Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 September 1931

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833, PUBLISHED DAILY No. 201. VOL. LXXXIX. THURSDAY, 3rd SEPTEMBER, 1931. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 19 1 H.TOKISATSIII STUDIO with up-to-date Photography by electric light. z "72, 68 9 70 t BISHOP ST BEET t PENANG.
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  • FEMININE REFLECTIONS
    • 752 3 Lunching this day with Mr. Potwin Gladys, she doth show pride, the new dressing-table th devised for her spare-room. Thia liable, kidney-shaped»she having 11 th* order to a local carpenter, who $i’ eC “I it w jtb skill and at a reasonable eI She has hung round
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    • 526 3  -  BY VIOLET DISMORE s] a has the s-If possession of a wo‘J twenty!’ said a friend of mine t! ly, epeaking of her small niece of J e L or so. Her tone was one «b-'ckel protest. i, by noi?’ I enquired. j. w ell,” she
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    • 525 3  -  BY MARION LENNOX It seems to me that the beauty of one’s hair is even more important than ever before, and that the new hats tx st for the special purpose of decorating nicely arranged tressee! Of course, mush can be done towards keeping the hair
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    • 66 3 This nightdress of peach voile is quite simple to make, though it bossts an original touch in the rows of Valenciennes lace which are stitched in scallops to the bodice as well as to the skirt-hem. Puff sleeves are just as appealing here as on the new
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    • 422 3  -  BY MOLLIE LITTLE Cotton is having a decided vogue at the moment—but cotton so sophisticated and worldly-wise, that itis hardly reergnisable. Is really comes into its own, perhaps, in the evening, in the guise of the daintiest of dresses, some of them being frilly affa’rs, and others
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    • 523 3  -  BY DORE CHARMON Blouses, jumpers and tunics, also abort, giy coats, have given proof of their ut lity aid chic and have become an essential pari of a modern wardrobe. First of all take blouses. A variety of these—of -severtl different styles and fabric?—are a necessity
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    • 572 3  -  BY JEAN PORTELET Thinking not only of holidays, but also the many week-end visits, It really is agreat advantage to one’s clothes and general appearance to be a good packer. There are, of course, people, who make a boast that;t heir packing never’takes them "any time”,
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  • 245 3 The grand stand at the Colombo race course was constructed in 1928 and has accommodation for four to fl vs thousand persons. It is the b gge?t of its kind in the East and is provided with the most modern requirements. The lower ffaoi pr v’-dea s*
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 1121 6 Sunmaid II Pays $6l Athol Brew Proves an Easy Winner Cannibal Jack’s Good Run (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 2 The weather was fine and the going good for the second day of the Gold Cup Meeting to-day. There was a fair
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  • 57 6 To day at the Esplanade at 6 p m. 1 March Clear The Road Hume 2 Overture Tancredi Rossini 3 Selection The Emerald Isle Sullivan 4 Intermezzo The Glow Worm Lincke 5 Fox Trot The Little Things «c I® Life Berlin 6 Selection The Earl And The Girl
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  • 444 6 TWO GOALS ALL Exciting Game on Victoria Green No decision was arrived at when the Police and D.A.F.O. “A” met in the semifinal of the P.F.A. Cup Competition yesterday afternoon on the C.E.O, ground eaoh side scoring two goals. The teams were particularly wellmatched and
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  • 97 6 ST. LEGER STAKES Probable Starters At Doncaster London, September 2 The field for the St. Leger Stakes, to be run at Doncaster on Wednesday, has been narrowed down to eleven. Cameronian the winner of the Derby is a firm favourite. The probable starters are as follow:
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  • 137 6 —Reuter. SEEDED PLAYERS DEFEATED IN FIRST ROUND Chicago. September 3 In the match play stage of the American Amateur Golf (hampionship the chief surprises in the first round were the defeats of three seeded players in Goodman, Voigt and Seaver. They were defeated by Billy Howell 2 and
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  • 250 6 —Reuter. YESTERDAY’S RESULTS Cop Holders Lose at Sunderland EVERTON’S TRIUMPH London. September 2 1 West Bromwich Albion started off well by defeating the League Champions at Highbury last Saturday but they failed at Roker Park to-day, losing by the odd goal of three. Everton, the other
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  • 271 6 (With apologies to ‘Hamlet’) To go or not to go that is the question: Whether tis best to make my wavering mind up And to fare forth across the tumbling ocean Or to take arms against these blessed British And, by opposing, end them...To g0...t0 stay... Enough...and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 128 6 BThis is SMILER) fed from the start on “Cow and Gate.” Well pleased with life,sleeping I like a top and making I headway to mother’s 1 doctor’s and nurse’s infinite satisfaction «vuon. I ji mi FT) S int i IL) gents for North Malaya Penang GEORGEIOWN DISPENSARY ITO, PENANG, 4
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 98 6 V To-night and Until Sunday (3, 4, 5 6th Sept,) Ist Show at 7-45 pm. COMEDY 2 reels 0 Billy Sullivan in Broadway Billy" 5 reels 2nd Show at 9 pjn. “KOVALAN’ An Indian Legendary Tale 10 reels Another Indian Puranic Story ‘‘Garuda Garva Bhangam” op “Pride of Sathiabama or
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  • 360 7 What Malaya Can Manufacture GOVERNOR’S PROPOSAL (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore September 3 For 25 minutes the Singapore uunofficial ambers of the Legislative Council and a kri'9 body of the principal merchants in tt Council Chamber yesterday listened to the Governor’s speech advocating the pro p (ge d
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  • 94 7 —Reuter. Campaign for Consumption of Empire Growth London, September 8 Aa an endeavour to assist tea producers it as been decided to institute an intensive wopaign to increase the consumption of Fi pire tea in the United Kingdom where the influx of foreign grown tea has created
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  • 50 7 Reuter. Thirty per cent Dividend for Depositors New York, September 3 The Supreme Court has signed an order tt horiging the State Banking Superintento pay an initial thirty per cent divi ®sd to depositors in the bank of the United bi tes which failed last September.-
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  • 66 7 residency meeting first meeting in connection with this 3ear's .arrangements respecting Poppy Day i? to be held at the Residency on at 6 pm. The occasion will tha ’arm of a General Committee and only those invited will be Squired to attend. Mrs. P. T. Allen,
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  • 40 7 Mother seizure in penang HARBOUR j; A party under Mr Pim. proba3^n t controller, discovered 40 Coo^. s c r 00 government chandu in the 384 ty aboard the Yucnsang yestertion bave en made in connec the matter.
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  • 1106 7 SUPREME COURT APPLICATION Mother in the Witness Box In the Supreme Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Whitley, the hearing of the case was resumed in which Mrs. Choo Giak Khim. widow of the late Yeap Swee Lin, is claiming the return of her ten-year old
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  • 75 7 FOUR ARRESTS Slogans at Piccadilly Circus The Penang Detective branch made two arrests yesterday and two this morning in connection with the writing of Communist propaganda on the lamp in the centre cf ’Piccadilly Circus. The writing, which was in Chinese was clearly visible to passers
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  • 344 7 UNTIMELY PARALLEL BAR EXERCISES The circumstances attending the death of Ong Ewe Hock, a booking clerk of the Penang Railway Station, who died as a result of having had a fall when going through some parallel bar exercise at the ticket window barrier at the railway station were
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  • 70 7 135,030 DAMAGE BY FihE Damages to the extent of $35 000 is eaid to have been caused by the week end fire at Kuala Kedah which wiped out the whole fishing village. H. H. the Saltan and H. H the Regent visited the scene. The homeless are accommodated
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  • 34 7 The Theatre Royal is going to show from to day the famous Indian Picture "Garuda Garva Bhangham” or Bride of Sathiabama or This is an interesting and important picture to the Indian.
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  • 263 7 Major B. J. Eaton, o. b. e., has been promoted to the rank of Lt. Colonel in F M 8. V. F. Mr. H. Benjamin Talalla. who was suddenly taken ill on Thursday night, is at present in the Tanglin Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. A. F. Holley*,
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  • 111 7 Reuter. Unconfirmed Statement by Senator Pittman Spokane, September 2 Senator Pittman told a meeting of silver miners here that President Hoover would convene an international silver conference some time this month. Washington, September 2 A Presidential secretary, questioned regarding the pokane message, said there had been no
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  • 101 7 —Rugby Radio Service. Revolutionising Invention Applied on G.W-R. London, September 2 The completion by the Great Western Railway of their system of automatic train control has resulted in over 2,000 miles of track and 2,500 engines being equipped at a cost of £250 000 with a system which
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  • 74 7 —Reuter. Yugo-Slavia Returns to Parliamentary Control Belgrade, September 3 The King has promulgated a new Cons titution providing for a return by Yugo Slavia (which hitherto has been under Royal dictatorship) to Parliamentary Government The country has been without a Consti tution since January, 1929, when, owing
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  • 57 7 —Reuter Dr. Bendien’s Claims not Substantiated London, September 2 “The claims advanced (or the test cannot be justified.” This is the conclusion of the committee of the London Hospital Research '’’ommittee after experiments on the Bendien cancer diagnosis. The committee add, however Dr. Bendien’s integrity and honesty of
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  • 867 7 INTERESTING POINTS S. S. Police As Separate Unit TEAM SCOFISG The fo’lowing are the minutes of a meeting of the executive body of the Amateur Athle tic Association of British Malaya held in the Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, August 22 1931. I resent. —Hon’b’e Mr.
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  • 350 7 Weights For Saturday The following are the weights for Saturday;— Race 1 Horses —Class 8, Division I—oi furs. Gay Toi 9.00 Kit 8, 5 AI war 8.11 btrange Story 8. 1 Athol Brew 8.11 Magic Lantern 8. 1 Trawellton 8 9 Sunmaid II 7.12 Endoon 8
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  • 77 7 TO MEET FT,MANG AT IPOH The following have been se’ected to represent erak in the Inter State ’awn tennis which is to be played on Saturday and Sunday on the Ipoh Club Courts. Singles Lam Say Koe Oag Thuan Beng, Goon K k Ying, Tan Joo
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  • 52 7 SEMI-FINAL RESULT The result cf the semi-final of the Penang Table Tennis Championship was as fallows: heah Chuan Eang beat Ong Kim Chooi by 3 games io 2. Th final between Teh Thong Khay and Cheah Oman Eang w'ill be played on Sunday when the prizes will
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  • 73 7 The following have been selected to represent the O F. A. against the P. F. S» for the Cheah Inn Kiong Cup on Sunday: Abdul Rahman, Cheah Kok Huat, Foo Eng Choang Kboo Hor Lan, Lee Seng Kee, Lim Cheng Hock, Lim Chin Khean, Lim Eng Chong,
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  • 452 8 No man and no government for that matter, ever succeeded without making a mistake. But, having made it, the perpetrators invariably endeavour to profit bv it. Apparently the Straits Settlenaents Government, so far as the leducational needs of the country are concerned, does not subscribe to this view. It
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  • 216 8 The proposal of the Governor. Sir Cecil Clementi, for a manufacturers’ exhibition at Singapore is oue that should meet with an immediate response. r We have too long allowed the outside i 1 1 4 world, and even ourselves to regard Malaya as a purely exporting country, while the
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  • 1322 8 Penang, Thursday. WE do not agree with the Singapore Free Press when it states with reference to a letter from a reader on the subject of unemployment Europeans in Malaya and the recent iren concession granted to the Japanese in respect of the Maar River, Johore, that
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 447 8 PRITCHARD 0' L™ cow have in stock a new selection of PALM BEACH suitings, at competitive prices which range from $27.50 to $45” the former being 50% wool, and the latter ALL WOOL which gives our customers the advantage of purchasing a Ti’opiCftl I W6©d Suit, at the price of
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    • 22 8 P O. HOTCL Special Dinner Dance Friday, 4th September. Dance Music by the Band of the s. s. President Harrison 7 D
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 994 9 Reasoned Letter to Seaham Labour Party I “The Duty Undertaken” Cabinet’s Proposals Practically Completed More Confidence London, September 2 Mr. Kamsay MacDonald does not intend to resign his seat at Seaham “while,” he says in a letter to the Local Labour Party, “it involves desertion of the
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  • 44 9 —Rugby Radio Service. European Service Becoming General m. London, September 2 tt- General announces that *niee of picture telegraphy tracb p ea^y operation between Britain Bwf-d Austria IXnmark and u■< en 1 °P®ned to morrow between m *nd Italy.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 229 9 radio telephony and television.—Rugby Radio Service. Traffic Congestion During Illumination BRILLIANT SPECTACLE London. September 2 A special police conference wes held to day to consider measures for better control of the large crowds congregating in the West End of London to night io see the floodlighting effects
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  • 124 9 —Reuter. Heavy Losses Among Lloyd’» Underwriters Chicago, September 2 Losses amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds will be incurred by Lloyd’s underwriters as a result of the announcement by officials of the Continental Illinois Bank that a veteran employee has confessed to embezzling as übstantial but undetermined
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  • 108 9 provisionally reserved. —Rugby Radi ervice. Eccouraging Bookings for 1932 fxh’bitions London, September 2 According to the general manager of the British Industries Fair the Birmingham and London sections of which open simultaneously on February 22. the week beginning Auguet 23 was one of the best weeks in
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  • 46 9 Reuter Dispute Now Regarded as Settled Rome. September 2 Tbn conclusion of an agreement settling the dispute between the Vatican and the Italian Government is officially announced, TbA quarrel arose over the banning of the Catholic Action I arty by the Italian Government-
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  • 157 9 —Reuter. $130,000 A Month On Red Propaganda SCHEMES OVERTHROWN Shanghai, September 3 Well planned Commar ist schemes to overthrow q the social and political system of China were repealed during the trial of Noullens, The documents seized number over 200 and show a network (f Communist organisations
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  • 93 9 Beater. Submarines and Aircraft to Attack Navy Santiago de Chile, September 8 The greatest excitement prevailed through out Chile when it became known that despite the earlier reassuring announcement the revolt of the fleet 1 cabled yesterday) is ’still progressing. The crews are still hold ing prisoner a
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  • 97 9 —Reuter. Fears of Foreign Selling on Reopening Berlin, September 3 111 m [News has reached banking circles frem abroad, especially from New York, that fqreign holders of German stocks intend to appear on the market as sellers soon after the reopening of the Berlin Bourse Such action would
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  • 70 9 —Reuter Arrest of Members of the Old Guard i i■ Madrid. September 2 So far ten prominent people, mostly generals, hava been arrested in pursuance of a campaign to round UD nerßnna sugpectea of misdeeds under de Rivera’s regime. Among others Castedo. Ex-Minister of Public Works, General
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  • 46 9 —Reuter. Progress Across Wilds of Siberia Moscow, September 2 Amy Johnson, flying back from Tokio .landed at Krahnoyarek at 10.10 and retamed her journey to Sverdlovsk after twenty minutes’ rest. f ’Amy Johnson landed at Omsk at 445 after a midday call at Novosibirsk.
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  • 39 9 —Reuter. Alexandria, September 2 Seventeen thousand cotton workers have been rendered idle and all great cotton warehouses in Alexandria are paralysed by a strike among 1 600 cotton carters as a protest against reduction of wr.gtß.-
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  • Page 9 Advertisements

  • 666 10 PORT OF PENANG Schedule of Principal Lines THE following ia a list of ressals arriving and sailing from Penang during the WMk IN PORT TO DAY 1 b "Rinata” from Pangkalan Dode. S. iled for Pangkalan Dode to-day at noon» Kam par from Teluk Anson an
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  • 55 10 It is understood in Paris that M. Laval and M. Briand wiH visit Berlin from September 26 to 28. returning Dr. Curtins* July visit. The French Government have communi sated to London a copy of a note addressed «o the Italian Government regarding naval mutation proposals.
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  • 46 10 Latest London, New York and Local Prices T/W: LONDON SpitillUl Bows fl-151 I Nota* *****5 D tan £l-15-8 SINGAPORE $61.37j Mr siotl Qp s37} c. Titas lai FtUBBBRi Mtn 2} d. Unchanged NwTsrt4ls/18c.(Hd) Unchanged Lml 7|c, Unchanged Bn Ocmtm of Mmri MNNHDFA 00.
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  • 107 10 —Reuter. Exclusion Strongly Resented By Nanking Nanking, September 8 Interviewed by pressmen, the Foreign Minister, Mr. 0. T. Wang, dwelt at length on the Mexican situation where thousands of Chinese have been forced to leave Mexi can territory. The Foreign Minister stated that the Chinese Minister at
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  • 62 10 TWO CHINESE CHARGED Two Chinese youths named Tan Kee Hong and Ho Soo Suan were to day produced before Mr. Edward Jago, Police Magistrate, charged with writing Communistic slogans. The prosecution allege that the accused wrote Red slogans on a wall at Lorong Ma mat
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  • 57 10 —Reuter. Nanking, September 8 Three important dykes outside West Gate. Nanking, were washed away yesterday morning. A thousand refugees are living on top of the famous city walls. I The Yangtze’s level is nine inches higher than the City. Emergency measures are being taken to prevent Hoodwaters
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  • 48 10 Friday 's Football Match ST. XAVIERS TO MEET ALOR STAR SCHOOL The annual football match between the St. Xavier’s Institution and the Governmen; English School, Alor Star, will be played on the S.X.I. ground on Friday, at 5 p.m. Charges for admission are 20 cents and 10 cents.
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  • 215 10 FEATURE OF LONDON METAL EXCHANGE Extreme steadiness has baen the main feature of the tin market in London during the past week, says the "Finanea Times” of August 4. Inasmuch as there does not seem to have been any gnat demand from consumers, nor has
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  • 270 10 DIRECTORS* REPORT Tae following is the report of the directors to be lubmitted to the share* holders at the seventh annual general meeting of the Menglembu Lode Mining Company, to be held at the Registered Office, No. la, Penang Street, Penang, on Friday, September 18,1931,
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  • 94 10 LINE NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIJ Following close upon the opening of the trunk telephone line between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore comes the news ctat the line has been extended to Ipoh and is now available to the public. According to the statement issued by the Oriental
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  • 79 10 RETURNS FOR FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR Amsterdam, August. 21 The imports of lhe Netherlands in July were vj'ued at 166 million florins, and for the first six mouths, of the year at 1,154 millions, as compared with 1,480 millions for the same period of 1930. Exports
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  • 169 10 The m.s. Lalandia arrived from Bangkok and Singapore this afternoon and will sail for Europe via Colombo to-morrow at noon with the following Straits passengers:— Mrs R W S Drummond, Mrs A C F rquharson, Mr S W Harris, Mr and Mrs D H T Deveson, Miss A
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  • 62 10 AUGUST ARRIVALS AND DEFARTURES The folbwing are the numbers of arriveh and departures to Madras Presidency for the month of August 1931. Arrivola (<ta‘.e aided) (Figures supplied by Travelling Inspectors) 6 2 minors. 1 infant, Arrivals (Others) (Figures supplied by Travfll i g Inspectors 1,099 aluF.s, 84 minors,
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  • 189 10 TO-DAY’S PRICES i The fo'lowing were the latest quotations In MESSRS, KENNEDY Co’s ahars list et 11 e»m. to day:— 1 Yesterday To day 1 s fi e Sharks gill pq g) pq to 0. 0. I 0. 0. Mining Johan Tin .211 .24 .21i .24
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  • 133 10 Messrs. Eastern Smelting Co. t Ltd, London September 1, Spot £120.2 6 three months’ buying £***** 0 three months* selling £122.12 6. Messrs Boustead A Co. Ltd. 3rd September quotation for Singapm refined tin $6l-37} per p’cul, busing dene 75 tone, Penang refined t n $6l 37} per
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  • 217 10 FOR AUGUST The following are the mine returns f r August: Rawang Tin Fieldo Ltd. Hours 1 146 Cubic yards 300,000 Piculs 2.C49 60 Apprcx. Working Coetfi $31,000. Approx. Realization $74,000. Kuda Krmp .r Tin Fields Ltd. Hours 294 Cubic Yards 95,000 Piculs 352.80 Approx. Working Costs $14,000.
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  • 69 10 London, September 2 Paris, 123 96 New Yorki 4.86/ 2 Brussels, 34.89; Geneva» 24.96; Amsteriam. 12.C6; Milan 92.94| Berlin 20 52; Stockholm 18.15; Copenhagen» 18.17 Oslo» 18.17; Vienna» 34.6; Prague» 164; HalstngfoM, 193 A; Madrid» 53.85 Lisbon, 110; Athens, 375; Bucharest, 517; Rio, 83’2 Buenos Aires, 31}; Mor.te
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  • 245 10 "WHAT HXS TO BE SAID WILL BE SAID” London, August 11 A pro'est thst the Chairman nt the British Broadcasting Cornoration is "ateri--1 zing or unevenly applying anew and vUiable Lc’lity given by science” is made by M Churchil in a letter. He was
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 131 10 [|g P gj] Kcmburg Amerika Linie INCLUDING Deutsch-Australische Datnpfschiffs Gesellschaft. Passenger Freight Service OUTWARDS Due Penang ms. DUISBURG for P- Swettenham, Singapore, Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai, Takao, Dairen AJipan. Sept. 5 §m.s HAVELLAND for P. Swettenham, Singapore, Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai, Takao, Dairen ATsingtao, Sept. 20 HOMEWARDS as. UCKERMARK for Colombo, Holland
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    • 562 10 New Advertisements auction t Penang Safes R TO PE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION OaS at urd. y ,l 2t hSep ein S AT 11 Aa 1 At The Warren No. 10, S co|!aal Road, Penang. Household Furnitura and i belonging to the late L C p lS deceased. ,O,Va USUAL
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  • 1292 11 ANNUAL MEETING Loss of £4,479 On Year CO3TB REDUCED The following is a report of the proceedings at the Fifth Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, E. C. 2, on Friday, July 31, 1931, Mr. G. Kingsley, Chairman of the Company,
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  • 195 11 AREAS BUDGRAFTED AND AREAS OUT OF TAPPING The most complete statist cs yet published relating to areas of buigrafted rubber at the end of 1930 and acreages of mature rubber out of tapping appear in the F. M, S. Government Gazette. In the F. M. S. there are
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  • 75 11 Penang, September 3. By Courtesy of The Chartered Bank On London Bank Demand I|3 11/16 H 4 m/ts S/8 7/8 Private 3 m/ts credit 2/4 7/32 On h 2 h Documentary 2/4 11/32 New York Bank Demand 56 France N T.T. 1,410 India T.T. 155} Bangkok M T.T. 78
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  • 183 11 Penang September 3, 1931, ow; ftenar ei Opium p. ebeet 30m iiOOO.OO Clove» 11 90X0 Gold lea? elleif 72.00 Mace Picking nom 170.C0 Nutmeg» 80s rt 70.00 II UOI ,1 60.00 Coconut» per 1.000 u 15.00 Copra Sundriod buyer» 4.10 Ratism «lee 11.15 Rattans Coarse 10.60 Green ttnsil
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 86 11 DUNLOP The first and last word on TYRES Cis British as the IM C.F.H. 951 e Manufacturers of Every Description of fl Surgical and Mechanical India Rubber Products, i ESTD. 1847. A A Syringes, Water Bottles and Beds, Air R Fj| Cushions, Enemas, Bed Sheetings, Teats, j fitly Tubing, Valves,
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  • SPORTING GOSSIP
    • 463 12 J. P. Rowley’s Fine Batting Why bai lob bowling died out completely in club cricket? No one seems tc know why thia style of bowling should ba no longer cultivated. 1 Bee G. 8. Simpson-Hay ward» the famous lobster of other days, who did
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    • 353 12 GATE MONEY AT ST. ANDREWS The Town Council of St. Andrews decided to make application to P od'ament for a provisional to impose charges for admbsion to Si. Andrews gc If links on tbe occasion of championships and other important event». The council was informed recently by the Championship
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    • 517 12 WHERE ARE THE “NEAR CHAMPIONS Professional boxing, like most things, is suffering acutely from the world economy depression. Peopls have little money to spend and are spending it more discriminatingly, and boxing is feeling the pinch. Only really first class contests between boxsrs of forceful personality and
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    • 101 12 ARDUOUS PASSAGE TO HAVRE AND BACK The boats which started in the Ocean Rac'ng Club’s Channel race from Cowea had a long and arduous passage, experiencing extremes of weather conditions from light to heavy going. They were from 27ft. to 35ft. waterline length, and had to go round
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    • 112 12 SATOH BEATS KIRBY IN SINGLES FINAL AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS The Japanese Di via Cup player, J Satob, beat the S uth African international, V. G. Kirby, i i the final of tbe m*n’s singles in the Tunbridge Wells tournament after a keen match, by B—6, 1—6.6—0. Miss Beatrice
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  • 625 12 ADVICE TO MODERN YOUTH Rules for Happy Marriage LOVE, one of the greatest opportunities in life,” was defined by Sir J. Arthur Thomson, the biologist, at the Summer School of the British Social Hygiene Council at Oxford. “What is love?’ he asked. “It has three notes
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  • 117 12 A new process for bleaching wool fabrics so that they retain their whiteness permanently has, it is claimed, been perfected in Leede. Flannels and tennis ball covers male from fabric treated by the procs is will, it is claimed, retain their original whiteness as long as the material
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  • 204 12 “BETTER THAT SUCH A MAN HAD NEVER BEEN BORN” The "0 iserva l ore Romano” notes tbe anniversary of the birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley, by publishing an uncompromis ing s tack on his admirers and on the poet, declaring “for us it would have been
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    • 114 13 HOVEL EXPERIMENT Holes in Propeller Blades THE Canadian National Kailways are making a novel experiment with their steamship a single scrcw steamer. A 'Canadian inventor claims to have discov«ed a remedy for sea-sickness» consisting of oa la.ieed holes bored in the blades akjeto the hub of the
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    • 256 13 KING’S URGENT INSTRUCTIONS VJowes week, which opened cn Bink 3o>xiiy, w e marred by a fatal accident ■on the King’s yach' Britannia The second ■nntexrf the King’s yacht, a Brixham man na®ei Ernest Friend, was swept over board by a wave and drowned as th» yscht
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    • 140 13 3LSCTRIC THERMOMETERS FOR SHIPS An important shipping company, operrling between Auetra a and Great Britain, has installed in its refrigerated holds eUctrica’ thermometers on the advice of scientists working for the Pritieh Government on cold btorage problems. These thermr meters ct-n be distributed in ineccess b e phees
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    • 53 13 A NUMBER OF VICTIMS Paris, August 25 A terrific storm raging on the A«ijntic coast has mtde a number of chir fly among the crews of the «•Tench fishing fleet. So far fifteen have Q drowned, but several of three undred fishing vessels have not yet
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    • 73 13 A confrontation between the banker, a. Ol and his collaborator, the Italian of fi LCler ®V a^Do B serving a term to detention on Liiari Is’au', Q ’be international station at GuJ no readily answered questions of the French examining xriCl lStrate ut declared that he
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    • 209 13 Facing A Bad Winter Nauen, (Berlin), August 26 IN course of an interview granted to the correspondent of an American news agency, Chancellor Bruening covered both the internal and t xtei nal problems and stressed that the only way out of the present crisis was through international co-operation.
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    • 157 13 Hong Kong, August 29 Mr. Eugene Ch»»n, the Foreign Minister in the Carton "Nitiond’’ Government, is preparing to “«ever economic relations” with Germany and the United States of America. Canton has been incensed by the fact that America and Geruaiy Eave been freely supplying arms and ammunition to
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    • 88 13 Teheran. August 17 Carrying 50,000 phials of vaccine for inoculations in southern ports, doctors left here by air to-day to fight the spread of cholera on the Persian Gulf. Precautionary measures sgainst the spread of the epidemic from Basrah, where scores have died of the disease, hsve
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    • 94 13 Vienna, July 27 A p’az, entitled “Edward V 11.,” is reported to be engaging the attention of the German playwright Herr Kail Zuckmayer. the author of “Cap’ain Koepenich.’’ The p aywright is f aid to have told Emil Janningr, the film actor, of the project
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    • 68 13 Belgrade Crowds gathered in a street in Belgrade to see Vasilij Karadjitch eat 36 large water melons at a sitting. A fruiterer had offered to give him the fruit free if he could do it. The man accomplished the feat in three hours, during which time
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    • 222 13 NUMBER 10,000 The '•huih-hush’’ L. N. F. R. locomotive, known as the Naaber 10 009» has been promoted to regular service between Lon don and Newcastle. Until the aututrnit is to haul the 10 5 a.m. express from King’s Cross thne days a week, returning from Newcastle
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    • 154 13 His Excel-ency the High Commissioner and Mice Clementi, accompanied by Mr. E. E. F. Pretty (Secretary to the High Commissioner f r r the Malay States), Mr. R. J. Curtis (Aide-de-Camp) and Mr. Corry, Private Secretary, left Singapore by the night mail train at 8.30 p.m.
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    • 112 13 Southend, July 28 Because of “trouble with the accthrator of her motor car,*’ Mrs. Eliz beth Maud Dyson, of Dittcn Ccurt-road, Westcl.ff: Mounted the kerb at busy crcs -roads Swerved across to the opposite pavement Ran into some buildings; Travelled 28 yards along the pavement; Knocked down
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    • 52 13 London» August 20 The '‘Morning Post” pays hour age to the initiative shown by M. Peequier thanks to whom, it says, France, Bri sin, Holland, America are going to be able to ooperate effectively in a common effort to thwart the activities of the communists in
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    • 222 13 MID-OCEAN ADVENTURE WITH SHARK After an adventurous voyage across the Atlantic in a 28-foot sloop, two young men have reached Plymouth. They are a nmeteen-years-old Estonim aid Mr. C. P. Birber, a young Englishman, aid between them they have navigated the tiny yacht, Abto, for
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    • 81 13 EXPERIMENTS AT LENINGRAD Moscow, August 25 The works which had been recently erected for the manufacture of Duraliminium for airplane and airship construction, will be converted into works for the production of a new metal known as Alplata Z ,gi. This alloy is the result of experiments
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    • 86 13 Shanghai, August 31 An announcement emana irg from Jar ane?e sources, stages tt at China’s third protest, submitted to Tokio by the Fcreign Minister (Dr. 0. T.Wang). with regard to the recent Konan auti-Ohinese riots, demands compensation totalling 2 500, 000 yen in respect of damage to
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    • 118 13 "Acquittal Parties.” are now the latest cress among American gangsters, and it is rumoured that many a gangster allows himself to be tried in the Courts for various serious offences whenever be feels that he wants some excuse to "throw” a really cheery tarty for his friends. There
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    • 37 13 Shanghai, August 31 The Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang has decided that the Fourth Party ‘Delegates* Congress shall consist of 420 dr 1 gates. fv, Oversea Chinese will be entitled to send 82 delegates.
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  • 621 14 TWO DISTINCT SECTIONS Vigorous Prospecting Activity In connection with th© varioua eehemee for limiting the world proa notion of tin in recent times, the position of the Billiton group of tin producers is not generally familiar, and a *hott abstract from an article by Dr. J.
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  • 391 14 VERNACULAR PAPER WITHDRAWS MURDER PRAISE Calcutta, August 12 In a recent occasional note (says the Calcutta “Statesman”) we drew attention to an iseue of a Bengali paper, the Vagnadoot,” which devoted a whole page to the glorification of the murderer of Inspector Tsrini Makerjee, give a
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