Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 August 1933

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTABLISHED 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY Nc 184. Vol. LXXXXI. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 188 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Disc oval Of Acts C; Terrorism BRiTIS; GOVERNMENT’S OBJECT ATTAINED T London, Aug. 8. d The Au Charge d’Affaires in Loni v er, called at the Foreign Office th noon :md was informed .v’s Government had been acquaint the Italian Government on Sup that
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  • 127 1 —Reuter. Hostile Reception For Blue Shirts Dublin, Aug. 9. Stones, booing and hissing from a crowd of 5,000 greeted the “Blue Shirts,” General O’Duffy s n t w National Guard Movement, on arriving- at the Metropole Ballroom for the fir t annual dance of the Army Comrades As
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  • 55 1 Bangkok English Daily Closed 1 1 ifiv, Our Q wn Correspondent.) Th Bangkok, Aug. 8. m newspapers against publishdfa.” 1 1 1 nav Y news has been withT*h E n nment has closed down the and n of the Bangkok Daily Mail can was announced as
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  • 52 1 —Rugby Radio Service. App '-led Ambassador at Moscow London, Aug. 8. has approved the appointment g Chilston, British Minister at be ambassador extraordinary p,. j' 1 tentiary at Moscow. Viscount o ts 57 years old entered the rvice in 1898 and has served ladrid, Constantinople, Athens, Lome.— Rugby
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  • 107 1 Prospectus Issued GUARANTEED UNDER 1933 LOAN ACT London, August 8. The prospectus for the Austrian Government International Guaranteed Loan 1933-53 has now been published. The issue, amounting to £4,514,200 is in three per cent, guaranteed sterling bonds, the prices of issue being £96 per cent, guaranteed as
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  • 76 1 been given to small investors. —Rugby Radio Service. Dealings Open At A Premium i Dealings in the new Canadian 4 per cent, loan opened at a premium of 1 per cent, on the London Exchange and at the close the stock stopped at 1 13 16. As already
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  • 51 1 .—Reuter. Under Investigation New York, Aug. 8. Mr. Louis Carruthers, the chairman of the Amateur Rules Committee of the United States Lawn Tennis Association stated that the amateur status of Ellsworth Vines was under investigation as the result of widespread reports linking his name with professional
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  • 52 1 C. H. Ramsay (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Aug. 7. The death occurred of Charles Harris Ramsay who had resided in Siam for 54 years. Ho retired from government service in 1910 and re-organised the Sultan of Kedah’s revenues when that state was a tributary
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  • 51 1 —Reuter Wireless. Further Incident Berlin, Aug. 4. A further Austro-German incident took place to-day when the secret police expelled a number of Austrians who are considered as undesirables as a reprisal for the “renewed persecution against Germans in Austria”. This follows the arrest of two German journalists in
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  • 82 1 —Rugby Radio Service. LATEST RETURNS London, Aug. 8. Total revenue for the current financial year up to las* Saturday, including selfbalancing revenue, amounted ,to £221,515,792. For the corresponding period of last year the total was £214,179,734. Ordinary and self-balancing expenditure for same period w r as
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  • 59 1 Remarkable Achievement Moscow, Aug. 2. The raising from the sea bed of the’sunken Soviet submarine which disappeared during the Baltic manoeuvres in May, 1931 constitutes a remarkable achievement. The salvaged vessel was subsequently towed to Kronstadt where the bodies of the crew were given a military funeral.
    were given a military funeral.—Reuter Wireless.  -  59 words
  • 36 1 —Reuter Wireless. Three Injured Brussels, Aug 8. Three persons were seriously injured in the international train from Cologne. It was derailed between Brussels and Leige. The engine and seven coaches left the rails.
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  • 117 1 Rugby Radio Service. Certain Services To Be Continued ON CO-OPERATIVE BASIS London, Aug. 8. An official announcement by the Dominions Office that the Empire Marketing Board as such will be discontinued after September 30 states that certain of the economic and statistical services at present carried on
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  • 100 1 Further Profits (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Aug. 8. The profit for the year ended 30th June of Messrs. W. Hammer and Company was §163,882, including a sum of §3,228 brought from the last account. An interim dividend of cts. absorbed §65,250 and a final dividend
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  • 197 1 they will not be allowed to return.—Reuter and Reuter Wireless. Assyrian Dissatisfaction SERIOUS INTERNATIONAL PROBLEM Baghdad, Aug. 8. Twenty Iraquian frontier guards were killed and 45 wounded and 95 Assyrians were killed and as many wounded in fighting as the result of Assyrian dissatisfaction at the new
    they will not be allowed to return.—Reuter and Reuter Wireless.  -  197 words
  • 102 1 —Reuter Wireless. Wealthy American Accidentally Killed London, Aug. 2. A fatal accident aboard the crack transAtlantic liner was revealed when the Norddutscher Lloyd liner Bremen from New York called at Southampton en route for her home port, Bremen. C. E. Manger, an American university student, was showing his
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  • 67 1 Reuter Wireless. Troops Engaged Lisbon, Aug. 2. Troops are engaged in a fight against a raging ten-mile forest fire which started a week ago and is now endangering the lives of 300 inhabitants of a small village named Minlre in the pine plantations in the neigbourhood of
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  • 40 1 i.—Reuter Wireless. New German Record Berlin, Aug. 4. The world’s duration motorless glider record has been broken by Kurt Schmidt, a young German student of Koenigsberg University, who remained in the air for 37 hours.
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  • 124 1 —Reuter Wireless. Postman Knocked Senseless A VERY GOOD HAUL London, August 2. Valuable mail bags were seized by bandits in the City to-day while the postman was engaged on the first morning delivery. The postman was carrying two bags containing cheques and registered packets of
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  • 68 1 in other sectors of the line.—Reuter Wireless. Bolivian Attacks Repulsed Asuncion, Aug. 4. A fresh outbreak of hostilities on the Gran Chaco has taken place according to an official Paraguayan communique. The Bolivian forces who launched a strong attack in the Gondra sector were driven back
    in other sectors of the line.—Reuter Wireless.  -  68 words
  • 78 1 taken to extend the movement. —Reuter Wireless. In South Africa Dar es Salaam, Aug. 2. Following on anti-Nazi measures in South-West Africa it is learned that increasing numbers of distinguished Germans are visiting Tanganyika. Although it is declared there is no significance attached to the visits and the
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    • 124 1 1 A LONDON LETTER FOR WOMEN Page 6 TO-DAY’S CONTENTS Austrian Government Loan 1 Revenue Up Expenditure Down 1 Iraq Frontier Trouble 1 Austro-German Impasse 1 Mail Bag Robbery in London 1 Tic-Tac’s Free Treble 2: Politics of the Week 3 Glut of Centuries in County Cricket 4 Chinese Swimming
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  • 2421 3 MINISTERS' NEED OF REST: WINDING-UP WORLD CONFERENCE: FOUR POWER PACT SIGNED: PROMINENT TRADE UNION LEADER 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) London July 22, M.P.s PLAN THEIR HOLIDAYS The present session has been a heavy one and most M.P.s eagerly look forward to a long break. But
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    • 275 3 Has No Ugly Hair j bad become -,y discour- fl L,' ■y a heavy XJf J£ C% ..-th Of disgusting [Q. ff” W JFgl r I tried depda- kVy Y 4c pastes, evil V powders And l/l I JSWm Jal L r Y.ents even X tJHm j r Shaving/ g
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    • 177 3 JS.Z'OSSL '1 Mrf I wJL i -Mb v Ip* j v j j L .i -fc s -ft From a Doctor’s Letter «T JL have just watched a bahy, obviously dying, recover completely, 1 might almost say, dramatically, when I altered its diet tc Sunshine Glaxo and a daily djse
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  • 377 4 Hobbs Scores Another CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERS LOSE GROUND r London, August 8. The feature of the week-end County matches was the glut of centuries scored, there being no less than 20, and the defeat on the first innings of Yorkshire who are leading the Championship
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  • 88 4 After Effects of Blow on Knee •I London, Aug. 8. Jardine is unable to captain England against West Indies at the Oval on Aug. 12 as the Surrey captain is suffering from the after effects of a blow on the knee from Ashdown last week.—Reuter.
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  • 174 4 Now Down To Norma! “I was putting on flesh very rapidly,” writes a married woman, “and also suffering from constipation, and was very liverish. Three months ago a friend advised me to take a teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts in hot water every morning. I have kept
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  • 613 4 Fifth Annual Swimming Gala Tanjong Bungah will be the scene of another activity when the Chinese Swimming Club hold their Annual Gala on Sunday Aug. 13, at 3 p.m. The fifth of its series, this occasion will mark the closing of the Club’s swimming season for the
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  • 162 4 Yesterday’s Championship Matches and To-morrow’s Ties The ties that were played off yesterday, resulted as follows Men’s Open Doubles, second round Chew Teik Soon and Goon Siah Loong beat Chew Bian Chye and Khoo Poon Han 21-11, 21-13. Mixed Doubles, second round :—Miss Lim Siew Hwa and
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  • 148 4 T riumph Of Man Who Would Not Break His Word A boxer at the open-air tournament at Brixton Stadium sobbed in his comer at the end of each of the fifteen rounds of his contest. When the gong sounded the end of the contest
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  • 962 4 Mr E A. Stevens, o£ Messrs. Allen and Gledhill, is in Ipoh on business Mr R G- Roden, of Kemuning Estate, Batang Malaka, has left for home on leave. Mr. J. Ratcliff, of Messrs. Borneo Motors Ltd., Singapore, is in Ipoh on business. Mr. D. B. Mowat,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 190 4 WIRELESS 8.8. C. Programme For Straits Settlements, and Federates 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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  • 3698 5 YESTERDAY'S ROTARY ADDRESS t 1. SARWAR ON THE ENJOYMENT OF POETRY iole enjoyment of poetry conthe constant ringing up of the faculty of the mind,” said Mr. < i-war in the course of a most address which he delivered to the Penang Rotary Club. .ng
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  • 47 5 To-day at “Gardens” from 5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. 1. March—Krumholtz.—Bartay. 2. Overture —Juanita.—Williams. 3. Selection—The Pirates of Penzance.— Sullivan. 4. Two pieces (a) Fox Trot—Way Down Home.— Hume. (b) Fox Trot—Ali Baba’s Camel.—<Jay. 5. Japo-Niaiserie—Ke-Sa-Ko.—Chapius. 6... Finale—A Musical Switch. —Alford. God Save The King
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  • 290 5 Stop Watches To Be Installed FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S MEETING Following yesterday’s fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, which was over in less than sixty seconds, it was rumoured that the Municipal clocks, at any rate that one within the President’si sanctum was going to be changed,
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  • 2245 6 THE ROYAL GARDEN PARTY DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AS BEST MAN: THE DOMESTIC FELLOWSHIP: METHODISTS APPROVE WOMEN MINISTERS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 26. THE QUEEN’S DOCTORATE Untii the Royal College conferred the degree of Doctor of Music on her Majesty this ■week, it is
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  • 2149 7 E RRORS THAT WRECKED THE SEAFARER MACHINE on ground caused ENDING DOWN WIND BAGDAD FLIGHT OFF T) OLLISONS LEAVE HOSPITAL FOR AIR TRIP TO NEW YORK A’IEWS with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mollison in hospital at Connecticut, on July 24th, make it clear that the crash end to their
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  • 497 7 Rights of Priests and Church Members Rome, July 22. The concordat between the Holy See and Nazi Germany, recently concluded by Herr von Papen in Rome, the text of which has I now been published, contains thirtyfour articles, of which the first, whereby Germany guarantees
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  • 176 7 Hollywood, July 22. There are many odd ways of making a living in Hollywood. But a boy of fifteen has a good claim to say that his is the oddest of all. He makes a living by dying. He does it so well. He obtained
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  • 789 8 In normal times a bad harvest would be regarded with grave misgiving but the world to-day is so full of paradoxes that people are no longer surprised at anything. Not long ago it was announced that there were prospects of a failure of the wheat crop in the
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  • 1051 8 the time has come.—W.C.B. in the Birmingham Post. THE ART OF MAKING A LONG STORY SHORT “To cut a long story short” is a phrase that never comes at the beginning of a story, where it often ought to come, but only after many wearisome irrelevances or
    the time has come.—W.C.B. in the Birmingham Post.  -  1,051 words
  • 627 8 NEWSPAPER-Rd RECORDS New Yorkers w greatest readers of fd the world. Most of the m ln tfc e bought on Broadway T' s n be one gets an unrecc .n ht same paper on one's 1 the certified “Daily Exprt of 2,054,348, however the lead, and Paris
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  • 114 9 by the Afghan authorities. —Reuter VV reless. ggerated Importance 3W LYING CLOUDS REVENT BOMBING Simla, August 2. per Mohmands Lashkars have apdispersed according to air reconThis follows the Kabul report in officers are endeavouring to Ihe tribesmen to return home, clouds meantime prevent R.A.F. nt circles feel
    by the Afghan authorities.—Reuter VV reless.  -  114 words
  • 69 9 Reuter. Troops Not Yet Withdrawn Peking, Aug. 8. mcement from Tokio that the .thdrawal is complete seems at premature as Japanese troops in control of Miyunhsien le the Kupeikow Pass, while >rts state that there are still a Japanese troops between Chin- I Shanhaikwan. i ICE ANNOUNCEMENT
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  • 65 9 —Reuter. Big Increases Tokio, Aug. 8. Tne imports of Japan for the first six .tic:’ the year have increased by 24.4 per cent and the exports by 40.9 per cent compare i with the same period of 1932, despite the fact that the imports from ■Chin
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  • 58 9 P ul a musical comedian.—Rugby Raidin Service. First Recorded By Mr. Will Hay London, Aug. 8. mense white spot on Saturn which A rved by a Washington astronomer on lay, was recorded thirty hours earner Mr. Will Hay, a non-professional astr mer, better known to the English
    Pul a musical comedian.—Rugby Raidin Service.  -  58 words
  • 52 9 Reuter. Official Dutch Recognition Rotterdam, Aug. 8. tiations w r ere initialled at The Hail Soviet-Holland Commercial Treaterms of which include official Dutch re< nition of the Soviet. also suggested that a portion of the trade at present passing through rg should be transferred to the Ne-
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  • 27 9 —Reuter. Ahmedabad, August 8. Gandhi, who was arrested for veto obey the order restricting her mints, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.
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  • 56 9 which still remains a mystery.—Reuter Wireless. Deportation Of Mr. Landers From Turkey Sofia, Aug. 4. Sir George Clerk, British Ambassador, interviewed by Reuter said that he was in communication with the Turkish Government with reference to the deportation from Turkey of Mr. Landers, the Metro Vickers employee,
    which still remains a mystery.—Reuter Wireless.  -  56 words
  • 59 9 —Reuter Wireless. Special Study To Be Made Hyde Park (New’ York State), Aug. 2. President Roosevelt has requested Professor Moley, head of his “Brain Trust”, to make a special study of kidnapping and racketeering. It is understood that Mr. Moley will retain the Assistant Secretaryship of State,
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  • 51 9 .—Reuter Wireless. Varna Police Capture Sofia, August 2. Thirty-five kilograms of hashish in preparation for distribution w’ere seized by the Varna police in a raid on the head-quarters of drug smuggling gangs when numerous arrests were made. It is discovered that the smugglers were conveying drugs in
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  • 39 9 forcements were rushed out. —Reuter Wireless. Five Dead Lyallpur, Aug. 3. Five people were killed and four seriously injured in a Sikh-Muslim clash here to-day over the possession of land. Police reinforcements were rushed out. —Reuter Wireless.
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  • 166 9 Allowed To Die Suggestion “Inadmissable’’ The unwanted child problem was referred to by Sir George Newman, Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health at a conference on maternity and child welfare in London. The suggestion, he said, that weaklings and defectives who were new bom should at once
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  • 164 9 Tragedies Caused By Lack Of Knowledge That knowledge is the irresistible force in combating the scourge of tu^ rcul S a point stressed in the report for 1932 of Ue National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis. “All those who are engaged in treating cases of tuberculosis are
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  • 275 9 Reuter. Machine Guns Turned On Crowd HUNDREDS ARRESTED New York, August 3. Despite official denials, President Machado is expected to resign and leave Cuba. In the meantime, President Roosevelt is stated to be opposed to American intervention, though the “New York Times” reports that the situation
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  • 87 9 —Reuter Wireless. War Against Communists Berlin, Aug. 4. The secret police have ordered the use of firearms relentlessly in the fight against distributors of Communist pamphlets. A Communist caught to-day was taken to the Nazi barracks by the police. A repoit subsequently issued states that while the vigilance
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  • 271 9 54 Years of Conferences The happiest and proudest man among the 1,000 delegates who attended the opening of the Methodist Conference at the Central Hall, Westminster, was 84-ycars-old Sir Robert Perks. Sir Robert is the retiring vice-presi-dent of the first conference of the new
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  • 86 9 —Reuter Wireless. British Challenge London, Aug. 2. Everything is now' ready for a new An-glo-American due! for the Harmsworth trophy which will take place on the Detroit river on September 2nd., 4th and sth. The well-known British builder and owner Hubert Scott Paine has issued a challenge to
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  • 302 9 All For Hen Coop The railways in Paris have been suffering for a long time past, as railways have everywhere, from the competition of motor, transport. As a result of this and to organise the! whole transport service better, the French Government is proposing new
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  • 110 9 TIN--Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £214-15-0 £214-12-6 TIN—(B Months) London £214-17-6 £214-15-0 Singapore $109.50 > $110.12 Business Done Penang $109.50 $llO.OO Business Done ..Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Snndried) $3.85 $3.70 BLACK PEPPER $15.00 $15.00 RUBBER London 3>Bd. 3%d. New York 7 1 4c.(G) 7 1 c.(G) Singapore
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    • 199 9 \I. A b 9 T ~A I i j ri.sass 4 y ifli A, Ckfldrtn thh Food are always lupyy I vow or uate tk« stream O f youn« B A "J J Lil their limbs arc itronf and firm g, DUlluS tlCQltll —they are vital aad active even hi
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  • 804 10 Pettifer A Lucky Winner OUTBOXED One Of The Loser’s Best Displays The 10,000 spectators who crowded into the “Tigers” ground at Leicester on July 22 for the fight between Reggie Meen and Jack Pettifer, could scarcely believe their jeyes when they saw their idol knocked out by
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  • 647 10 The Sky-Writing Menace A Bill of the Essex County Council has unexpectedly raised the question of sky-writing in the House of Commons and provided the country with a choice exhibition of official jackassery.” —TRUTH. “Ignoring the foolish report of the Select Committee on Sky-writing, the Council included in
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  • 258 10 Daring River Rescue A SALFORD MAN’S FEAT A. remarkable rescue of a child from drowning by a Salford man was witnessed by a large crowd of people at the Adelphi bridge over the River Irwell. Thomas Dyson was working in Winterbottom’s mill, which overlooks the
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  • 504 10 Life On Cocoa Plantations In the special centenary July number of The Anti-Slave Reporter and the Aborigines’ Friend slavery in Portuguese West Africa is described by Mr. Joseph Butt, who twenty-eight years ago first landed on the Island of S. Tome to study labour
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  • 164 10 AUGUST 9 Children’s Fair (organised by Ministering Children’s League) St. George’s Parsonage, Pangkor Road, 5. 30 p.m. AUGUST 10 Entries close for Ipoh Amateur Meeting. AUGUST 12 Penang A. A. A. Sports, Esplanade, 4 p.m. The Kedah Rubber Co., Ltd., annual general meeting, Henry Waugh Co., noon.
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  • 264 10 Girl And A Married Man A verdict for £4OO damages and costs was awarded by a jury at Nottinghamshire Assizes to Mr. Herbert Seaton a gardener, of Worksop, for the seduction of his daughter, Norah Seaton, aged 18. The defendant was Ralph Skinner, a poultry farmer
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  • 129 10 Uproar At Manchester Jackie Brown of Manchester, the World’s Fly-weight. Champion, was disqualified on a foul in the seventh round of his return contest with Mickey McGuire, of Newcastle, at Belle Vue, Manchester, on July 24th. The fight was scheduled for twelve rounds. There was an uproar
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  • 430 11 Intrigue With The Pio tiff's Wife DOC >R AWARDED £3O 30 and costs was entered Jung roe court on July 24 for Dr. in Lincoln < Sargent, formerly of Henry in slander action he brought Ingham, m rt Sutton, farmer, Ingham, •gainst Mi 1 A t
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  • 451 11 Liversedge Father and His Son’s Death A verdict of ‘Guilty but insane,” was returned at the trial on July 21st of James Nicholls 1551, warehouseman, of 443, Brad-1 ford Road, Liversedge, who was charged I with murdering his son Eric (21) by striking him on the head
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  • 353 11 Vienna Report Of Divorce Action RECALLS NOTABLE WEDDING OF CHESHIRE BRIDE Vienna, July 29. Proceedings have been instituted for a divorce between Prince Ferdinand of Liech- tenstein and his wife, formerly Miss She- lagh Salome Brunner, of Winnington, Cheshire, to whom he was married in 1925.
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  • 208 11 Mr. Beatty and British Settlers in Canada London, July 22. The possibility of a new liner being ordered by the C.P.R. was mentioned by Mr. E. W. Beatty, president of the company, when he arrived at Southampton in the Empress of Britain on his usual
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  • 187 11 All-National Trip To The Fjords Liverpool, July 22. A strange ship, with a strange flag fluttering from her masthead, manned by people speaking a strange language, and wearing strange national costumes, Will invade the Norwegian fjords next month. The fact is that the Joneses are
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  • 213 11 Sleeps A Great Deal Alone Much Of His Time July 24. America has a new “forgotten man,” i ex-President Hoover. With the spotlight centred strongly on Washington, where President Roosevelt is fighting for business recovery, few give a thought to what his predecessor is now doing (the
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  • THE LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 1037 12 SYMINGTON WILSON’S WEEKLY REPORT London, July 19. Since our last report the Rubber Market has had a sensational advance amounting at one time yesterday to nearly Id. per lb. The lead has come from New York wnere the inflationary movement on Wall Street and in all commodity markets confin led
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    • 1012 12 lhe eleventh ordinary general meeting of Tai Tak Plantations, Limited, was held in the registered office oi the Company, 14, Great Tower Street, London, E.C. 3, cn Friday, 14th July, 1933, Sir Douglas Bicwnrigg, Bart., C. 8., presiding. Mr. J. E. Ritchie, representing the seer taries (Messrs.
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    • 313 12 j The National Canning Company, which I was formed in 1931, owns the entire capi--1 tai of Wisbech Produce Canners, Limited, and its main income is derived from this investment. In respect of the year endled May 31 last the dividend from the I Wisbech company amounted to
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    • 37 12 Kuala Lumpur Tin No Liability.—No. 1 Dredge. Hours run 474; yards treated *****; output 388 piculs. The Bruas Rubber Co., Ltd.—July crop 58,655 lbs. The Renong Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. No. 3 Dredge 687 piculs.
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    • 52 12 The following are rubber outputs for the month of July, 1933 Lbs. The Yarak Rubber Co., Ltd. 17 381 The Ayer Tawah Rubber Plant. Co., Ltd... 67,900 The Sandycroft Rubber Co., Ltd. 29,000 Dindings Rubber Estates, Ltd. 53,000 Lescng Tujoh Rubber Estates, Ltd. 11,500 Kuala Kangsar Plantations, Ltd.
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    • 714 12 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The foilowing were the latest quotation» tn KENNEDY Co.’s share Us> to-day. Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Austral Malay 28 6 30|0c 28 6 30|0c Ayer Hitam 13 9 14 3 13 6 14|0 Batu Caves 47% 52% 47% 52%
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    • 843 12 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST NAMES. I ;RUBBER7(UoIIar j Allenby Rubber Co. Alor Gajah Rubber E«ate 75 Amalgamated Malay Estat 5 Ayet Hitam Planting Sv 1 11 Ayer Kunmg Rubber Es a 1 «> d Ayer Molek Rubber Co. '5 r Ayer Panas Rubber F.stat 60 baian PHn-inn 'syndicate Bassett Rubber
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    • 131 12 Latest Quotations Monday Saturday Paris 84 17 32 84 17 32 New York 4.49% 4.50 Montreal 4.78% 4.80% Brussels 23.72% 23.71 Geneva 17.11 17.11 Amsterdam 8.20 8.20 Milan 63 63 15 16 Berlin 13.89 13.86% Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.85 19.90 Vienna 30
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    • 49 12 PENANG, AUGUST 9 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) On London Bank Demand 2j3 31|32 4 m|ts 2|4 I|l6 Private 3 m|ts credit 2[4 I|4 3 Documentary 2|4 3|B On New York Bank Demand 51 nom. France T.T. 975 nom India T.T. 154 Hongkong T.T. 39% dis. nom.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 36 12 WEATHER REPORT Temp. Wind Rainfal 6 a.m. 78 E Noon 85 NW TIDE TABLES High Water. Low Watff TO-DAY 2.50 a.m. 8.58 a.m. 2.40 p.m. 9.20 p.m. TO-MORROW 3.18 a.m. 9.30 a.m. 3.17 p.m. 9.44 p.m.
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  • 566 13 iched-le of Principal Lines full ,g is a list of vessels arriving ‘Vailii rnm Penang during the week: PORT TO-DAY port Swettenham and Singa&S EGRA rom Pagoerawan. I from Tg. Mengeidar, BaM j a pi, Pajieh, Berombang Sails for same ports toana ad l j' Y
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  • 1515 13 The Post Office notifies that a telegram from G.P.O. London says that the mail despatched from Penang on July 15 by the s.s. “Ellenga” was delivered in London on August 7. The Post Office notifies that a telegram from G.P.O. London, says that the mail despatched from Penang
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 230 13 FREE GIFTS By Courtesy Of TAN PUBLICITY BUREAU, Singapore, A Free Distribution Of The Famous LUX Toilet Soap Will Be Made To Patrons In Ringside Reserved Seats In Boxing Arena To-night Only. BOXING at FUN FROLIC OPEN AIR STADIUM FAMOUS FIGHTS To-night, WEDNESDAY. 9th AUGUST. 1933. At 9.30 p.m. Little
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 178 13 11/..' TONIGHT I r' FIRST NATIONAL’S ROLLICKING MUSICAL COMEDY TO-MORROW SOMETHING I auar LO v E THAT I NOTHING! CAUSED A CRIME QUEEN’S COMPETITION Don’t Miss Universal’s f Sensational j In connection wi<h the screening of our next change “Kiss Before The Mirror” we fig 3€ CL are offering a
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    • 122 13 ..I _—__i —‘l— —l. I The Biggest Double Bill Yet Presented MW nr" OPENING TO-NIGHT i A Greet British Comedy Success r I I V. 'mi j I IIP/WFRBT r "Hf PfCKJ TH£ WINNERS WITH,A PIN AND XtT TRAIN! A DERBY WINNER Sydney Howard is a great joke as a
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  • 385 14 Wife Pushed 232 Miles in Bath Chair BY “FINEST HUSBAND ON EARTH” London, July 23. Here is the story of Britain’s greatest lovers. They are Mr. and Mrs. H. G. P. Baker, of Watson-road, South Shore, Blackpool. Mr. Baker has just achieved one of his
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  • 542 14 Premier Refuses To Re-open Inquiry London, July 20. The following is the text of the letter addressed to the Douglas-Pennant Committee on behalf of the Prime Minister on June 3, to which Mr. Baldwin referred in the House of Commons: "The Prime Minister says he has given very
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  • 281 14 A Clerk’s Stumble SUCESSFUL TEST OF ALARM DEVICES The most embarrased man in London on July 21 was a clerk who, while in pursuit I of his duties at Somerset House, accidentally pressed one of the alarm switches that rouse the whole building, with its several I
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  • 146 14 Mrs. Roosevelt Takes It Seriously Washington. July 22. Mrs. Roosevelt is about to become “Fairy Godmother” to all unhappy lovers. She •will soon invite the 126,000,000 people of the United States to tell her their troubles. Her enterprise is taking the form of a “letter department.” It
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 506 14 Dentists aavise: ll HpO keep your teeth, brush vfcSUs, 8 y A them. Clean the backs K< and fronts and crevices with j a modern, short head-brush” Old'fashioned brushes fit only j the cutside of your teeth: this diagram shews how badly they t^>e i ns id e curve, making
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    • 426 14 When Distance Lends Enchantment Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills will Help. ’T’HE old saying that "Distance lends enchantment” i« never more apt or to the point than when applied to people whose breath is laden with evilsmelling odours. No matter how handsome they may appear, they lose their attractiveness when
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 2243 15 v. d 4 A —x ©.-BRITISH india 1 Zb s and APCAR lines BLUE FUMMEL LINE J~ AZUrr7™ MA,LPASSENGER CARGO services Vessel» LONDON AMD NORTH CONTINENT. Leaves Due TRAVEL HOME BY DOLLAR T OR Marseilles L’don, R’dam, H’burg, ll 80«"““? LINE Peumanlar and Oriental s. N. Co.. Pen3ng> Tc!uk Anscn,
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  • 99 16 Mrs. McGregor’s Pupils’ Successes 13 candidates examined, 100 per cent pass, per cent honours. Senior Honours Sylvia Flinter 86 marks, and Ruth Vanniasingham 86 marks. Intermediate Honours —Lucy Storch 89 marks, Evelyn Goh 89 marks, and June Gardner 82 maiks. Intermediate Pass Heah Bvng Hong
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  • 148 16 On Saturday, August 12th, an “At Home will be given at the Convent at 2.30 p.m., for all the Old Pupils of the Convent on the occasion of the Lady Superior’s Feast. Invitations have been sent to many former pupils, but owing
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  • 37 16 All-Vaud wille Programme To-night The Amalgaf ted Amusements, Ltd., announce that 11 e Nooran Opera will stage an all-vaudevi I. and Krongchong programme to-nigh The projected jlay, announced in earlier advertisements, will therefore be cancelled.
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  • 168 16 August Bowls Tournament On account of insufficient entries, it has been decided to cancel the August Bowls Tournament and substitute two events of Singles—one for Ladies and one for Men—to be played on the League System whereby all players will meet one another. Each game to consist
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  • 242 16 Concerts on August 25, 26 and 27 The Mickey Mouse Club are staging concerts on the 25th, 26th and 27th instant at King's Theatre, Penang Road. Rehearsals, which are held every Wednesday and Saturday, are now in full swing. Amalgamated Amusements Ltd., have placed at the disposal
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  • 115 16 Batch Due By Soudan The Perak Turf Club’s new batch of 22 English Maiden two-year-olds (i.e. horses foaled in 1931) is due to arrive in Penang by the steamer Soudan on the 29th inst. The arrival of these two-year-olds is being looked forward to with
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  • 133 16 July Tennis Tournament The following are the results of matches played on Tuesday Men’s Singles Handicap ‘A L. M. Norris —l5 beat C. M. J. Kirke —l5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0. Men’s Doubles Handicap :—M. T. P. Rule and L. F. Knight —30.1 beat T. W. Douglas and
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  • 1142 16 In Bankruptcy SPECULATED IN SHARES AND STOCKS Paid $9,000 Interest A Month The postponed public examination of Lim Chin Guan, the ex-Penang millionaire, in bankruptcy, was continued this morning in the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Cobbett. Examined by Mr. T. E. Conaghan for
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  • 362 16 Tragedy On Dredge WORKMAN ASPHYXIATED IN SLIME (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Aug. 8. Amidst the din of electric motors and the clanging of steel in a tin dredge, a workman’s terrified shout as he fell from his perch on the top of a structure into
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  • 326 16 Clothes Thief Caught The case of Man bin Din, a Malay charged with the theft of clotning from the Rope Walk Mosque, was heard by the Penang Police Magistrate this morning. Chief Court Inspector McQuarrie examined the witnesses, upon whose evidence accused was eventually convicted. Complainant, Subian
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  • 69 16 It Costs Him $25 Ban Bang, a Hokkien Chinese, was fined $25 this morning because he failed to appear upon a summons, the complainant being his own wife. The server stated that at 6 a.m. on August 2 he served a copy of summons 668 personally
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  • 76 16 A Teochew Chinese named Ng Hong Ted was produced before the Penang Polio# Magistrate, Mr. D. Wills, this morning and charged with the possession, at 3.15 a.m, in Macalister Lane, of 100 lottery tickets purporting to be of the Sit Yap Kong Soh Teong Sun School,
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  • 86 16 Interrupted By Police As the result of a police raid conduct* by Detective Inspector P. S. Gordon house 84, Rope Walk at 1115 pmnight, a dozen Chinese were charged m Penang Police Court this morning playing in a common gaming house The Magistrate, Mr. D.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 54 16 ID. O. PENANG’S PREMIER HOTEL TO-MORROW SPECIAL DINNER DANCE Music By THE NEW E. O. ORCHESTRA (Under the direction of Leonardo) SATURDAY, 19th: August. (By Special Request) PENANG REPERTORY PLAYERS Present "ON THE SPOT" BY EDGAR WALLACE. BOOK NOW. E. O. GARAGE. FIRST CLASS CARS ON HIRE DAY and NIGHT.
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    • 174 16 I JUST ON DISPLAY NEW Romaine Georgefh S 000 A Lovely Dull Surfaced Heavy i Georgette, Exquisitely Light and Supple Yet With A New Diagonal Crispness. 000 I THE PERFECT MATERIAL FOR THIS TROPICAL WEATHER In 8 Pleasing Shades. 1 Samples Will Be Gladly Sent On Application. PARMANANDf 'Phone 1199.
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