Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 January 1934

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1888 PUBLISHED DAILY N 23. Vol. XCII. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1934. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • 187 1 METTALIC BASIS FOR BRITI SH CURRENCY P.ugby K io Service. Opposition To Early Return BY MIDLAND BANK CHAIRMAN London, Jan. 26. >n to the early return to a is for British currency was exMr. Reginald McKenna, ChairMidland Bank, at the annual shareholders. He said the su ie policy of cheap
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  • 60 1 —Reuter. For Increased Trade Kabul, Jan. 26. T inese Diplomatic Mission have arrivt.; prepare for the establishment of ■nt legation and examine the posxtending the scope of Japanese Afghanistan which would be to pass the free zone at Karachi without aying the Indian customs’ duties. The
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  • 45 1 Bomber Squadron Arrives •From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 26. single engined bombers and two ■’ans]. bombers conducting a first flight from j- j arrived to-day from Taiping, "’th i r presence, for a further day and rial manoeuvres are expected.
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  • 62 1 :.—Rugby Radio Service. isits Soup Kitchen London, Jan. 26. Th- L rince of Wales visited the Windsor U P P-tchen to-day when about 100 c hildr< of unemployed men were having a <■ icr. In the occupational centre in part of the same building the iw a
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  • 57 1 I.—Reuter. Mexican Company With British Interests Mexico City, Jan. 27. T Mexican Eagle Oil Company which British interests has secured conio explore and develop 24,000 acres fl land in the state of Vera Cruz, pany will also continue their ex- of another 6,000 acres in the state o
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  • 72 1 ACTIVITY AND OPTIMISM (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, January 26. Not for a long time has there been such activity and measure of optimism as this morning in the local rubber market when the price touched 15J4 or a rise of over yesterday. At the close of
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  • 77 1 Rugby Radio Service. Question In Parliament On Monday London, Jan. 26. A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on disarmament over which the Prime Minister presided was held at Downing Street this afternoon. The meeting was the last which will be held prior to the reassembly of tife Parliament next
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  • 160 1 Shopkeepers Victimised By Chinese Several shopkeepers in the vicinity of Amoy Street have been victimised to the extent of $1,489 by a well-dressed Chinese who handed them what proved to be worthless cheques in exchange for goods. The offender has disappeared but a description of him has been
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  • 92 1 Death Of Former Member Of Europe Hotel Staff A cable has been received in Singapore stating that the death took place in Boumemouth on Monday of Mn Herbert Ryerson Waring, formerly of the Europe Hotel, Smg Mr Waring, who was 50 years of age, came out to
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  • 296 1 i.—Reuter. Tantamount To Pegging CRITICISM OF U.S. STABILISATION FUND Washington, January 26. In the course of a debate in which the Senate voted to give the Secretary of the Treasury sole jurisdiction over the Stabili- j zation Fund Mr. Pittman urged the exten- j sion of the
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  • 208 1 OCCUPIER OF COMMON GETTING HOUSE From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 26. J eo I eow Keng, a well-known Straits C hinese. was fined $25 for being the occupier of a common betting house. Detective Inspector Tongue prosecuted. Another man L hua Sim K.eng was discharged, no
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  • 76 1 Irregularity In Case Against Bankrupt An irregularity in the authorisation to prosecute led to the discharge from custody cf Chan Ah Goh before the Singapore Criminal District Judge, on Thursday. The charge against the accused was that he obtained a loan of over $lOO while being an undischarged
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  • 645 1 DIFFICULTIES TO BE OVERCOME The creation of an export trade in Malayan timbers, in which H.E. the Governor and the Colonial Secretary showed their personal interest by a visit to the Siong Lim Sawmills in Syed Alwi Read on Thursday morning, will be no easy matter,
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  • 45 1 Moscow, Jan. 20. An underground railway will bp built this year, the sum of 350,000,000 roubles having been granted for construction work. There will be altogether 43 stations, 18 miles of rail and 20 miles of cables. Fifty thousand workers will be employed.
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  • 118 1 Of? Malacca TOWED INTO SINGAPORE (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 26. The Straits Steamship “Klang” lost a propeller off Malacca on Wednesday night and was helpless in the straits until towed in by the s.s. “Hua Tong.” The passengers included E. J. Case, of the
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  • 92 1 Finns And Swedish Tongue Helsingfors, Jan. 22. Finnish students made a public demonstration against the use of the Swedish language when the opening ceremony of spring term took place at Helsingfors University. In accordance with old-established custom the Rector made the opening address in the Finnish tongue and
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  • 54 1 Syndicalist’s Attempt To Fire Buses Madrid, Jan. 23. Another large-scale conspiracy concocted by syndicalists, aiming at the distruction of 200 motor-buses in Barcelona, has been nipped in the bud by the police. Heavilyarmed syndicalists had just succeeded in firing three buses when the police swooped down on
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  • 37 1 Soviet Russia To Help Industrialisation Istanbul, Jan. 23. Soviet Russia has granted Turkey credit amounting to 8,000,000 gold dollars for the contemplated industrialisation of Turkey. An agreement to that effect has been signed here.
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  • 55 1 Life Pension When Polish President Retires Warsaw, Jan. 22. The budget now before the Polish Sejm contains a new feature, namely, an item of 3,000 zloty monthly for a pension for the State president, payable for life after his period of office expires. This is to be
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    • 1888 2 RATES FOR CASUAL mun.cpai notice. *RT FURNITURE BANKS ADVERTISEMENTS An Ordinary and a Special Meeting of I Modern Styles. LIMITED. the Municipal Commissioners will be held (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements/ at the Municipal Office at 4 p.m. on Mon- PHCeS MOOCrate Chartered Bank NEDERLAHDS». day, the 29th instant. D
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  • 472 3 BIG SPEED-UP IN RAIL TRAVEL BRITAIN STREAMLINES HER LOCOS AS I changes in locomotive design likely to bring about within the next years a revolution in travelling facilities and costs are being perfected and pplied by engineers in Britain, America, and Germany. Inquiries by the
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  • 114 3 Secret Methods To Trace Offenders I More than 100 people are reported to the Royal Warrant Holders’ Association uinually for using the Royal Arms without permission, and now the Association is using secret methods to trace offenders. “Most of the cases are due to ignorance,”
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  • 131 3 Call For Aid Delayed The tragedy of a wrong telephone number was described to the East Surrey coroner Dr W J. Lord, at the inquest at Richmond on John Patrick Scott, an engineering student of King’s College, who was found dead at his home at
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  • 235 3 AYURVEDIC physician WHO WAS NOT REGISTERED A fine of $5O, and 14 days to pay it in, was the sentence imposed on Wednesday by the Singapore second magistrate, on K. V. Pillay, an Indian ayurvedic physician practising in Serangoon Road, on a charge of falsely
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  • 231 3 Book Found At A Boy’s Lodgings A 15-year-old boy at Southampton Juve- nile Court on January 12 was charged with breaking into a laundry and stealing £37 15s. 3d., and with breaking into a dwelling-house. It was stated that when arrested in London he had in his
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  • 151 3 I Tears of crystal and veils of human hair are among the latest wonders sent to us by the fashion wizards of Paris. A West End expert revealed these mar- vels to the “Sunday Pictorial” on Jan. 13. “This startling novelty has just reached I
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  • 620 4 MALAY DETECTIVE CHARGED WITH EXTORTION Ibrahim bin Dugang, Malay Detective Police Constable No. 97, was tried before Mr. Dohoo in the Singapore Third Magistrate’s Court on Saturday on charge of attempted extortion of $2O and extortion of $l. The complainant was Arumugam, a Tamil
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  • 184 4 After Suffering For Many I Years i What a great thing it must be for this woman, after suffering from rheumatism for many years, to be free from pain again lat her age. She writes: —“I should like to tell you that since I commenced
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  • 79 4 SATURDAY, JANUARY 27 Rugby North vs. South, Singapore. Hockey Selangor vs. Wiltshires at K Lumpur. Inter-state Hockey Penang v. Kedah, Alor Star. MONDAY, JANUARY 29 Municipal Commissioners Special Meeting, 4 p.m. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Taiping Turf Club Professional Meeting Opens. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Taiping Turf Club Races
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  • 369 4 Mr. S. Chelliah;. ©f the Land Office, Batu Gajah, has left for Ceylon on retirement. Mr. A. J. Braga, the Singapore lawyer, returned from America by the Hakusan Maru on Wednesday and has resumed practice. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Goonting, who left for Siam for their honeymoon,
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  • 267 4 Drama Of Find That Saved Man’s Llife 18 YEARS’ SECRET This drama of th® war, in which the life of a wounded soldier was saved by antitoxin washed up by the sea, was revealed on Jan. 15th —eighteen years after. In 1916 Dr. R, Robertson was
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  • 337 5 3 YEARS AGO WE LED THE WORLD IN ARMY EFFICIENCY Government Must Act This Year WEAK AIR ARM R. A. F. Reserve Would Last Month In War i Mechanisation of the world’s armies is proceeding apace—while Britain lags behind. From being the pioneer among the
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  • 127 5 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR CHURCH OF ENGLAND Septuagesima 8 a.m. Matins and Litany. PS CIV. Hymn 33. 8 30 —Holy Communion. 11 a.m. Holy Communion. Chinese. 6 p.m. Evensong. PSCXLVH 280. Magnificat 283. Nunc Dimittis 282. Hymns 299, 533, 167 and 297. Friday—The Feast of the Purification. 8
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  • 76 5 .—Reuter. British Pair Win Doubles Honours PERRY ENTERS SINGLES FINAL Sydney, Jan. 26. The following are results of matches in the Australian Lawn Tennis Championships. DOUBLES FINAL Perry and Hughes (Great Britain beat Quist and Turnbull (Australia) 6 —B, 6 —3, 6—4, 6 3. SINGLES SEMI-FINAL
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  • 104 5 Results Of Yesterday’s Matches The following are results of matches played yesterday CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES G. R. Evans and D. D. B. Cook beat C. H. Rogers and W. F. Fletcher, 7—-5, 7—9, 6—3. N. A. Sedwick and P. N. Knight beat R. Mange and B. Brooke, 6—4,
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  • 56 5 Penang v. Kedah The following is the revised Penang side to meet Kedah at Alor Star at 5 p.m. today:— Ng Teik Lee; S. V. Adams and Yeang Cheng Phoy; A. W. Foster, L. H. Best and Tan Kong Tat; G. R. Evans, H. Farrow, C. Danker, Chong
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  • 156 5 How To Get Quick Relief. Dyspepsia is not only painful, but if neglected soon becomes dangerous. Excess stomach acid and fermenting food irritate the delicate stomach lining, form gas, and, by interfering with proper nourishment, actually break down health. The surest, quickest, and only logical way
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    • 88 5 THE TIRELESS SALESMAN—An advertise-meni >n the “I’tnanjz Gazette” is a tireless salesman. Trot, one week’s end to another it talks business without boring potential customers. It tells your story (unknown to you perhaps) to a widt circle of in teresied readers and its influence is all the more satisfactory tn
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  • 1314 6 ONLY 27 PEOPLE WILL BE TOLD THEM SIR ERNEST WALLIS BUDGE SAW MEN "VANISH INTO AIR" DEATH SENT BY THOUGHT I have just been talking to a man who believes he holds the secrets of the Death Ray, of self-levitation, of
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    • 21 6 The Sunday Gazette Best FOR News AND Pictures FULL REPORTS OF All Malayan Sporting Events Home Football I I e i
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  • 825 7 Shun Pao. NEED FOR STRONG ACTION The Government of China to-day preits a very curious phenomenon. It is her a party government, nor a governnt based on the rule of law, nor one taining the best talents of the country, minally the Government is a
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  • 189 7 bear their human load as w’ell.—Shanghai Morn'ng Post. Scattered By Government Forces Peiping, Jan. 8. The remnants of the mutineers under general Liu Kwei-tang have been scattered into several bands as a result of the sharp pursuit of the Government forces. Some of them have arrived at
    bear their human load as w’ell.—Shanghai Morn'ng Post.  -  189 words
  • 146 7 Hsiao Fo-Chen Bids Canton Farewell Hongkong, Jan. 8. Mr. Hsiao Fo-chen, veteran Kuomintang statesman and one of the strongest opponents of the Nanking Government, left here for Siam yesterday after he had failed to persuade General Chen Chi-tang to form a third government in Canton. Interviewed before
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  • 65 7 pointed its director.—Canton Truth. Retained For The Year Canton, Jan 8. The pacification offices in the various regions of the province will he retained for a period of one year, according to the Canton Military Headquarters. A pacification office will also be established in the East River area
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  • 154 7 Shanghai Morning Post. Canton’s Proposals Hongkong, Jan. 8. A spokesman of the South-west Political Council to-day declared that the joint proposal to be submitted to the forthcoming 4th Plenary Session of the C.E.C. by the South-west was now being drafted and would be brought up for discussion after
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  • 522 7 SIGNIFICANT MEETING IN LONDON OF THREE LEADING CHINESE MINISTERS —Yi Shih Pao. “Press dispatches from London report that Dr. W. W. Yen, Chinese Ambassador to Moscow, Air. Quo Tai-chi, Minister to Great Britain, and Dr. Wellington Koo, Minister to France, held a conference recently in London. Although
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  • 109 7 —Shun Pao. No Chance To Offer Resistance Peiping, Jan. 8. Two brigades of irregulars have been disarmed by order of General Sung Chehyuan. They were at one time volunteers in Jehol, but retreated to Chahar after the fall of the former province. Since then they have not
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  • 99 7 hold in northern Szechuen. —Shi Wen Pao. Szechuen Communists Remain On Defensive Chengtu, Jan. 8. The Communists in northern Szechuen, after their recent defeat at the hands of the provincial troops, have adopted a defensive attitude. A detachment of Communists has recaptured Yilung from the hands of the
    hold in northern Szechuen.—Shi Wen Pao.  -  99 words
  • 96 7 .—China Times. Work To Begin Some Time In April Nanking, Jan. 8. Construction work on the Yushan-Pinh-siang section of the Hangchow-Pinhsiang Railway, which passes through Chekiang, Kiangsi and Hunan, will begin some time in April, it is learned from railway authorities. To finance the project, both
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  • 76 7 —Canton Truth. Refuses To Repeal Food Tax Canton, Jan. 6. The request of the City Chamber of Commerce to repeal or reduce the tax on meals and banquets served in local restaurants and hotels was rejected by the Finance Department recently. The restaurant and hotel owners complained that
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  • 98 7 —Shun Pao. Japanese Conditions Unacceptable Peiping, Jan. 8. The conditions submitted by the Japanese for the retrocession of Shanhaikuan have all proved unacceptable by the Chinese authorities However, the Chinese commissioner, Mr. Tao Shang-min, is still exerting efforts to secure the early return of the walled town
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  • 200 7 trace the bandits. —Shanghai Morning Post. Hold-Up At Tsinpu Line Tsinan, Jan. 8. The down express on the Tsinpu Railway from Tsinan to Pukow was held up at one o’clock this morning at a small station south of Taian, near Tawenkou. The bandits, disguised as passengers, boarded
    trace the bandits.—Shanghai Morning Post.  -  200 words
  • 55 7 —Canton Truth. Woman Firecracker Maker Canton, Jan. 8. A woman firecracker maker of Hokshe, Lungchoon District, by the name of Chung Ah-kiu was blown to bits on the sth instant when the powder which she was mixing exploded. Seven buildings in the vicinity were demolished. No other
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  • 61 7 Canton Truth. Formed In Nanking Canton, Jan. 6. A report from Nanking states that students of that city have organized an anti-Chang Hsieh-liang Society to prevent the political return of the young marshal. It is also reported that the Nankiang authorities are taking extra precaution to prevent
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  • 43 7 Shun Pao. Start On New Route Shanghai, Jan. 9. The management of the San Pei Steamship Navigation Company has decided to establish a new passenger service between Shanghai and Tslngtao. The new line will start operation on January 10th.—
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  • 678 7 .—Central China Daily News. A GENERAL DEMAND IN CHINA “Ever since the outbreak of the Fukien incident there has been a general demand throughout the country for the abolition of Kuomintang dictatorship. Not only those outside the Kuomintang advocated this step but a certain portion of
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  • 60 7 —Shun Pao. Fourth Batch Arriving At Shanghai Shanghai, Jan. 9. The fourth batch of American wheat is expected to arrive here to-day from Portland, according to information from shipping circles. The fifth batch is arriving on the 13th. The total amount of wheat imported to-day is 7,542
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  • 584 8 Government, Army, and Air Force representatives, and scientists from universities, have been present at tests of a new ray which, its discoverers claim, would be a terror in war, but in peace could be a saver of life and increase agricultural production. The ray
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  • 71 8 Kingdbm and France. —Rugby Radio Service. Still Being Studied By Board Of Trade London, Jan. 26. The Board of Trade is still making a careful study of the effect on various branches of British industry, of reductions maintained in the recent revised list of quotas for British imports
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  • 45 8 —Rugby Radio Service. Leaving Nairobi On F ebruary 1 London, Jan. 26. Owing to the marked improvement in his condition the Colonial Secretary, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, hopes to leave Nairobi on February 1 in continuation of his East African tour.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 60 8 l. —Rugby Radio Service. Appointed Chairman Of Great Western Railway London, Jan. 26. Sir Robert Home, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1921-22 and has been a Member of Parliament for the Hillhead Division of Glasgow since 1918, was to-day appointed Chairman of the Great Western
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  • 1196 8  -  .—A. 11. B. lop, late o-f the dock police.—A. H. I' ri the Manchcster Guardian. Ex-Sergeant Hyslop, late of the clock police, has a grievance against all people who write stories of the sea. Such people as Defoe, Stevenson, Clark Russell, and Conrad were, still are,
    lop, late o-f the dock police.—A. H. I' ri; the Manchcster Guardian.  -  1,196 words
  • 231 8 A Russian View i Moscow, January 22. i The conclusion of the Indo-Japanese j agreement, “Pravda” declares, confirms once more that the leading circles of British Imperialism are continuing their policy, of maintaining what is practically an Anglo- i Japanese union, at any price .rendering po- 1 litical
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  • 60 8 Rugby Radio Service. I i London, Jan. 26 I A total of £71,950,000 was applied fci treasury bills. The amount allotted in b jat 3 months was £35,000,000. The averap’ Irate per cent, was 1811.41 d. as compa; 1 with 18|2d. last week. Tenders for treasi bills to
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  • 881 9 f"QUEL TO bankruptcy office fraud mfortant appeal COURT DECISION 1 nee again the Bankruptcy office fraud, Hi resulted in a clerk employed in that being sentenced to a term of ,ment has been recalled by xl t .,i on Thursday, by the Singapore I
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  • 478 9 BURGLAR ROUND-UP ENDS WITH DISCHARGE OF 2 MEN The last of a long series of cases connected with housebreaking and theft of $590 worth of goods from Chop Koh Heng Roh, in South Canal Road on the night of November 24 last was heard on Thursday before
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  • 175 9 Alleged Lawlessness In Ambonia Medan, Jan. 22. According to the Ambonia correspondent of the Nieuws Van den Dag, Japanese fishermen are making a nuisance of themselves in that island. Recently there was an alarming incident. The local bailiff being asked to seize three Japanese fishing boats went aboard
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  • 790 9 Unusual Johore .Case VICTIM IS CARRIED INTO COURT Johore, Jan. 24. An attempt made by a Chinese rubber tapper to murder a compatriot while he was asleep on his bed in the kongsi-house by stabbing him three times with a rubber tapping knife, was described before
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  • 355 9 Evidently there is no monopoly in monsters. Scotland claims the Mac Ness, as an enterprisin gscribe has dubbed the mysterious denizen of Loch Mess, and Canada, Italy and Sweuen each claims one. Now it is Ipoh’s turn. A fearsome “thing” has been seen at the Swimming Club, and
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  • 105 9 TIN-SPOT YESTERDAY TO-DAY Londoo £226-10-0 £226-10-0 TIN—(B Moatta) London £226-7-6 £226-7-6 Mapprtm $113.62 $113.75 BiMdneea Donr Penang Bustneaß Dons OOPRA—<Bn»drtcrt) $2.95 $2.95 BLACK PCPPKK $17.00 $17.00 BUBBBB London 4%d. 425 32d. New York 9%c.(G) 10c.(G) Singapore Spot 15 %c. 16 %c. Apl.|June i6c. 16%c. July|Sept 16%c. 17c. TAPIOCA
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  • 137 10 .—Reuter. SPINNERS' ASSOCIATIONS FAVOUR DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS COTTON LEAGUE WANTS MORE PROGRESSIVE ACTION London, January 26. Mr. Catterall, President of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners’ Associations, presenting the Associations’ views on the present situation to Mr. Runciman strongly reiterated the conviction that parallel diplomatic negotiations
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  • 136 10 —Reuter. Healthy Financial Position S. AFRICAN BUDGET SURPLUS Capetown, January 26. The Union Parliament opened with the usual ceremonial on a new note of confidence and relief at the prosperity arising from the healthy financial position, the certainty of a Budget surplus and the reduction of
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  • 66 10 Provident Institution.—Rugby Radio Service. Well-Known In Insurance Circles London, Jan. 26. Lord Revelstoke, Director of the wellInown and long established financial house of Baring Brothers, died this morning, aged 69. Lord Revelstoke took special interest in insurance and was an extraordinary director of the Scottish Equitable Life
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  • 112 10 —Reuter Wireless. More American Buying In London Market London, Jan. 26. Hoarders are continuing to disgorge gold j in connection with exchange covering. No Jess than 596 bars valued at £1,580,000 were wold at the price of 132|8, an increase of, seven pence including a premium of ten
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  • 60 10 —Reuter. Progressing Favourably In Nursing Home London, Jan. 26. Mr. Quo Tai-chi is progressing favourably but is not expected to leave the nursing home for at least ten days. Before undergoing the operation he protested to the Foreign Office against the film “Jack Ahoy.” The Foreign Office
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  • 44 10 —Rugby Radio Service. Creditors’ Meeting At Berlin London, Jan. 26. The meeting between the representatives of the British and American long and medium term creditors and the representatives of the German Government which began at Berlin yesterday, is continuing to-day.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 75 10 Mdlle. Sabatier In A Rage Bayonne, Jan. 23. After spending the morning dodging photographers, Mademoiselle Sabatier, a friend of Tissier the imprisoned manager of the Credit Municipal (Stavisky’s concern) suddenly found herself faced with a ring of cameras on the steps of Palais de Justice. In her rage
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  • 140 10 dence by 367 votes to 201.—Reuter Wireless. Senate’s Vital Modifications Washington, Jan. 23. The Senate Banking committee by 15 votes to 2 has approved of President Roosevelt’s .Monetary Bill but with vital modifications including the placing of the £400,000,000 stabilisation fund under the control of a board
    dence by 367 votes to 201.—Reuter Wireless.  -  140 words
  • 114 10 5. Reuter. WARNING BY LONDON METAL EXCHANGE London, January 26. The London Metal Exchange Committee has sent a letter to the Colonial Office and the Board of Trade conveying the apprehension with which it views the attempts to obtain financial assistance from Malaya and Nigeria and also
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  • 45 10 .—Reuter. Start On New Flight To Tokio Paris, January 26. The airwoman, Maryse Hilz, took off from the Villa Coublay aerodrome at 12.45 p.m. for Marseilles en route to Tokio in a 65 horse-power Breguet machine accompanied by a mechanic. Mr. Prax.—Reuter.
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  • 60 10 —Reuter Wireless. Senate Committee And Phillipines Washington, Jan. 23. The Senate Territories Committee has voted to give the Phillipines “one more chance” to accept congressional independence legislation by extending for 9 months the time limit on acceptance of the measure which provides to grant independence in ten
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  • 74 10 Rugby Radio Service. Condition Causing Anxiety London, January 23. The condition of Lord Baden Powell, the Chief Scout, who underwent a second operation at King Edward VII Hospital on January 20th is causing anxiety. He had a serious relapse yesterday but recovered later in the day. This
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  • 74 10 I —Reuter. Cabinet Minister To Marry Miss Tennant London, January 26. The engagement is announced of Mr Wa’ter Elliot, Minister of Agriculture, and M’ss Katherine Tennant, second daughter of Mrs. Geoffrey Lubbock and the late Sir Charles Tennant.Miss Tennant is half sister to Lady Oxford, widow of the
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  • 228 10 Reuter. Will Lead To War! DR. WELLINGTON KOO’S FEAR Berlin, Jan. 26. The gravest apprehension that the Russo-Japanese tension will lead to war is expressed by Dr. Wellington Koo in an interview with a correspondent of the Amsterdam “Telegraaf,” wide reproduction of which is given in the German
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  • 418 10 Bees, Snails, And Brussels Sprouts CHIMPANZEE IN AN OVERCOAT The queer but useful tasks undertaken by British civil aircraft were described by Air-Commodore J. A. Chemier (secretarygeneral of the Air League of the British Empire 1 in a lecture at the Imperial Institute, London, on January 9.
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  • 1480 10 QU ARTERLY DINNER OF PENANG ROTARY CLUB AT E. O. HOTEL 75 BOYS PLACED IN WORK The Quarterly Dinner of the Penang Rotary Club ;i k E. &O. Hotel last night was a great success and the concei la t followed was enjoyed by the large number of members and
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  • 488 11 Man For Trial For Attempted Murder HINT OF INSANITY DEFENCE John Frederick Paley, 25, a market gardener, of Leeds, was charged on remand at Marlborough-street on January J 3 with the attempted murder of Frederick Maurice Valentine, 17, of Cross-ways, Gidea Park, by pushing him
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  • 217 11 Two New Chambers Discovered I i i < Accompanied by a band of film camera 1 wen and journalists, a group of West Country archaeologists have succeeded in penetrating further into the famous Woo- key Hole Cave, near Wells, Somerset, than -any others. Remarkable facts
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  • 248 11 Crime Regarded As Lesson To King RUMANIAN RIDDLE There is a feeling of satisfaction in Rumania that the fight of M. Titulescue and the Liberal Party against the high officials surrounding the King has been crowned with success. People are turning with relief (wires Reuter) from the
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  • 273 11 Famous Pianist’s “Greatest Help Madame Paderewski wife of the famous Polish pianist, Ignacio Paderewski, who after the war became Prime Minister of Poland, died following an attack of pneumonia in her lakeside villa at Morges, near Lausanne on Jan. 16. M. Paderewski is prostrate with grief
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  • 75 11 Crawley, Jan. 13. Sergeant W. Cooper, of the Crawley (Sussex) St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, has mended a broken leg—with a hammer He is a porter at the railway station, and he saw a man fall while crossing the Une and heard him
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  • 383 11 Men’s Fourteen Day’s Ordeal Ended INJURED KEEPER GOES TO HOSPITAL Renfiew, Jan. 15. After be ng prisoners cn Dhu Heartach, the lonely lighthouse fifteen miles off the Argyllshire coast, for a fortnight, the three keepers, Thomsen, Munro and Budge, were taken off to-day on the Hesperus.
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    • 350 12 Publications Issued And Received c Singapore, Jan. 24. x The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S., during the period January 13 to January 19, 1933, inclusive, and are available for public use in the < Reference Library, Fullerton Building, Sin-
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    • 539 12 KENNEDY CO.'S SHARE MARKET REPORT January 26. j a During the week under review the de- j F mand for Rubber shares has broadened out g and in many instances appreciable gains r in share values have to be recorded. The 1 price of Rubber closes %d higher 4%d. Interest
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  • 1232 12 The Post Office notifies that a telegram from G.P.O. London, says that the mail despatched from Penang, Air mail (via Karachi) of January 6, by the s s. “Rohna was delivered in London on January 25. NOTICE The Air Mails despatched from Penang on the 14th January per
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  • 1112 13 Schedute of Principal Line» The following is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during the week: IN PORT TO-DAY S.S. AENEAS from Singapore. Sails for Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Glasgow. S.S. DARDANUS from Singapore. Sails for Genoa, Havre and Liverpool. S.S. MATANG
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    • 375 13 mm MMrSsl ’-ki Bi iHBoMBtWi Hi I lisil > W IMS w 6. 1 5 OPENING TO-NIGHT 9.30 Z SRD STAB OF STARS! sv««plt>g as greater glory with th!*, the •omaratio« of oil the hot moaat' to the tcreeu! No finer role covM'J hove been given any odrett to play/
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  • 217 14 To-day at the ‘Esplanade” from 8.30 1 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. 1 March Passing of the Regiments— Winter Pot-Pouri —(A sequel to the famous, "Martial Moments”) 2 Overture from Richard Wagner’s “Tannhauser.” —Winterbottom. 3 Suite from the Ballet Music to “Hiawatha”. —Coleridge-Taylor. 1. The Wooing. 11. The
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  • 167 14 Views On Political Situation Colombo, Jan. 6. Col. Chang Yin-man, chief-of-staff to the local headquarters of the 4th Group* Army, who went to Kwangsi as a private citizen some three weeks ago, returned to' Canton recently. During a press interview the Colonel declared that the military leaders
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  • 473 14 And Mermaid Who Looks Like A Press Photographer DECORATIVE ART EXHIBITION Was there a “Loch Ness" monster in ths garden of Eden? In the 17th century there lived an embreideress who apparently thought that there was, and she embroidered a cushion cover with her idea of
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  • 86 14 date for the new post. —Peiping Morning Post." To Be Created In Mongolia Nanking, Jan. 6. It is reported that, in view of the 1 threatening situation in Inner Mongolia, the Government is contemplating the establishment of a military office there to take charge of defences. General Huang
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  • 73 14 —Canton Tr Has Twenty-Four Toes Canton, Jan. 6. A baby girl with twelve digits er: cac foot, but otherwise quite normal v l>' rD to Mr. and Mrs. Chou Mow o' Fook Street, Honam, on New Yea-, according to a report. Many frit ’s a relatives of the
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  • 49 14 —China Tinies. Conference Postponed Shanghai, Jan The National Producers’ Coni’ which was scheduled to be held v month, will be postponed, it is business circles. It is said tha delegates’ from different parts of try cannot be expected to arrive the end of this month. —China Tim- >
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    • 586 14 8.8. C. WIRELESS PROGRAMMES TO-DAY For the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States from the Empire transmitter Daventry, England. Two of the following frequencies and ravelengths will be used simultaneously, but the wavelengths may be changed in the course of each day’s transmissions. Announcements will be made at frequent Intervals
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    • 184 14 12.20 —An organ recital by O. H. Peasgood, from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. 12 50—1 20—The Wireless Military Band, conductor, B. Walton O’Donnell; Anthony Pini (violoncello). 1 35 Time Signal from Big Ben. A summary of the week’s news. I.so—The 8.8. C. Orchestra (section C), conducted by Walford
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  • 1619 16 Incorrectly Addressed CHINESE CHARGED WITH THEFT OF $91.68 The case was continued in the Penang Police Court yesterday afternoon of Tan Hye Teng, a Chinese accused who was firstj charged on Fridaj, December 8, 1933, with i the theft of a cheque. The Penang Magis- trate,
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