Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 February 1933

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE fSTA 1 fSHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 32. Vol. LXXXXI. FRIDAY. 10th FEBRUARY. 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 337 1 —Reuter. IMPORTANCE OF' PRESENT SESSION Time for Concrete Proposals Rugby, Yesterday. desire to see the Disarmament Conference speeded up was expressed by Capt. Ed.-n British Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs at Geneva to-day when the Qommission met to consider the conference agenda. ■■We are becoming anxious
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  • 29 1 Wo regret that owing to failure of our electric supply this morning it was not possible for us to go to press at the usual time (12.30 p.m.).
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  • 85 1 —Reuter. Possibility of Cabinet Resigning •p. Gle Hague, Yesterday, may X a P° ss 'bility that the Cobinet the Lowe 0 low *ng an adverse vote in for reori ani USe n a Governm ent bill ~,pd i:ite n f judiciary imlnad ai, tt S 11 f which
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  • 2099 1 Long Distance Record Captured BEATEN BY OVER 300 MILES Capetown Not Reached Owing To Lack Of Fuel During the last two days two magnificent aviation feats have been performed by British airmen with British machines. Squadron Leader Gay ford and
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  • 99 1 ,—Reuter. Paris, Yesterday. The arrest of a man who is believed to have deliberately set fire to the liner Atlantique is imminent. It is understood he is regarded as the agent of an anti-French organisation, either a member of a revolutionary seamen’s society or acting on behalf of
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  • 128 1 dard can be a practical possibility.—Rugby Radio Service. International Gold Standard Still Impossible Rugby, Yesterday. Asked whether Sir Frederick Leith Ross, Chief Economic Adviser to the Government, was instructed to outline at Geneva the conditions under which Britain would be prepared to return to the gold standard
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  • 82 1 Rugby Radio Service. Financial Results of the Economic War Rugby, Yesterday. It was stated in Parliament that tne Irish Free State had already withheld sums amounting to £l< 5,000 by July 15, 1032, when the special duties came into force. Sums withheld between that date and January
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  • 60 1 ,—Reuter. Shocks Felt Over Large Area In The South Berlin, Yesterday. Earthquake shocks were felt over a large area in South Germany this morning. Rastoff and Baden suffered most. Fifty are reported nurt ana there has been considerable damage to property. Also Oetigheim, Steinhausen, Kaiserlauten, Seismograph and
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  • 60 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Reported to be in Excellent Health Rugby, Yesterday. It was revealed to-day that during the recent frosty weather the King did much skating of which he is very fond on the lake at Sandringham. His Majesty, who is prolonging his stay in Norfolk, is daily
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  • 41 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping Feb. 8. Disastisfied just because his application for retirement was not approved, a P.W.D. coolie stationed at Kamunting, took his own life by hanging himself from a tree with the loincloth he was wearing.
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  • 78 1 Reuter. London, Yesterday. The War Office states that an officer of the Seaforth Highlanders is under arrest in the Tower of London on a charge of an alleged offence under the Official Secrets Act. An officer of one of the crack regiments of the British army is
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  • 79 1 —Rugby Radio Service. FOR WAR DEBT DISCUSSION Chancellor May Go Too London, Yesterday. Reuter understands that Government has made provisional arrangements for Mr. Macdonald and Mr. Walter Runciman and (subject tobudget exigencies) Mr. Neville Chamberlain to proced to Washington iir due course for debt conversations. Reuter. FURTHER MEETING
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  • 72 1 the Foreign Secretary.—nugby Radio Service. Entertained To Luncheon and Dinner Rugby, Yesterday. Dr. Julia Roca and other members of the special mission from the Argentine, Government were guests of the Prime Minister at luncheon at No. 10, Downing; Street to-day. This evening a dinner was given in their
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  • 48 1 .—Rugby Radio Service. Prince of Wales To Speak at Anniversary Rugby, Yesterday. his own suggestion the Prince of Wales will, to-night, speak at the New Zealand Society dinner in London to inaugurate New Zealand day- anniversary of the pioclamation of New Zealand as a British Colony.
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  • 147 1 Essen, January. The Folkwang Museum here is the most beautiful museum in the world, in the opinion of Dr. Paul Joseph Sachs, professor of fine arts at Harvard UniversityDr. Sachs, who is also Vice-President of the American Association of Museums and associate director of
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  • 92 1 oremen, January. The introduction of sound films on the North German Llyod steamers Bremen, Europa and ColumbuS a year age has proven so popular and successful that all the company’s passenger ships will eventually be equipped with cinemas, beginning with the cabin steamers Berlin,
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    • 1115 3 SHORT-WAVE RECEPTION TIMES X PREPARED BY THE P.O. WIRELESS CORRESPONDENT AND THE PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY Midnight 1 a. m. 2 a. m. 3 a. m. 4 a. m. 5 a. m. 6 a. m. 5 p. m. 6 d. m 7 n m r r> m n to to to
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  • 67 4 MISSION CHAPEL, FARQUHAR STREET ENGLISH SERVICES SUNDAY 8.30 a.m. Observance of Lord’s Supper. 4.30 p.m. Sunday School and Bibl Classes. 6.00 p.m. Gospel Service. Preacher, MR. A. HARDWIDGE MONDAY 8.00 p.m. Young Men’s Bible Study Class. WEDNESDAY 6.00 p.m. Prayer and Ministry. CHINESE SERVICES Sunday 10.30 a.m. Sunday
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  • 590 4 The Cow and Gate Milk Powders are manufactured by the Just Hatmaker Roller Process introduced into England 27 years ago, and since then progressively improved by the technical experts attached to the research staff. The main factories are situated in the rich pasture lands of
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  • 161 4 CHINESE WIDOW’S STATEMENT Chan Ah Ng, the Chinese widow who was brought before the Police Magistrate on Saturday, February 4, pleaded guilty to-day to charges of fermenting intoxicating liquor and being in possession of distilling apparatus. Mr. Parker, of the Government Monopolies Department,
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  • 607 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr Justice Thorne, acting Chief Justice F.M.S., is proceeding on home leave on Feb. 17. Mr. N. Fish, manager, Bukit Ijok Estate, Jeram, will be sailing for home on leave shortly. The Hon. Mr. Palgrave Simpson, who went to Singapore, returned this morning by the s.s. Kedah. His
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    • 221 4 DB 899 H AT K,SS CABIN IN THE COTTON I TWO TUNEFUL PIANO SOLOS BY CARROLL GIBBONS PT an OF THE SAVOY HOTEL ORCHESTRA ANIST I DB 939 WORDS MUSIC SELECTION i PART 1 2 I HERE’S BILLY MAYERL IN NOEL COWARDS LATEST SUCCFQ THE PIANO TONE WILL AMAZE YOU
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    • 85 4 I 'Phone I 4.15 OPENING TO-NIGHT 9.30 JOHN BARRYMORE I THE SCREEN’S GREATEST DRAMATIC ARTIST IN HIS L MOST AMAZING ROLE 1 "THE MAD GENIUS" AN ASTOUNDING DRAMA OF THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL BALLET I with MARIAN MARSH and A Superb Cast 1 A WARNER BROS. PICTURE. t S KNOWS WHERE
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  • 322 5 Mo Loss At Lunch Interval 56 SCORED more demonstrations against leg theory Brisbane, To-day. Twenty thousand spectators were present when the fourth Test match between England and Australia started here to-day. The weather was very hot and the wicket perfect. Australia won the
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  • 18 5 .—Reuter. Brisbane, To-day. Australia 96 for no wickets. Richardson 59 not out and Woodfull 36 not out.—Reuter.
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  • 113 5 CRICKET a J,"'' '""owing will represent the P.C.C. Satur T.R.C. on the Esplanade, on conn. aV and Sunda y 11 th and 12th inst, 215 10:10 J O Hoblyn (capt.), H. W. Brady, lelsh Dr Cameron > I- Scott Dalg-Oak-Rila lb n P N KniKht, W. M.
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  • 271 5 TO-MORROW’S FIXTURES ALBION AT HOME TO WEDNESDAY The following are the matches to be played to-morrow in the English and Scottish Leagues: DIVISION I Arsenal v Blackpool Birmingham v Leeds U. Chelsea. v Aston V. Huddersfield T. v Newcastle U. Leicester C. v Bolton W. Liv
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  • 93 5 —Reuter. Rangers Held to a Draw Again in Cup Replay London, Feb. 8. The following are the results of matches played to-day in the English League and the Scottish Cup: DIVISION I W. Brom. A. 1 Blackburn R. 3 Sheffield W. 2 Leeds IT. 0 Leicester C.
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  • 63 5 —Reuter. Motherwell At Home To Dundee The following is the draw for the third round of the Scottish Cup to be played on February 18. 1 Hearts v St. Johnstone Celtic v Partick T. Motherwell v Dundee I Kilmarnock v Rangers or Queen’s P. Albion
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  • 443 5 CENTURY BY PERKINS P.C.C. v. Mackay’s XI A. L. B. Perkins has had the honour of scoring the first century on the Esplanade. Playing for the P. C. C. against Mr. C. H. Mackay’s Eleven yesterday Perkins, who opened the Cricket Club innings wi*h S.
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  • 144 5 LAWN TENNIS Rcv.tzr Wireless. Draw for the European Zone Paris, February 2. The Davis Cup draw for the European zone, top half, begins with four byes, Greece, Rumania, Monaco and Czechoslovakia. In the first round, Finland meets India, Spain—Great Britain, BelgiumAustria, Italy—Jugo-Slavia. In the bottom half, Egypt versus
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  • 140 5 Penang vs. Wiltshires The following are the teams in the hockey match to be played to-day between the Wiltshire Regiment and Penang: The Wiltshire team is as follows: L.-Cpl. Jones Cpl. Reeves and Cpl. Wiggins L.-Cpl. Cremin, Sgt. Mogford and Cpl. Perry Pte. Offord, Sgt. Shirley, Lieut.
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    • 205 5 Nerves Indigestion If your life is made a martyrdom by Poor Health follow the example of these grateful folk and prove the Efficacy of Cassell's Tablets in yoyr own individual and particular case TO-DAY! NERVES ON EDGE Every woman knows what that worn and washed-out feeling means,” says grateful Mrs.
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  • 477 6 WIFE ALSO WOUNDED MIDNIGHT SHOOTING DRAMA OF JEALOUSY Jealousy, it would appear, was the motive behind a shooting tragedy in a tenement house in Whiteinch, Glasgow, late on Jan. 21st. in which two men were killed and a woman was seriously injured. A soldier, visiting
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  • 207 6 MONACO PRINCESS TO LIVE SIMPLE LIFE Marseilles, Jan. 19. To renounce the throne in favour of a peaceful priva.e life. Such is the decision of Princess Charlotte, the beautiful hereditary Princess of Monaco, who has written to her father, Prince Louis, asking that henceforth she may in
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  • 343 6 REGISTER OFFICE MARRIAGE TO LORD SELSDON “MISS EFFIE COOK” One of the late Pelissier’s Follies girls, known on the stage as Effie Cook, became a peeress on January 19. She was married to Lord Selsdon, formerly Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, Postmaster-General from 1924 to 1929. The
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  • 178 6 RUSH FOR PIPES AS CURIOS London, Jan. 22. Real opium pipes are being imported into England at the rate 200 a week from Japan. They are identical in design and construction with the pipes that feature in the melodramatic exploits of Sherlock Holmes. They are being bought as
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  • 115 6 London, Jan. 16. Anna Klamppu, a pretty child of eight years, was a pathetic figure aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Montcalm, which arrived at Liverpool from Canada. She was unaccompanied, but became the pet, not only of the chief stewardess, who “mothered” her during the
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  • 220 6 WHY GRAIN COLLECTIONS HAVE FAILED VILLAGE OFFICIALS BLAMED January 18. Stalin made a frank admission that the grain collections for the Soviet had been much more difficult last year than in previous years, in the second of his speeches delivered to the plenary session of the
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  • 413 6 FIRE DESTROYS THEIR BELONGINGS Boys at the “Eton of Switzerland”—Chillon College, at Villeneuve, on the shore of Lake Geneva, where all the masters and most of the boys are English—were awakened during the night of January 23 by the fire bell. It was the
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  • 174 6 CHANCE IN CANADA Earl de la Warr, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, opening a conference at the Ministry, on the World Grain Exhibition and Congress to be held at Regina, Saskatchewan, in the summer, announced that the Government proposed to send
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  • 161 6 THEY TAKE THE WAY TO STARVATION London, Jan. 22. The natural history experts of the world are discussing a mysterious change in the migratory habits of fat, black and white sea-birds called Artic murres, or guillemots. The birds usually fly down to the St. Lawrence River
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    • 213 6 Well above 5’ the Average Cow Gate builds the healthy t: virile child not the fat and flabby baby f tbe ordinary artificial food. Tha t J is h V modern Mothers the world over are turning to it with relief. I\ l> I W Ur. I ITHE DATE REMOVES"
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  • NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
    • 173 7 To be Tried Out on Sydney Beaches first country to establish successful Ur- life-saving clubs for the benefit L L-venturcsome surfers and cases of n Australia has now gone one better the invention of a life saving gas dqfin£ r of 95 per cent, oxygen and 5 cent"
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    • 118 7 Thousands of Pounds Invested in Savings Banks Australia’s aborigines are thrifty. The report of the Queensland chief protector of aborigines (quoted by Reuter’s correspondent from Sydney) shows that 5,579 of the 17,706 aborigines in Queensland had £289,243 in savings banks at the tad of the last financial year.
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    • 147 7 Every Service for Years Died When Rector Left The strange story of a large frog is associated with St. John’s Church, Wilberforce, Sydney, which has just celebrated its 112th anniversary, states Austral News. buring the incumbency of Rev. G. P. Kirk iroi.i 1919 to 1925, a large
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    • 161 7 Wandering Jew as Evangelist: 83 Pairs of Shoes Wearing his 83rd pair of boots since he began wandering the highways and byways of Australia, Mr. Philip Lewis, a roaming Jewish evangelist, converted to the Christian faith 42 years ago, has just returned to Melbourne, after
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    • 96 7 Golfer Plays from Tree Top Playing to the second hole in the Pakenham golf championship, Victoria, a competitor, after pushing his drive behind a clump of trees, tried a low shot to avoid the branches. The ball, however, struck a protruding root and bounded high into the
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    • 71 7 Where Agriculture Still Pays There are still places where agriculture does pay. Victoria, Australia, is one of them. The record price for brown Spanish onions—£so a ton—has just been paid in the Melbourne wholesale market, says Austral News. Of 43 bags offered 12 brought the £5O and
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    • 63 7 Melbourne, like Sydney and Adelaide, is reflecting the turn of Australia’s economic tide. Last month’s building contracts were valued at more than £34,000 or £26,000 more than for the same month of 1931, states Austral News. No less than £370,000 of contracts have been let in
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  • 385 7 CARRIED OVER £6OO IN HIS POCKET H London, Jan. 11. with t U 1 a Seot sman and very careful rnOnpy> said the Town Clerk of the e'' a former assistant engineer at cheii T°? tlon Baths, named Robert Mit-I discing Wh Se fnneral ov
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  • 506 7 FURNITURE IN ROAD AFTER GAS EXPLOSION OLD WOMAN HURT POLICE AND LIGHTED CANDLE THEORY Cambridge, Jan. 22. As the result of a gas explosinon, a house here had the top part completely blown away last evening. The only occupant, Miss Rebecca Edwards, an elderly woman,
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  • 82 7 ALLEGED CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST Carlos da Silva, a young Eurasian, who was until recently employed as book-keeper to the successors of Moine Comte Co. Ltd., agents for the Messageries Maritimes, was to-day charged before Mr. D. Wills, Police Magistrate, Penang, with criminal breach of trust
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  • 105 7 At the last meeting of the Executive Council of Johore it was resolved to follow the policy of the Colony and the Federated Malay States in remitting, as a purely temporary measure for 1933 only, all rents on agricultural land in excess of $2 an acre.
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  • 521 7 JAVANESE ARRESTED SEQUEL TO DEATH OF CONSTABLE After nearly six months of search and careful inquiry the Singapore Police have arrested a Javanese in connection with the killing of a Chinese police constable on the edge of a jungle in Pasir Panjang Road on July 30. The
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  • 96 7 The second copy of the second vo ume of the Indian Association Bulletin, edited by Dr. N. K. Menon and published monthly, has reached us. The magazine is well got up and contains several interesting articles on tropi cal subjects. The Editor, writing on the subject of
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  • 44 7 ANNUAL MEETING The annual general business meeting of the Penang Branch of the Young Women's Christian Association will be held in the Hostel, 12, Logan Road, on Wednesday, 15th February, at 5.30 p.m. All members and friends interested are cordially invited to attend.
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  • 846 8 Great Britain is looking forward to the coming World Economic Conference with her mind fixed on the question of war debts and how to get rid of them. The consensus of opinion appears to be that a satisfactory solution of this problem must be found before the
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  • 1174 8 BY LAND, SEA AND AIR BY HARRY HARPER < Author of The Evolution of the Flying Machine,” “Twenty-Five Years of Flying,” etc.) I p’rom 12 miles-an-hour to 120! There, in a sentence, you have the speed of transport from the old stage-coach to our latest airliners,
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  • 695 8 THE INTERNATIONA’ WHITTINGTON Dick Whittington had no cat 0 v tai, Sava v E. R. Jarrett, of the Roy a] British Architects. He wa 3 a m ercer a dealt in a material called “tabby "acat," old terms tor Bilk which generations have misinterpreted p, lt process
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  • 145 9 GERMAN POLITICS Reuter. gglJieship Bombed f!RE ON BOARD Crow Leaving In Boats EVERYTHING ALL KIGHT Amczing Message To Commander Batavia, To-day. surrendered 1(ler she hid been bombed by a f boat. Fire broke out and the crew are leaving io boals. Neuter. Bat; via, Yesterday. spewed
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  • 103 9 Reuter. Toronto, Yesterday. Persistent r.r.o- rs that the Internalionai Nickel Company has received lar?e orde’Y' from the Orient for munition purposes though denied by the General Manager of the Company, led to very large volume of trading in the company’s shares for many months on the Stock
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  • 116 9 Move for Revision bv France Geneva Report Geneva, Jan. 81. ls utiai has been created in LeaK‘*' quarters by a Paris despatch quoting Radical La Republique, to the effect the Permanent Secretary at the d Orsay, M. Pierre Cot, who is the f delegate of France at Geneva,
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  • 164 9 "ne v Berlin, January, fa Berlin m r Industry and Commerce in 'U remi? !i i lal draws attention td s -coon? lletin lo ie double advanof h-aith aU< l rom the viewpoint nds it» l r vaca tions, and recom*l'b air in ti' n
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  • 283 9 had any knowledge whatever.—Rugby Radio Service. FOREIGN SECRETARY DEFENDS CRITICISM AUSTRIA’S DIFFICULTIES Rugby, Yesterday. The Foreign Secretary, Sir John Simon, in the House oi commons late last night, Answered criticism of the Austrian Loan Bill authorising Government to raise £4,300,000 shares in the international loan to Austria.
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  • 261 9 Difficulties Besetting the Scheme London, Jan.. 14. The perils besetting the scheme for the union of the Churches in Southern India are dealt with by Canon J. K. Mozley, formerly Principal of the Leeds Clergy School. Preaching the Epiphany sermon at St. Martin’s, Ludgate Hill, he declared
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  • 32 9 —Reuter. Bombay, Yesterday. Mrs. Gandhi was sentenced in the Borsad Police Court to seven months’ imprisonment and a fine of five hundred rupees or six weeks in default. —Reuter.
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  • 57 9 Good Friday as a Legal Holiday Rome, February 2. According to a news agency close to Vatican influential circles, the Apostclic See is advocating a plan for having Good Friday observed this year as a legal holiday throughout the world in order to enhance the significance of the
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  • 676 9 FOURTH WITHIN A YEAR Ex-Kaiser Watching Developments Berlin, February 1. The dissolution of the Reichstag will mean the fourth general election within a year. The unexpected dissolution is due to the failure of the talks between Herr Hitler and the Leader of the Centre Party to
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  • 86 9 nN—Snot WEDNESDAY TO-DAY London £149-7-6 £149-12-6 nN (3 Months) London £149-15-0 £l5O-0-0 Singapore $75.75 $76.12’2 Business Done Penang $75.87*6 Business Done Buyers—No sellers COPRA —(Sun dried) $4.70 $4.85 BLACK PEPPER $21.00 $21.00 RUBBER London 2%d. New York 2Hc. (G) 2|«c. (G) Singapore «%<*». cts. »«> 40 »«> 1345
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  • 2599 10 IMPEDANCE AND AMPLIFICATION OF VALVES—HOWLING DETECTORS How do you select the valves for your receiver? Do you consider the various makes of the types needed and choose those which will provide more volume, greater purity, or better selectivity? Perhaps you feel that one make is about as good as
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    • 1117 10 PRINCIPAL SHORT-WAVE STATIONS In Order Of Wavelength GENERAL 5« g| STATION. L H h O 11 0 of transmit 7 4 41,891 La Turbie, France I 9.8 30,602 Coltano, Italy 13.04 23,006 Malabar, Java plz x/o 13 92 21,540 Saxonburg, Penn., U.S.A. x 14.28 I 21,018 Ste Assise, France Three
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  • 438 11 HE BETS £2,000,000 A YEAR OLD ENGLAND London, Jan. 22. Mr. Charles Hannam, who is known on every racecourse in Britain as the greatest gambler in the world, never talks about i acing. He is surrounded by more legends than any man on the Turf. He is
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  • 275 11 ANOMALOUS POSITION OF PEER’S DAUGHTER London, Jan. 19. The Hon Mrs. James Beck has discovered that, although she is the daughter of a peer, in consequence of her marriage in 1928 to Mr. James Montgomery Beck, son of a former. United States Solicitor-General, in English law she is
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  • 459 11 HIS KIT KEPT IN SECURITY FOR YEARS NEW CONTROL? London, Jan. 22. Are public safe deposits proving a valuable aid to burglars in the concealment of their loot And, if so, is some form of State control advisable A number of crime experts believe that many criminals
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  • 116 11 FOUND HER HUSBAND HAD THREE OTHER WIVES 1 London, Jan. 11. Mlle. Simone Gac, a painter, and daugther of a wealthy retired French naval officer, is petitioning for divorce from her husband, Bedri Kadah, a Turk, whom she married in the Paris mosque two years ago, on
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  • 73 11 COUSIN OF LORD BAGOT Efforts to trace the heir to Lord Bagot, who died at his Staffordshire home, Blithfield Hall, near Rugeley, on December 23, have proved unsuccessful. Mr. Claude Leveson Bagot, who succeeds to the title, is believed to be travelling in France, and efforts
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  • 194 11 GIRL FLIERS IN HOSPITAL AT NAIROBI PLANE AND CAR > RESCUES r January 18. The English girl fliers, Miss Joan Pag t and Miss Audrey Sale-Barker, who crashed in the jungle 40 miles southwest of Nairobi, are both injured, but have been taken safely into
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  • 219 11 MIRACULOUS ESCAPES The fourth fa‘ality since work on thm Paignton (Devon) sewerage scheme began at Northfield, near Brixham, occurred on January 19. While men were at work in a tunnel 200 feet long there was a terrific explosion, and as a result one man is
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  • 195 11 FOXES WATCH MEET FROM A TREE Everything was ready for the children’s own hunt. The pack was eager and the huntsman was keen to move off to draw a covert. Everybody was so intent on the preparations that little heed was taken of the spectators. Three
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  • 1441 12 SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING Small Gross Profit for the Year The sixth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Malaya Consolidated Tin Dredging Company, Limited, was held at 10.30 this morning at the registered office of the Company, Chartered Bank Chambers, Penang. Mr. J.
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  • 675 12 SYMINGTON WILSON’S WEEKLY REPORT London, January 18. Since our last report, the Rubber Market has shown rather pronounced weakness and prices have fallen about %d. per lb. all round. The fall has been brought about to a large extent by liquidation of Rubber held by outsiders but we believe it
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  • 132 12 FURTHER QUOTA CUT MAY BE CONSIDERED Amsterdam, Jan. 22. The International Tin Committee will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday next in London. The Dutch Press generally is dissatisfied with the position of the tin market and the movement of prices. On the Amsterdam Bourse it is believed
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  • 276 12 BILA (SUMATRA) RUBBER LANDS. A/cs. to Aug. 31: Crop, 762,939 lbs. (832,649 lbs.); average net sale price, 1.65 d. (2.81 d. per lb. Loss, £6,667 (£6,848), reducing credit balance b.f. to £13,443. ESCOT RUBBER ESTATE.—A/cs. to Sept. 30 Crop, 707,938 lbs. (775,779 lbs.); average gross price, 2.05 d.
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  • 278 12 Messrs. G. A. Witt’s successor, J. Blum, in their annual report, say On the basis of 60 per cent tin, West Coast shipments for the year 1932 total 22,116 tons fine, a decrease of 9,302 tons fine compared with 1931, or 29.6 per cent for
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  • 126 12 The following are the rubber outputs for the month of January, 1933: h Lbs. The Alor Pongsu Amalgamated Estates, Ltd. 115 435 The Bedong (Malaya) Rubber, Ltd. 49,868 The Temerloh Coconut and Rubber Estate, Ltd. jq 896 The Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Ltd 17,100 The Yarak Rubber Co.,
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  • 331 12 OIDIUM HEVEAE During the forthcoming wintering season and refoliation of the rubber trees of Malaya the Rubber Research Institute desires the co-operation and help of all estate managers in an endeavour to determine the extent and virulence of the disease known as Leaf Mildew or
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  • 444 12 “THE FORESIGHT SAGA” Messrs. William Jacks Co. reported on January 18 as follows: Business in Great Britain and Germany is said to be better but reports from France and the U.S.A, are far from good, and in the latter country the failures of small Banks have again
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  • 157 12 > COMPARATIVE FIGURES W ESTIMATES 1 i Production of the Anglo-Dutch 1 I tions of Java for 1932, comparative figure* for 1931 and estimates for the curie year, are as follows: Crops Crops 1 9JI ,9JJ 9i Z, Tea (lbs.) >5.5'"-'' 17.«»** Rubber (lbs.) >5.89 Coffee (cwts.) -5.54"
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    • 14 12 Buy Your PRINTED REQUIREMENTS From THE PINANG GAZETTE Press. Limited. Immediate Attention Prompt Delivery
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    • 488 12 POLICE NOTH;, I traffic Regulatio n .l i f 'Reworks di SPUI February, B In pursuance of the E by Section 6(4) of OrX Offences, ttj following Police Orders w S* ri *£tß the Regulation of Tnffk r f 1 Fireworks Display on the S Penang, on the nth 0(
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  • 624 13 of Principal Lines b lowing 1® a ,lst of veBsela arrivto Penang dUriDg Week: IN PORT TO-DAY ,*rnAON from Singapore. Sails 3 9 f o l Colombo, Havre, Liverpool, Glas■ow and Hollii .’(OR fl m Liverpool. Sails for pKon Amoy, Shanghai and Dalny. p A -n
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  • 333 13 FEBRUARY, 1933 FRIDAY, 10 Malaya Consolidated Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. .annual general meeting, Chartered Bank Chambers, Penang, 10.30 a.m. SATURDAY, 11 3 Perak Turf Club Races, Ist day. Cricket. P.C.C. v. P.R.C., Esplanade. SUNDAY, 12 1 Cricket: P.C.C. v. P.R.C. Esplanade, contd. > WEDNESDAY, 15 Perak Turf
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  • 476 13 The Post Office notifies that a telegram from the G. P. O. London, says that the mail despatched from Penang, Air Mail (via Karachi) of January 20 by the s.s. “Rajula” was delivered in London on February 7. 1 AIR MAILS A mail for Europe, Great Britain, Ireland
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  • 59 13 Andre Lebon, Baronpolwarth, Bendoran, Boringia, Bougainville, Carthage, Comorin, Corfu, Chris 1 iaan Huygens, Empress of Britain, Friesland, Hankow Maru, Havel, Hakone Maru, Hallingdal, Java, Kako Maru, Kistna, Luxmi, Moldavia, Naldera, Otranto, President Adams, President Garfield, President Polk, Peiping, Rheinland, Shunko Maru,
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  • 160 13 PREPAYMENT OF CUSTOMS CHARGES ON PARCELS EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE S.S. F.M.S. With effect from Ist February, 1933, the senders of parcels posted in the Straits Settlements for delivery in the Federated Malay States or parcels posted in the Federated Malay States for delivery in the Straits Settlements, may undertake at
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  • 201 13 Monday, Jan. 30. 1 h r i‘ an MrS J C TuU and Mr N oone had luncheon at Government .xouse. 1 Tuesday, Jan. 31. Commander J. Cresswell had luncheon at Government House. Thursday, Feb. 2. r*. and irs. d. and Miss Leonora had luncheon at Government
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  • 153 13 To-day, at the Esplanade, from 8.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. 1. March—Bond of Friendship— MucKenzic-Rogan. 2. Overture—Robespierre. (An Episoue in the “Reign of ’xerro” composed in 1850 for Rob Grispenkerl’s Tragedy Maxmilian Robespierre”.) This Overture portrays the political unrest in x- rance during the Revolution with Robespierre
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    • 271 13 SLUMP or no slump, all the advertising business that reaches this office is not accepted. Our Advertising Department exercises discrimination. It has to live up to the traditions of a century of unbroken publication and maintain its reputation for giving advertiser and consumer a square deal. If you see it
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    • 84 13 APYOJL STEEL Sure and certain tor all Female com plaint». Every lady should keep a box in the house. W. a. EDMONDS The English Pharmacy 32-S4, Beach Street, Penang fi 1 I BRITISH WIRE ROPES. I THOS. AND WM. SMITH LTD.—BRITISH ROPES LTD. 5 8 9 Send us Your Let
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    • 247 13 Vi TOOTM. PRODUCT PYRMIID HANDKERCHIEFS FOR MEN Famous the world over, for their enduring colours, splendid quality and fine texture. See the latest patterns —a wider and smarter range than ever. Tootal Guaranteed for satisfaction. You know Pyramid by the Pyramid name label—none genuine without. A TOOTAL PRODUCT. TOOTAL BROADHURST
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  • 291 14 WOMAN CASHIER ATTACKED AND BOUND WATCHMAN HURT £l,OOO, ALL THE MONEY IN THE SAFE, STOLEN Two men made a raid on the Monseigneur Restaurant, Piccadilly, early on January 16, and are stated to have Attacked the cashier, Mrs. Marguerite Neville, of King’s-road, Camden Town. Knocked the
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  • 552 14 CASE ADJOURNED FOR MEDICAL REPORT Frederick William Deats, who was a witness at the inquest on Agnes Kesson, who was found dead in a ditch during Derby week of 1930, was remanded in custody at Epsom Police-court on January 17 on a charge of “beating
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  • 543 14 “THERE IS A LIMIT TO THIS VERDICT AWARDED TO GIRLS’ SCHOOL In the King’s Bench, on January 20, the case Stewart and Another v. the Girl’s Grammer School (Thame), limited, terminated in a verdict for the defendants. Mr. Thomas Stanley Stewart, of Sin-clair-grove, Golders Green, London,
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  • 727 16 SELECTIONS FOR TO-MORROW Prince Caravel Best Bet of the Day Some very close racing should be witnessed at Ipoh to-morrow, the first day of the Perak Turf Club Spring Meeting. There will be a card of nine events, starting at 2.30 p.m. and with the
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  • 257 16 John Barrymore at His Best John Barrymore’s latest and best film to date opens to-day at the Queen’s. It is called The Mad Genius and as the title suggests, Mr. Barrymore is cast in the role of a man whose club foot has made him as bitterly
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  • 147 16 —Reuter. MENACE OF JAPANESE COMPETITION Government Assistance Needed London, Yesterday. The House of Commons discussed the Lancashire cotton industry on a motion of the Conservative Walter Smiles drawing attention to the decline of exports and urging Government to assist the industry. Mr. Smiles referred to the serious
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  • 210 16 Mystery Drama at Majestic Chandu the Magician,” which opened at the Majestic yesterday, is an absorbing mystery drama which should attract many filmgoers. With the versatile Edmund Lowe in the title role and a well-knit and intensely dramatic plot revolving about the invention and theft of Regent’s
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  • 43 16 —Rugby Radio Service. Rugby, Yesterday. The feature of the stock markets at the close was the firmness of leading internationals. Rand shares were generally about I|l6 weaker. There was little change in British funds with war loan 3%% at 99 5J16.
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  • 144 16 PENANG, FEBRUARY 10 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) i On London Bank Demand 2 3 25 32 mjts 2)3 27 32 Private 3 m ts credit 2 4 1 16 3 Documentary 2j4 316 On New York Bank Demand 39%n0m France T.T. 990n0m Hongkong T.T. 44% India T.T.
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  • 653 16 TO-DAY’S PRICES The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day. Wednesday To-day. Buyers Sellers Buyers Seller» MINING Ayer Hitam ll|O llj6ex ll|o ll]6ex Batu Caves 37% 42% 37% 42% Hongkong 13j6 14|0 13 6 14|0 Johan 10 12%
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  • 95 16 Bayreuth, January. a number of the singers for the Wag» Festival Plays, to be given from July 21 to August 19, have alreauy been engage! They include Frieda Leider 1 1 unnhiile, Kundry), Maria Muller (Eva, Sieglmde), Sigrid Onegin (Fricka, Waltraute), Ma Lorenz (Siegfried, Walter), Rudolf
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    • 156 16 SPECIAL DODGE’M WB AT WEMBLEY MOKE FASTER CARS AKE BEING ADDED Rides Begin At 6 p.m. Each Your Kiddies and Give Them A R ONLY 10 CENTS A Ki»h A great Favourite With The Ladi* Tan Hong Seah Arney Opera Will Stage To- night at 8 P.M. “HUN PENG KONG
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