Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 April 1933

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 89. Vol. LXXXXI. FRIDAY, 7th APRIL, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 177 1 Rugby Radio Service. officers Kept In A Junk NOT BOUND OR ILL-TREATED ln House Of Commons London, April 6. The strong feeling over the Newchwang kidnappings was reflected by questions in the House of Commons when Capt. Eden gave an assurance that the local authorities were searching
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  • 228 1 Press com P e tent to intervene.—Central Veteran Leader’s Opinion 3", Canton. March 28. That General Chiang Kai-shek WUI eventually reach a compromise with Japan is the opinion of Mr. Teng Shao-yi, veteran Kuomintang leader, expressed in the official Min Kuo Daily News this morning. Although
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  • 42 1 .—Reuter. German Protest Berlin, April 6. MolPt rrnan Minister at Warsaw, von the p* j 11,13 been instructed to protest to anti-r, Governrnen t against the recent' atw/ n demons tration at Kattowice. Hitler effigy was burnt.—Reuter.
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  • 69 1 Reuter. Beer In U.S.A. New York, April 6. A fourteen years’ drought ends to-night when in nineteen out of 48 States beer, ale and porter will be sold in restaurants, clubs and hotels. Broadway, however, remains temporarily dry. New York brewers decided that there should be
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  • 128 1 .—Central Press. Expenses to be Borne by Government Canton, March 27. The provincial department of education is pushing ahead the scheme for vocational education throughout the province. It is tentatively proposed to establish as a first step vocational schools in Kinchow, or Hei Hsu Island, construction expenses and
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  • 99 1 —Reuter. Rt. Rev. H. W. K. Mowll Sydney, April 6. The Right Rev. Howard West Kilvinton Mowll, M.A., D.D., Bishop of Western China, has been elected Archbishop of Sydney. He was appointed Bishop of Western China in 1926 after he had been assistant Bishop from 1922.
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  • 101 1 .—Central Press. Census to be T aken Canton, March 28. While a rough estimate of the total population of Kwangtung was made public sometime ago, the provincial department iof interior is taking steps to make an official census for this province. A census office has already been
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  • 76 1 Rugby Radio Service. King Approves of Memorial T ablet London, April 6. A message was received by the House of Commons from H.M. the King this afternoon saying he would gladly give directions for carrying into effect the House’s proposal to do honour t$ the
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  • 373 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Passes Third Reading ENGINEERS ON TRIAL NEXT WEEK London, April 6. The House of Commons passed the third reading of the Russian Imports Bill by 291 votes to 41. The Liberals voted for the Bill on a Government assurance that the provisions would be
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  • 220 1 .—Reuter. French Foreign Statement GERMANY MUSSOLINI PLAN Paris, April 6. French nervousness at the German situation underlay the speech of M. Daladier in the Chamber asking in view of certain rewakened nationalism whether Europe should seek peace by rearranging the map. Nevertheless, France intended to pursue
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  • 64 1 .—Reuter. Sir Arnold Wilson Urges Reduction London, April 6. Urging a reduction in the Suez Canal dues in an address to the Central Asia Society in London, Sir Arnold Wilson suggested that the statutes of the Canal Company should be modified so as to provide for directors
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  • 305 1 —Reuter. Formal Invitation London, April 6. The State Department at Washington' to-day delivered to the British Ambassador i an invitation from President Roosevelt to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald to visit Washington. Asked in the House of Commons this 1 afternoon if such a visit would have
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  • 69 1 received during this week-end. —Rugby Radio Service. British Concern London, April 6. Replying to further questions regarding the situation of Jews in Germany and particularly those in Upper Silesia, the Foreign Under-Secretary, Capt. Eden, said he preferred to wait until the report asked for from
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  • 65 1 —Reuter. Non-arrival at Bangkok Rangoon, April 6. Anxiety is felt for Maryse Hilz, the French airwoman who is on a flight to Japan. She was due at Bangkok yesterday evening but no news has been received about her since she passed Akyab last morning. Inquiries were
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  • 108 1 —Reuter. Committee On Indian Reforms LORDS AGREE TO APPOINTMENT London, April 6. The Louse of Lords, after a three davs’ debate, unanimously passed a motion already adopted by the House of Commons for the appointment of a select committee on Indian Reforms. Lord Irwin, winding up
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  • 120 1 .—Reuter. Retaliation for Another Murder Berlin, April 6. Following the murder of a German journ-alist-doctor, Georg Bell, in a Nazi Hotel I at Durchholzen, Tyrol, apparently by Bava- rian Nazis, as a revenge for alleged treason, a similar outrage occurred at Vaduz, Liechtenstein, where a Jewish couple,
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  • 88 1 GERMANY TO GO OFF GOLD STANDARD Reuter Reichsbank Covering Reduced Berlin, April, 6. The possibility of Germany the gold standard and demanding a redu tion of interest in her external loans 1S envisaged by the newspapers in consequence a decision by the Reichsbank o repay in gold credit £14,000,0C9 granted
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  • 56 1 —Reuter. Bill Passed by American Senate Washington, April 6. The Senate has passed a bdl th e hour working week and protab. mg Si r n Tof ‘pXuTwh’eh labo"ur was employed for n ore ®XcUve’for week The measure w>ll l e two years but this does not
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  • 30 1 Reuter. In East Texas Austin (Texas'. April 6. The Railroad Commiss’on has ordered 10,000 oil wells in East Texas to close down within five days.
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  • 222 3 For Permanent Wave WOMAN TO PAY DAMAGES London, March 15. Judge Drucquer gave his decision in the Northampton County Court, in the action for breach of contract brought by Mrs. Agnes Digby, a hairdresser, of Northampton, against Clifford Calver, whose wife was stated to have failed
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  • 298 3 Re-union With Aged Mother Lady (Edmee) Owen, the rich widow of Sir Theodore Owen, a rubber merchant, arrived at her aged mother’s home in Paris on March 14 a free woman after serving two years and seven months of the five years to which
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  • 184 3 Unveiling of New German Cruiser Wilhelmshaven, Oldeaburg, March 19. “We thank the Australian people for their magnanimous deed in relinquishing this war trophy and we promise to do oui duty towards the people and the Fatherland in the same spirit as that of the old Emden,” said
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  • 281 3 When Cortege was at Door of House WEALTHY SPINSTER Within a few minutes of the time for the departure of the cortege, the funeral on March 16, of Miss Alice Marion Wright, aged 73, was stopped by order of Dr. Edwin Smith, the West London Coroner.
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  • 229 3 Bound and Gagged By Armed Raiders Miss Isabella Crocker, an elderly woman, who lives alone at the Old School House, Batcombe, on a lonely part of the downs near Dorchester, was attacked by masked men at her home on March 15, and sat bound
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  • 102 3 Canberra, March 21. Mr. Lyons, the Prime Minister, accompanied by Senator Sir George Pearce and Senator Brennan, left to-night for Western Australia’ to take part in the campaign against the secession movement in that State. Though a referendum vote in favour of cannot bo legally effective,
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    • 89 3 THE TIRELESS SALESMAN’—An advertisement in the “Pinang Gazette” is a tireless salesman From one week’s en I to another it talks business without boring potential customers, ft tells your story (unknown to you perhaps) to a wide circle of interested r-aders .an i its influence is all the more satisfactory
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    • 734 3 $lO9 "XT $lOO FOOTBALL FORECASTS. $lOO WAITING FOR YOU I Just a few strokes of the pen. Quite a simple task. worry, no waste of time. Yet it may bring you $lOO. You are not required to forecast scores —only results. If you succeed in forecasting the highest number of
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  • 375 4 Demand Came As A Bombshell MR. ARTHUR PRINCE A ventriloquist’s failure to provide for income-tax was described in the London Bankruptcy Court. xiie public examination was held of Aruiur Joseph Prince, the ventriloquist, of Abercornmansions, St. John’s Wood. His statement of affairs show liabilities of t
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  • 126 4 How He Smashed His Eating Championship A baker of Chatchak named Ivan Novakovitch has for the second year running won the local eating championship. He has broken his own record by consuming at one meal: 71b. of cabbage, 51b. of gruel, 1 gallon of plum brandy, Half
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  • 89 4 Sentencing Harold Courtney to death for the murder of Minnie Reid, a twenty-three-year-old domestic servant, the Lord Chief Justice at Armagh Assizes on March 18, declared the crime was “a cold-blooded calculated plotted murder.” “I think you first of all betrayed this girl.” he said, “and
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  • 661 4 Dr W. S. Leicester, Medical Officer attached to the District Hospital at Kuantan, is on a visit to Singapore. The Hon’ble Raja Sir Chulan, Raja di Hilir of Perak, K.8.E., C.M.G., is ill and confined to his house at Kuala Kangsar. Captain H. M. S. Haughton, senior
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  • 68 4 Canberra, March 21. In the House of Representatives to-day the Prime Minister announced that Great Britain had agreed to the postponement of the payment of War debt interest amounting to £1,960,000, or £2,450,00 including exchange, due by Australia on March 31. It was expected, when the Budget
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    • 274 4 Horlick’s builds up vigorous young bodies CHILDREN In f.icir 1 early years should 4k be given a nourishing y.'-vX /y ]RH diet—one that provides jjg plenty of energy-giving > x, jS&tt M food. That’s why doctors \x S!| recommend Horlick’s Jm Malted Milk. It supplies those essential food A® <
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    • 135 4 REMOVAL SALE Rather than move our stocks back to our original premises, we offer special inducements to the Residents of Penang to acquire any of our present stocks at BARGAIN PRICES ACCORDEONS $3.00 each. VIOLINS $7.00 GRAMOPHONE RECORDS .50 MUSIC CASES $2.00 FLUTES $1.50 BANJO MANDOLINES $5.00 GRAMOPHONES $15.00 PIANO
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    • 140 4 The Greatest Theatrical Event Of The Season I FOR 3 DAYS ONLY—Daify at 6.15 9.30 p.m. April 10th, 11th and 12th. f f A MUSICAL COMEDY STAGE SHOW 1 [The Hollywood Hi-lights INTERNATIONAL REVUE J i 9— Versatile American Artistes—9 < 1 6— Hollywood Beauties —6 I DANCES SONGS MUSIC
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  • 374 5 Yesterday's Match KOK HUAT KNOCKS UP 40 RUNS A Cricket match played yesterday, on the Date Kramat ground, between the Sproting Diamonds and the Indian Association resulted in a win for the former by 72 runs in the first innings. The following are the scores: SPORTING
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  • 146 5 Ruling by New York Supreme Court The engagement ring is a “symbol hal’lowed by social usage, and when an engagent fails the symbol of its existence should be returned to him who gave it.” 8o ruled New York’s Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, reversing the opinion
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  • 81 5 one will ever know how much WilAner| iJl;iSlle f Westbur y> Stembridge-rd., JanuaX’ E Wh died aged ei S ht y« on p 15 meant leave to his “most o able housekeeper, Martha Bryant.” for V IS WUI he left her £1 000 the space M thousand
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  • 268 5 To-morrow's League Fixtures MANCHESTER CITY VISIT VILLA PARK The following are the matches to be played to-morrow in the English and the Scottish Leagues: DIVISION I .Aston Villa v Manchester C. Bolton W. v Everfion Chelsea v Leeds United Huddersfield T. v Sheffield W. Leicester C.
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  • 35 5 feated Luton Town by 3 goals to 2. —Reuter. London, April 6. In the Third Division, Southern Section, of the English League, Newport County defeated Luton Town by 3 goals to 2. —Reu-
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  • 94 5 Owners’ Action Against 72 Companies A suit has been started in the Paris courts by the company owners of the illfated liner, I'Atlantique, to recover 170 million francs (£1,360,000 at par) from 72 underwriting companies. The owners base their claim on the report of the Committee of
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  • 92 5 Miss Myfanwy Roberts and Mr. J. A. Davies, a Llangollen (North Wales) couple, have been appointed caretakers of Plas Newydd on condition that they marry before April 1. Plas Newydd is the historic home where the famous Ladies of Llangollen lived, and was recently bought
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  • 242 5 replaced Meiklejohn and James.—Reuter Wireless. International Soccer McGRORY'S GREAT LEFT FOOT SHOT Hampden Park, April 1. A record crowd of 130,000 saw Scotland beat England at soccer by two goals to one. England threw away chances in the first half, missing many glaring openings. Hulme was
    replaced Meiklejohn and James.—Reuter Wireless.  -  242 words
  • 343 5 When Motorists Run A Hare At Charity Shows MUSHROOM COURSES The conditions under which local authorities may grant dog racecourse licences were further considered when the Dog Racing (Local Option) Bill again came before a Standing Committee at the House of Commons. Suggested conditions are laid down
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  • 58 5 fo-day’s Programme Wavelengths: 31.5 metres, 25.28 metres Call Signs: G.S.B. G.S.E. P.M. 8 50 Big Ben The News 9.05 Talk: “The Week Abroad” Mr. Vernon Bartlett 925 Haydn Heard and his Band 10.20 The Spirit Of England (Gramophone Records) 11.20 The Northern Studio Orchestra Directed by John Bridge Arthur
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    • 19 5 A small advertisement in the “Pinang Gazette’ is busier than the bee. It works all day and ever) day.
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    • 556 5 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO LET Large Furnished or unfurnished rooms in modem European House with separate bathrooms, own verandahs, including Electric light and water, Garage. Apply No. 4, Penang Road, near E. O. Hotel. FOR SALE. CENTROSEMA PUBESCENS fresh seed $lO/- per picul. F. O. R. Port Swettenham. Apply Carey Island.
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    • 197 5 ASTOUNDING VALUE IN SUPER QUALITY TOWELS AT BARGAIN PRICES ■—ar ELS The T wels have no equal for i Quality and Lowness of Price! White Turkish Towels Durable and Reliable Quality with Close Soft Absorbent Pile Hemmed Borders. ——Ask for the 'Empire* Towel. No. 1 SIZE 25 ins. x4B ins
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  • 1366 6 Insanity Plea for Aston Man Fails A RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY The trial of Albert Davies (63), an insurance agent, for the murder of Minnie Pauline Teague at Aston, on December 6, before Mr. Justice Horridge, at Birmingham Assizes, on March 17, ended in a verdict
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  • 328 6 The Perfect Hostess of Regent’s Park HER ONE WORRY London, March 18. What is the difference between a cat bear and a bear cat The answer is—all the difference in the world. The nearest point of resemblance is that neither is like either a cat or a
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    • 245 6 THE IDEAL FOOD FOR THE TROPICS The Nourishment A Child Receives From Breast Milk And HUMANISED TRUFOOD Is Virtually Identical. EACH TIN STAMPED WITH DATE YOUR SAFEGUARD. HUMANISED WKB Nearest to^Mhers' s Milk OBTAINABLE FROM ALL CHEMISTS AND HIGH CLASS STORES. o SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA THE DISPENSARY (1929) LTD.
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  • 2119 7 OF MORE THAN ORDINARY IMPORTANCE LONG AND DIFFICULT TASK The Budget which the Chancellor of the Exchequer will open in the House of Commons shortly will be of more than ordinary importance. The length and severity of the World-wide depression have made the task of restoring the
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  • 209 7 Helpless to Defend Himself When Gripped by Throat MAN APOLOGISES Mr. Herbert Metcalfe, the Old-street magistrate, described from the witness-box at Bow-street how he was seized by the throat and how there was a fierce struggle with a man during the hearing of a case
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  • 174 7 They Will Ruin Your Eyesight London, March 19. A drive against eyesight quacks is to be made by Mr. Jack Hayes, the ex-M.P., who was Vice-Chamberlain of the Royal Household. He has just taken charge of the investigation department of the Joint Council of Qualified Opticians, and
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  • 211 7 28Ft. Craft For Himself And A Companion a trip round the world in a 28ft. sailing boat is planned by a Metropolitan policeman. He is Arthur Bull, aged 25, of Edmonton, N., and he has sent in his resignation so that he and a
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    • 371 7 I Enter So lignum- J Beit the White Ant I fl •T’HE ravages of the i A White Ant are so LSj| familiar to Builders and A ydTSr j Householders that they t L» r ~^r 1 a appreciate a preserva- f I! /A/' ve w hich keeps timber 1
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  • 455 8 Sir John Simon, moving the second reading of the Russian Goods Bill, said that the notice to terminate the Anglo-Soviet trade agreement expires on 17th inst.; that the Government desired to negotiate a new trading agreement and were proceeding with that object in view when the very disturbing
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  • 254 8 If there are still left any readers of detective stories yvho furtively indulge in the practice as if suspecting themselves of a secret vice they can now afford to come out into the open and Haunt their weakness. The other day no less a personage than the
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  • 1158 8 I think, my dear Ambrose, that in my last letter I told you I had made the acquaintance of old Wightman. He invited me to call, and I spent an evening with him a few weeks ago. He lives alone, and as he belongs to a
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  • 731 8 “ULSTER” A protest has 'been made by Mr. d ty, the High Commissioner of the r Free State in London, against the of the Government of Northern Irela^r 0 using the designation “Ulster 31 Cent. Stock, 1943,” for the loan subscriptions were invited last month m Dulanty’s
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    • 314 8 Are you still using your throat as a filter When tobacco is burn», harsh irritants are inevitably produced. If the cigarettes you smoke are not your^throat must'be the filter. With the impurities filtered out. you. p oteq your s throat from irritation, and enioy to the -full the fine fragrance
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    • 70 8 E. O. THE BEST SITUATED SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE EAST. ALL ROOMS FACE THE SEA each with sitting room and private bathroom attached. Modern Sanitation Throughout EXCELLENT CUISINE under expert European Chef. -ss-slSig? B npgN eo «Mill B? KEEP IN STEP WITH HEALTH o Idea! for Growing Children and Adults.
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  • 1408 9 Empire’s Greed Display DENMARK AND SWEDEN INTERESTED IN RUBBER TILING (From a Special Correspondent). London, Mar. 15. What is almost equivalent to a grand ~,i r of the Empire is being enjoyed in re- rd time and comfort by thousands of peo- of
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  • 49 9 Rugby Radio Service. Rumanian Visitor in London ’WLondon, April 6. M. Titulesco, the Rumanian Foreign inister, visited the House of Commons this afternoon and had an interview with Prime Minister and Sir John Simon the subject of the proposal of the Four o'Aer Plan.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 35 9 .—Rugby Radio Service. Departure for Windsor Castle London, April 6. Their Majesties the King and Queen left Buckingham Palace this afternoon by road for Windsor Castle where they will spend Easter.-
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  • 298 9 Farther Details BATHED INSTEAD OF FED Hunter’s Narrov/ Escape With reference to the message from our Ipoh correspondent regarding a Malay who was killed by an elephant we have further details to the effect that the elephants belonged to Che Abu Hassan, of the Land Office,
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  • 88 9 Reuter. Rationalisation Foreshadowed London, April 6. Far reaching rationalisation of the British iron and steel industry is foreshadowed by the recommendation of the National Advisory Committee, representing the whole of the industry, which advocates a number of regional associations each dealing with a group of
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  • 1066 9 Ceylon’s Tribute To Mr. Arter ABRIDGED EDITION OF YEAR BOOK A meeting of the Council of the Planters’ Association of Malaya was held in Kuala Lumpur on March 25. Mr. R. S. Chantier (Chairman) presided, and there were also present Mr. J. C. Innes (Vice-Chairman), Mr. C.
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  • 612 9 Case Before Ipoh Assize Court ALLEGATIONS AGAINST Mr. C. W. YOUNGER Before the Hon’ble Mr. Justice Hereford at the Perak Assize Court on Wednesday, the trial was commenced of Mr. C. W. Younger, until recently employed as accountant at Penawat (Malaya) Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., Tanjong
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  • 86 9 c WEDNESDAY TO-DAY IIN-Spot £152-12-6 £153-12-6 London TIN —(8 Months) £154-10-0 I Singapore Business Done $*****/2 $79.87% Penang Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers Business Done $3.60 COPRA—(Sundried) 16 00 BLACK PEPPER RUBBER 2^d 2 Ad. London New York Singapore TAPIOCA 65 $3. G5 Fair Seed $3.85 Medium
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  • 840 9 Inherited $700,000: J Borrowed $1,109,472 NEARLY $500,000 PAID 1 IN INTEREST The public examination of Lim Chin Guan, in bankruptcy, was continued before Mr. Justice J. C. Ccbbett in the Supreme Court this morning. Assistant Official Assignee (Mr. Moor); to His Lordship: The bankrupt
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    • 24 9 IRunnvnneoe ‘‘The Brighter Hotel.” To-Morrow MUSIC IN THE LOUNGE From 12 Noon. dinner dance Sunday Orchestral Concert 9 P.M. RUNNYMEDE hotel, ltd. ’Phone 548.
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  • 204 10 Channel Crash in A Haze TORN BULWARKS A collision occurred in the Channel between an unknown steamer and an East Goodwin lightship. What happened to the steamer is not yet known, but the damage to the lightship is all above water line, though it is believed
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  • 254 10 Father Woodlock’s Sermon London, March 13th. Father Woodlock, preaching at Farm Street Church, London, commented strongly on a forthcoming ball to be held in London under Royal patronage on behalf of the international birth control movement. He said that Mr. Justice McCardie was the president of the
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  • 182 10 A Russian With a Gallic Wit March 16. The world’s greatest raconteur has died in Paris. He was J. W. Bienstock, writer and journalist, a Russian by birth, but a citizen of Paris for the past 40 years. His fund of stories was inexhaustible, and, far from
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  • 1245 10  -  RECEPTION AND SOCIETY NOTES—JEWELLERY BARRED BY ULTRA SHORTS—JAPANESE SETS—RADIO BAN—A. C. VALVES—WATCH THE INPUT (BY P. W. S.) With the coming of the rainy season, reception conditions seem to have upset considerably. The ether was full of atmospherics for the past few days this was most pronounced on the
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    • 1111 10 PRINCIPAL SHORT-WAVE BROADCASTING STATIONS (By TFTF PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY.) In Order Of Wavelength Difference in time to Malaya. GENERAL INFORMATION. 42 tc o T, C'TATIOM S. rt u. 5„• 5o s *2 5 3 -v g Interval Mgnals, days of triE w lUilon<i cd Cl r*- H 1 7 7
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  • 129 11 A. Bible and a Prayer Book taken to Australia by the Rev. Richard Johnson 145 years ago, have just been used at an anniversary service at St. Philip’s Church, Sydne Y, says Reuter. Mr. Johnson was the hrst chaplain of the settlement founded in Sydney Cove by
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  • 139 11 March 15. The amazing tameness of the lions in the Kruger National Park is described by the warden, Colonel Stevenson Hamilton, in the official report published in Johannesburg and quoted by Reuter. He declares that the lions have become so accustomed to the cars of the
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  • 265 11 March 17. A curious mental disease konwn to medical men as paraphrenia, which very seldom occurs in the case of women but more commonly with men and then only when they are about thirty years of age, was described at the assizes at Leeds, on
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  • 118 11 Melbourne, March 14. Mrs. Harry Bonney, a cousin of Mr. Bert Hinkler (who has been missing since he set off to fly from England to Australia on January 7), has decided to attempt a record flight from Australia to England. She aims at beating
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  • 122 11 New York Preacher and Respect for Britain The Rev. Dr. E. C. Chorley, rector of Garrison Church, New York, preaching at St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, on March 19 said: “In America to-day we are stricken with a fear, and I am not trying to pass any empty compliment
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    • 1095 11 SHORT-WAVE RECEPTION TIMES PREPARED BY THE PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY Midnight 1 a. m. 2 a. m. 3 am. 4 a°m. 5 6 5 p.°m. 6 p.°m. 7 p. m. 8 p. m. 9 p m. 10 p. m. 11 p. m. 1 am. 2 a°m. 3 a°m. 4a. m. sa.
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  • LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 349 12 Profit 5332,765 HUA KHiOW S.S. CO. PURCHASED The report of the directors of the Straits Steamship Company, Limited, with accounts for the year ended December 31, 1932, for presentation to the shareholders at the forty-eighth general meeting of the company to be held on April 8,
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    • 219 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Rubber Sales Department Penang, April 5. We have experienced a very dull and uninteresting market during the past week and local closing quotations are again about unchanged on balance. London, however, is down l/32d. to 2.1/32d. and New York down 1/32 gold cent to 2.29/32 gold cents.
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    • 116 12 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,116 th, auction on Wednesday. Catalogued 1,408,714 lbs. 628.89 tons Offered 1,336,905 lbs. 596.83 tons Sold 1,065,891 lbs. 475.84 tons PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb. Standard Quality No Sales Good Average Quality 5% to 6
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    • 389 12 i I Feb., Feb., Total i Total Company. 1933. 193-2- current I last ll<r I year. year. 1 1 1 Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 1 1 1 1 1 I Anglo-Malay I 47,868] 39,500] 88,816(2) 90,000 Ayer Kuning 82,500! 89,000) ’77,500(2) I 190,000 Badek 1103,*****04,2231 203,544(2) 222,023
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    • 126 12 Latest Quotations Thursday Wednesday Paris 86 31|32 87 New York 3.41% 3.42% Montreal 4.14 4.13% Brussels 24.50% 24.49% Geneva 17.70 17.72 Amsterdam 8.48 8.46 Milan 66% 66% Berlin 14.43% 14 15|32 Stockholm 18 29,32 18.90 Copenhagen 18.90 22 7|16 Oslo 19% 19% Vienna 32% 32% Prague
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    • 341 12 Messrs. William Jacks Co. reported on March 15 as follows Durihg the week that has passed considerable purchases have been made as an insurance against War Risk, but fortunately as we write, the atmosphere has changed for the better, and because of that considerable re-selling has taken
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    • 76 12 The following are the tin outputs for the month of March, 1933 Pungah Tin Dredging, Ltd. (No. 1): Hours, 598; c. yards, 183,000; piculs, 1,433; nett value, $67,258.00. The Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. (No. 1 Dredge):—Piculs, 194.12; hours, 608; c. yards, 90,000. The North Taiping Tin Dredging
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    • 99 12 The following are the rubber outputs for the month of March, 1933 Lbs. Bakap Estate 18,822 Titi Karangan Estate 15,729 Patani Para Estate 70,759 South Malay Rubber Plantations (1932), Ltd. 10,600 Batu Matang Estate 19,000 Arras Estate 17,000 Baling Estate 37,000 Kuala Dingin Estate 24,600 Subur Estate 13,925
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    • 55 12 PENANG, APRIL 7 (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 m|ts 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. 135
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    • 504 12 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 Sellers mining Ayer Weng 80 90 80 90 Bangrin 10(6 ll|o 10(6 H|o Batu Caves 35 40 32% 37% Killinghall 7|3 7|9 7
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 37 12 If you wish to extend your trade and find new customers, try a small advertisement in the “Pinang Gazette.” It circulates throughout the whole of North Malaya. Siam an Sumatra. As a selling medium it stands unrivalled.
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    • 207 12 V' I W- /ifiPRSw-'' A 8 -J 5 W ■‘-•'..v?' v A; A/ v-'/;■ ———i— Rid yourself of STOMACH TROUBLE and enjoy a Healthy Appetite If by taking Sanatogen I ACK of appetite is mostly °A noteworthy effect of due to stomach) trouble, Sanatogen is a better which in turn
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  • 588 13 Schedule of Principal Lines The following is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during the week: IN PORT TO-DAY sS HAMBURG MARU from Singapore for Rangoon and Calcutta. SS CARIGNANO from Italy. Sails for Singapore, China and Japan. bUYSKES from Langsa, Lho Seumawe,
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  • 298 13 APRIL, 1933 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 dinner and Dance, Springtide Hotel, Tanjong Bungah, 8 p.m. APRIL
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  • 887 13 OUTWARD DUTCH AIR MAIL The Agents notify that the Outward Dutch Aeroplane from Amsterdam will arrive at Alor Star at 11.30 to-day. AIR MAILS A mail for Europe, Great Britain, Ireland and North America by steamer to Calcutta, thence by rail to Karachi for Conveyance by Imperial Airways
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  • 680 13 If I Had A Million PARAMOUNT'S BEST PRODUCTION AT MAJESTIC What would you do if an eccentric stranger suddenly handed you a million dollars Ah’ there are many things you would do, won’t you? But go and see Paramount’s “If I Had A Million
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 273 13 JEF k <7that needs no artificial aids r 'HE kind of beauty that is founded on rational living and eating endures through a lifetime. Include Quaker Oats in your daily diet. It will send rich/ red blood pulsing through your veins bringing a lasting colour to your cheeks and the
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  • 226 14 Favourable Portuguese Vote Expected FIRST POLL SINCE 1926 Lisbon, March 19. Portugal went to the polls to-day for the first time since 1926, when General Carmona marched into Lisbon at the head of the army, expelled the President, and set up a military dictatorship. The
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  • 242 14 Mr. Temple Thurston Lord Rowallan Lady Furness’s Father Mr. Walter Griggs The deaths of several well-known people occurred on March 19. They were: Mr. E. Temple Thurston, the novelist and playwright, author of the famous drama ‘‘The Wandering Jew.” Lord Rowallan, who built much of
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  • 121 14 THE FRENCH “LIGHT BRIGADE Death of General Who Took Part in Famous Charge A general who took part in the famous charge of Reichshoffen, a French episode corresponding to the charge of the Light Brigade, has just died at the age of 82. General Durand de Villers was only 20,
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  • 240 14 Lakeland Climber’s Fall of 40 Feet March 15. A science master at Windermere Grammar School, Mr. L. W. Brown, had a narrow escape from death while climbing in Lakeland, and he owes his life to a 14-year-old boy at the school, Morris Dixon, of Storrs Park,
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  • 172 14 Researches in the Northern Transvaal Mr. D. S. van der Merwe, Assistant Registrar of mining titles on the Rand, and until recently Mining Commissioner of Pietersburg, has given the Johannesburg Sunday Times the first information of the results of his researches in the Northern Transvaal, which are regarded
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  • 78 14 Death of England’s Heaviest Man Stated to be the heaviest man in England, Mr. George Lovatt has died at Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. The last time he was weighed, several years ago, he was 38 stone. He broke one of his legs about eight years ago, and since
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  • 61 14 Pandit B. V. Shankaranarayana Sastry, of Bangalore, an expert in the Hindu Philosophic system of Yoga, has just performed this feat:— He was enclosed in an air-tight box. The box was lowered into a pit dug in the ground. The pit was filled up with earth. Forty minutes
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  • 38 14 Wellington, N.Z., March 7. —Mr. Wynand Gerandus Boers, who is recognised as the world’s oldest Freemason (he was initiated at Antwerp in 1855), to-day celebrates his ninety-eighth birthday, at Havelock, in the Province of Marlborough.
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  • 218 14 Chemist’s Sale of Secret Process Fines amounting to a total of £5lO were imposed at Bow Street on March 17th on charges under the Corrupt Practices Act, 1906, against three men—John E. Ferguson and Sidney Welsh (38), directors of Ferguson and Sons, Ltd., Merton Abbey, and Alfred James Buck
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  • 167 14 Sir Malcolm Campbell May Try the Prairies Winnipeg, March 16th. It is reported here that Sir Malcolm Campbell, who recently broke the world’s land speed record with a speed of 272.108 m.p.h., may try to reach the coveted 300 miles per hour average for the measured
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    • 2216 15 Id A —5a~.~g~TT~N. P ©.--BRITISH INDIA 9. WH—IWWIWi (Companies Incorporated in England) ~„v <<> oa. IKAVEL OWWIU DI WULLAK MAIL PASSENGER and CARGO SERVICES VMMe L LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. Penang London LINE e >r vPHEMUS Amsterdam, London and Hamburg. Apl. 13 May 12 and GHIOV "I Y’ Pen insular
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  • 265 16 Likely Entries FULL LISTS CF PENANG GRIFFINS The following are probable entries for the Penang Turf Club Extra Meeting to be held on April 29 and May 3 and 6 at Penang: TRAINER ORCHARD Short Suit, Mannon, Miss Togo, Furrow, Bridal Veil, Tambour Battant, Vibrate,
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  • 188 16 BOXING NOTES At Drury Lane Hall To-night Mr. Khoo Chin Beng, the manager of the Malayan Boxing Syndicate, has arranged for an all smashing programme for tonight at the Drury Lane Theatre. In the main event we have Boy Nara, of the the
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  • 110 16 (To The Editor, “The Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —I beg to request you to kindly publish this letter. It has been announced in the Press, that Kay Yong of Ipoh, will meet Boy Nara, of Penang, at the Drury Lane hall on Friday, the 7th, instant, but
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  • 113 16 A beautiful chorus of six Hollywood Beauties, a Lady’s Jazz Band, a comedian who has played with Charlie Chaplin and numerous other attractions, comprise the personnel of the Hollywood Hi-Lights,” who open their Penang season at the King’s Theatre, on Monday, the 10th inst. Shows of this nature
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  • 459 16 Muriel Saves "he Club ANDRES TAKES 7 FOR 54 Only a magnificent innings by Muriel saved the Penang Cricket Club from a heavy defeat at the hands of the Combined Schools XI yesterday. As it was the P.C.C. won by 2 wickets. Batting first the Schools lost
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  • 119 16 The following passengers arrived in Penang this morning by the s.s. “Kedah” from Singapore:—Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Best, Mr. G. Henon, Professor W. E. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Misselbrook, Mr. Snowie, Mr. F. F. Elsner. DUYMAER VAN TWIST Mr. Gulabrai Viromal arrived in Penang this
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  • 39 16 .—Reuter. British Demands Inacceptable Buenos Aires, April 6. The opinion is expressed in official circles that the Anglo-Argentine Trade Agreement will not be able to be concluded at present as the British demands are in- acceptable.-
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  • 331 16 Third Case in One Week r r Three Chinese youths named Ong Seng Kee, Tang Ah Pau and Lye Choo respec* r tively were charged before the Police Ma* gistrate this morning with the theft at 11—12.30 a.m., yesterday from a field oS Perak Road,
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 82 16 BOXING o SNOWY FAULKNER'S Professional Amateur Contests I SUNDAY, 9 AT 9.30 P.M. FUN FROLIC 10 Rounds. BATTLING CHAN vs. MARI MUTTU (IPOH) (KUALA LUMPUR) Bantam Champion North Malaya. 8 Rounds. BOY QUEE vs. JOE GAINS (SINGAPORE) (KUALA LUMPUR) 6 Rounds. T. C. WHATT vs. TARRA SINGH (PENANG) (IPOH) BY
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    • 54 16 I fed A w New Stockings EVER OFFERED GUARANTEED “Ladder-proof’ IN ALL LEADING SHADES. Knitted Of Finest Unweighted Pure Silk Thread. Elegant in Appearance, Perfectly Fashioned, Soft in Texture and Delightful to Wear. Unsurpassed for Durability. $3.25 a JUST UNPACKED Evening Chiffon Stoekings ST»BS a With Cloxs 53.28 25 PARMANAND
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 187 16 i THE HOUSE FOR THE BEST BRITISH PICTURES. <w~a 111 I 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 j SEASON EXTENDED TILL TO-MORROW J i The Big Holiday Crowds Acclaimed It X I THE MOST MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE OF ARABIA T’ET SEEN I "BAR O U D 1 WITH A BIG CAST OF INTERNATIONAL ARTISTES
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