Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 May 1935

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 113. Vol. XCIII. SATURDAY. MAY 18, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    WINTRY WEATHER IN ENGLAND
    92 1 iave been damaged.—Rugby Radio Serdee. Heavy Snowfalls And Frost RACE AND GOLF MEETINGS ABANDONED London, May 17. Wintry conditions prevail over a large part of England necessitating the abandonment of the race meeting at Haydock Park which was covered with snow and of the golf competitions
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    GREAT BRITAIN’S FINANCIAL POSITION
    445 1 —Reuter. Chancellor Confident Of The Future London, May 17. Reviewing Britain's industrial and financipal prospects, the Chancellor of the Exchequar said: “His Majesty’s Government faces this new year in the spiri 1 of cheerfulness and confidence. So long as this coun'ry abstains from rash and ill-advised
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    MASS TERROR IN GERMANY
    89 1 Rugby Radio Service. Unfortunate Influence ON BRITISH-GERMAN RELATIONS London, May 17. Nine members of the Parliamentary Labour Party have tabled a motion in the House of Commons urging the Government to bring to the notice of the German Government the feeling of repugnance caused by the
    Rugby Radio Service.  -  89 words
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    LONDON JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
    21 1 Pictures In "Sunday Gazette" Tomorrow’s “Sunday Gazette” will contain special pictures of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations in London.
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    GRAN CHACO WAR
    37 1 —Reuter. Paraguayan Troops Victorious Asuncion, May 17. The Paraguayan troops scored a brilliant victory in Mandeyupecua, Gran Chaco, according to an official communique which adds that they captured quantities of arms and ammunition. —Reuter.
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    POLICE CLASH WITH COMMUNISTS
    32 1 —Reuter. 20 Persons Killed In The Philippines Manila, May 17. Twenty were killed in an encounter between twenty-five constables and three hundred Communists and brigands in Laguna province.—Reuter.
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    GEORGIA PROHIBITION REFERENDUM
    29 1 —Reuter. "Drys" Leading By 90 Votes Atlanta, May 17. The unofficial returns for the Georgia Prohibition referendum show that the Drys are leading by 90 votes.—Reuter.
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    MAIL FROM K.L.
    52 1 Late For Two Hours The mail train from Kuala Lumpur was two hours late last night, arriving, ot Prai at 8.10. It is understood the cause for the delay was due to engine failure between Kuala Kubu Read and Rasa stations. A relief engine was sent from
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    BARBARA HUTTON
    46 1 inflow, a Danish '■nobleman. —Reuter Wireless. Divorced On Monday: Marries Again On Tuesday Reno, May 14. Barbara Hutton, the wealthy heiress who was granted a divorce from her husband, Prince Alexis Mdivani, on Monday, married on Tuesday Count Huagwitz Reventlow. a Danish nobleman. —Reuter
    inflow, a Danish '■nobleman.—Reuter Wireless.  -  46 words
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    BOLIVIA – PARAGUAY DISPUTE
    122 1 BOLIVIA PARAGUAY DISPUTE >ly at Geneva fcr Monday next. —Rugby iadio Service. Prospects Of Settlement SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS OF MEDIATORS London, May 17. The prospects of a settlement of the Bolivia-Paraguay dispute, in connection with which there recently has been fighting near Villa Montes Oilfields, are now considered possible. This is
    >ly at Geneva fcr Monday next.—Rugby iadio Service.  -  122 words
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    NAZI APPEALS AGAINST DEATH SENTENCES
    86 1 Reuter. Dismissed By Memel Supreme Court Kaunas. May 18. Four Memel Nazis whose appeal against the death sentences passed on them together with the appeals of about 80 others against imprisonment and sentences were dismissed by the Supreme Court yesterday, who refused to exercise the
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    LEAGUE COUNCIL
    75 1 —Rugby Radio Service, j Mr. Anthony Eden To Represent Britain London. May 17. Britain will be represented at the forthcoming meeting of the League Council by Mr. Anthony Eden who leaves London tc- morrow for this purpose. j The subjects on the agenda include the. Italo-Abyssinian dispute, the
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    "LADY PRECIOUS STREAM"
    69 1 —Reuter. Af Little Theatre QUEEN INTERESTED IN COSTUMES London, May 17. Her Majesty the Queen accompanied by the Duke of Gloucester attended the performance of “Lady Precious Stream’’ at the Little Theatre this evening and was greatly interested in the Oriental costumes used in the play, specially
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    ITALO-ABYSSINIAN DISPUTE
    67 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Sir Eric Drummond Returns For Consultations London, May 18. Sir Eric Drummond Bri’ish Ambassador 'at Rome, who has returned to London for consultations met the Foreign Secre- tary, Sir John Simon, this morning and I later attended a meeting of the Cabinet Council at which
    —Rugby Radio Service.  -  67 words
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    NOTORIOUS GANG LEADER SENTENCED
    86 1 —Reuter. i Life Imprisonment For 'Doc* Barker St. Paul. Minnesota, May 17. I “Doc" Barker, the leader of a notorious gang Was sentenced to imprisonment for life in connection with the kidnapping of St. Paul’s banker, Mr. Edward Brewer in last January. Other members of the
    —Reuter.  -  86 words
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    FIRST GLIDER FLIGHT FROM LONDON TO PARIS
    55 1 Rugby Radio Service. London, May 17. The first Channel crossing and first London to Paris flight in a glider with a five horsepower Douglas motor cycle engine was made yesterday by th’e Austrian, Robert Kronfeld. The fuel and oil bill for the 220
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    UNEXPECTED END TO S'PORE PERJURY CASE
    1792 1 ASSIZE JUDGE DECIDES HE CANNOT HEAR TRIAL "IN VIEW OF ANOTHER CASE" A case in the Assize Court, Singapore, came unexpectedly to an end on Wednesday when during the hearing Mr. Justice a’Beckett errell said: I feel that I ought not to hear this
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    MOONLIGHT BAND PROGRAMME
    154 3 Today at “ESPLANADE" 8.30—10.30 P.M. 1 March —Old Comrades —Teike. 2 Overture—Poet And Peesant —Suppe. 3 Selection—Cavalleria Rusticana—Mascagni. 4 Patrol —Siamese Patrcl —Lincke. INTERVAL 5 Fantasia—Festival Of The Empire— Mackenzie-Rogan. SYNOPSlS.—lntroduction —Australia, Patriotic Song.—“ There’s a land where Summer Skies.” Burma —"Kayeh Than.” Scotland—" Annie Laurie” and
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      746 3 Wireless Programmes B B.C. le3s Militar y Ba nd. Conductor B. Wejton O’Donnell. William HeugThe tollowing are the wavelength*, han (Bass). tvo otf which will be used simultaneous- Greenwich Time Signal at 7.20 p.m. 7.50—A Pianoforte Recital by Hilda De- derich. 8.20 British Light GSG 16-86 metres 8.45 —Weekly Newsletter
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      91 3 ductor, H. Roulston. Marjorie Edwards (Entertainer at the Pianoforte). Band: March, Old Comrades (Teike), Fantasy, Melodious Gems (arr. Rimmer), Romance (Rubinstein). Marjorie Edwards: Ever so Nice (Hare), Nuffin's any Use; Omens (Mabel Constanduras), Two Men (Arthurs). Band: Waltz, For ever True (Pecorini), Selection, Cavalcade (Coward). 11.35 Dance Music. 11.50 —The
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    GLIDERS TO CARRY AIR MAILS
    222 4 A New Russian Experiment Economical air mail transport with the help of gliders fitted with auxiliary’ motors of not more than 100 h.p. is the object of experiments in Russia. The high aerodynamic qualities of the motor glider, the comparatively small weight of its motor,
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    HIGH HONOUR FROM SPAIN
    195 4 Sir Daniel Stevenson Glasgow’, May 7. Sir Daniel M. Stevenson, Chancellor of Glasgow University and a Scottish Liberal leader. wa s invested on March 6 in a ceremony in Glasgow’ with the highest honour that can be conferred by Spain on a citizen of a foreign
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    WATER DRINKING RECORD
    35 4 SvdnwT d y S dUling a hot weather spell, Sydney drank 416.000.000 gallons of water r cord No shortage is feared but con«sumers have been asked tn “a Austral News Up tella
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    CHURCH NOTICES
    446 4 ST GEORGE THE MARTYR Church of England 4th Sunday after Easter. 8.00 a.m. Matins and Litany. pss cxxvm—cxxxi. I Hymn—lB9. 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion. Tamil. i 6.00 p.m. Evensong. PS CXLV —Tune—2B4. Magnificat —48. Nunc Dimittis —61. Hymns—2o7—s46—225—536. WEDNESDAY 8.00 am. Holy Communion. FRIDAY
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    "JUBILEE" TEA PARTY
    335 4 Given By Crescent Football Club R.C. THE GUEST OF HONOUR The Hon. the Resident Councillor Mr. J. S. W. Arthur was the guest of honour at the tea party given by the President and members of the Crescent Football Club which wa s held yesterday evening on
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    ALLEGED THEFT OF $250
    105 4 Investigation Papers Sent To D.P.P. Bail was reduced yesterday in the police court when the case was mentioned in which a young woman named Yeoh Sye Kiang stood charged with committing theft of $250 cash belonging to Ng Guan Kee, in house No. 58, Macalister Lane
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    GIANT BANANAS ON VIEW
    46 4 A single bunch of bananas, holding 16 dozen fruit some of them 12 Va inches long by inches in circumference, was dispalyed at Nambour in the forest country of Queensland. The sma’lest fruit on the bunch measured 10 inches, states Austral News.
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL
    493 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL His many friends will regret to hear that the popular “Chic” Campell, the well- known trainer, is an inmate of the Sin- gapcre Hospital. Lail Singh, the Selangor cricketer, has I entered the Singapore hospital for an opeI ration and is likely to be out of cricket for
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    HOPKINS AND REED SPRING FIRST TENNIS SURPRISE
    957 5 YEO WEE YEANG AN TAN THEAN SEANG BEATEN SPARKLING TENNIS ON NO. 1 COURT KOK YING AND HO AND UNBEATABLE PAIR Playing magnificent tennis, esterday Goon Kok Ying and J.| 11. Ho entered the final of Men’sj Doubles yesterday by defeating. Cheah Wat
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    MALAYA CUP SOCCER
    117 5 Kedah v Penang TEAMS FOR TODAY'S MATCH The Penang fertunes irr the Malaya Cup this year will be in the balance when they meet Kedah, at Alor Star today. Kedah does not appear to possess as strong a side as it did last year but the fact
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    CRICKET
    61 5 P.C.C. v. Indian Association The following have been selected to represent the P.C.C. against the Indian Association on the Esplanade at 11 a.m. tomorrow. S. V. Adams, H. W. Brady (Capt.), J. Cooper, W. E. N. Northcote-Green, H. C. D’Arcy Irvine, H. E. Muriel, J. E. Miller, j. W.
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    SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE
    84 5 H. A. F. C. Beat Charevatt On the Dato Kramat ground yesterday the Hadayatol Anwar Football Club beat the Charevatt XI by three goals to one in a Second Division league fixture. The score was a fair reflex on the run of the play. The losers fielded
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    BESTLOT FOR GOVERNOR'S CUP
    546 5 The Scratchings STRATH PEFFER NONACCEPTOR IN BIG RACE A total of 24 horses have been scratched from today’s races at Singapore, the concluding day of the Summer Meeting, but the fields are still large, there being no less than 15 in the Governor’s Cup race, the
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    S. AFRICANS HELD TO A DRAW
    254 5 —Reuter. In Match With Oxford SIEDLE AND ROWAN SCORE CENTURIES ti i-j-i -s ’I The following are results of the princi- pal cricket matches played in England:— I South Africa drew with Oxford University. South Africa: 372 and 369 for one wicket (Nourse 148,
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    P.B.A. AND TRIANGULAR TOURNAMENT
    266 5 Players Chosen For Practice Matches (BY Arrangements are under way by the Penang Badminton Association to send a. representative team to Ipoh for the annual triangular competition between Selangor. Perak and the settlement for the Leong-, Sin Nam and Raja Permaisuri cups. Already 25 men players
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    LOVE TRYSTS IN CEMETERY
    625 6 BUT WOOER WOULD MAKE NO PROMISE IN BLACK AND WHITE London, May 8. A CEMETERY was the trysting place of the two chief parties in a breach of promise case which occupied the attention of the High Court during the week. The action was brought by
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    WOOING SLEEP WITH RADIO
    101 6 Pillow That Can Be Tuned In With a pillow of a type just invented in Australia, you will, if it finds it s way to England, be able to go bed and listen to the wireless all night, if you choose, without stern injunctions from others
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    NATIVE MEDICAL TROOP
    183 6 Scout Innovation Helps Colonisation I I Eighteen Papuan (New* Guinea) native medical students, have just left for home after completing their course at Sydney University. They have been formed into the world’s first scout medical troop. It will be affiliated with the New’ South Wales branch of
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    YOUNG BRITISH ARTIST REWARDED
    175 6 He Painted With Brushes Made From Hair From His Head When the Hudson's Bay Company’s ship Nascopie leaves in July for its vearly visit to the company’s outposts in Canada's Far North, it w’ill carry a set of artist’s paints and brushes for the world’s most
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    STAMMERERS' CLUB
    160 6 Where Stammering Is Prohibited Believed to be the first of its kind in the wcrld, a stammerers’ club has just been formed in Melbourne with 68 members. Its formation, according to Austral News, was the outcome of the death of a Sydney man who sought relief from the
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    A GALSWORTHY MEMORIAL
    347 6 New Scholarship For Literature WIDOW'S GIFT WARDEN'S TRIBUTE TO AUTHOR Oxford, May 4. The establishment of Oxford’s first scholarship for the furtherance of the study of English literature w’as announced by the Warden of New’ College, Mr. H. A. L. Fisher, when a number of close friends
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    OXFORD DEGREE FOR BERLIN LIBRARIAN
    158 6 Sir Walford Davies Honoured Oxford, May 7. Dr. Hugo Andreas Kruss, DirectorGeneral of the Prussian State Library in Berlin and a member of the Prussian Ministry of Education, who brought the Bach manuscripts, which had never previously been out of Germany, to Oxford for the
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    DUTCH AIR LINE SPEED-UP
    121 6 12 "FLYING Holds” Bombay. 2. The K.L.M. Dutch Air Line’? Eastern services, which are being duplicated on June 12, will be supplemented in addition by 12 aeroplanes of the Douglas “Flying Hotels’* type, •which won the Melbourne Race Handicap. This statement was made by Mr. M.
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    BRITISH MAIL RATES LESS
    97 6 Our Air Correspondent writes: At the present moment Imperial Airways run their London-Singapore service in less time, by a few hours, than the Royal Dutch Air Line takes from Amsterdam to Batavia. Each service takes abouf live day® to Calcutta. The flat rate for Empire air
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    Footlights Review
    1415 7  -  By CHARLES B. COCHRAN JUBILEE YEAR! My memory flies back half a century to another previous year of national celebration, the Gohlen Jubilee of Oueen Victoria in 1887,. “The Great Macdermott,” who won fame at the time of the Crimean War with “We don’t want to fight, but
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    BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY
    973 8 The recent meeting in the House of Commons between the representatives |of the British Government and the I’rime Ministers.of the Dominions is indicative of the Mother Country’s desire to maintain a candid attitude towards all countries within the Commonwealth. At that meeting Sir John j Simon gave
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    JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS IN NORTH MALAYA
    1870 8  -  By G. T. BOON The following is the full text of M Station ZHJ, Penang, last night The past week has been so crowded with events, the jubilee spirit so evident everywhere that even the speaker himself felt jubilant over the whole thing, so much
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    BRITISH LEGATION IN CHINA
    604 9 -Reuter. Raised To Embassy KING APPROVES i SUGGESTION London, May 17. His Majesty the King has approved the recommendation of the Foreign Secretary that His Majesty’s representative in China in future be an Ambassador. The British Government is raising the Legation in China to an Embassy.
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    PHILIPPINES PLEBISCITE
    32 9 -Reuter Wireless. Manila, May 14. Despite elaborate prepara*ions for demonstrations by the Sakdalistas, the plebiscite in connection with the new’ constitution passed off peacefully. Women voted for the first time.
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    CABINET RECONSTRUCTION LIKELY
    321 9 —Reuter. Before Whitsun Recess MR. BALDWIN TO BE PREMIER I I London, May 17. With the completion of the committee stage of the India Bill, rumours w’ere again centred on the question of Cabinet reconstruction and the possibility of a general election w’hile new’spaper speculations tended to
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    "LAWRENCE OF ARABIA"
    64 9 Reuter. Baseless Rumours Of Attempt On His Life London. Maj’ 17. “Lawrence of Arabia" is still unconscious at 10.00 a.m. and his condition is still critical. Artificial feeding is being resorted to. He has held his own the whcle day long. His condition is unchanged. The rumours
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    GERMAN INVITATION TO M. LAVAL
    88 9 —Reuter. Report Denied London, May 17. The reports that M. Laval has been invited to go to Berlin are discounted, as firstly. M. Laval himself told Reuter at Warsaw that he heard nothing of the invitation, and secondly, a Berlin message states that the Government
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    MR. DONALD RICHBERG
    42 9 —Reuter. Head Of N.R.A. To Resign Washington, May 17. Mr. Donald Richberg has announced that he wished to resign the position as head of the N.R.A. in July 1. He declared “I feel that I need a rest.” —Reuter.
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    SILVER JUBILEE
    64 9 Souvenir Of Penang Celebrations The souvenir of the Penang celebrations of the Silver Jubilee published by our morning contemporary, the “Straits Echo,” and printed by the Criterion Press Co., Ltd., is a worthy pictorial record of a great event. It should be in the hands of all w’ho
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    900,000 MEN TO GUARANTEE ITALY’S SECURITY
    261 9 vith the Abyss.man Government.—Reuter Vireless. War Factories At Full I Speed For Years i ABYSSINIAN DISPUTE Rome, Maj’ 14. Mussolini, in a speech to the Senate on I Tuesday, stated that the remainder of the 1912 class will be called up in reserve and
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    WAGNER BILL
    39 9 Reuter. Passed By U.S. Senate Washington, Maj’ 17. The Senate bj’ 63 votes to 12 passed the Wagner Bill which creates a National Labour Relations Board. The Bill will now be sent to the House of Representatives.—
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    TREASURY APPLICATIONS
    54 9 0 0.03 d a week ago.—Rugby Radio Serdee. London. May 18. The total amount applied for the £35.000.000 treasury bills was £62,805,000. The maximum amount was allotted in bills at three menths. The average rate per cent, was 10 2.95 d as compared w’ith 10 0.03 d a
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    Home News For Malaya
    3339 10 THE ROYAL PROCESSION GATHERING AT MALAYA HOUSE RESULTS OF RUBBER REGULATION PLAN PROBABLE EXTENSION OF TIN RESTRICTION SCHEME MALAYA HOUSE DECORATIONS (From Our Own Correspondent.) < London, May 8. AT no point along the route of the Royal Jubilee Procession was a better view to be
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    PENANG & P. W. JUBILEE FUND
    206 11 PENANG P. W. JUBILEE FUND To Commemorate the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V. At a Public Meeting held in the Town Hall, Penang, on Friday 29th March, 1935, a Fund was inaugurated to commemorate ihe Silver Jubilee of His Majesty King George V. The aim and objects
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    CROONER SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE
    1222 11 WOMAN WHO PAID FOR CIGARETTES WHEN HE WAS OUT OF WORK A crooner and dance band pianist, Arthur Lethbridge, professionally known as Ivor Morton, of King s-road. Queen’s-rcad, Peckham. S E.. was the defendant in a breach of promise case which began before Mr.
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    BIRTH RECORD AT SYDNEY HOSPITAL
    65 11 Ten babies have just been born in the four hours 11 p.m to 3 p.m., at a women s hospital in Sydney At the rate of one every 24 minutes, this, says Austral News, is believed to be a world's record for a hospital. One
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    WINGING HER WAY TO FORTUNE
    73 11 Nineteen-year-old Nancy Bird, of Sydney, is Australia’s first woman to earn her living in the air. She has just gained both her A and B flying certificates, and she is going "barnstorming." With a girl partner and in a reconditioned Gypsy Moth which Lady Chaytor
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    —AND THE CROCODILE WALKED OUT
    85 11 Opening the door of her w-ardrobe at Manly, Sydney, Miss Margaret Bignail, a nineteen-year old girl, found a baby crocodile, something over a foot long. What had happened was that Margaret and her sister Jean, who live in the Solomon Islands, brought a crocodile's egg
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      27 11 For The lIIMEB JUBILEE jg®dll|lfc MB B I BMa wftll MASTERS Specially brewed to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Their King George V EEEEEE and Queen Mary. -<—
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      445 11 It’S EASY TO CLEAN YOU£ TBITH WMR *2Ol BB with TEK’S Jt/l SHORT TEK is designed to clean the places other brushes neglect especially the crevices out of sight behind your teeth, where decay is most likely to start. Tek’s short head fits into every corner, gets its seven rows
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    Daily Mail List
    1538 12 NOTICE The Air Mails despatched from Penang •n the Bth May per the Netherlands Aircraft via Alor Star-Amsterdam were deBvered in London on May 16. r AIR MAILS A mail for Netherlands Indies, Australia, Hew Zealand and other places by train to Singapore and thence by Singapore-Aus-tralia,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES
    962 12 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule Of Principal Lines The foDowtag to a list of vessels arriving •d sailing from Penang during the week: IN PORT TODAY S.S. D. V. TWIST from Belawan-Deli, Asahan and Paneh (Laboean-Bilik). Sails today for the same ports. S.S. MANDAR from Lengsa, Idi, Sim-pang-Olim, Tg. Ppera, Pg.
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      141 12 MhshAway Superfluous Hair A in 3 I This New I uDelightfui I tv a Razor B ARMS i n less time than it takes to slip into your ba thin,, costume, you can nbanish su pe rfl u u hair troubles for ev i juFamous s c 1 e n
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      115 12 MAJESTIC 6-15 OPENS TONIGHT 9-30 MATINEE ON SUNDAY AT 2-45 P.M. THE MELODY MASTERPIECE OF THE SCREEN BY THE PRODUCER OF "FLYING DOWN TO RIO" WARM HEARTS ON THE COLD OCEAN ..................RED RHYTHM UNDER BLUE SKIES ■i RIPPLING TUNES, I WAVES OF JOY, GLAD GIRLS I ar:*rI STORMS OF LAUGHTER,
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    "HAWAIIAN NIGHTS"
    260 13 Fine Musical At Majestic Tonight The latest RKO-Radio musical extravaganza “Hawaiian Nights,” showing at the Majestic Cinema tonight, is said to be the first screen musical disigned to offer meje allure as well as girl allure thereby providing diversion for the tired business woman and housewife in addition
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      13 13 rfJttdTddßh) IIw a tmM*mhL bi make a world ol difference to your food.
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      193 13 IM W II! M W >» W Bl fc EASTERN BAZAAR Famous For GENT’S. PYJAMA SUITS—SHIRTS DRESSING GOWNS. 8, Bishop St. Phone 1396. 8,, Tit v-S. lay»?’ t A\M©Nl B URASO BEDSTEAD A 1 LUCKY < IS THE HOUSEHOLD THAT POSSESS A “DIAMOND” BED BECAUSE A "DIAMOND” Bed is the
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      313 13 TODAY LAST 3 SHOWS 6.15 OPENING TONIGHT 9.30 MATINEE TOMORROW AT 2-45 P.M. 2-45 0-15 9-30 GRAND PREMIERE OF SAGAR’S LATEST HINDUSTANI TALKIE c 4« I Educated #®W Wif‘” iIF with JH f SABITA DEVI JAL MERCHANT an d K. C. DAY The Blind Singer) k Io’ S N U
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      315 13 Phone 485. AMALG.AMATED AMUSEMENTS, LIMITED 86 Beach Street, Penang. FUN FROLIC MAIN GATE 10 CENTS. Saturday, 18th May. 1935. GRAND OPENING PERFORMANCE THE CHINESE SPORTS CIRCUS With Wild Beasts, Bare Back Riders, Acrobats, Comedians, Jugglers, etc. After a Triumphal Tour of Dutch East Indies. SHOW STARTS AT 8.30 P.M. Prices
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    The New German Submarines
    834 14 PUBLIC UNEASINESS CREATED A Comparison Of Programmes HOW THE "MENACE" CAN BE MET Problem Of Oil Fuel Supply The reappearance on the seas in the near future of German submarines has not un- naturally created considerable uneasiness in the public mind, which recalls the ter- rible
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    CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ADDRESS
    333 14 King's Silver Jubilee Thanksgiving The following address was read at the Christian Science Service held on the occasion pf the King’s Jubilee: This Sunday has been set apart in order that the Churches of ell denominations may unite in thanksgiving to God for the completion pf the
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    CANADIAN JUBILEE STAMPS
    148 14 The Canadian Government Trade Ccmm ssioner. Singapore advises that a new issue of Canadian postage stamps, commemorating the Silver Jubilee of His Majesty s accession to the Throne, is now available. They comprise the following:— lc Green Portrait of Princess Elizabeth (sngle size), 2c Brown Portrait of
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      260 14 DANGERS OF IMPURE RLOOD 4» 1 The root cause of most diseases impure blood. If you suffer from Skin Disease, Ulcers, Sores, Glandular Trouble, JjfißH Boils, Rashes, Bad Legs, Rheumatism, Painful Joints, etc. IfeipOJ? you MUST remove the CAUSE by purifying the blood. Clarke's Blood Mixture is the foremost I
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      92 14 p o p ALL OVER THE WORLD Fresh English Fruits, gathered and packed at the acme of their perfec- r tion—serve them with CHIVERS* y CUSTARD—they are delicious 1 Chivers’ Canned English Vegetables are just as dependable— Jl picked and packed in a day, they tain all their original luscious
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      1778 15 4 dollar steamship line l CY-V 4 4 *‘ll cWAMERICAN MAIL LINE '<-'L <. w■' HtPkU-LN I INC •'tEGAA \r 1 > BLUB FUMMCL LIMB UtryV ■lffflffffWElPMl I 5~ Vessels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. Leave Due Penang London TLa i ACHILLES Ldon, R dam, H’burg, Hull Swansea May 24 June
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    HANDS PUFFED UP WITH RHEUMATISM
    177 16 Wishes She Had Taken Krdschen Earlier If only she had taken Kruschen Salts at first, this woman could have saved pounds, and avoided weeks of suffering. She writes I had rheumatism all over me for nearly 12 months. In fact, I could hardly move. My
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    GERMANY'S "WORKFINDING POLICY"
    170 16 -Reuter. To Come To An End Berlin, May 17. A warning that Germany's “positive work-finding policy” will have to come to an end very scon was made in the course of a speech by Count von Krosigk, the Finance Minister, who has just returned to duty after
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    FEODOR CHALIAPIN
    56 16 an entirely satisfactory condition —Reuter Wireless. Throat Not Affected By Hjs Illness Paris. May 14. Chaliapin, the famous Russian singer, has left hospital and the medical bulletin states that examination of the larynx and trachea has shown that they are not affected by the influenza attack and they
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    MARTIN INSULL
    90 16 viic s. vaiini upcc v w exes u, causing investors io lose $200,000. —Reuter Wireless. Ottawa, May 14. Martin Insull, brother of Samuel Insull. today surrendered in cour* to a warrant for his arrest issued in Toronto on Friday last. He wes remanded until June 11 on bail
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    SUPPLEMENTARY QANTAS MAIL
    74 16 Imperial Airways advise that cn May 27 a supplementary Qantas Empire Airways’ aircraft will leave Singapore for Brisbane operating to the normal schedule due in Brisbane on the 30th idem. An excellent opportunity is offered for the carriage of passengers and the shipment of freight to pcints
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    PENANG JUBILEE FUND
    39 16 Previously acknowledged $124,043.49 NEW DONATIONS: Dr. Chan Kun Shing 100.00 Lee Chye Dispensary 10.00 Eng Hoe Co. 10.00 Khoo Bock Hoay 500 A Gcod Cause 500.00 Sun Tak Wui Kun 10.00 Total contributions to date $124,678.49
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    KENNEDY & COMPANY
    619 16 KENNEDY COMPANY SHARE MARKET REPORT Penang, May 17. The last week has seen considerable activity in the Local Share Market and on a steady demand for Rubber shares prices have noticeably improved. The price of the Commodity is 5 16d higher fi 6d ic London and the local price i
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    ORCHESTRAL CONCERT
    63 16 By HARRY LAMMERTS HIS SOLOISTS At The E. O. HOTEL Sunday, 19th May 9.15 p.m. to 11.15 p.m. PROGRAMME 1. Rosamunde—Overture— Schubert 2. Winter Storms—Waltz—Fucick 3. At the Tschaikowsky Spring—Selection —Urbach 4. Carmen—Opera Selection—Bizet 5. The Student Prince—Musical Play——Romberg 6. Andante out of the Cello Sonate —Cello Solo
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    LEADING BROKERS' SHARE LIST
    354 16 KENNEDY COMPANY TODAY’S PRICES The following are the latest quotation* tn MEMR*. KEfODY A CXX's Liat today.— Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers TIN Ampat Tin 4 3 419 c 4|3 49c Ayer Weng 1.85 1.90 1.85 1.90 Hitam 49 52 49 52 Hong Fatt 48
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    CANADIAN RUBBER MANUFACTURES
    45 16 Ottawa. Exports of rubber from Canada in February were valued at $1,122,978 an increase of $364,339. compared with the same month last year. The main item exported was pneumatic tire casings, which were valued at $522,241. as against $404,748 in February 1934.
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    SCALELESS FISH WITH WEB "FEET"
    75 16 A weird fish has been taken from a dam in Bendigo, Victoria, reports Austral News. The head and body are shaped normally but the creature is scaleless, lacks fins and has two “legs'” about 1’ 2 inches in length attached behind a bulbous breast, and
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    EXCHANGE
    43 16 PENANG, MAY 1« London Bank Demand 2 3 ***** 4m'ts 2[4 I|l6 Private 3 m|t* credit 3 Documentary 2|4 Tlie On New York Demand 56% France T.T. 845 Shanghai T.T. 26 dis. Hongkong T.T. 9 prem. India T.T. 154 Bar Silver 35
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    122 16 UN YESTERDAY TODAY London (Spot) £227.10.0 £229.0.0 Do. (3 months) £220.10.0 £222.0.0 Singapore $113,874 $114.00 Deos Penang $114.50 Business Done Buyers njo sellers OOPILv- (Sundried) $5.00 $5.00 BLACK PEPPER u $17.00 $17.00 RUBBER.— London 6d 6d New York 124 c (G) 12c (G) Singapore Spot 19% c 19%
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    A. A. ANTHONY & CO.’S QUOTATIONS
    201 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO.’S QUOTATIONS The foUowiag are the ctacagee tn om quotation* up t* upon todav Yesterday Today TIN Buyers Seiler» Buyer* Sellen Ayer Weng 1.85 1.90 1.85 1.90 Hitam 47 49 47 49 Klang River 1.45 1.50 1.45 1.50 Nawng Pet 70 75 70 75 North Taiping 51
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    76 16 Rugby Radio Service. London, May 17. Sterling on New York is quoted at 4.91 and Pari s at 74 9 16. Gold is, quoted at 141 Bd., a decrease of lid. The stock markets showed a firm tone following the Chancellor of Exchequer’s speech. British Government stocks advanced
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    HOW EXCHANGES ARE MOVING
    109 16 Latest Quotations Firady Thursday Paris 74 47 64 74& New York 4.924 4.894 Montreal 4.91% 4.88 4 Brussels 29.1 28.94 Geneva 15.23 15.134 Amsterdam 7.274 7.224 Milan 59 H 59/fe Berlin 12.23 12.164 Prague 118 117% Copenhagen Oslo 19.904 19 904 Stockholm 19.394 19.394 Vienna 26
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    KENNEDY & CO. SHARE LIST.
    794 16 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST. NAMES. C Si. 1 ii RUBBER (Dollar.) Allenby Rubber Co. i 1 ,1 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate t a Amalgamated Malay Estates Ayer Hitasa Planting Syndicate Ayer Molek Rubber Co. Ayer Panas Rubber Estates Bassett Rubber Co. 1 Batu Lintang Rubber Co. 7 v’l Bedford Plants
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    42 16 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH At No. 220, Prangin Road, Penang, on Friday, May 17, 1935, Mrs. Quah Kean Hean, nee Cheah Seok Inn, aged 33, after a short illness. The date of the funeral has been fixed on May 21st at 10.30 a.m.
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      208 16 POSITION VACANT WANTED beginner or one with slight experience as Assistant on Rubber Estate, commencing salary $250/- monthly, plus Provident Fund. Apply stating full particulars to Box No. 41, c/o “Pinang Gazette.” AGENTS WANTED WANTED Distributing Agents for well known British sports goods and other lines on commission in Northern
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      34 16 WEATHER REPORT 6.00 a.m. 79 E Neon 82 W TIDE TABLE TODAY HIGH WATER LOW WATER 12 30 a.m 6.46 a.m. 12.46 p.m 7.35 p.m. TOMORROW 1.10 a.m. 7.25 a.m. 1.24 p.m 8.14 p.m.
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