Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 January 1934

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1888 PUBLISHED DAILY L Vol. XCII. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1934. PRICE 10 CENIS
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  • 120 1 r Radic Servise. w Put To The Test I 1 1$ AR MAM ENT OPOSALS ,ondon, Jan. 30. -J Ihe Admiralty. Six 1. speaking at Leisaid that the moral .as being put to the hich she was now ••’.<! >n the grave proV.. <m the solution of the
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  • 103 1 r —Rugby Radio Service. rd Privy Seal Questioned London, Jan. 30. regarding the situation in I Lord Privy Seal, Capt. I said that the Austrian lily informed the Foreign lhe representations made by [Government at Berlin in roility was mentioned of an h by Austria to the League
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  • 77 1 .—Rugby hr pose To Correct Fluctuations I London, Jan. 30. the Houpe of commons to equalisation Fund, the Chan■chequer, Mr. Neville Cham■®phasised that its purpose temporary fluctuations in ■tiue of sterling. It had not ■'ate an artificial value for purpose of returning to the V for any
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  • 47 1 WUU ID D ‘•auio service. London, Jan. 30. King has been graciously the appointment of Sir i^ v e> His Majesty’s EnvoyMinister Plenipotentiary r to be His Majesty’s AmfMinary and PleninpotenL succession to the Right P Lind fc y who is shortly re-
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  • 76 1 IN SOUTHERN SHAN STATES (Tram Our Ozen Correspondent) Bangkok, Jan. 30. It has been reported that a nomadic tribe called the Hazvs had attacked the outstations near Keng l ung in the Southern Shan States and cut the telegraph zaires. The Indian troops stationed near Keng
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  • 82 1 —xveuter. 44 Members’ Lives In Peril Bay Of Whales, Jan. 31. Forty-four members of the Byrd Expedition are in peril of losing their lives. They are grimly striving to save their food supplies and are threatened by collapsing of the ice in the wide crevasse opened between the
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  • 39 1 I,—Rugby Radio Service. No Material Loss London, Jan. 30. A cyclone of moderate intensity passed over Mauritius on Sunday and Monday. Three deaths occurred from falling debris No material loss of property has been re- ported
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  • 74 1 ptLl “vl WALL ing dafe of last year. —Rugby Radio Service. London, Jan. 30. The latest treasury returns show that the ordinary revenue for the current financial year up to January 27 amounted to £515,625,652. At the corresponding date of last year the amount stood at £511,484,739. The
    ptLl “vl WALL . – ing dafe of last year.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  74 words
  • 99 1 Britain s w policy of discrimination is continued.—Reuter Wireless. Discrimination Will Not Be Tolerated Paris, Jan. 26. Speaking with “Brutal candour which leave no possible room for ambiguity,” Dr. Burgin, Parliamentary Secretary to the British Board of Trade, in a speech to the British Chamber of Commerce, asserted
    Britain s w policy of discrimination is continued.—Reuter Wireless.  -  99 words
  • 51 1 Reuter. Soviet Balloon Reaches Height Of 13 Miles Moscow, Jan. 30. The Soviet balloon “Stratostat, has the world** altitude record, official reports it has already XXheight of nearly thirteen 1 enured with the previous record of 11% compared wim r balloon miles established by Reuter U.S.S.R. <m September
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  • 110 1 —Rugby Radio Service. JAPANESE COTTON DELEGATION London, Jan. 30. Referring to the recent inquiries in Lancashire by the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Walter Runciman, regarding the cotton industry and Japanese competition, the Overseas Trade Secretary, Colonel Colville, said that the Government fully realised the
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  • 110 1 —Reuter Wireless. Only Satisfaction To Board Of Trade London, January 25 Addressing the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, inter alia said “our greatest industries must employ the best brains and adppt the most searching methods of production and distribution. He
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  • 49 1 —Reuter Wireless. Irregularities Discovered Buenos Aires, Jan. 26. Seven arrests have been made including that of a high official in the Ministry of Finance, as the result of the discovery of irregularities in the issue of exchange control permits stated to involve over 1,000,000 pesos.—Reuter Wireless.
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  • 134 1 .—Reuter. HER POLICY IN THE D.E.I. London, Jan. 30. The possibility of Holland being compelled to ft&r open door policy in the Dutch Indies in consequence of the Indian Sugar Tariffs was envisaged by the Dutch Minister, van Swinderen, at a meeting in London at which
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  • 69 1 construct n of 120 new vessels. —Reuter. Wirelers. Passed By House Of Representatives Washington, January 24 The House of Representatives has passed the Naval Appropriations’ Bill providing $284,000,001', including $33,000,000 for new I warships, fter the Naval Committee aban--1 doned th» r attempt to attach to it
    ! construct n of 120 new vessels.—Reuter. ! Wirelers. * _  -  69 words
  • 68 1 —Reuter Wireless. I Seventh Time Premier Belgrade, Jan. 25. The King has accepted the resignation of the Srshkitch caoinet owing to the Premier’s disagreement with his colleagues on financial policy. M. Uzunovitch, President c.f the National Party, has been charged with the task of forming the new
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  • 198 1 .—Reuter. 250,000 Greetings FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Washington, Jan. 30. President Roosevelt is snowed under a quarter of a million greetings from all parts of the world on the occasion of his 52nd. birthday. Hundreds of gifts, mostly cakes, included a cake of 250 lbs.
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  • 116 1 Reuter Wireless. Patna Clock Tower Crashes Patna, Jan. 25. The clock tower housing the secretariat has crashed as the result of weakening of the structure by the earthquake and ten coolies engaged in repairs were buried beneath the debris. Seven up to now have been extricated alivd. All
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  • 76 1 Reuter Wireless. To Daughter Of Former Monarch Bagdad, Jan. 26. The marriage of King Ghazi of Iraq, son of the late King Feisal, to his beautiful 22-year old cousin, Princess Aliyah, daughter of the ex-King Ali was completed to-day when the couple saw each other for the
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  • 45 1 —Reuter Wireises. February Limit New York, January 24 Mr. Ickes, Secretary for the Interior, has approved of the proposal of the oil industry that the entire production of petrol in the United States should l>e limited to 27,140,- 000 barrels in February.
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  • 209 1 .—Reuter. After Settlement Of The Saar HITLER'S REICHSTAG SPEECH Berlin, Jan. 31. Addressing the Reichstag, Herr Hitler protested against the idea that Germany could only be happy under a hereditary ruler. Whoever may finally be the nation’s head must be chosen solely by the German people.
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  • 124 1 —Reuter Wireless. Result Of Van Der Lubbe’s Execution Amsterdam. Jan. 26. The Hilversum Radio-Station will remain dumb the whole of to-morrow as the result of Van der Lubbe’s execution. Five minutes silence as a sign of mourning followed the announcement of the news of the actual execution
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  • 77 1 hopes.—Reuter Wireless. General Support For Rubber London, Jan. 26. On the Stock Exchange to-day business in most departments was restricted but, after a lull, sentiment finally brightened up all-round. Kaffirs and rubbers especially improved and demand was also renewed for oil shares, among which Anglo-Persians were a good
    hopes.—Reuter Wireless.  -  77 words
  • 90 1 —Reuter Wireless. Capa Town, Jan. 26. Hopes of any amicable settlement between German and other sections of South-West Africa over the proposed ban on the wearing of party uniforms are apparently finished. The Union Government has announced that it will advise the Governor-General to ratify
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  • 2391 3 MEETING on DISARMAMENT: GOVERNluIENT BUSINESS BEFORE EASTER LABOUR LEAO E R S INDISCRETION THE I FRENCH IMPORT QUOTAS I r cnir Own Corresponden*) I London, January 13. L.. OHN SIMON’S ROME VISIT Le King has summoned the Prime Etcf to Sandringham for an audience in L
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  • 833 4 SELECTIONS FOR TO-MORROW PIGEON PIE AND BUST UP GOOD THINGS t (By Tic-Tad After having been out of professional racing for some time, the Taiping Turf Club is having a two day professional meeting this week—on Thursday, the first day, and Saturday, the second day.
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  • 159 4 Under Treatment That Creates Energy Some folks are naturally fat, but there’s a lot of people who put on pounds of unhealthy fat because they haven’t got enough energy to move about to keep it off. It’s not laziness in most cases —but a condition brought about
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  • 53 4 —Reuter. Grakle Not To Run MAY DROP DEAD SAYS VET London, Jan. 30. It is announced that Grakle, the 1931 Grand National winner will be scratched from all engagements, including the National owing to heart failure. The Veterinary Surgeon says if he runs he is most likely
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  • 243 4 Malay Sporting Club Beat B.A.F.C. On the Dato Kramat padang the Malay Sporting Club defeated the Barul Alam Football Club by 2 goals to nil (M.F.A. League). The latter played with man short. From the start the M.S.C. attacked and the B.AF.C. defence was hard put to keep
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  • 77 4 By Combined Fleet (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Jan. 30. In the final game of the season the Singapore cup side met with its first defeat (with the exception of the Perak encounters in early November) at the hands of the Combined Fleet by 21 pts
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  • 857 4 Mr. J. V. Cowgill, secretary to Resident, Perak, is due back from home leave at the end of this month. Mr. E. H. Coleman, Manager, Singapore Cold Storage Coy., Ipoh, and Mrs. Coleman have gone Home on leave. It is rumoured that the title of Raja di
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  • 524 6 KILLED FATHER AND POISONED MOTHER I COMPLETELY INDIFFERENT TO HER FATE Paris, Jan. 16. In the women’s prison of La Petite Roquette here sits a pretty, quiet, eighteen-year-old girl who spends her time hemming sheets for the big Parisian stores. But the mere mention
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  • 152 6 Names For 20 Vessels Being Built Some interesting names will be added to' the navy by the 1933 programme. There will, for instance, be a Grenville, while to the cities and towns after which vessels are christened will be added Deptford and Londonderry. Following is the full
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  • 116 6 Sir Augustus Fitzgeorge’s Bequests Colonel Sir Augutus Charles Frederick Fltzgeorge (86), K.C.V.0., C.<B., of 6, Queen St., Mayfair, London, late 11th Hussars, third son of the second Duke of Cambridge, a first cousin of the Queen, and a great-grandson of George 111., left £72,956 (net personalty
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  • 152 6 To Be Among The Most Beautiful In Circulation The French Government has prepared a new series of postage stamps, and at very little cost for it is stated officially that the sale of these new stamps to collectors will almost pay for the printing and the other
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  • 163 6 Stamp Dealers* “Air Mail” A number of postage stamp dealers recently arranged for the carriage by aeroplane of about 3,000 envelopes bearing a special label in addition to the usual postage stamp. It was pointed out by the Post Office authorities that this action contravened the
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    • 705 6 $lOO Must Be Won S.G. P.G. FOOTBALL COMPETITION :o NO ENTRANCE FEE o BELOW will be found particulars of the Sunday Gazette and Pinang Gazette, Football Competition No. 9, in which you are asked to forecast results of ten English League matches to be played on February 3. A coupon
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    • 145 6 The Cigarette I u smoked by those r of discriminating I I taste. I II Reszke’ VutCiNLV» I Aristocrat 1 i A coupon in every tin. HL The gifts are very high-class or orsjicl jrfm&toerat B Agents HENRY WAUGH Co., fcj Singapore Penang Kuala Lumpur Ipoh I 3. A.P.8.-24, I?.
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  • 510 7 Acting The Growing I Menace LpH LEPROSARIUM ■to be built Shanghai, Jan. 10. jH v! i; :i. -rowing menace of the IK\ prosy and to train the rx:.» in vocational occupa-Pit-ni into useful citizens. H'. to Lepers at Shanghai hsh a modern leprosari|Ra a campaign for the
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  • 142 7 t 0 U. iv w.vx. >ing drru Pei ping Morning Post, Following Gen. Ma’s Death Peiping, January 5 t< information from foreign ltl e situation in Sinkiang improved following the defeat of Ma Chung-ying’s troops near Tur--15 said that General Ma la enjoysupport of a certain Power
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  • 211 7 —Sin Wen Pao. FOOCHOW GOVT. MAY FALL AT ANY MOMENT RUMOURS AFLOAT IN FOOCHOW New Govt. May Fall At Any Moment Hangchow, January 7 Official despatches received here from Foochow state that general feeling of apprehension now prevails in Foochow and the people there are expecting
    —Sin Wen Pao.  -  211 words
  • 95 7 —Shanghai Morning Post. Leader Of Fukien Troops Captured Puchen, January 1 It is rumoured here that General Mao-Wei-shou, commander of the Central column of Fukien troops, has been captured by the Government forces near Yenping during the attack on that city. This report, however, has not been confirmed
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  • 73 7 —China Times. Moving Southward In North China Peiping, January 7 Under the pretext of protecting the demilitarized zone in the Luantung area, the Japanese troops at Miyun and Kupeikou have been further strengthened by one full company of infantry. It is reported that the Japanese garrison along the
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  • 81 7 Shanghai Morning Post. Recapture Kutien Defenders Flee Hangchow, January 7 The Government troops captured Kutien this morning, the defenders having fled in the direction of Foochow. The Government forces expect to capture Shiukuo this evening. The Government forces at Kutien, after joining the troops which captured Yenping, will
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  • 703 7 Sin Wen Pao. CHINA WILL BE COMPLETELY AT HER MERCY JAPANESE AMBITIONS ARE ENDLESS Immediately after the resumption of diplomatic relations between Soviet Russia and the United States there was much talk that this action would at least temporarily prevent further aggression by the Japanese. This
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  • 128 7 —Shun Pao. Over Gen. Li Tsung-Jen’s Long Absence Hongkong, January 7 The Cantonese authorities are evidently worried over the long absence of General Li Tsung-jen from Canton and his repeated refusal to come down the West River. To ascertain the real attitude of the Kwangsi leaders, General Chen
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  • 158 7 .—China Times. Active In Peiping Peiping, January 7 Agents of the Manchukuo Government are active in Peiping. Many former officials of the Manchu Government have already expressed their readiness to leave for Changshun in order to be present at the coronation of Mr. Henry Pu Yi on January
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  • 79 7 .—China Times. OF NEWS AND VIEWS ABOUT PRESENT DAY CHINA ANTICHINESE MOVEMENT IN CUBA China Makes Successful Protest Nanking, January 7 The Foreign Office has lodged a protest with the Cuban Government against the anti-Chinese movement in Cuba. The protest demands that all the unfavourable restrictions
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  • 90 7 —Shun Pao. Gen. Sun’s Troops Desperate Peiping. January 7 The troops under General Sun Tien-ying, who was appointed Land Reclamation Commissioner in Western Chinghai but who was unable to proceed to there owing to the opposition manifested by the Chinghai authorities, are now moving steadily into
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  • 89 7 to Nanning to attend the conference. —Sin Wein Pao. To Discuss Military Situation In South-west Hongkong, January 7 Mr. Liu Yi-chung, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government who is now on his way to Kwangsi to see Generals Li Tsung-jen and Pai Chung-hsi, is expected to
    to Nanning to attend the conference.—Sin Wein Pao.  -  89 words
  • 78 7 .—Shun Pao. Not Yet Prepared To Abandon Foochow Foochow, January 1 Generals Li Chai-sum and Chiang Kwang-nai have no intention of abandoning Foochow without making a stand there, as is evidenced by the warlike .preparations being made in the outskirts of Foochow. Yesterday both Generals Li and Chiang
    .—Shun Pao.  -  78 words
  • 81 7 .—Shun Pao. 0 «k. Mutineers Still At Large Peiping, January 7 The remnants of General Liu Kwei-tang’s mutinous troops are still at large and some of them have fled to points as far north of Miyun while others have fled to the south near Tamingfu. The authorities
    .—Shun Pao.  -  81 words
  • 603 7 and French Indo-China.—World Daily News, Peiping. France Increases Her Troops ALSO BUILDING AN AERODROME Peiping, Jan. 8. According to press reports, France has reinforced her garrison forces on the border of Indo-China and is also building an aerodrome there. Chinese organizations in Kwangsi and Yunnan have telegraphed
    and French Indo-China.—World Daily News, Peiping.  -  603 words
  • 84 7 ping inspecting General Tan’s forces.—Sin Wen Pao. Fukien Commander Surrenders Nanchang, January 1 Military headquarters here to-day issued an official communique stating that General Tan Chi-hsu, commander of the left wing of the Fukien troops at Yenping, had surrendered to the Government and had already been appointed
    ping inspecting General Tan’s forces.—Sin Wen Pao.  -  84 words

  • 572 8 When Mr. H. K. Hales, M.P., declared that a war with Japan had already started, a trade war of course, he was merely expressing a fact which had long become evident. It is the intensity and the dimensions which the Japanese trade has assumed that has
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  • 82 8 Reuter Wireless. Give Queen A Lift London, Jan. 29. A Cambridge brewer and his wife, named Tidworth, on leaving Ely this morning little guessed that they would be giving Queen Mary a lift on the way home. Shortly after leaving Ely they saw a royal car
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  • 63 8 augurated on their arrival.—Rugby Radio Service. Letters Patent Issued London, Jan. 30. Letters Patent constituting the new Government of Newfoundland have been issued and will come into force on their being proclaimeu in the island. Those commissioners now in Great Britain will sail for Newfoundland on February
    augurated on their arrival.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  63 words
  • 205 8 Chinese Discharged (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Jan. 30. I have not the least doubt that this is a trumped-up charge said the Taiping Magistrate, Che Mustapha Albakri, referring to a Police constable who had accused a Chinese named Mok Wing of carrying a pillion
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    377 8 BAND AT WATERFALL GARDENS: The Municipal President has given a complete answer as to why the Band does not perform at the Waterfall Gardens on moonlight nights. Mr. Boyd declared that the medical authorities considered that the place was not free from malaria and it was thought
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  • 1374 8  -  and esteem.—D.H.L. in the Glasgow Herald.” I The horse, they say, is a noble animal. They lie. It is an ignoble beast. In the scale of intelligence it must rank among the lowliest of the vertebrates and a certain ill-timed cunning serves but to emphasise an almost
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  • 496 9 STATE TO PAY DAMAGES TOWKAY WINS $22,500 COUNTER-CLAIM NOT I UPHELD Some time ago two towkays sued the State of Negri Sembilan for alleged wrongful sale of land owing to arrears in quit' rent. Tha action was regarded as a test case and the
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  • 179 9 College Humour At Majestic Good crowds patronised the simultaneous hange of programmes at the two local talkie halls. The Majestic are showing Paramounts musical farce, “COLLEGE HUMOUR Crosb Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Xt'tiy Carlisle, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Lona Andre and Mary Kornman, are in the
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  • 304 9 CASE OF WHISKY AS A BRIBE Seremban, Jan. 29. In the local police court on Monday, a Hokien Chinese named Tan Eng Thye was charged with offering an illegal gratification, namely, a case of Dewar’s White Label Whisky, to Mr. J. R. Cole, 0.C.P.D., Seremban. The accused,
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  • 20 9 .—Reuter. Washington, Jan. 31. President Roosevelt has nominated the Hawaiian, Joseph B. Poindexter, Governor of Hawaii.-
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 404 9 I (To The Editor “Pinang Gazette). Sir, “If France with a population of 40,000,000 can do so well, there is no reason why China with ten times that population and a most fertile land should not do equally or better.” With regard to the above statement of Mr.
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    • 10 9 and esteem.—D.H.L. in the Glasgow Herald.” I
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  • 419 9 EIGHT MONTHS FOR FRACTURE OF SKULL i A man whose life was in danger at one time after he had received a blow on the head with a medium-sized hammer gave evidence in the Singapore Criminal District Court, on Monday, at the trial of his
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  • 118 9 TIN-BFOT Monday To-day £226-5-0 £226-10-0 TIN—(S Mentt*) IXKMIQQ £226-2-6 £226-5-0 Stagapom $113% $113.25 Ekurtneeo Dkm© x Penang $113.50 $113.25 BuMoetM Done Buyers No Sellers Buyers No SellerM’ <XH»R.V—(SrtnditeC) $2.95 $2.95 BLACK PfICPFSat $17.00 $17.50 KUBBBB xx»ndOß 4 29|32d. 4 25|32d. New Tor* 10%c.(G) 9 13|16c.(G) Singapore Spot No
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    • 140 9 Mothemooci j r~ ilia f i -IB IB- Mrs. B. Howard, winner of Ae London “New«-Chrontcle" Mother r~"" .and Child Competition, January, 1932. This competition attracted jiji widespread intexeat and an enormous number of beautiful picture* I ftp COW GATE MILK FOOD is packed in special tins bearing an Expiry
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  • 660 10 MAY AFFECT FRENCH TREASURY M. DALADIER AS PREMIER AND FOREIGN MINISTER LIST OF MINISTERS London, January 30. The present political crisis in France is resulting in heavy withdrawals from the Savings Banks which may ultimately affect the French Treasury as the Savings Banks have
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  • 84 10 —Rugby Radio Service. Joint Select Committee At Work Again London, Jan. 30. The Joint Select Committee on the Indian Constitutional Reform reassembled this morning at the House of Lords to tenter upon the later stages of its work preparatory to drafting the report. "The Times” says that the
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  • 61 10 Rt liter Wireless. Raid On Public Exhibit At Motor Show Boston, Jan. 28. Three gunmen invaded the Motor Show which a feature of the exhibition was the latest police equipment for the extermination of gangsters. They removed the entire display of machine guns, automatics and gas bombs in
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  • 92 10 iormers m the world. —Rugby Radio Service. Opening Of New Section Of Barking Power Station London, Jan. 30. The first part of the new section of the Barking power station in East London was opened yesterday, making this the largest station in Europe. When completed, it will
    iormers m the world.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  92 words
  • 51 10 m reply to interpellations.—Reuter Wireless. Japan To Demand Change In Ratio Tokio, Jan. 28. That Japan w’ n demand a change in the ratio when the London and Washington naval treaties are due for revision is revealed by the Navy Minister in the Diet, in reply to interpellations.—Reuter
    m reply to interpellations.—Reuter Wireless.  -  51 words
  • 191 10 —Reuter. In The Pacific ANGLO-JAPANESE SCRAMBLE Landon, Jan. 30. Dr. Yen, the Chinese Ambassador to Moscow who is en route for home, in an interview 'with the “Daily Telegraph'* Singapore correspondent, says that he is confident that the Pacific will be the scene of the next
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  • 249 10 —Reuter Wireless. France First And Second GAS DRIVEN CAR WINS Monte Carlo, Jan. 24. TTnwhaven and exhausted but delighted, four British motor drivers brought to Monte Cdxlo their cars, thickly plastered with mud, having reached their goal after 2,352 miles of hazardous driving from Athens for the
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  • 711 10 NEWSPAPERS EULOGISE GOVERNMENT'S ACHIEVEMENTS PRESIDENT’S CONGRATULATIONS night that night.—Reuter Wireless and Reuter. Berlin, Jan. 30. All the public buildings throughout the country and many private houses are beflagged in celebration of the Hitler anniversary. The newspapers in the leaders are eulo-1 gising the Government’s achievements
    night that night.—Reuter Wireless and Reuter.  -  711 words
  • 159 10 —Reuter. £30,000 Damage EJECTION OF FOREIGNERS DEMANDED KalgoorHe, Jan. 80. £30,000 damage was done and three hotels, thirteen shops and two boarding houses burned down by an infuriated mob following a man’s death in a hotel and the arrest of a foreign barman on the charge of manslaughter.
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  • 265 10 sides. —Reuter Wireless. MEMORANDUM To Be Published To-morrow London, Jan. 30. The terms of the new British memorandum on disarmament will prob ihly be published not later than Thursday next. Meanwhile, the British statement was communicated to the German Government by the British Ambassador in Berlin yesterday. About
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  • 131 10 Rugby Radio Service. Measures To Reduce Road Risks London, January 30. The Government’s new Road Traffic Bill, designed to reduce the loss of life on the public highway, will aim to remove some of the defects which experience has revealed in the existing Road Traffic Act. It
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  • 52 10 —Rugby Radio Service. Arrival At Rome On Return Flight London, Jan. 30. The Secretary for Air, Lord Londonderry, arrived at Rome yesterday afternoon by air on the conclusion of his visit to the overseas Royal Air Force units in tne Near East and India. He returns tn Lo.’d::-
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  • 108 10 age of thousands of miles.—Reuter Wireless. 1930 Works To Be Restarted PROPERLY EQUIPPED PACIFIC BASE London, January 25. In spite of the hush hush policy adopted regarding the Singapore Naval Conference, there is good reason to believe that tha programme of works which the Imperial Conference in
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  • 104 10 Reuter Wireless. Open To Soviet Gold Washington, Jan. 24, Mr. Morgenthau has opened the Federal Mints to Soviet gold thus rescinding the ban imposed in 1920 and placing it on the same basis as the gold of other countriea Prohibitions have also been lifted against Russian lumber and
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  • 100 10 —Rent Incriminating Rc.y London Jan. 30, Murde« without any incriminating efr dence can henceforth be accompli died by dielectric death ray evolved by M.. Chadfidd, lecturer at the Leicester College of Technology who has started exc r.ments on the assumption that everythin has its own wavelength. He
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  • 66 10 Reuter Wireless. Appeal Against Extradition Fails Athens, January 24. Samuel Insult's appeal against the extradition order by which he must leave Greece by the end of the month has been rejected by the Supreme State Council. 7*he verdict is based on a letter from th e Ministry for
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  • 36 10 —Reuter Wireless- Los Angeles, Jan. 24. Another Hollywood romance has endec 1 in the separation of Lupe Velez, the Mexican film star, and Johnny Weismuller, champion swimmer famous for in the film Tarzan
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  • 34 10 —Reuter Wireless. Mollisons And KingsfordSmith Among Entrants Melbourne, TaoDefinite entrants for the Victoria nary air race from Britain to Aus’ r include Amy and Jim Mollison, Stack, Kingsford-Smith, Wiley Post Doolittle
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  • 42 10 —Reuter Wireless. Swearing Fidelity To Constitution Cairo, Jan. 29A royal decree has been published 1 it is suggested, is designed to protect present constitutional regime. It that henceforth the new Ministers cwcai fidelity to the King, the country the constitution.-
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  • 2358 11 A NEW ACTOR MANAGER: SOME FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS 'THUNDER OVER MEXICO FILM AS MISSIONARY PROPAGANDA (From our own Correspondent). London, January 13, 1934. j NEW STAGE COLLABORATION One of the most interesting pieces of current theatre news is that John Gielgud is now going in*o management. Although he
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 253 11 t||b Sbil i llHt Z Z Z llv^ l < z fsl 1 1 1 r %w 1 vS»L >/ i I PS»ll I Lzjtate* l ’Mllenburgs Foods The Allenburys Foods are particularly suited to the feeding of babies in hot climates. They are germ free, and being simply and
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    • 247 11 RELIEF frwntcrribla SKIN TORMENT If you are a eulterer from Eczema, Ulcer», fiorea. Itching y f ErupOcna, Raahea, or any form of akin dieeaaa, uaa D.D.D. Praacription. Juat a few dropa of thia marralloaa healing iaCMm aad you hare inatant relief. Irritation and pain go h at oaoe, and a
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  • 549 12 MR HANNAY ELECTED CHAIRMAN Annual Meeting i OPPORTUNITIES MUST NOT BE NEGLECTED The annual general meeting of the Perak section of the Engineering Association of Malaya was held in Ipoh yesterday when the following were elected office-bearers for the ensuing year. Chairman:—Mr. H. C. Hannay. Vice-Chairman: —Mr.
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  • 134 12 Four Persons Die In Blazing Coach I I Belgrade, Jan. 25. Further details concerning the bombing i of the Zagreb-Vienna express are made known in an official statement which reveals that a bomb had been placed under the seat of the last coach, which was occupied by 13
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  • 832 12 At Port Dickson-By--Ihe Sea The Port Dickson Yacht Club staged its first Night Race on Saturday the 27th. There was a nearly full moon, a calm I sea and a light North Easterly breeze off the land to greet the 12 yachts which turned out for this
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  • 211 12 Mad Millionaire POLICE CALLED TO QUELL FIGHTING CROWD Athen, Jan. 27. One of the richest men in the country, the millionaire industrialist M. Ramos, who is noted for his eccentricity, startled the capital yesterday by appearing at a window on the second floor of his
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  • 89 12 Poison Gas From Blazing Phosphorous Works Lisbon, January 27. Dense clouds of poisonous gas sent the entire terrified population of the village of Louza fleeing for the countryside when a huge fire broke out at an adjacent phosphorous works. Timely warning of the impending danger having been given
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  • 184 12 —Ta Kung Pao, Tientsin. Provincial Forces In F avourable Position Chungking, January 4 The military situation in northern SzeI chuen is rapidly developing in favour of the Szechuen provincial forces, although 1 the Communists there are putting up a gallant resistance to the advance of the
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  • 92 12 Chun Pao. Plays Important Role In Foochow Advance Nanking, January 7 According to information ftom naval sources, Admiral Chen Chi-liang, commander of the Ist Squadron, and Admiral Wang Shou-ting, commander of the Torpedo Squadron, have both arrived at Santuo, in northern Fukien, and held a conference ’here yesterday.
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  • Latest Commercial News
    • 661 12 Increase Of Capital Approved ACQUISITION OF NEW PROPERTIES An extra-ordinary general meeting of the Kepong (Malay) Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on January 16 at 149, Leadenhallstreet, E.C. Sir Francis Voules, C.B.E. (the chairman), said: The only resolution before the meeting is the increase of the capital
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    • 863 12 SYMINGTON WILSON WEEKLY MARKET REPORT London, Jan. 17. Since our last Report the Rubber Market has passed another inactive week with hardly any fluctuation worth mentioning. On a slightly firmer Market on Thursday afternoon business was done in Ribbed Smoked»Sheet on the Spot at 4,%d per lb., this being the
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    • 113 12 Latest Tuesday Monday Paris 79 1 5, 32 79 27 32 New York 5.02 4.98?« Montreal 5.04 Brussels 22.41% 22 n"io Geneva 16.12 16.1* Amsterdam 7.77% Milan 59 7|16 Berlin 13.16% _l 2 Q f Stockholm 19.39% 1 9 29 5 Copenhagen 22.40 Oslo 19.90 Vienna
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 6 12 -VANS' throat Pastilles MADE )N JENGLAND
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    • 659 12 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS POLICE NOTICE 5 TRAFFIC REGULATIONS— FiftE. WORKS DISPLAY, Ist FEB., 1934. In pursuance of the powers vested in hi m by section 4 (1) of Ordinance No. 19' 1933 (Traffic Regulation Ordinance), tha Chief Police Officer issues the following Police Orders wi‘h reference to the re<m lation of
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  • 597 13 of Principal Line* The following is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during the week: TN PORT TO-DAY M.S. M AND AR from Tg. Mengeider, Began Si Api Api, Paneh, Berombang, and Asahan. Sails same ports today. S.S. GEN. VAN DER HEYDEN from
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  • 1120 13 AIR MAILS A mail for Java and Southern Sumatra by train to Singapore and thence by Dutch Air Mail Service K.L.M. will be closed at 7 p.m. to-day. A mail for Medan (via Alor Star) by road to Alor Star and thence by Dutch Air Mail Service will
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  • 68 13 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Taiping Turf Club Professional Meeting Opens. Wedding Gordon-Shand—St. Andrew's Church, Penang. FEBRUARY 3 4 P.R.C. “Home and Home” Cricket, Esplanade. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 Taiping Turf Club Races 2nd day. FEBRUARY 5 Volunteer Training Season Commences. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Singapore Turf Club Meeting, Ist day.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 261 13 TO-NIGHT! LADIES' GUEST NIGHT I We Cordially Invite The Company Of All The Fair Ladies Of Penang To Our Park To-Nigh‘ To Witness The Following Attraction At WEDNESDAY, 31st JANUARY, 1934 TAN HONG SEAH AMOY OPERA Will Stage At 8 p.m. ‘‘PAT HONG TEOW LEONG’’—Part 3. Starring Khoon Teong Geok,
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    • 84 13 x tilery! Tooth Pow'ler thoroughly cleans and polishes your teeth. It keeps the mouth healthy and the breath sweet Free Sample On Receipt Of Five Cent Stamp From THE MEDICAL HALL, LTD. Battery Road, Singapore. TO HIRE CAR OR BU$ OWNERS Any hire car or bus owners operating BUTTEBWOBTH —SUNGEI
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 103 13 H \-j CY. ¥531 19 yIOJaOIBIH 615 TO-NIGHT 9.30 PARAMOUNT’S ALL-MUSICAL COMEDY RIOT! -COLLEGE HUMOUR* i -Igrww, s p jotv ||k fl I 5 -.<’ cj3|Bflß|jGß& -3- £«hKbkß&. 1 F Wj®R?V 1 f’.. y; WITH A CAST OF STAGE, SCREEN RADIO FAVOURITES I WITH BING CROSBY RICHARD ARLEN LONA B
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    • 127 13 f JL 4IIJLB <■_ I II PjCtFdv tv! t J 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 u J UNIVERSAL’S GRAND DOUBLE ATTRACTION i SLIM SUMMERVILLE ZASU PITTS h I THE SCREEN’S FUNNIEST PAIR IN 11 LOVE. HONOUR AND OH. BABY!" I YOU’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING SO FUNNY YET fa j PRECEDED BY KEN
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  • 131 14 Bonfire Celebration In Berwickshire I A big bonfire was lit on the estate of the Earl and Countess of Haddington at Mellerstain, Berwickshire, on January 15 to cele- brate the birth of a daughter in London |on Saturday. Refreshments were served to the estate workers, and the
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  • 1078 14 Windjammers Preparing For 16,000 Miles Race i LUCK OF THE WEATHER The great age of sail may be over, but the spirit and courage that inspired the men who handled the swift clippers of last century are as magnificent as ever. Every year
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 621 14 “W t that uai cdt it mu*—L I iRFBK I I 'night-haßvatcn-thak w BUI WHATEVERts ’WAY about, tue WRONG WITH fOU RIGHT THROUGH THli < ff up reserves of energy without V,**' IMIWBKII I 0 /w_ Round am” l CAtfr GO X IO replace it. breathing .1 IIRMWIInWK? TvAV'/ on
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 451 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 frquencies and wavelengths will be used simultaneously, tat the wavelengths may be changed in tta course of each day’s transmissions. Announcements will be made at frequent intervals
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    • 274 14 1 7.2o—Time Signal from Big Ben. The Rutland Square and New Victoria Cinema Orchestra, directed by Nor- man Austin, relayed from the New Victoria Cinema, Edinburgh. 8.20 9.05 —Time Signal from Greenwich. A recital of new gramophone records by Christopher Stone. 9.20 Time Signal from Big Ben. News Bulletin. 9.35
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1948 15 a~ ©.-BRITISH india' w 1 3 w V > A Zjj\ ,£Jk 3 1 x V JI H J A AND APCAR LINES J^^j^S S rT"T^7^"T (Companies Incorporated in England) MME PUMMEL LIME TO EUROPE V A SUEZ MA L PASSF^”R d CARGO SERV,CES From Penang Arrive Marseille» Arrive New
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  • 81 16 Thaipusam Festival NAVAL OFFICERS ALSO ATTEND (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Jan. 30. Thaipusam was celebrated here as usual by the Hindu Community. Many devotees yesterday carried the Kavadi to the Tank Road Hindu Temple. Sir Cecil Clementi, Lady Clementi, the Misses Clementi and several high
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  • 157 16 Drinks Caustic Soda (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Jan. 30. Asked why he had taken soda a Chinesei Toh Yoke, aged 54, lying on a hospital bed scribbled 13 Chinese characters on a scrap of paper, which translated read Selfwilled taken soda. My head is
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  • 100 16 Vines Defeats Tilden Los Angeles, Jan. 30. In a professional lawn tennis match Vines defeated Tilden, 6—o, 21—23, 7—5, 3—6, 6— 2. The match was bitterly contested and lasted over four hours. Vines who now leads 7 matches to 4 •win in the series.—Reuter. The Oriental Magical and
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  • 174 16 At Kuala Lumpur P. R. C. LADIES TEAM Arrangements for a Ladies’ hockey tournament at Kuala Lumpur during the Chinese New Year holidays, February 13 and 14. are almost completed. Four teams will be participating, namely, the Singapore, Girls' Sports Club, the Ipoh Y.W.C.A., the Penang Recreation
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  • 94 16 J.K.S.C. v. “E” Company Volunteers A soccer match has been arranged to be played on the Dato Kramat Ground to-day between the “E” Co. Penang and P.W. Volunteers and the J.K.S.C. commencing at 5.15 p.m. The following will be the teams: J.K.S.C.: —I. Noordin; O. Noordin and
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  • 73 16 Ng Kok Loke’s XI Beaten In a friendly soccer match played yesterday on St. Xaviers Ground the Young Mohamedans defeated Ng Kok Loke’s XI by two goals to nil. The teams were well matched and play was even in the first when there was no [scoring.
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  • 24 16 —Reuter. London, Jan. 30. In the Second Division of the English League, Grimsby Town defeated Bradford by the odd goal in five.
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  • 673 16 Extraordinary Meetings BOTH COMPANIES TO BE WOUND UP An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Batu Caves Tin Dredging Company, Limited, was held at noon to-day at No. 33, Beach Street, Penang, for confirming a special resolution passed at an extraordinary
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  • 212 16 Broke Trust With Italasia Limited LARGE PETROL SALES NOT ENTERED INTO ACCOUNTS Tan Hock Giew, ex-benzine store clerk to Messrs. Italasia Limited of Northam Road, Penang, was charged again in the Police Court this morning with Criminal breach of trust between December 30, 1930 and January
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  • 83 16 At Thaipusam Festival That the Indian population of Penang have behaved themselves very well on the occasion of their Thaipusam festival is shown by the comparatively few cases of disorderly conduct dealt with by the Police Magistrate this morning. Only two Tamils, Kuthan and Kuppusamy were
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  • 49 16 Two Chinese omnibus drivers, Lok Eng Soon and Goh Khye Siew, were charged separately with rash and negligent driving i on the route to the Waterfall Temple yesterday each was allowed $5O bail, and their cases were postponed for hearing a week hence, on Wednesday, February 7.
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  • 59 16 PENANG, JANUARY 31 (By Courses» -f •n- n»» L<au ex* On London Bank Demand 2 4 I|l6 4 m|ts 2|4% Private 3 m|ts credit 2 4% 3 Documentary 214 7'16 On New York Bank Demand 58 nom. France T.T. 900 nom. India T.T. 154% Hongkong T.T. 34% dis. nom.
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  • 735 16 TO-DAYS PRiPFQ KF,\;NEnY COMPANY The following were the latest quotation* in MESSRS. KENNEDY GO’S share Hal i to-day. j Monday To-day I Buyers Sellers Buyers Seller* j RUBBER (Allenby 1.10 1.25 1.10 1.25 Amal.Malay 1.92% 2.10 2.00 2.20 'a. Hitam 95 1.05 1.00 1.10 lA. Panas
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  • 528 16 SOON THEAM CO. TXU> ~.r, In .JUQwAuAMMto UU noau tG- Monday T I RUBBERS Allenes 1.15 1>25 A. Panas 1.10 1.15 x 07 2 Bassetts 67% 72% 6711 B. Lintangs ~0 95 R7l 2 Brogas 67% 721 i Connemaras 1.15 1.25 i. lr 2 2 H Jerams 70 75 i7l
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 33 16 EASTERN ORIENTAL HOTEL. PENANG. Ideally Situated Modern Sanitation Throughout Excellent Cuisine Under European Chef To-Night 31st January SPECIAL DINNER DANCE Dance Music by the Band of the S.S. “PRESIDENT ADAMS” ’Phone 322 1440.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 34 16 MARIE I I dressler rLTpvmoop make RESERVATIONS NOW! edmund burke i JOHN M.G.M’s GRAND BANQUET OF THE STARS BARRYMORE < WALLACE BEERY “Dinner at Eight” opens at queens 1 I HARLOW d FRIDAY. FeT 2ND.
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