Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 June 1933

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 131. Vol. LXXXXI. THURSDAY, 8th JUNE 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 602 1 s Four Power Pact Signed SIGNOR MUSSOLINI'S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT Initialling Of Pact A Simple Ceremony Rome, June 7. Germany has accepted the Four Power pact which will be initialled at 9.30 tonight. The Four Power Pact has been initialled. The initialling of the Four Power
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  • 69 1 For Personal Safety Karlsruhe, June 4. The former Reich Finance Minister, Herr Heinrich Koehler, was taken under preVintative arrest to-day because the Government could not guarantee his personal safety from assault by Nazi supporters. According to an official report, the arrest Was made after a stormy
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  • 92 1 50,000 MORE RECOVERED FROM SEA Salvaged from P. O. Egypt London, June 3. ‘he Italian salvage steamer Artiglio hiada her first appearance at Plymouth year to-day with gold recovered from wreck of the P. O. liner Egypt sunk Ushant eleven years ago after a colliSion in a fog. Last year
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  • 133 1 Encyclical Issued Rome, June 3. The Pope has issued an encyclical sternly denouncing the Spanish law for separation of the Church and State and also the Religious Orders Bill just signed by President Zamora providing for the confiscation of the property of religious orders in Spain
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  • 45 1 Moscow, June 4. A new agreement for the procedure to be adopted for the investigation of frontier incidents between Poland and the Soviet was signed to-day. It replaces the agreement on the same subject signed in 1925. —Reuter Wireless.
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  • 235 1 Terzigno In Danger INHABITANTS LEAVING VILLAGE IN PANIC Naples, June 4. The climax of the recent abnormal activity of the largest cone of Vesuvius was reached to-day when the face cracked and a fiery red stream of lava four feet wide was emitted at the rate of
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  • 20 1 London, June 4. The Moll iso ns' departure has been deferred pending favourable weather conditions. —Reuter Wireless.
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  • 118 1 Conference Adjourned HOPES OF TO-DAY'S TALKS IN PARIS 1 w Geneva. June 8. Difficulties on practically every important issue including security, definition of aggressors, naval and aerial disarmament have again plunged the Disarmament Conference into the doldrums with the result that the Bureau of the Executive Committee
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  • 36 1 Roosevelt Not Seeking Authority Washington. June 8. President Roosevelt has informed the leaders of Congress that in order to secure -the adjournment of Congress this week he won’t seek authority to negotiate tariff pacts.—Reuter.
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  • 32 1 New York, June 8. German Bonds dropped from one to five points ow’ing to a Berlin report that Germany will declare a moratorium on foreign payments on June 8.—Reuter.
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  • 155 1 Bodyline THREAT TO RETIRE Had You Been Playing For Australia —JARDINE’S FOREWORD London, June 5. Harold Larwood, England’s fast bowler, writing in his book Bodyline,” published to-day, says that he will retire from first class cricket when his contracts expire if fast leg-theory bowling should be stopped
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  • 1065 1 More Genuine Cheerfulness f* END OF OLD JOHNSTON'S PIER (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 4. Glorious weather has marked the Whitsuntide recess, and with the prospect of resuming business to-morrow morning witir the commercial outlook distinctly more favourable than it has been for many months, there
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    • 807 2 RATES FOR CASUAL notification ADVERTISEMENTS Tenders will be received at the Resident Councillor’s Office, Penang, up to noon of the 28th day of July 1933 for the following works: Ail communications relating to Construction of a Dam and Reservoir at advertisements should be addressed Cherok To Kun near Bukit Mertajam,
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    • 742 2 BANKS N HU A DSCHE CharteredBor/ HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHlV V (Incorporated tn England Ro V<U Charter im, (NETHERLANDS TRADING Paid-up Capital SOCIETY.) I Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors S’ooqS Established in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE: 38, Blshopagate, London. E.Q Agencies <£ Branches; Alor Star Hongkong
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  • CULLED FROM THE CEYLON EXCHANGES
    • 498 3 Disappointed Lover’s Rage NINE YEARS’ JAIL FOR HOMICIDE Kandy, May 16. A disappointed lover, who made an eleventh hour effort to win over the object of his affections by using criminal force on her on the eve of her marriage with another, stood his trial at the
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    • 128 3 Highway Assault A sentence of six months’ rigorous imand ten lashes (if approved by bv M ***** (^°vernor > waa passed yesterday lie r Tenls °n. the Colombo PoMagistrate, on a young man named K. Anthony of Mutwal whom he hurf 1Cte i a
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    • 352 3 Sinister Reputation of Hinidum Pattu WOMAN IN LATEST MYSTERY Galle, May 20. The mysterious disappearance from her home of the wife of a well-to-do man of Opatha in Hinidum Pattu, which is an unpoliced area, is being investigated by a sub-inspector of Police, who has
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    • 136 3 Case for Refrigerators in Municipal Market A scheme for the establishment of refrigerators in the important Municipal markets in the City is under consideration. At present a few stalls have been licensed for the sale of frozen meat through electric refrigerators. Many more applications
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    • 42 3 Alleged Possessors in Custody On information received the Crime Police traced the possession of a forged thousandrupee note to two men named David Perera and Hendrick Perera. They were arrested at Grandpass, and were produced at the Courts.
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    • 309 3 Brighter Prospects of Establishment PURELY AS AN EXPERIMENT It is learnt that, as a result of the visit of a representative of Messrs. Tata and Sons, Ltd., to Ceylon two weeks ago, the prospects of the inauguration of an air mail service in September between Colombo
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    • 152 3 Murder of 1wo Sisters The case was concluded yesterday in the Colombo Assize Court before the Hon. Mr. W. E. Barber, Commissioner of Assize and an English-speaking Jury in which Learis Wijesinghe stood chaged with the murder of two sisters Leonara Perera and Elizabeth Perera
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    • 130 3 Police Party in Cars Track Down Alleged Thief Negombo, May 22. Ratnam. a domestic servant employed by Mr. Blacker, manager of Isako’s Circus, was arrested thia morning by the Town Police on a complaint made by Mr. Blacker that last evening he had left
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    • 176 3 Ex-Headman on Murder Charge Kandana, May 17. Mr. P. O. Fernando, Police Magistrate, Gam paha, continued the inquiry yesterday in the case in which sub-inspector H. A. Sahabandu of the Mirigama Police charged H. A. Peter Perera Weerasekera, ex-Head-man of Hanchapola, with the murder by shooting of
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    • 89 3 Prisoners Set Upon Guard Galle, May 20. A jail guard was assaulted by a prisoner when the former tried to prevent a fight between two prisoners. On the matter being reported, Mr. T. W. Roberts, District Judge, accompanied by his Interpreter Mudaliyar, Mr. R. L. Gunasekera,
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  • 1082 4 Mrs. J. P. Mead is going home shortly for four months’ Holiday. Mr. K. Campbell, Engineer, Cameron Highlands, returned to his station yesterday after paying a brief visit to Ipoh. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Lander, who have settled in the Telom Valley, the Cameron Highlands, are
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  • 379 4 Australasian Zone Transmission Retimed The B.B.C. announces that on and after June 11 the Australasian Zone transmissions have been retimed 4.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. G.M.T., in order to take advantage of a period of the day when conditions are thought to be best for propagation This would
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    • 217 4 rr' wjyjn’ ’’’j 5 5? jgt 5>- 7 -?ue-$i-?^&ys^<3i, Taft’s Manila tv p Carnival I I AT FORT CORNWALLIS, PENANG. I COMING COMING COMING IJ THE BEST AMUSEMENT IN TOWN PENANG'S GREAT CARNIVAL WEEK w EDDIE PKsLLIMORE RACING IN THE I DROME OF DEATH I BIG WHEEL CRAZY CARS. BRING
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  • 320 5 Thief's Remarkable Career SHADOWED FOR 3,000 MILES Former Singapore Man A man who had been followed for 3,000 milea by a railway detective, Arthur Hay, e d forty-five, was sentenced at the Old Sdey, London, to three years’ penal servitude for stealing suit cases on trains. He
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  • 123 5 But Revenue Officers were Suspicious TTie tobacco really belongs to a deceas«1 Japanese fisherman, and I was taking it to be buried with the corpse in accord■®nce with our Japanese custom,” pleaded 40 accused person when he was charged before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Criminal
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  • 108 5 Further Mention of Breach Charge bef^ Wa3 made a 8" ain 0X1 Tuesday trict i 11 Porrer the Criminal Disedminu Singa P ore of the charge of the ,r,tarh of trust as an agent of w n,00 agam8t a European, ’*bre>4on4 lngrov Osborne. Accused was The 2
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 410 5 (To The Editor of the “Pinang Gazette”) Sir, On reading the issues of your contemporary of 30th and 31st ultimo we came across a report under the heading of "Local Hindus and Temple Entry” and "Penang Senthamil Valibha Sangham Mass Meeting” to the effect that
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  • 149 5 Tennis Tournament The following are the results of recent ties MEN’S DOUBLES —15.3 Robertson and van Houten beat —5 Wells and Murdoch 2-6 6-3 7-5. MIXED DOUBLES —15.4 Mrs. P. N. Knight and Sedwick beat —15.1 Miss Fitzpatrick and Watson 6- 10-8. —15 Mrs. Bennett and Cook;
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  • 87 5 P. R. C. v. Sepoy Lines The following will play for the Penang Recreation Club “A” against the Sepoy Lines Recreation Club on Saturday on the Esplanade: D. Campbell, R. V. de Cruz, A. S. Willweber, J. W. Webb, H. McClelland, H. Foley, L. Aeria, C. Pestana, S.
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  • 442 5 Malayans Return FULL PASSENGER LIST The P. and O. Rawalpindi with passengers and the English Mails for the Far East arrived at Penang to-day at daylight. Among the passengers who disembarked at Penang were: Mrs. Brodie, wife of Dr. W. H. Brodie, Municipal Health Officer, Penang. Mr.
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  • 78 5 To-day, at the Esplanade, from 8.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. 1. March Lone Pilot—Hooper. 2. Overture —Montrose —Bishop. 3. Selection —Show Boat —Kern. 4. Music from The Merchant of Venice Rosse. 1. Portia, Intermezzo. 2. Doge’s March. 5. Meditation Religieuse—Sanctuary of the Heart —Ketelbey. 6. Selection —Cavalcade—Noel
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  • 99 5 Programme The following is the programme to be rendered by Professor Doraswami at the Town Hall to-morrow night. VIOLIN 1 L’aragonesa Alard 2 (a) Liebesleid Kreisler (b) Zapateado Sarasate (c) Ungarische Tanze Brahms 3 1st Concerto Paganini 4 Marche di Gala Brillante Doraswami Interval (5 minutes)
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    • 30 5 “no net,! ,ASY —Times are hard but J" 1 Sen.j offer ,hat article at a “throwaway Ci,».. a nR smaI advertisement to the and dispose of it at a satisfactory
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    • 113 5 5 TO-DAY’S GREAT OFFER I 500 I 5 T ADIES HATC I 11 D? PRICES Latest Models Charming and Be- coming Shapes in ■J c New Felts Popular X Straws. The Season's K•- o J styles. Must be ■J K h»i. Cleared Regardless > Of Cost. j; Amazing Bargain Prices
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 150 5 WIRELESS B.B.C. Programme For Straits Settlements, and Federated Malay States from the Empire transmitter, Daventry, England. Two of the following frequencies and wavelengths will be used in the transmissions to the Indian zone. Announcements will be made at frequent intervals. Call Sign Frequency Wavelength GSB 9,610 kc|s 31.55 m. or
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  • 2544 6 Counsel's Story Of "Royal State" At Sir Harold Bowden's Home o DRESS BILLS DISPUTE London, May 24. “A Maharajah coming from the East with fabulous wealth could not have done better,” said counsel to-day, in describing < the state and luxury in which Sir Harold
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    • 244 6 BORN 1B10- STILL GOING STRONG M jfe=x v <, ><r, »°y A glWRiwB JO ,S S EMSHMaaeeMMaHMaeMneMMCOMei jonerally uaafu/ Medial no for all Climates ollis Brnwogi Sl|ilg|g \yJ I «sssS' There is *K. 1 I J kx" 1 8« L I NO Substitute. Acts like a charm In Checks and
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  • 1492 7 record equalled by MISS WILSON Powerful Second Shots Decide M ISS PLUMPTON’S PLUCK The British Women’s Golf Championop record was equalled on May 18, Miss Enid Wilson won the title for the third year in succession. Appearing in her first national final, Mi9fl piumpton put up
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  • 132 7 Bunkered at Present by High Charges 6D. A ROUND heaper golf for workmen was appealed the Mr. Elvin, a member of the General °uncii of the T.U.C., at a conference of the’ iiiionai Playing Fields Association in Lon- 0Q on May 23rd. sa id that a
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  • 736 7 Despite Dispute About Our Bowling 1929 LEG THEORY Despite the “leg-theory” dispute preparations are in progress in Australia for Bending a cricket team to England next summer. An “Evening Standard” cable, giving the comment from Sydney and Melbourne on the statement on May 22nd by
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  • 316 7 Ellsworth Vines is After Borotra SPECIAL TRAINING Ellsworth Vines, lawn tennis champion of Great Britain and of the United States, is on the warpath. The crowns of Wimbledon and of Forest Hills have become mere skull-caps he wants more. In short, he is “after Borotra.” The
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  • 40 7 CLOTH LINED ENVELOPES Sizes. Prices. 15} x 6 $5.00 per 100 15 x61 $5.00 per 100 12 x5} $4.50 per 100 11}x5 $4.00 per 100 11 x 5 $3.00 per 100 TO CLEAR. Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd. 1A, PENANG STREET.
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  • 573 7 Mrs. Moody’s Decision to Defend Her Title Mrs. Moody’s decision to defend her title at Wimbledon confirms anticipation. In addition to the singles she is likely to compete in one of the doubles championships—possibly the women’s doubles in partnership with Miss Ryan, with whom she won
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  • 578 7 Two Amazing Fights at Olympia Two amazing fights took place at Olympia, London, on May 18th before 6,000 spectators. First Jack Doyle, the young Irish ex-Guardsman, returned to the British ring for the first time since he had been wider the guidance of Francois Deschamps
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  • 630 7 The first real punch of the fight between Gains and Cook was a right hook to the stomach by Gains in the fifth round, but. the challenger merely smiled. There was* nothing to find fault with in the defence*, but th© referee was kept busy disentangling the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 160 7 HEALTHY RECREATION The Earl of Cavan, the vice-chairman, said that everything within the vision of Mr. Elvin was within the scope of the association, and the members were mindful of the necessity of giving healthy recreation such as they could afford to those who were not so well off. He
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    • 89 7 THE TIRELESS SALESMAN—An advcrtis«**i« in the "Pining Gazette" is a tireless salesman. Ftsm* one week’s end to another it Ulks business withouB boring potential customers. It tells your sMCf (unknown to you perhaps) to a wide circle ol interested readers and its influence is all the m >r* satisfactory in
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  • 518 8 In the course of a leading article. The Times says that the World Economic Conference, which opens in London on Monday, has to discover some way of striking an equitable balance between the advantages and disadvantages of excessive internationalism. It has to find some method of restoring
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  • 247 8 Ever since the days of Karl Marx Socialists have been preaching class war and revolution. The revolution they had in mind was near or remote, according to the individual temperament but near or far off. in their visions of the future revolutionary Socialism was always to
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  • 918 8 A NOTABLE MIDLAND EXPLOIT IN 1811 A notable “aerial voyage” from Birmingham more than a hundred and twenty years ago by James Sadler, the first English aeronaut, is commemorated by a pewter medal which has been presented to the j Old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, his
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  • 803 8 THE LYTTON LINE Lord Knebworth lived just to gwe evidence that the remark»». 2 of intellectual capacity which ha. „,..*7 in his family for a full century w, to be maintained over a yet lon^ r y Known to the world chie'y and proficiency in various sport3
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 131 8 GILBEYS i/s OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS at $3.50 per bottle. :o: i Sole Agents GirrnpjE r (2fc ’PHONE 357. 1» 1 l,, If you strive quite a lot *Jj •nd the rumba qI 1 _zVh-' U, makes you hot jT/ y t BTOfaJ 1 I j n Wi Iteh' CARLSBERG
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    • 59 8 DEL MONTE PRODUCTS ARE THE Best Obtainable SOLE AGENTS Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., PENANG Singapore. Ipoh, Si Kuala Lumpur. ■t- fl un ri mi ir'ZUS' fgZTT o TT w Tv S3 i dUdi Pinang Gazette ESTABLISHED 1833. OFFICE la, Penang Street, Telephone 477, (Private Exchange) London Agents G. H. &W.
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  • 280 9 League Secretary In London U. s. DELEGATION ARRIVES TO-DAY London, June 7. w Secretary of the League of Nations, Joseph Avenol, reached London last and is to-day to discuss arrangeWg nt9 in connection with the World* EcoConference with Mr. Ramsay Mac.Wd who will preside. Messrs Macdonald
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  • 164 9 No Conference Work Yet London, June 7. Mr. Soong is now recovering from the igue of a long journey and seemed much o ter when he was interviewed by Reuter lay on his return from the visit to Ox- rd where h admired the beauty of
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  • 136 9 Considerable Damage Tokio, June 7. rhe powder magazine of the Hamamatsu Air Corps exploded three times this eveOver ten were killed or wounded several structures were destroyed. th the casualties and the damage are exto turn out to be much larger. here was a fourth explosion shortly
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  • 39 9 L ?s>ng Weight But No e ”nite Complications Tjj Poona, June 7. °®h<hta a sudden setback in Mr. Gandhi’s 111 He lost two 311(1 a b® 1 pounds Plicati- d^S bUt there are no definite com■ms. Reuter.
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  • 109 9 CONSTERNATION AMONG TRADERS Tokio, June 7. Coming on the heels of other recent measures directed against Japanese trade, Simla’s action in announcing an increase in the emergency tariff against Japanese cloth, has caused consternation in Japanese business circles, adding to the rising tide of resentment against
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  • 73 9 Berlin Chosen as Venue Vienna, June 7. Although banned from representing Germany in several sports, including lawn tennis and boxing, German Jews will not be excluded from the next Olympic games. This assurance was given on the authority of the German Government to the International Olympic Committee
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  • 56 9 Cable in Contact with High Tension Line Berne, June 5. Seven persons were reported electrocuted in the Levantina valley of the cantonment of Ticine and two others seriously injured. They were lowering logs down the hillside by means of a cable when the latter made contact with
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  • 40 9 Imperial Troops Again Summoned Simla, June 5. Imperial troops again have been summoned to restore order in Alwar State following the outbreak of communal rioting in which four were killed and twelve wounded. —Reuter Wireless.
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  • 50 9 Hindered by Monsoon Weather Bombay, June 5. The early advance of the monsoon has hindered the Mount Everest expedition s determined attempts to reach the summit but improvement of the weather has now set in and it is hoped to renew the attempt this week. —Reuter Wireless.
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  • 65 9 Remarkable Efforts London, June 7. Recalling his experience in Palestine the Prime Minister, in a speech, referred to the remarkable efforts of all classes of Jews in building up a national home of Jewish people and agreed with Lord Reading, who presided, that the future of the
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  • 40 9 British Team Selected London, June 7. The British Ryder Cup team against America at Southport on June 26 and 27 is as follows: —Alliss, Dailey, Davies, Lacey, Mitchell, Padgham, Perry and Charles Whitcombe. Reserves —Easterbrook and Havers. Reuter.
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  • 53 9 Prague, June 4. Five hundred delegates representing over 20 countries are assembling here for the 16th International Cotton Congress which is to be opened on Wednesday, June 7. The discussions will include crop questions, the trade depression and currency restriction as well as technical matters relating to
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  • 243 9 In Almost Every Industry PROBLEM STILL ACUTE London, June 7. An encouraging increase in employment during May combined with a substantia! fall in unemployment is recorded by the Ministry of Labour. More people are now’ at work in Britain than at any time for over two years.
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  • 166 9 Cause of Anxiety to Members of, the I. C. S. London, June 3. The apprehension felt by many members of the Indian Civil Service with regard to the Government’s proposals regarding India is expressed in a memorandum of evidence submitted by the Indian Civil Service to
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  • 110 9 Socialist Deputy and Others Found Guilty Geneva, June 3. The Swiss Federal Assize Court gave its verdict to-day in the case of eighteen persons accused ofj complicity in the riots which occurred last November resulting in the death of thirteen people and injury to over sixty
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  • 68 9 Action to Prevent Recognition Geneva, May 8. Action to prevent recognition of Manchukuo in all spheres of international activity are provided for in the report adopted by the League Advisory Commission dealing with the Far Eastern question. The report aims at making it impossible for adhesion by Manchukuo to
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  • 34 9 Cabinet to Consider Payment London, June 7. A special meeting of the Cabinet on Friday afternoon will consider the war debt payment which is due for payment on June 15.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 227 9 Motive Unknown GARRISON CONFINED TO BARRACKS Athens, June 7. A dramatic personal account of the attempt on his life was given by M. Venizelos. He stated that the assassins opened fire from a seven-seater car which got between his car and one carrying the escort. He
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  • 160 9 Remarkable Demonstrations of Loyalty London, June 3. His Majesty the King celebrated his 68th birthday quietly at Buckingham Palace where there was no special form of celebration by the Royal Family. The King from an open window in the Palace watched the Prince of Wales lead the
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  • 73 9 Won by Arthur Lacey Leeds, June 3. The Yorkshire Evening News £750 tournament over the Temple Newsam course was won by Arthur Lacey of Selsdon Park who beat Alfred Padgham of Forest Row by 2 and 1. Padgham spent a sleepless night suffering from neuralgia
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  • 49 9 Belgian Circles Deny Allegations Brussels, June 3. Authoritative circles declare that the allegation made during the course of the Senate enquiry in Washington that Morgan and Company had offered shares to the King of the Belgians at a favoured rate is entirely without foundation. —Reuter Wireless.
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  • 46 9 London, June 7. Next Saturday, when the ships of the fleet disperse on individual cruises to British seaport towns and watering places, H.M.S. Nelson, York, Exeter and Cairo and the Second Submarine Flotilla will visit Scandinavian, Baltic and Dutch ports.— Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 89 9 TIN—Soot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £215-5-0 £217-12-6 Singapore P W^ S $115.25 n8 Business Done ..Buyers no sellers Buyers no setter» COPBA_< JS^^r 000 BLACK PEPPER RUBBER 3 Jd 3JJd if 5ftc.(G) 6f«c.(G> New York n% eta. 11% cts. Singapore TAPIOCA $4.45 $4.30 Fair Seed $4 75 $4.60 Medium
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  • STOP PRESS
    • 117 9 Jim and Amy Mollison attempted to take off from Croydon at 5.30 a.m. in an attempt to fly direct to New York, from whence they planned to make a record nonstop flight to Bagdad. After travelling a hundred yards, their machine toppled over a strut on
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 152 9 What a ReliefTUl everything is plain sailing now.,. There is a feeling of restfulness throughout the house—Worry C and Anxiety have given place to Relief and Cheerfulness— /r\ BABY IS ON COW GATE NOW! /SA.MASS LOOK AT HIM All chuckles A k < and chubbiness-weight increas- > ing—sound bones and
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 37 9 WEATHER REPORT Temp. Wind Rainfall 6 a.m. 76 E 4 inches Noon 02 NW TIDE TABLES High Water. L<> w WaUB TO-DAY 6.27 a.m. 12.30 p.m. 7.22 p.m. TO-MORROW 1.08 a.m. 7.16 a.m. 1.15 p.m. 8.10 p.m.
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  • NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
    • 202 10 12,000-Mile Air Race Conditions £10,000 PRIZE Further details of next year’s air race from London to Melbourne for a prize of £10,000 have just been announced. Entries will not be limited to British or Dominion airmen, but will be open to those of all nationalities. Any
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    • 171 10 Animal 2,000,000 Years Old A tooth of the marsupial lion, which roamed Australia two million years ago, but which some people once thought a myth, has just been found at Molong, New South Wales, states Austral News. The majority of zoologists believe that this animal, unlike other
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    • 139 10 Cow’s Craving for Drink Cows are not always as stupid as they appear to motorists, at least in Queensland One at Wynnum recently developed a persistent thirst. It would go anywhere for a drink. It found a tap on the town’s reserve and, although it was
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    • 65 10 Melbourne will be a hundred years old in 1934, and already suggestions for celebrating the centenary are pouring in to the authorities. "One bright idea is that every baby born in Victoria, of which Melbourne is the capital, should be tattooed with the State’s coat of arms. One
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    • 126 10 Daytona Rival in Australia WILL SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL GO? Daytona, as a speedway, is promised an Empire rival in Lake George, near Canberra, which about every 20 years is quite dry and the bed which is as level, hard and smooth as a billiard table, gives a superb
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    • 140 10 S. American Ships Load Australian F ruit Following the announcement of the diversion to New Zealand of meat ships in the South American trade, “Austral News” reports a similar diversion of fruit ships to Australia, as further evidence of a growing Empire trade. A South American ship
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    • 135 10 Calling Australians Early Ting-a-ling Time to get up Sorry you have been tr-r-oubled.” That is the latest telephone innovation in Sydney and Melbourne and various towns in New South Wales and Victoria. The department now guarantees to call subscribers from their sleep at a given time for 2*
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    • 97 10 THEY ARE DETERMINED TO FLY Australia’s growing airmindedness—it already claims to lead the Dominions in the use of the air—is demonstrated in the following message by Austral News.” Two months ago, a group of men at Cootamundra, a little town 260 miles from Sydney, combined to buy an Avro-Avian plane
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    • 96 10 HARBOUR BOAT-BUSES FOR SYDNEY Sydney’s historic and picturesque ferry boats which at night help to give the harbour, more than any other in the world, the illusion of fairyland may soon disappear if the contemplated motor boatbuses are biult and put into service. These motor boats, which are very fast,
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    • 235 10 Bequest for Mission to Tasmanian Bushmen Many bequests to charities in London and Brighton are made in the will of Miss Mary Ann Smith, of The Drive, Hove. Miss Smith died on April 5, aged 103. She left £238,266. She was the daughter of the
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    • 106 10 Hospital Patient’s Discovery An important wireless discovery has just been made by Mr. H. Cruckshank, a patient in a Sydney hospital, who has demonstrated how, by holding one terminal pair of earphones to the ground and the other in his hand, he can pick up waves transmitted
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    • 74 10 Lightning the Cause Professor Laby, of the Melbourne University Natural Philosophy School and president of the Radio Research Board, considers that Australia may soon lead the world in atmospheric research. Australia, he told Austral News, had progressed far beyond the United States in research. His Board had established,
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    • 85 10 Where Food is Cheap A three-course meal for sixpence is now obtainable in some of the smaller restaurants in Sydney, following reductions from 1/- to 9d. and then 7d., says Austral News. For this sum one can select two and sometimes three courses from a choice
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    • 62 10 Wales has transmitted to her antipodean daughter, New South Wales, the idea of the big musical festival, and the first City of Sydney Eisteddfod,” arranged for August, this year, is expected to draw competitors from at least every part of Australia. The prize list, says Austral News,
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  • 530 11 cl 586 Overdraft After Inheriting £6,000 WIFE SHOT DEAD Fergus McMurray (46), a bank J Grwvenor Road, Mu swell Hill, was at the Old Bailey on May 18 for o' W“ He waa fomid ;L. but insane. y, Eustace Fulton (prosecuting) said had been employed
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  • 916 11 Government Efforts to Assist CO-ORDINATION THE CHIEF AIM The Encouragement of New Trades Dr. Burgin (Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade), replying to a debate in the House of Commons in which the need for industrial planning on a national scale was urged, said the
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  • 692 11 Why a Count Had It With Him in Car A photograph in which Count stated that he appeared with the King, and which he denied was a fake, was produced at Marylebone County Court on May 18. Count Ro as sell de Dore, who said that he
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  • LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 1026 12 The Problem for Producers MR. ERIC MILLER’S VIEWS Tho twenty-second ordinary general meeting of members of the Mendaris (Sumatra) Rubber and Produce Estates, Ltd., was held on May 17 at the registered office of the company, 1-4, Great Tower-street, E. C. Mr. H. Eric
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    • 865 12 Sir Eric Geddes’s Views (To the Editor of The Financial Times.) Sir, —My attention has been invited to Mr. Eric Miller’s speech at the general meeting of the Mendaris (Sumatra) Rubber and Produce Estates reported in The Financial Times of 18th May, in which he criticises the
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    • 459 12 The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S., during the period May 20th to May 26th, 1933, inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Library, Fullerton Building, Singapore. Application may be made by members of the public
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    • 186 12 The following are tin outputs for the month of May, 1933 Glimau Tin, Ltd.:—Hours run, 423; 11 slips and 2 breakaways on Ditch Line c. yards, 18,500 piculs, 30.5 approx. Thabawleik Tin Dredging, Ltd.: —Hours, 506 c. yards, 115,000 piculs, 455 nett value, $35,044. Pungah Tin Dredging, Ltd.
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    • 145 12 The following are rubber crops for the month of May, 1933 Lbs. Bakap Estate 20,800 Titi Karangan Estate 20,037 Patani Para Estate 89,490 South Malay Rubber Plantations (1932), Ltd. 15,700 Batu Matang Estate 23,000 Arras Estate 20,200 Baling Estate 68,500 Kuala Dingin Estate 29,200 Subur Estate 12,000 South
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  • 52 12 Messrs. Boustead Co., Ltd., Penang, have received a telegram from the Secretaries, Messrs. Ed. Boustead Co., London, advising that the Annual Accounts for the year 1932, have been issued shewing a loss of £642. An amount of £13,597 has been carried forward to
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  • 52 12 Messrs. Boustead Co., Ltd., Penang, have received a telegram from the Secret taries, Messrs. Ed. Boustead Co., London, advising that the Annual Accounts for the year 1932, have been issued shewing a loss of £1,483. An amount of £3,585 has been carried forward to
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  • 128 12 Latest Quotations Wednesday Tuesday Paris 86 1|32 86% New York 4.07 4.02 Montreal 4.50% 4.50 Brussels 24.29% 24.30% Geneva 17.5% 17.54 Amsterdam 8.41% 8.42 Milan 65 1|16 65 3|16 Berlin 14.55 14 13|32 Stockholm 19 13(32 19,50 Copenhagen 22.42% 22.45 Oslo 19.75 19 23j32 Vienna 30%
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  • 288 12 TO-DAY’S PRICES The following were the latest quotation» in MESSx*S. KENNEDY Co.’s sbart list at 11 a.m. to-day. Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Asam Kumbang 25|0 26 0c 25 0 26 0c Austral Malay 29|6 31|6 29|6 316 Ayer Weng 95 1.00 95 1.00
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  • 193 12 SOON THEAM CO. The following are the changes in ow quotations up to noon to-day:— Yesterday To-day. TIN Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers Ayer Hitam 13 6 14 0 13|6 14|0 Bangrins 173 18|3 17(6 18j3 Hongkongs 14|9 15|6 14|9 15(6 Kampongs 7|9 8(3 7|9 8|3 Kamuntings 9,0 96 9(0 9(6
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  • 80 12 The Singapore Prices for Standard Rib* bed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows:— Cents Per Lb. Spot July) Sept 11% OctoberjDec 11% Jan. (March, 1934 12% Market steady. The following are the prices of rubber sold at our Auction Room this morning at 10.30 a.m.
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  • 318 12 A. A. ANTHONY CO'S NOON QUOTATIONS Ayer Weng 95 2 00 Batu Caves 40 50 /00 Hitam 35 40 4 2 Hong Fatt 38 40 f <0 Kinta 1-19 1.21 1 2O Klang River 97% j q 91 Kuchai 72 v 100 '2 77V, vol/ Malaya Cons. ig 2 Nawng
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  • 103 12 The following are the latest quoUUou for to-day:— Buyers Sellers TIN Ayer Hitam 13,6 14,3ex Bangrin 17(6 18(3 Hitam 36 Hong Fatt 39 Idris 6 6 Kampong 7 6 Kam unting 9 0 Killinghall s 9 Kinta 1-20 Kuchai 73 Larut 6 9 7 J Malaya Consol.
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  • 30 12 PENANG, JUN® 8 (By 7 2 1 3 2,4 On London Bank 3 France 1 India TT n 39 T T. /4 r<’ n1 Hongkong Shanghai 1 Bar Silver
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  • 617 13 Pi Schedule of Principal Lines 11 The following is a list of vessels arriving 1 md sailing from Penang during the week IN PORT TO-DAY M.V. HILDA from Italy for S pore, China and Japan. i M.S. MANDAR from Tg. Mengeidar, Bagan I Si Api Api,
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  • 1039 13 OUTWARD DUTCH AIR MAIL The Agents notify that the Outward Dutch Aeroplane from Amsterdam will arrive at Alor Star at 11.30 a.m. to-day. AIR MAILS A mail for Europe, Great Britain, Ireland and North America by steamer to Negapatam, thence by rail to Karachi for conveyance by Imperial
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    • 337 13 WEMBLEY b MOONLIGHT FETE TO-NIGHT 5 Patrons buying tickets at Wembley gate, will be presented with a free coupon, entitling them to a free drink of Tutti Frutti.” COOL REFRESHING I SPARKLING c Do not fail to call for your free drink at stall No. 47. Wembley Park. THOONG YIT
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    • 133 13 ■//■‘-■■"■■■■■v.w.vz.w. B vzzzzzzzr. f 6.15 OPENING TO NIGHT 9.30 J "s another big all LAUGHTER SHOW' WARNER BROS. All Colour Musical B Comedy B 8 B,G SONGS! Z 72 BEAUTIFUL GIRLS! a lAi* a HOLD I UPROARIOUS FUN EVERYTHING t’ With GORGEOUS COLOUR JOE E. BROWN J «J WINNIE LIGHTNER
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    • 120 13 ANOTHER A. L BRITISH SHOW! a < I H S L a J 615 TO-NIGHT 9.30 B S The Year's Snappiest Musical Picture LILIAN HARVEY < JACK HULBERT > CICELY COURTNEIDGE > s and SONNIE HALE J S ,H 5 < BRITISH GAUMONT—UFA'S Unique Musical Comedy ‘HAPPY EVER AFTER’’ i
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  • 577 14 Prime Minister’s Call to Local Bodies PROBLEM WORSE THAN IN AMERICA Speaking at a luncheon given in London by Lord Camrose to provincial newspaper, editors, to confer with the Minister of Health on the question of slum clearance, the Prime Minister said that what he
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  • 187 14 Healthy, Strong, and with Everything in Front of Him/ Says Coroner A six-foot youth’s suicide was commented on by the corner, Mr. G. Wills Taylor, at the Woking inquest on David Daniel Rapson, aged 19, a labourer, of Patchwoodroad, Knapphill, Surrey, whose body was
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  • 976 14 Sir John and Lady Simon at City Temple Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary, made an unexpected appearance at the City Temple when, having by special arrange- ment left the debate at the House of Commons, he quietly entered the crowded church, and taking up a
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  • 215 14 JUNE, 1933 JUNE 3 League Football: A.P.C. v. P.O.R-C. JUNE 9 Singapore Turf Club Amateur meeting 1st day. League Football: Penang Teachers v. D.A.F.C. “B”. JUNE 10 Singapore Turf dub Amateur meeting 2nd day. Cricket: P.R.C. “A" v S.L.R.C., Es planade, 2 p.m. 3rd Annual European Volunteer
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  • 417 14 Government and Alwar Finances Simla, May 21. The Maharajah of Alwar (Maharajah Sir Jey Singhji Bahadur), is leaving the State for Mount Abu, a hill station in Rajputana, after which, on the advice of the Government of India, he will go abroad for a year or
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    • 424 14 Pepsodent announces a notable new discovery —an entirely new cleansing and polishing material that is twice as soft as polishing materials commonly used in tooth pastes. Gives teeth a higher polish, brighter lustre—FILM stains disappear completely. TH E Pepsodent Laboratories an- is still the Pepsodent you have always nounce a
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    • 770 15 l I 1 J I M t W£ANTIHG JsHigSl acBLurataNBi; umb Leaves Due LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. Penang London y mirmON Amsterdam, London and Hamburg. June 9 July 11 ’trOCLUS Marseilles. London, R’dam, H'burg Glasgow June 15 July 13 A London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Hull June 23 July 21 MEDITERRANEAN
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    • 538 15 u n TRAVEL HOME BY DOLLAR LINE and enjoy Roomy cabins with real beds (Not Rerths). Unrivalled cuisine. Departure and arrival on schedule. Large open air swimming bath. Dollar Line orchestra. r GENOA f 79 NAPLES £78 Rates To -I MARSEILLES £8b I LONDON £90 t NEW YORK £113 P
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    • 734 15 P. ©.--BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Companies Incorporated in England) MAIL PASSENGER and CARGO SERVICES Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swct** under contract with His Majesty’s tenham, Malacca and Singapore Government, London and Far East c Service. Mail Service. Bulan June 10 Outwards from London
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  • 981 16 Selections For To-Morrow ROYAL PROPERTY AND SILENT MERCHANT GOOD THINGS BY TIC-TAC Following the six days’ professional meeting to-morrow will see the first day of the two-day Amateur meeting at Singapore. There will be a card of nine events each day. In view of the
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  • 133 16 Football in Aid of Unemployment Fund The Penang Football Association has arranged a match between the 1932 League Champions, The Chinese Recreation Club, and a Rest team. This match will be played on the Chinese Recreation Club Ground, on Saturday, at 5.15 p.m. After the match
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  • 132 16 Triples Handicap Final The final tie of this event was played off last evening between -|-2, Miss. G. Wemyss, Messrs. Rule and Barnes (Skip), v 4-5 Mrs. Dodd and Norris (Skip), the latter side being one player short. The game as a game was spoilt through
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  • 38 16 Czecho-Slovakia Leads Greece Parague. June 7. In the Davis Cup Competition Si ba (Czecho-Slovakia) beat Nicolaides (Greece) 6—3, 3 —6, 6—2, 6—1 and Menzel (Czechoslovakia) beat S tali os (Greece) 6—2, 6 —4, 9 —7.—Reuter.
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  • 45 16 Makes Forced Landing Moscow, June 8. The United States airman Mattern, who is on a round the world flight, was forced to land at Prokopevsk, 600 kilometres from Novosibirsk. An aeroplane with a mechanic flew from Novosibirsk to assist him.— Reuter.
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  • 126 16 The following passengers arrived by the s.s. “Krian” this morning from Belawan Deli Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Carmichael and child, Mr. T. Robinson, Mr. H. L. SchuPz, Mr. F. D. Tracy, Mr. J. P. Rambaldo di Collatto and Mr. Oo Chong Bin. S.S. “MATANG” The following passengers
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  • 640 16 Choy Goon Yen Estate APPLICATION for sale OF PROPERTY In the Supreme Court this morning, Mr. justice Sawrey Cookson was engaged in hearing a matter in connection with the estate of the late Choy Goon Yen, deceased. The parties in the dispute are Choy Miew Hen (plaintiff)
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  • 92 16 Major Osborne Leaving on Saturday Major D. M. Patrickson, Official Handicapper to the Straits Racing Association returned from his holiday this morning by the P. O. Rawalpindi and will resume his duties immediately. Mr. J. C. Osborne, the Stipendiary Steward, will now be taking his
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  • 597 16 Coat Soiler Fined Ng Ah San, a Chinese, was fined $25 by the Police Magistrate this morning, having been convicted cn Friday last, June 2, of committing a mischief by soiling the coat of another. In default he would be sentenced to one month’s rigorous imprisonment. The
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    • 410 16 NOTiCEs Tenders addressed to thinvited up to 30th of thia c are for the purchase of the Com Plant and Dredge as sh» pa ny' s i or extended Particulars available E L MILES Takua P«- W« ethyl NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that th trade mark depicted above is the
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