Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 October 1932

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 243. Vol. LXXXX. FRIDAY. 14th OCTOBER. 1932. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 1411 1 IMPLEMENTING OTTAWA AGREEMENTS Gazetted To-day DO NOT APPLY IN FULL TO COLONY LIOUORS AND WINES i The following communique which we have received from the T.M.S. Government gives the full list of goods subject to prefercr.tial duty under the Ottawa Agreements. This list, it
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  • 180 1 —Reuter. BRITISH WOMAN MURDERED AT HARBIN CHILDREN RESCUED Harbin, Yesterday. Four bandits attacked and murdered a British woman, Mrs. Woodruff, wife of the Chief Accountant of the British American Tobacco Company, and attempted to kidnap her three children. Two Russians pursued the bandits who fired seriously wounding
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  • 60 1 .—Reuter. BROTHER’S ARREST CAUSES FRESH SENSATION Stockholm, To-day. There is a fresh sensation here due to the arrest of Torsen Kreuger, brother of the dead financier, following an enquiry into the failure of Patebois HoegbroForsen Company, of which he is a Director. The inquiry dealt mainly with the
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  • 136 1 ,—Reuter. Mr. Leggett Takes A Hand At Reconciliation Rugby, Yesterday. Negotiations for the settlement of the j Lancashire mills dispute on wages and j hours of work were opened at Manchester j to-day under the presidency of Mr. F. Leggett, the Labour Ministry Official who recently effected a
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  • 107 1 —Reuter. OVER OUTCRY FOR SAMUEL INSULL BENEFACTOR London, To-day. The Insull outcry is embarrassing the Governors of the National Temperance Hospital, London, the new wing of which has just been completed largely due to an Insull donation on condition it is called the Insull Memorial in memory of
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  • 55 1 trous theories of Government.” —Reuter. Washington, Yesterday. Contending that “our very form of government is on trial,” Mr. Hoover urged the America Bar Association to stand guard against “false prophets of the millenium” and asserted that some men in public life to-day were offering “suggestive but unworkable and
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  • 104 1 Col. Prior Sued By Former Employee (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, To-day. G. B. Treeby, formerly engaged to supervise the Blanja Ferry when the pontoon bridge was destroyed by flood, sued Col. Prior for recovery of $ll5 balance salary due. Col. Prior counter-claimed a similar amount for loss
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  • 89 1 Macdonaia, rne riumc Secretary for Dominion Affairs. Rugbj Radio Service. Mf. De Valera Arrives In London For Conference Rugby, Yesterday. Anglo-Irish negotiation will be resumed at the Dominions Office, London, to-mor-r°Mr. De Valera reached London this evening accompanied by the Irish Free Finance Minister, Mr. MacEntee, the
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  • 54 1 Albert Edward Coules, of Penang, was to-day summoned before the Police Magistrate on a charge of neglecting to maintain his lawful wife Frances Florence Coules and three children. The defendant claimed trial and the case was postponed till October 19. Mr. T E. Conaghan
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  • 150 1 Reuter. NEED FOR A STRONG UPPER CHAMBER ADVOCATED ABOLITION OF DUALISM Berlin, Yesterday. The part of Herr Von Papen’s speech at Munich dealing with the necessity for reforms in the Weimar Constitution has attracted wide attention. The Chancellor said all parties admitted it is time something was
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  • 75 1 AMSTERDAM-ALOR STAR IN FOUR DAYS! By using faster planes, the K.L.M. intends to speed up the air-mail service from Amsterdam to Batavia so that there is every hope that in 193 4 the planes will reach Batavia in 5 days. This means that Alor Star will be reached
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  • 244 1 to-day by air from Hamburg.—Rugby Radio Service. Several Hours Spent At Hamburg Rugby, Yesterday. Although they remained only one night in Hamburg the Prince of Wales and rrince George snent many hours visiting different parts of the great port including a typical" block of workmen’s flats wnich they
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    • 1754 2 RATES FOR CASUAL MUNICIPAL NOTICE. banks. ThO ADVERTISEMENTS I II V The Municipal Commissioners of George v la Town. Penang, hereby invite separate Fl€?81ClOB CSIW All tenders for the following for one year from t r t iS e m e„t s s be Xs s ed Mcatschappii. N. V
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 1066 3 SHORT-WAVE RECEPTION TIMES PREPARED BY THE P.G. WIRELESS CORRESPONDENT AND THE PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY I <" Midnight 1 a. m. 2 a. m. 3 a. m. 4 a. m. 5 a. m. 6 a. m. 5 p. m. 6 p. m 7 p. in. 8 p. m. 9 p. m.
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  • 1290 4 THE VALUE OF RACING BY “B. A. C.” Among other motor racing events, the Ulster T.T. has been attacked in a certain section of the Press as waste of time and money, and one critic stated that the lessons learned are of no value to
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 486 4 To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.” Sir, —It is really appalling to see by the end of the year that a large number will be added to the unemployment list. I cannot however exactly foresee what is in store for the “axed.” In Government departments the first to
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  • 807 4 FIGHT FOR LIFE CRIES STIFLED WITH CUSHION Paris, Sept. 21. Checking up clues one by one, the detectives investigating the mysterious fate of Mr. Donald Ross, the Scots business man found dead, bound hand and foot in his ransacked villa at Maisons-Laffitte, near here on Sunday are
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  • 970 4 Mr. G. Johnstone, manager of McAlister and Co., Kuala Lumpur, is leaving for home by the ‘Boringia’. Mrs. J. T. Fulton, who is an inmate oi Bungsar Hospital, has been operated on and is progressing satisfactorily. Mr. C. P. Vines, the English international hockey player, who has
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 149 4 X Q -a 'II I STILL AVAILABLE I OUR REMOVAL SALE LEFT US WITH A FEW MUSICAL I INSTRUMENTS n fl I which we ore offering at BARGAIN PRICES I GUITARS from BJO I I BAN J O MANDOLINES SSX3 I I CORNETS SW3 I I ACCOR DEO NS 3X3
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  • 244 5 TOMORROW’S MATCHES BLACKBURN ROVERS TO ENTERTAIN ARSENAL The following are the matches to be played to-morrow in the English and Scottish Leagues: Division I v. Sheffield U. j? v. Arsenal Blackburn K- Leicester C. Blackpool Chelsea Bohen W. v Everton Derby v Manchester C. v Portsmouth
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  • 187 5 Preparing For Match With Penang ‘A’ (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, October 13. Strenuous practice was put in by 2 repres. ntative Taiping XV.s on a water-logged gr< und yesterday, to select the team to represent Taiping against Penang A at Penang on Oct. 29. The Taiping XV.
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  • 100 5 H .H. THE REGENT’S CUP Final Next Friday krom Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Yesterday. llle above tU <sc2 e t 0 determin the winner P le •tegent’.. ri V r CUp wiU bp staged on the”i 4th b g round next Friday af- k district wh 'n S k
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  • 362 5 Two Matches At Penang NOVELTY FOR LOCAL It is definitely known that the Burmese footballers will arrive in Penang on October 23. Two matches have been arranged for them by the Penang Football Association to be played on the Chinese Recreation Club ground on October 24 and
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  • 149 5 P.R.C. Lose To Alor Star The Penang Recreation Club entertained a team from Alor Star yesterday on the Esplanade and lost to the visitors by two goals to nil. The game was unfortunately spoilt by heavy rain. The field was one sheet of water and conditions
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  • 87 5 S. X. R. C. V. P. R. C. The following will represent the S.X.R.C. in the Cup-tie against the P.R.C. on the C.R.C. Ground to-day:— L. Lesslar; T. Sinn Huat and K. Hock Swee; Y. Hong Thin, C. Watt Gark and O. Siang Huah; G. Choon
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  • 51 5 P.C.C. ‘A’ v. Municipality To-night, on the Esplanade, at 5.10 p.m.:— P.C.C. “A”: —Tamby; W. J. Leaney and F. G. Pooley; J. E. Harvey, H. R. Oldham and A. E. Coope; R. L. Pirn, A. L. V. S. Giles, T. S. Anthony, H. Farrow and J. L. C.
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  • 1119 5 BEST DISPLAY YET NEW FABRICS AND DESIGNS FOR FAR EAST The requirements of buyers from the Far East are occupying the special attention of British Textile Maufacturers who, at the Textiles Section of the British Industries Fair which takes place at the White City, London,
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  • 162 5 To-day at the Esplanade at 8.30 p.m. 1. March No Repulse Rosey 2. Overture I Puritani Bousquet 3. Selection The Gondoliers Sullivan 4. Danse Moon Magic Arnold 5. Chare- The Parade of teristic uie Tin Soldiers Jessel 6. Two Num- (a) Waltz —‘‘We’ll bers be together again”
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  • 159 5 “HELPING THE FAMILY” A remarkable case of a man serving a month’s imprisonment in Brixton Gaol in place of his friend was revealed at the Old Bailey. William Thomas Staples, aged 40, a fruiterer, of Holloway-road, N., and Alfred James Phelps, 29, a costermonger,
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  • 89 5 The issue of books from the libraries under various headings is given in the following table from the Birmingham Public Libraries Report General Works 113,861 Philosophy 24,182 Religion 33,342 Sociology 72,849 Philology 19,233 Natural Science 85,963 Useful Arts 38,692 Fine Arts.. 90,901 Music
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 96 5 GREAT CLEARANCE OF I Men’s and Women’s Footwear MONDAY. OCT. IT 01 AND FOR ONE WEEK ONLY ece I AMAZING OFFERS, ASTOUNDING 500 PAIRS BARGAINS. 300 PAIRS LADIES SHOES MEN S SHOES in Smart up -to Date LOWEST PRICES including many "Saxone" I Styles, Finest Leathers, j E te e
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  • 1121 6 > LOOKING FIT r JOHN BULL’S HEALTH i SIR GEORGE NEWMAN’S REPORT "No tonic is more effective than the cheery greeting of a friend not prone by nature to flattery; Hullo, old man; you are looking fit! The nation will feel very much nimbler and
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  • 495 6 MANAGER AND GIRL LOCKED IN MIDDAY REVOLVER HOLDUP Banditry in its most audacious form has been carried out in the West End of London. In daylight, under the noses of police and public alike, an armed man entered an Oxford-street jeweller’s shop, held up the manager
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  • 664 6 GREAT BRITAIN’S FAVOURABLE POSITION COMPARISON WITH HER INDUSTRIAL COMPETITORS The statistics received by the International Labour Office for recent months show that unemployment is still increasing in practically every country as compared with the corresponding period last spring. Finland and Poland are the only two countries
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  • 68 6 MYSTERY OF SOVIET’S LONDON AMBASSADOR It was officially announced on Sept. 15, says Reuter, that Sokolnikoff, the Soviet Ambassador in London, who has just returned from leave in Moscow, is, at his own request, taking up a new appointment in the near future. It is not known
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  • 269 6 INQUIRY INTO FORTH MISHAPS SUGGESTED BAN ON GUN PRACTICE ,r A Court of Inquiry, appointed by Admiral Sir John Kelly, Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, met on board one of the warships in the Forth to investigate the shell-firing mishaps which occurred during the fleet’s gunnery practice
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  • 142 6 The growing need for new and enlarged hospitals as a result of the increase in mo-tor-traffic was emphasised by Lord Leconfield, Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex, when opening the new £15,000 hospital at Bognor Regis. Lord Leconfield said that at Brighton it had been suggested that a special
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  • 166 6 VAIN SEARCH IN FOG Following a mysterious explosion some miles out to sea, off Gorleston, near Yarmouth, the lifeboat and two tugs made a three-hours search in dense fog over a 40miles radius. The vessels put back to Gorleston at 11 o’clock without having solved the mystery.
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    • 11 6 WHAT LONDON IS DOING READ CHARLES ROBERTS in the SUNDAY GAZETTE.
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    • 120 6 w 7 f ffY I W yA OF FRESHNESS ON EVERY TIN OBTAINABLE AT ALL CHEMISTS and HIGH CLASS STORES SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA (1929) BISHOP STREET, PENANG Tel. 398. fccLD I WS tgĕMsiAl IT) tt Miwn** I WroaGeaiwllV’ MH ou> scotch Sole Agents BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Singapore, Penang, F.M.S.
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  • CULLED FROM CEYLON EXCHANGES
    • 521 7 Is The Epidemic Spreading In Kurunegala NON CO-OPERATION COMPLAINT Kurunegala, September 29. T hf re was a sensation in Kurunegala this when the news spread that the Kachcheri had been closed as the result of tie discovery of a plague infected rat in the Fiscal’s
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    • 159 7 Police and Excise Inquiries At Bandarawela Bandarawela, Sept. 27 Police and Excisemen are on the looko t in Bandarawela for some person or persons who have hit upon the novel idea of selling water to villagers and estate labourers as arrack. Bandarawela is a dry area
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    • 231 7 Investigating Officer Conducting Inquiries ABOLITION OF POSTS Colombo, October 3. In response to the request of the Colombo Municipal Council, Government has lent the services of Mr. M. S. Thiruvelingham, of the Registrar-General’s Department, to investigate the cadre of the Council. Mr. Thiruvelingham, who has a
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    • 480 7 Appeal By The Bishop Of Colombo Moratuwa, Sept. 26 The Bishop of Colombo has addressed a pastoral letter to the members of his Church. The following are extracts The Church to which you and I belong is in great difficulties and so I am writing to explain
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    • 92 7 Duty To Be Levied From October Ist Colombo, Oct. 3 A proclamation in Friday’s “Government Gazette”, announces that whereas the Governor by proclamation could impose a duty not exceeding Rs. 12 per cwt. on all hides and Rs. 14 per cwt. on all horns, respectively,
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    • 3006 7 MAJOR J. W. OLDFIELD'S VIEWS AT RUBBER TRADERS' ASSOCIATION MEETING MANIPULATION OF MARKET "INFLUENCE AT WORK WHICH CAN RESURRECT THE APPARENTLY DEAD" Colombo, October 3. The fourteenth annual general meeting of the Colombo Rubber Traders’ Association was held at the Ceylon Chamber of
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    • 56 7 All Six Accused Found Guilty THE ABSCONDER Galle, Sept. 29. All the six accused in the Galle bandit raid trial were found guilty to-day, and were sentenced to twenty years’ rigorous imprisonment each. The Judge hoped that the police would leave no stone unturned to
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    • 214 7 Ready Response From Colombo Public “The public were very pleasant and agreeable and all gave their contributions willingly,” said Lady Schneider to a representative of the “Times of Ceylon" on Friday regarding Flag Day in aid of the Colombo Deaf and Blind School. From
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    • 199 7 Purchase Of Exhibits Suspended Colombo, Oct. 3 One of the most instructive works of the Health Department of the Municipality has had to be given up for want of funds to carry it on. This is the Health Museum which was started by Dr. C. V.
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    • 130 7 Examination Postponed More Claims The matter of the insolvency of W. A. S. de Vos, was mentioned before Mr. G. Crossette Thambyah, Additional District Judge of Colombo, for the examination of the insolvent. Messrs. F. J. and G. de Saram, appearing for several creditors, moved for a
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    • 374 7 Railway Drivers Prefer Ta Stay In Ceylon UNTIL AGREEMENT ENDS Colombo, Oct. 3. Four of the 20 drivers who were offered three months full pay, their passage and one-third of the salary they would have drawn for the remainder of their agreement, provided they left immediately,
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    • 181 7 Provision For Half Million Next Year Colombo, Oct. 3T The State Council of Ceylon costs the country nearly half a million rupees a year. The provision in the Budget for 1932-33 amounts to Rs. 490,464, which shows a decrease of about eight thousand rupees compared
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    • 132 7 Department To Pay Out Over 3| Lakhs A Year The first estimate for a complete year for the Income Tax Department of Ceylon shows that Rs. 384,522 will be spent in 1932-33. Out of this amountTHs. 365,522 will be spent on personal emoluments. The Commissioner’s
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  • 876 8 Monopolists, especially when they control public services, are queer people. Seldom do they appreciate the advantages of their position or their obligations to the public. Only when private enterprise steps in do they realise that there is more than a grain of truth in the dictum that
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  • 25 8 M. Avenol Succeeds Sir Eric Drummond Geneva, To-day. M. Avenol (France), Deputy Secretary General, succeeds Sir Eric Drummond as Secretary-General of the League.—Reuter.
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  • 967 8 A TYPICAL TRANSACTION i It has been argued that the extent to which banks have funds of their own to utilize in the finance of foreign trade de- 1 pends upon the actual trade which itself < builds up bank deposits. Apparently the implication is that it is
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  • 788 8 RIVERS OF INK Surprise and consternation were caused recently by the transformation of the waterways of the Edenbridge and Oxtetf districts of Surrey into what appeared to be rivers of ink. Local sewage farms were suspected of polluting the waters, but investigation showed that this theory was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 268 8 Mannite THE VITALITY FOOD WITH THE LOVELY FLAVOUR. /%Jpgsfc o A, w® /C &'f Obtainable 'V/ V Untouched From All First Class fy) During Stores. y (Manufacture. AfsgSSajttp For Making and Enriching Soups, Sauces, Stews, Gravies, Etc., Etc. MARMITE is Guaranteed to Contain no Fish Meat or Animal Fat of
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    • 33 8 E. and O. THE BEST SITUATED SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE EAST. ALL ROOMS FACE THE SEA each with sitting room and private bathroom attached. Modem Sanitation Throughout EXCELLENT CUISINE under expert European Chef.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 134 8 TO-NIGHT AT 8 P.M. AT SOLAR HALL DEAN'S OPERA OF SINGAPORE Presents NOOR-E-/SLAM A Great Hindustani Masterpiece. AT LUNAR HALL Bin Lock Shanghai-Foochow Opera Presents ‘TYE NOW KAR HIN HOO,” SEE LONG THAM BOO,” “HONG THYE THYE,” Really Wonderful Transformation Scenes and Best “800 TNUAH.” AT STELLAR HALL Thean Seng
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  • 57 8 DEATH The death took place at 50, Anson Road, of Madam Yeo Leng Hean, beloved wife of Mr. Choong Eng Kim, and daughter of Mr. Yeo Boon Chit, on Thursday, 13th instant, at 11.30 p.m. The deceased leaves behind her one son and two daughters to mourn their loss. The
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  • 737 9 Impossibility Of Ruling Hostile Peoples FRENCH PRESIDENT'S ASSURANCE Paris, Yesterday. China’s only desire is peace and security both founded on tcrin tional treaties, declared Dr. Wellington Koo presenting X credentials to President Le Brun. I)r Koo emphasised that the Chinese people’s most ardent .k
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  • 210 9 ,—Reuter Wireless. Views Of Former Governor Of Bengal London, October 10. A very considerable advance in the selfgovernment to India in the near future was predicted by the famous England cricketer, Sir Stanley Jackson, who until recently was the Governor of Bengal, while speaking at Leeds. At
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  • 97 9 —Reuter Wireless. Need For Universal Ratification By April 13, 1933 Geneva, October 9. The intention of France to shortly ratify the 1931 Narcotics Convention was announced to-day in the fifth Committee of the League which stressed the need for universal ratification of the Convention by April 13th next
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  • 85 9 —Reuter Wireless. Fifth Cargo Recovered From Wreck London, October 8. Specie to the value of £70,000, being the sth cargo recovered from the wreck of the P. O. Liner "Egypt” was landed at Plymouth to-day by the Italian salvage steamer “Artiglio”. The latest haul, which is the outcome
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  • 101 9 Rugby Radio Service. More Models By British Manufacturers Rugby, Yesterday. The Motor Show opened at Olympia this morning and exhibits displayed include many novel types of cars both in construction of chassis and body. Several British manufacturers are showing more models this year, these in many cases including
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  • 92 9 .—Reuter Wireless. LONDON JOURNAL’S HARMFUL STATEMENT BRITISH POSITION London, October 10. Publication in a London morning newspaper of a report that Great Britain has given a definite pledge to support Germany’s claim for equality in armaments is strongly deprecated in official circles. The '■’W rumour is described
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  • 194 9 —Reuter Wireless. More Details Of Tragedy At Planklane Colliery London, October 10. Nineteen lives were lost out of a total of twenty miners descending Planklane Colliery, near Leigh, Lancashire, early this morning through a defect in the winding gear. The cage crashed to the bottom of the shaft
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  • 163 9 will be spent on the enterprise.—Reuter Wireless. Most Powerful Hydro-Electric Station In Europe Paris, October 9. France would present her new constructive plan for peace and progressive disarmament at Geneva as soon as certain indispensable information had been received and considered by the Cabinet said M. Herriot at
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  • 107 9 .—Reuter Wireless. More Bricks Added By New Polish Tariff Law Warsaw, October 10. More bricks were added to European tariff walls to-day by publication of the new Polish tariff law which, while ostensibly giving some preference to British goods compared with German, increases duties by from ten to
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  • 94 9 .—Reuter Wireless. In Europe For Naval Discussions London, October 10. Mr. Norman Davis, interviewed by Reuter, said he was here for naval discussions. He had not been entrusted with any mandate or mission regarding the Far East. Mr. Davis saw Sir John Simon yesterday when he had
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  • 39 9 .—Reuter Wireless. Returns To Paris But Refuses To Make Statement Paris, October 9. Samuel Insull’s son returned to Paris to-day as mysteriously as he left. He has rejoined his mother but has refused to make a statement.-
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  • 227 9 less there is rain in the meantime.—Reuter Wireless. HOSPITALS BENEFIT TO EXTENT OF £4,000,000 £l7 MILLIONS SUBSCRIBED London, October 10. The enormous sums raised in the Irish Sweeps were revealed at the close of the draw to-day when it was announced that the aggregate
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  • 121 9 —Reuter Wireless. Reorganisation Of Secretariat Agitated Discussion Geneva, October 8. Reorganisation of the League Secretariat which has become a crucial matter owing to the impending retirement of the Secretary General, Sir Eric Drummond aroused agitated discussions at the special Committee sitting in secret session until the early hours
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  • 89 9 Cing Carol Refuses To Accept Premier’s Resignation Bucharest, October 8. The latest phase in Rumania’s political difficulties has been terminated by King Carol's refusal to accept the resignation of the Premier, M. lorga, but his accepting the resignation of M. Titulesco, the Roumanian Minister in London, who objected
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  • 120 9 —Reuter Wireless. Britain Draws Attention To Serious Position Geneva, October 7. Without debate, the Council adopted the resolution as a sequel to the British memorial drawing attention to the serious position of League Loans, many of which are in default. Sir Austin Chamberlain was present unofficially. The resolution
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  • 104 9 —Reuter Wireless. Collapse Of Retaining Wall Causes Land-slide London, October 8. Many sleeping inhabitants of Inverness had narrow escapes early this morning when a retaining wall near Inverness Castle gave way, causing a land-slide which demolished the newly erected Mission Hall and crushed many roofs of houses with
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  • 498 9 Mr. Macdonald And Mr. Herriot In Conclave CONVERSATIONS DIRECTED TO ASSIST GENEVA CONFERENCE Rugby, Yesterday. Anglo-French conversations on disarmament problems occupied several hours at Downing Street to-day and will be resumed to-morrow. Messrs. Macdonald and Herriot spent an hour together alone this morning after which they were
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  • 91 9 nx Snot YESTERDAY. TO-DAY. £l5l-10-0 TIN (3 Months) £152-12-6 £152-12-6 SX V™* PenMig 3 DODe *****% $77 25,/ Business Done Buyers—No sellers. Buyers. COPRA— (Sundried) 55.85 $5.85 BLACK PEPPER $22.00 $22.00 j RUBBER 2^d 2J?d JSwYork 3%«?) Singapore 7 ctS- 7 cts TAPIOCA Medium Pearl 53.4 z. 2
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  • 195 9 —neuter Wireless. Attempt To Recover £1,000,000 Treasure Norfolk (Virginia), October 10. An attempt will shortly be made to salvage jewels and bullion believed to be worth £1,000,000 that once belonged to the ex-Emperor Maximilian of Mexico which are now lying at the bottom of the sea
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 47 9 SSL OTe The Brighter Hotel." TO-MORROW Morning—Music in the Lounge CABARET CAMERON ALSTON and GORDON WAKEFORD assisted by MISS MADGE ANDERSON Special Engagement FOR THE WEEK-END (including SUNDAY’S CONCERT) of SIGNOR ENRICO DALLO, THE EMINENT VIOLINIST. SUNDAY ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 9.30 P.M. RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD. George Goldsack, Manager.
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  • 835 10 LORD HAREWOOD'S WARNING "OWNERS PAID NOT TO SCRATCH THEIR HORSES" The temptations offered to unscrupulous persons for fraud and bribery in connection with sweepstakes on the Derby and other big races were described by the Earl of Harewood, Senior Steward of the Jockey Club. He
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  • 460 10 SUBMARINE SECRETS CODE WIZARDS OF THE ADMIRALTY Four months after its publication was postponed at the request of the Admiralty, 40 0.8. (Hutchinson, 155.) was released on September 16 day. It is a volume of reminiscences by Mr. Hugh Cleland Hoy, who during the war was
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  • 151 10 FOUR MEN SHOT IN STREET The most daring robbery in the annals of crime in Berlin was committed there recently. At 9 a.m., when the streets were crowded with people, four bandits, driving a luxurious motor-car, stopped before the town hall of Charlottenburg, a residential suburb. They
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  • 523 10 INWARD LOADS NOW HEAVIER THAN OUTGOING TIME-SAVINGS OF THE SERVICE That the inward air-mail from Africa is now heavier, each week, than the outgoing mail from England, is revealed by statistics which have just become available. Approximately 14,000 letters a week are now reaching London by
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 388 10 M 1 I k* Vitamin A to ensure resistance to B infections; Vitamin B to bring back B healthy appetite; Vitamin C —most B important for children; and Vitamin D— K the health factor of the sun itself. Here B is the ABC and Dof health. These are K the
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  • 659 11 Ft Britain And Dominions In Great Maternity I Drive new COLLEGE FOR DOCTORS Distinguished British doctors, with the full support of the Domirt» iking an important step in their campaign to save British are i ML.ihers. While the general health of the country is
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  • 282 11 FRESH RIVALS Bookmakers, already badly hit by the reduced betting turnover—estimated to have dropped from £200,000,000 in 1923 to 1120,000,000 last year—are now being caused further anxiety by the growth of totalisator pool clubs. In many London suburbs, in towns on the ®°uth coast, and in
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  • 299 11 SHOCK OF DOCTOR’S REPORT The tragedy of an Oxford “Blue” who took his life because a medical examination had revealed that he was not as healthy as he thought he was, was disclosed at an inquest at Northwich, Cheshire, on Mr. Charles Herbert Gibson, aged
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  • 385 11 ADMIRING EXPERTS PROUD POTATO GROWER Mr. Lloyd George, farmer and potato specialist, described an act of renunciation last month. “I used to be something of a politician,” he said, “but now I am trying to earn a living as a cultivator of the soil.” He
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  • 464 11 ENGLISH GIRL’S DEATH DIVE One of the most spectacular tragedies in the recent history of Hollywood occurred on Sept. 19, when Miss Peg Entwistle, a 2J/-years-old English-born actress, who deemed herself a failure in films, plunged to death from the top of an electric sign. On the
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    • 396 11 WUWWWWM I fit I DUNLOP tires now! J B They grip the greasy road B and make your motoring safe I'. j i buy BRITISH B BUY DUNLOP i 5 V j BRITISH WIRE ROPES. THOS. AND WM. SMITH LTD.—BRITISH ROPES LTD. Send us Your Let us Help Solve Enquiries.
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  • 1448 12 PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY GAINING STRENGTH GRAMOPHONE PICK UP: OPEN LETTERS TO TRANSMITTERS Rapid strides forward are being made by the Penang Wireless Society: it will no doubt be remembered that this society was established in 1926 and went into recess awaiting the time when sufficient programmes were available for
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    • 476 12 HEW ADVERTISEMENTS MISCELLANEOUS WANTED: —Small Furnished Bungalow, House or one floor of House. Near Town. Possession from Nov. 1. Write Box 296, c/o Pinang Gazette. notice PENANG TURF CLUB. The Annual General Meeting of the members of the Penang Turf Club will be held at the Turf Club’s Office, Chartered
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    • 50 12 NEW SPRINGTIME HOTEL, ’Phone 60 TANJONG BUNGAH Light Orchestral Concert EVERY WEDNESDAY FROM 5.00 P.M.. DINNER DANCE EVERY SATURDAY FROM 8.00 P.M. Light Concert Tea Dance EVERY SUNDAY from 5.00 P.M. SHARP IMMEDIATELY’ FOLLOWED BY INFORMAL DANCE. LEONARDO C REYES and his Oriental Dance Orchestra (ALWAYS IN ATTENDANCE) tu. f.
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    • 1108 12 PRINCIPAL SHORT-WAVE I STATIONS M 0 In Order Of Wavelength Difference in time to Malaya. I-'" «5 St STATION. «t U(/) Interval signals, days of tran.,. ls 7.4 41,891 |La Turbie, France 7 9.8 30,602 Coltano, Jtaly lAG 6 13.04 23,006 Malabar, Java PLZ 1/3 13.97 21,470 I Daventry, England
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  • 877 13 Schedule of Principal Lines w following 13 a list of vessel. arriving „<1 Bailing from Penang during the week. !N PORT TO-DAY RANGOON MARU from Japan. Salls BS ‘for Rangoon and Calcutta. c qti VERBELLE from Calcutta. Sails S for Los Angeles and San Francisco. aa
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  • 242 13 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15. Soccer: D.A.F.C. v. C.R.C., S.X.I. Ground, 5.15 p.m. Inter-State Hockey: Penang v. Selangor, Kuala Lumpur. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19. Batang Padang Tin Dredging Co., annual meeting, Henry Waugh Co., noon. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21. Hockey: P.C.C. v. P.R.C., Esplanade, 5.10 p.m. Penang Free School annual prize
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  • 350 13 FIGURES SUPPLIED BY JAPANESE CONSULATE The following telegraphically received by the Trade Intelligence Bureau of the Japanese Consulate-General is forwarded for publication. No exact figures are yet available of the foreign trade of Manchukuo since severance of relations from the Chinese maritime customs administration. The following is, however,
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  • 238 13 The following are the rubber outputs for September. The Anglo-Malay Rubber 48,000 The London Asiatic Rubber and Produce 480,000 The Golden Hope Rubber Estate 171.904 The Bikam Rubber Estate 107,000 The Sungkai-Chumor Estates 23,893 Seaport (Selangor) Rubber Estate 49,000 The Rubber Estates of Johore 65,307 North Labis (Johore)
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  • 170 13 Latest Quotations Tbur. Wed. Bai. Ooi. 18 Ojt 12 Sep* 19 Pmis 87 13/16 87t 128 96 New Yoik 8 44} 8 44} 4,85? Montreal 8.78 8.78} Brussels 24 B n 24 79} 84 *-8 Geneva 17 84 17 82} 24 86 Amsterdam 8.56 8.56 12
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 85 13 RADIO PRODUCTS PAR EXCELLENT ISfgU BLUESPOT No. 88 Pick up The Famous 66R Unit. J Stockists f Kee Hu€S Co 178 Campbell Street. (Key Cycle Motor Co., 3, Church Street. Agents: HENRY WAUGH CO., LTD., Fencing. j g LET US SUPPLY J YO U I WITH THE BEST w IN
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    • 108 13 HOUSES PACKED TO THE DOORS I il U r A w 1 fIKbV I SMmOvrr Matinee To-morrow at 2.45 p.m. THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL JUNGLE. THRILLERS -W ir I W3l 111 No Faked Shots No Tamed Apes Two Years in Making! TOGETHER WITH MAGIC CARPET TRAVELOGUES —COMEDY PARAMOUNT NEWS BOOKING
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  • 604 14 ORGANISTS UNDER-PAID POOR QUALITY MUSIC In his presidential address at the opening of the annual Congress of the Incorporated Association of Organists in Edinburgh on August 30, Dr. William Prendergast said it was curious that, while there seemed to be no objection to the paying of fees
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  • 314 14 DIRECTOR OF PERSONAL SERVICES The new organization for a Director of Personal Services at the Admiralty, announced in The Times on August 6, came into force on Sept. 15. The change is made in the interests of good administration and with the special object of strengthening the naval
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  • 292 14 GRANTED ANCIENT TITLE 637 YEARS OLD The death of Lord Fitz Walter at Goodnestone Park, near Canterbury, at the age of 71, recalls the vicissitudes of one of the oldest baronies in the country. The title dates from 1295, but fell into abeyance in 1756, on
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  • 444 14 A BISHOP’S DAUGHTER’S VIEWS Miss Betty Inskip, daughter of the Bishop of Barking, deals frankly with young people and the art of conversation. Writing in the Evening News of London, she says Conversation is nourished in the home and we are seldom there to nourish it. It
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    • 232 14 v k i Diarrhcsa Will be stopped oy taking KALIANA Diarrhoea is usually caused by inflammation of the intestines, generally due to irritated nerves. By taking Kalzana, the Calcium food, you will provide your blood with the mineral necessary to strengthen the inflamed areas. The swelling will be quickly reduced
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    • 13 14 Every Wednesday Ladies will find special articles of interest in the "PINANG GAZETTE."
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    • 325 14 r Wiki 1 -«Si J On a hot day, after work or a hard game, whenever you feel hot or tired—take a wash j with Lever’s Health Soap. Its clean scent and refreshing lather put new life into you. Once again you feel fresh and fit. This fine soap deanses
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    • 2145 15 Idl p we•■ a F N T V£N fr P and 0.-BRHISrJ iHDIA 13 11" AND APCAR LINES 1 <— F?* BLUE FUNNEL LBM K SAI l"To IM W H E HE PASSENGER 2IS1 RGO SERV,CES l.nvnrN WOPTP rnvryWVT BOSTON AND NEW YORK Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., tj
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  • 44 16 BOXING: .—Reuter. Retires In Tenth London, Yesterday... At the Albert Hall, in the Empire heavyweight bout, Donald McCorkindale of South Africa beat George Cook of Australia, the latter retiring at the end of the 10th of a fifteen-round contest.-
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  • 33 16 .—Reuter. Chocolate Knocks Out Lew Feldman New York, To-day. Chocolate knocked out Lew Feldman in the twelfth round, winning the world fea-ther-weight title, as recognised by New York State Athletic Commission.-
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  • 95 16 ENGLISH TURF: —Reuter. Dorigen Favourite London, Yesterday. The following was the call over for the Cambridgeshire 4/1 Dorigen offered 9/2 taken. 100/9 To tai g taken and offered. 100/8 Glannarg offered. 100/6 Diamantee offered. 18/T Doublearch taken and offered. 20/1 Pricket offered. 22/1 Beneficial offered
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  • 85 16 Chinese v Malays The last match in the Penang Senior League between the Chinese Recreation Club and the Darul Aihsan Football Club will be played to-morrow on the St. Xavier’s ground. Great interest is centred on this fixture owing to the existing rivalry between the
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  • 131 16 Eastern Smelting Company Fixtures The following will play for the Eastern Smelting Club against the Indian Association in a friendly hockey match on Saturday next, Oct. 15, on the Francis Light School Ground, Perak Road. Bully off 5 p.m. Omar Hassan E. H. A. Brooke, J. N. Cooley Low
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  • 106 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kota Bharu, Oct. 11. FINAL Result of the match played yesterday. Single Dr. J. H. Bowyer beat Ramiah 6-3, 6-4. Champion Dr. J. H. Eowyer. Runner-up Ramiah. FINAL Result of the match played last weekend: Doubles 800 Jin and Ramiah beat
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  • 303 16 COMPLETION OF MAGNIFICENT BUILDING AT KUALA KANGS AR (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Yesterday. The magnificent new Astana at Kuala Kangsar, which is to be the future official residence of H.H. the Sultan of Perak, has been completed by the contractors, Brossard Mopin et Cie. The new
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  • 620 16 Medical Department Beat P. W. D. ’■A (From Our Own Correspondent) i Kota Bharu, Oct. 11. Soccer of a high standard was witnessed yesterday on the ?s<iang Garong ground when the Medical Department defeated the P.W.D. by three goals to one. i?- <nce the beginning of
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  • 222 16 Actual Amount Nearly $lO,OOO FORMER BOOK-KEEPER SENTENCED TO NINE MONTHS’ R. I. Fong Ong Phoey, the former book-keeper of N.V. Straits Java Trading go., Penang, who pleaded guilty to three charges of criminal breach of trust as a servant in respect of the proceeds of
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  • 32 16 —Reuter. Hongkong, To-day. The British steamer Helikon was pirated at midnight. She was taken to Honghai Bay, near Bias Bay, and looted. This is the first piracy this year.
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  • 360 16 X, Case Settled PLAINTIFF TO GET $lB,OOO V" ''y_ As already reported in the Pinang Gazette, after Mr. Balfour E. Ross had outlined the case for the defendant, Mr. Justice Prichard yesterday suggested a settlement in the case in which Tham Kam Liu, a secondary
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  • 515 16 TO-DAY’S TRICES The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day:— Yesterday. To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Bangrin 14/0 15/0 13/6 14/6 Hong Fatt 36 39 35 39 K. Lanjut 17/6 18/6 17/6 18/6 Kamunting 6/0 6/6 5/9
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  • 1072 16 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST NAMES. j i 131 s I RUBBER (Dollar.) S C. c- I Al’erby Rubber Co. 45 ‘5 Al. >r Gajah Rubber Estate 3 J 3X AmaUamated Malay Estates A.ve> Hitam Planting Syndicate s 5 I Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 5 Ji Ayer Molek Rubber Co. *5
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  • 215 16 ;UR MAILS A mail for Europe and Nori Alor Star-Amsterdam Direct I be closed at 6 p.m. to-day I A mail for Siam (Bangkok’ B (Rangoon), India (Calcutta) t« Q dad), Egypt (Cairo, by road to Alor S’ar and I Air Mail Service, will be ctaw, I to-day.
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    • 106 16 These distressing skin complaints ire sure outward signs of imports In the blood surface trutment cannot bring lasting relief remove the cause of the trw« from the blood by taking Clarke I Blood Mixture. Qf all Chemim and Sura. Squally good in LIQUID or TABIW POSITION VACANT j WANTED :—Tuition
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