Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 August 1933

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE MABLISHED 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 181. Vol. LXXXXI. SATURDAY. sth AUGUST. 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    IF PEACE IS NOT ESTABLISHED IN CHINA
    1258 1 PLAN to divide it among POWERS TERNATiONAL PEACE CONFERENCE Lord Morley And Delegates In Penang CONFERENCE NOT CERTAIN Marley, Vice-President of the House and» number of other delegates en route to Shanghai for an interconference of Pacific Groups gainst war at Shanghai were
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    JOURNALIST SENT TO PRISON
    63 1 —Reuter. Without Open Tri':! SHARP REPERCUSSION EXPECTED Vienna. August 5. Sharp repercussions are expected to follow the announcement that Franz Riedel, chief correspondent of the Berlin newspaper Germania,” has been sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment for an article insulting the Austrian Government. The sensation was increased
    —Reuter.  -  63 words
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    DOVER-DUNKIRK CROSS CHANNEL SERVICE
    58 1 kirk. —Rugby Radio Service. New Train Ferry Dock To Be Constructed London. August 4. The Modern Transport announces that an order has been placed for the construction of a new train ferry dock at Dover in connection ■with the cross channel sei v ice to be
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    ESPIONAGE SUGGESTION DENIED
    87 1 BY METRO-VICKERS REPRESENTATIVE Sofia, August 4. The suggestion that his expulsion from Turkey was due to personal intrigue hatched during his absence on leave, was made by Mr. Lender in an interview with Reuter. He denied all suggestion of espionage and said his photograph and finger printers
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    ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH’S GAIN CONTRACT FOR RAIL-BUS
    67 1 -—Rugby Radio Service. Result of Demonstration London, August 4. As a result of the performance by Armstrong Whitworth steamlined diesel electric bus between King’s Cross and Hereford durthe demonstration runs in the presence of the Home and Overseas railway officials, yesterday, one overseas railway
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    PADDLED ACROSS THE CHANNEL
    40 1 boat.—Rugby Radio Service. London, August 4. Anthony Derrick paddled across the Channel and back from Dover in a ten feet Dolphin float in seven hours ten minutes to-day. He was accompanied by a motorboat.—Rugby Radio Service.
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    THE CROWN OF MARTYRDOM
    247 1 thods.—Rugby Radio Service and Reuter Wireless. Will Gandhi Seek It? FEAR OF HIS FOLLOWERS London, August 4. Gandhi was released and re-arrested owing to his refusal to comply with an order restricting his activities. He pleaded guilty ■when on trial to-day and was sen-; fenced to
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    INDIAN REFORM
    86 1 days. —Rugby Radio Service. Joint Select Committee London, August 4. The Joint Select Committee on Indian Constitutional Reform rose for the recess yesterday and will reassemble on October 3. Before rising, the hearing of evidence by Indian witnesses was completed. The Secretary of State, Sir Samuel Hoare, will
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    SOLO TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT
    65 1 Strait and thence to New York.—Rugby Radio Service. Ex-R.A.F. Officer London, August 4. John Grierson, ex-Royal Air Force officer, left Brough aerodrome at five o’clock this morning on a solo Trans-Atlantic flight by the Northern route. He is making for Scapa Flow and will continue via the
    Strait and thence to New York.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  65 words
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    AUSTRALIAN POET
    64 1 Dean of Westminster. —Rugby Kamo service. Memorial in Westminster Abbey London, August 4. The proposal, which has the support of the leading men of letters for the erection of a memorial in Westminster Abbey to the Australian poet, Adam Lindsay Gordon, the centenary of whose birth falls on
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    A TERRIBLE DEATH
    71 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, August 4. A terrible death overtook a man who ventured too near one of the big machines at the Lee Rubber Works. He was picked up unconscious and bleeding profusely. He had been either crushed by the machine or struck a blow
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    COMMUNIST SOUTHS EXECUTED
    183 1 —Reuter and Reuter Wireless. Decapitation With An Axe PRUSSIAN PREMIER IGNORES APPEAL Berlin, August 4. Stricter discipline will be introduced in German prisons by Capt. Goering who thinks that under the present regulations prisoners are coddled. Privileges like smoking, reading and seeing films will henceforth be denied
    —Reuter and Reuter Wireless.  -  183 words
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    SUMMER HOLIDAY TRAFFIC
    90 1 coaches being in use.—Rugby Radio Service. Heavy Motor and Railway Bookings London, August 4. The outward Summer holiday traffic which has been specially heavy durin the past fortnight, is expected to touch the peak for the season to-morrow morning. Motor-coach bookings are exceptionally heavy and railways are
    coaches being in use.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  90 words
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    KOTKAI BOMBED AGAIN
    31 1 Reuter. Frontier Very Quiet Simla, August 4.' Kotkai was bombed again by British, planes and practically the whole village was destroyed. The frontier at present is very quiet.
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      70 1 FINAL SELECTIONS FOR TO-DAY Page 76. TO-DAY'S CONTENTS I The Crown of Martyrdom 1 Communist Youths Executed 1 Espionage Suggestion Denied 1 Journalist Sent to Prison 1 Lord Marley and Delegates in Penang 1 Tic-Tac’s Free Treble 2 Country Cricket Results Opening of Malayan Exhibition 9 Foreign Cables 1 811(1
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    THOSE "AWFUL WEDDED WIVES"
    465 3 Mi st Some Men Make •gister Office faT WITH GUN Murder »eat Ended In A Blessing triages of Hackney, win, who during his 34 married nearly 28,000 ear; ded to retire. oUpl tmusing stories of inciUp tens ufficial career. tn Iways his busiest perfasVT :i ie
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    "BACK TO COAL"
    116 3 Advertising as Powerful Weapon tb e lanS future in connection with A ,l "al” movement were anof r Ir W. R. Gordon, Director In isation Council, at a meet--o Industry Society in London w Press for the purposes of bp J rLiSl it was clear that the
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    AIR ARMADA 1,000 MILES ON WAY HOME
    260 3 Visits To London And Paris Likely POST’S MISHAP Flier Forced Down In Dash Over Siberia New York, July 19. The Italian Air Armada is already 1,000 miles on its way home from Chicago. General Balbo's 100 bachelor airmen in their 24 seaplanes flying
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    TRAINERS FIGHT WITH LION
    160 3 Taken To Hospital With Injuries To Leg And Hand An attendant at a wild animal exhibition on Blackpool Promenade has been attacked by a full-grown lion. The man, Joseph Leslie Hatch, 30, of Meyler-avenue, Blackpool, was removed to hospital with wounds on both legs and a
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    "HOLY COAT OF CHRIST" UNVEILED
    103 3 Herr Von Papen Attends The Ceremony Cologne, July 23. An exhibition of the relic known as The Holy Coat of Christ” in the Cathedral at Ticves this morning aroused much religious enthusiasm in that city. The Government was represented by Herr von Papen at the
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    MANSLAUGHTER OF BINGLEY WIFE
    576 4 Midnight Attack By Husband “EGG-SHELL” SKULL Sentence of Six Years’ Penal Servitude Sentence of six years’ penal servitude was passed by Mr. Justice Charles, at Leeds Assizes, on July 15, on Hiiyim Craven (68), weaving overlooker, of Rook Street, Bingley, who was found guilty of the
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    DEATH SENTENCE ON WIFE
    128 4 Husband Murdered Elizabeth Agnes Rhodes, 39, was at Leeds Assizes on July 25th, found guilty of the murder of her husband, Samuel Redmayne Rhodes, a farmer, of Snow Booth Farm, Wadsworth, near Hebden Bridge, and was sentenced to death. The defence was that Rhodes brutally ill-.reated
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    COULD NOT DO UP HIS COLLAR
    190 4 Weak After Rheumatism There is only one way to deal with rheumatism. It is not sufficient merely to clear it out of the system—it must be kept out. For 10 years this man has be.en free from the trouble “A bad attack of rheumatic
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    BAND PROGRAMMES
    108 4 To-morrow, at Gardens, from 5 p.m. to 6.3 C p.m. 1. March —Under the Double Eagle —Wagner. 2. Over ure—Egmont —Beethoven. 3. Selection —The Mikado—Sullivan. 4. —Chanson Indoue —Rimsky-Korsa-kow. (Song of the Hindu Merchant from the Opera “Sadko.”) 5. Suite —Americana—Thurban. I—March. “The Tiger’s Tail.” II —Serenade When
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    GIFT OF A CHURCH
    119 4 Woman’s £14,000 Talk With Bishop A new church, costing £14,000, is being built at Becontree, one of London’s new outer suburbs, as a result of a chance meeting of the Bishop of Chelmsford and Miss Violet Wills, of the Bristol family of tobacco fame, at the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    677 4 Mr. D. C. Kennieson, Manager, Kennieson Bros., Tanjong Rambutan, sails for Europe by the “Ranpura” to-day. Wan Mohammed Amin bin Wan Abdullah Haji has been appointed to act as Private Secretary to His Highness the Sultan of Kedah. Mr. J. F. Delamore, of the F.M.S. Police, is
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    DOG FIGHTS MAD BULL
    184 4 Saves Lives of Two Men A coolie dog saved the lives of two men who were gored by a bull at Anstey, Leicestershire, on July 18th. Sidney Whitton, aged 55, was moving two cows which were near the bull when the enraged animal attackeu him and,
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      24 4 M p I MORNING AFTERNOON O N C E EVENING R K Y S BEST SELECTION Itl TOWN Prices Very Moderate MODES DE PARIS
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      178 4 WIRELESS 8.8. C. Programme For Straits Settlements, and Federated Malay States from the Empire transmittei Daventry, England. Two of the following frequencies anc wavelengths will be used in the transmissions to the Indian zone. Announcement! will be made at frequent intervals. Call Sign Frequency Wavelength GSB 9,510 kejs 31.55 m.
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    COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS
    194 5 Wcrw skshire s Innings Victory SCORES 187 NOT OUT London, August 4. are the results of County The 1*- were commenced on Wedmatches pesdayS UEI:/ NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 257 (Jupp 6 wickets for 58 Northamptonshire 256 and runs» an 139 for w s Surrey w *n the first innings.
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    SUCCESSFUL DANCE AT HU YEW SEAH
    195 5 Chinese Consul Present A successful ball, enjoyable from every point of view, was held at the Hu Yew yesterday evening. In view of the fact that this was only a maiden venture, organisers are to be congratulated on their achievement. The dance hall was
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    VICTORIA GREEN FOOTBALL
    58 5 winch fOl owin is the full C.R.C. team 1,11 meet Ling-nan University toNg Kam Phooi. Ahl- 1 ,< ks: Khaw Bian Thong, Ngiam 11 Kooi. F ef Lee Ee Eow > Kan Tuck h Huck 800. (Capt.). Sen iS Swee Weng, Chong Seng, 'mg. Kee Lin, Guan
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    SOUTH KEDAH MALAY SCHOOLS
    662 5 Annual Sports (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, August 4. In brilliant sunshine, the Malay schools (Southern Section) held their second annual inter-school sports, football and physical drill in the School Paxtang, Sungei Patani, on Thursday, 3rd August, 1933, at 2.30 p.m. The following schools competed
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    DAVIS CUP TENNIS
    35 5 —Reuter. Second Qualifying Round Warshaw, August 10. In the second qualifying round of the Davis Cup Hebda (Poland) beat Sertono (Italy) 7-5, 6-0, 6-0 Stefani (Italy) beaTloczynski (Poland) 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5.
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    CHURCH NOTICES
    183 5 SI GEOKGE THE MARTYR CHURCH OF ENGLAND Bth Sunday after Trinity. 7.50 Litany. 8 a.m. Matins. PSS XXXIX and XL. Hymn 172. 8.30 Holy Communion. 9.15 Holy Communion Tamil. 6.30 Evensong PSS XLII and XLIII 128. Magnificat 47. Nunc Dimittis 59. Hymns 520, 370, 545 and 477. WEDNESDAY
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    PENANG BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS
    193 5  -  (BY C. P. CHYE) Never before did Penang girls turn out in so great a number as they did last evening to witness the Badminton Tournament. So interested were the spectators that there was not a single seat available for the latecomers. The tournament refereed by Mr.
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    H.H. THE SULTAN OF KELANTAN
    124 5 Birthday Rejoicings (From Our Own Correspondent) Tumpat, August 3. With pomp and great rejoicings the 44th birthday of H.H. the Sultan was again celebrated here to-day. The tea-party at the spacious lawn of the Tumpat Club this afternoon was largely attended, and the guests were
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    A MALAYAN DIARY
    251 5 AUGUST 5 Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting. Penang Eurasian Association Dan co, seamen’s Institute, 8.30 p.m. Cricket F.M.S. v Colony, Penang Penang Teachers’ Association, amnual acetic sports, Hutching’s School, 230 p.m. AUGUST 6 Cricket: F.M.S. v Colony, Penang Contd. s AUGUST 7 Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting,
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    SWEDEN WANTS OUR BOOKS
    99 5 Chance for British Publishers Practically no German books are being sold in Sweden, while the demand for English books is steadily increasing (writes a Swedish correspondent in the publishing trade). It is difficult to say to what extent this is due to the unfavourable German exchange
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    S.S. TRADE COMMISSION, 1933
    111 5 The 42nd, 43rd and 44th Meetings of the Commission were held in the Council Chamber, Singapore, on the Ist, 2nd and 3rd August, 1933. Evidence was taken from Mr. D. H. Elias, General Manager, Federated Malay States Railways, supported by Mr. H. Davies, Traffic Inspec‘or, on
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    LORD DAWSON SPEAKS OUT
    625 6 The Law Relating To Abortion CHANGED VALUES “Up Against Christian Moral Standards” Lord Dawson of Penn, Physician-in-Or-dinary to the King and to the Prince of Wales made an outspoken speech, on July 21st, on the subject of the law relating to abortion, at the annual meeting
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    SCHOOLBOY PRANK
    160 6 On looking up at the Union Jack on the mast at King Edward VI. School, Chelmsford, Essex, visitors were amused to see a full-sized effigy of a master, complete with cap and gown. It was the school’s annual inspection of the cadet corps, and Brigadier-General G. H. de
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    EFFECT OF NEW POLICE ORDER
    467 6 To Give Quicker Promotion ?o< OFFICERS TO RETIRE EARLIER Yard “Big Five Not Involved Yet A scheme to accelerate the promotion of young officers to the higher positions in the Metropolitan Police Force was announced by Lord Trenchard, the Commissioner. An order issued by the
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    AIRMAN’S ALLEGED FAILURE 70 CARRY DOCUMENTS
    151 6 The Requirements Of An Air Navigation Order A prosecution concerning a passenger aeroplane was down for hearing before the Ramsgate county magistrates on July 18. John Morgan Oliver, described as an air pilot of Maylands Aerodrome, Romford, Essex, was summoned for being the pilot
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    £40,000,000 FOR INDUSTRY
    185 6 Amazing Revival Caused By T ariff s Confidence has definitely returned to Britain. Here are some remarkable figures in proof thereof: j More than £40,000,000 was invested in new companies in the first six months of 1933 —an increase of £6,000,000 over the corresponding period of 1932.
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      35 6 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 Gazett-” and dispose of it at a satisfactory igute
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    RIBBON CUT BY THE ROYAL YACHT
    707 7 SOUTHAMPTON DOCK FOR THE NEW CUNARDER Floating Wreaths “HERE’S A HEALTH UNTO HIS MAJESTY London, July 26. Flags waved, bands played, and crowds cheered when the King and the Queen, accompanied by the Duke and Duchess of York, entered Southampton Harbour today in the
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    20 M.P.H. LORD BANBURY MAKES A CONFESSION
    410 7 “We Have Done 25, But I Soon Scopped That Scorching 1 HE DOESN’T LIKE CARS, REALLY London, July 26. Lord Banbury of Southam, long famous for his ardent championship of animals, is just as kind to his motor-car. He has told the House
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    "BEWITCHED" ROADS?
    116 7 New French Theory Not Accepted In Britain French motorists are actively discussing a theory, just put forward, by Dr. Lakhovsky in Paris that electrical discharges from the earth’s depths may be responsible for crashes at cei.ain “danger zones” on the roads of France and other countries. These spots
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    POACHING TRAWLERS OBSTRUCT GUNBOAT
    252 7 Full Steam Astern to Avoid Collision COURT STORY OF SEARCHLIGHT ARREST Lowestoft, July 25. Lieut.-Commander Hudson, commander of H. M. S. Cherwell, the fishery protection gunboat, gave a dramatic description of the night capture of a French poacher at Lowestoft police-court to-day. Georges Perrault, master of
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    L'ATLANTIQUE TO BE MOVED
    113 7 Opening of Cherbourg’s New Harbour The hull of the burned out French liner, I’Atlantique, is at last to be removed from in front of the Maritime Station, Cherbourg, where it has been an eyesore for months in full view 7 of thousands of passengers disembarking from
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    DE GROOT’S ESTATE £34,000
    56 7 Mr. David de Groot, the violinist, of Mon-tagu-mansions, Gloucester-place, W., who died on May 22, aged 52, left £34,067 (net personalty £31,367). Probate of his will, dated June 5, 1927. has been granted to his widow, Mrs. Mina de Groot, the sole executrix, to whom he
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    IF IT HAD BEEN SINGAPORE?
    593 8 Following the defeat of the motion at the last meeting of the Legislative Council that the construction of the Penang Hill Road be proceeded with forthwith, we thought that this subject had received its quietus—for the time being at any rate. We were wrong. Yesterday
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    MORE OR LESS
    249 8 A letter in the “Daily Telegraph” asks the question What degree of undress in public places is considered tolerable by the authorities Our only feeling of surprise is that the question has been so long delayed. Summer weather at Home relaxes the normal proprieties of dress. For
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    RELIGION AND OXFORD
    1175 8 in the two preceding centuries.— F. G. in the “Manchester Guardian.” THREE MOVEMENTS It is a curious coincidence that in each of the last three centuries the third decade has been marked in Oxford by a stirring in its religious life. In 1733 the name of “the
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    BY THE WAY
    787 8 MR. POPE AND THE STORM Deaths by lightning have b. J 0 com- mon to be always commemo- hy major poet; but one at least J](j be familiar to all who make t). lv es acJ quainted with our earlier lit I e "I have,” says Pope
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    OPENING OF MALAYAN EXHIBITION
    2611 9 A LEADING EVENT IN PENINSULA STR l K h IMPROVEMENTS IN PEASANT PRODUCE c EF SECRETARY ON FOOD PRODUCTION nth annual Malayan Exhibition was opened at 11 a.m. Hon. Mr. M. B. Shelley, acting Chief Secretary to the I? > eminent. illation, which is organised by
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    COMPLETION OF STALIN CANAL
    75 9 Reuter. Amnesty Granted to 12,484 Prisoners in Commemoration Moscow, August 5. In commemoration of the completion of the Stalin Canal linking the White Sea with the Baltic, a complete amnesty was granted to 12,484 prisoners who participated in the woik and 60,000 others earned a reduction
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    ROAD AND RAIL TRANSPORT
    56 9 —Rugby Radio Service. Discussions on Co-ordination of Facilities London, August 4. Discussions are proceeding between four main railway companies and two best known road transport companies with a view to securing developments of cartage services provided by the latter’s undertakings in co-ordination of transport facilities of
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    GENERAL SMUTS Invited to Spend a Week At Kenya
    59 9 Africa.—Rugby Radio Service. London, August 4. General Smuts has been invited by the European Elected Members of Kenya Legislature to break his homeward journey from England to South Africa at Nairobi and spend a week in Kenya in order to discuss
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    ITALIAN AIR ARMADA Returning By Different Route
    53 9 —Reuter. Rome, August 4. It is officially understood that General Balbao has abandoned hope of returning via Valentina and Ireland owing to bad weather. Therefore he is organising a return via the Azores and Lisbon. He hopes that all arrangements will be completed
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    LAST DAY OF COWES WEEK
    82 9 —Rugby Radio Service. Britannia Retires in Second Round London, Aug. 4. In the last day of Cowes Week the “Britannia”, with the King, the Prince of Wales and Prince George on board was a competitor in the race for big yachts but, in the second
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    APPLICATIONS FOR TREASURY BILLS
    52 9 with 6/11.68d. last week.—Rugby Radio Service. Total £70,925,000 London, August 4. Applications for Treasury Bills to-day totalled £70,925,000. The amount allotted in bills at three months was £40,000,000. The average rate per cent was 5/4.9d. which is a new low record and compares with 6/11.68d. last
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    ENTIRELY UNFOUNDED
    33 9 —Reuter. Sino-American Aviation T reaty Washington, Aug. 4. The Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Phillips declared that reports in the Japanese Press of a secret Sino-American aviation treaty are entirely unfounded.-
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    OVER SIMMERING VESUVIUS
    137 9 Glider Sees Inside of Famous I Volcano July 22. Robert Kronfeld, the Austrian gilder pilot, is the first person to fly for 20 minutes in a glider over the active crater of Vesuvius. j In the periodical, “Luftreise” (air travel) quoted by Reuter, Kronfeld describes his experiences
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      123 9 Motherhood wt i I life j iiT.. Mrs. B. Howard, winner of the London “News-Chronicle” Mother and Child Competition. January, 1932. This competition attracted ii widespread interest and an enormous number of beautiful pictures. V '|i' COW GATE MILK FOOD is packed in special tins bearing an Expiry Dare J
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    GAGGED MAN IN A BROOK
    601 10 Coroner’s Theory Of Faked Attack HE TIED HIMSELF UP There was a dramatic ending to the inquest on Reuben Henry Watts, 29, who was found dead, gagged and bound in a shallow' brook at Swaythling, near Southampton, w'hen it was resumed by Mr. Arthur H.
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    FRENCH DECORATIONS FOR BRITISH NURSES
    132 10 Awards After International Congress Paris, July 22. Following the International Congress of Nurses in Paris recently, the silver medal of the Assistance Publique has been awarded to:—Mrs. Ethel Bedford Fenwick, the founder and honorary president of the International Council of Nurses, president of the National
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    JURY FOREMAN BRIBED
    741 10 Sent To Prison For 18 Months FIRST CASE OF KIND FOR MANY YEARS A man who had been foreman of a jury sat in the Old Bailey dock on July 24th by the side of a prisoner whom he had had to try, Walter Rumsey, 61, agent,
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      168 10 ii I——i For Comfort 9 Convenience and Cconotnij /Use iWfeCuHrA SOAJP SHAVING STECK. It soothes, heals and comforts thte face Now ready in the new and attractive hermetically-sealed container, with a holder top and a wrapper that can be removed as required. Depot: Muller Phipps (Malaya), Limited, Union Building, Singapore.
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      362 10 11 '-2" lIM B——— MMl^ I— gg I Ml U’WMB UM —.j wo peep inside ARC ADI A fl. WORKS showing Hr- <. Cigarette-making machine y invented by the late Mr. Bernhard Baron (founder W V g 110 of Arcadia Works) which -icroll, cork-tip, cut and finally deliver complete Craven"
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    LORD TRENCHARD AND MOTORISTS
    265 11 p ng Less Skilful Than It Was E TO PEDESTRIANS mmissioner of Police, Lord 1, in a statement amplifying ird’s quarterly details of street n the Metropolis, issued on j ays ‘hat private motor cars are with less care and skill than the commissioner of police
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    POLICEMAN INNOCENT OF CHARGE OF STEALING WHISKY
    556 11 Sent To Prison For After A Robbery •litan policeman, Joseph d 41, accused of stealing lischarged without a stain on rat Lambeth, S.E.. Police Court. r constable, Frank William Cook, is sentenced to two months’ imwithout hard labour on a simitar charge. belong
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    SURGEON THEY WANT BACK
    403 11 Champions’ Plea To G.M.C. “REINSTATE HIM!” Two hundred and fifty women ex-pati-ents of Doctor Harold Burt-White, the brill liant young surgeon who was struck oft the roll of the General Medical Council’s register, have signed a petition for his reinstatement. The woman who is organising a
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      TIN AND RUBBER SEE SAW
      731 12 Satisfactory July Tin Production Figures I Singapore, Aug. 1. I The eagerly awaited announcement from .Dutch sources regarding the question of rubber restriction was duly forthcoming earlier in the week under review and the negative indications therein were undoub-[ tedly a disappointment to the market,
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      BOUSTEAD & CO., LTD.
      246 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Rubber Sales Department Penang, August 2. Values broke sharply towards the close' of last week on the news that the res-; tric*ion discussions were being postponed and business in loose spot Sheet was reported down to 12 cents per lb. on Monday. The tone since, however, has
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      SINGAPORE RUBBER AUCTION
      180 12 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,133 rd. auction on Wednesday. Catalogued 1,428,350 lbs tons 637.66 Offered 1,326,721 lbs tons 592.29 Sold 1,191,188 lbs tons 531.78 SPOT London 3 25 32d. New York 7% cents. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheeh Cents Per Lb. Standard
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      HEALTH STATISTICS
      95 12 Municipality Of George Town The health statement for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending July 29, 1933, shows a total of 39 deaths 20 males and 19 females—the death-ra A e being 13.03 per mille, compared with 19.38 in the preceding week and with 20.17
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      COMPANY REPORTS
      891 12 Rubber I ANGLO-DUTCH PLANTATIONS The accounts of the Anglo-Dutch Plantations of Java show that, after providing £107,075 for the subsidiary company’s loss, and crediting profit on sales of investments, there was a loss of £146,176 for' 1932 (against £142,779 for 1931). Thei subsidiary company’s loss has been arrived!
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      TIN
      460 12 TIN PROPERTIES j Loss of Tin Properties to 30th Sept., 1932, £2,713, including £1,239 depreciation (agst. loss £8,981). Debit now £24,173. KUNDANG TIN DREDGING Before providing for deprecn. of £904, profit of Kundang Tin Dredging w’as £575, result of arrangemen*s made for transfer of monthly quota to other members
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      RUBBER OUTPUTS
      137 12 The following are Rubber Outputs for the month of July 1933 Lbs. Bakap Estate 24,930 Titi Karangan Estate 22,917 Patani Para Estate 84,486 South Malay Rubber Plantations (1932) Ltd. 21,000 Batu Matang Estate 23,500 Arras Estate 19,420 Baling Estate 66,800 Kuala Dingin Estate 37,000 Subur Estate 13,408 South
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      TIN OUTPUTS
      173 12 The following are Tin Outputs for the month of July 1933 HITAM TIN, L1M1TED.—73.29 piculs. JELEBU TIN DREDGING LIMITED.— 300 piculs. THABAWLEIK TIN DREDGING LTD.— Hours run 588 Cubic yards treated 125,000 Total Piculs 488 Nett Value $36,962.00. KRAMAT PULAI, LIMITED.—From the Mine 200 piculs From Tributors 26
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      MALAYA TIN STATISTICS
      132 12 Foreign exports of Tin, being final ship- ments on ocean-steamers at all Malayan ports, during the month of July, 1933. 1 Destination Tons i United Kingdom 120 United S ates of America 2,884 Continent of Europe 1,271 British Possessions 201 i Japan no j Netherlands India 3
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      DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
      383 12 The following publication. 'or received by the Dej ■tics, S.S. and F.M.S., durir, 'July 22nd to July 28th, 193 j are available for public us ence Library, Fullerton Buil Application may be made i 'the public resident in Ma to bori/ publications for reference SECTION I. Issued
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      HOW EXCHANGES ARE MOVING
      111 12 Latest Quotations Friday Paris 84 1! New York 4 4.81 l /2 Montreal 48 J..,, 2 3.75& Brussels 23 17.13% Geneva 8 Amsterdam 63 316 Milan 1 390 Berlin 19 .37 h Stockholm 4 22.4® Copenhagen 22 4i 19.90 Oslo 19 90 30 I Vienna 39
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    491 13 -hed-jle of Principal Lines ,e following is a list of Tassels arriving jcfing from Penang during the week: IN PORT CO-DAY .RMLAND from Singapore. Sails for lombo, Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles, ivre, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. A TANG from Tongkah, Kopah, Reng and Victoria Point. Sails
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    1424 13 air mail A mail for South America by steamer to Marseilles and thence by French Air Mail Service will be closed at 6 p.m. to-day. OUTWARD MAILS A mail for Pangkalan Brandan and Langsa by the s.s. “Makian” will be closed a 6 p.m. to-day. A mail for
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      83 13 a ■■m• Id iWf* 6.15 TO-NIGHT {MATINEE TO-DAY at 2.45 p.m. SET J JOHN BARRYMORE I DIANA WYNYARD I ,N REUNION IN VIENNA I MATINEE TO-MORROW at 2.45 p.m. "TARZAN. THE APE MAN" POSITIVELY THE LAST SCREENING IN PENANG NEXT CHANGE—Opening on Monday at the 2.45 MATINEE The Adorable Stars
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    2,000 DOCTORS READY TO REVOLT
    1001 14 B.M.A. TARGET OF ATTACK Army Without Feer Of Rules Or Regulations After 10 years of quiet but ceaseless organisation, more than two thousand doctors are ready for the biggest revolt in the history of British Medicine. The revolt is directed against the British Medical Association,
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    HIS POST DESERTED HIM!
    369 14 The Sergant And The T’ Ghost Train WAR TIME SENTENCE QUASHED July 25. An ex-sergeant, whose post twice deserted him, brought an atmosphere of comic relief into the special military tribunal in Paris, which is still hearing appeals from wartime court-martial sentences, when he successfully appealed
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      142 14 A /Ox Hiking A is just* x Sole Agents :—n.V. Straits Java Trading Co. 45 Gallons Imperial Measurement. NEW STEEL DRUMS We quote for prompt delivery and forward -contracts entered into. A branch factory will shortly be opened in Penang and enquiries from that territory are invited. 1 EMCO eastern/manufacturingVcmpany
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      "ON THE SPOT"
      851 16 (To The Editor of the Pinang Gazette) Sii, —Would you be so kind as to allow me space in your esteemed paper, to say a few words about your “critics” (J. S.) opinion of “On The Spot.” First and foremost I want to apologise to the ladies
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    EURASIAN ASSOCIATION DANCE
    102 16 To-night At Seamen’s Institute The dance organised by the Penang Eurasian Association in aid of their Education Fund takes place to-night at the Seamen's Institute, Fort Cornwallis. A large gathering is expected. Those responsible have completed arrangements to ensure that all who go have a good time
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    BASKET BALL
    142 16 Ling-nan Defeated At the Fun and Frolic Open Air Stadium yesterday evening, Ling-nan University were defeated by Li Tek Seah at Basketball. This is the first defeat that has been registered against them in their tour through Malaya. The Li Tek team deserves to be congratulated on the
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    SOUVENIR HUNTER WITH LIVE SHELL
    129 16 Ladysmith, July 18. Somewhere in Johannesburg it is believed a man is living in constant peril. At any moment he may be blown to atoms. But he does not know it. When this man, a motorist, was passing through Ladysmith he saw a particularly fine
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    PENANG TURF CLUB AUTUMN MEETING
    485 16 Final Selections LERRICK AND MURNA GOOD THINGS (BY TIC-TAC) The scratchings are not heavy and the fields are fair. The going should be better than on Tuesday and races 7, 8 and 9 may see some good times returned. The following are the scratchings Race
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    COLONY v F.M.S. MATCH
    119 16 Sensational Start FOUR WICKETS FALL CHEAPLY Hopkins won the toss and elected to bat on a perfect wicket. Noon and Carpenter opened to Jonklaas and Dennison-Smith. Both batsmen started confidently but with the total at 8 noon was caught by Cooper off Jonklaas. Carr filled the
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    WIGHTMAN CUP TENNIS
    456 16 America Leading By Three Games MRS. WILLS-MOODY NOT PLAYING New York, Aug. 4. Mrs. Wills-Moody was unable to play in to-day’s Wightman Cup singles owing to an injury to her back. She was replaced by Sarah Palfrey who was originally included principally for the doubles. Mrs. Moody’s
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    MALAYAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    112 16 Yesterday’s Results (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 5. The following are the results in yesterday’s matches in connection wPh the Malayan Tennis Championships. MEN’S SINGLES—FIRST ROUND Leong Hoe Yeng beat C. M. Gregory 6-3, 6-4 H. S. L. Ess beat C. M. Adhavan 8-6, 6-4.
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