Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 June 1933

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 138. Vol. LXXXXI. FRIDAY, 16th JUNE 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 620 1 4.11% and at noon stood at 4.09 Reuter and Rugby Radio Service. Discussions To Be Continued BY BRITISH AMBASSADOR Italy Makes Token Payment 1 London, June 15. Discussions with the object of further- j ing plans for the ultimate settlement of i the war debt between
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  • 87 1 —Reuter. Agreement Expected To-day INTEREST CONCESSIONS London, June 16. Negotiations between Germany and her “standstill” creditors, it is learned from well-informed German quarters, are expected to lead to an agreement to-day. Certain concessions regarding interest rates are said to have been accorded German debtors. The average rate
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  • 40 1 .—Reuter. Kidnapper of Mrs. Pawley and Corkran Tokio, June 15. The notorious bandit chief Peipatien, kidnapper of Mrs. Pawley and Corkran, was killed during a Japanese drive against the bandits in Mukden province, according to press despatches.
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  • 63 1 —Reuter. Appeal F rom Orthodox Brahmins Poona, June 15. The orthodox Brahmins have appealed to Mr. Gandhi to prevent the marriage of his lower-caste son, Devadas, to a high caste Brahmin girl. The Brahmins declared that Gandhi, during his life in South Africa, became a Christian
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  • 101 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 16. An amazing story of an alleged plan to alienate a mistress’s aff>jetions by disfiguring an actor with corrosive acid was told to the court when Sinnathamby was committed to the assizes on a charge of “attempting to administer a dangerous
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  • 43 1 —Reuter. Mr. Andrew Mellon Washington. June 15. The Attorney-General has announced that officials of the Department of Justice are at present in Pittsburg investigating the income tax payments of Mr. Andrew Mellon and hta brother, Mr. W. L. Mellon.
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  • 66 1 .—Reuter. No Change at Altrincham London, June 15. The Altrincham bye-election caused by the elevation of Sir Cyril Atkinson to be a High Court Judge resulted as follows Sir Edward Grigg (Nat. Conservative) 25.392 Mr. P. M. Oliver (Liberal» 15,892 Mr. J. H. Hudson (Labour) 8.333 Sir
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  • 58 1 —Reutpr. D. E. I. Prospects Batavia, June 15. Announcing in the National Council an estimated budget deficit of 84,000,000 guilders in the Dutch East Indian budget for 1933-34, the Governor-General said that fifty million of this had been earmarked for debt clearance. An increase in taxation
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  • 123 1 MAJOR GENERAL LEWIN APPOINTED London, June 16. Major General Ernest Ord Lewin, C. 8., C.M.G., D. 5.0., has been appointed General Officer Commanding the troops in Malaya. Educated at Winchester and Kings College, Cambridge, he joined the R.A. in 1900 and served ten years in India,
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  • 159 1 Man Who Was Never Found (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 16. Two years ago two Chinese were sentenced at the assizes on a charge of abdL.ting See Chin Hing and were sentenced to six years’ imprisonment and yesterday at the assizes another Chinese connected with
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  • 149 1 Singapore Case FALSE EVIDENCE IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 14. Colbourne, a European employee of the Harbour Board, was sentenced to one day’s imprisonment and a fine of $lO for giving false evidence in a judicial proceeding. In the Lower Court,
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  • 121 1 Tiger Beer Import F acilitated (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, June 15. To facilitate dealing in Tiger Beer, the product of the Malayan Breweries Limited of Singapore, local merchants will henceforth be allowed to pay import duty at Alor Star or Sungei Patani instead of at Penang
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  • 131 1 K. K. Successful Experiment (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 16. Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar, established a precedent by holding their annual athletic sports in the morning. In spite of the unusual hour there was a large attendance including the Sultan of Perak and i
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  • 577 1 Speakers From Many Countries CANADA SUPPORTS MONETARY SCHEME London, June 15. The World Economic Conference thia evening accepted the recommendations of its bureau that Governor Cox, vice-chair-man of the United States delegation should preside over the monetary commission and that the two vice-presidents should be Signor Jung
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  • 2039 3 Value Of National Government the primrose LEAGUE .> ur Baldwin, Grand Master of the PrimLeague, presided at the annual de**Lration of the Grand Habitation of League at the Royal Albert Hah reUy Speaking of the work of the National Government, he said that he was convinced
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  • 197 3 Sax Rohmer Wins £BO A Day ON 2s. 6d. STAKE Mr. Sax Rohmer, the famous novelist, claims that a system he discovered in ancient Chinese texts enables him to beat the bank at Monte Carlo! In 11 days, playing roulette according to this system, he
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  • 203 3 Restoring Cut of 21d. Will the recent 2j£d. a gallon cut in petrol prices be restored soon This question is being asked in oil circles as a result of the latest development in the United States. The world oil chiefs are to meet shortly
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  • 206 4 Orders of the Day At the Federal Council meeting to be held on Monday, June 26, the Honourable the Acting Financial Adviser, Federated Malay States, will move (i) That this Council approves a supplement of $291,486.77 (dollars two hundred and ninety-one thousand, four hundred and eighty-six and cents
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  • 176 4 Sir Abe Bailey's Decision HIS 26 COMPANIES At the age of 58, Sir Abe Bailey, the millionaire owner of race horses and gold mines, is about to retire and intends to write his memoirs. “I have decided to step out of public life, he told a “Sunday
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  • 684 4 New Venture by Mr. Carl Lawson Mr. Carl Lawson, the well-known ActorProducer from the Aldwych Theatre, London, is coming to Penang at the end of this month to form a Penang Repertory Players Company, which will produce plays at the E. O. Hotel for two nights
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  • 77 4 Sir F rances Goodenough Foretells Business Boom Sir France Goodenough, the wellknown sales expert, in his Presidential address to the National Association of Trade Protection Societies, said:—“The turn of the tide has taken place. When it really begins to flow we shall ultimately reach a
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 383 4 (To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette"). Sir, —Never in the history of Penang’s "Malaya Cup" trial matches have they proved to be so successful as the one that was played on the C.R.C. ground on Wednesday. 14th June, between the Probables and the Possibles. The
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    • 143 4 Sir, —The Rev. Co’n King’s lecture last night was an excellent effort but marred by an unneessary remark about Milton—the “Mighty Milton’’ some of whose poems are the greatest epics in English poetry. To take one single line for comparison is alw’ays odious. Keats has always appealed
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  • 704 4 Mr. K. R. Yates, who recently returned from Home, is now on Segamat Estate, Johore. Captain O. L. Havcock, Inspector of Prisons, S.S. and F.M.S., and Mrs. Havcock have left for Home. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. M. Robson arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday from a
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    • 41 4 ■III LCLOTH LINED ENVELOPES Sizes. Prices. 15|x6 $5.00 per 100 15 x6l $5.00 per 100 12 xs| $4.50 per 100 ll|xs $4.00 per 100 11 x 5 $3.00 per 100 TO CLEAR. Pinang Gazette Press, Ltd. IA, PENANG STREET. MBESHL'iaJAa .LIHMEHSaMn
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    • 285 4 CB 594 PB eoz. f«' mOneOf Lads Of Valencia W a( J CB 586 Put A Little Spring-Time f-,» I Four London Hits Superbly Played by the 8.8. C. Dance o r( h Of I Tunes That Are Catchy. CB 584 Underneath The Harlem Moon Fox "rot 8 i Honeysuckle
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 186 4 WIRELESS 8.8. 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 9,510 kc|s 31.55 m.
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  • 123 5 —Reuter. Macaulay In Deadly Form CAPTURES 7 WICKETS FOR 9 RUNS London, June 15. The County match between Northamptonshire and Yorkshire which was commenced at Kettering on Wednesday resulted in a win for Yorkshire by an inning* and 206 runs. Set with the task of making
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  • 276 5 Jayaraj To Meet Chan AL RIVERS' EXHIBITION WITH JOE DIAMOND (By “Seconds Out”) The promotion to-night at the Fun and Frolic is one which should attract a record crowd. Although Chan has met Jayaraj on three occasions already, the public follow their fights with great interest. What makes
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  • 239 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 15. The first meeting of the recently formed Taiping Boxing Board of Control was held at the Perak Club on June 13, those present being :—Messrs. L. A. G. Morris, P. Hall, Ooi Seng Chye, J. Dickson, Lieut. Harman, E. A.
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  • 197 5 Why They Had to Take a j Record Over Again at Aidershot. A detachment of pipers of the Gordon *gh landers were drawn up on the parade ground of Malplaquet Barracks, Aidershot, i n front of them was a mobile recording, studio They prepared to make
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  • 305 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Thursday. Chief interest to-day was centred in the Men’s Doubles Championships ties in which two Chinese pairs from Taiping were making their debut. Spectators were not disappointed, for the match between Bede Cox and Reed, who were opposed to Chung Ah
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  • 119 5 Athlete “Spiked” in a Race A competitor in the three-miles race in the Universities Athletic Union meeting at the White City Stadium was so seriously injured that he is unlikely ever to be able to run again. Shortly after the start of the race a
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  • 137 5 Foxhunter Wins The Gold Cup KING AND QUEEN AGAIN PRESENT London, June 15. Their Majesties the King and Queen again attended the Ascot Races to-day. The weather continued warm and sunny. The following were the results of the two principal events of the day ASCOT GOLD
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  • 236 5 Successful Opening Night Tait’s Manila Carnival opened to a good crowd last night at the Fort Cornwallis grounds. The various side-shows are welldistributed in the limited space available and enough room is left for those w*ho prefer to wander about. The fast Crazy Cars were well-patron-ised as
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  • 153 5 Convulsing British Comedy at Queen’s Here’s George,” which opened a season at the Queen’s yesterday, is an excruciatingly funny British comedy featuring George Clarke —England’s celebrated vaudeville and radio star. The picture is full of funny incidents from the opening scenes right to the end. It concerns a
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  • 224 5 Chartered Bank Beaten In a game which was onesided the Asiatic Petroleum Company defeated the Chartered Bank by three goals to one in the second division of the Penang League, on the Dato Kramat ground, yesterday. After a few minutes of even exchanges the A. P. C.
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  • 114 5 Chartered Bank vs. Krian Club The Chartered Bank Football Club wiU meet the Krian Club, Parit Bun tar, at 5.15 p.m. on Saturday, 17th instant, on the Krian Club Ground, Parit Buntar. The following are the teams Chartered Bank :—Karsa, Siah Kong, Theam Kee Abdulla, Siah
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  • 130 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 15. It has been decided by the Perak Football Selection Committee to hold another State Trial this Saturday at Taiping when the selected State team to meet Penang, will meet the football XI of the Burma Rifles in a
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  • 163 5 Motor-cycle Carried 11 Miles Embedded in Car The story of a motor-car which was alleged to have been driven for nearly a mile and a half with a motor-cycle embedded in it was told at the Old Bailey. Harry William Gilbertson, aged 31, a butcher, of East
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    • 218 5 4* S A TURD AY ENDS OUR GREAT BACK TO PROSPERITY SALE Bet OUR SALE STARTLER Thick, heavy and very absorbent Turkish Towel, cream ground with an assortment of neat coloured stripes. Fringed ends. This is truly astonishing Value. Size 26 x 49 inches. Originally 85 cents. SALE PRICE 55
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  • 242 6 Tragedy In A Garden Shell-Shocked Ex-Service-man With A Revolver As the result of a shooting affair in Streatham, S.W., a police-constable was wounded and his assailant is dead. In answer to a call Police-constable Searle, attached to Streatham Police Station, and another officer went
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  • 595 6 Story of How Paper Was Closed Harbin, May 11. The drastic measures of the Manchukuo i Government with Mr. E. Lenox Simpson,’ the proprietor of Harbin Herald, a bilin-l gual paper which is about three-quarters Russian to one-quarter English has caused a sensation. The authorities have for
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  • 199 6 Home Despoiled by the Tithe Bailiffs Bailiffs are said to have seized several wedding presents when they went to the Colchester farm of Mr. Philip Sloman to carry out a court order in connection with the collection of tithe. The story was told at a Colchester protest
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  • 191 6 One Bright Young Thing to Wed Another Two of the leading spirits of London’s Bright Young People movement are to be married. They are Sir Michael Duff AsshetonSmith, son of Lady Juliet Duff, and Miss Teresa (“Baby”) Jungmann, daughter of Mrs. Richard Guinness. Their engagement was
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  • 312 6 Tiny Single-Seater Ta Challenge "Dark Horses" HIGH SPEEDS EXPECTED High speeds are promised in this year’s air race for the King’s Cup, entries for which closed at ordinary fees on May 19. So far, 30 to 35 machines have been nominated for the
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  • 198 6 But Now Cannot See His Notes Blindness has shattered the dreams of a librarian whose life’s ambition was to write a book. He is Mr. William Seymour, who has just finished 27 years in South Lambeth borough library. Mr. Seymour’s father was closely associated with Charles
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  • 359 6 Director’s Story of Voice at Window: “Shall I Shoot?” A description of a struggle in his night clothes with an alleged intruder during which another man appeared at the window and said, “Shall I shoot? was given by Mr. Stuart Sheppard, a company director, of
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    • 11 6 Representative Robert Blau (Malaya) Hong Kong Bank Chambers, Singapore. ’Phone }7ll.
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    • 235 6 FAMOUS FOR ITS FINE I DELICATE FLAVOUR I I AND UNVARYING QUALITY s' '< fll WTWJsI fl 1 W I I MgaLiii i a fxwrst a \B twtwoavb vtooucts a I 1 king CEOAOEV 1 1 .?<}■- x v Q fpfßNwwjoaSßßf k* SOLE AGENTS FOR S. S. AND F. M.
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  • 736 7 "Our Parliamentary Liberties .May Yet Require To Be Safeguarded By Much More Energetic Vigilance Than Is Displayed To-Day" While people in this country are watching with dismay the disappearance of yet another European democracy and the emergence of a particularly odious form of neo-Prussianism, it
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  • 291 7 I.C.S. Men Attack White Paper Proposals Severe criticism of the Government’s India policy continues to come from officials and others with Indian experience. Retired officers and former I.C.S. men were prominent in their denunciation of the White Paper proposals at the annual meeting of the Ashford, Kent,
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  • 145 7 Our Leading Doctors Say So Famous medical men, with reputations in Harley-street or at Glasgow and Edinburgh, declared themselves in favour of fasting as a cure of disease, at a conference held at Bridge of Allan. They made it clear that it was a matter
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  • 105 7 The Prince’» Costume for Air Trip When the Prince of Wales visited an aviation display at Brooklands he marked the first really hot weather of the year by wearing a light grey flannel suit and a "boater.” He arrived unexpectedly in his new red and silver 8-seater monoplane.
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  • 321 7 JUNE, 1933 JUNE 16 League Football: S. X. R. C. v. P. w. F. A, S.X.I. ground. JUNE 17 P.C.C. "A” v. Penang Free School, Esplanade, 2.15 p.m. JUNE 18 Cricket: P.C.C. v The Etoplanade, 10 a.m. JUNE 20 Entries close for the Perak Turf Club Summer
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  • 68 7 Sergeant Edwin James Drew, aged 33, of the Ist Training Battery, Depot Brigade, Royal Artillery, Woolwich, S.E., who was found guilty by a general court martial of I offences against recruits, has been sentenci ed to ten years’ penal servitude, reduction to the ranks and discharge
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    • 196 7 [lea j PERRINS' J SAUCE The choice of ■p|| lhe gourmet 1 9,4 Blackheads and m Enlarged SPores Gone in 3 pW' C* 1 b tv-jKw w$H ca Q now Bjßjy rasilv banish ySyg and enlarged and have a new white skin in HBL 3 days by the use ot
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  • 906 8 Our Municipal Commissioners are proposing to spend a considerable sum of money on a filtration plant for the public water supply, and the only excuse offered is that, occasionally, following a period of (ixceptionally heavy rainfall, the water for domestic purposes becomes discoloured. Lest it should have escaped the
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  • 1187 8  -  is as well. —James Bridie in the Glasgow Herald. THE SCOTSMAN GETS HIS DESERTS Poor fellow, they say he drinks,” said Mrs. Wotherspoon to me; and my “Drinks what, Mrs. Wotherspoon fell like a millstone on a feather bed, for, clearly, it was no smirking matter. I
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  • 765 8 THE DUKE OF YORK’S CAMP It was mentioned at the headquarters of the Duke of York’s camp that no fewer than twenty boys from Manchester an 1 d trict will attend the camp at South wold th year. This is the twelfth annual camo and, as usual,
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    • 128 8 VI MkMI ?u jTMij/ > TSRU >J wHKy ’k ■jLg±L! K NO FINER WHISKY GOES INTO ANY BOTTLE SOLE AGENTS i JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD., PENANG. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE. KUALA LUMPUR IPOH. SBKI7 A splendid iMBgSRHHBr'i, 'jUUffi s upper and then S a Carlsberg. 7 £b I I Z
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    • 45 8 When Buying Hams ALWAYS SPECIFY JO t «s SQfl I wfe s l- 1 i k Weil-known throughout THE WHOLE WORLD. :o: OBTAINABLE FROM All the Leading Dealers. SOLE AGENTS: Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., PENANG Singapore, Ipoh, A Kuala Lumpur. I JRSIS- ~?CJr2gL]*'| fK wr
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  • 1691 9 GREATEST of all markets FOR THE WORLD When Standard Of Living In China Is Raised MR. SOONG'S SPEECH AT ECONOMIC CONFERENCE S ating the general lines of China’s policy at the Economic Confercnce Mr. T. V. Soong said that if the standard of
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  • 28 9 The Dutch Air Mail is expected to arrive at Ak>r Star at 2.15 p.m.: correspondence will be ready for delivery to box-holders at 6 p.m.
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  • 84 9 Old Bailey Judge Applies a Time Test The Recorder, Sir Ernest Wild, K.C., solved a question as to how long a wntness had seen an accused at the Old Bailey. “In this case we will apply the time test,” he said. “I will say’ ‘Go!’ to represent
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  • 96 9 Two Women Fight in Police Court Dock Edith Cox (18) and Mary Ward (30) i began a fight at 1.10 a.m. on May 20 and, were parted by the police. When they appeared in the dock at Tower Bridge Police Court a goaler was placed between them. But
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  • 35 9 At a dinner in Peacehaven Mr. Felix Powell, the composer, stated that a wellknown London theatre manager owned the world rights in his latest opera, “Rubicund Castle,” but did not know it.
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  • 511 9 The Axe Follows Srrcnge Logic I WAS DETAINED, SO I STRUCK HIM I Chan Soon, a Chinese carpenter, was charged in the Police Court this morning with, at 1 p.m. on June 15 at a house in Seang Teik Lane, voluntarily causing hurt to one Han Ah
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  • 103 9 o TlN—Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £222-7-6 £2lB-10-0 TIN—(3 Months) London £222-7-6 £2lB-10-0 Singapore $119.62 1 $114.87% Business Done Penang ..Quotation nominal Business Done ..No Buyers COPRA—(Sundried) $3.90 $3.90 BLACK PEPPER $19.00 $19.00 RUBBER London 3.< jd. New York 5%c.(G) sf a c.(G) Singapore 9’2 c^s c TAPIOCA Fair
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 192 9 Ha gS I waPW Cow •oTt.ty, S HR i /Um k THE SALUTE J Here they come “Smiler” leading—a gallant and endless little army radiating Health and Happiness! The tramp of these V sturdy little feet is heard increasingly throughout the world to-day for Cow Gate is fast becoming world-famous
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  • 550 10 > FALLING IN LOVE IS RISKY Abnormal" We are all obsessed. We all have impulses to do things which would bar us from society. There is not a really normal man or woman among us. That is the conclusion I am forced to (writes lan Coster)
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  • 148 10 Governor’s Wife Heads March Revelations at an official inquiry of immoral and illegal conditions under which girls of 15 are alleged to have been working ta clothing factories of the Lehigh Valley have caused Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, wife of the Governor of Pennsylvania, to lead
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  • 1425 10 RECEPTION NOTES—EMPIRE BROADCASTING—THE KING'S SPEECH—INDIA AND THE 8.8. C.—L. F. TRANSFORMERS o (BY THE PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY) My recent notes on eliminators have brought me some correspondence on the subject from short-wave fans in various parts of the country, and the general impression is that a good deal of
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1099 10 PRINCIPAL SHORT-WAVE BROADCASTING STATIONS (By THE PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY.) In Order Of Wavelength Difference in time to Malaya. GENERAL INFORMATION 1 KU g-S STATION. u U w «be ™u<nocn h Io Interval signals, day. of transmi,.ion., £2 7.4 41,891 La Turbie, France J 9.8 30,602 Coltano, Italy LAG 6 13.04
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  • 604 11 The Prime Minister on the Slums The Prim® Minister spoke at a luncheon given at Claridge’s by Lord Camrose to editors of provincial newspapers to Sir Hilton Young, Minister of Health, *peak on t he Government’s plans for slum «learance. Ix>r d Camrose said that slums
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  • 230 11 And Wins at 8 to 1 During the hearing of a test case arising out of the legality of totalisator machines in clubs Mr. Dummett, the Bow-street magistrate, tried them himself. His first efforts at stopping the drums in time to form a winning combination were
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1167 11 SHORT-WAVE RECEPTION TIMES PREPARED BY THE PEHANG WIRELESS SOCIETY 1 —■———mo— imi m m j-• i i ri— MB— WW» 1 a. m. 2 a. m. 3 a. m. 4 a. m. 5 a. m. 6 a m. 5 p m. 6 p. m. 7 p. m. 8 p. m.
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  • THE LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 514 12 Huge Factory To Be Built EXPORT TRADE WITH SINGAPORE A large and up-to-date plant for the concentration of the soya bean industry of Hong Kong and for the production of its oil and other bye-products, is shortly to be established by a group of
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    • 65 12 The local agents, Harrison Barker Co., Ltd., are in receipt of cabled information that the Directors of Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd., have declared an Interim Dividend of 5% less Tax on account of the year ending 30th June 1933. This Dividend is payable on the 14th
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    • 61 12 The agents, Harrisons. Barker Co., Ltd., are advised by cable that the Board of Pangnga River Tin Concessions Ltd., has decaired an Interim Dividend of 4% less Tax on account of the year ending 31st August, 1933. The Dividend is payable on the 15th July,
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    • 24 12 The output of Tin Bentong No Liability for the first half of June, 1933, was hours 224, piculs 50, cubic yards 24,700.
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    • 835 12 TO-DAY’S PRICES The following were the latest quotations tn MESSRS. KENNEDY A Co.’s shart list at 11 a.m. to-day. Yesterday To-day. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Ayer Hitam 13 6 14|0exl3 9 14|3ex Bangrin 17)3 17|9 18 0 18|6 Hitam 35 40 35 40 Katu 14
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    • 436 12 Messrs. William Jacks Co. reported as follows on May 24 The public have bought Commodities fairly freely, but consumers have not followed the rise, so that a moderate reaction from the top prices paid is not surprising, and rather healthy than otherwise. The U S.A. have given
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    • 277 12 Increase in the Excess The International Tin Committee met at the Bolivian Legation, Paris, on Tuesday, May 23. The montnly statistics as to export are as follows (in tons): Cabled information from participating countries for Sept.-Dec., 1932, Jan.-Mar., 1933 and April, 1933. Monthly export permissible Balance 1932,
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    • 240 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Rubber Sales Department Penang, June 14. A sharp change in sentiment has taken place during the past week and local values have declined approximately a cent per lb. since our last report. The tone at the close this afternoon is fairly steady but dealers are nervous of
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    • 121 12 Latest Quotations Thursday Wednesday Paris 86 316 86 New York 4.06% 4.10 Montreal 4.54% 4.56% Brussels 24.27% 24.22% Geneva 17.56% 17.53 Amsterdam 8.43% 8.42% Milan 64% 64 15 16 Berlin 14.30 14 11)32 Stockholm 19.45 19.42% Copenhagen 22.42% 22.42% Oslo 19.75 19.75 Vienna 31 31 Prague
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    • 55 12 PENANG, JUNE 16 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) On London Bank Demand 2 3 29)32 4 mjts 2|4 Private 3 mjts credit 2,4 7 >32 3 Documentary 2 ***** On New York Bank Demand 46% France T.T. 960n0m India T.T. 154 Hongkong T.T. 38 dis. nom. Shanghai T.T.
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    • 601 12 Schedule of rinci pal Lines The following is a list of Veaß(b md sailing from Penang dunn. IN PORT TO-DAY S.S. BUYSKES from Langsa, Lho s we, Sigli, Sabang and Olehleh Si for Belawan, Langsa, Idi, Lho &Z we, Sigli Sabang and Olehleh M.V. THURLAND CASTLE
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 67 12 IN EXCHANGE for 200 used Stamps of Straits Settle nents, Malay States, Siam, Hong ’Cong, Java, and the surrounding coun tries will give Picture Post Cords OF English Scenery Photographer from Aeroplanes. MISS TEE “KIA ORA,” Stockwell, London, Eng-lan LET US SUPPLY YOU WITH THE BEST IN STATIONERY PRINTING AND
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 36 12 WEATHER REPORT Temp. Wind Rainfal 6 a.m. 76 E Noon 91 S TIDE TABLES High Water. Low Wat* TO-DAY 8.12 a.m. 12.44 a.m. 7.35 p.m. 1.58 p.m. TO-MORROW 9.10 a.m. 1.49 a.m. 9.01 p.m. 3.40 p.m.
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  • 870 13 The Air Mails despatched from Penang on 7th June per the- Dutch Aeroplane via Alor Star-Amsterdam were delivered in London on 15th June. 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 MAIL
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  • 269 14 Maharajah Takes a Compulsory Holiday The Maharajah of Alwar does not think he can live on £15,000 a year. This was the sum to which the Government of India insisted that he should restrict his privy purse, if they were to give his State the
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  • 299 14 MAGISTRATE TELLS HOW TO DO IT By Probation Of everj’ hundred men who are in prison to-day, 50 need never have been there. They are are victims of an antiquated legal procedure totally unsuited to deal with crime under modem conditions. Of the 50,000 men admitted to
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  • 339 14 Disgrace to Civilisation “Spying is bad enough when it doesn’t get found out. But it is even more mischievous w’hen it does get found out,” writes Mr. Ernest Bevin, general secretary of the Transport Workers’ Union, and a member of the General Council
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  • 2114 16 THE REV. COLIN KING ON POETRY First Of A Series Of Lectures KEATS THE CLASSIC EXAMPLE Beauty Is Truth, Truth Beauty Taking John Keats (1795-1821) as the real poet and his “Ode to a Nightingale as an outstanding example in which
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  • 136 16 The following arrived by the s.s. Kedah this morning from Singapore Mr. H. E. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Davis, Mr. Pfaff, Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Eveson, Mr. A. G. A. Mosley, Mr. W. Y. Semple, Mr. Hulme, Mr. W. H. Daw, Mr. A. E. G.
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