LONG Emily bronte; in Room 29 of the National Portrait Gallery she 1 looks down at you from the cracked canvas that her brother, Branwcfl, painted just a hundred years ago. On the side wall of the same room is anothei’ fragment
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  • 1023 18  -  CONTRAST OF THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS WITH TROUBLED ANNIVERSARIES OF FORMER KINGS By LETTICE COOPER (in the "Yorkshire) Post") Miss Lattice Cooper is the Yorkshire novelist whose latest book, “We Have Come to a Country,” has been favourably reviewed. When we were young we had a
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  • 141 18 Chisel And Wire Found On Teochew How a detective’s suspicion was aroused when he saw the back door of a vacant house open, was related to the magistrate (Mr. J. p. Biddulph) in the police court yesterday when a Teochew named Ho Kee pleaded to a
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  • 108 18 Magistrate Defers Sentence t Three charges of voluntarily disposing of stolen bicycles at Jelutong were preferred against a Malay named Samsudin Police court yesterday before the magistrate (Mr. J. p. Biddulph) i j Accused was charged that he voluntarily I disposed of property, namely three bicycles,
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  • 1110 19 Further Increases In Tariff CONTEMPLATED BY GOVERNMENT In its monthly review of world economic conditions, the Guaranty Trust Company of w York mentions, in passing, the opinion <>ld by many in China that the Govemc ent here may shortly take some means f "checking imports.” It is,
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  • 112 19 all by committing suicide.—Reuters Pacific Service. Inhabitants Subsisting On Tree Roots Canton, February 28. An insight into the appalling conditions in certain areas in Kweichow Province recently devastated by the Communists is given in a report received here today from the Governor, General Wang Chia-lieh. A
    all by committing suicide.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  112 words
  • 102 19 rifles and several pistols.—Reuters Pacific Service. Attempt To Seize Junk With Oysters Canton, February 26. Nine bandits were drowned and several others were killed during a thrilling encounter today between a Government patrol boat and a pirate junk in the vicinity of Chungshan district. It is learned
    rifles and several pistols.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  102 words
  • 115 19 —Reuters Pacific Service. Chen Chi-tang’s Representative Interviewed Canton, February 26. There is no truth in the report that Nanking is increasing its subsidies to Kwangtung and Kwangsi to meet the expenses of the bandit suppression campaign, declared Mr. Yang Teh-chao, personal representative in Nanking of General Chen Chi-tang,
    —Reuters Pacific Service.  -  115 words
  • 251 19 road runs must be abolished.—Reuters Pacific Service. Wireless Communication BETWEEN LHASA AND NANKING Nanking, February 28. With the return of Geileral Huang Mosung from Tibet and Dr. Sven Hedin from Sinkiang, interest in the Chinese Capital in the border provinces has been received. Accordng to
    road runs must be abolished.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  251 words
  • 176 19 ruary in the Diet.—Reuters Pacific Service. Formosan Forces Should Be Strengthened Tokyo, February 27. The question of w’hether the Japanese Navy feels that the 54,000 tons annually to replace obsolete vessels from 1936 onwards, would be sufficient to meet Japan's needs following the expiration of
    ruary in the Diet.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  176 words
  • 135 19 —Reuters Pacific Service. Minister Of Industry In Shanghai Nanking, February 27. Developments in Shanghai in connexion with the auction yesterday of the Sung Sing Cotton and Spinning Company’s Number 7 Mill are being closely followed by the Chinese government. A conference on the subject was
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  • 80 19 —Reuters Pacific Service. Included In Oil Monopoly Changchun, February 27. The Japanese authorities have consented to include the South Manchuria Railway area within the sphere of the oil monopoly, which will probably not come into operation until the middle of March. The reason for this is that some
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  • 220 19 —Reuters Pacific Service. Representative Arrives REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED TO GOVT. Nanking, February 28. The Sinkiang provincial government, which has been in financial difficulties, is seeking assistance from Nanking. Mr. Kao Hsi-pin, the provincial commissioner of reconstruction, has arrived here from Tihua in an attempt to
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  • 153 19 later hopped off again for Canton. —Reuters Pacific Service. Made Forced Landing Near Ichang Canton, February 26. The Eurasia Aviation Corporation's mailplane which made a forced landing on Friday near Ichang, on the Hunan-Kwantung border, arrived here today. The machine, a junkers monoplane, left Peiping last
    later hopped off again for Canton.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  153 words
  • 109 19 Reuters Pacific Service. Peiping, February 26. The through express from Mukden this morning brought a party of 36 Mongolian pilgrims from East Mongolia. They boarded the train at Chinchow and are on their way Lo Wutaishan in Shansi, where there is a Lama temple. The party consists of
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  • 73 19 three-year plan of reconstruction. Reuters Pacific Service. Four Million Dollars Short Term Bonds Canton, February 26. The Provincial Government, at a meeting today, approved the flotation of $4,000,000 worth of short-term bonds by the Department of Finance to secure money to meet heavy Government expenditures. An
    three-year plan of reconstruction. Reuters Pacific Service.  -  73 words
  • 73 19 —Reuters Pacific Service. Peiping, February 26. Mr. Hsu Chih-heng, former Professor of Chinese Literature at the National University of Peking, has died in Peiping. Mr. Hsu was a native of Kwantung and had been connected with the Department of Chinese of Peita for many years. He
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  • 226 20 The King’s Seaside Holiday LOVELY WEATHER favoured the visit of the King and Queen to Eastbourne. Here is a glimpse of their Majesties over the heads of the crowd as they went back to their chr after walking and sitting in the bright sunshine on
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