Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 February 1933

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 36. Vol. LXXXXI. WEDNESDAY, 15th FEBRUARY, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 663 1 Japan To Demand Withdrawal Of Troops From Jehol Three Ultimatums Prepared END OF FAMOUS COMMITTEE OF NINETEEN Weakness Of Japanese And Chinese Bonds Rugby, Yesterday. The feature of the day in the stock markets was the weakness of Japanese and Chinese bonds
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  • 409 1 Vy/J/s becoming valueless.—Reuter SIR RONALD LINDSAY RETURNS TO U. S. Settlement Lengthy Process Rugby, Yesterday. Sir RonaM Lindsay returns today in Ur liner Majestic to New York to rehis post as British Ambassador at Washington. During his brief visit to London there has been an almost daily
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  • 86 1 K W Radio Service. Commission of Enquiry into Administration of Justice Rugby, Yesterday. Comm l<,nial Secretary has appointed a the nt ,0 Under take an enquiry into matt,r lniS ratiOn of Justice in Criminal win be" l lSt Africa The Commission and will t i rk towards the
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  • 133 1 —Rugby Radio Service. BRITISH PROGRAMME AS BASIS OF SECURITY DISCUSSIONS Geneva Proceedings Rugby, Yesterday. The Political Commission of the Disarmament Conference decided at Geneva to-day to take as basis of discussion for all questions of security the British programme of work introduced by Capt. Eden. It was
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  • 161 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Regular Trans-Atlantic Mails in Two or Three years Rugby, Yesterday. Sir Eric Geddes, Chairman of Imperial Airways, arrived at Southampton yesterday after an air journey along the Empire air route from Europe to South Africa. During the journey of the Heracles from Southampton to London
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  • 118 1 —Reuier. Mr. Hoover Urges Restoration New York, Yesterday. Restoration of the international gold standard was urged by Mr. Hoover in a Lincoln Day address at the National Republican Club. He said it was unnecessary for non-gold nations to restore currencies to their former value, but the value should
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  • 51 1 .—Reuter. Returns to London After Railway Conference London, Yesterday. Dr. Wang, Director of the Chinese Purchasing Commission in London has just returned from Egypt where he attended the International Railways Commission. He is now immersed in negotiations for tenders for further purchases on behalf of the Chinese Government.
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  • 107 1 .8 of a. penny per mile.—Rugby Radio Service. Rugby, Yesterday. The first diesel electric train to run on a British main line to strict express schedule timing travelled between London and Birmingham on the London, Midland and Scottish line today covering the journey of 113 miles in just
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  • 154 1 —Reuter. Examining Magistrate Interviewed Bordeaux, February 8. The examining magistrate in the case of the Atlantique refused to grant an interview, but he stated that so far he has come to no decision. He specified that a night watchman and a telephonist will be examined, but in the
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  • 133 1 Reuter. RUTHLESS ACT OF U. S. GUNMEN Wife’s Plight Denver (Colorado), Yesterday. Although his wife and his grandfather have expressed readiness to pay $60,000 ransom noth mg has been heard of Charles Boettjcher, the millionaire banker friend of Colonel Lindbergh,, who was kidnapped from his own doorstep
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  • 61 1 C unstable Knocked Down by Train (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Yesterday. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by the Taiping Coroner, Tengku Ismail, this morning at the inquest held into the death of a Malay P.C. named Osman bin Badah who died from multiple injuries received
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  • 67 1 the run to Wood Green station. Rugby Radio Service. Prince Controls One of the Latest Trains Rugby, Yesterday. The Prince of Wales drove on one of the latest and most up-to-date tube trains when he visited the new section of Piccadilly underground railway this afternoon. He entered the driver’s
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  • 49 1 Rugby Radio Service. Mr. Justice Avory Collapses on Bench Rugby, Yesterday. Mr. Justice Avory was taken ill when sitting in the law courts to-day, collapsing on the bench. He recovered later and was taken home. Mr. Justice Avory, who is 81, is the old- est British judge.
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  • 1126 3 TWO YOUNG ACTORS INVOLVED MARIE LOHR AS PEACEMAKER TENSE FAREWELL TO “CASANOVA London, Jan. 30. A remarkable incident signalised the of "Casanova” at the London Coliseum on Saturday night. When the two young actors who have, a ai'' nating the title part appeared to make their final
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  • 181 3 THE MOST LEARNED OF LITERARY CRITICS London, Jan. 21. Professor George Saintsbury, the distinguished literary crtic, died at his home in Bath. He was 87. With his death, following closely on that of Mr. George Moore, another great Victorian figure is removed from the literary scene. Professor
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  • 151 3 SECRET OF TUT-ANKH-AMEN'S "PURPLE GOLD" AN AMERICAN PROFESSOR’S CLAIM January 19. The secret of King Tut-ankh-Amen’s “purple gold,” a lost art of the goldsmith, has at last been discovered (says Reuter from Atlantic City, New Jersey), if the claims of Professor Wood can be established. The “purple gold,” found years
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  • 138 3 Former Household Physician to H.E.H. the Nizam Secunderabad, Jan. 31. The death occurred at his residence in Hyderabad of Dr. Mailana, a prominent medical practitioner of the city, who had recently retired from the State Medical Department. He was a specialist in bacteriology and was for
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  • 86 3 —A. P. Death of Founder of Oxford Mission Calcutta, Jan. 31. The Rev. Father Ernest Brown the last of the Missionaries who came out to India in 1882 and founded the famous Oxford Mission, died this morning at the age of 78 in the Presidency General
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  • 378 4 OWNER SHOOTS A MAN PRISONER SAYS WOUND IS DOG-BITE A gang of five Chinese robbers, one of whom received a gun-shot wound in his buttocks and had to be admitted to hospital, received a rude shock in the hands of a plucky Malay living on a
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  • 209 4 £60,000,000 IN 25 YEARS London, Jan. 24. Mr. E. E. Power, lecturing in London, to the Institution of Structural Engineers, said it had been estimated that s'one decay due to atmospheric impurities had cost the nation between £55,000,000 and £60,000,000 over a period of twenty-five years.
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  • 134 4 “UNFIT FOR THEIR JOBS” London, Jan. 29. “I don’t think the average parson is properly equipped for his job.” This statement was made by the Rev. F. C. Baker, Rector of St. Stephen, Colemanfit., E.C., speaking at the annual regional conference of the Church of England
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  • 419 4 Minutes Of Committee Meeting A Meeting of the Committee of the Malay States, Association was held in Kuala Lumpur on 24th January, 1933. Mr. E. D. Sheam (Vice-President) was in the Chair, and «here were present the following members of the Committee, namely: The Hon’ble Mr. S.
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  • 300 4 VISCOUNT CECIL SAYS ROAD TRAFFIC ACT HAS FAILED London, Jan. 28. Viscount Cecil, speaking at a luncheon of the Pedestrians’ Association in London, declared that the Road Traffic Act has been a failure. The increase in the number of road deaths showed that the Act had
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  • 1115 4 Mr. J. Sanderson, Inspector of Mines, Tapah, has gone Home on furlough. Mr. G. Morgan, Executive Engineer, Kinta, has proceeded to Teluk Anson on transfer. Mrs. M. E. de B. Whitehouse and Mrs. D. Wilson have been appointed members to the Board of Visitors to the General
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  • 175 4 Ruth Chatterton’s New Film .at Majestic Ruth Chatterton’s latest love drama, “The Magnificent Lie, opened yesterday at the Majestic before an enthusiastic audience which rightly voted it a success. In this film Miss Chatterton is cast in the role of a New Orleans cafe singer, whose views
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  • 124 4 To Dance and Sing at King’s Theatre I 1 A well-known Chinese film star arrived this morning by the s.s. Kinta, in the person of Miss Violet, who needs no intro- duction to Penang folks as some six years jago, this dimunitive lady, then about
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  • 670 5 —Reuter. L()SI<:S I-OUR WICKETS LARWOOD IN FORM At the end of the third day’s play a* fourth Test match England find cplves in the stronger position. Alfter topping the Australian first* total of 340 by 16 runs the talish team disposed of 4 of the best Wralian
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  • 267 5 CRICKET CLUB INNOVATION Distribution of Bowls Tournament Prizes For the second time last night members of the Penang Cricket Club played bowls under artificial light. The scheme of electric lighting this time was on a more ambitious scale than the last occasion and the whole
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  • 106 5 February Monthly Medal The February Monthly Medal (Stroke) will be played on Saturady and Sunday, 18th 19th instant. The following is the result of the Columbia Cup played on Saturday and Sunday 4‘h sth instant: Winner I. Pemberton 182 less 36=146 T. S. Anthony 171 24=147 N.
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  • 185 5 Scratchings for To-day PRINCE CARAVEL NOT ACCEPTING The following are the scratchings for today’s races at Ipoh: Race 1: Rosemary. Race 2: Gold Or, Tambour Battant and Clargo. Race 4: Gold Piece, John Ronald, Trilla and Mithras. Race 5: Deep Music and Vaswyne. Race 6:
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  • 136 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament The following matches have been arranged:— WEDNESDAY 15 Handicap Singles ‘A’ G. C. Watson —15.1 v. J. E. Harvey —5. Handicap Singles ‘A’ C. H. Rogers —4 v. Dr. J. H. Strahan Scr. MONDAY’S UNFINISHED TIE Mixed Doubles. Mrs. Clark and J. W. Clark,
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  • 73 5 FOOTBALL To-day at the Gardens, 5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. 1. March —A Nation Again—Hume. 2. Overture —Le Macon —Auber. 3. Selection —The Beauty Spot—Tate. 4. Two Pieces (a) Waltz—just like Darby and Joan —Nicholls. (b) Fox Trot—Humming—Henderson. 5. Incidental mustic to—“ Monsieur Beaucaire” —Rosse. (1) Intermezzo (2)
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  • 168 5 Yesterday’s Match The Chinese Recreation Club scored a well deserved victory in their football match with P.C.C., yesterday, on the Esplanade, when they defeated them by 4 goals to nil. The losers played one man short during the major portion of the first half but this
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  • 73 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Feb. 12. The Secretary of the Kedah Foootball Association has accepted the Ipoh Chinese Football Club challenge, and the match will be played on Thursday, February 20. The following have been selected to represent the Alor Star XI.
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  • 216 5 POST OFFICE REPLY TO TRADE UNION OBJECTIONS London, Jan. 28. A dispute has arisen between the Post Office and the Union of Post Office Workers concerning the speed of delivery of telegrams by motor-cycle and whether boy messengers or established postmen should be employed. Boy
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  • 143 5 SO “MAD” HE RAN AMOK Glasgow, Jan. 28. Because, it is alleged, his girl friend refused to give him her undivided attention, a young man ran amok here in the Kelvin Haugh district. He smashed 18 plate glass windows with a hatchet. The young man commenced just
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  • 171 5 RICKSHA COOLIE’S PENALTY FOR OBSTRUCTION Four Tamil grasscutters named Lechumanan, Sevathian, Doraisamy and Palani appeared before the Police Magistrate today, when they were charged with voluntarily causing hurt, to one Ooi Quee Kah, a rickshaw coolie wi'h dangerous weapons, grasscutting knives, at 1.15 p.m. on February
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  • 138 5 CHINESE COFFEE SHOPKEEPER ARRESTED Following reception of information by the Government Monopolies Department, Tan Kim Swee, keeper of coffee shop No. 12, Cecil Street, was arrested and charged before the Police Magistrate yes‘erday with being in passession of dutiable liquor at 11 a.m. on February 6. Accused claimed
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  • 74 5 Musa bin Pitchay Tamby, a Tamil, was charged with disobeying the lawful order of Police Constable 2252 by riding across the junction of Penang Road and Burmah Road. Accused, who had previously claimed trial, to-day limped into court to plead guilty. He had suffered injuries by
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  • 243 5 NAVAL OFFICER KILLED WHILE AT PRACTICE London, Jan. 28. Commander James Bayley, R.N., of Willaston Hall, Nantwich, was killed in a revolver accident while practising at targets in a sand pit close to the Hall. The Commander had fired six times at cardboard targets, and had reloaded the
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  • 2441 6 A WOMAN SPY HONOURED: AMERICA'S CHAMPION OF WOMEN: WOMEN'S INTEREST IN ELECTRICITY: THE CRESTA RUN BAN (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 1. THE QUEEN AS HOUSEWIFE A cameo of the Queen as a housewife was given by Lord Daryngton at a meeting of members
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  • 151 6 MISS IRIS HGEY AWARDED £2OO DAMAGES In the King’s Bench, on January 18th Mr. Justice Avory and a special jury concluded the hearing of the a< ion for damages brought by Miss Ir.s Hoey, the actress, against Mr. Barry O’Br: n, theatrical manager. Miss Hoey's case was
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  • 130 6 A colony of bearded nu n r whicb a hillside in Los Angeles tn ti they have made for theinsi come from all over America film careers.. Their setUement “Beard Hill.” r u lar None of the men has anj i- waibn g to do,
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    • 209 6 Motherhood i r i n j \w a M V t bo otV L m ,w V’ t W I- A I& Ls b Mrs. B. Howard, winner of the London “News Chron'cle Mother 11 uLJFiiggA and Child Competition, January, 1932. This compcoticn attrreted I<] widespread interest and an enormous
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  • 892 7 MR. JOO SEANG TAKES UP CAUSE 11 MILLION TRAMWAY TICKETS PRINTED IN CALCUTTA \i ne formal items on the ageni 1 for yesterday’s fortnightly meeting < he Municipal Commissioners were ever in a less number of minutes, and the renters were about to withdraw Sen
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  • 244 7 WHEN PRISONERS GET THEIR NEWS London, January 26. Un g gained full remission marks for p”' 1 n duct, Mr. Wai Hannington, the n inist was released from Penton- 1 1 llson after serving eleven weeks of three months’ sentence for attempting 0 cause
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  • 223 7 “A PARSON’S SCOPE TOO RESTRICTED London, January 26. A London vicar is to practise at the Bar and may become a Parliamentary candidate. He is the Rev. J. H. Newsham Taylor, who has been vicar of St. Mark’s, Hamilton-terrace, St. John’s Wood, since 1928. If
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  • 682 7 CHRISTIAN MINISTERS ON ECONOMICS A PLEA FOR REVISION The Council of Christian Ministers on Social Questions, of which the Bishop of Lichfield lDr. Kempthorne) and Dr. Scott Lidgett, President of the Methodist Church, are joint chairman, have issued a statement, signed by a large number of
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  • 102 7 London, Jan. 28. The Royal Aero Club announces that the Britannia! Trophy for the year 1932 has been awarded to Captain Cyril Frank Uwins, who accomplished a world altitude record for aeroplanes on September 16, 1932. The Britannia Trophy is awarded each year by the Club to the
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  • 257 7 magistrate on an INTOLERABLE TYPE OF ESCAPADE London, Jan. 26. lad who was alleged to have entered the manager’s office at the Palatine Picture Theatre, Manchester, wearing a mask, and backed up an order to Put ’em up with a pointed pistol,
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  • 144 7 OPENING CEREMONY (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Feb. 12. A large section of the Alor Star Chinese Community and several others were present when the Alor Star Amusement Park was opened on February 11. The Alor Star Amusement Park has occupied all the
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  • 282 7 BROTHER’S REMARKABLE PREMONITION London, January 28. The body of Patrick Hamill, a commercial traveller who had been missing from a Newcastle hotel since November 29, was recovered from the River Tyne yesterday. When the body was found, a telegram was despatched to Belfast to the dead man’s brother,
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  • 629 7 £160,000 SCHOOL BUILT BY THEMSELVES Borstal boys are building for themselves a remarkable new institution, costing £160,000 set in a 350-acre estate at Lowdhain, ten miles from Nottingham. It is the first specially built other Borstal institutions are disused prisons. The
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  • 769 8 On Monday we commented editorially on a proposal which, if it is put into practice, cannot fail to have an important bearing on the future prosperity of the Empire. The proposal is that an Imperial Air Survey Association be formed with the object of putting the Empire
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  • 279 8 It would appear that Japan, having earned the opprobrium of the whole of the Western world as a result of her conduct in China, is now bent on precipitating a war. Her reply to the League of Nations is typically Japanese in its construction.
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  • 1100 8 Tha looks a bit bog-eyed, owd lass, said Jonty Diggle. “If Ah wor thee Ah’d tarry i’ bed to-day. Ah con manage reet „noof. Tha means well, said his wife, but .ha shap’s like a babby when it comes to housewark. Theer tha art, said Jonty, tha’rt
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  • 684 8 EMPTY HOUSES A year or so ago emp don were Mll I» the West End dlslr 8 numerous; but now the numfcr considerable, and still shows a t to increase. A report of th» r 31(7 Council on rate collection reveals"' local authorities last year lost million
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    • 19 8 E. O. HOTEL, PENANG. TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER and DANCE. Dance Music by the band of the S.S. “PRESIDENT POLK”
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  • 251 9 KEDAH TRAGEDY 2* Years* Prison Sentence (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, Yesterday. IK! i;ig the Second High Court session, S.un? i Patani, before Tuan Syed Mohaned idid, Chief Malay Judge, on Sunday, j .bnz.ry 12, a Chinese named Wong S<'ng "as charged with culpable homicide
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  • 185 9 M. Teymourtash Receives Royal Pardon Teheran, February 7. M T< /mourtash, the Minister of Finance, who was recently dismissed by the Shah in connection with the Anglo-Persian Oil dispute and kept under close surveillance in his home, has been granted a royal pardon. M. Teymourtash had taken a
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  • 172 9 1 Government allows them.—Reuter ireless. Contemplating Reduction of Bank Rate to 3 Per Cent. Berlin, Feb. 8. The Reichsbank is contemplating reducing the bank rate to 3 per cent, in order to support Government’s policy of a general reduction in the interest rates on giltedged securities and similar issues.
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  • 202 9 —Reuter Wireless. FURTHER REVELATIONS Plan for Looting Trading Ships Batavia, Feb. 10. The Dutch commander-in-chief, in a statement to the D.E.I. legislature, revealed the purpose of the mutineers of the ‘‘Zeven Provincien.” According to the wireless message they sent out they intended to release the naval ratings
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  • 90 9 —Reuter Wireless. Attempt to Cure Case of Smallpox London, Feb. 8. When the P. and O. liner Strathaird arrived at Plymouth flying the Yellow Flag to indicate the possibility of contagious disease aboard, it was learned that a case of smallpox had been diagnosed a few days after
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  • 110 9 Reuter. Whole Question Receiving Careful Consideration London, Yesterday. In the Commons Mr. S. S. Hammersley asked whether Mr. Runciman was prepared to recommend abrogation of the AngloJapanese trade agreement. Mr. Runciman replied that the whole question of Japanese competition was receiving the careful consideration of Government, but as
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  • 216 9 Rash Driving in Orchard Road Judgment was delivered on Saturday by the Fourth Magistrate, Singapore Mr. A. C. Boyd), in the case in which Mrs. Le Due Mantz, the wife of a K.P.M. employee, was charged with rash and negligent driving, and driving without a licence. His
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  • 341 9 FURTHER DETAILS Most Serious Catastrophe in Germany Berlin, Feb. 11. What appears to be one of the worst catastrophes in industrial history, occurred at Neunkirchen, a town of 45,000 inhabitants in the Saar Basin, when the gas works exploded, followed by the explosion of a Benzol factory. Up
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  • 229 9 Government’s Fate in the Balance Paris, Feb. 9. The fate of the Daladier Government will hang in the balance until the end of the week, when the Budget debate opens in the Chamber. The financial Bills were passed on Saturday by the financial committee after a heated debate
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  • 113 9 .—Reuter. Questions Raised in House of Commons London, Yesterday. In the Commons replying to a question by Mr. Maxton as to what were the charges against. Jemaleddin Tamin and Tanmalakka who were arrested at Singapore and Hong Kong respectively Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister said the Governor of Hong
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  • 45 9 a half per cent. 99 s|l6._ Rugby Radio Service. Rugby, Yesterday. On the Stock Exchange to-day gold mine shares were more active and showed good recovery. British funds were steady with war loan three and a half per cent. 99 s|l6._ Rugby Radio
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  • 154 9 Opposition, shouting up de Valera.—Reuter Wireless. Mr. Cosgrave Opposes de Valera’s Election as President Dublin, February 8. Mr. de Valera was elected President today by 82 votes to 54 when the Dail opened. Women predominated in the crowded public galleries who cheered the remark made by Mr. Sean
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  • 116 9 country walks with zest. —Reuter Wireless. Back Again in Physically Fit Condition London, Feb. 8. Evidence of the remarkable fitness of His Majesty the King was provided when it became known that His Majesty during the recent cold spell at Sandringham had skated on the lake in the
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  • 58 9 .—Reuter. Eight Days Holiday in Michigan State Detroit, Yesterday. Acute financial emergency led the Governor to proclaim an eight-day public holiday in Michigan state during which aU banks, trust companies and other financial institutions will not transact business. The position is precipitated by the acute situation in the
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  • 87 9 production and trade. —Rugby Radio Service. To be Discussed by Preparatory Commission of World Conference Rugby, Yesterday. In the Commons to-day the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Runciman, stated that steps were taken to have the question of foreign shipping subsidies brought forward at a recent
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  • 106 9 Industrial Reconstruction Plan Rome, Feb. 9. The Governor of the Bank of Italy, on behalf of the Banking Trust that offered to the public the 4.50% obligations issued by the newly established Institute for Industrial Reconstruction, has communicated to the Chief of the Government that the subscriptions had
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  • 152 9 Germany’s Rights: Controversy Renewed Berlin, Feb. 10. Great attention is being paid to the report of the reply by the German delegate to the Disarmament Conference, Herr Nadolny, to the French (ex)-Premier’s remarks regarding equality of rights yesterday. Herr Nadolny speaking to-day (Friday) stated that the agreement of December
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  • 98 9 TlN—Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £l4B-0-0 £l4B-12-6 TIN—(B Months) London £l4B-5-0 £l4B-17-6 Singapore $75.50 $75.00 Business Done Penang $75.3714 Business Done ..Buyers—No sellers. COPRA —(Sundried) $5.00 $4.95 BLACK PEPPER $19.50 $19.50 RUBBER London 2£d. 2%d. New York Closed. 2ji!c. (G) Singapore ctB cts TAPIOCA Fair Seed $3 55 3
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  • 59 9 OBITUARY Berlin, February 10. i f f ea fh is announced of the well■lown Berlin banker Carl Fuerstenberg, succumbed to pneumonia this (Friday) aged eighty-three. Herr Fuersn i g waa one of leading and most lift 1 11 erman financiers, and exactly y years ago he founded the Berliner which
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  • 2354 10 NEW PARLIAMENTARY APPOINTMENTS: THE WAR DEBTS CONFERENCE BRITAIN AND THE GOLD STANDARD: THE LIBERAL PARTY LEADERSHIP (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 28. PREPARATIONS AT WESTMINSTER There is one set of officials who are already in active preparation for the reassembly of Parliament in the first
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  • 358 10 VERY PROGRESSIVE, SAYS U.S. CHIEF OF STAFF SOVIET FIRST IN MANPOWER U.S. LEADS IN NAVAL AIR STRENGTH London, Jan. 25. “The British army is a very progressive group in respect of mechanised forces,” said General McArthur, chief of staff of the United States Army, in evidence before
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  • 287 10 DECORATED WHILE ON POINT DUTY IN PARIS London, Jan. 28. Agent Leclerc is the proudest and happiest man in the Paris police force. Everybody knows P.c. Leclerc, for his named has spread far and wide beyond Paris and the provinces—even to foreign climes. He
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    • 298 10 <■>s Ar A and every day a little biggeratxl stronger QUAKER OATS gruel has nearly every food element a baby needs. It builds bone and muscle, feeds the nerves, blood and teeth develops an alert, active mind and guards health, as well. This wonderfully nourishing, invigorating, natural food has helped
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  • 582 11 G.P.O. Girls You Cannot Baffle 1,000 QUEER QUERIES AN HOUR Albert’s Matric,” and Woman Who Wanted Wool London, Jan. 25. The conundrum girls of the Post Office have now thoroughly settled down in their new home in Gray’s Inn-road. All day long they sit with earphones on, answering—sometimes
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  • 601 11 A CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SQUABBLE LITIGANT AND “FORM OF HYPNOTISM” London, Jan. 26. On the ground that there was no evidence against the defendants, a libel action brought before Mr. Justice Avory and a jury, in the King’s Bench, by Miss Helen Sprott, of Raglan Hotel, Upper
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    • 279 11 Has No Ugly Hair Nomu «1 ba J S 1 Jv :i sccur- Pf/W/W E CO®P‘ .i heavy [C. B lory p; 1/ x On «u 1 'ik /.>1 palO fu. L A\<,l tea^ 1 S IwESa ba.: z... thick r sMRHKSi 'f r > J "L—— igfC. y<i-solves theker>
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    • 16 11 «u.«anawi;i' -?■<«•< T nM eMn*w giwMMWgw.iywwgm»... BACKSTREET® I Fannie Hiflst 1 IT'S GREAT! Showing To-Morrow of Queen’s
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    • 13 11 Every Wednesday Ladies will And special articles of interest in The PINANG GAZETTE."
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    • 349 11 ISBLLI peep inside ARC AD l i < shou-ne ME «mented bx /me A!:. '.«J Bernhard Baron (founder cxgz t <>f Arcadia Works) vhich IllKgMgrar F roll, cork-tip, cut and fmaliy J W. deliver complete Craven”A” cigarettes, ready for final f 1 fresh packing. MIL- -Ji II il im "j
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  • 334 12 CAMERAS NOBODY CAN RIVAL BRITAIN CAPTURES OPTICAL GLASS MONOPOLY AIRPLANE TRIUMPH BELGIUM’S £950,000 ORDERS IN FOUR MONTHS British brains and new British enterprise are effecting a world trade revolution. Not so long ago, for instance, nine out of every ten pairs of binoculars
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  • 840 12 SATISFACTORY REPORT ON MENTAL STATE ASSAULT ON GIRL ACCUSED’S STORY OF CAR RIDE London, Jan. 25. Frederick Wm. Deats, 46, motor engineer, of Burgh Heath, Surrey, was sentenced by the Epsom magistrates to three months’ hard labour and ordered to pay’ £lO 10s. towards costs. The
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  • 741 12 MR. TILLETT’S ADVICE TO WORKERS “STUDY FINANCIAL COLUMNS OF NEWSPAPERS London, Jan. 26. “The Ottawa Conference marks a period challenging the thoughts of our wisest statesmen, as well as challenging the position of our Empire finances,” said Mr. Ben Tillett in an address to members
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  • 84 12 PAINTING, ENGRAVING AND SCULPTURE AWARDS London, Jan. 28. The British School at Rome announces the award of the following Rome Scholarships for 1933: Faculty of Painting—Geoffrey N. Burnand, of the Farnham School of Art. Faculty of Sculpture—Miss Frances M. Bruce, of the Royal Academy Schools. Faculty of Engraving—Adrian
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  • 90 12 nof Sir William Organising Committee o j ti* and Marketing Exhibition Gal Publicity Club of London o{ lbe leries, W., on th’’ b oivnipi» 10 great Exhibition to be he July. t fhe Exh>b> ti, Sir William said that w W te the most hensive advertising ant >
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 89 12 Mr' phis, I APIOL STEEL I Sure andcertain tor all Female I I complaints.Evcry lady should I keep a box in the house. I I W. J. EDMONDS The English Pharmacy I 52-54, Beach Street, Penang j i i X f h pays to look your best at all times
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    • 21 12 IT’S POWERFUL Showing To-Morrow at Queen's ■!!••■>« ■■nneun»<tna><<ia« ■■>r aic<a S M.>a>riair aii> ••«.>■<> ■Hvenn. i.-i. -in i.i .iHni.. i<-i„.i.-i.r au iu i„
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    • 302 12 GOOD?) y sx I I -wwji* 'V I A jUfe ‘4 fOUND A.■*>' I Policies issued against FIRE, LIFE, MARINE, > MOTOR VEHICLE, PERSONAL ACCIDENT, BURGLARY, ETC., ETC. 1 FULL COVER GRANTED AT COMPETITIVE RATES. I* Representatives Messrs. Kennedy Co., Mr. Choy Weng Leang, Mr. Ben R. T. Mitchell, c/o
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 307 12 BOXING SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19th FUN AND FROLIC SPECIAL ARENA SEATING ACCOMMODATION G. E. FAULKNER’S PROFESSIONAL AMATEUR CONTESTS. Best Ever Offered To Penang Fans. BANTAM CHAMPIONSHIP OF NORTH MALAYA. 10 Rounds BATTLING CHAN v. Baby Joe Gains 8.6 8.6. Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh. 8 Rounds Young Chocolate v. Slippery Sam 8.3 8.0
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  • 611 13 Schedule of Principal Lines <,>ll ,wlng Is a list 0« vessels arriving 4 from Penang during the week: IN PORT TO-DAY 18 MACHAON from Singapore. Sails M for Colombo, Havre, Liverpool, Glasgov/ and Hull. g jjjcTOß from Liverpool. Sails for v < Kong, Amoy, Shanghai and
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  • 145 13 FEBRUARY, 1933 WEBNESBAY, 15 Perak Turf Club Races, 2nd day. Social and Bance, P. R. C. Club-House 8 to midnight. FRIDAY 17 Court of Appeal opens, Penang. SATURDAY, 18 Perak Turf Club Races, 3rd day. Cricket, P.R.C. v. S.X.R.C., Esplanade, 2.15 p.m. SUNDAY, 19 Cricket: P.R.C. “A
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  • 133 13 The various holidays and other festivals fall on the following dates this year: April 6: Hart Raya Haji. April 14: Good Friday. April 17: Easter Monday. June 3: King’s Birthday. June 5: Whit Monday. August 7: Bank Holiday. October 18: Deepavali. November 11: Armistice Day.
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  • 128 13 Latest Quotations Tuesday Monday Paris ..88 87 31|32 New York 3.43% 3.43% Montreal 4.13% 4.12% Brussels 24.69% 24.69% Geneva 17.84% 17.81% Amsterdam 8.57% 8.56 Milan 67 5|16 67% Berlin 14.47% 14.45 Stockholm 18.85 18 25|32 Copenhagen 22 7|16 22 7|16 Oslo 19.55 19.55 Vienna 30 30
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  • 25 13 The following is the tin output for the month of January, 1933: Glimau Tin, Ltd. Hours, 615 c. yards, 14,500 piculs, approx. 30.50.
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  • 560 13 AIR MAILS A mail for South America, by Steamer to Marseilles and thence by French Air Mail Service, will be closed at 6 p.m. on Saturday. A mail for Medan (via Alor Star) by road to Alor Star and thence by Dutch Air Mail Service will be closed
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  • 48 13 Antigone, Burma Maru, Cowrie, Capt. St. Jacques, Cappadaran, Carthage, Comorin, Corfu, Empress of Britain, Fionia, Gange, Haratana, Havre Maru, Himalaya Maru, Naldera, Porthos, Peisander, Philoctetes, Pollux, President Adams, President Garfield, President Polk, Ranpura, Saarbrucken, Sophierickmers, Terukuni Maru, Tajima 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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  • 791 13 GUILTY OF RECEIVING ART TREASURES A COMMON THIEF, SAYS RECORDER London, January 27. A sentence of twelve months in the second division was passed, at the Old Bailey, on John William Bell (49), an assessor, of Fenchurch-street, London, and Hove, Sussex, for receiving a bronze statuette
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    • 375 13 I An Eminent Doctor i Gives You ihe Means i to Keep Fit and Young nf|i9 If you are over 40, your greatest need 1 is— to k ee P on keeping young. You r re as old as your arteries.” Harden- 1 n K arteries and increasing blood pressure
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  • 686 14 NEWSPAPER AND BROADCAST ADDRESS LIBEL ACTION London, Jan. 28. Mr. Justice Avory and a special jury in the King’s Bench Division, continued the hearing of an action brought by the “British Russian Gazette and Trade Outlook, Ltd.,” and Stafford Cecil Talbot, Associated Newspapers, Ltd., for damages for
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  • 472 14 Famous Woman Spy Interviewed BELIEVES MATI HARI WAS INNOCENT Why She Never Ate German Chocolates London, Jan. 27. I believe Mata Hari, the beautiful Dutchwoman, shot by the Fernch as a German spy, was innocent.” This statement was made in an interview with Reuter by Mme. Marthe
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  • 191 14 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN’S TERRIBLE END London, Jan. 28. Fallen from immense riches into the direst poverty, Madame Champagnac, an old woman of 83, deliberately lit a fire under her own head in Paris, and was dead before she could be rescued. She was the widow
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    • 345 14 2S M ii I> < J-g hvi *ss \ililk alone fi -IS NOT igsfMll j fc-.. X OtMM]oh 33 r VC/W £g,<Jr BL'S- B Ap ••«■U': vosuirAMf FQA•K»MN sucwr. A,. r «bt w* C£ AND 3 iX ’•i"’'* l V' T** ,<*Cj IN* l n ikx 'd b* X *5»
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    • 64 14 SLUMP or no slump, all the advertising business '.hat 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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    • 507 14 Slender All about you prove that science has New Foe to Fat Afew years ago, millions of people suffered Mannola has been use i < from excess fat. It was a blight to beauty, millions of boxes of it IT ,or 24 year*, health and vim. Lives were shortened, others,
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    • 2230 15 I A P ©--BRITISH INDIA and apc ar lines R Ktl 't'J'TiN I iNm 1 (Companies Incorporated In Engl^:. J, BLUE FIINMEIi LIME tdavei mhmf RY doiiap Leaves Due TRAVEL nUmt l/ULLAK MAIL PASSENGER and CARGO SERVICES LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. Penang London 1 LINE UU SLKVILLS V TTnnN Amsterdam.
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  • 228 16 —Reuter. GIANT ITALIAN TO BE CRIMINALLY CHARGED 7 Sequel to Opponent’s Death New York, Yesterday. Camera will be heal up on a technical charge of manslaughter. He is already sought by the police who have summoned everybody concerned in the boxing match to appear at Madison Square
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  • 98 16 CREYHOUND RACING at 20/1 at the opening callover.—Reuter "Wireless. ‘Won by Mr. Shaw’s “Genial Nobleman Altcar (Lancashire), Feb. 10. The Waterloo Cup was won by Mr. Shaw’s dog Genial Nobleman,” nominated fcy the racehorse trainer, Mr. Jack Jarvis. In the final Genial Nobleman easily beat Lord Sefton’s Sold
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  • 212 16 Yesterday’s Results The following were the results of matches played yesterday: CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES G. R. Evans beat F. E. Wraight I—6, 6—4, 6—3. C. G. Van Houten beat C. H. Rogers 6—4, 7—5. N. A. Sedwick beat W. F. Fletcher 6 —2, 6—2. The Men’s Handicap
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  • 26 16 —Reuter. TEST MATCH SCORE Brisbane, To-day. At lunch time the score was Australia 167 for seven wickets. —Reuter. Brisbane, Later. Australia all out 175.—Reuter.
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  • 833 16 SUPREME COURT SUIT Alleged Fraud by Firm of Local Indians Hearing was continued in the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Prichard, K.C., of the case in which a large consignment of 535 cases of vegetable fat from Holland, known as Cowboy brand, forms the
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  • 614 16 TO-DAY’S PRICES The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s share list at 11 a.m. to-day. i Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Ayer Hitam llj3 ll)9ex 11|3 ll|9ex i Batu Caves 37% 42% 37 42 Hitam 20 22% 20 22% 13)6 14j0
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  • 47 16 PENANG, FEBRUARY 15 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) On London Bank Demand 2|3 25|32 m|ts 2|3 27j32 Hongkong T.T. 44 Private 3 m|ts credit 214 ljl6 3 Documentary 2j4 3j16 On New York Bank Demand 39%n0m France T.T. 995n0m India T.T. 152% Shanghai T.T. 139n0m
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  • 109 16 —Reuter Wireless. Still a Land of Promise Says Dr. Roca London, Feb. 10. Argentina is still a land of promise, declared Dr. Julio Roca, Vice-President of the Republic, when the Argentine Mission was entertained by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House to-day. He added that British capital
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  • 150 16 To-day’s Programme Call Signs: G.S.E. r, s c Wavelengths: ?L3O m e res 25 9 50 Big Ben The Northern Studio Orchestra Directed by John Bridge 10 20 Pr Vincial '"“'l' ««1 her From the Public Library” Miss E. M. Delafield (Blattnerphone-Stille Processi 10.35 Vaudeville (Gramophone Records) Charles Penrose
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  • 67 16 Sultan of Perak’s Apt Quotation (From Our Own Corresponde»*) Ipoh, To-day-Referring to the agitation agaißlt bridge tote, the Sultan of PrrA* the course of an address in the State C-ouncil, quoted the Malay prove* thri effec t that if a man em W elephant he could afford to
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    • 63 16 I WAssimusj New Shop I 12 b Bishop Street. I Very Spacious premises, j Well equipped to modern I taste and style j A HUGE STOCK OF VARIOUS I J KINDS OF SILK I I JUST IMPORTED IN BEST AND < UP-TO-DATE STYLE AND FASHION Visit us and have the
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    • 89 16 IQU It NEW SERVICE I SAMPLES OF COTTON FABRIC FREE WRITE TO-DAY AND YOU VEIL I RECEIVE FREE OF ALL COST > PATTERNS OF PLAIN and PRINTED IRISH LINEN. PLAIN and PRINTED VOIL, PLAIN and PRINTED J TOBRALCO, PLAIN and PRINTED PIQUE VOIL, PRINTED POPLIN, J PRINTED NORBAR, PRINTED TOOTISHA,
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    • 39 16 PENANG WEATHER REPORT Temp. Wind RainfiL 6 a.m. 74 E Noon 87 N.W. TIDE TABLES High Water. Low Water TO-DAY 3.00 &.m. 9.35 am. 3.35 p.m. 9-51 pm TO-MORROW 3.30 a.m. 10.00 am. 4.06 p.m. 10 29 p in.
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