Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 April 1933

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 78. Vol. LXXXXL WEDNESDAY, sth APRIL, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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    DEATH BLOW DEALT TO BIG AIRSHIPS
    506 1 Consensus Of Opinion Following Akron Disaster SHENANDOAH SURVIVOR AMONG THE RESCUED Executive Officer Tells The Futi Story There is a consensus of opinion that the Akron catastrophe has dealt a death blow to big airships, both commercial and military. We have built three and
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    GRAPHIC STORY BY SURVIVOR
    333 1 —Reuter. No Explosion No Fire New York, April 5. Clad in hospital pyjamas Lieut.-Com-mander Wiley graphically described the disaster to a party of pressmen. He said there was no indication that the airship was struck by’ lightning. There was no explosion and no fire aboard. When
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    AIR CHIEF TO RETURN
    39 1 .—Reuter. London, April 4. It is officially announced that Air Chief Marshal Sir John Salmond, who recently retired, is returning to the Air Ministry to replace his brother, Sir Geoffrey Salmond who is seriously ill.—Reuter.
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    BRITISHERS ARRESTED IN BERLIN
    127 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Official Enquiries As To Charges London, April 4. Questions were asked in the House of Commons to-day regarding the arrest in Berlin of two Englishmen: Gordon Catchpcol, head of the Berlin branch of the Society of Friends and Geoffrey Fraser, employed by the
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    WORLD ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
    99 1 —Reuter. Experts to Draft Agenda Paris, April 1. President Roosevelt’s desire for an early conference at Washington of expert representatives of a few Powers to draft the agenda for the World Economic Conference was discussed by Mr. Norman Davis and M, Paul Boncour. The latter did not
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    INNOCENT VICTIM OR—!
    135 1 27. —Reuter. Inquest Opens On Albert Voss London, April 4. The jury will probably have to decide whether Voss was an innocent victim or whether he met his death as a result of a malicious act of his own, said the Manchester Coroner opening the inquest on
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    JEWISH BOYCOTT IN GERMANY
    56 1 .—Reuter. Not to be Resumed Berlin, April 4. It is officially stated that the Nazi boycott of the Jews will not be resumed tomorrow in view’ of the cessation of atrocity 'propaganda.” The Nazi boycott organisation will remain intact ready to reply to any attempt to
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    THE STOCK EXCHANGE
    49 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Gold Shares a Feature London, April 4. The strength of South African gold mining shares was the outstanding feature of the Stock Exchange markets this morning. British Government stocks were quietly steady with War Loan 3 x /2 per cent, unchanged.—Rugby Radio Service.
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    DUTCH PORTION OF BOXER INDEMNITY
    96 1 —Reuter. Remitted To China FOR FURTHERANCE OF COMMON AIMS Nanking, April 4. It is learned that the Netherlands have agreed to remit to China the Dutch portion of the Boxer Indemnity as from January. 1, 1926. A message from The Hague states that it is
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    PIRATES' RANSOM DEMANDS
    149 1 .—Reuter. Trench Mortars And Machine Guns PISTOLS AMMUNITION Newchwang, April 5. In. addition to a million dollars silver, the Chinese pirates demand for the release of the four British captives 100 trench mortars with 5,000 shells. 100 machine guns with 100,000 bullets. 120 best German type pistols
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    U.S. A. BANK CRISIS OVER
    75 1 Reuter. 12,737 Banks Re-opened Washington, April 4. Mr. Woodin, Secretary to the Treasury, in a broadcast speech, declared that 12,737 United States banks had reopened by the end of March of which 5,387 were National and Federal Reserve member banks and 7,350 were State banks.
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    JAPAN AND THE ISLANDS
    89 1 i.— Reuter. First Official Pronouncement Tokyo, April 4. Telling the islanders to do their duty in accordance with the Imperial rescript of March 27 and not to be misled by wild rumours, Mr. Matsuua, the Japanese Governor of the mandated islands, has issued the first official
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    THE METRO-VICKERS ARRESTS
    529 1 —Reuter. Government White Paper THORNTON AND CUSHNY BEEN THROUGH IT Too Terrified To Speak London, April. Sir Esmond Ovey’s tedious efforts to get information as to the charges on which the British employees of Metro-Vickers were arrested and secure that the trial will not be a secret
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      1293 2 RATES FOR CASUAL notices PENANG LAWN TENNIS The ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT ADVERTISEMENTS PI fl 119 Ordinance No. 197 A Tournament will be held under the A auspices of the Penang Lawn Tennis Asso(LaDOlirJ ciation, open to all members of the affilia- x ted clubs. Entries will close on Tuesday, All communications
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    THE POPE REVIEWS WORLD EVENTS
    312 3 Threat To Christian Civilisation MENACE” OF PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES Rome, March 13. The critical international situation was sketched in broad outline by the Pope at the secret consistory on the appointment of six new cardinals. The situation, his Holiness said, was disturbed and disquieted by reciprocal
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    “TELL US IN THE VERNACULAR”
    157 3 Undergraduate’s View of Car’s Speed A Cambridge undergraduate was telling Mr. Justice Avory, in the King’s Bench Division, how his attention was drawn to a car which passed just before an accident. I remarked about the speed of the car,” observed the witness. “Do you
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    MRS. MEYRICK’S £771
    131 3 Gifts for Cadets in Merchant Service The will of Mrs. Kate Evelyn Meyrick, of Park-square West, Regent’s Park, N. W., the night club proprietress, who died on Jan. 19, aged 56, has now been proved, and the value of the estate sworn at £771 (n.p. £5B). Probate
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    BULLOCK IN TUNNEL
    208 3 Mad Beast Holds Up Trains for Over Two Hours A mad bullock which strayed on to the railway line at Wilpshire, near Blackbum, on March 15th, held up four trains, dislocated traffic for more than two hours, and nearly gored two men. For two hours railwaymen chased
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    GRETNA GREEN ROMANCE SEQUEL
    178 3 Young Austrian and a French Girl A Gretna Green romance has had a sequel in the Paris courts. Jerry Sperling, a charming young man of Austrian nationality, won the heart of a French girl of 17, rich, and of good family. An elopement by aeroplane and
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    MAN, WIFE AND CHILD FOUND DEAD IN A BUNGALOW
    159 3 Two Children in Hospital With Throat Wounds Mr. Edward Ivermee (age about 36), of Rosemary Cottage, Widmer End, near High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire), was found dead on March 17 hanging from the ceiling of his bungalow. His wife, Lily, was found dead
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    SWIMMING FOR HOURS AMID SHARKS
    129 3 Remarkable Adventures of a Ship’s Boy This is the remarkable diary of an eigh-‘ teen-year-old apprentice of the Blue Funnel liner Dolius, who arrived at Liverpool on March 17 on board the ship. “Washed overboard from liner near Singapore into shark-infested sea; “Carried away by
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    SWOPPED HUSBANDS
    141 3 And Fell Out About Children Two women who, after an astonishing matrimonial tangle, have virtually “swopped husbands,” and are each bringing up the others’ children, were involved in a row that brought them to Stratford Po, lice Court on March 19. One woman said she went to the
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    AIR STATION RETURNS TO POTATOES
    167 3 The Town That Built R-100 Howden, March 18. From cabbages and potatoes to a great airship base. And now back again to potatoes and cabbages! That is the fate which the decision of Mr. J. E. Mortimer, one of the principal landowners in the district,
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    NOTED SCULPTOR’S PROTEST
    178 3 Walks Out of Lecture on Modern Art London, Mar. 16. Sir Alfred Gilbert, the famous sculptor, and creator of “Eros” walked out of a lan-tern-lecture on ultra-modern sculpture after protesting against some pictures which were being shown. The lecture was given -by Mr. William Aumonier at the
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    PEER’S DAUGHTER
    230 4 Marriage Cancelled on Day of Notice The Hon. Gladys Jessel, daughter of Lord and Lady Jessel, has cancelled her forthcoming marriage to Prince Nicolas Tchkstona. Notice of the marriage was given at a London register office on March 16. On inquiry at Lord Jessel’s residence in South Street,
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    RAFFLES COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS, 1933
    472 4 Awards of Diplomas in Arts and Science The following have been awarded the Diploma in Arts of Raffles College:— Class I. Goh Cheng Eow, Kok Swee Hong, S. T. Stewart, Miss Tan Kok Eng. Class 11. Boey Chen Kee, Miss M. Da Silva, T. R. Doraisamy,
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    WORLD Y.W.C.A. COMMISSION VISIT MALAYA
    196 4 The Y. W. C. A. of Malaya is especially honoured this week by having the World representatives of the Association visiting every local branch of the Y. W. C. A. in the peninsula. The World President Miss van Asch van Wyck, Miss Niven, World Secretary
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    1001 4 Mr A A. Henggler has been elected a member of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mmes. Mr C. L. Green has been appointed VicePresident of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines. Mr. P. B. Marriott, of Petaling Tin Ltd., and Mrs. Marriott, recently sailed for Home on leave. Major
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    274 4 BULLETIN March 27. Group Captain A. H. Jackson left King* House. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Federal Council held at the Government Offices, Kuala Lumpur. March 28. Hon. Mr. M. B. Shelley and Miss Shelley. Mrs. Were, Mr. R. C. Edyvean, Mr. A. IlGridley and
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      192 4 REMOVAL SALE r". 1 RATHER THAN MOVE OUR STOCKS BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL PREMISES, W E OFFER SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO THE RESIDENTS OF PENANG TO ACQUIRE ANY OF OUR PRESENT STOCKS AT BARGAIN PRICES .Mil ROBINSON PIANO CO., 31. BISHOP STREET. PENANG. I m NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
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      20 4 PUBLIC HOLIDAY The Exchange Banks will be closed on Thursday, 6th April, 1933, which has been proclaimed a Public Holiday.
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      352 4 I The Greatest Theatrical Event Of The Season FOR 3 DAYS ONLY—Daily at 6.15 9.30 p.m. April 10th, 11th and 12th. I IM G 5 S 1 A MUSICAL COMEDY STAGE SHOW I The Hollywood Hi-lighfs INTERNATIONAL REVUE 9— Versatile American Artistes—9 I 6—Hollywood Beauties—6 f DANCES SONGS MUSIC MAGIC
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    TONG SEAN S. U. DRAW WITH A. P. C.
    300 5 Second Division Match large crowd was treated to a poor of football yesterday on the Dato Kramat ground when the Tong Sean School TTnion met the Asiatic Petroleum Company in the Second Division of the Penang Footfl Association League and shared
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    RUGBY CLUB RECORDS
    514 5 P. W. D. L. For Agst. Aberavon 33 21 5 7 312 146 Abertillery 30 17 5 8 252 125 Aidershot Ser. 20 12 2 6 305 123 Barclays Bank 21 12 3 6 297 130 Barnet 24 13 0 11 260 249 Bath 30 20 1
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    THE HOUSE BEES
    410 5 Neuropathologists of the Hive 4 “PINANG GAZETTE” SPECIAL In February last year, on the first fine day after a long spell of rain, the bees came to hive in the skirting board at the right hand corner of our front verandah. The air was crisscrossed just before
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    “THEY MUST ACT OR GO ”
    400 5 “THEY MUST ACT OR GO Sir H. Samuel on Government’s Series of Errors Sir Herbert Samuel, in a speech at Oxford, said the National Government in its first year advanced with a rush. In the second year it appeared to be sitting down exhausted, without ideas and initiative. Sir Herbert
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    HAPPY TO BE 136 lbs.
    194 5 Lost 38 lbs—More to Follow Most women would be alarmed if their weight showed 136 lbs. But not this one. You see she was 174 lbs., and she has foun a way to take off that disfiguring overweight. She writes: Six months ago, when my
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    SCENE AT PETROL STATION
    497 5 European to Pay Fine of $5 A dispute at a petrol station in Dhoby Ghaut at midnight on March 13 resulted in Patrick Thornley, a European, being charged before Mr. A. C. Boyd, the Fourth Magistrate, Singapore, on Monday with using criminal force to the Indian
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    “NOTHING GIVEN AWAY AT OTTAWA”
    393 5 Mr. R. D. Holt on Tariffs Mr. R. D. Holt, of Liverpool, reopened the Manchester Liberal bazaar in the Milton Hall recently. Councillor F. Tebb, the chairman alluding to the object of the bazaar, said it was essential they should clear a big debt off
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    SUB-WARDER FOUND DEAD ON RAILWAY LINE
    113 5 Foul Play Suspected (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, April 4. Another discovery of a dead body on the railway line near Ayer Kuning North was reported by the Driver of the Night Mail from Penang at 10.46 p.m. on 34 —33. The Taiping Police
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    RIDING ACCIDENT IN IPOH
    86 5 Doctor’s Wife Injured While out. riding on Sunday, an Ipoh lady, Mrs. V. M. Matthews, the wife of Dr. V. M. Matthews, of the firm of Matthews and Webb, Ipoh, was thrown from her horse and rendered unconscious. She was removed to Batu Gajah Hospital, and
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      129 5 WIRELESS fo-day’s Programme Wavelengths: 31.5 metres, 25.28 metres Can Signs: G.S.B. G.S.E. P.M. 8-50 Big Ben The News 9.05 Talk: Man versus Microbe “Malaria” 9.20 A Recital of Gramophone Records by Christopher Stone 10.20 a Pianoforte Recital By Berkeley Mason Pastorale Scarlatti arr. Tausig Capriccio Prelude Pick-Mangiagalli Toccata Intermezzo Pollacca
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    A LONDON LETTER FOR WOMEN
    2327 6 THEIR MAJESTIES* AFTERNOON PARTY: QUEEN OPENS ADOPTION HOME A SERIES OF IMPORTANT BIRTHDAYS AN ARMLESS GIRL'S ACHIEVEMENT (From Our Own Correspondent) London, March 22. THE PARTY AT THE PALACE It must be a long time since the King and Queen gave any kind of reception
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      11 6 WHAT LONDON IS DOING READ CHARLES ROBERTS in the SUNDAY GAZETTE.
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      236 6 at T S- If s a Wise Mother Who Puts Her Child on Trufood Nccirest To Mother s Milk 4-via cmru'i sLSSOcisctccl with breast feeding Humanised Trufood carries kjn^. o breast milk- so near in fact, that because it is act^ y hardly difference between the two. For medical science
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      EDUCATION OF THE DEPRESSED
      710 7 Caste Opposition in Villages “APATHY” OF LOCAL BODIES Madras, Mar. 20. aid- reviewing the report of V i < o- Public instruction for *****2 on the ogress in the admission of depressed classes children into public schools, the Gov irnent of Madras have made the following
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      RECORD COCAINE HAUL
      266 7 67 Packets In A Tiffin-Carrier STATION ARREST AT ALLAHABAD Allahabad, Mar. 14. The biggest cocaine haul in the history of the United Piovinces was made on Saturuay evening by the Mty Excise Inspector with the help of the railway police w 7 hen 6 tolas oi cocaine
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      “KING” ESCAPES FROM JAIL
      271 7 Notorious Criminal’s Exploit Madras, Mar. 20. By his escape from the Bellary Jail on Saturday evening, where he was undergoing a term of eight years’ imprisonment on charges of dacoity, robbery and rioting, Sriharidas, the notorious adventurer, has once again come into prominence. Known as the
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      GASPING MAN IN CEMETERY
      111 7 Grave-Digger’s Horrible Find In Grotto Bangalore, March 8. Behind a grotte in a cemetery a gravedigger was shocked by the ghastly sight of a man gasping in a pool of blood with his throat cut with a razor lying beside him. The matter was reported to
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      COMMUNAL RIOT IN HYDERABAD
      232 7 Fracas Over Funeral SEQUEL TO MUSIC BEFORE MOSQUE Hyderabad, Mar. 14. Six persons were slightly injured in a clash which occurred opposite the Hussaini Alam Mosque in the vicinity of Charminar yesterday afternoon between members of a Hindu funeral procession and a crowd of Muslims. It
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      MENACE OF UNTOUCHABILITY
      276 7 Pandit Kunzru’s Warning To Hindus Meerut, March 9. “There is no place for Hindus in the world if they still recognise untouchability as a distinct institution and do not wipe it out all at once,” said Pandit Hirday Nath Kunzru, President of the U. P. Anti-Un-touchability Society,
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      RIOT RUMOURS IN AMRITSAR
      114 7 Panic Follows Holi Fracas Amritsar, March 13. Rumours of a communal riot near the Durgiana Hindu temple caused a panic in the city this evening. Towards sunset, while a grand Mela on the conclusion of the Holi festival was being held outside the temple, many Hindu
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      INFRINGEMENT COPYRIGHT
      209 7 Damages Allowed-To Dr. Rabindranath Tagore ORDER UPHELD BY HIGH COURT Allahabad, Mar. 9. Maintaining that there has been an infringement of copyright, the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Thom dismissed the appeal oi the Educational Book Depot, Allahabad, against the injunction and damages granted to Dr. Rabindranath Tagore
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      CRUMBLING CITY WALL
      202 7 Removal Of Menace in Hyderabad Hyderabad (Deccan), March 13. Built a little over 200 years ago by Mubariz Khan, a Subedar of the then Moghul Emperor, to protect the City from attack, the massive wall which encircles Hyderabad has recently been crumbling in some places and constitutes
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      ARTICLES MISSING FROM POLICE STATION
      170 7 Sealed Packet Found to be Empty Kottayam, Mar. 16. A quantity of articles deposited in custody at the Police Station at Cnanganacherry are alleged to be missing, although the packets which had contained them appeared to be intact. A few days ago, the parties in
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    RUSSIA
    747 8 The British Ambassador in Moscow who arrived in England last Sunday has been engaged in dealing with the position in Russia arising out of the arrest of British subjects by the Russian authorities. The question also arose in Parliament and the Prime Minister announced that a bill was to
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    REYNARD’S DINNER
    1003 8 For seven days the cold nor’easter blew; upon the mountain side, and its chill breath found its way into the hiding-hole of every living creature that lived on the moor. Then for a short space peace reigned, but the clouds that had stood so high drew slowly down
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    BY THE WAY
    864 8 SPACE AND SIZE Discussing the recent railway strike in Ireland a contributor to an Irish contemporary mentions an interesting and rath r unusual conversation about horses with a friend from the West of Ireland. It arose out of the belief that horses are no longer capable of
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    WORLD'S LARGEST AIRSHIP WRECKED
    340 9 .—Reuter. Akron Fells Into The Sea CAUGHT IN THUNDERSTORM Most Of Crew Drowned New York, April 4. The Navy airship, Akron, the world’s largest, is reported to have fallen into the a off the Jersey coast. It is still afloat n-ar the Barnegat lightship with 77
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    KIDNAPPING OF BRITISH OFFICERS IN CHINA
    151 9 —Reuter. Armed Protection Needed London, April 5. A question is being put to the First Lord of the Admiralty in the House of Commons to-day whether in view of the kidnapping of the four European Officers of the Nanchang, he intends to afford arm’d
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    BRITAIN’S WAR DEBT PAYMENTS
    97 9 I ms and interest.—Rugby Radio Service. Full Figures London, April 4. In reply to a question regarding Great Britain’s war debt payments to the United States and her receipts from other countries the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Wr. Neville Chamberlain, said that includJ ng the payment
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    GRAVE SITUATION IN KIANGSI
    96 9 —Reuter. Government Troops Defeated CHIANG KAI-SHEK LEAVES FOR NANCHANG Nahking, April 4. A grave situation exists in Kiangsi where the Communist Armies inflicted severe defeats upon the Government troops and are now making a determined drive against the provincial capital of Nanchang. The seriousness of the
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    IS CAPITALISM A HINDRANCE TO PROGRESS OF HUMANITY?
    598 9 Penang Teachers Say No More than eighty members and friends of the Penang Teachers’ Association were present last night night at Mortimer Hall, Hutchings School, where a debate was held under the auspices of the Literary and Debating Society of the abovenamed
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    MR. MONTAGU NORMAN
    49 9 —Rugby Radio Service. 14th Re-Election as Governor of the Bank London, April 4. The Bank of England re-elected Mr. Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, for the current year. This is his fourteenth successive re-election. Sir Ernest Musgrave Harvey continues as De- puty Governor.-
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    FLIGHT OVER MT. EVEREST
    308 9 more than 100 feet.—Rugby Radio Service. i Pilots And Observers Congratulated TRIUMPH FOR BRITISH PLANES London, April 4. A spectacular flight over Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain, was successfully accomplished yes’erday by two specially equipped Westland Machines of the Houston Everest Expedition. The pilots and
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    U.S.A. OIL EMERGENCY
    88 9 —Reuter. President’s Recommendation Washington, April 4. President Roosevelt in a letter to the Governors of the oil states announced that he will recommend to Congress to prohibit the transportation in inter-state or foreign commerce of oil manufactured by any State in violation of the State’s laws. He
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    TWO STOWAWAYS ON KAROA
    59 9 Sentenced to 14 Days’ Imprisonment Two Indians were to-day charged in the Police Court with having stowed away on board the s.s. Karoa on a journey from Rangoon to Penang. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 14 days’ rigorous imprisonment after which they are to
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    ARAB CAUSE CELEBRE
    56 9 $2OO Fine for Assault (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 4. The Arab cause celebre in w’hich descendants of the prophet are alleged to be carrying on a feud with others ended when Mr. Forrer fined Alwial Siri a Syed Arab $2OO for assault on Mr. Al
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    THEFT OF WATCH
    85 9 The charge which on Monday was brought against her son Hashim was levelled against Hassida bin Desamat in the Police Court to-day defendant pleaded that she was not guilty of the theft of Lim Choon’s wristlet watch, value $4B, from his house on Penang Hill. Accused claimed
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    CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST
    63 9 Charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of a bicycle value $2O, by wrongfully disposing of it without the owner’s consent, an Indian named Nakaram appeared before the Police Magistrate this morning. The Magistrate remarked that cases of this nature were becoming very common, and
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    THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION PENANG
    996 9 Rotary Address By Dr. N. K. Menon ASSOCIATION FOUNDED BY FIRST INDIAN LAWYER At the weekly tiffin meeting of the Penang Rotary Club yesterday at the E. O. Hotel, Dr. N. K. Menon delivered an informative address on the Indian Association, Penang, which was founded by
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    BRITISH COTTON EXPORTS TO CHINA
    78 9 —Reuter. Endeavouring to Expand London, April 4. In the House of Commons Lt.-Col. Colville informed Mr. Chorlton that the Overseas Trade Department were endeavouring to secure further expansion of British cotton exports to China by co-operating with the cotton industry and other practical means. With
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    INDIAN ANTI-DUMPING BILL
    41 9 tion.—Reuter. Against Japanese Textiles New Delhi, April 4. The Government has sanctioned the introduction during the current session of the Assembly of an Anti-Dumping Bill with the object of protecting Indian textiles and other industries against Japanese competition.—Reuter.
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    98 9 TlN—Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £l5l-15-0 £152-12-6 TIN—(3 Months) London £152-15-0 £153-12-6 Singapore 7B 50 Business Done Penang 578.57% 579.12% Business Done 25 Bu y ers no sellert COPRA— (Sundried) 53.95 $3 90 BLACK PEPPER $16.00 $16.00 RUBBER London New York Singapore A eta. 6 c s. TAPIOCA Fair
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    UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES SHOW DECREASE
    137 9 103,000 More at Work London, April 4. The Ministry of Labour’s monthly returns show that during March there was an increase of 103,000 in the number of persons employed and a decrease of 80,454 in the number of registered unemployed men. The large proportion of increased
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    THE LATE LORD OXFORD
    84 9 —Rugby Radio Service. Tributes Paid in House of Commons London, April 4. Tributes to the late Lord Oxford were paid in the House of Commons to-day by the Prime Minister, Mr. George Lansbury, and Sir Herbert Samuel on the behalf of the three parties in the
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    972 10 Havoc Wrought by Sea Waves AN AREA NOTORIOUS FOR DISTURBANCES The great earthquake of March 2 might almost have been expected in Japan. According to the late Professor Omori, destructive shocks occur in that country once in about every two and three-quarter years. On September 1,
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    R.A.F. PILOT KILLED IN INDIA
    164 10 Aircraftsman Seriously Injured The Air Ministry regrets to announce that Pilot-Officer Robert Brandon Young, the pilot of the aircraft, lost his life, an No *****0 Leading Aircraftsman Frederick Thomas James Parr was seriously injured, as the result of an accident which occurred at Ambala on
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    BABE’S FATAL GAS-TAP GAME
    190 10 Turns on Fumes as Great-Grand-Dad Sleeps London, March 19. Fascinated by the bright-looking gas stove around which he was playing, a baby boy turned on the taps. When the father and mother returned they found the child and his aged greatgrandfather dead in the kitchen. The
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    GIRL OUTWITS ARMED BURGLARS
    143 10 Gun in One Hand Stick in the Other March 16. Two armed burglars at Lyallpur (Punjab) were foiled by the bravery of a young Hindu girl. The men climbed into the house of a rich merchant, held him up at the point of a revolver, and
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    POLITICS OF THE WEEK
    2423 11 PROSPECTS OF THE COMING BUDGET: THE ARRESTED ENGLISHMEN IN RUSSIA: REFORMING THE LORDS AND COMMONS: WIT IN PARLIAMENT (From Our Own Correspondent) London, March 18. WHEN MINISTERS ARE AWAY When, as at present, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is out of the country, the
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      GOPENG CONSOLIDATED, LTD.
      578 12 A Year of Severe Restriction The directors of Gopeng Consolidated, Ltd., have issued their 20th annual report for the year ended September 30, 1932. Although this document reflects satisfactory profits, the results are not quite as good as in former years owing to the effects of severe
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      TIN TRUST’S SCHEME
      312 12 A meeting of the Malayan and General Trust is called for April 7 to consider the reconstruction scheme foreshadowed at the general meeting of the company on December 30. It is proposed to form a new company, in which shareholders will have the right to the allotment
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      COMPANY REPORTS
      427 12 Rubber GULA-KALUMPONG RUBBER ESTATES.—Net profit of Gula-Kalumpong Rubber Estates for 1932, after £5,500 to depreciation, £2,908 (agst. loss of £4,312). Add £44,298 brought in, making £47,205. To reserve £lO,OOO (£15,000); forward £37,205. RANGOON PARA RUBBER. —Accounts for 1932 show £2,500 transferred from general reserve and applied to writing
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      INTERIM DIVIDENDS
      132 12 AYER HITAM TIN DREDGING.—2% p.c. less tax (same), payable 30th March. ANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION (timber and general merchants)—3% p.c., less tax (agst. 5 p.c.), payable 31st March. SOUTH BUKERU AREAS i counts show, after £l9 for depreciation of motors, profit of £689. Directors decided to write off prospecting expenditure
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      LEADING BROKERS' SHARE LISTS
      706 12 I* TO-DAY’S PRICES 3, t e The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s share list e at 11 a.m. to-day. Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING H Ayer Weng 80 90 80 90 Ayer Hitam 10!6 ll|oex 10i0 ll|o Bangrin 10 6
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      TIN OUTPUTS
      269 12 The following are Tin Outputs for the month of March, 1933: Glimau Tin Limited.—Hours run, 77 (restriction); Cubic yards treated, 2,900; Piculs, 11.07. Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited. —piculs, 420. Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd.—Output (piculs) 2,904; Hours run 1,571; Yardage 416,500; Estimated value of Ore $138,890. Kramat Pulai, Limited.
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      GOODYEAR TYRE & RUBBER’S NEW ENTERPRISE
      94 12 GOODYEAR TYRE RUBBER’S NEW ENTERPRISE It is announced that a complete line of rubber soles and heels, sheeting and quarter-rubber tips will be manufactured at the Wolverhampton factory of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company (Great Britain). Formerly the Goodyear line of sole and heel products was manufactured in Canada.
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      HOW EXCHANGES ARE MOVING
      136 12 Latest Quotations Tuesday Monday Paris 86 ***** 87% New York 3.41% 3.42% Montreal 4.12 4.11 Brussels 24.49% 24.56% Geneva 17.70 17.73% Amsterdam 8.47 8.49 Milan 66 ***** 66% Berlin 14 13|32 14.39% Stockholm 18.90 18.90 Copenhagen 22 7|16 22 7j16 Osl 19% 19% Vienna 32 31%
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      54 12 PENANG, APRIL 5. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) On London Bank Demand 2|3 23|32 4 m|ts 2'3 13|16 Hongkong T.T. 42% dis. nom Private 3 mjts credit 2|4 3 Documentary 2|4 I|B On New York Bank Demand 39% France T.T. 990n0m India T.T. 152% nom Shanghai T.T. 134%
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      DECLINE IN WORLD TRADE
      240 12 Bad Shipping Report The annual report of the North of England Shipowners’ Association presented to the annual meeting in Newcastle stated that 1932 was, in most respects, the worst of three successive years of deep depression. There had been a continued decline in world trade. There
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      1125 12 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST E i e c NAMES, g I» 5« I I 1 RUBBER (Dollar.) J c. Allenby Rubber Co. 41 So Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 27) 35 Amalgamated Malay Estates 70 93 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 50 0 Ayer Kuning Rubber Estates 5 is:: Ayer Molek Rubber
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    609 13 Schedule of Principal Lines The following is a list of vessels arriving nd sailing from Penang during the week: IN PORT TO-DAY ,S. HAMBURG MARU from Singapore for Rangoon and Calcutta. hi V. JITRA from Bemam River. Sails for Pagoeravan to-day. S.S. CARIGNANO from Italy. Sails
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    A MALAYAN DIARY
    312 13 APRIL, 1933 APRIL 6 Cricket: P. C. C. v Combined Schools, Esplanade. APRIL 7 Penang Teachers’ Co-Operative Thrift and Loan Society ,Ltd., adjourned halfyearly meeting, Anglo-Chinese School, Maxwell Road, 5.15 p.m. APRIL 8 Cricket: P. C. C. “A” v Hutchings School, School ground. Penang Teachers’ Association, annual
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    THE MAILS
    1159 13 AIR MAIL A mail for Europe, Great Britain, Ireland and North America by steamer to Calcutta, thence by rail to Karachi for Conveyance by Imperial Airways will be closed at 10 a.m. on Saturday. OUTWARD MAILS A mail for Teluk Anson, Port Swettenham and Singapore by the s.s.
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    A PLAN TO REABSORB UNEMPLOYED
    833 13 Suggestions of Sir Harold Bowden REDUCED HOURS AND SUBSIDY IN PLACE OF THE “DOLE.” Sir Harold Bodwen, head of the Raleigh Cycle Company, has submitted to the Minister of Labour details of a “supplementary labour” scheme which, he suggests, would make possible the reabsorption into
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      196 13 UNIQUE HAND CARVED PEKING RED LACQUER VASES kAHTERti. 31, BISHOP ST., PENANG. By Courtesy Robinson Piano Co., Ltd. j BOXING MALAYAN BOXING 1 SYNDICATE. PRESENTS The Flight of Fights. Friday, 7th April, 1933. AT The Drury Lane Theatre Hall. MAIN EVENT 10 Rounds—Semi Final BOY NARA vs. K. Y ONG
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    1879 14 K.C. and Warrant for Another Man TAVERN TALKS Fourteen men and a woman appeared in the dock at Bow-street Police-court when the hearing was resumed, before Mr. R. E. Dummett, recently, of the charges of setting fire to premises and property with intent to defraud insurance companies and
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    114 16 One Case Withdrawn Another Postponed Two cases in which two Chinepp \v?r e charged with the distribution of seditions literature were mentioned to-day before Mr. D. Wills, Police Magistrate, by Mr. W. Porter, officer in charge of the Detective Department. Mr. Porter said he was
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    STRUCK WITH MOTOR CAR HANDLE
    141 16 Tamil Sentenced to Two Months’ Imprisonment Medical evidence concluded the case for the prosecution of Jamaludin, a Tamil, charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to one Muthusamy by means of a dangerous weapon, to wit, the starting handle of a motor car. Dr. Tait Khor
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    REMARKABLE EVIDENCE IN SUPREME COURT Ng Boo Bee Estate Case
    1156 16 TRIPS TO CHINA TO COLLECT EVIDENCE Remarkable evidence was given in the Penang Supreme Court this morning in the course of the case in which Mr. Ng Ann Thye, a son of the late Taiping millionaire, Ng 800 Bee, is
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    488 16 A very exciting game in the mixed doubles handicap was played on the Club green last evening, the contestants being Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Wemyss v. Miss Hardwick and McLeod Craik. Handicaps were —2 and -j-4 respectively. The first end saw Miss Hardwick and McLeod
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    56 16 P.C.C. v. Combined Schools On the Esplanade to-morrow at 10.30 a.m. D. R. A. Hoblyn (Capt), J. G. Carr, H. W. Brady, W. M. Oak-Rhind, P. N. Knight, H. E. Muriel, R. G. Gibson, I. Scott Dalgleish, H. W. Sanders, T. S. Anthony and S. V. Adams. Umpire.—C.
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    82 16 Mr. W. G. White, Mr. A. S. Aldis, and Mr. W. S. Robinson, will proceed to Singapore from London by the s.s. Agamemnon, which is new in Penang Harbour. I S.S. SITIAWAN Mr. J. Murray, Mr. E. C. Walker a Mr. G. Yates, arrived in Penang this morning
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