Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 April 1934

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 79. Vol. XCII. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1934. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 134 1 International Tin Committe Buffer Pool —Rugby Radio Service. AGREED IT IS ESSENTIAL IN INTERESTS OF PRODUCERS CREATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE London, April 6. The International Tin Committee has decided to recommend signatory governments to accept the proposal to create a Buffer Stock at the earliest possible moment. The communique
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  • 1951 1 CANADIAN TRADE COMMISSIONER OPTIMISTIC A FEW MISCONCEPTIONS CORRECTED 44 The upturn in business is general throughout the world and it maker, no difference to what side we look for improvement as long as we are optimistically looking for improvement,” said Mr. B. C. Butler, Canadian Trade
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  • 62 1 —Reuter. Attempt To Harm Sino-British Relations ABSOLUTELY UNFOUNDED Shanghai, April 5. A report of British invasion of Yunnan has been created in certain quarters with the object of injuring Sino-British relations. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Kung, announced that the report was absolutely unfounded. British guards
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  • 64 1 .—Reuter. $6 Million Loan From America Washington, April 5. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation has authorised a loan of $6,000,000 to the new Export and Import Bank of Cuba to enable it to finance the purchase of $8,000,000 worth of silver which will be i sold to the Cuban
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  • 61 1 >. —Rugby Radio Service. Towed Across Channel Id. Glider London, April 5. Miss Joan Meakin Young the London airwoman crossed the Channel tc-day in a glider towed by an aeroplane. She left Ostend early this afternoon and made a safe landing at Lympne afterwards proceeding to Heston. Before
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  • 245 1 each last year.—Reuter and Rugby Radio Service. Its Precarious Position REPRESENTATIONS TO BRITISH GOVT. London, April 5. The Danish, Netherlands, Norwegian land the Swedish Governments, through ’their respective Ministers in London. have recently made representations to, the British Government regarding the i present precarious state of the
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  • 367 1 of combating plague. —Rugby Radio Service. Clouds Of Poison Dusf DISTRIBUTED FROM AN AEROPLANE A large scale attack by clouds of poison dust distributed from an aeroplane is to be made upon the locust swarms which cause annually £1,500,000 damage in tropical and subtropical Africa. This
    of combating plague.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  367 words
  • 85 1 —Reuter. More Evidence Of Continuance Washington, April 5. The continuance of business improvement is evidenced in the report of the Department of Commerce announcing increases of six per cent, in factory employment and 12 per cent, on payrolls in February compared to January 30th. This has created new
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  • 75 1 —Reuter. Re-Draft Now Being Considered New Rork, April 5. All is fixed and the marginal requirements will probably be eliminated from the re-draft of the Stock Exchange Bill which the House of Representatives’ Sub-Com-mittee is now considering. The entire margin question will be left in the
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  • 68 1 —Rugby Radio Service. FERENCE Mr. Anthony Eden To Represent British Govt. London, April 5. The Lord Privy Seal, Mr. Anthony Eden, will represent the British Government at the meeting of the Bureau of the Disarmament Conference next week and is expected to leave London for Geneva on Sunday.
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  • 86 1 .—Reuter. Labour Trouble To Break Out Again? Washington, April 5. Labour trouble is again threatening to break out in the motor industry and General Johnson has sent his labour assistant, Mr. McGrady to Detroit to dea' with the situation. It appears the workers are becoming restless with
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  • 123 4 Fond To Meet Kid Gabo I Interest is being centred on the coming fight between Kid Gabo, Bantamweight Champion of Saigon, and L. S. Fond i which takes place at Wembley Park on Sunday. Gab-» and Fond had three battles to- gether in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore
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  • 448 4 Wife And Husband Charged WOMAN'S DEFENCE STORY I The adjourned hearing into the case in which Ch’nese woman Chee Swee Fong and her husband Ng Ghee Pew are charg- ed with keeping open a place wherein faci- lities are provided for the consumption of j chandu
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  • 339 4 Guillermo And Hemchit Share The Honours Malacca, April 2. Battling Guillermo <9) and Neil Hemchit 19.7) provided the Star turn in the programme at the City Park last night. The verdict was draw, which surprised the majority’ of spectators, who thought Guillermo had won by a big margin.
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  • 682 4 Mr. E. W. Waterfield, of Kuala Pilah Estate, has gone on Home leave. Mr. Thambiah, Chief Clerk, Central Police Station, Teluk Anson, left for Ceylon on leave on Tuesday. He is succeede by Mr. Sinnadurai, of the Kuala Lumpur Police staff. r g. Suppiah, advocate and solicitor,
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    • 588 4 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS 1 WAITED Chinese Lady with 1 r.cwl age of English as Assistant Matron in Po Le ng Ku\, Penang. Salary p.m. including hoard and lodging. Must be able to speak Hokkien and Cantonese and be proficient needlewoman. Apply in own handwriting to PROJECTOR OF CHINESE, Chinese Protectorate, Penang.
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    • 265 4 vi nti J ill Tin UfBiWlZ WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE DB 1314 WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE EVERYTHING I HAVE IS YOURS DB 1326 YOU’RE SUCH A COMFORT TO ME YOUR FAVOURITES AT THE PIANO—CARROLL GIBBONS JOH' GREEN —PLAYING TUNES THAT ARE ALL THE RAGE. o CINDERELLA’S FELLA Fox
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  • 279 5 Matches To-morrow ARSENAL TO ENTERTAIN HUDDERSFIELD Die following are the matches to be 1 to-morrow in the English and Scotch Leagues DIVISION I \rsenal v Huddersfield irmingham v Chelsea :n kburn R v Sheffield U rby C v Tottenham vt rton v Stoke City ds U
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  • 248 5 Malayan Player Wins Championship Canton, March 18. Surprising and disappointing his supporters, G. Bodiker, singles tennis champion of Canton, lost his title to Lai Kwong Tsun, former Malayan player, in straight sets at Central Park on Saturday, being beaten 6 —4, 6—3, 7—5. Bodiker was only a shadow
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  • 620 5 For O'Farrell Cup GOOD VICTORY FOR TRADE SCHOOL On the Suffolk House ground yesterday the Government Trade School beat the St. I Xavier’s Institution by four goals to nil. The match was an opening fixture in the inter-school football competition for the O’Farrell Cup. The Trade School enjoyed
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  • 112 5 Khoo Hooi Hye To Represent China Shanghai, March 24. The All-China Athletic Association has decided to try out the country’s representatives at the Far East Olympic Meeting as follows: —The field and track athletes will be tried out in Shanghai, the basket and volley ball teams in
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  • 456 5 Selections For To-day CARD OF EIGHT EVENTS The following are the acceptances for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club Amateur Meeting to be run at Kuala Lumpur to-day, together with selections by TicTac:— RACE 1 Ponies Class 3, Division 3, 4' 2 furlongs,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 36 5 WEATHER REPORT Temperature Wind Rainfall 6 a.m. 76 N Noon 90 N TIDE TABLE l To-day High Water low Wat» 3.46 a.m. 9.42 a.m. 3.57 p.m. 11.25 p.m. To-morrow 4.54 a.m. 10.30 a m. 5.00 p.m.
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  • 483 6 Sir Stanley Jackson Says: “Pitch ’Em Up” CRICKET DIFFERENCES ENDED A mild criticism of the -fast bowlers of the day w’as made by Sir Stanley Jackson, former captain of England, when he spoke at the “Sports Night” dinner at the London Press Club. “They seem to
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  • 234 6 PROSPECTORS RUSH BY 'PLANE Fort Simpson (Canada), March 17. Lured by reports of fabulous wealth in a “tropical valley” on the Arctic fringe, gold prospectors are rushing by 'plane and dog sledge to the Nahanni River district of Canada’s North-West Territory. For over a quarter
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  • 310 6 BUSH DRAMA Fate has just revealed one of the most touching instances ever recorded of a wife’s devotion. The story is stirring the whole of Australia and New Zealand, and will go down to posterity for its deeply human appeal. Its chief characters are a
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  • 163 6 Breeding Suspicion Gen. Sir lan Hamilton, addressing members of the British Legion, at Croydon, said British ex-Service men stood for peace. “And so do the German ex-service men. and, to a great extent the French, and the Belgian ex-service men,” he added. “I speak here
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  • 147 6 Man Of Many Accidents Is 83 Now Mr. Hank Shafer of Eldora low’a is called the “man of many accidents.” But he has lived to celebrate his 83rd birthday. Hanks has Been struck by lightning three times; Fallen from a high bridge; Been buried in a
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    • 672 6 SIOOMStBEWcn :o > S.G. P.G. FOOTBALL COMPETITION :o NO ENTRANCE FEE OELOW will be found particulars of the Sunday Gazette and I Gazette, Football Competition No. 14, in which you are asked to cast results of ten English League matches to be played on April coupon will appear in the
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  • 224 7 abolished 23 years ago.—Reuters Pacific Service. Sacrificial Ceremonies For Great Sage Canton, March 17 The movement for the revival of Contucianism here is gaining considerable •adway. The Government has adopted resolution restoring sacrificial ceremonies, abolished some years ago, for the Great Sage. To-day sacrificial rites for Confucius
    abolished 23 years ago.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  224 words
  • 126 7 Nanking Plan In Disfavour With Princes Shanghai, April 2 Serious developments in Outer and Inner Mongolia are feared, according to an official cable from North China, which states that Mongolian delegates from all parts of the territory have attended seret meetings with Prince Teh and Prince Yun in
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  • 82 7 To Make Long Stay In China It is announced in Britain, says Havas, it Gen. von Seeckt, the former German ichswehr chief who passed through Singapore on Mar. 31 on his way from h-rmany to China at the invitation of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, resigned from is post
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  • 68 7 Reuters Pacific Service. Chairman Of Sinkiang Province Resigns Nanking, March 17 Mr. Liu Wen-lung, chairman of Sinkiang rovince who has been in a most difficult Position owing to the armed conflict beween the Pacification Commissioner, 1 n Shih-tsai, and the Mohammedan leadMa Chung-ying, wired his resignation to-day
    Reuters Pacific Service.  -  68 words
  • 86 7 Japanese Expulsion From Guam Denied It was announced at Manila that the rumours spread to the effect, that all Japanese residing on Guam Island would be xpelled, are absolutely unfounded. The Japanese Consul in Manila, who investigat'd the matter, on Mar. 15 issued a statement saying that only
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  • 110 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. More Returned To China Peiping, March 15. Mr. Tao Shang-min, the Administrative Inspector for the Luantung Area, returned from Tongshan last evening and called on Generals Huang Fu and Ho Ying-ching this morning. Interviewed by local Chinese pressmen this morning, Mr. Tao stated that
    —Reuters Pacific Service.  -  110 words
  • 85 7 after the withdrawal.—Reuters Pacific Service. Two Divisions To Be Withdrawn From Manchuria Tokyo, March 17 Indicating that the relations between Japan and Russia have definitely taken a turn for the better, Imperial sanction was obtained to-day for the withdrawal of the Tenth and Fourteenth divisions from Manchuria and
    after the withdrawal.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  85 words
  • 92 7 took of all passengers and crew.—Reuters Pacific Service. Stripped By Pirates Hongkong, March 17 The Douglas Steamship Company’s motor vessel Svale will probably be abandoned as a total loss, as it has been battered by heavy seas and is on the point of breaking up. Meanwhile ,the
    took of all passengers and crew.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  92 words
  • 68 7 Use Urged In Fati The Public Works Bureau has advised the residents of Fati to open wells for their water supply, it is learned: Two riverlets run through Fati, but as residents on the up-stream use them for washing purposes, the water has been made unsuitable for drinking.
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  • 64 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Resentment Growing In Yunnan Nanking, March 17 The Yunnan residents in Nanking will hold a meeting to-morow to discuss the situation arising from the alleged British trespass in the Penghung region. The sponsors of this meeting allege that a clash has occurred between the
    —Reuters Pacific Service.  -  64 words
  • 792 7 ACCEPTED BY CANTON AND SOUTH-WEST COUNCILS CHINA NOW ON ROAD TO REAL UNIFICATION “We are now on the road to real unification,” declared Marshall Chiang Kai-shek in the course of an address at Nanchang, upon receipt of a report of the South-Western leaders' acceptance of Nanking’s
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  • 60 7 Transportation To Be Speeded Up The Communications and Rail Ministries at Nanking are negotiating with the China Merchants’ Steam Navigation Co. for the unification of land, air and sea transport in China, thus expediting the services. Under the scheme, the China Merchants’ will co-operate in the transportation of
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  • 56 7 With the advent of warm weather, the Manchukuo Bureau of National Highways is to start the construction work on a hew steel bridge, 89 metres long, seven metres wide and costing Yen 1,500,000, across the Nonni River, near Tsitsihar. Work is expected to be completed in the
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  • 78 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. $2,000,000 Temple Gutted Peiping, March 15. According to a Chinese telegram from Hankow a serious fire broke out in the Wanshoukung yesterday, completely gutting the temple. Two persons were burned to death and 2Jf others were killed when the walls collapsed. Many were injured. The
    —Reuters Pacific Service.  -  78 words
  • 221 7 Comprehensive Plans Drawn Up After making arrangements for bandit suppression in Fukien and Kiangsi provinces with the local military authorities, Gen. Chiang Ting-wen, Commander of the East Route Bandit Suppression Army,' left for Amoy, Fukien, by airplane. He was seen off by numerous high officials including Gen. Miao
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  • 97 7 Hong Kong Expects World Link-up In 1935 It is confidently expected that a radio telephone service from Hong Kong to Shanghai, and thence to practically all parts of the world, will be in operation some time in 1935. An announcement to this effect was made by Mr. C.
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  • 72 7 .—Canton Truth. To expedite the investigation of the silk industry in the province, Dr. Benito Mari, adviser of the National Economic Council, who is confined in the Canton Sanitarium with pulmonary trouble, has sent his secretary Mr. Wei Hsao-ti to investigate the sericultural activities of Suntak District.
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  • 322 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Foundation For Richer Nation ANanking, March 17 The “New Life” movement has been officially launched here, with a meeting attended by many distinguished official*. Among those present were Mr. Wang Ching-wei, Foreign Minister and President of the Executive Yuan, Dr. Wang Shihchieh,
    —Reuters Pacific Service.  -  322 words
  • 56 7 —Canton Truth. Regarding the status of foreign women marrying Chinese citizens, the Civil Affairs Department has issued the following instruction to the various district governments for observance: Hereafter foreign women marrying Chinese subjects are required to go through the naturalization process before they will be
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  • 60 7 Considerable Demand By Japanese Orchardists In a review of prospects for the export of newsprint and other paper to Japan, the Industrial Department of the Canadian. National Railway states that there is a considerable demand for “over-issue” and old newspapers by Japanese orchardists. They use it to protect
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  • 49 7 Within Chinese-Controlled Areas Changhai, April 2 While the Japanese garrison forces between Tientsin and Peiping, within Chi-nese-controlled areas, are holding a general manoeuvre from March 1 to March 3, the 4th Japanese Naval Squadron is daily holding Naval exercises off the coast of the Island of Formosa.
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    • 52 7 Sunset approaches SI w\ now far a siengah KINCCEORCE MM JML tmK kw x After a strenuous day in the boat you can’t nMillliflHHUllln -*->■*'% cT. ''V tO a Pl )reC ate th a sten a h if h’ s Um> j George”—others may follow, each A giving the same
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  • 1033 8 A number of interesting messages have come through from Rome (luring the past few days, indicating that the long standing struggle between the Italian State and the Holy See has come to an end. The struggle between the State and Church in Rome has been going
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  • 1136 8  -  .—S. L. Bensusan in the Manchester Guardian. “You don’t wanter break me boy up, like, master,’’ pleaded Mr. Stint, that wizened elder who looks as though he had stepped out of the pages of Hans Andersen or the Brothers Grimm. “Owd| Peter,’’ as he is knowm in Hundem,
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  • 124 8 At Age Of 41 The death took place at her residence No. 54, Green Hall, early this morning of Madam Yeoh Chuan Ee, wife of Mr. Ong Tat Cheang of Messrs. Evatt and Co., Penang. After an illness of four days, deceased suddenly took
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  • 114 8 Premier And Air Minister To Attend Opening London, April 5. The Prime Minister and Lord Londonderry, Air Minister, will to-merrow fly to Liverpool to attend the opening there of a new airport. After the ceremony they will attend a civic luncheon and the Prime Minister will fly back
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  • 79 8 Roy Smith Beaten In Semi-Final (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 6 Great surprise was caused last nigh! when Roy Smith, four years tennis chain pion of the S. C. C., was knocked out in the semi-final by Cherrington, 2 —6, 6 —3, 6 4 In the
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  • 172 8 Keng Hock In Scoring Mood (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 6. Keng Hock found his scoring boots in n uncertain manner when he contribute*: three out of four goals scored by the Chinese in their first League encounter wit'the Pulau Brani Islanders while he force* a comer
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  • 259 9 INFRINGEMENT OF MACHINERY ENACTMENT In the Warden of Mines’ Court, Batu Gajah, on the 4th instant, Mr. L. H. E. Whitaker, Manager of Pondok Tanjong Estate, pleaded guilty to three charges under the Machinery Enactment as follows (1) Did fail to report a serious accident which occurred
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  • 381 9 Interesting Match 3—l VICTORY FOR KAMPONG JAVA After being a goal down in the first half the Muthibol Azahan Football Club ran out winners by three goals to one in a friendly match with the Penang Recreation Club on the Esplanade yesterday. The Kampong Java Club fully
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  • 75 9 Sounding A Metal Instrument A Chinese hawker put forward a new in the Police Court this mor>ng when charged with sounding a metal ’nstrument on the public road without aving obtained a permission from the ’hief Police Officer, he said that he fell 1( »wn with pains
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  • 601 9 Alleged Credit By False Pretence OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE TAKES ACTION The trial was commenced before Mr. H. A. Forrer, the Singapore criminal district judge, on Wednesday of Mr. C. E. E. Edlin, a solicitor’s managing clerk, on three counts of obtaining credit by fraud while there were unsatisfied
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  • 52 9 Decision To Increase Reversed (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 6. The Colonial Secretariat announces that the Colonial Government has decided to waive quit rents in excess of two dollars per acre. This means that the decision on November 6, by which rents were increased by one dollar,
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  • 230 9 HIGH COURT INJUNCTION FOR STORE FIRM Mr. Justice Gerahty on Wednesday in the Singapore Supreme Court granted an interim injunction until April 9, restraining Chop Teck Choon from selling cloth which is alleged to be infringing the trade mark of certain cloth sold by Calico Printers’
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  • 171 9 Board Advised To "Pay Up CUTS UNTENABLE Much praise has been given to the Board of the Rubber Research Institute for voluntarily paying back in full the cuts made in the salaries of their officers, and also for restoring agreement salaries’ scales. The facts, however, as
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  • 118 9 TIN-SPOT YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £236.0.0 £239.0.0 TIN— (3 Months) London £235.15.0 £238.10.0 Singapore $117.50 $119.87 1 Business Done Penang $117.50 Business Done 5® tons COPRA (Sundried) $2.60 $2.50 BLACK PEPPER $16.50 $16.25 RUBBER London 516 d 5 5T6d New York H 5 (G) 11 9 16c (G> Singapore
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    • 282 9 BEAUTIFUL BABIES OF SINGAPOBE 111 Both these lovely children I were reared in Singapore on Cow Gate. In trying climates this Food is a boon indeed to the anxious mother. Freshly made and packed in English meadows shipped weekly to Malaya in sealed cxnd dated tins there is nothing quite
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  • 235 10 —Reuter. 15 PER CENT. OFF MINISTERIAL SALARIES DETERMINED EFFORT TO BALANCE FRENCH BUDGET Paris, April 5. M. Douniergue’s letter to President Lebrun in connection with the Government’s economy programme, emphasises that among the most striking abuses is pluralism among civil servants which
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  • 191 10 English Public Opinion Changing Munich, March 31. Colonel Graham Seton Hutchison, the distinguished British soldier, now touring Germany, told a representative of the “Voelkischer Beobachter” to-day (Saturday) that public opinion in England was now so friendly towards Germany that one often overheard a man in the
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  • 149 10 Development In Co-operation With Japan Tokyo, March 31. Mr. Ryutaro Nagai, Minister for Overseas Affairs, at yesterday’s Cabinet meeting sought an understanding with his colleagues regarding his proposition that Japan’s economic policy towards Manchukuo be carried out through the South Man- churia Railway Co. After a frank ex- change
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  • 231 10 Foreign Minister Pushing Plans Tokyo, March 31. Pushing his plans for conciliatory diplomacy, which has been the keynote of his policy since assuming office, the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hirota, will recall four Ambassadors and one Minister for conferences. Mr. Hirota first plans to ask Mr. Akira
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  • 120 10 .—Reuter. Trials AY 135 M.P.H. BUILT FOR IMPERIAL AIRWAYS London, April 5. Two noteworthy British achievements in aviation construction are announced. The biggest land aeroplane in the world built for Imperial Airways has begun flying trials at a top speed of 135 m.p.h. and a cruising
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  • 78 10 Flat Rate Of Four Per Cent. Washington. April 5. The Senate has tentatively approved the income and surtax schedule to which the House of Representatives has agreed. It abolishes the present income tax of four per cent on the first four thousand dollars and eight per cent
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  • 55 10 —Reuter. Lunching With French President Paris, April 5. The King and Queen of Siam arrived on official visit from Turin and were greeted at the station by M. Doumergue and M Barthou. Minister of Foreign Affairs. A military band played the Siamese National Anthem. Their Majesties are lunching
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  • 53 10 Reuter. Now Being Broken Up At Thames Shipyard London, April 5. Famous for its work among the Chinese pirates in 1927, the submarine L 4 is now being broken up at the Thames shipyard. A member of the gang working on the submarine served on the L 4
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  • 47 10 .—Reuter. 1,987 Killed In Last Outbreak Hakodate, April 5. The total deaths in the fire of March 21 were 1987. A conflagration on the sea-front this morning destroyed seventy houses. Two were killed and fifteen injured. The first was due to gasoline explosion.
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  • 40 10 —Reuter Wireless. Prince George’s South African Tour Lusaka, April 5. Prince George laid the foundation stone of the Government Buildings at the new capital of Northern Rhodesia here, which is replacing Livingstone, which is insuflicient- ly central.
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  • 84 10 Subscription Lists Closed J London, April 5. The subscription lists opened this morning for the British Government 3 per cent, funding loan of £150,000,000 offered at the price of 98 per cent. At 11.30 it was announced that the lists had been closed. The issue completed the
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  • 111 10 Germany Not Asked To Tender Hamburg, April 1. The fact that with the sole exception of Germany nearly all the principal shipyards of the world have been invited by the Brazilian Government to offer tenders for the construction of tw’O cruisers of 8,000 tons each for the Brazilian
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  • 97 10 New London-Istanbul Motor Road Munich. Mar. 25. Plans for building a special motor road from London to Istanbul by w’ay of Belgium and Germany are being discussed by a committee of the international organisation Alliance Internationale du Tourism?, which is meeting here. The committee was received on -Thursday
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  • 77 10 Another Attempted Assassination Bucharest, March 30. The assassination of the chairman of the Rumanian Liberal Party, the former Finance Minister, M. Britianu, was attempted to-day (Friday) wffiile the statesman was en route in an automobile to address the assembly of the party at Plataresti, near here. Three revolver
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  • 36 10 —Reuter. Disaster Due To Defects In Construction Tokio, April 5. The Naval Court of Enquiry found that the capsizing of the Tomotsuru on March 12 was due to constructional defects and lack of stability.
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  • 22 10 —Reuter. Arrival Of Mr. Latham At Sourabaya Sourabaya, April 5. The Australian goodwill mission under Mr. Latham has arrived here.
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  • 283 10 But Wise In His Youth VICTIM -OF OWN FANATICISM Budapest, March 31. The Nawab of Rampur, H. H. Saiyid Muhammad Raza Ali Khan Bahadur, in an interview with the Hungarian newspaper “Uj Nemzedek,” stated Mr. Gandhi is mad. He was very wise in his youth, but
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  • 71 10 For Manchukuo Delegation To Tokio Tokio, Mar. 27. Manchukuo State officials have paid their first friendly visit” to the Japanese captial. Distinguished Japanese officials, headed by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hirota, and the Imperial Seneschal gave the delegation a State welcome. The Manchukuo visitors will be received by
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  • 53 10 New President Of Italian Royal Academy Rome, Mar 25. King Victor, on the suggestion of Signor Mussolini, confirmed the appointment of Marchese Marconi to the office of president of the Royal Academy of Italy for the next five years. The well-known composer, Mascagni, is among the new appointments
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  • 58 10 Another Sensational Report Tokyo, April 2. According to information reaching here a regular battle is now going on between Chinese and Burmese in Panghuang in the Mekong district in Yunnan province, whxh is noted for gold and other precious deposits. The Burmese, who invaded the Mekong district, are
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  • 272 10 Brighter Prospects Of Rescue IMPROVED WEATHER CONDITIONS Reval, March 2P With the sudden improvement in the w ther conditions in the Arctic the prospt seem brighter for the ultimate rescue of the ninety derelict members of the crew of the ice-breaker Chelyuskin. A despatch from Anadyr
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  • 194 10 Wrecked By Angry Mob At Brest Paris. Mar. 26. Violent demonstrations took place in the harbour towm of Brest on Satur day when a new' all-one-price store was solemnly inaugurated during the afternoon. No sooner had its doors been thrown open than an angry mob swarmed in
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  • 88 10 Bill Introduced Into Parliament Madrid, March 27. All former Spanish Ministers associated with the late Primo de Rivera and implicated in the monarchist putsch two years ago, the famous Gen. Sanjurjo in particular, may be pardoned if a generous Amnesty Bill introduced into Parliament yesterday becomes law. The
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  • 78 10 Between Japan And The D.E.I. Tokyo, March 31 Mr. Haru Kazu Nagoaka, former J ft' panese Ambassador to France, and Mr. Saichiro Koshida, Consul-General at Bat via, have been appointed delegates to the Dutch-Japanese trade discussions. In the meantime the Ministry of Commerce i« studying plans for increased
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  • 262 11 FRENCH VICTORY OPENS FREE PASSAGE TO ATLANTIC Agadir (Morocco), MarchlB. France’s “war” in Morocco, which has been waged on and off for twenty-seven years, has just ended in victory with the final pacification of 7,000 square miles of territory, leaving France a free passage to
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  • 237 11 Tarrant Attacks India Cricket Board Frank Tarrant, the ex-Middlesex and Australian cricketer, who umpired in the first two Test matches in India considers that in future the India team should be captained by a ruling prince. According to him, C.K Naidu failed as a captain in the
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    • 990 11 WIRELESS PROGRAMMES D D 9.oo—Talk on Sports by Groothoff 9.2o—Phohi Schramm el and Gypsy Ensemble conducted by Loe Cohen: rf Um, following frquendea and 5 Spiel Zlgeuner I. Geiger wavekngUi» will be used simultaneously:- Gypsy Fantaaja wa.vcivuAfe 6 Czardas Hongrois no. 1. Bten Frequency Wavelength PHILIPPE BARTH E/TT •aS Sign
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  • LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 3010 12 IMPROVING POSITION OF THE COMPANY LARGE HOLDINGS IN THE BEST TIN SHARES Mr. C. V. THOMAS On Tin Restriction And The Buffer Pool The fourteenth ordinary general meet- J ing of the above named Company was held at the offices of Tronoh Mines, Ltd., 73, Cheapside, London,
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    • 312 12 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY CD’s chare Met today. Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers MINING Hong Fatt 48 51 50 55 Jelebu 1.25 1.30 ex 1.40 1.50 ex K. Malaya 13 0 14|0 13 9 14 6
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    • 557 12 Improved Profits The report for the year ended September 30, 1933 ,has been issued by the directors of Gopeng Consolidated, Ltd., from that company’s offices in Redruth. Mr. F. E. Mair is chairman of the company, and the report records profits of £25,419. Adding the amount brought
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    • 222 12 Details Of New £1,250,000 Company Registration details are now available of Anglo-Java Rubber, which has been formed with a capital of £1.250,000 in 25,000,000 Is shares to acquire the Anglo-Java Rubber I and Produce Company. The directors are Mr. R. McNair Scott, Mr. H. L. Coghlan, Mr. E.
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    • 52 12 RUBBER ESTATE LIMITED Loss Of £657’ Messrs. Boustead Co., Ltd., Penang, have received a telegram from the Secrotaries, Messrs. Ed. Boustead Co., London, advising that the Directors’ Report and Accounts for the period 14 th October, 1932 to 31st December, 1933 have been issued, showing a loss
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    • 35 12 The Singapore Prices for Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet for to-day are as follows Cents per lb. Spot 17% April|June 1934 is Julyl September 1934 18% October December 1934 18% Market firm.
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    • 224 12 A.A. ANTHONY CO.'S NOON QUOTATIONS Yesterday To-d;< Buyers Sellers Buyers sTIN Ayer Weng 1.85 1.95 1.85 1 Hitam 51 53 51 Jelebu 1.30 1.35 1.40 Kinta 2.40 2.45 2.42%: Kuchai 1.02 1.04 1.02 Lingiii 1.15 1.20 1.15 Nawng Pet 97% 1.00 97% N. Taiping 59 61 59 Petalings 6.40 6.50
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    • 336 12 SOON THEAM CO The following are the changes tn our quotations up to noon to-day Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Selle:n. TINS Ayer Hitams 14 6 15 0 14 9 15 3 Ayer Wengs 1.85 1.95 1.85 1.95 Bangrins 34 0 35 0 34 6 35 6 Chenderiangs 8 3
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    • 110 12 The following are the latest quotation® for to-day Buqtmv Selkcr tins Ampat Tins 6'6 6 9 Ayer Hitams 14|9 15'3 Bangrins 34|0 35 0 Chenderiangs 8(3 8 9 Hitams 52% 55c Hong Fatts 50 52% Hongkong Tins 13(9 1413 Idris 6(9 73 K. Lanjuts 209 216 Katus
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  • 700 13 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule of Principal I Lines The toll owing is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during the week: j I IN PORT TO-DAY S.S. KUALA for Mergui Moulmein and Tavoy. Sails on Saturday 14th April.' S.S. SAARBRUCKEN from Bremen. Hami burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona,
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  • 57 13 PENANG, APRIL 6 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank) London Bank Demand 2|4 3|32 w 4 m|ts 2|4 5|32 Private 3 m ts credit 2 4 13;32 3 Documentary 2 4 15J32 On New York Demand 59% nom. France T.T. 890 nom Hongkong T.T. 35 dis nom. Shanghai T.T.
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  • 1511 13 NOTICE The Air Mails despatched from Penang < on the 25th March per the Imperial Air- i ways via Alor Star were delivered in Lon- don on the 4th April. AIR MAILS A mail for Siam (Bangkok) by road to Alor Star and thence by Imperial Air-, ways,
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  • 120 13 Latest Quotations Thursday Wednesday Paris 77 3132 78 9132 New York 5.14% 5.17% Montreal 5.14% 5.15% Brussela 22 22.10 Geneva 15.90 Amsterdam 7.61 7.64*4 Milan 59 29 32 59 15,16 Berlin 12.95 13 Stockholm 19.39 19.39 Dopenhagm 22.39*4 22.39*4 Oslo 19.90 19.90*4 Vienna 28 28 Pragu.
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    • 135 13 j itJj 6. J 5 TO-NIGHT 9SO MATINEES TO-MORROW and SUNDAY AT 2-45 PM M. G. M. Presents W. S. VAN DYKF’R ea<n> A f i a. v Mil uI At supreme masterpiece. f The strangest most thrilling story ever unfolded on the screen ?\jS Kf "ESKIMO" I B with
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    • 108 13 Ik -y— '-lajr r—r -o J iIL g i M IF Ay l 1 JI II TTKifcrrE. JL wui J s.ls 930 1 Matinee To-morrow at 2-45 p.m. I The Record-Breaking Chinese Picture that scored a tremendous J triumph in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh 1 “PE! CHIEN J.SON®' i
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    • 297 13 A 27 j I WITH FIRST CLASS BAR ATTACHED J 6.75 TO-NIGHT 9.30 '1 Matinee Tomorrow at 2-45 p.m. f > FOX FILM PRESENTS r Kathleen Norris’ Sensational i j "WALLS OS GOLO" j with I SALLY EILERS < NORMAH FOSTER RALPH MORGAN t The story that Answers the Modern
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    • 243 14 Jj v-j3 l W 1 When Distance Lends Enchantment Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills will Help. •T'HE old saying that “Distance lends enchantment** is never more apt or to the point than when applied to people whose breath is laden with eviL amelling odours. No matter how handsome they may
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    • 256 14 l ZAllenbunjs Foods The ‘Allenburys’ Foods are particularly suited to the feeding of infants in hot climates. They are free from harmful germs, and are readily prepared by the simple addition of boiling water, thus giving complete independence of doubtful milk supplies. Moreover, they are practically identical in composition with
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    • 1898 15 jr- tr 'w 1 H I J I /iL jiak. Mhv 4 JJ 3H 1 JHgbfrSEj A/~ <; t W tmEJornNc QI.S4E PUMMEL LIME TO EUROPE V,A SUEZ V V From Penang Arrive Marseilles Arrive New Yo»* V DONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. Lnave. ,3» Mayzl jZ“ o. MEMNON Mars. L’don,
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  • 581 16 JIRO SATOH’S UNTIMELY END JAPANESE COMMUNITY IN PENANG SHOCKED EXHIBITION MATCHES CANCELLED The Japanese community in Penang is greatly upset at a telegram which was received by one of their members this morning, from the skipper of the Hakone Maru, intimating that Jiro Satoh,
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  • 238 16 Fine Film AS The Windsor The popular lovers of State Fair,” Sally Eilers and Norman Foster are re-united in Walls of Gold,” which opened to appreciative audiences at the Windsor yesterday. i Splendid as they were in the former film, these two screen artists are even better
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  • 76 16 Noble's Son Among Arrested (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, April 6. The police have arrested a number of people for plotting against the Government and to seize the railways, Don Muang aerodrome and the posts and telegraphs service. Those arrested include five Siamese working in vernacular
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  • 2596 16 SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT ON MOTION Defendants' Counterclaim JUDGE HOLDS IT SHOULD FORM A SEPARATE ACTION In the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Justice hitlev delivered the following judgment on a motion in connection with the Ah Ouee Estate, the parties being Koh Chooi Peng (i) and
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    • 75 16 Eastern Oriental Hotel I PENANG. I spec!al”dinner dances WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 11th 12th April. Dance Music and Cabaret By MISS JERE LEE'S ORCHESTRA Consisting of 10 BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN GIRLS 10 COME AND DANCE TO SNAPPY MUSIC. Dinner $3-50 per person Non Diners $l-50. SATURDAY, 14th APRIL (Ist Race Day) GRAND SPORTS
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    • 114 16 NOTICE OF SALE BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE To be sold by Public Auction On Friday, the 20th April, 1934, At 2 P.M. At Penaga village. Province Wellesley. DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY All that piece of land messuages and hereditaments situate in the Northern I hstrict of Province Wellesley comprised ia
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