Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 March 1935

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 65. Vol. XCIII. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS?
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  • 352 1 .—Reuter CONSUMPTION OVERRATED DUTCH QUARTERS SURPRISED London, March 20. Ihe “Financial Times” Amsterdam Correspondent states there is considerable surprise in well informed Dutch quarters that the Rubber Regulation Committee has not yet raised restriction to 30 or 35 per cent. The opinion is held
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  • 874 1 United States—Reuter and Rugby Radio Service. —Mr. Winston Churchill BRITISH AIR PROGRAMME MOST INADEQUATE NARROW MARGIN OF SUPERIORITY OVER GERMANY London, March 19. A feature of the debate on the Air Estimates was the speech of Mr. inston Churchill who claimed that
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  • 170 1 —Reuter. Financial Crisis MAY GO OFF GOLD STANDARD Paris. March 19. The resignation of the Belgian Cabinet is attributed to the French decision not to grant the four milliards francs loan and adequate commercial concessions. Paris believes that Belgium will follow the sterling group and owing to
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  • 180 1 JVUIACA.II **x^*^^x*- grants is £715,769,000.—Rugby Radio Ser- j 1 i vice. i i Budget Surplus Probable INCOME TAX COLLECTION INCREASE i London. March 19. I With two weeks to run before the end of the financial year the last treasury returns show an ordinary re- venue amounted
    JVUIACA.II **x^*^^x*-& ! grants is £715,769,000.—Rugby Radio Ser- j 1 i vice. i  -  180 words
  • 102 1 i.—Reuter Wire ess. Nineteen People To Be Indicted Paris, March 14. Nineteen people whose names have been mentioned in connection with the Stavisky scandal are to be indicted on charges of either forgery, swind ing. receiving stolen goods or complicity as *he result of the long enquiry by
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  • 56 1 .—Reuter Wireless. Third Man Charged London, March 14. A third man, John O’Brien aged 74 described as c. dealer of no fixed abode has appeared at Croydon Police Court on a charge of being concerned in the theft of gold from Croydon aerodrome on March 6. He
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  • 54 1 i.—Reuter. For Anti Soviet Activity Moscow, March 19 The arrest of over 1,000 Tsarist exofficers, ex-noblemen and ex-officials in Leningrad was announced by the Soviet Government. It is stated that some of them will be charged for anti-Soviet activity on behalf of a foreign power. have already
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  • 3941 3  -  FULL TEXT OF STATEMENT PRESENTED BY PRIME MINISTER TO PARLIAMENT FOR SOME YEARS when the Votes of the Defences Services have been debated in the House of Commons, the suggestion has been made that their consideration should be preceded by a Debate on Imperial
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    • 162 3 I 'J I I I I h IP j Bwuhfo Ft J k lv/z /y W PI I I I w® I p ■Mair f H H the Links M R V The thrill of the links buoyant youth romantic k-l V' charm. Moments when the captivating fragrance this exquisite
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  • 1161 4 FOOTBALL LEAGUE SURPRISES Amateur Boxing Titles Completed CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP (From Our Own Correspondent) London, March 9. ST. MIRREN’S FINE PERFORMANCE The matches in which the clubs in danger of relegation were concerned provided most of the surprise results in the Scottish League First Division on March 2.
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  • 303 4 Yesterday's Football Match A football match was played on the Esplanade yesterday between the Penang Cricket Club and the Penang Recreation Club and resulted in a win for the former [by the odd goal in three. The display was poor both sides lacking combination, j The Cricket
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  • 31 4 Mr. J. M. Barron The New President Mr. J. M. Barron, M.C.S., Deputy Controller of Labour, Malaya, has accepted the office of President of the Penang Football Association.
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  • 406 4 Card Of Nine Events The following are the weights for the concluding day of the Selangor Professional Meeting io be run pn Saturday at Kuala i-umpur RACE 1 Ponies Class 2; Div. 3, 5 Furs. CAN DO 0 05 GLAMOUR 0 04 MISS WOO 8
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  • 823 4 Profit Of $48,758 COMMITTEE'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1934 The following report by the Committee will be presented to the members of the Perak Turf Club .to be held on March 27. At the last Annual General Meeting of Members a resolution was passed to the
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  • 171 4 Result of Neglected Rheumatism Here is a letter that goes to prove that even rheumatism of long standing can be relieved by the right treatment: “I have been a sufferer from rheumatism for some 12 to 14 years now and have foolishly taken no steps
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  • 164 4 April 20 And 22 The Perak Turf Club Skye meeting will be held on Saturday, April 20, and Monday April 22. There will be two runs each for Horses, Class 5 and Ponies, Class 3. If possible one or two runs will also be provided
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  • 104 4 gates and India five for two.—Reuter Wireless. I.L.T.F. Decide Against Change Paris, March 15. A meeting of the International Lawn Tennis Federation decided not to change the foot fault rule. It was proposed to adopt the Australian method of placing a second line to allow for the
    gates and India five for two.—Reuter Wireless.  -  104 words
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  • 536 5 THIRD DEFEAT BY G. PALMIERI MISTAKEN TACTICS Monte Carlo, March 10. G. Palmieri the Italian ex-professipnal, with victories over G. Von Cramm, of Germany, and H. W. Austin, he British holder of the trophy, has won the Monte Carlo Cup. In the
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  • 1115 5 Championships And Betting SARAZEN'S SPIRITED DENUNCIATION A Doubtful Money Stimulus British golfers will applaud Sarazen’s decision to have nothing whatever to do’ with the suggestion that pari-mutuel betting on golf championships and tournaments should be legalised. Both the United States Golf Association, which is equivalent to the R. and
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  • 1121 5 A Silver Jubilee Retrospect SOME "GIANTS" OF 1910 One of the most remarkable things that has happened during the 25 years King George V has reigned is the way in which sport has conquered the world (writes R.H. Clarke in the “Nottingham Guardian.” When everyone shows
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  • 406 5 Dulwich Beat Brighton In Closely Contested Bouts Dulwich College beat their old rivals, Brighton College, at the Swimming Baths at Dulwich, by six bouts to three, after some closely contested bouts. The score stood three points all at one period, but Dulwich won the welter-weight, middleweight and
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  • 1036 5 ERRORS OF 1934 CRICKET "Bodyline" Blame For All HINT TO M.C.C. "Larwood Would Have Been Chosen If—" “There is a great difference between fast bowling and direct bowling, and a cricketer knows the difference.” This observation is made by Mr. S. J. Southerton, the later editor
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  • 299 5 No Score In Struggle With Bath Bath 0 Bristol 0 If one we-'e co?ching schoolboys in Rugby, it would have done no good to have taken them *o see the Bath v. Bristol strugg'e at Bath, where about 7,( 9 spectators saw a game of spoiling tactics
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  • 464 6 Great Issues Hang On British Plan WESTERN POWERS' RIVALRY The extension of the Imperial Airways system from Singaporee to Hong Kong—the natural “Charing Cross” for air lines in South China—is under consideration. With this proposal is bound up the whole future of commercial aviation in China. The
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  • 266 6 SIR ERIC GEDDES'S FORECAST TRANSATLANTIC SERVICE "IN A YEAR OR TWO" SIR ERIC GEDDES, chairman of Imperial Airways, speaking at a “Transport Dinner” at the Press Club in London on March 8, said that with the help of the Post Office and the Air Ministry Imperial
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  • 403 6 Where Other Navies Score Over England FRANCE HAS GREATEST NUMBER OF SUBMARINES Particulars of the numerical strength of the Fleets of the Great Powers on February Ist last, issued on March 2nd, shows that the British Commonwealth of Nations, with the exception of the Soviet, hove fewer submarines
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  • 180 6 Failure Of Apparatus In Leap From 'Plane Questions concerning a parachute which was believed to have strangled a naval officer were asked at the inquest at the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, Hampsire, on Sub-Lieutenant Nigel Williams, R.N., aged 23, who, with his observer, Leading Aircraftsman H.
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  • 493 6 Famous Parachutist's Death in the Air COLLAPSE AT 28.000 FEET Copenhagen. March 7. “Dare-devil” John Tranum, the famous Danish parachute jumper, who had cheated death more than 2,000 times by daring jumps from great heights, died in an aeroplane 28,000 ft. above Copenhagen when about to embark on
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  • 155 6 Willie Clarkson, the famous theatrical wigmaker and costumier, of Wardourstreet, W., who died last October at the age of 73, left estate of the gross value of £64,519 with net personality £3,030. Letters of administration of his property have been granted to Mr. Robert George Fenn
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  • 493 6 Ordered To Leave House NO RIGHT TO REMAIN PENDING DIVORCE The question whether a wife had the. right to remain in occupation of the matrimonial home after divorce proceedings have been started against her was raised on a summons, in which judgment was given by
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    • 244 6 Babies grow big and strong Fed on Mellin’s Food, babies are happy and contented, and increase in weight, week by week. Mixed as directed,. Mellin’s Food is the best substitute for breast milk, and containseverythingnecessary for baby’s nourishment. I Agj UNTOUCHED BY HAND |l W Mellin’s Food Obtainable throughout the
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    • 90 6 iii Tin n Ms lID FftjeZs l J’ BRAND BEDSTEAD If I THE STANDARD OF A HOUSEHOLD IS JUDGED BY ITS FURNISHINGS ot which the Bedstead is prominent. If it bears the “Diamond” trademark, tne owner may be considered both lucky and discriminating. 8 J careful selection he has discovered
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  • 236 7 SMARN TARLEY ON SATURDAY Fighter v. Boxer AT FUN AND FROLIC (BY “SECONDS OUT’’) A fight that is likely to make local boxing history comes off on Saturday night at Fun and Frolic stadium when Nai Smarn, the Siamese lightweight champion travels fifteen rounds wi‘h Young Tarley, the Filipino Orient
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  • 75 7 In Critical Condition After Seremban Fight Seremban. Yesterday. Battling Key, of Singapore, is still unconscious in hospital today after being knocked out by Nelson, of Selangor, in a bout at the Merryland Park last night. In the sixth round Key was floored but saved by the gong. The
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  • 29 7 BATTLING KEY DIES IN HOSPITAL (From Our Own Correspondent.) KU ALA LUMPUR MARCH 20. BATTLING KEY, THE FORMER MALAYAN LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION DIED TODAY AT THE SEREMBAN HOSPITAL.
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  • 304 7 Wm For A. C. S. Union Pair (BY SHUTTLECOCK On the ’Limnsßtead court yesterday Lim Eng Hean and Chuah Kim Chiew (AngloChinese Sch®ol Union) 'beat Lee Keng Leong and Coe-ah Tat Jin (Hu Yew Seah) in the Junior badminton championships. The Unionists were definitely superior throughout and
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 1391 7 To The Editor, The Pinang Gazette,” PENANG. Sir, EMPIRE TRADE WEEK 1935. We beg to enclose herewith a copy of a circular letter dated 20th February, 1935, with enclosure, regarding the above, and shall be obliged if you will kindly publish' same in your valued paper.
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  • 93 7 Complainant Still In Hospital The case was mentioned today in the police court before the magistrate (Mr. J. P. Biddulph) in which an Indian named Ramasamy stood charged with voluntarily causing hurt to a compatriot, Ramayah, with an instrument used for cutting, namely a knife, on
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  • 32 7 ,—Reuter. Hull City Defeats Burnley London, March 19. In a match in the second division of the English League played today, Hull C. beat Burnley by three goals to one.
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  • 27 7 ,—Reuter. London, March 19. According to his trainer, Noiseau is not running in the Grand National. Glen Hazel was officially scratched at 11.05 a.m,-
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    • 181 8 I I I I 1 Kh. 1 WoH A British Scientist has at a last discovered a safe and scientific way of removing V- z superfluous hair. Razors K 1' —which only make the M, hair grow faster and 1 thicker—and all the old evil-smeihng depi' rtory pastes are now
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    • 230 8 BOOKINGS NOW OPEN AT ROBINSON'S 'Phone 567. OPENING TOMORROW OPENING TOMORROW ALEXANDRE DUMAS’ Immortal Masterpiece The Count Of Monte Cristo Robert Donat “.s” Elissa Landi WWAW.WAVAV/.V/AVAWI wow 6-30 STARTING TONIGHT 9-30 BROUGHT BACK BY REQUEST FOR A FEW NIGHTS ONLY STAR MOTION PICTURE CO.'S SUPERB ALL-CANTONESE TALKIE MISS BUTTERFLY WU
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  • 158 9 ariny umvein «.nv, seeking refuge in Turkey. Reuter Wireless. But Property To Be Confiscated ITALY PROVIDES REFUGE FOR GREEK REBELS Rhodes, March 13. M. Venizelos, who arrived at Rhodes this morning, is a free man according to an official Italian statement and may leave Rhodes when
    ariny umvein «.nv, , seeking refuge in Turkey. Reuter Wireless.  -  158 words
  • 94 9 —Reuter Wireless. Radical Party Vote With Government Paris, March 15. The radical party has decided to vote with the Government thus ensuring victory for M. Flandin on the question of two years military service. General Fabry, President of the Army Commission, speaking in his personal capacity,
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  • 44 9 The Minister for Transport announced that visitors to Great Britain will not be required to pass the driving test if they hold an international driving permit or licence from a competent authority in the country in which they reside.
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  • 263 9 i.—Reuter. Casualties Over 200 SEQUEL TO EXECUTION OF MURDERER Karachi, March 19. Twenty were killed and many injured as a result of the police Bring on a turbulent Moslem crowd, following the execution in the local jail of Abdul Quayam, a Moslem, for murdering a
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  • 71 9 —Reuter Wireless. To His Voluntary Secretary London, March 14. Without ceremony and nlmos' secretly Mr. James Maxton, the well-known Labour member of the House of Commons, and leader of the Independent Labour Party, was married today to Miss Madeleine Glasie, his voluntary secretary for eleven years. Both
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  • 75 9 Reuter Wireless. Capetown, March 13. The British exploration ship DISCOVERY II has returned here after spending several months in the Antarctic regions. She surveyed the South Shetlands and studied the habits and diet of whales in the far south whaling grounds. She transported a quantity of stores,
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  • 109 9 —Reuter Wireless. Oslo, March 15. The Liberal Government has resigned following defeat in the Storting by 94 votes to 55 votes. The crisis arose on the Labour Party’s demand for increased expenditure '.o lelieve unemployment. The cabinet opposing any proposals necessitating higher taxation. The Labour Party is forming
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  • 144 9 —Reuter Wireless. Italian Gesture To Yugoslavia "CORDIAL CONCRETE COLLABORATION" Belgrade, Mai ch 15. A statement which may mark the end of one of the most delicate problems in the Balkans was made by the new Italian Minister, Count Di Campallo, presenting, letters of credence to the Prince
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  • 37 9 kilometres in 25 hours in one hop.—Reuter Wireless. The famous non-stop flyers Codos and Rossi have landed at Buc aerodrome from Cape Verde Islands covering the 4,700 kilometres in 25 hours in one hop.—Reuter
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  • 136 9 sion.—Reuter. Well Received By Press "ADMIRABLE IN TONE AND TEMPER" London, March 19. i Ihe moi ning papers unanimously approve of the British note to Germany. Even the “Daily Herald” it as ‘‘admirable in tone and temper.” Some editorials while expressing gratification that Germeny has not
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  • 57 9 p.m. Reuter Wireless. Havana, March 13. The strike of government servants and school teachers is breaking up and postal services are now normal and the Government threat to adopt the American method regarding Public Enemy Number One has frightened the communist leaders into hiding. The curfew
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  • 72 9 of the performance of this aircraft.—Reuter Wireless. Replying to a question as to whether the construction of a fighter monoplane capable of a speed of 275 miles an hour was ccntcmpla’ed Sir Phi’ip Sassoon said a fighting plane had been on order and would probably
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    • 180 9 Q U C A N 6-00 OPENING TONIGHT 9-15 ANOTHER 3 HOURS OF EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT! Your Favourite Star of "TELEGRAPH TRAILS" In A New Action Epic of Blazing Guns In A Fight for Gold I A WHIRLWIND OF ACTION IN A TORNADO OF TROUBLE! M ACTION > i6<t r I
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  • 882 10 With the German re-introduction of conscription and the European situation becoming more tense, it might well be asked whether prosperity goes with peace or war, or, in other words, whether the greatest influence for peace is not prosperity. During the great European War, 1914-1918 manv individuals and
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  • 394 10 INDIAN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS: We have received the following letter from Mr. N. Raghaven: “With reference to the report in your yesterday’s issue, may I point out that mv suggestion was not only to feed the Indian poor but all poor people irrespective of caste, creed or race
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  • 1182 10 A PROBLEM FOR PARENTS cessful career.—W.C.B. in the Birmingham Post. The dull boy is no longer the problem I that he was in earlier days when he was regarded as a nuisance. Modern psychologists have found out methods of curing' dullness, so the dull boy gets his
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    • 214 10 > ®t OEW Jackdaw of Reims uncorking A. bottle of CH IB The Wine of Kings I The King of Wines I i AGENTS JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD., (Incorporated in England) 1. Pitt Street. Penang. SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR BUY ONLY CLOVER BRAND MILK p B u E r s
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    • 28 10 When Buying Hams ALWAYS SPECIFY Well-known throughout THE WHOLE WORLD. :o: OBTAINABLE FROM All the Leading Dealers. SOLE AGENTS: Henry Waugh Co.. Ltd.. PENANG Singapore, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 440 11 Mr. W. Christie SAD NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA News has been received by cable from Australia of the death of Jockey William Christie, who was sent to Australia a couple of months ago on account of illhealth. Christie, it will be remembered, had come to Penang
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  • 141 11 Woman Cyclist Fined r th S,e b X 3 o°f a h VaneV" -U >n stop her cycle when signa pangkor the junction of Burmah Road and g Road at 7 p.m. yesterday. in reply to the magwtrae Mr.X Biddulph). accused stated seen riding a cycle for
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  • 466 11 Result Of Drought At Kuala Lipis HYDRANTS EMPTY AND RIVER LOW Kuala Lipis, March 18. A fire of some magnitude broke out in a shop house used as a general store, No. 67, known as Chop Ban Yoo Loong and Co., situated in Main
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  • 62 11 —Reuter. Not Missing MYTHICAL STORY OF DISAPPEARANCE Shanghai, March 19. W. H. Harkness Junior, a young Princetown traveller who came to China for purposes of travel and left Nanking for Shanghai on March 14 has been missing since then. SAFE AND SOUND The Harkness disappearance story is
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  • 94 11 I.—Reuter. Motorists Looh out For Police Stratagems London, March 19. Anxiously looking cut for police stratagems, motorists on the first day of the speed restrictions, were on their best behaviour. The police were perfectly camouflaged and it is reported that some actually pursued each other. There was no
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  • 94 11 Reuter. Legless Body Found In Canal London, March 19. The passibili'y of a solution of the hitherto baffling legs mystery has been opened up by the discovery in the Grand Union Car.-al, near Brentford of the trunk of a male body minus the legs, head and one hand.
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  • 153 11 —Reuter Wireless. NEW LAWS FROM MARCH 31 London, March 19. Important alterations in the International Laws of Contract Bridge 1932 are contained in the new laws issued by the Portland Cub. The new rules are expected to be regarded as a great improvement by British players. The chief
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  • 59 11 —Reuter Wireless. Faces False Pretences Charge London, March 19. The Duke of Manchester was charged on a warrant at Westminster Police Court with obtaining £650 early in 1933 by false pretences with intent to defraud two men now deceased. A remand was granted and bail allowed in
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  • 39 11 .—Reuter. Berlin, March 19. The pastors who were arrested in Berlin and the provinces on March 17, because they proposed to read from the pulpits a confessional church government proclamation directed against Neopaganism were released today.
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  • 164 11 Dingle Porter The wedding took place at St. George’s Church this morning of Mr. Walter Hugh Dingle of the Asiatic Petroleum (S.S.) Co., Ltd., Penang son of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Douglas Dingle, and Miss Mildred Burns Porter of Bangkok, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin
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  • 226 11 Plea That He Was Hungry A plea that he was hungry when he stole the money was made by a Tamil named Arumugam when produced in the police court today, for sentence on a charge of theft of $9O in cash, the moveable property of P.
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    • 60 11 Eastern Oriental Hotel i PENANG. I Today Tomorrow, 20th 21st. March DINNER, DANCE CABARET WITH I LES ANDREE'S REVUE In a change of Programme- In Classic, Acrobatic, Eccentric < f Comedy Dances I Dinner Cabaret $3 Nan-Diners $1 Sunday, 24th. March I ORCHESTRAL CONCERT Saturday, 4th May 1 JUBILEE CHARITY
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    • 81 11 kiWw -a |QtiAuirjL ■»1 4 IL/ L J Fa ’’lll MHM i The high standard of purity for Chemicals and Drugs which modern science exacts, is one II 1 of purity that will pass official tests and commercially recognised standards our aim is to improve on all existing standards and
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    • 102 11 CROSSWORD NO. 51 The following submitted correct solutions and share the first prize:— Sonny Roberts, Mrs. Spalding, Mrs. V. Alexander, A. Ponnudorai, G. Spect, S. J. Ngee, L. S. Wah, C. K. W ee all of Singa- pore and Wong Tien Sam of Kuala Lumi pur. j The following submitted
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  • 26 12 Photograph taken at the tea party at which he was entertained by the District and Police Courts Staffs at Elysee Hotel.
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  • 308 12 Lecture By Editor I I LITERARY TREASURES i Singapore, March 19. Opportunity was availed of by the Chettiars' Chamber ?f Commerce of the advent among the chettiar community of Mr. Murugappa, *he editor of "Kumaran," a Tamil weekly issued from Karaikkudi in South India, by
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  • 228 12 Tamil Sentenced To Two Years' Gaol Singapore, March 18. An elderly Tamil named Muthusamy appeared before Mr. Justice Burton today, at the Assize Court, to answer an indictment charging him with l*iving committed the murder of his wife Kamachi, and one Perumal on Dec. 22, 1934,
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  • 225 12 Story Of Boarding Of Tcngkang I THREE MEN BEFORE KLA&G MAGISTRATE Klang, March 19. A case cf piracy off Port Swettenham has been reported to the police as having occurred on March 13 on a tongkang which was returning to Bagan Si Api. The
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  • 257 12 To Be Entertained By Yorkshiremen The Society of Yorkshiremen in Malaya is to give a farewell dinner to Mr. Charles Salter at the Sea View Hotel, Singapore, on April 5. Mr. Salter has given yeoman service to the Society, being the original hon. secretary and having held
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  • 219 12 Retirement Of An Outspoken Judge A judge most outspoken in his criticism, Mi. jusace H.W. Prichard, for seven years on the Bench of the Straits Settlements, left Singapore on Saturday on leave prior to retirement. Mr. Justice Prichard is one of the very few King's Counsel in
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  • 288 12 Ming Work Shown At Assembly Hall i Kuala Lumpur, March 19. j The Chinese Consul at Kuala Lumpur, j Mr. Lu Tsze Chin, yesterday opened a remarkable exhibition of paintings and photoi graphs at the Chinese Assembly Hall. The pictures, with only a few exceptions,
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    • 111 12 CM3 PENANG 'PHONE 543. PENANG S. S. TODAY 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. Thursday Saturday Dipper Dapee with Yola Paul The simple application of a topping of Ironite A/C/J7/R/B will
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  • 322 13 Chinese Tenant As Complainant STORY OF MISSING POULTRY Singapore, March 19. A. L. B. Swaine, a European estate manager, was defendant in a police summons case of committing mischief by demolishing a Chinese tenant’s hut, before Mr. N. Grice, the Singapore second magistrate, yesterday. Swaine
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  • 275 13 Salesman Bound Over For One Year That accused had made full restitution to his former employers was the statement by counsel for the defence when Gan Choo Liat appeared in the police court jester- day on an amended charge of criminal breach of trust in respect
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  • 398 13 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. T. S. E. Vines was a passenger fjor Rangoon by the Imperial Airways Aurora which left on Sunday. Mr. R. W. Calderwood, 0.5.P.C., Dindings and Sitiawan, the State rugby player, will be going Home on leave in May. Dr. (Miss) Maud Cairney, who was in the Malayan
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  • 350 13 Sunday. March 10. H. E. Major-General E. O. Lewin and Mrs. Lewin, Brigadier and Mrs. A. T. Shakespear, Colonel and Mrs. R. H. Allen and Mr. N. G. Morris dined at Government House. Monday, March 11. Lord and Lady Inchcape and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. F. Pretty
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    • 121 13 roaM He said to me I never just call for a whisky I .know better Jc JSL y \i fiwwL fl W mff Iw i n 11 </B rX ru w I fl 11 i¥ fE v r -w\, I said to him quite right, call for Johnnie Walker, there
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    • 566 13 HERE ARE YOUR NEW RECORDS I) KBiEAi Love ls ,n The Air A gain i( DB 1501 Q n |y Have Eyes For You IN THAT SLOW INTOXICATING STYLE OF HIS, CARROLL GIBBONS i FURNISHES DELIGHTFUL PIANO TONE IN THESE TUNEFUL HITS, t H ONE OF WHICH IS FROM “DAMES”.
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  • 402 14 KENNEDY COMPANY TODAYS PRICES The foP'wing a.e the quotation* tn MF KtiANEDI a <XJ <■ List today. Yesterday Tods.y Buyers Sellers Buyers Seilers TIN Ayer Weng 185 190 1.85 1.90 Aye- Hitam 119 12 6c 116 12 6c Hitam 47% 51 47 V 2 50 Hong
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  • 106 14 Reuter Wireless. Home Rails Strongly Supported London. March 15. On the Stock Exchange Home Rails were .strongly supported on the belief that the companies will benefit by the new road regulations. Otherwise, the markets, generally, ruled very quiet and featureless. Cotton again slumped owing to liquidation induced by
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  • 49 14 PENANG, MARCH 20, 1935 London Bank Demand 2'3 15|16 j 4 m'ts 2|4 1|32 Private 3 m|ta credit 2|4% i 3 Documentary 2|4 7116 On New York Demand 55 France T.T. 830 Shanghai T.T. 29% dis. j Hongkong T.T. 12%% dis. Ind: a T.T. 153% Bar Silver 27
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  • 116 14 YESTERDAY TODAY TIN London (Spot) £211.0.0 £208.0.0 Do. (3 months) £207.0.0 £204.10.0 Singapore $106.00 $105.50 Business Done 5106.12% $105.50 Business Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers OOPKA-— (Sundried) $4.00 $4 05 BLACK PEPPER e $19.00 <* 900 RUBBER.— s%d New York Wc(G) 10%c(G) Singapore Spot 17 c *«<£>
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  • 304 14 A. A. ANTHONY CO.’S QUOTATIONS j -tv, urp chnngee in our -.timu ,jr. »n noon toda” 1 1 I Yesterday Today Tt'V Buyer» Sellers Buyers Seller* J *vr We g 187 1.92% 1.85 1.90 I Hi am 47 49 47 49 'll- g Fatt 50 52% 50 52% j Jelebu
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  • 1182 14 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST. NAMES. X I S c 3 j U Ufl ffi V> t* I I RUBBER (Dollar.) I j Allenby Rubber Co. 1 m 1 -n Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 130 1 Amalgamated Malay Estates 325 350 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 2Cb -1? Ayer Molek Rubber Co.
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  • 106 14 The following are th o latest for today Buyer® Selle--» ITN Ampat Tins 4 0 4'6 Ayer Wengs 1.85 1.90 Hitam 47 49 Hong Fatts 50 52% Jelebu 90 95 Johan 27 29 K. Kamunting 5 9 61% K. Lan juts 14 0 14 6 Kuchai 80
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  • 113 14 Latest Quotations Tuesday Monde y Paris 72 2 J 72% New York 4.78% 4.76 Montreal 4.8234 4.81% Brussels 20.58% 20.38~ Geneva 14.80 14.69 Amsterdam 7.09 7.02 Mila n 57 57% Berlin 11.92 11.88 Prague 114/ ff 113% Copenhagen Osl 19.90% 19.90% Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Vienna 25%
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    • 40 14 WEATHER REPORT Temperature Wind RalnfaT 6 a.m. 78 E Noon 92 NW I I TIDE TABLE I TODAY 1 HIGH WATER LOW WATER 12.55 a.m 7.26 a.m. 1.21 p.m 7.49 p.m. TOMORROW 1.20 a.m 7.50 e.m. 1.45 p.m 8.14 p.m.
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  • 1200 15 Dividend Of 50 o/o For Year MR. H. ERIC MILLER ON GOOD PROSPECTS The second ordinary general meeting of I’ataling Royalties, Ltd., wag held on March 5, in the Council Room of the Rubber Growers' Association, 19, Fenchurch-street E.C. Mr. H. Eric Miller (chairman of the company) presided.
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  • 380 15 More Products From The Dominions BRITAIN'S BEST CUSTOMERS Imports into the United Kingdom from British countries in 1934 accounted for 37.07 per cent, of the total value of imports from all sources as compared with 36.91 per cent, in 1933 and 30.21 per cent, in 1924, states
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  • 648 15 BUDDINGS BEAT SEEDLINGS ON LOCAL ESTATE The following record of a test tapping, carried out ct Sungei Krudda Estate, Sungei Siput, was recently presented at a meeting of the local branch of the I.S.P. and should be of interest to planters. The test is interesting as being
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    • 1708 16 I I DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE l M AIL A- 'V’ k V Jtr ASghv 1 r4~ LIMB t easels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. Leave -4L- 1 P^' 5 22 Apr 20 TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ AFNFAS Mars., L’don, R’dam, Hamburg Glasgow Mar. York s^£s sr w JR«LJiD p T.’don, R’dam,
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  • 696 17 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule Of Principal Lines Tke following I® a list of vessels arriving umS sailing from Penang during the week: IN PORT TODAY S.S. MANDAR from Tg. Mengeider (Koealoe), Bagan Si-Api-Api, Paneh, Berombang ejid Asahan (Tg. Balei). Sails today for the same ports. S.S. GEN V. D. HEYDEN
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  • 1499 17 AIR MAILS A mail for Java end Southern Sumatra by train to Singapore and thence by K.L.M. Service will close at 7 p.m. today. A mail for Medan (via Alor S‘ar) by road to Alor Star and thence by Netherlands Air Mail Service will be closed ai
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1083 17 WIRELESS PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. 10.20—A Recital by Reginald Morgan Sm «Mowing are the (Tenor) and Philip Taylor (Organ), win b. SSS unhaS ,rOm thß Che 11-05—Talk: “Under Big Ben.”* Mr GSG M.Mmetaw n How rd MarshalL and OSF 1932 metres Greenwich Time Singal at n. 20 p.m. OSF IfiJt? TTLatu
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    • 280 17 ZHJ—PENANG Wavelength 49.3 metres PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, 2SRD MARCH, 1935 IODAY P.M. 7.00 —Grarrijophone Records. 7.30 “Straits Echo” News Bulletin. 7.3s —Gramophone Records. 8.00 —Talk by Mrs. A. E. H. Pinnick, Girl Guide Commissioner, Penang, on “Girl Guiding.” B.ls —Gramophone Records. 9.00 —Close down. TOMORROW P.M. 7.oo—Gramophone
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  • 952 18 IN little more than a month motorists will be queueing up at police courts to pay for what has been decided is unsafe speed. Thousands will be paying fi can on? to three guineas in Ines without the question of dangerous dr ving being
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  • 106 18 Three Men Charged At Klang i From Our Own Correspondent) Kuela Lumpur, March 19. News has been received from Port Swettenham of an alleged piracy which occurred on March 13, of a tongkang bound for Bagan Si-Api-Api. It is alleged that eight Hokkiens boarded the tongkang off Port
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  • 52 18 Subscription List No. 19 The Protector of Chinese, Penang, acknowledges with thanks receipt of the following contributions towards the above Fund:—■ Mr. Ong Kah Kee $lO.OO “Wee 800 Kee Liam" 3.00 Old Frees’ Association 20.00 Kew Leong Tong—Lim Kongsi 100.00 133.00 Amount previously acknowledged 8,390.41
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    • 143 18 V An Economical and Low Electric CurrentConsumption Refrigerator at your service THE UNIVERSAL COOLER. FOR ■l. L j..-*' H HEALTH j H j 'M,-. J MW and K U COMFORT ON HIRE AT ATTRACTIVE LOW MONTHD RENTALS AND/OR ON SALE AT KEEN PRICES AND EASY PAYMENT TERMS. Kindly call and
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  • 575 19 Used By Cake Makers NO SAFEGUARD IN COOKING Widespread indignation is felt by British poultry producers at the increasing use in this country of Chinese liquid eggs, which it is alleged are in many cases produced “under the most revolting conditions.” In addition to direct
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  • 103 19 Reuters Pacific Servic.e. Peiping, February 26. A number of changes in the American consular service in the Far East have just been announced. Mr. T. Leonard Lilliestrom, who for several years has been vice-consul in Harbin, is shortly to be transferred to Glasgow, Scotland. Mr. Cabot-Colville, American
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  • 426 19 When It Was "Too Expensive" For Royalty KING JAMES'S EFFORT TO CULTIVATE IT The history of silk is one long romance, beginning with its discovery in China in bygone ages. In those ancient times the manufacture of real silk was confined to China and the East
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  • 305 19 nas nau concerning the Mongolian situation.—Reuters Pacific Service. Dispute Over Right Of Taxation Peiping, February 27. The Mongolian Political Council is taking a very strong line in regard to its dispute with the Suiyuan Provincial Administration over the right of taxation in Inner Mongolia, according to information
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  • 468 19 To Combat Smuggling And Piracy BUILT BY BRITISH COMPANY Southampton, March 5. The small, high-speed fighting boat Kuan Wei, which is intended to combat smuggling and piracy on the coast of China, was today given a trial in Southampton Water. The craft is the first
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  • 278 19 ‘‘China’’ Nyberg, the man who knows more than anybody else about Chinese pirates, is in London. He has spent fifteen years as a skipper along the coast south of Changhai the pirates’ playground. Now, at forty-three, this tall, fairhaired adventurer is going to
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  • 166 19 To Be Sent To England NAVY TO GUARD TREASURE SHIP Shanghai, March 1. Priceless art treasures, ranging from the Sung dynasty to the Tsing dynasty, are shortly to be sent under close guard to England for the Chinese art exhibition to be held at Burlington House
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  • 71 19 Kure and Sasebo for repairs.—Reuters Pacific Service. Three Sailors Injured Tokyo, March 1. A collision involving four destroyers occurred last night during practice in Ariake Bay, Kyushu, resulting in three sailors being slightly injured. In making this ann uncement today, the Japanese Admiralty said that the
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  • 85 19 knots. —Reuters Pacific Service. Deep Secrecy Surrounds Arrival Hongkong, February 27. Much curiosity has been aroused in Hongkong at the long, exceptionally low-lying war vessel which can now be observed in the harbours. It transpires that it is the last of four type A Italian uilt
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  • 259 20 FLOODS —the worst for more than twenty years—have become so serious in Mid-Kent that many roads hav 3 been closed to traffic. This picture, taken near Yalding. gives some idea of the depth of the water and how people are reaching their homes. Kent Roads
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