Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 February 1934

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 35. Vol. XCII. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1934. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 88 1 JAPANESE AMBASSADOR HER PACIFIC POLICY —-Reuter. NO DESIRE TO FIGHT RUSSIA WOULD MEAN WORLD WAR DOES NOT WANT TO COMMIT SUICIDE New York, Feb. 10. The Japanese Government’s pacific policy was stressed by Baron Saito, the new Ambassador, on his arrival by the s.s. “Berengaria”. We are not going to
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  • 614 1 GOVERNMENT OF TRUCE, APPEASEMENT JUSTICE M. DOUMERGUE'S PROCLAMATION APPEAL TO CITIZENS TO RENOUNCE ALL AGITATION PLACE INTEREST OF FRANCE ABOVE EVERYTHING Paris, February 9. ih.uinergue has issued the following proclamation: “Citizens, 1 have been called to form a Government of truce, appeaselent and justice. That Government has been formed. In
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  • 44 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Collapses In Hunting Field London, Feb. 9. Radcliffe, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Command since January 1933. who collapsed and fell from his horse while hunting near Salisbury died almost immediately. He was sixty yesterday.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 43 1 -Reuter. To Visit D.E.I. Amsterdam, February 10. The Prime Minister, Dr. Colijn, who is at present in London, intends shortly to fly to the Dutch Indies to study the actual problems of the Dutch Indies policies ac- cording to the Telegraaf.—
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  • 101 1 And Burial In War Cemetery By the special instructions of General Goering, a State funeral was given in the Cologne war cemetery to a German airman who had never seen service in the war. The airman, Hannes Miqbach, when only a boy of 13 during the
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  • 236 1 made wholly or partly of silk. —Rugby Radio Service. For French Discrimination ADDITIONAL DUTIES London, Feb. 9. As was announced by the President of the Board of Trade, in the House of Commons on January 29, His Majesty’s Government has informed the French Government that unless the
    made wholly or partly of silk.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  236 words
  • 45 1 —Rugby Radio Service. London, Feb. 9. A total £53,525,000 was applied, for in tenders for £35,000,000 treasury bills. The amount allotted in bills at three months was £35,000,000. The average rate per cent, was 17/5.8d. as compared with 17/11.74d. last week.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 75 1 —Reuter. Wall Street Excited New York, February 9. Wall Street has been thrown into a flurry of excitement over the bill for the government control of speculation. Reaction to the bill is widely divergent but it i£ hailed by many bankers and brokers ar. a constructive measure.
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  • 193 1 Reuter. President Cancels Private Contracts COMPANY'S OFFICIALS STUNNED Washington, Feb. 9. The Senate has ordered the arrest of Mr. MacCracken, the Assistant Secretary, of Commerce in President Hoover’s admi- I nistration, who should have appeared to answer a charge of contempt to-day <but, has disappeared. j
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  • 144 1 Asks Society For Chinese Speaking Engineer The Prince of Wales tried unsuccessfully to puzzle *he s aff of the British Executive Employment Society when he visited the offices and club-room of the Society at Oxford Street, London, on Jan. 25. Told of the efficiency of the Society’s
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  • 187 1 From Hospital Ship To Home For Destitute The American steamship Mercy, famous as a hospital ship during the Great War, is to take on a new role in the service of humanity. She is to be turned into a sort of floating hotel for destitute men,
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  • 108 1 Southern Malaya Dredging Association VOTE WANTED The following resolution was unanimously passed at a meeting of the Committee of the Dredging Association of Southern .Malaya held on Thursday This Association is of opinion that the Tin Producing Industry this Country should be invited by Government to vote
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  • 247 1 Cressonite Flooring For Theatre lhe new railway station at Singapore prcbably provides the most striking example of the effectiveness of rubber flooring and tiling. Unfortunately, however, the building is so comparatively little used that the fact is little advertised, and some people in Singapore,
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  • 136 1 Woman’s Walks In Park Mr. William J. Elliott, a director of the N.S.P.C.C., stated at a meeting of the Southampton branch of the Society that he had recently been informed that a welldressed woman had been setm walking in Richmond Park London, with
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  • 434 3 Halifax Heirlooms Stolen VALUABLES ON LAWN Sheffield, January 23. Many heirlooms of the Halifax family were taken by burglars who broke into Hickleton Hall, near Doncaster, during the night before the funeral of Lord Halifax. At the time that the thieves bioke into the Hall
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  • 321 3 Tropical Diseases To Be Discussed A number of prominent medical men' are gathered in Singapore for a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Advisory Council of the League of Nations Far Eastern Health Bureau. The discussions commenced on Thursday.' This is not the annual conference
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  • 390 3 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE The following is the report of the committee of the Straits Settlements (Penang) Association to be presented at the annual general meeting on Wednesday, February. 21. The Committee beg to present to you the report and statement of accounts for the period from
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  • 127 3 The following is the agenda for the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners to be held on Monday 1. Minutes of last Ordinary and Special Meetings held on 29th January, 1934 to be confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3- Questions. 4. Decisions arrived
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  • 425 4 P Case Postponed ACCUSED TO CALL WITNESS The case in which a Chinese named Low Jin Kiat was charged on two counts under the Merchandise Marks Ordinance and alleged to have been caught redhanded when he was washing a Milkmaid brand tin preparatory to filling it with
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  • 351 4 Fellow Students Plan Surprise Lilian Ripley, the 20-year-old blind girl who has just become a Fellow of the Royal College of Organis‘s, heading the list of 84 candidates in the recent examination and carrying off the Harding Prize for theory, told the “News-Chronicle" of her
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  • 308 4 Mrs. Pinkerton, wife of the State Engi- neer, Kelantan, sails for Home next week. Mr. Marcus Rex, M.C.S., and Mrs. Rex have arrived in Singapore from Australia.! Mr. Horsley, Executive Engineer, P.W.D., will shortly be leaving Ipoh on transfer. 1 Mr. Dennett, Chief Sanitary Inspector,* has returned
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  • 166 4 A Noted Traveller London, February 9. The death took place to-day of Mr. Douglas WHV.am Freshfield —Reuter. The deceased was a son of the late Mr. H. R. Freshfield of Kidbrooke Park, Sussex. He was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford. He was
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  • 120 4 A Boxer Who Got Through A Fortune Of £lOO,OOO New York, Jan. 20 Reputed to have gone through a fortune of £lOO,OOO earned in the prize-ring, Jimmy Clabby, once a famous American middle-weight boxer, was found in a dilapidated hovel used as a refuge for
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  • 292 5 BURNS ON ARMS. LEGS AND FACE ROAD SET ON FIRE Two boys on their way to school at Dagenham on January 26 saw what they thought was a ball, and were kicking it to each other when it exploded. One of the
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  • 228 5 "La Belle Sophie" Pays Penalty GAOL FOR HER ACCOMPLICES Strasbourg, Jan. 24. “La Belle Sophie”—Mrs. Sophie Drost 1 —the woman spy who was arrested in Easj tern France last October, and other memi bers of the organisation to which she belonged were found gui’ty to-day,
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  • 48 5 Song Outpointed By Graham (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 10. Harry Graham beat Y. C. Song on points in a tame exhibition fight. Sherlock Warren beat B. S. Ang on points. The Japanese did not have things his own way but the decision was popular.
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  • 197 5 Better After Losing 141bs. A woman writes: —“I used to have a great deal of fat that seemed to nearly stop me breathing, especially when I knelt down to do any housework, or was walk ng up a hilL I would simply have to fight
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  • 134 5 Hearing Of Evidence Concluded TO CONSIDER REPORT Further Meetings of the Trade Commission were held in Singapore on the 6th, 7th and Bth February, when evidence was taken from Mr. Chee Swee Cheng and Mr. Lim Bock Kee (Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Ltd.); from Mr. R. W. Buckley
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  • 143 5 First Card Fixed For February 15 One of the finest boxing arenas just completed is the Olympic Stadium, situated at the junction of Selegie Road and Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. It is octagonal in shape, very compact and close to the ring, and has a
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  • 110 5 Fire Ball Just Misses D.O.’s Bungalow Tapah, Thursday. During a Short but violent thunderstorm between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. yesterday, lightning struck the ground near the District Officers’ garage making a big hole and exposing the roots of a nearby tree. A fire ball was
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  • 278 5 Stricter Tests BISHOP OF SINGAPORE'S ANNOUNCEMENT Tributes to the excellent work of the Rev. R. Richards, Priest-in-charge and Hon. Secretary, were made by the Bishop of Singapore and others at the annual meeting of the St. Andrew’s Church Mission, Singapore. Mr. Richards, who goes on furlough
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  • 194 5 Singapore Wins Khoo Sian Ewe Cup The Khoo Sian Ewe Cup is competed for annually by States and Territories in the F.M.S. and Colony, each team shooting on i its own range. The conditions of the comi petition are one sighting shot and ten shots j to count at
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  • 77 5 Irish Team To Meet England The following is the Irish Rugby team for the match against England at Dublin [on Saturday: Pratt (Dublin University); McMann (New College, Dublin), Crowe j (Lansdowne), Reardon (Cork Constitution), O’Connor (New College, Cork); Gorgan (Cloncars), Davy (Lansdowne) [Beamish (North Ireland), Dunn (Lansdowne), Grave
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    • 384 5 Z y SINGAPORE- l/l LONDON IN 11/ DAYS! HAVE YOU FLOWN YET? This remarkable air service has brought the whole world within arm’s reach of Malaya, are you taking full advantage of it DAYS INSTEAD OF WEEKS I The luxurious air liners of Indian Trans-Continental Airways and Imperial Airways services,
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  • 699 6 First Accused Acquitted UNANIMOUS VERDICT Second Guilty Of Culpable Homicide The "rial in which a Banjarese named Bardi stood charged with the murder of a compatriot Eno was concluded on Wednesday afternoon at the Perak Assize Court when the Assessors (Mr. H. C. Ingham and Mr.
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  • 348 6 Indians Blame Everest Fliers For ’Quake 15,000 VICTIMS Aerial photography is piercing the peat of Fenland and revealing Roman settlements and roads in a part of England which has hitherto been thought to be practically barren of Roman remains. So perfectly has the soft and largely
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  • 335 6 Kept Aboard Ship At Yokohama New York, Jan. 24. Prince Alexis Mdivani, husband of the Wcclworth heiress, the former Miss Barbara. Hutton, vzas kept aboard the Hikawa. Maru, in which he arrived at Yokohama. from Seattle, for twelve hours while the Japanese authorities searched a
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  • 1719 7 NOT A PRIVATE QUARREL BETWEEN RIVAL GENERALS MORE OR LESS CONNECTED WITH FUKIEN JREVOLT LIKELY TO DEVELOP INTO SINO-MOHAMMEDAN STRUGGLE NANKING GOVERNMENT TO BLAME FOR INACTION —Sin Wen Pao. The outreak in the North-west is not so simple as is generally supposed. I'he activities of
    —Sin Wen Pao.  -  1,719 words
  • 211 7 .—Shun Pao. Government's Scheme STRONGLY OBJECTED BY MONGOLIAN REPRESENTATIVES Nanking, Jan. 22. The Mongolian representatives in Nanking have decided to adopt a firm attitude towards the Government’s measures governing district autonomy in Inner Mongolia. As a result of the repeated exchange of views among themselves the
    .—Shun Pao.  -  211 words
  • 109 7 —Shun Pao. Leaves Chuenchow For Unknown Destination Amoy, Jan. 22. General Tsai Ting-kai, commander-in-chief of the so-called Fukien People’s Revolutionary Army, disappeared from Chuenchow for an unknown destination yesterday following the issue of a joint telegram by his subordinate officers pledging their allegiance to the Central Government. In
    —Shun Pao.  -  109 words
  • 110 7 >. —Sin Wen Pao. Mr. Lin Sen Will Be Re-elected Nanking, Jan. 22. It is learned from a reliable source that theer will be no change in the political situation after the Fourth Plenary Session of the C.E C. It is said that Mr. Lin
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  • 84 7 —Shun Pao. Plenary Session To Be Held In Nanking Nanking, Jan. 22. The Central Supervisory Committee has decided to hold a plenary session in Nanking immediately after the closing ceremony of the Central Fxscutive Committee which is now in session The secretariat of the Committee has already
    —Shun Pao.  -  84 words
  • 567 7 —Sin Wen Pao special. Unscrupulous Politicians and MANCHU FOLLOWERS PLANNING A COUP d'ETAT Tientsin, Jan. 21. While Henry Pu Yi is busily engaged m his monarchial restoration movement m Manchuria rumours are afloat in both Peiping and Tientsin that the Manchus and former followers of
    —Sin Wen Pao special.  -  567 words
  • 77 7 -Shun Pao. Explosion Claims Five Injured Shanghai, Jan. 23. The fire crackers shops caught fire yesterday and all the fire crackers in the stores were exploded resulting in five persotis being seriously hurt. Both the shops are situated in the Chinese City at Nantao and the explosions occurred
    -Shun Pao.  -  77 words
  • 162 7 Shun Pao. Anti-Pirate Measure* AGREED UPON TO COMBAT THE EVIL n Shanghai, Jan. 23. The representatives of the various Chinese shipping companies in Shanghai held a meeting yesterday to discuss measure» for effective prevention against piracies. As a result of careful discussions the following measures were adopted:—■
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  • 86 7 -Shun Pao. Urge Nanking To Retain 19th Route Army Hongkong, Jan. 22. The South-west Political Council to-day sent a telegram to the Government urging that the 19th Route Army should be retained in view of its glorious deeds done in the past. The Council states that as the
    -Shun Pao.  -  86 words
  • 86 7 -Shun Pao. Fukien Delegates Arrive In Hongkong j Hongkong, Jan. 22. The representatives of Generals Chang Yen, Mao Wei-shou and other commander» of the 19th Route Army have arrived at Hongkong td confer with General ThS Chi concerning measures for the reorganization of the army.
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  • 49 7 -China Times. No Date Fixed For Return Flight Shanghai, Jan. 23. According to information from the China. Aviation Company the aeroplane which, flew to Yunnan from Annam is still at Yunnan and no date has been fixed for its re- turn flight to Shanghai.—
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  • 80 7 —China Times. Amoy, Jan. 22. The whereabouts of Generals Chen Minshu, Li Chi-shen, Chiang Kwang-nai an I Tsai Ting-kai are not known although it is reported that they have already secrcctly left Changchow. The four leaders are expected to go abroad shortly. Peace
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  • 61 7 —China Times. To Resign Moscow Post Nanking, Jan. 22. A spokesman of the Foreign Office today declared that Dr. W. W. Yen might nnfc return to Moscow after his return to China on leave. Whether Dr. Yen will be given a post in the Government is
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  • 501 8 The Government of Madras, it would appear from Indian exchanges to hand by the last mail, have sent their report to the Government of India, favouring the resumption of sending labour to Malaya under certain conditions. Following the visit of the Malayan Labour Deputation to India in December
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  • 352 8 All Alive Who Saw Unwrapping Of Mummy i j Strenuous efforts to lay the ghost of of Tutankhamen and to explode the superstition o fhis supposed “curse” are being made by Mr. Herbert E. Winlock, Curator of Egyptology at the Metropolitan Museum. Mr. Albert M. another
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  • 1261 8 less.—By Henry Turner in the Manchester Guardian. The legend of Sam Leatherbarrow s money grew till it was commonly said his money was his life; but that was merely overstatement, born of envy. Por to be, by prudent living or good fortune, without concern about the means of
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  • 219 8 Overcrowded British Profession In Revolt I No more German refugee doctors will h' welcomed into British medical schools an allowed to obtain a qualification to practis*1 J in the Empire. I A warning has been sent to Germany lathe refugee committees in London who ha\ been trying
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    • 166 8 CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS Wc advise the public that our Shop Houses during the I foil days will be as follows Wednesday, 14th February, Chinese New Year’s Day closed all day. Thursday, 15th February, Public Holiday Open 6 a. m. till noon. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.. LTD. PENANG. x—? BUY
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  • 560 9 MORE PRESS MISREPRESENTATION" OF SINGAPORE There is a. ready answer to the comi plaint that London newspapers were un- J able to obtain up-to-date photographs of Singapore when they wanted them to illustrate their articles on the naval conference, says the Free Press. On
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  • 1120 9 EURASIAN AND CHARGED FOR FIGHTING Disorderly conduct by fighting was the) charge preferred against two young men,! a Eurasian named J. D. Angus and a Eng-( lish-speaking Chinese named C. H. LimJ before Mr. J. M. Grander, the Singapore I fourth magistrate, on Thursday. Court Inspector
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  • 675 9 TAMIL STABBED IN I THROAT I A Chinese youth who appeared ’to be no more than about seventeen years oi age stood trial before Mr. Jus ace Gerahty and a special jury in the Singapore Assize Court on Thursday on a charge of murder.
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  • 113 9 TIN-SPOT YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £225-17-6 £226-10-0 TIN—(B MnmthM London £225-10-0 £226-0-0 Slngapor* $113.37% $113.50 BtudneM Done Petnang $113.25 P’lfflTin— Done Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sondrled) BLACK PEPPER $3.00 $3.05 RUBBER $lB.OO $lB.OO London 4 25,32 d. 4 31|32d. New York 10 3,160.(0 Singapore Spot 16%c. 16% c. Apl.Uune 16
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    • 11 9 WHAT LONDON IS DOINC READ CHARLES ROBERTS in the SUNDAY GAZETTE.
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  • 136 10 —Reuter. DAYS OF LAISSEZ FAIRE HAVE GONE FOR EVER SENATE PASSES HUGE UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF APPROPRIATION Washington, February 9. A bloodless revolution has occurred, declared Mr. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, in a speech describing the accession to power of President Roosevelt. The
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  • 218 10 Police Called Out DRIVEN FROM WOODS BY LACK OF FOOD Bucharest, Feb. 6 Wolf packs beleaguered the town of Pruth on Saturday, holding up the streets for hoars until police shock troops marched out of barracks and shot down the majority of the wolves. Prevailing snowstorms
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  • 140 10 Plots To Assassinate Boy Emperor Moscow, Feb. 6 Manchuria is taking extensive precautionary measures to prevent any disturbances during the ceremonies attending the forthcoming coronation of the Emperor designat Llr. Henry Pu-yi, according to press reports from Changchun. No plane will be permitted to fly over Manchurian territory
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  • 46 10 No Trace Found Of Dutch Vessel The Dutch tanker <^n? bUrg Feb 6 from Amsterdam to bOUnd tlew up ei X v N a XX h X tra h- e h the Ship Was discover ed by vessels which rushed to the spot.
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  • 84 10 nan and American underwriters. —Rugby Radio Service. British Underwriters To Appeal London, February 5. All the British underwriters have now decided to appeal the recent decision of the Commercial Courts of the Seine that they are liable for the amount insured by them on the French liner,
    nan and American underwriters.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  84 words
  • 66 10 —Reuter. Staying In Peiping For Month Peiping, February 9. Prince and Princess Alexis Mdivani arrived to-night and were greeted by friends at the station where there were also half a dozen police who kept away the small knot of Chinese who were eager to observe the American heiress.
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  • 48 10 majority over Labour was 14,795. —Rugby Radio Service. Cambridge Retained By Conservatives London, February 5. The Cambridge by-election resulted as follows:—• Commander Tufnell (Cons.) 14,806 Dr. Wood (Labour) 12,176 Mr. D. Macfadyen (Liberal) 2,023 At the last election, the Conservative majority over Labour was 14,795. —Rugby
    majority over Labour was 14,795.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  48 words
  • 110 10 —Reuter Wireless. Dutch Premier On Private i Visit To London London, February 5. The Dutch Prime Minister, Dr. Colijn is expected in London to-morrow for the week-end. Although the visit is private, it is probable that Dr. Colijn will have some conversations with the British Ministers during his
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  • 268 10 Reuter and Reuter Wireless. 15 Tons Brought To Croydon ON ONE DAY London, Feb. 6 A great gold rush by air to Croydon from the Continent began to-day. The first to land treasure was a Dutch machine from Rotterdam which brought over 34 boxes of the
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  • 100 10 Reuter Wireless. Six Month’s Profit Is £338,280 Sydney, Feb. 4. The N.S.W. State Lottery Director (Mr. Colvin) stated that £338,280 had been paid from lotteries into the Consolidated Revenue Fund during the half-year, July to December, 1933. The following is a record of transactions from July to December,
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  • 218 10 1. Rugby Radio Service. Bill Passes Second Reading IMPERIAL CHEMICALS PLANT London, Feb. ff. The House of Commons approved thd second rending last night of the British Hydrocarbon Oils Production BilL The measure arises from the announcements made last July that the GovernI ments would give
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  • 207 10 Would-Be Complainant’s Strange Behaviour The even tenor of police court proceedings was rudely disturbed on Thursday when a Cantonese named Hoh Hock Kee created a scene in the fourth magistrate s court, Singapore. The man had been sitting quietly on one of the benches reserved for witnesses
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  • 919 10 POLTERGEIST PHENOMENA POLICE OFFICER’S STORY OF WEIRD HAPPENINGS HOUSE PULLED DOWN A haunted house in Singapore which was, visited by a European police officer and a party of constables is described in the cur- j rent number of the “Malayan Police Magazine.” I Various remarkable happenings were
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  • 251 10 How Little Bolsheviks Spent Christmas The “Osservatore Romano” publishes' from Russian sources an account of how the the children of Bolsheviks spent Christmas. The Soviet newspapers devoted their columns before Christmas to explaining the silliness of belief in the fact of Christ, and in explaining why Russian
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  • 237 10 When They Are II! Several cages in the monkey hous at the Zoo have becomes vacant during the last few days, for their occupants have had to retire to hospital owing to an outbreak of coughs and colds. Foremost among the invalids are the orang-utans
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  • 824 11 Body In A Swamp WEEPING MOTHER'S EVIDENCE Johore, Feb. 6. Through the pawning of four gold earrings at Batu Annam, the alleged murder of a Tamil boy named Aiyavu, whose dead body was found in a swamp near Gcmali Estate, Segamat, was brought to light.
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  • 594 11 And Educate On English Principles PLAYING FIELDS SHOULD HAVE IMPORTANT PLACE That education in China should be modelled more on the lines of the English princiI pie of the sound mind in the sound body, with training on the sports field taking an I important
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    • 180 11 I j f 9 s Km 1 1 «T n f ii q Vitamin A to ensure resistance to 9 9 infections; Vitamin B to bring back Mb healthy appetite; Vitamin C—most 9 important for children; and Vitamin D— W| the health factor of the sun itself. Here 9 9
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    • 734 11 THIS"* JU, A plus! ■ME Determination Bravery @l2 j (EET/S '.lA’il ■'< .7 ii ?j. .’jl Lj i<s t’S y A IY. r.f. .'t i-.>. < s 'ufit iuz .'J. it .m in HUA HIM -©N S&- 3AM) IS THE GOLFERS* PARADISE 22 W©?frs Penang 36 Hours From Singapore. For
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  • 754 12 I ture.—An Aeronautical Correspondent in I the Liverpool Post. Faster Planes For The Mails A CABINET COMMITTEE'S TASK A great national air development plan, embracing every phase of commercial air transport, is under consideration by a Cabinet committee Faster air mails, modified subsidy systems, the England-Canada route
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  • 348 12 FROM UNITED PLANTERS ASSOCIATION Seremban, Feb. 7. The annual general meeting of the Negri Sembilan Estate Owners’ Association was held to-day. After full discussion the Association decided not to join the proposed new body, the United Planters Association of Malaya, as it was thought that
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  • 98 12 Quot&iiou» I i Friday Thursday; Paris 77 “I 32 77 an 9 l u I 1. 5.02 5.01% I I New York 5.05 i Montreal 22.03 Brussels 1588 Geneva 72 7.62 U 'm"”” Copenhagen 1990 28% a* PTSLgue 103% Helsingfors 226|6 Madrid 37 /3 i Lisbon
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  • 62 12 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY U Entries close for Singapore Races. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Court of Appeal opens, Penang. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 24 Singapore Turf Club Meeting, Ist day WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Singapore Turf Club Races, 2nd day FRIDAY, MARCH 2 Variety Dancing Entertainment, in aid of St. Micholas Home, Town
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 697 12 Wgk Few Escape The Menace of JWJ YOU Need Yeast See the "red light”! Recognise the danger signal NOW and begin at once to invoke the aid of this great Triumph of Modem Medical Science. i) S' t 'y? .‘fife. In the‘Yeast-Vite’Quick-Health Time-Table we have consistently iff j y 9
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    • 441 12 r DRYECZEPAA OVER M HAfflSi For Tweniy-Five Years. Healed by Cuticura. i I suffered with dry eczema for twentyfive years. It started in little, water-’ ke blisters on my finger and spread over both hands. The blisters would dry up and scale off and leave raw skin. Th irritation was
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  • 805 13 of Principal Tt i ’'ou a M<=t of vessels arriv’ng and < < Penang during the week: r T TO DA Y S.S. *.N from Singapore via Port S ru. and Teluk Anson. S.S. x?. m Tongkah, Kopah, Ren n Victoria Point. Sails for the same
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  • 822 13 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS A Homeward Mail by the Imperial Airways will be closed at the General Post Office, Penang on Sunday, the 11th instant at 7 p.m. (Registration 6 p.m. to-day). OUTWARD MAILS mail for Ceylon, Southern and Western India, Western Australia (to connect with s.s. “Strathanaver” at Colombo)
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    • 65 13 Slump or no =lt:nip, all the advertising businem :hat reaches this otF.ce is not accepted. Our Advei Using Department exercises discrimination. It ha» 'O live up to the traditions of a century of unkroke publication and maintain its reputation for givm advertiser and consumer a square deal. If you »e»
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    • 353 13 B O XIN SUNDAY, 11-2-34 At 9.30 p.tn. JAYARAJ vs. L. S, s'CdID 10 ROUNDS B. ROBERTS vs. KID CARPENTIER 8 ROUNDS BATTLING KHOO vs. KID WEE 6 ROUNDS AND ANOTHER GOOD 6 ROUNDER. SEATS $1.50, $l, 70, 50 30 Cents. SPECIAL LICENCE TO 1 A.M. FOR ALL SHOWS. y
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 150 13 u r^ 4 n a a 3 «J m ?a a b_jl Grand Opening on a m -A 1 Wednesday, Feb. 14 5 :(jLff 4JaLiXaEkJ>>>X PCT M,> Talkie H .H J 1 MATINEE TO-DAY AT 2.45 B f wVH)’ RICHARD BARTHELMESS F J Iw i_K= <w[ in wabnebs thb,u ing
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    • 114 13 JBJL See THE MACKEY TWINS in their famous STAIRCASE DANCE j MAJESTIC POSITIVELY THE LAST 3 SHUWb j 2.45, 6.15 9.30 GRAND ENTIRE NEW i PRESENTATION BY THE MACKEY TWINS Also THE DIXIE SISTERS (Hula Hula Dancers) B GEO. KALANI DUKE KALUNA 1 B PRESENTED WITH 1 g Gaumont British
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  • 87 14 —Nicholls. To-day at the Esplanade 6 p.m.—7.30 p.m. 1 March—Rushmoor—Graham. 2 Overture—French Comedy—Bela. 3 Selection—Schuman’s Songs—Hartmann. 4 Intermezzo—Tip Toes—Cooke. 5 Waltz—Cardova—Gomez. 6 Selection—La Gran Via—Valverde. 7 Fox Trot—l Like To Go Back In The Evening—Williams. TO-MORROW To-morrow at ’he Waterfall’s 5-15 p.m. —6-45 p.m. 1 Overture—Miiella—Gouncd. i 2
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 389 14 aaiEiaaißaacEuaßiiiaaiiiiißaiiikainsiißai a TJfc 8 psarawaa THE BLUES HA No man or woman is more sick of life than v r a when they have that trouble commonly J CrjDC AT Q j called “The Blues.” It amounts to a disease vvl\u I a in many cases. That terri- b J
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 597 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 wavelengths will be used simultaneously, tout the wavelengths may be changed in the course of each day’s transmissions. Announcements will be made at frequent Intervals
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    • 410 14 9.20 —Time Signal from Big Ben. A summary of the week’s news 9.35 A religious service: address by Reverend A. Neville Davidson, M.A., D.K.H. Patterson (organist), rej layed from St. Enoch s Parish Church Dundee. 10.20 —Time Signal from Greenwich. The Midland Studio Orchestra, directed I by Frank Canted; Gertrude
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    • 1915 15 a~ -"K p ©.-British india fcjy X i S /K /k ‘X. AND apcar lines I BLUE EUMSSI TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ MA,L passenc ’’2^ argoserv,ces n lilllE From Penang Arrive Marseilles Arrive New York invnnw Feb. 15 PRES HARRISON Mar. 14 Mar. 27 Peninsular and Oriental 8. N. Co.,
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  • 68 16 Lawn Tennis Results The following are results of matches played yesterday in the Penang Cricket dub Lawn Tennis Tournament. CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES J. H. Bowyer beat H. D’Arcy-Irvine 6 —2, 6—2. N. A. Sedwick beat G. R. Evans 6—2, D. R. A. Hoblyn beat R. W. Scarlett —3,
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 329 16 <To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette”) I Sir, —As I said before I am not pro- Japanese and I have been trying to wake up British nationalists to defeat Japanese competition. It is extremely unfair to me to pick out a single phrase and peg
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  • 571 16 Story Of The Kaiser’s Mother T. P. O’Connor. By Hamilton Fyfe. (George Allen and Unwin. 165.) The “Memoirs of an Old Parliamenta- rian,” which T. P. O.’Connor began to set I down towards the end of his long life, did not take the story
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  • 138 16 Beginning To-day i. INDIANS EXPECTED TO DO WELL The following will be the Indian Side to meet the M. C. C. tourists in the final Anglo-Indian test match which begins today at Madras. C. K. Naidu (Capt. M. Naoomal, Amar Nath Dilwar Hussein Wazir Ali Merchant Amar
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  • 139 16 Cabinet Minister’s Mother Looks After Them Thirty tramps, ranging in age from 14 to 25, are in residence in Windlestone Hall, ancestral home of the Edens, which stands near the busy mining village ci Fciryhili (co. Durham). Sybil Lady Eden, mother cf Mr. Anthcny
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  • 268 16 parts For Locai Actors i JUNGLE STORY AT BATU PAHAT Scene Shots The Luen Hua Film Company, of Shanghai, one of the biggest film producers in China, has completed arrangements for the production of four or five jungle pictures in Malaya, according to a representative of
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  • 64 16 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR CHURCH OF ENGLAND Quinquagesima 8 am. Matins and Litany. PSXXXI. Hymn 317. 8 30 —Holy Communion. 11 a.m. Holy Communion. Chinese. 6 p.m. Evenson—PSXX 100. PSXXni 104. Magnificat 108. Nunc Dimittis 61. Hymns 194, 210, 273, 211. Ash Wednesday. 8 a.m. Holy Communion. 10
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  • 58 16 PENANG, FEBRUARY 10 (By Oourteey of the Chartered Hanic' On London Bank Demand 214 3 t 32 4 m|ta 2|4 3|16 Private 3 m|ts credit 2]4 13|32 3 Documentary 2|4 15j32 On New York Demand 58 nom. France T.T. 875 nom. India T.T. 154% Hongkong T.T. 35 dis. nom.
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  • 102 16 Municipality Of George Town j The health statement for the Municipality iof George Town for the week ending February 3, 1934, shows a total of 64 deaths—3l males and 33 females —the death-rate being 20.98 per mille, compared with 20.32 in the preceding week and wtih 22.06 the
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  • 1002 16 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The following are the latest quotations j In MESSRS. KENNEDY OO’s share list I to-day. i Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING ■K. Kamunting 7|6 B|6 7|6 B|3 K. Lanjut 20|9 21|3 19|9 20|3 Kinta 2.35 2.45 2.35 2.40 Klang River
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 102 16 EASTERN ORIENTAL HOTEL. PENANG. FEBRUARY, 14th 15th SPECIAL DINNER, DANCE CABARET FAREWELL APPEARANCES BY THE SENSATIONAL MACKEY TWINS (Sailing by S.S. “Conte Rosso” February, 16th for Bombay) Accompanied by:— JrHwa GEORGE KALANI Iff® H duke KALUNA I w 11 al, d "Vf DIXIE SISTERS 1’ «T j|ifjf (Harmony Singers Steel
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    • 20 16 "MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS BY D. REES WILLIAMS. THIS TWENTIETH CENTURY BY H.G. SARWAR, M.A., M.C.S. 'Retd;) IN TO-MORROW S SUNDAY GAZETTE
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    • 57 16 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, AGENTS WANTED— -either take orders for Private Christi 1 Great Britain’s Largest Manufa best value obtainable and allow in the from selling prices. 1 now to Book delivered early May. r Ot Dept. 52.” Lancaster Publi? Lancaster, England. BANK HOLID/V The Exchange Ban' w lt close on February
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 62 16 SEASON OPEN FEB. 12th AT QUE&N’ J Rex Story's Brilliant Stage Company 'NINE O'CLOCK REVUE* J TONS OF FUN TUNEFUL MELODIES GORGEOUS COSTUMES DELIGHTFUL J DANCES!! 6 SUNSfiINE GIRLS 9 TALENTED ARTISTES R PRESENTED TOGETHER WITH R NEWEST MUSICAL SPECTACLE JJ "STAGE MOTHER" BOOK NOW FOR Ist Si 2nd HOUSE
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