Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 April 1934

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1934. No. 90. Vol. XCII. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 674 1 GERMANY ACCEPTS BRITISH PROPOSALS AS BASIS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN IMPORTANT MODIFICATIONS London, April 18. The chief feature of the White Paper published to-night containing various powers’ disarmament memoranda during the last two months most of which have already been published, is a statement dated April
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  • 506 1 —Reuter and Rugby Radio Service. Explanations More A Re-affirmation The French Foreign Secretary, in a note received in London to-day, in reply to Sir John Simon’s letter to the French Ambassa. dor last week on the subject of guarantees of the execution of the Convention points out that
    —Reuter and Rugby Radio Service.  -  506 words
  • 150 1 —Reuter. Annual Meeting 1933 CONTRACTS TOTAL £300,000 I i London, April 19. The annual meeting of the China Purchasing Commission was held this after*noon. Mr. Quo Tai Chi presided and Dr. Wang, Sir Basil Blackett, Mr. Arthur Balfour, Mr. McEwen and Mr. Ralph Wedgwood were present. The
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  • 178 1 —Reuter. Irish Politics MR. DE VALERA MOVES SECOND READING I J Dublin, April IS. The country cannot afford the expense of a second chamber which flouted the will of the people declared Mr. de Valera in the Dail moving the second reading of the bill to
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  • 104 1 Vogt at a dinner to-night.—Rugby Radio Service. Possession Of Machine Gun And Ammunition Dublin, April 19. Tom‘Barry, one of the most prominent .•epuh’>c a n leaders in South Ireland has been on a charge of illegal possessicn of a machine gun and 384 rounds of mmunition. He will
    Vogt at a dinner to-night.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  104 words
  • 134 1 Rugby Radio Service. Govt. Statement Soon ON HELP TO BE GIVEN London. April 18. In the House of Lords, the Government was asked what steps were proposed to assist the mercantile marine and particularly to assist in the scrapping erf obsolete cargo vessels and their replacement by
    Rugby Radio Service.  -  134 words
  • 172 1 Reuter. Deficit Of $24 Millions Ottawa, April 19. A deficit of $24 millions for the year ended March 31 compared with $43 mlilions for the previous year was announced by the Finance Minister introducing the budget in the House of Commons. Revenue totalled 324 millions an increase of
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  • 84 1 treated by the government.—Rugby Radio Service. Anglo-Polish Conversations Open London, April 18. Conversations opened to-day between representatives of British and Pohsh coal owners at the office of the Mining Association to discuss relations between the coal industries of the two countries so that no difficulty in this respect
    treated by the government.—Rugby Radio Service.  -  84 words
  • 133 1 Reuter. No British Comment BUT SERIOUSNESS ADMITTED London, April 19. The Daily Telegraph’s diplomatic correspondent says that British official circles decline to comment o»i the Japanese “handsoff China” statement, but admit the seriousness of its tone a:;d its far-reaching implications. It is presumed that Japan hopes by
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  • 155 1 —Reuter Wireless. Secret House Terrorises Villagers Paris, April 15. Inhabitants of the village of Barbizon, Seine et Marne, have been terrorised for months past by a mysterious household living in an expensive villa. They were dubbed as spies, forgers and international crooks and behaved with stealth and
    —Reuter Wireless.  -  155 words
  • 78 1 .—Reuter Wireless. Found In Cellar Of House Cairo, April 15. Several arrests have been made following the discovery of two large bombs in a cellar of a house. The arrested men include a policeman whose zeal led to the finding of the explosives. He reported he overheard a
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  • 88 1 Reuter Wireless. 3-J- Per Cent. Milliard Roubles Moscow, April 14. The Soviet is floating a per cent milliard rouble internal loan to aid the second Five Year Plan, chiefly for the further growth of industry and capital investments, the extension of social an 1 cultural enterprises and to
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  • 1660 4 INDIA'S DISASTER DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR OF THE HIMALAYA The Lord Mayor of London has for- > warded a cheque for £40,05)0 as the first contribution from his fund for the relief of sufferers by the Indian earthquake, which killed over 6,000 persons. The Viceroy, the
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  • 551 4 The Rev. Colin King of the Penang Free School proceeds Home on leave to-morrow with Mrs. King. Mr. A. Ganly has returned to Kuala Lumpur. Mr G. F. Gripper, of the F. M. S. Mines Department, has sailed for Home. Mrs. W. S. Leicester, wife of the
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  • 68 4 The death took place early last Tuesday morning of Mrs. Lim Chiam Gnoh, nee I Madam Yeo Hooi Lan. Deceased, who was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yeo Boon Chin, leaves behind her husband, Mr. Lim Chiam Gnoh, and a son to mourn
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    • 329 5 Sir, —In your issue of 17th instant you print a eulogy of Mr. D. R. Jardine by Mr. Robertson —Glasgow, in the course of which the latter gentleman deplores the fact that Mr. Jardine has been pleased to resign the captaincy of the English Team for the forthcoming test
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  • 56 5 Penang And Kedah Branch Members of the Penang and Kedah Branch of the Automobile Association of Malaya are reminded that the Annual General Meeting will be held at the Secretaries’ Office, No. 9, Beach Street, Penang, on Friday the 20th instant at 6.30 p.m. and not at
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  • 908 6 LOVE, NOT MONEY, TOOK HIM FROM ENGLAND I Love, not money, took Otto Khan, the milionaire banker, from England to Ame- rica. Art, not money, is the reason why thousands al! over the world are mourn- ing his death. After coming to Britain from Germany j he
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  • 264 6 Alleged German Venture VESSEL WITH “TEN NAZIS” ON BOARD Paris, April 2. j The “Paris-Soir” alleges that the Optimist, a German vessel of 350 tons, is carrying arms for the unsubdued Mauretanian tribes to the port of Ifny, which is coloured Spanish on maps, but in
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  • 214 6 Now Planning A Trip To Persia s Mrs. Margaret Torrey, an 81-years-old Norfolk woman, has arrived at Croydon after an 18,000 miles air tour of Africa. A reporter found her in the Aerodrome Hotel telling her son and daughter of her experiences. She was smoking a
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  • 120 7 Shanghai Word has reached Shanghai of a grim outbreak in Chushan, western Hupeh near the Shensi border, because of a serious Irought, followed by the drying up of harvests and finally famine. The people ot the village are eatng each other. The old, the weak
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  • 291 7 Reuters Pacific Service. Mr. Owen Littimore Appointed Editor Peiping, March 26 Mr Owen Lattimore, the author and traveller, who is well-known in China, where he spent the greater part of his life, has been appointed editor of “Pacific Affairs,’’ which has been converted into a quarterly. Both Mr.
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  • 111 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Found On Mukden Ricsha Puller Mukden, March 29 A regular spy scare gripped Mukden following the discovery to-day, on the person of a Shantung ricsha puller named Chang Shui-yu, of blue prints of an aeroplane factory of the Japanese War Department. The
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  • 51 7 Imports Into China Total $3OO Million Nanking According to figures given out by the Ministry of Finance the value of cigarettes and tobacco leaf imported into China during 1933 totalled $300,000,000. Approximately 90 per cent of the i nese tobacco companies use imported c co leaf.in preference to home
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  • 794 7 NATIONAL AWAKENING IN INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT MEASURES BEAR FRUIT zulties and trade depression. —H. K. Daily Press. As a manufacturing country China' had little to pride itself for centuries. The variety of her exports of manufac-j tured goods has not been commensurate with the vast resources
    zulties and trade depression.—H. K. Daily Press.  -  794 words
  • 112 7 Reuter Pacific Service. Canton, March 29 An appalling tragedy, in which 300 fishing junks were sunk in a terrific storm and 800 fishermen lost their lives, is reported in a Chinese message received here to-day from Wai Yang, a costal port in East Kwangtung. The report, however,
    Reuter Pacific Service.  -  112 words
  • 91 7 -Reuters Pacific Service. Given Freedom By Manchoukuo Changchun, March 29 Turning down the Soviet Government’s request for their extradition, the Manchoukuo authorities to-day released the two Soviet airmen who made a forced landing in Manchoukuo territory, in the Mishan district north of Lake Hanka, on March
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  • 169 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Held For 72 Martyrs Of Revolution Canton, March 29 Thousands of people gathered this morning at Sunflower Hill to venerate the memory of 72 revolutionary martyrs, who, 23 years ago, were caught and executed in J an abortive attempt to overthrow the Manchus. i
    —Reuters Pacific Service.  -  169 words
  • 126 7 of troops to rouno up mt end their career ar roving bandits.—Reuters Pacific Service. Rebel General’s Troops Dispersed Chefoo, March 28 It is reported to-day that the troops of General Liu Kuei-tang, the rebel general who mutinied in North China last December and who has since made his
    of troops to rouno up mt end their career ar roving bandits.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  126 words
  • 89 7 Wireless Station For Inner Mongolia Peiping For the purpose of facilitating communications between China Proper and Inner Mongolia, the Ministry of Communications has decided to establish a number of wireless stations in both Suiyuan and Chahar. Stations will be erected at Kweihua, the capital of Suiyuan, Paotouchen and
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  • 92 7 Reuters Pacific Service Business Trip To South China' Peiping, March 28 Mr. H. C. Zen, Director of the China Foundation, is leaving for South China early next month in the interest of his organization. He will visit Canton and confer with the educational authorities concerning the work
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  • 159 7 Hangchow, Chekiang.—Reuters Pacific Service. Trip To South Uncertain Peiping, March 28. Reports are again current in Chinese circles that General Huang Fu, Chairman of the Peiping Political Council, is leaving for Chekiang shortly to visit his ancestral tombs. Some reports even go so far as to say
    Hangchow, Chekiang.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  159 words
  • 61 7 Reuters Pacific Service. Nanking, March 27 The western section of the Lunghai Railway, frem Tungkuan to Sian, is expected to be completed this autumn, according to information from railway circles. The line under construction covers a total distance of 132 kilometres, and, when completed,
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  • 92 7 cultural purposes.—Reuters Pacific Service. Canton, March 28 The East District Pacification Commission of Kwangtung to-day ordered all firstclass counties in the east district of the province to establish an agricultural loaning and savings bureau in each section of every county within the next six months. The
    cultural purposes.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  92 words
  • 78 7 several women propagandists.—Reuters Pacific Serivece. By Cantonese Anti-Red Forces < Canton, March 29 The Cantonese anti-Communist forces in Kiangsi and west Fukien continue to make progress in their drive against the Reds. While General Yu Han-mow’s troops inflicted a severe defeat on the Communists at Taikongtow killing
    several women propagandists.—Reuters Pacific Serivece.  -  78 words
  • 156 7 Mah Jong Game Which Ended In Fire Shanghai There was enough fresh roast pork to be had for the taking in Chapei (scene of the Sino-Japanese war in 1932) recently to feed the entire population when Charles Lamb’s essay on roast pig was enacted in real
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  • 139 7 private middle schools in Peiping.—Reuters Pacific Service. To Make Concert Tour Of East China Peiping, March 28 The Glee Club of Yu Ying Middle School will make a concert tour of the Southeast next month. Acording to tentative plans the club will leave Peiping on April
    private middle schools in Peiping.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  139 words
  • 54 7 jther European countries. Reuters Pacific Service. Nanking, March 28. Mr. Tan Cheng, vice-president of the Judicial Yuan, announced to-day that he would leave for Europe on May 5 to study judicial systems abroad. He would first visit France, he said, and then proceed to other
    jther European countries. Reuters Pacific Service.  -  54 words
  • 86 7 Nanking’ Disaster laid a heavy hand on China during 1933, according to a report which has just been issued by the National Relief Commission. Altogether 14 provinces were vsited by civil wars, banditry, famine, floods, disease and droughts. The provinces are Hopei, Hunan, Shantung, Szechuen,
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  • 161 7 1934 Children's Year In China Shanghai This is Children’s Year in China, according to a decision just reached by the Ministry of Education. The object is to rejuvenate a China whose “vitality has been sapped by successive years of flood, famine, banditry, aggression and the opium evil,” by
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  • 281 7 Reuters Pacific Service. Chief Officer Arrested Nanking, March 28 The official Central Daily News, in the course of a leading article waxes indignant over a recent scandal in Wusih, where the chief of a branch public safety bureau, allegedly on the strength of a close friendship
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  • 88 7 Sixty Factories Not Working Because of the depression combined with the dumping of Japanese silk on the local market, one of China’s biggest industries is facing a serious slump. According to recent estimates only iiive out of the 65 silk factories in Shanghai are in operation.
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  • 798 8 The shipping industry is being cruisified on the cross of quotas and restrictions, declared Lord Essendon at the general meeting of the Royal Mail Lines out of the profit of which $410,000 is to be devoted to depreciation. “Cruisified,” which we, together with several of our contemporaries,
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  • 454 8 DEATH OF MRS. ALMA BAKER Her many friends in Malaya will be deeply sorry to learn of the passing away in Auckland, New Zealand recently of Mrs. C. Alma Bakei. a pioneei white woman in Malaya. She was the daughter of the late Sir Frederick Whitaker of
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  • 1184 8  -  versities.”—R. K. in the Manchester Guardian.” We reached Moray crags, I remember, on the ninth day of our Scottish tour after a fine run from Inverness. The air was sunny and free, but the dust rising off the white roads made driving such dirty work that after securing
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  • 931 9 man who made $12,000 ON A FILM SUED BY WIFE FOR MAINTENANCE A summons in the Singapore police court on Tuesday to show use why he should not be comitted to prison for neglecting to iy the sum of £2OB, or $1,782.86, ie
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  • 484 9 Two Men Fined FIRST PROSECUTION UNDER NEW LAW The importance of signing documents certifying the origin of goods to be exported from the Straits Settlements to the Malay States was emphasised by the police to the Singapore Criminal Court on Tuesday when the proprietor and an
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  • 116 9 Seventy Summonses Heard Klang, Tuesday. In the Police court to-day about seventy i summonses for breach of traffic regulations! were heard and a sum of $230 was credited: to the revenue. Fines ranging from $3.75 to $10.75 Wei#* imposed for offences such as loitering/for hire, carrying excess of
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  • 281 9 FOR MAIMING A POLICE CONSTABLE Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 16. Remarking that he was willing to take into consideration the fact that the accused had a good record as a man and as a driver, and that he was ordinarily of a sober disposition, Mr. F. K.
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  • 291 9 District Court Case The case in which three Chinese named Choo Hoot Heng, Tan Nam Kean and Kt oo Ah Hoay who were arrested in connection with an attempted gang robbery in Macalister Lane and who are now asked to show cause why being dangerous characters
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  • 137 9 Illicit Stills On An Estate Seremban, Tuesday. In the local police court to-day, two Chinese were convicted of having been found in possession of illicit stills for the manufacture of samsu on Sepang Valley Estate. They were each fined $lOO, with the alternative of 3 months' rigorous imprisonment.
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  • 109 9 UN-SPOT YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £238.10.0 £239.5.0 TIN— (3 Months) London £237.0.0 £237.10.0 Singapore $119.50 $119.75 Business Done Penang $119.75 Business Done Buyers no sellers COPRA— (Sundried) $2.60 BLACK PEPPER $l6 00 RUBBER London 5 21|32d 5 23J32d New York 12c(G) 12c(G) Singapore Spot 18 %c 18 %c July|Sept.
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  • 166 9 naval considerations until 1935.—Reuter Wireless. Pardoned By Sultan Of Johore Johore, April 15. The Chinese woman who was convicted of murdering her husband in Johore has, it is stated, been pardoned by the Sultan in Executive Council and sentence of ‘.death commuted to ten years r.i.
    naval considerations until 1935.—Reuter Wireless.  -  166 words
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  • 373 10 Reuter. CHANCELLOR'S IMPECCABLE CORRECTNESS GOOD REASON TO ANTICIPATE ANOTHER SURPLUS London, April 18. Few budgets were so enthusiastically welcomed as Mr. Chamberlain’s tonic to the community. Apart from the “Daily Herald’’ and the “News Chronicle,” which echo Major Attlee’s description of the “Meanest Budget on
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  • 105 10 Reuter Wirelsss. Against Paris Postal Strikes Paris, April 14. Direct action by taxpayers is threatened in connection with demonstrations by civil servants like the postal servants’ daily strike between noon and 1 p.m. In spite of the summary suspension of 29 ringleaders in yesterday’s demonstration, it was repeated
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  • 76 10 —Reuter Wireless. Attempt On His Life i Vienna, April 14.' An attempt on the life of the ViceChancellor, Major Fey is believed to have* been the object of the express disaster on April 10th. It is now recalled that Maior Fey was in a special coach on the
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    76 10 —Reuter Wireless. From Countries Which Take Exports Hamburg. April 14. A warning to the world that Germany hereafter as far as possible will import only from those countries to which she can export, was made to-day by Von Neurath in a speech at a banquet. The currency policies
    —Reuter Wireless.  -  76 words
  • 222 10 Reuter Wireless. Attorney-General Illustrates London, April 16. Illustrations of how subversive propaganda was conducted were given by the Attorney-General when moving the second reading of the Government’s Bill designed to prevent and punish endeavours to seduce members of His Majesty’s Forces. The Bill provides, inter alia, that the
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  • 307 10 Reuter. Criticism Of The N.R.A. BY ADVISORY BOARD New York, April 18. An intriguing position has risen after President Roosevelt’s announcement of his plans for the enactment of legislation during the present session. The latest criticism of the National Recovery Administration is made by the advisory board
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  • 66 10 —Reuter Wireless. Ugly Situation At Esbjerg Copenhagen, April 16. A strike of seamen and dockers has assumed an ugly aspect at Esbjerg. Nonstrikers loaded agricultural produce for export under strong police protection. Many have been injured by stones and truncheons in heavy street fighting between police and communists.
    —Reuter Wireless.  -  66 words
  • 59 10 —Reuter Wireless. Reduction Of Ex-Service Men’s Pensions Paris, April 14. Five decree laws reducing ex-service men’s pensions were signed at a Cabinet meeting this morning. The decreases will effect a saving of twelve hundred million francs a year. The cuts together with those previously decreed, will save four
    —Reuter Wireless.  -  59 words
  • 132 10 Reuter Wireless. Increasing Seriousness Of Position London, April 16. I A resolution drawing attention to the in- creasing seriousness in the position of the I export cotton trade and urging the need iof prompt action for its preservation has been sent to the President of the Board of
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  • 227 10 —Reuter. Considered Appreciation IMPROVEMENT IN POLITICAL SITUATION London, April 19. A considered appreciation of the situation in China is given to Reuter by Sir Arthur Salter on his return from his mission to the Far East. He expressed the opinion that the internal political situation had substantially
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  • 213 10 —Reuter Wireless. Will Not Give Up The Fight Washington, April 16. We will not give up the fight and we will do our best to pass a good silver bill over the President’s veto if necessary, declared the Western States’ members of the House of Representatives, while the
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  • 148 10 —Reuter. Still Confusing TASH I LAMA WANTS SAFEGUARDS Calcutta, April 18. Conditions in Tibet are still very confusing and it is reported that in the increasing struggle for power between the Lamas and the lay members of the Government, the Lamas are at present gaining the upper
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  • 110 10 —Reuter Wireless. In Various Parts Of America New York, April 16. Minor industrial unrest continues in various parts of the country, Omaha, Nebraska, has a tramstrike. Golversville, New York has a strike of 3,000 glove makers who have walked out of 200 factories. At Birmingham, Alabama, 3,500 miners
    —Reuter Wireless.  -  110 words
  • 180 10 Reuter Wireless. Fresh Effort To Alleviate Hostilities Berlin, April 14. A fresh effort to alleviate hostilities in the evangelical church war has been made by Reichsbishop Mueller decreeing that all ecclesiastical measures taken against clergymen and church officials on account of their attitude in the church dispute shall
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  • 220 10 —Reuter Wireless. Millionaire Banker CUTS THROAT IN COURT Paris April 14 M. Rochette, the well-known financ has been found dying with h t h roat er in the Law Courts where he w a f am figure for a decade in com. tion financial scandals. Recently J
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  • 93 10 —Reuter Wireless. Shade Temperature Of 75 Deg rees London. April 15. To-day was the warmest April day for forty years over a large part of England. The shade temperature in London touched 75 degrees fahrenheit, four degrees higher than the average maximum temperature in July and August. The
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  • 128 10 .—Reuter Wireless. Germany And Her Debts Berlin, April 11 The Reichsbank has invited a meeting of Germany’s long-term creditors and mediumterm creditors in Berlin on April 27th but the creditors have little hope of any early substantial proceeds as Dr. Schacht has intimated that Germany has no
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    • 127 12 A conference of Cornish county and local authorities has been held at Truro, and discussed plans for an economic survey of Cornwall. The initiative was taken by the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, which is of opinion that a survey and analysis of the natural resources of the
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    • 318 12 Possible Bigger Quota London, April 3. The London market for standard tin closed the week very near to the highest of the period, after a setback on the previous day. On Tuesday the price for spot had been run up to £238 17s 6d-£239 2s 6d,
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    • 333 12 A.A. ANTHONY CO.’S NOON QUOTATIONS 1 Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers TIN Ayer Weng 197% 2.02% 2.00 2.05 Jelebu 1.38 1.42 1.35 1.40 c I Kinta 2.50 2.55 2.50 2.55 Lukut 1.02% 1.05 1.04 1.06 Nawng Pet 98 1.00 99 1.01 Petalings 6.70 6.80 6.45 6.55 I Rahman Hyd.
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    • 53 12 PENANG, APRIL 19 < By Court«rv the Chartered > London Bank Demand 2|4 3132 4 m|ts 2|4 5|32 Private 3 m|ts credit 2|4 13|32 3 Documentary 2|4 15|32 On New York Demand 59% nom. France T.T. 900 nom. Hongkong T.T. 35% nom. Shanghai T.T. 41% dis nom. Ind a
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    • 1024 12 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The following are the latest quotations In MESSRS. KENNEDY OOte share Mat to-day. Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers RUBBER Allenby Rubber Company 1-20 130 1.22% 1.30 A. Malay 2.15 2.30 2.15 2.30 B. Lintang 97% 1.02% 97% 1.02% K. Bahru €0
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    • 121 12 Latest Quotathn' I Wednesday Tuesday Parte 77 25 32 78 116. New York 5.13 Montreal 5.12% Brussels 2197 22.04 «Geneva 15.86 15.91 ‘Amsterdam 7.58 Milan 60 L 60 515 I Berlin 13.04 ngj Stockholm 19.40 1940 1 Copenhagen 22.3922.39 1 1 Oslo 19.90% 19.901, Vienna ..28
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 338 12 THE NANODAYA BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION Members and the public are informed that the Rev. Bhikkhu Narada will give the third lecture on Buddhism at the Hu Yew Seah, Madras Lane, on Thursday, 19th April, at 8 p.m. All are welcome. ONG HUCK KEAT, Hon. Secretary. wGAMMON (MALAYA) LIMITED {lncorporated in the
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    • 59 12 -If BHB Jr KtF!i| C.C. Wakefield Co, Ltd. SO Borsumy Building, A ii Robinson Road, MOTO’'® 1 S’pore. Tel. No. 4565. Chartered Bank fl Chambers, Union St. t P’ang. Tel. No. 1023 5.W.12. BOXING AT WEMBLEY PARK TO-MORROW NIGHT L. S. FOND vs- TEDDY HENG GUS LANGFORD vs. KID CARPENTIER
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 46 12 TO-NIGHT «•<* TO-MORROW only 6.30 9.30 B Seduction 1 Suspense! Deduction? IMMENSE! B TRICK R FOR trick with gH Ralph MORGAN Victor JORY Sally BLANE Play by V ivian Coabft Shirley Ward* and HarryWagwaff Gribble DireaadH Hamiltoa MacFadJm Reduced Prices of Admission Cts. 10, 20, 30 50.
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    • 222 12 WEMBLEY CABARET GRAND OPENING OF JERE LEE And Her 8 All American GIRL ORCHESTRA On Sunday, 22nd APRIL, 1934. The Hottest JAZZ You Will Ever Hear Nightly From 9 p.m. Including the following Musical Dance Numbers by Themselves 1. MEDLEY—Featuring RHAPSODY IN BLUE 2. GREAT DAY—Modern Negro Spiritual 3. DAISY—WaIIz
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  • 609 13 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule of Principal Lines !?>e following is a list of vessels arriving Mud sailing from Penang during the week. IN PORT TO-DAY s S. ROHNA for Port Swettenham and) Singapore. 8.5. YAMAGATA MARU from Japan. Sails same day for Rangoon, Calcutta. SS TANGO MARU from Japan. Sails
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  • 1562 13 I NOTICE The Air Mails despatched from Penang on the Bth April per the Imperial Airways via Alor Star were delivered in London on the April 17. j I OUTWARD MAILS A mail for Burma (excepting Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy) and Northern India by the s.s. “Yamagata
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 317 13 ■msa OP N ,?™S HT 3 Q U E E N’S ?wi ROM MARIE DRESSLER J ■K LIONEL BARRYMORE IN M.-G.-M.'s PICTURIZATION OF THE FAMOUS PLAY 1 <A CHRISTOPER BEAN” Lt «1 V REMEMBER—" ANNA CHRISTIE. 11 "LET US BE GAY." "MIN AND BILL." "EMMA." "TUGBOAT x ANNIE." "DINNER AT
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  • 48 14 To-day at the “Esplanade” from 6 p.m. 7.30 p.m. 1 March—Men of Mons —Merechal. 2 Overture —Orpheus in der Unterwelt.— Offenbach. 3 Sel°cticn—Carmen.—Bizet. 1 Intermezzo—Red Poppies.—Elliot. 5 Waltz—That Naughty Waltz—Levy 6 Selection—Stand Up and Sing—Ellis. 7 Fox Trot— I Like To Go Back In The Evening.—Williams.
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  • 394 14 Legacy By SurgeonArtist A TRAGEDY RECALLED A surgeon-artist who committed suicide in his Chelsea studio because he dreaded the prospect of an operation being performed on him, has left £15,000 to hjs model, Miss Margaret James, by whom he was found unconscious. The doctor, Mr. Norman
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  • 232 14 Papal Ceremony Ends The Holy Year 1,500,000 PILGRIMS Vatican City, April 2. Pope Pius XI. on April 2 solemnly closed and sealed the Holy Door, officially ending the Holy Year, proclaimed on April 1, 1933. Tremendous crowds packed St. Peter’s and overflowed in thousands
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  • 241 14 Plan To Build Houses In Its Place A scheme for closing and pulling down Pentonville Prison and building houses on its site may soon be put into operation. Mr. E. H. Keen, a visiting magistrate who has long advocated the closing of the prison, told
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 87 14 THE TIRELESS SALESMAN—An aclTertiscmerv In the “Pinang Gazette” is a tireless salesman. Frot. one week’s end to another it talks business withotn boring potential customers. It tells your story (unknown to you perhaps) t wid/ circle of interested readers and its infl’ ce is all the more satisfactory in so
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    • 471 14 »a_Li J-4 \w»Ttn wrrvf to form J CHLOdIkE sdLUTION g M ir“g Paterson IMW» H Chloronomes //W METER CO—CW TVt» Z j for water sterilization. COMPLETE WAT R STOP 'JM.VEI <—-y jAV Ij "tn TZAy IL Ik Wit purification j| manometh Hmm INSTALLATIONS —r* carried out by CHLORINE SOLE AGENTS:
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 533 14 WIRELESS PROGRAMMES B. B. C. Two of the following frquenciee and wavelengths will be used simultaneously:— OaJB Sign Frequency Wavelength GHF 15,140 kc|a 19.82 m. GBK 11,865 kc|a 25.28 m. flr OSD 11,750 kc|a 25.53 m. GBG 9,585 kc|a 31.30 m. To-day P.M. 7.20 Time Signal from Big Ben. The
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    • 358 14 8—6428 Waiting At the Church) Boston Two Step) Sydney Baynes Orchestra. C—2548 A Brown Bird Singing) Roses of Picardy) New Light Symphony Orchestra. 8—6452 April in Paris —F.T.) Good Morning Glory-—F.T.) Henry King Orchestra. C —2597 —O Sing to Me an Irish Song) Auld Songs o’ Hame) Peter Dawson. 8—6453
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1891 15 ““V y Il 1 «wi—hm»..». > pVA\J j3IH 1 WE fi r 1 -i, i "W mom R 9 UP W M TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ BLUE rUMNBL LIME From Penang Arrive Marseilles Arrive New York I I Apr. 26 PRES. GARFIELD May 23 June 5 V»— el» LONDON AND
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  • 83 16 Forecast Of Supplies For Year (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, April 19. The official ceremony at the commencement of the ploughing season this morning resulted in the following forecast being announced One part out of every ten parts of paddy harvested will be damaged; Medium supplies of
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  • 84 16 Trading Profit Of $67,899 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 19. The report of Raffles Hotel Ltd. for 1933 shows that the trading profit of the hotel and its auxiliaries was $67,899. Depreciation takes $40,530 and interest on mortgage debenture to the Chartered Bank $36,006 leaving a
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  • 196 16 According To Buddhist Reformed Style The funeral of Madam Toh Cheng Aye, mother of Mr. Cheah Seng Keat, interpreter, Butterworth District Court, took place at 10.30 this morning from her residence No. 90, Rangoon Road. The funeral rites were performed according to the Buddhist
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  • 67 16 Goalless Draw With Malay Snorting Club The Warders shared points in their second Division match with the Malay Sporting Club yesterday on the Patani Road ground the match resulting in a goalless draw. The Malays enjoyed a larger share of the exchanges territorially and came very near
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  • 120 16 —Reuter Wireless. Reported Village Disturbances Athens, April 18. A message from the island of Rhode reports five killed and 25 wounded in disturbances in the village of Salachi in connection with the municipal elections when the Italians who govern the Island, were forced to fire on the
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  • 81 16 -Reuter Wireless. Stockbrokers Drink Chancellor’s Health London, April 18. Remarkable scenes were witnessed outside the Stock Exchange when Mr. Chamberlain’s proposals were announced. Hundreds of stockbrokers and their clients assembled in the street and cheered Mr. Chamberlain and drank his health. Washington, April 18. Great Britain’s recovery created
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  • 63 16 xx.c present is ur. Alekhine 3-y 2 ooints and his opponent 1-112. —Reuter Wireless. Fifth Game Ends In Draw Villinge, April 14. The fifth game for the World’s Chess Championship between Dr. Alekhine and Bogoljuboff ended in a draw after 51 moves. Dr. Alekhine missed a winning chance. The
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  • 36 16 —Reuter Wireless. Berlin, April. 18. Four youths belonging to a band of Communists who two years ago terrorised Berlin have been executed. The number executed since the Nazis assumed power is approaching 100.—Reuter Wireless.
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  • 428 16 Weights For Saturday CARD OF NINE EVENTS The following are the weights for Saturday, the concluding day of the Penang Turf Club Extra Meeting RACE 1 Ponies Class 11., Div. 2, 6 Furs., 2.45 p.m. Leia Manja 9.01 Glamour 8.12 Little Miss X. 8.04 Loyalty
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  • 282 16 Amateur In Spirit NO COMPLAINT AGAINST S. A. F. A. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 18. The following memorandum has been signed by 17 Malay players who were recently declared professionals; We the undersigned players who visited Java last year much regret that the S A.
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  • 125 16 England v. The Rest An Association Football Match, England versus The Rest will be played on the Esplanade on Friday, at 5.15 p.m. Seating accommodation, chairs 50c. will be available. The proceeds will be donated to the European Unemployment Fund. The following will represent the teams:— ENGLAND (White
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  • 64 16 —Reuter. Home Football i. 7 London, April 18. The following are the results of matches played to-day in the English and Scottish Leagues:— DIVISION I Portsmouth 1, Arsenal 0. DIVISION (Southern Section) B’mouth B.A. 1, Brighton H.A. 1. Bristol R. 4, Queen’s P.R. 1. Reading 1, Bristol
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  • 813 16 Detective Watches Coffee Shop Scene GROWING IN PREVALENCE The Penang Police Magistrate, Mr. D. Wills, this morning heard the defence of two Chinese named Ng Ah Keng and Loon Ah Chong charged with the extortion of $5 and attempted extortion, and with abetment of attempted extortion respectively by
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  • 314 16 To-morrow's Fight-SOSA-JOHNSON in SINGAPORE (BY “SECONDS OUT') There will be a promotion to-m.or Wembley Park with a main bout betw Fond and Teddy Heng of Johore to the approval of the Boxing Board The chief supporting bout is a return test between Kid Carpentier and
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 128 16 Eastern Oriental Hotel PENANG. TO-NIGHT SPECIAL DINNER DANCE DANCE MUSIC BY MISS JERE LEE'S ALL-GIRL ORCHESTRA DINNER $3/-NON-DINERS $l/SATURDAY. 21st APRIL SPECIAL RACE DINNER BALL DANCE MUSIC BY MISS JERE LEE'S ORCHESTRA DINNER $3/-NON-DINERS $l/RESERVE YOUR TABLES NOW. ’Phone 822 Telegrams Hoteleando PINANG GAZETTE" SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT A Few Copies Available
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    • 41 16 SITUATION VACANT Wanted Linotype Operator capable s* ting 6,000 ens an hour. Apply Boc|o. Pinang Gazette. —u c AIDS TO TRAVELLERS STOCKING BAGS LAUNDRY BAGS NIGHT DRESS CASES HANKERCHIEF CASE DAINTY PRACTICAL Chihese Lamtep" l By courtesy Robinson 1 i- ino
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    • 35 16 WEATHER f?FPOP T Rainfall 6 a.m. 74 E Necn 87 NW TIDE TABLE To-day High Water lx)* 7 Water a.m. 8.50 a.m. 4..0u p.m. 9.50 p.m. To-morrow 3.15 a.m. 9-0° am 3.10 p.m. 10.22 p.m.
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