Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 July 1933

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE 'iHED 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No i 74. Vol. LXXXXI. FRIDAY, 28th JULY. 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 116 1 —Reuter. FURTHER ANGLO-DUTCH NEGOTIATIONS PLAN MAY BE REVISED GOVERNMENTS TO BE CONSULTED The Hague, July 27. Objections which arose to the Anglo-Dutch Rubber Growers’ Association’s restriction scheme at this afternoon’s conference between Heer van der Waals, head of the Economic Section of the Colonial Dutch
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  • 1414 1 Progress Likely To Continue GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF AGREEMENTS SOUND Empire Delegations' Statement .—Reuter. London, July 27. s announcement was made p aehalf of the British Em- < nding the Conference x the World Economic and has adjourned, the o un .l. _.ilions of the
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  • 246 1 —Reuter. EXCITED BUYING IN CHICAGO London, July 27. While no agreement has yet been reached there are reasonable prospects that the present difficulties will be adjusted if fur-1 1 ther consultations are arranged, states an I official communique concerning wheat restriction d scussions which were
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  • 165 1 —Reuter. STRONG RESPONSE TO APPEAL Washington, July 27. Newspaper appeals, broadcasts and street corner orations combined to launch the big prosperity push to-day. Aeroplanes distributed 77,000,000 blank forms to employers all over the states. It is stated from Detroit that the Chevrolet Company has increased the hourly
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  • 36 1 .—Reuter Wireless. W T ashington, July 22. The first unfavourable trade balance since August, 1931, is revealed in the figures published to-day which give exports in June at $119,900,000 and imports at $122,000,000.
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  • 102 1 Proposed Government Control CONFERENCE HELD (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 28. Dr. Tempany, Director of Agriculture, Mr. Fairweather, of the Johore Agricultural Department, and Mr. Lee of the Lee Pineapple Company, one of the biggest in Singapore, attended a conference at Government House to discuss proposed
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  • 153 1 —Reuter. Traders Surprised at Government’s Action New York, July 28. The Government's purchase of cotton futures cabled yesterday surprised most traders. The opinion is held that purchases will probably be connected with the liquidation of production, loans and preparations by the administration to complete the acquisition of a
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  • 83 1 ,—Reuter. Posthumously Created a Baron Tokio, July 27. It is reliably learned that Marshal Muto died this morning, though the official announcement was temporarily withheld pending the decision of a successor, who is expected to be General Senjuro Hayachi, Chief of Military Education. It is formally decided
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  • 56 1 —Reuter. Authorised by U. S. Treasury New York, July 28. The U. S. Treasury has authorised the export of gold concentrates and gold ore abroad. Smelter or imperfectly refined ore could not be exported hitherto. The Treasury has ruled that gold ore did not come under
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  • 40 1 director of the State Opera. —Reuter Wire1 Berlin, July 24. The death is announced of the famous musician, Professor Max Schillings, director of the Berlin Civic Opera and a former director of the State Opera. —Reuter Wire1
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  • 103 1 many remained unchanged.—Reuter Wireless. Some Progress in Rome and Prague Paris, July 22. Mr. Arthur Henderson, in his capacity of Chairman of the Disarmament Conference, breakfasted to-day with M. Paul Boncour at the Quai d’Orsay on the conclusion of his visit to Rome, Berlin, Prague and Munich
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  • 45 1 Not to Publish Army and Navy News (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, July 27. The Ministry of Defence has notified the Bangkok newspapers that under the Newspaper Law Amendment Act news relating to the army and navy must not be published.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 13 1 t SATA MOTHERS dentists Office next Dispensary e 52, Leith Street I Branch
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    • 38 1 L 20 O7H££ "AYLMER” PRODUCTS NOW AVAILABLE Foods Diced Beetroot chiH Sallce Tomato Catsup piums Refugee Beans Asparagus Tips Spinach Pork and Beans Peaches Golden Wax Beans Asparagus Cuttings Peas Golden Bantam Com Sole Agents for British Malaya.
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    • 87 1 I $2OO FOR 3 WINNERS Page 2 TO-DAY’S CONTENTS Reasonable Prospects Of Wheat Agreement I Malayan Pineapple Industry 1 Ottawa’s Benecial Effects 1 Further Anglo-Dutch Negotiations 1 America’s Prosperity 1 Tic-Tac’s Free Treble 2 County Cricket < Medic Who Was Struck Off 4 Correspondence 5 Supreme Court Lecture on Unemployment
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    • 2433 2 TI TA7* C fd F F rates for casual notices BANKS TIC- TAC S FR advertisements ANDREW TREBLE PENANG ST ANDREW Chartere d BcnS< NEDERLAN& HE SOCIETY OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA HANDEL MAAT :At a. (Incorporated in England IJ Xt is n SouM AnmfiG general hgfi N V Offer
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  • 289 3 SENTENCED BY HIS BISHOP Secrecy Move After an admission by the Rev. Edward Ralph Bickersteth, curate of St. Peter’s Church, Kells, near Whitehaven, that he had been guilty of immoral conducted, sentence that he be deprived of his curacy and declared incapable of holding preferment.” was
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  • 182 3 Coolie’s Fall into a Ship’s Hold The death of a ship’s coolie who fell 30 feet into the cargo hold and broke his neck! formed the subject of an inquiry by the Singapore Coroner (Mr. F. G. Bourne) yesterday. The accident occurred on July 13, on board the
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  • 143 3 The report of the directors of Raffles Hotel, Ltd., to be presented at the meeting of the company on August 2, statesl The total number of shares allotted is 20” 116 of which 292,109 are allotted as fully paid in part settlement of the consideration for the
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  • 302 3 Criminal Breach of Trust of $l,OOO Pleading guilty to a charge of criminal breach of trust as an agent in respect of $l,OOO a European named G. W. Osborne was bound over for three years on a personal bond of $5O by the District Judge (Mr. H.
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  • 324 3 Woman Convicted of Cheating Arrest at 7 p.m. and divorce at 7.30, followed by a sentence of seven months’ r.i. and nine months’ police supervision, was what a Boyanese wife of a constable got for cheating another Boyanese woman of her jewellery. Siti binti Majaman, till recently
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  • 330 3 Buxton Man’s Interesting Story for the King At Chatsworth, on July 4, where the King and Queen are staying as the guestS' of the Duke of Devonshire, Captain William C. Mclntyre, of Buxton, had the honour of being presented to the King, and was asked by His
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 92 3 THE TIRELESS SALESMAN— An advertisemen in the “Pinang Gazette” is a tireless sal— -a. Eton one week’s end to another it talks biii.ness without boring potential customers. It tells your storj (unknown to you perhaps) to a wide circle of in terested readers and its influence is all the nwrt
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  • 1326 4 SUPREME COURT APPLICATION SUGGESTION THAT ORDINANCE IS ULTRA VIRES A suggestion that in framing the Medical Registration Ordinance the Legislative Council had gone beyond their legislatory powers by making it a punishable offence for a medical man to continue to practice after his name had
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  • 90 4 ral and another ring-leader.—Reuter Wire- Genera] Calvanati Sentenced Madrid, July 24. After a long trial, the case against General Calvanati and thirty others of being concerned in the San Jurjo rebellion in Seville in August of last year, ended in the General being sentenced to ten
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  • 941 4 Mrs. J. Trowell, with her son, has left for Australia. Mr. S. Barker has been appointed Registrar of Aliens, Singapore. Mr. Paul Storr has been appointed Assistant Hon. Secretary of the S.S. (Singapore) Association. Mr. T. Sivapragasam, Co-operative Officer, has passed in Law, Parts One and Two,
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  • 140 4 —Reuter. Verity In Form ESSEX DEFEAT GLOUCESTER BY AN INNINGS London, July 27. Yorkshire defeated Middlesex to-day at Lords by 10 w-ickets. Middlesex scored 136 and 192 in their two innings while Yorkshire replied with 302 and 28 for no wickets. Verity bowled well for the
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  • 58 4 —Reuter. Favourite Beaten London, July 27. The following was the result of the Goodwood Cup run at Goodwood to-day SANS PEINE 1 BROWN JACK 2 XIMENES 3 Five ran. Won by four lengths one and a half lengths between the second and third. Betting 20il Sans
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  • 117 4 —Reutei’ Wireless. Bitter Complaints Against Nazi Partizans Berlin, July 24. German Protestantism is delivered into the hands of the Nazis as the result of the I elections to the representative body of the German Evangelical Church. Though the final figures are not yet available, the “GerI man Christians
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 17 4 V ant to sell that car An advertisement in the “Pinang Gazette’’ will do it for you.
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    • 202 4 THIS! z To PLEASE C 8603 g™"® RUDEE VALLEY AND HIS O^™OTRA r IN TWO VERY TUNEFLX J DBIIO9 ?Ae FOUNTAIN o F THESE TUNES ARE FULL OF ORCHESTRAL COLOUR Th" r SUp f IS DEBROY SOMERS. NEED WE SAY MOR AXD I DBIIII J ALES TOLD ON THE DANUBE
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  • 1733 5 Causes And Cure interesting lecture by ECONOMIST Capitalism The Curse a uses and cure was Humiliating address at K yesterday by Mr. K the well-known Mr. Cheng Kung K unemploy at was not essentially a K it had existed from earliest tina After
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 267 5 To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette. Sir, —By chance I read Zodiac’s” comment in the issue of the 18th July of your valuable paper and had a look at once into 1 the respective tables, to discover almost 1 immediately what’s wrong with those dates. Conjunction
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  • 33 5 ,—Reuter Wireless. Over 7,C00 Claims Pretoria, July 24. A big expansion of the Rand Gold mining industry is in train. Over seven thou- sand claims are involved.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 109 5 f MhjA GREAT I ANNUAL I pMsj lB SALE L 7 A Commences MONDAY, JULY 31st > ■Z I W' AT 8.30 A.M. < 5i HoU an d continues throughout August. x 3* j: greater bargains in greater variety J lif y f zW wS > -f 4 J" j
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  • 933 6 The only item of World Conference news today (Wednesday) is that Australia is signing the silver agreement in the afternoon.” That bald statement, which was included in the cabled news received yesterday, rings down the curtain on another of the British Premier’s great ideals. That he must be disappointed
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  • 1015 6  -  HOW FAR IS IT JUSTIFIED BY HARTLEY WITHERS This hard-worked word is used in so many senses nowadays, that one has to define it before one talks about it. inflation I mean a rise in prices, due to an increase in the volume of money. This
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  • 771 6 SCHOOLBOYS’ EMPIRE TOURS An opportunity 0 meetnc r, Labrador in the country w t enfel l of missionary and explorer has rna famcus I will be afforded a large party of n are setting out from London on Wh I 4 for a two months’ tour o
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    • 150 6 Ila?! aIKoBj wfl Till III Hl r C\3 nC? i -*fWw> U.yAAc 7 \?GCA<7 IB /4r\ jhhk\ I 7/ i I E I** SOLE TT:— JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD., PENANG. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR IPOH. S »£<g JBKSsk sK L m to «ggy ylfl|£aKjgssa cWork Is over and
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    • 35 6 When Buying Hams ALWAYS SPECIFY i 1n < 7«’ s SQfA 1 °*K Well-known throughout THE WHOLE WORLD. :o: OBTAINABLE FROM All the Leading Dealers. SOLE AGENTS: Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., PENANG Singapore, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 389 7 CONDITIONS OF THINGS A CHALLENGE TO THE WISDOM OF MAN MR. MACDONALD CONVINCED OF REASSEMBLY IN A FEW MONTHS oOo London, July 27. if the plenary meeting which to-day brought to an end the present session of the \ations Monetary and
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  • 847 7 .Heuter. VIEWS RECONCILED IN DUE COURSE London, Julv 27. The Geological Museum which has recently been like a tomb was animated this morning tor the farewell meeting of the historic Conference. The galleries were crowded although the weather was very hot. Mr Jfacdonald opened punctually at ten
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  • 28 7 M. Maisky scornfully declared that though the Conference was only’ six weeks okl, it was so hopelessly senile that it was dispersing sine die.
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  • 447 7 Preliminary Exploration of Vital Issues Mr. Neville Chamberlain said that the United Kingdom delegation had hoped that the Conference might formulate principles of immediate international action to raise prices, stabilise exchanges and return to the international monetary standard to which in due course all countries might wisely
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  • 406 7 TRADE BARRIERS Senor Oliviera, of Brazil, hailed the silver agreement as a definite accomplishment and expressed the opinion that the work once started will surely continue. A thin gathering heard the representatives of Haiti and Japan. Viscount Ishii said that the Japanese throughout had insisted
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  • 112 7 TIN--Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £214-5-0 £215-7-6 TIN —(3 Months) London £214-5-0 £215-10-0 Singapore $109.50 $110.50 Business Done Penang lO9 50 s llo so Business Done Bu y ers no sellers 25 tons COPRA —(Sundried) 3 80 3 85 BLACK PEPPER ••> $17.00 $16.00 RUBBER London 4 4%d. New
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 35 7 SELLING MADE EASY—Times are hard but there is no need to offer that article at a “throwaway price.” Send along a small advertisement to the “Pinang Gazette” and dispose of it at a satisfactory figure
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    • 162 7 n«w 11 wwwr 4 o<D <»Oc o io7\vei.»« wUi-,^ J ML— S THE SALUTE! Here they come... “Smiler” leading— a gallant and endless little army radiating Health and Happiness I The tramp of these V sturdy little feet is heard increasingly throughout the world to-day for Cow Gate is fast
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    • 73 7 K. P. M. TO AUSTRALIA AND BACK 51 DAYS FOR £74 Per S.S. NIEUW ZEELAND. SAILING FROM SINGAPORE, 18th DECEMBER, 1933 7th FEBRUARY, 1934. NO EXTRA EXPENSE PASSENGERS LIVE ON BOARD VISITING JAVA, BRISBANE, SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, ADELAIDE. FOR PARTICULARS K. P. M. PENANG, 31, BEACH STREET, TEL. 582. I HAVE
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  • 256 8 JULY 28 St. Mark’s School, Butterworth, annual entertainment, 4.30 p.m. JULY 29 Glugor Shield Sports, Esplanade. Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting, Ist day. Cricket P. C. C. “A” v. Free School, Free School Ground. JULY 30 Cricket P.C.C. v. P.R.C., Esplanade. JULY 31 Junior Civil Serivce Association,
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  • 213 8 Nairobi, July 10. Dr. Searle and Mrs. Gwendoline Place, the Cambridge Helen of Troy,” who recently changed her name to Searle, are leaving Kenya. They arrived here in a motor-car yesterday, stating that they had left Nanyuki, where Dr. Searle held a medical post and
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  • 1316 8 ELIMINATING INTERFERENCE FROM ELECTRICAL MACHINERY OUTPUT FILTER OR TRANSFORMER —TROUBLE WITH COMPONENTS TRACING TROUBLES o (By THE PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY.) Wireless receivers are subject to many kinds of interference. That caused by an- other station working on a wavelength near that used by the station being received, known as
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 28 8 Siemens JICABLES WIRES (m I Manufacturers of fl AIL CLASSES CABLES P-j TELEGRAPH, TELEPHONE: J r-r transmission Sole Agents 1 Bime Ac c > IU- a IjuUUKK JVujj Penang.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 1152 8 PRINCIPAL SHORT-WAVE BROADCASTS STATIONS (By THE PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY.) In Order Of Wavelength Difference in time to Malaya. GENERAL INFORMATF >N. •5 .2 c y 3 STATION. ==g) gj- g Og g 5 3 g ”5 g Interval Mgnals, days of transmission. Zs 7 7 4 41,891 La Turbie. France
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  • 227 9 Admiral’s Barge Effects Rescue THRILL OFF DEAL ne Sailor Suffering From Shock London, July 11. thrilling incident occurred off Deal July 10, when one of the battleship c ars Pitt’s whalers, under full sail, and precipitated its crew into the sea. Th i e a<inQ i r
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  • 249 9 £3,477 Damages i Awarded Judgment was given in the King’s Bench Division on July 11 in an action for da-1 mages brought against Stretham Manor Nursing Home by Mr. William Norman Powell and his wife, Helena, of Acaciaroad, Norbury. Mrs. Powell was awarded £2,500, and her husband £977
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  • 229 9 Scot and Canadian Victims of Old Trick Two British subjects, one a Scotsman and the other a Canadian, have just been robbed in Paris of sums, amounting together to £720, by means of the classical confidence trick. Mr. Thomas Davidson, a business man, of Edinburgh, has
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1205 9 SHORT-WAVE RECEPTION TIMES I’ 1111 II ll PREPARED BY THE PENANG WIRELESS SOCIETY I 1 a°m to 2 a t<> m 3 4 to” 1 5 to™ 5 ’to”' 6 m Tp. m. Bp. m. 9p. m. 10 p. m. 11 p. m. I la. m. 2a. m 3a. m.
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  • THE LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 2188 10 Improved Output And Lower Costs DIVIDEND OF SIX PER CENT Mr. Eric Macfadyen On The Copra Position An extra-ordinary general meeting, called to consider an alteration to the articles of association in regard to the remuneration of the directors, and also the thirty- fourth ordinary general meeting of
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    • 240 10 Anglo-Dutch of Java Reduces Costs A loss of £146,176 is disclosed in the accounts for 1932 of Anglo-Dutch Plantations of Java, w r hose issued capital is £2,350,350. This figure, which is struck after providing £107,075 for subsidiary company’s loss, compares with £142,779 for 1932, when the subsidiary
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    • 788 10 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The following wera the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s share hsl to-day. Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Batu Caves 47% 52% 47% 52% Hong Fatt 39 41 39 41 Kamunting 9|o 9 1 6 ex 90 9;6ex Killinghall B|3
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    • 125 10 Latest Quotations Thursday Wednesday Paris 85 132 85 11 32 New York 4.53% 4.61% Montreal 4.88% 4.91% Brussels 23.85 23.92% Geneva 17.16% 17.26% Amsterdam 8.24 8.27% Milan 63 3 32 63 ***** Berlin 13.95 13.99% Stockholm 19.37% 19.37% Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 30
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    • 58 10 PENANG, JULY 28 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) On London Bank Demand 2[4 4 mjts 2|4 I|l6 Private 3 m|ts credit 2|4 I[4 3 Documentary 2|4 3|B On New York Bank Demand 52 France T.T. 975 nom India T.T. 154 Hongkong T.T. 38 dis. nom. Shanghai T.T. 44%
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 587 10 NEW ADVERTISE POSITION WANTEB Planter, British, aged experience, returning fr< 1 July, seeks engagement, tei r (ir permanent. Box No. 57, c/o Pinang C zviu* POSITION VACANT Wanted immediately, compel nt Book. keeper-Typist for Mining C< mpany j n Selangor. Temporary posit n possibly permanent. Salary $lOO to S'. per
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 38 10 WEATHER REPORT Temp. Wind Rainfal 6 a.m. 76 E 2 m.m. Noon 81 S TIDE TABLES High Water. Low Wate> TO-DAY 3.38 a.m. 9.40 a.m. 3.25 p.m. 10.07 p.m. TO-MORROW 4.10 a.m. 10.15 a.m. 3.58 p.m. 10.40 p.m.
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  • 509 11 dale of Principal Lines owing is a list of vessels arriving ig from Penang during the week: riw PORT TO-DAV SKES from Langsa, Lho Seuma--igli, Sabang and Olehleh. Sails lawan, Langsa, Idi, Lho Seuma--li, Sabang and Olehleh to-day. LA for Port Swettenham and ipore. ERWALNUT from
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  • 1420 11 air mails A mail for Europe, Great Britain, Ireland and North America by steamer to Culcutta thence by Rail to Karachi for conveyance by Imperial Airways will be closed at 10 a.m. to-morrow. OUTWARD MAILS A mail for Rangoon and Calcutta by the s.s .“Capt. St. Francis” will
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 339 11 ANOTHER EXPENSIVE CARD For Outstation Visitors During Race-Week BOXING GREAT CATCH-WEIGHT CONTEST At FUN FROLIC OPEN AIR STADIUM TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 P.M. TO-NIGHT LITTLE LEWIS Flyweight Champion of Malaya and holder of the Trocadero Belt, The Malayan Wonder and universally known as the “„Jimmy Wilde of the East Vs. BATTLING
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 103 11 I A SUPERB BRITISH MUSICAL SHOW I 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 S MATINEE TO-MORROW at 2.45 P.M. THE FILM THAT IN ONE WEEK 50.090 PEOPLE 1 PAID TO SEE AT THE PLAZA, LONDON I ANNA NEAGLE 1 IN i British Dominions 1 Sparkling Comedy Romance “THE LITTLE DfIMOZEL” f WITH i
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    • 55 11 6.75 TO-NIGHT LAST NIGHT 9.30 Matinee To-morrow at 2.45 p.m. RICHARD TALMADGE f AT HIS SPEEDIEST IN I "SC AR E H EADS" TO-MORROW M.-G.-M.’s BIG LAUGH SHOW 1 BUSTER KEATON 1 AS THE MASTER BREWIER IN f "WHAT! EW BEER?" I WITH J PHYLLIS HARRY, the New English Find
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  • 721 12 GERM-CARRYING BLACK RATS ARE BACK AGAIN There is daily increasing danger of an outbreak of bubonic plague in London—for the black rat which carries the plague germs has returned to this country. But if the Government takes drastic action, the peril can probably be
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  • 297 12 Saving the Trees EFFECT OF CONTINUED DROUGHT IN KENYA Ruin faces many Kenya coffee planters as a result of a disastrous drought which has now lasted over four months in several parts of the Colony. On a great number of farms the trees have been
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  • 299 12 Father Awarded £243 Damages 1 ALEX AND ANOTHER v. KERRIDGE Court.—King’s Bench. I Judge.—Mr. Justice Swift. Counsel and Solicitors.—Mr. J. Dickinson, K.C., and Mr. A.- E. Beecroft (.Messrs. McKenna and Co.) were for the plaintiff; and Mr. W. Monckton, K. C., and Mr. Willis (Messrs. William Charles Crocker
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 485 12 Vw 1 y When Distance Lends Enchantment Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills will Help. THE old saying that “Distance lends enchantment*’ is never more apt or to the point than when applied to people whose breath is laden with evil* smelling odours. No matter how handsome they may appear, they
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    • 36 12 If you wish to extend your trade and find new customers, try a small advertisement in the “Pinanj Gazette.” It circulates throughout the who!» ol North Malaya, Siam Sumatra. As a sellin; nedium it stands unrivalled.
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    • 116 12 STOP THE LEAKS WITH jgf' .-a 77 SOLE AGENTS: UNITED ENGINEERS L? PENANG. GOWEN V LAGER.)/ BREWED BOTTLED t b Obtainable From AU Dealers AND AT A PRICE TO SUIT EVERYBODY. tr y rr. iSJIAM W Depart Penang (Praii every Monday and Friday 9.50 oi )CR Arrive Bangkok every Tuesday
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 109 14 —Reuter. H.M.S. Terror ESTIMATED MAINTENANCE £13.000 London, July 27. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. F. Cocks who asked the reasons for sending the monitor “Terror” to Singapore as a base ship, Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell said that the development of the naval base and defences
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  • 152 14 —Reuter Wireless. Convicted Englishmen’s Appeal to High Court Allahabad, July 24. Expected to last two months, an appeal in the Meerut conspiracy case has been taken up to the High Court. The appellants are three Englishmen and twentyfour others who were sentenced on January 16th to various
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  • 92 14 Large Outstation Entries LAST COUPON TO-DAY This morning’s mail brought us a large entry from the F. M. S. and also from Siam and Medan showing the interest which has been taken in our new racing competition. The last coupon appears on Page 2 to-day. Intending entrants are
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  • 202 14 Lewis-Chan Main Event (BY “SECONDS OUT”) Little Lewis, will have his first fight locally against the wellknown, Battling Chan, the Ipoh boy who made Penang his fighting ground and who carried most of his fights home. Keen interest is centred on the young flyweight for he has come
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  • 72 14 His Royal Highness Prnice Damrong and party arrived in Penang to-day by the s.s. Kedah fiom Singapore. He will be the guest of Mr. Khaw Joo Tok during his stay in Penang. The s.s. “Somali” from Otari’ via Singapore and Port Swettenham is expected to arrive at
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  • 176 14 Excellent Staff PRAISE FROM INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS Mr. T. A. O’. Sullivan, Inspector of Schools, Penang who paid a visit to the Penang English School at 8, Johore Road on the 19th of this month has written as follows I called in on my way down to
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  • 93 14 Annual Dinner The annual dinner of The Penang Medical Practitioners’ Society w’as held at The Strand Hotel on Wednesday night at 8 p.m., with Dr. J. Emile Smith, the President, in the chair. The dinner was followed by the annual general meeting at which the following
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  • 46 14 —Reuter. Against American Textile Code New r York, July 28. The American Federation of Silkworkers ordered a general strike as a protest against adoption of any textile code under consideration or in force. It is claimed that 70,000 workers will be involved. —Reuter.
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  • 88 14 .—Reuter Wireless. Plan to Bring About Industrial Recovery New York, July 24. Hurried preparations for Thursday, employers throughout the country will begin to receive blank forms to sign promising individually to raise the pay of their employees and to shorten working hours, while to-night
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  • 82 14 —Reuter Wireless. For Attack on Nazi Meeting Berlin, July 24. The Court has reacted promptly to Captain Goering’s new laws and to-day sentenced to death two communists, aged twenty-one and nineteen, and two others to six months’ imprisonment and one woman to three months for
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  • 30 14 ture was 90.5 degrees Fahrenheit.—Rugby Radio Service. London, July 27. The heat wave continued throughout Southern England. At noon the temperature was 90.5 degrees Fahrenheit.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 110 14 In the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Justice Sawrey-Cookson came on the bench to fix the cases for August and afterwards was engaged in Chamber till almost 1 o’clock with Summonses. There were other matters down for hearing in open court, including one motion in which Messrs.
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  • 152 14 Accused Discharged It was conclusively proved in jhe Penang Police Court this morning before the Magistrate, Mr. D. Wills, that the charge of criminal trespass brought by Yeoh Ah Tam against Yeoh Peck Khee w’as a false one. Yeoh Peck Khee was accordingly discharged of trespassing,
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  • 40 14 Too Eager Sampan Men Two sampan oarsmen named Thourmal and Pitchay Gunny were fined $5 each by the Penang Magistrate on a charge of boarding the Motor Vessel Salardia without the permission of the Immigration Officer.
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  • 34 14 —Reuter Wireless. Burlington, lawa, July 22. Following his divorce which was granted on Monday, Elliott Roosevelt, the second son of the President, is marrying to-day Miss Ruth Googins.-
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  • 46 14 —Reuter Wireless. Will Assist in Improving World Trade London. July 22. It is understo 1 tl of the Treasury, Cordell Hull, ely satisfied with the conclusion <: >ti agreement which he feels will as<-‘ in improving world trade as well as .A price of silver.-
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