Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 August 1933

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ES \BLISHED 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY h 199. Vol. LXXXXI. SATURDAY. 26th AUGUST, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 709 1 FINAL AGREEMENT REACHED 12 GOLD FRANCS PER QUINTAL OR 63.08 GOLD CENTS PER BUSHEL MAXIMUM EXPORT FIXED AT 560 MILLION BUSHELS 15 Per Cent. Reduction for 1934-35 Final agreement was reached at the Wheat Conference at House, London, which was started on Monday. It
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  • 90 1 To Visit Their Majesties London, Aug. 25. The Prime Minister who is spending his holidays at Lossiemouth will visit Their Majesties at Balmoral Castle early next month.—Rugby Radio Service. English air mail letters from England, which at one time required a shilling stamp, now come for
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  • 53 1 —Reuter. Cuban Congress Dissolved GOVERNMENT DECLARES ITSELF REVOLUTIONARY Havana, Aug. 25. The Cespedes Cabinet has decided to dissolve Congress and to return to the Cuban constitution of 1901. Thus, the Government declares itself frankly 7 revolutionary, depriving of them posts all state officers elected under the
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  • 45 1 Reuter. Mr. A. Cadogan Likely NOW AT LEAGUE OF NATIONS OFFICE London, Aug. 25. The Spectator foreshadows that Mr. Alexander Cadogan, head of the League of Nations Section of the Foreign Office, will succeed Sir Miles Lampson as Minister to China.—l
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  • 160 1 Austrian Walks 300 Miles On A Ladder The prevailing unemployment induces people to adopt curious ways and means of earning money and getting work. An unemployed house painter from Graz, one Fiancis Schafler, has chosen an unusual method of attracting attention < says the Budapest correspondent
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  • 46 1 Ever Made In Malaya (From Our Own Correspondent) SINGAPORE, TO-DAY. COINCIDING WITH THE NEWS OF PENANG’S FLYING CLUB THE FR’ PRESS ANNOUNCES AN AERIAL DELIVERY TO KUALA LUMPUR THIS MORNING. IT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST SUCH DELIVERY EVER MADE IN MALAYA.
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  • 187 1 —Reuter. Delegation Leaves PERMANENT SOLUTION OF JAPANESE COMPETITION New York, Aug. 25. The cotton and artificial silk mission to India to engage in tripartite discussions with the representatives of the textile industries of India and Japan left London this morning to embark on the steamer “Maloja”
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  • 182 1 Says Judge’s Remarks Are Uncalled For Mary Miles Minter has indignantly refused to prosecute her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, on charges of defrauding her of large sums of money, and has denounced Superior Judge C. S. Burnell for having recommended that an investigation should be
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  • 155 1 Two Wagons Chartered Io Carry Them August 10. Shortly before he left the Jamboree at Godollo twenty thousand Boy Scouts marched past Lord Baden-Powell as an act cf homage and farewell. So many gifts, small and large, have been sent to him from Scouts and
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  • 122 1 —Reuter. Discontinued In U.S. IMPORTANT CHANGE IN POLICY Washington, August 26. An important change in policy is involved in the joint announcement of the Commerce and State Departments. For reasons of economy they are discontinuing the assistance of individual firms conducting business abroad. The classes
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  • 235 1 Oil From Fossilised Fish That Lived 300,000 Years Ago The world’s queerest industry is being carried on in the Lika district of Yugoslavia. It is the extraction of oil from fossilised fish which died more than 300,000 years ago, says Reuter’s Belgrade correspondent. At the foot of
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  • 139 1 Father Of German Wireless Charged With Corruption A life pension of £l,OOO a year granted to the world-famous radio engineer, Dr. Bredow, who bore the title “Father of the German Wireless,” has been cancelled by the Propaganda Ministry under Dr. Goebbels. The Minister is investigating charges o£ corruption
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  • 499 3 Official Buildings Invaded CHARWOMEN TAKE THE OFFENSIVE August and September are “springcleaning” months for the workmen and charwomen who attend to the cleanliness of London’s official buildings. While peers and M.P.s are basking in the Riviera sun or “holidaying British” on the South Coast; while judges,
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  • 672 3 Triumphal Reception In Rome DUCE’S GREETING The Italian air Armada had a tremendous reception both on August 18 and on August 12 on completing their double flight across the Atlantic. Rome, August 13. “A Roman Welcome” was accorded to Air Marshal Balbo and the airmen of his
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  • 112 3 Baby Lost During The Great War A mother has just seen her son, now 21 years of age, for the first time since he was nine months old. She is Mme. Si<iunle la Perce, who in 1913 put her baby boy, not a year old,
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  • 136 3 Experts Decide A “Titian Is A “Rubens” Amsterdam, August 14. Art experts have reached agreement over the disputed authorship of a picture ent' “Portrait of the Emperor Charles V.,” formerly in the collection of Mr. George Pretyman, at Orwell Park, Ipswich. It is generally recognised that
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  • 157 3 “Miracle Worked By Honest Beer” When prohibition goes out temperance will come into its own,” says Edward P. Mulrooney, chairman of the State Alcocholic Beverage Control Board, and Regent of America's Thirst. The speakeasy and night club era is crumbling under the onslaught of 3.2 per
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    • 148 4 (To The Editor, of the Pinang Gazette.) Sir, —It would be an innovation and a useful one at that were our City Fathers to arrange for a time signal for this town. I sugges 1 that the whole electric lighting system of this town be
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  • 330 4 Well Attended Funeral The funeral of the late Mr. A. P. Sultan Mydin, a prominent Penang merchant, whose death occurred on Thursday afternoon, took place yesterday from his residence at 167, Argyll Road. The attendance was one of the largest ever seen at a Mohamedan
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  • 137 4 Appointed To Command The Rangoon B dgade Ay ea The War Office announces that Lieut.Colonel C. C. Foss, V.C., D. 5.0., has been appointment Commander, Rangoon Brigade Area, with effect from October. Lieut.-Colonel Foss was awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery at Neuve Chapelle in March,
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  • 633 4 The Hon’ble Mr. W. M. Millington has arrived from Singapore to act as Resident Councillor, Malacca. The many friends in Perak of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Johnson, of Ipoh, will be sorry to learn that Mrs. Johnson is ill in Batu Gajah Hospital. Mr. H. E.
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  • 98 4 [From Ole Own Correspondent.] Alor Star. Aug. 25. H. H. the Regent of Kedah, Tunku Ibrahim. C.M.G., C. V. 0., left for Sumatra and Java on the 22nd instant for health reasons. He W’ill be aw r ay for four months, during which period
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  • 113 4 To-day, at the Esplanade, 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. 1. March Colonel J. Ward —Cheesman. 2. Overture —Rosamunde —Bouillon. 3. A Musical Comedy Waltz Concoction —Hall. 4. Intermezzo —After Sunset —Jones. 5. Selection—Gibsy Love —Lehar. 6. Fox Trot—ln A Year-in A Day— V.'ei ner. 7. Finale—The London Scottish.
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  • 130 4 Married At Register Office To Miss C.M. Berry The Master cf Falkland, and heir of Viscount Falkland, was married at bone Register Office, London, on 9 to Miss Constance Mary Berry, ’.he 1 ty-five-year-old daughter ot the late l tain Edward Bei ry and of Mrs. Berry,
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  • 121 4 'Th- -0 1 T r .in-ilChan-Commiss bez, Singapore, n taken 1 24th August, 1933 g ngapore from w- rornra erce, Chine* Chinese Cha Trading A > Iducc Exchange gave evidence: ~n er ct ■crctary, Chines s aWW ill ■M Tan Kei C 1 t v Lighter
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    • 180 4 WIRELESS 8.8. C. Programme TO-DAY For Straits Settlements, and Federate* Malay States from the Empire transmitter, Daventry, England. Two of the following frequencies anc wavelengths will be used in the transmissions to the Indian zone. Announcemen t will be made at frequent Intervals. Call Sign Frequency Wavelength GSB 9,510 kc|s
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  • 331 5 Yorl -< re Beaten In First Innings 0E? Y BEAT MIDDLESEX London, August 25. T ing are the results of County tc ch were commenced on nesday;REY v. YORKSHIRE (n rey 560 for 6 wickets, declared (5 Barling 112); Yorkshire 233 and 21- i f 5 wickets.
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  • 99 5 vr** I *"~R'-uter. Semi-Final Match MISS JACOBS DEFEATS MISS ROUND Forest Hill, Aug. 25. Th' jjy was sunn y an d the courts well the semi-final match in the American .Vomen’g Tennis Championships in ss Jacobs (America) defeated Miss Round (Britain) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Jacobs very
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  • 87 5 —Reuter. Not Violated INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE FINDING New York, Aug. 25. The United States Lawn Tennis Association, Amateur Rules Committee, has announced that the investigation on Vines’ amateur status has revealed that the amateur rules had not been violated. It said that Vines had not made a written
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  • 48 5 —Reuter. East Beat West Chicago, August 25. The East beat the West by 13 points to 7 in tha All-Star Football Classic before an attendance of 45,000 at Soldier's Field last night. Horstman, Purdue and Nesbit, of Washington, and Newman, of Michigan, touched down.—
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  • 243 5 Fine M.G.M. Film at Queen’s “Gabriel over the White House” opened a season at the Queen’s last night. The theme of this fine M. G. M. film deals with the economic, political and foreign affairs confronting a President of the United States. Walter Huston who
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  • 97 5 Vaudeville Night To-morrow Miss Riboet’s Opera, that has successfully entertained the public at Fun and Frolic Park, ends its season there on Tuesday next and will perform at Keng Kwee Hall, Campbell Street, for another seven days prior to leaving Penang. Last night, a fine variety entertainment
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  • 441 5 Dull Game SINGLE GOAL VICTORY FOR D.A.F.C. Excepting for the last few minutes of the game in which the exchanges were even the rest of the play was too one-sided to be of interest in the match between the Darul Aihsan Football Club and the
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  • 80 5 Y.A.F.T. Beat South Kedah Teachers (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, August 25. The Young Athletic Football Team sprang a surprise upon South Kedah Teachers’ XI. this evening at the K.F.A. ground, defeating them by the odd goal in five. The losers turned out a strong
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  • 25 5 -Reuter. London, August 25. In a match in the Scottish League, the Hamilton Academicals to-day defeated Hi- bernian by four goals to one.—
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  • 48 5 —Reuter. Italy Leading Holland The Hague, August 25. In the third qualifying round of the Davis Cup, Italy leads Holland by two matches to nil. De Stefani (Italy) defeated Timmer (Holland) 11-9, 5-7, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Rado (Italy) defeated Karsten (Holland) 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. —Reuter.
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  • 663 5 Packed House At King's MISS BETTY KARCHANG'S OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE The Mickey House Club staged a very successful concert last night at the King’s Theatre. The hall was packed to its full capacity and not a few spectators had to be content with standing room only. The success
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  • 199 5 Trips Upstairs Like a 2-Year-Old A woman writes: —“Three months ago, after much argument, I was persuaded against my will to try Kruschen Salts to reduce my weight, which was 222 lbs. I had tried other things, but all to no avail. After three weeks of
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  • 542 5 Fun Frolic Basket-Ball Matches Despite the uncertainty Of the weather, a good, crowd was present at Fun and Frolic Open-Air Stadium last night to witness the Amoy basket-ball players in action. There were thrills a-plenty in the two matches played, which kept «the spectators keyed up
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  • 135 5 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR CHURCH OF ENGLAND 11th Sunday after Trinity 7.50 Litany. 8 a.m. Matins. PSS LVT and LVII Hymn 4. 8.30 Holy Communion. 11 a.m. Holy Communion Chinese. 6.30 Evensong—PSS LXII and LXUI. Hymns 12, 247, 266, 31. WEDNESDAY 8 am. Holy Communion. FRIDAY 6 p.m.
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  • 225 5 Golden Sandals Of Two Thousand Years Ago A pair of golden sandals, possibly 2,000 years old and of exquisite workmanship, have been discovered in Yugoslavia, in a grave of a princess of the ancient Illyrian people, whose traces have been almost entirely effaced from the the
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  • 171 5 Three Sailors Dangerously 11l A little girl of nine has lost her life, and three sailors are lying dangerously ill in. hospital, following on their asphyxiation by petrol fumes (says Reuter from St. Nazaire). The motor fishing boat La Berceuse, with a crew of 13,
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  • 428 6 Result Of Steady Felling NEED FOR MORE I PLANTING £4 An Acre Bounty To Growers There is a seiious shortage of first-class British oak, which is likely to ba progressively intensified throughout the next two generations. This was the view expressed to a representative of the "Mcraing
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  • 191 6 Statement to Police Officer Must Be Proved An interesting judgment on a point of law, which was argued at the F.M.S. Full Court of Appeal sitting at Ipoh recently, was delivered at the Ipoh Supreme Court on Wednesday. The point at issue w r as whether a
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  • 465 6 Theory Of Playing At Smoking BODIES MISTAKEN FOR DOLLS London, August 14. A suggestion that playing at smoking ied tc the death of two boys in a baker’s hand-cart was made at the inquest at Westminster on Daniel Dennis Dwyer, 6, and. Clifford Bernard McMahon, 3,
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  • 201 6 Austro-German Situation Considered Easier August 10. Great Britain's attitude towards Austria in regard to German Nazi propaganda, has aroused general satisfaction and gratitude in Vienna, according to a semi-official i statement. The declarations made by the British Foreign Office to the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, when he called
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  • 482 7 Biscuits On Beach After Bathe SHARES MEAL WITH BOYS A Bishop In ‘Shorts’ Southwold, Suffolk, Aug. 9. August 9 was visitors’ day at the Duke of York’s camp of public school and industrial boys. The Duke, who spent the night under canvas, rose with
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  • 306 7 M ning Organisations Urged To Act N BER OF COMPLAINTS London, August 10. complaints have lately been made >rists of the confusion to which liable at night as a result of the y in colour between some of the sing and other road signs and the sown
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  • 357 7 The Six Dot Alphabet For The Blind dots, arranged like the six dots of a u no, give the blind a key which opens >r them the whole range of literature and music. i < utting out one or more of these dots, different combinations can be
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  • 128 7 Accommodation For 300 Machines DEFENCE OF PARIS A combined land and water air station at the very gates of Paris is under consideration by the French Air Minister. The site suggested consists of an area of land only sparsely built over at Creteuil, between the Marne and the
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  • 175 7 Lion And Bear Of 20,000 Years Ago August 15. Some of the world's first statuary has been brought to light, states Reuter from Paris, by the eminent French archaeologist, M. Norbert de Casteret, who for many years has been exploring South-western France, even risking his life in
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  • 160 7 Descendant Of Famous Field-Marshal London, August 14. Lord Seaton, a descendant of Field--1 Marsha'. Sir Join Colborne, the famous soldier, who 1 d the decisive movement at the Battle of Waterloo has, died at his home. Buckland Abbey, Yelverton, Devon, at the age of 79. He
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  • 149 7 Notes Lost By Woman On Blackpool Tower Blackpool, August 9. A woman visitor to Blackpool lost £l5 in notes in a remarkable way. She is Mrs. Arthur Pike, of St. Helens Road, Swansea, who with her husband had come by car to Blackpool for a holiday. Mrs.
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  • 241 7 Alarm Among Foreign Line Agents Berlin, Aug. 9. 1 A circular order in the most obscure of official German just received by ‘he offices of foreign shipping companies has aroused considerable alarm. Hitherto the offices have been allotted a round sum that they may transfer periodically into
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    • 59 7 UP TO A STANDARD NOT DOWN TO A PRICE We aim to give our Customers Quality in Printing at a Price consistent with Value. I OUR experience of many years IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL I j WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LET YOU DOWN ENTRUST YOUR ORDERS FOR PRINTING AND STATIONERY
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    • 288 7 HUTTENBACH CONTINUOUS SKEETER MADE IN TWO MODELS WITH ROLLS 24, 26 AND 28 INCHES LONGFULL PARTICULARS ON REQUEST. HUTTENBACH. LAZARUS SONS. LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS. PENANG. Newly discovered! a priceless safeguard to teeth —an entirely new cleansing and polishing material has been developed that is
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  • 372 8 A National Peace Conference, which sat last month at ()xford, discussed the teaching of history in schools. The speakers (most of them w ere schoolmasters*) were agreed that history ought to be taught by methods which would promote the cause of world peace and international sympathy.” It
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  • 207 8 A curious sidelight on the perennial problem of tips has been provided at Westminster. M.l’.s have long been in the habit of giv :n- i gratuity to the policemen on speCu' duty at the Houses of Parliament at [p. -st the summer session. 1 his ear
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  • 54 8 then proceed to Scotland.^—Rugby Radio Service. Due Back From Brazil on Tuesday London, Aug. 25. After his holiday voyage to Brazil, Sir in London on Tuesday. It is expected that he London on Tuesday. This expected he will remain in town for a few days and then
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  • 49 8 —Rugby Radio Service. Application for £75,415,000 London. Aug. 25. Applications for tenders for Treasury Bills totalled £75,415,000. The amount allotted in bills at three months was £45 millions. The average rate per cent, of tenders accepted was 7 1.64 d. as compared with 6 I.OSd. last week.—
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  • 934 8 There is a good, old-fashioned ring about the word “pilgrim.” One seldom hears it nowadays. To many it brings back through the mist of years visions of fireside picture-books and stories The PilI grim’s Progress,” “King Arthur’s Knights," I The Canterbury Tales,” and “The Pilgrim Fathers” pass before us.
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  • 783 8 THE NON-ARYAN BALLOON In future anyone sending toy bal from carnivals and ga En > had better look which v ho n 1 Lne wind io blowing—for if the little i o 1 carr pd in the direction of Germany l scent niav be regarded as an
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  • 2188 9 LARGE ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF LOCAL FLIERS MANG CLUB FORMED 4ON. MR. E. NEWBOLD AS FIRST PRESIDENT MR MERCER SMITH ELECTED CLUB CAPTAIN rgely attended and enthusiatic meeting at the P. P. W. i.i Hall, last night, it was unanimously agreed to form a md to call it the Penang Flying
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  • 81 9 Reuter. Goods Wcgons On Fire CONSIGNMENT OF AERIAL BOMBS NEARBY Hongkong, Aug. 25. The promptitude of the railway employees possibly averted the disaster to Kowloon when several goods wagons were on fire at the station close to a consignment of eighty tons of aerial bombs enough
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  • 86 9 Two Children Bitten At Bournemouth London, August 16. The need for proper care of dogs during the present heat wave has been emphasised by’ reports of two mad dogs, cue at Ecurnc mouth and one in Ireland. On the sands at Bournemouth, whci large numbers of
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  • 40 9 Reuter. Washington, Aug. 2G. Over a- million and a half unemployed were re-absorbed duroiy the June quarter according to the. Federal lieserve Review but 11 million are still idle. Production increased by 59 per cc;:t.— Reuter.
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  • 102 9 TIN -Spot YESTERDAY TO-DAY LxmJon £213-7-6 £215-10-0 TIN—(B Months) London £213-0-0 £215-5-0 Singapore $108.75 $110.12 Business Done Penang $108.75 Business Done Buyers no sellers. COPRA—( Sundries!) 53.60 $3.60 ELACK PEPPER $14.00 $14.00 wNew York 6 1( ;c.(G) 7V 4 c.(G) Singapore cts 12 cts TAPIOCA Fair Seed 5415
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  • 343 10 PLAN TO RESTRICT OUTPUT U.S. THREAT OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES Simultaneously with the announcement that an international Wheat Conference will open in London the United States give warning that if no agreement on restriction is reached they are prepared to proceed with a policy of subsidising exports. Representatives
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  • 177 10 What British Shipping Firms Think Considerable interest is being taken in British shipping circles in the strenuous efforts which are manifestly being made by the German authorities to secure passenger traffic for German boats. According to some advices from Berlin fresh difficulties are to be imposed upon
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  • 105 10 Deaf Girl Becomes Hollywood Dancer A 16-year-old girl, who has lived in a world of silence all her life, has been signed on as a speciality dancer in a Hollywood stage show. Born deaf the girl, Charlotte Lamberton, has learned to feel the vibrations of music Her
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  • 675 10 Sack Of Letters By Each Post ‘OUTRAGED COLONELS’ Mr. Beverly Nichols, whose outspoken views on war have led to such a wealth of correspondence in “The Daily Telegraph, replied to the criticisms levelled against him in “The Daily Telegraph” at a luncheon in connection with the City
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  • 86 10 Bottles And Stones Instead Of A Ball Feeling ran high in a football match between two native teams near Ventordorp, when each side wagered 30s. on the result, wires Reuter’s correspondent in Capetown. One man accidentally knocked another over. The man knocked down arose—and Struck the player.
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  • 228 10 Five Companies To Amalgamate SPEEDIER TRAVELLING Details of a 100,000,000 franc amalgamation of five French air companies were given to a reporter on August 14, at the London offices of the Air Union. The amalgamation will come into effect on September 1,” said an official. “The
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  • 156 10 “Have Taken The Hearts Of Buda-Pesth By Storm” August 10. The British Boy Scouts attending the World Jamboree at Godollo, have taken the hearts of Buda-Pesth by storm. They have been singled out for particularly warm welcomes, wherever they appeared and the whole Hungarian Press is unanimous
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  • 111 10 On Franco-Belgian Frontier Smuggling by m ;r O n the Franco-Belgian fronti< ly grown to serious proportions. 1 ';derat size carrying loads ranging :n ./b t 0 mb. are used. After the smuggler has entered Belgium on foot or on a bicych iis accomplice releases
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  • 98 10 Brass Casket Taken From Paris Church Paris, August 13. The right foot of Saint Victor has been stolen. The Saint, who lived in the fourth century, was a Roman soldier. He turned Christian and refused to worship Roman gods, whereupon his right foot was cut off. It
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  • 319 11 V nt Out To A Wreck 0. His Wedding Day <” ROBERTS, OF DEAL Deal, August 8. ryone who knew Deal knew rts, who died at Deal to-day, ot 95. i many years the oldest lifethe country and he helped to is of lives. cond
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  • 195 11 Man Who Spent Night Among Precipices tourists would treat these moun■h little more respect, and not go ting off as if they were going for round Hyde Park," said Mr. J. right, the Lakeland mountain E lll l, n August 9. right had spent the night in f
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  • 144 11 Reich Order Discussed In London DILEMMA FOR TRAVELLERS London, August 15. The German Government's blow at bookings in non-German liners is under consideration in London, and shipping companies, the Board of Trade, and the Foreign Office, are in communication. A report is expected from the
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  • 200 11 Distinguished Diplomatic Career London. August 9. Sir Edward Henry Goschen, Bart., who has died in a nursing heme at Oxford at the age of 57, had been ill for two months. He was a member of the famous banking family which fills so many important directorships
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  • 187 11 Native’s Record A native’s feat of travelling 70 miles on foot within a day is vouched for by Mr. L. S. Norman, of Luchenza, Nyasaland, who writes: “I had occasion, very early one morning, to send a letter to Blantyre, distant 40 miles
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  • 74 11 A £15,000 Balance For Famous Orphanage The world-famous Muller’s Orphanage, Ashley Down, Bristol, reports that the past year ended with a favourable balance of over £15,000, compared with £22,000 the previous year, the reduction being due to expenditure on building improvements. Receipts amounted to £35,000, and
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    • 312 11 n’* 7 1 isaesJaL I X si I K rente Cream I H v ihe~47irlJaTUsFiing ft S A CrCUJTI This delightful cleansing cream will keep your pores in working gj is 11' Exquisitely perfumed order and your Bi i -Ja w hh "41ir Eau de Co- I A ra logne,ltformsabstlng
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  • The Latest Commercial News
    • 1446 12 EFFECTS OF CONTINUED DEPRESSION SCHEME OF RECONSTRUCTION APPROVED Mr. D. E. Sinclair’s Speech The twenty-fourth annual ordinary general meeting of the Lendu Rubber Company, Limited, was held on Thursday, 3rd August, 1933, at 4, Lloyd’s Avenue, London, E.C., Mr. D. E. Sinclair, Chairman of the Company, presiding. Mr.
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    • 173 12 BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Rubber Sales Department Penang, August 23. The market during the interval has continued quiet with a fairly steady undertone and closing quotations record a small loss on balance 3 3 5 d. and gold cent at 3|jd. and 6IS gold cents respectively. London stocks last week showed
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    • 958 12 The fifth ordinary general meeting of the Company was held at the registered offices, 411-419, Salisbury House, London Wall, London, E.C.2, on Friday, July 21, 1933. MR. P. J- BURGESS (Chairman of the Company) presided. A representative of E. B. Ridsdel Co., Ltd (Secretaries) read the
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    • 822 12 SYMINGTON WILSON’S WEEKLY REPORT London, August 9. Owing to the August Bank Holiday the Market was closed from Friday evening last till yesterday morning, so that there have only been four working days since the issue of our last Report. On Wednesday of last week the tone was distinctly firm.
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    • 411 12 KENNEDY CO.’S SHARE REPORT Penang, August 25. During the past week the Share Market has been dull and business has again been on a restricted scale. Rubber has been quiet round 3%d. and 12c. locally while Tin after advancing to £215 has slipped back £2. In the absence of support
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    • 154 12 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 1,136 th auction on Wednesday. lbs. tons Catalogued 1,119,539 499.79 Offered 1,102,431 492.20 Sold 889,696 397.13 Spot. London 3 11 6. New York 6 13 16 cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet cents per lb. Standard Quality No
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    • 650 12 A period of markin; experienced in all sec: th( market since our last rep Fraser and Co. in the n ited 23) and with a weaker un gener developing, share exchar y in favour of buyers, mor 1!v a gards tins and rubbers. Small sellers of some indu
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  • 570 13 cdule of Principal Lines jllowing is a list of vessels arriving Ing from Penang during the week: TN PORT TO-DAY \YO MARU from Japan for Colomand Bombay. LA to Port Swettenham and Sinipore. VNG from Tongkah, Kopah, Reand V. Point. Sails for the same ts to-day.
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  • 1487 13 The Post Office notifies that a telegram from G. P. O. London says that the mail despatched from Penang on August 4 by the s.s. “Christian Huygens” was delivered in London on August 24. OUTWARD MAILS A mail for Burma (excepting Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy) and Northern
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  • 113 13 AUGUST 26 P.C.C. A vs. Indian Association, Esplanade. Association Football—C.R.C. v. Amoy XI, Victoria Green. AUGUST 29 Municipal Commissioners’ Fortnightly Meeting, Municipal Offices, 4 p.m. SEPTEMBER 2 Singapore Races, Ist day. SEPTEMBER 6 Singapore Races, 2nd day. SEPTEMBER 9 Singapore Races, 3rd day. SEPTEMBER 13 Singapore Races,
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  • 122 13 Latest Quotations Friday Thursday Paria 82 19 32 83 25 32 New York 4 61 Montreal 4 -84 4.81 Brussels 23.18 23.49’2 Geneva 16-71 16.94 Amsterdam 8.01 8.12 Milan 61% 62% Berlin 13.57 ’2 13.75% Stockholm 19-37% 19.37% Copenhagen 22.40 22.4 C Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna
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    • 51 13 6.75 TO-NIGHT v. 30 Matinee To-morrow at 2.45 p.m. METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER’S DRAMATIC SENSATION "GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE" Starring WALTER HUSTON. NEXT CHANGE ROBERT MONTGOMERY "MADE ON BROADWAY" A GLITTERING REVELATION OF THE WICKEDEST STREET IN THE WORLD WITH SALLY EILERS MADGE EVANS A METRO-GOLDWYN-MA YER PICTURE FOR RESERVATIONS PLEASE ’PHONE
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    • 408 13 t A !t!r 1 ■'/A wiO Bl wm BOH Bl Blihilßa r J MATINEES TO-DAY TO-MORROW 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 > 1 Fox's Sequel to CHANDU 11 i TRICK FOR TRICK with Ralph Morgan i Victor Jory Sally Blane A master magician bares the mystic Secret of his 1 i craft
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  • 422 14 Despite Forfeiture Clause In Will ROMANCE BEFORE A FORTUNE Maidstone, August 12. The wedding took place at All Saint’s Church, Maidstone, to-day, of Miss Marjorie Joyce Clementson, of Staplehurst, who was left a fortune on condition that she never married, and also over £3.000 which she
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  • 310 14 ARCHITECTS NEW INSTITUTE Urged Not To Join Sir E. Lutyens Major Harry Barnes, chairman of the Architects’ Registration Council, has issued a circular letter urging architects not to make any move to join the newly-formed Institute of Registered Architects until after the meeting of his council next month. Antagonism has
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  • 433 14 Inquest On Baronet’s Grandson TWO HOURS’ EFFORT TO SAVE LIFE “Accidental death” was the verdict at the inquest at Lingfield on August 12 on the body of Peter John Farmer, the seven-teen-months-old grandson of Sir John and Lady Hopkins, who was found drowned in the lily pond
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  • 331 14 Summoned By Torch To A Birmingham Boy’s Aid H.M.S. Rodney, one of Britain's greatest battleships, on August 9 responded to an S.O.S. message flashed by means of a small torch from the top of a cliff near Plymouth, and assisted in the rescue of
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 276 14 S llto.sl ii With Itchy Blisters Healed by Cuticura "My baby's trouble started when he was four months old with small blisters all over his head. They itched so badly that we had to put gloves on bis hands to stop him from .-.ciatching as thec’uptions used to bleed. After
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    • 410 14 r ARC AD lAm WORKS LONDON Ffcr tefer World’s finest I HI I ffIKJSSbw 10 VIRGINIA W M ill 11» ■K 1 ii CARRERAS’wonder Factory in LONDON-the HOME of.. CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES The most modernly-designed and equipped Tobacco Factory in the World is Arcadia Works, on the Hampstead Road, London,
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    • 1890 15 i A K P- ©.-BRITISH INDIA Tl 2 I u 1 7 Sl x i tSit -n -U-+- A and apcar lines 7* l I r (Companies Incorporated in England) wonti MA!L PASSENGER and CARGO SERVICES 7U'»« U» Peninsular and Oriental 8. N. Co., p en ang, Teluk Anson, Port
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  • 1226 16 Tiang Joo Co. PARTNERS' HEAVY DRAWINGS As reported yesterday the public examination of Yeoh Cheang Aun, (in bankruptcy* un'il recently a Municipal Commissioner, was opened yesterday before Mr. Justice Cobbett. Mr. R. Moor, Assistant Official Assignee, conducted the examination while Mr. Rees Williams appeared for the
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  • 408 16 Weights For First Day CARD OF EIGHT EVENTS The following are the handicaps for the first day of the Singapore Turf Club (Gold Cup> Meeting to be run at Singapore on Saturday, September 2. RACE I Maidens, Division A, 6 Furlongs. Gallant Maggie (2) 9.0 Angelus
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  • 420 16 Thursday’s Gallops Most of the northern strings are now on the spot, but the Kuala Lumpur contingent will not arrive until this week-end, and as almost half the griffins are Selangor trained it will be another week before it is possible to come to a conclusion
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  • 93 16 Municipality of George Town The health statement for the Municipality of George Town for the week ending Aug. 19, 1933, shows a total of 48 deaths—--26 males and 22 females—the death-rate being 16.04 per mille, compared with 18.38 in the preceding week and with 22.22 in the corresponding
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  • 155 16 Dispute Over £lO A Year Owing to a dispute involving about £lO a year, the small seaside town of Heacham, near Hunstanton, is without a fire brigade. The firemen, 11 in number, signed a protest stating that’ they would resign if the number of practices,
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  • 603 16 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The following weHB the latest quotation! in MESSrtS. KENNEDY share list to-day. Yesterday To-day. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Ayer Weng 95 1.00 95 1.00 Batu Caves 50 55 50 55 Kamunting 8 6 9(3 8(6 9(3 Katu 12 9 13 9
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  • 55 16 PENANG, AL’ I’ST 26 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank On London Bank Demand 2’3 4 m i ts 23 3132 Private 3 mts credit 2 4 533 3 Documentary ***** On New York Bank Demand 52’ noro France T.T. 9 W m In<lia T.T. Hongkong T.T. dis. non
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    • 56 16 PENANG’S PREMIER HOTEL. Tuesday Thursday Saturday. SAT. 2nd TUES. sth SEPT. SAT. 23rd. SEPT. Repertory Players GRAND present HOLLYWOOD ,TS A BOY BALL Beach Pyjamas AUSTIN MELFORD. and BOOKING NOW OPEN. Fancy Dress (Extension till 2 a.m.) (Extension till 2 a.m.) E. O. GARAGE. First Class Cars On Hire Day
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    • 176 16 Summer work on farms in Briiain pro- vides work for well over 100,000 seasonal hands, in addition to those usually employed on the land. Has No Ugly Hair Nowu "I bad become I completely discour- 5 iged by a heavy K mwth of disgusting B hair I tried depila- kV/
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    • 32 16 WEATHER RfPORT 6a.m. 75 1 m.m. Noon 87 tide t.\ es High Water. to-da 3.10 a.m. <> 3 p.m, 3.08 p.m. TO-MORJk A 3 38 am 9-55 a. m 3.38 p.m. 10.03 p.m.
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