Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 May 1934

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 116. Vol. XCII. SATURDAY. MAY 19. 1934. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 1249 1 —Rugby Radfb Service. PRELIMINARY WORK TO INCREASE OF AIR STRENGTH IN EVENT OF GENEVA DISCUSSIONS PROVING ABORTIVE Parliament adjourned to May 29 after Mr. Baldwin winding up the Foreign Affairs debate revealed that the government was taking time by forelock in regard to
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  • 55 1 '—Reuter. Dillinger’s Activities Speed Up Measures Washington, May 19. Dillinger’s activities are responsible for the speeding up of legislative measures which were signed by President Roosevelt providing federal penalties for offences hitherto governed by state laws. For example kidnapping henceforth will be a federal crime if the victim
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  • 138 1 Reuter. Controlling Growth Of Poppy Geneva, May 18. At the meeting of the Opium Advisory Commission, Mr. Victor Hoo suggested the convocation of a conference to examine the possibility of limiting and controlling the growth of the opuim poppy and the growth and harvesting of coca leaf. It was
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  • 156 1 i.—Reuter. President's Message To Congress ASKS FOR RATIFICATION Washington, May 18. President Roosevelt has sent a message to the Senate asking for the ratification of the 1925 Geneva Arms and Ammunition Convention as a part of the move to control munitions traffic slnd declaring that private
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  • 226 1 WIIU LIICI —Reuter. “Financial Times” Comments London, May 18. Commenting on Washington silver developments the “Financial Times” points out that silver at present forms 12 per cent, of the metallic reserve of American currency. It has not yet been stated how much currency will be issued against the
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  • 163 1 Possession Of Stolen Property (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 18. The case in which Loh Ah Kee, a young Chinese, was charged on three counts of possession of property suspected to be stolen from Che Seng and Company, was concluded before Mr. F. K. Wilson at
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  • 40 1 Tony Beltran Too Experienced (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 19. Tony Beltram of Manila beat Sherlock Warren in a twelve round contest. Warren’s pluck did not avail against the superior reach, experience and height of the Filipino.
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  • 62 1 .—Reuter. For Manufacture Of 7 Munitions JAPAN'S PURCHASES Washington, May 18. The House of Representative’s Military Affairs Committee decided to recommend favourable action on the Faddis Bill restricting the exportation of tin scrap from the United States. The decision followed the reports that Japan, was purchasing tin
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  • 157 1 Sweep Ticket Applications (From Our Own Correspondent) j Singapore, May 18. Remarkable allegations were made when Tay Tee Hui was charged with the forgery of the signatures of a well-known Chinese whereby he is said to have obtained over a thousand sweep tickets from Penang. Perak and Selangor
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  • 53 1 2,500 Specimens For Melbourne Exhibition (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 19. The Blue Funnel liner Gorgon sailed yesterday carrying 2,500 live specimens oT Malayan freshwater fish to be exhibited at the Melbourne Centenary Exhibition. The specimens are being conveyed to Australia in tin lined boxes specially equipped
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  • 262 1 For Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 18. Certain details are now available of the new aerodrome which is being laid out for the Royal Air Force in the jungle off Chu Chia Kang Road. The work was begun late last year but progress has been
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  • 820 3 WHITE ANTS CAUSE POSTPONEMENT shier who suddenly left his emj nt after an investigation had been .nto his accounts, and now claimed t > rtain alleged defalcations were in f yments made to him on account mission was the defendant in a lich came before
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  • 885 3 growth from >1 EIGHTEENTH i CENTURY I The election of Mrs. Dod Procter as an A. R. A. recalls the fact that the first woman gained entrance to the schools as a pupil in the year 1860 by a subterfuge. She placed only the initials of her
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  • 595 3 Descent By Woman Of Fifty MOTHER OF SIX SONS Began To Learn Art Of Flying In Yorkshire A fifty-year-old woman, the mother of sjx sons, has just made a parachute descent of 1,500 feet from an aeroplane at Brooklands Aerodrome. “Rather shattering, but perfectly wonderful,” was her own
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  • 153 3 Dates And Venues May 21-25.—Amateur Golf Championship, Prestwick. June 6. —The Derby. June B.—The Oaks. June 8,9, 11, 12. —First Test Match, Nottingham. June 15-16. —Wightman Cup Match, Wimbledon. June 19-22.—Ascot. June 22, 23, 25, 26. —Second Test Match, Lord’s. June 25-July 7.—Lawn Tennis Championships, Wimbledon.
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  • 551 4 Ready To Fight For Their Homes ANNUITY POLICY PROTEST ‘May Lead To Strife And Loss Of Life’ Dublin, May 2. Farmers to the number of 700 representing every county in the Free State met at the Dublin Mansion House to discuss the economic situation and protest
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  • 147 4 To Conduct Moscow Orchestra In British Works ,i i Sir Henry Wood will visit Moscow in the autumn to conduct eight concerts of the Moscow Orchestral Society. The dates are left open so that Sir Henry may fit them in with his other engagements.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE
    • 730 4 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette) Sir; —My Rotary address on “Human Evolution in Future” iTas produced diametrically opposite effects on two learned gentlemen. While it has inspired Mr. H. G. Sarwar to write a lucid serial article in explanation of the theory of Human
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  • 174 4 About His Rheumatism He asks us to excuse his writing. We do more than that—we congratulate him on being able to write at all at his age, especially as he has been suffering from rheumatism. This is what he says in his letter: "Three
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  • 126 4 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR CHURCH OF ENGLAND Whit Sunday. 8.00 a.m. Matins and Litany. PS CIV. Hymn 157. 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion —Tamil. 10.30 a.m. Matins Chinese. 6.00 p.m. Evensong. PS CXLV 273. Magnificat262. Nunc Dimittis 254. Hymns 155—21 156—207. WHITMONDAY AND WHTTTUESDAY 8.00
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  • 271 4 (Penang, Province Wellesley, Kedah) PENANG Wesley Church— Burmah and Larut Roads Pastor: Rev. Abel Eklund Sunday School 9.00 a.m. Mothers’ Day Service Epworth League 5.15 p.m. Evening Service of Worship 6.00 p.m. Sermon by the pastor. Tamil Church 533 Dato Kramat Road. Pastor: Rev. T. M. Kurien
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  • 671 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL The engagement is announced between Willson S. C. Leech, eldest son of Mr. J. W. Leech, MF. and Mrs. Leech of New- castle-upon-Tyne, and Margaret Luckham, i eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. > Luckham of Salisbury. i Tuan Syed Chik, A.C.P., Kuala Lipis, is temporarily
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    • 304 4 fHHSH TE YI MUY TRISTE CB 721 PERDON Two Seductive Tangos played by that great Continental Orchestra Tango Pippo Racho I SHANGHAI Rumba CB 729 ALI-BABA Exciting Rumba’s straight from Paris and interpreted by t-e Orchestra of Melody’s Bar. The famous Parisian Cocktail Resort. V YOU HAVE TAKEN MY HEART
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  • 424 5 Acceptances For To-day RACE 1 BECOMES RACE 6 Owing to the somewnat heavy scratchings Race 6 becomes Race 1 and Race 1 becomes race 6 for to-day’s races at Singapore. Thei rest of the order of running is unchanged. The following are the scratchings Race
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  • 172 5 —Reuter. Tate In Form TAKES 9 FOR 74 AGAIHST GLOUCESTER County Cricket Results London, May 18. Sussex defeated Gloucestershire by an innings and 138 runs. Sussex 406 for 8 wickets declared (J. Parks 181). Gloucester 101 (Tate 5 wickets for 26) and 167 (Tate 4 wickets for
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  • 84 5 -Reuter. First Round Matches FRANCE LEADS AUSTRIA Paris, May 18. In the first round of the Davis Cup, France leads Austria by two matches to nil. Boussus (France) beat Matejka (Austria) 6—l, 6—l, 6 —4. Merlin (France) beat Metaxa (Austria) 4—6, B—6, 6—2, 6—2. SWITZERLAND LEADS INDIA
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  • 387 5 P.W.F.A. Held To A Draw FIRST DIVISION LEAGUE On the Victoria GreSn yesterday the Penang Recreation Club drew with the Province Wellesley Football Association, each side scoring three goals, in a fixture in the First Division League. Down by two goals at the interval and with
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  • 146 5 Draws Crowds At Windsor And Majestic The concluding chapters of the thrilling adventures of “Tarzan the Fearless” opened to crowded houses at the Majestic and Windsor last night. In the final chapters of the series, Tarzan continues his amazing exploits in the jungles of Africa. He is
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  • 168 5 Fine Film At Queen’s Richard Barthelmess is superb in a fine film, “Massacre,” at the Queen’s. In a clean, hard-fihting, romantic part, he provides most of the thrills with real Red Indians, to form a colourful background. The film is clean wholesome entertainment which can be recommended for the
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  • 163 5 For Reporting The Tests D. R. Jardine has been retained by th London “Evening Standard” to report th forhtcoming Test matches in England on fee of £5,000. Cabling to the “Times < India” E. H. D. Sewell says:— Cricketers behind the scenes are muc intrigued to
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  • 42 5 —Reuter. Essex Beaten By An Innings London, May 18 j The Australians defeated Essex by innings and 93 runs. Essex made 220 and 125 runs (Grimm taking 5 wickets for 54 runs an* O’Re 3 for 53). Australians 438.
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  • 1252 6 GIANT NEW OCEAN FLYING BOAT AIRPORT COUNTRY CLUBS RACING FLYERS' GUILD Aviation News from the U. S. Amrican air line operators are looking forward to a clean start in the carrying of United States mails. The operators hope to get the air mails again
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  • 153 6 Built By Man Who Has Never Been To Sea A sailing boat adjudged seaworthy by sailors has been built in a small backyard in Kilburn, London, N. W., by a man who has never been to sea. He is Mr-. George Coote, of Canterburyroad, and he will make
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  • 325 6 Now A Recluse In A Convent RICHES GIVEN AWAY The saddest of all Europe’s royal women in exile is the aged ex-Queen Natalif of Serbia, now living an almost solitarj life in an obscure convent in the Latir Quarter of Paris. She celebrated her seventy-eighth birthday
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  • 354 6 The Big Thrill At The Royal Tournament ANTI-AIRCRAFT DISPLAY An altogether new thrill is prom sed in this year’s Royal Tournament, at Olympia. i It is the anti-aircraft display Jy the L ,Air Defence Brigades of the Terri’orial I Army, which are going
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  • 210 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. JAPANESE PROPOSALS TO SWEDISH TRUST SALIENT POINTS OF DRAFT AGREEMENT Tokyo, April 26. The Japanese Department of Commerce and Industry h. »een busy consulting leading Japanese match manu fa-. irers and exporters with regard to proposals to divide th. natch markets of the world
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  • 139 7 rrow morning.— Reuters Pacific Service Eurasia Plane Reaches Destination Canton, May 2. The first Peiping-Canton flight was successfully completed this afternoon when the Eurasia Aviation Corporation’s plane No. 1, piloted by the German flyer, Herr Koester, arrived here after a smooth flight from Changsha. The machine, which
    rrow morning.—Reuters Pacific Service  -  139 words
  • 91 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Harbin, April 25. to the local press, all members il profession will be required to app the Manchoukuo Authorities for pern n practice in this territory. Previ: such permits were granted up. n of the requisite diplomas, ithenticity had been estafuture all applicants
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  • 87 7 N EW CHARCOAL GAS INVENTED vr***jr VLLG'OIALU A. AAV. V lieuters Pacific Service. Canton, May 1. bile nfeW c h arcoa l 1° propel automohas s claimed, been invented by tlf r ia, a member of the Mechani Kwangtung, and was subjectlatest to-day. 1 g the new fuel was driven
    vr***jr VLLG'OIALU A. AAV. V lieuters Pacific Service.  -  87 words
  • 57 7 litical Academy at Yintong. —Reuters Pacific Service. Special Training Class in Kwangtung Canton, April 30. In order to give a chance to ambitious men to pursue a higher military education, General Chen chi-tang announced to-day that he intended to open a special‘training class in the Kwangtung Military
    litical Academy at Yintong.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  57 words
  • 175 7 “Raise wages by 30 per cent.” Reuters Pacific Service. Japanese May Day Demonstrations Tokyo, May 1. A force of 3,000 police were mobilised this morning as a precautionary measure in connexion with May Day demonstrations, which were carried in separate areas of the metropolis by Right and
    “Raise wages by 30 per cent.” Reuters Pacific Service.  -  175 words
  • 97 7 Reuters Pacific Service. Kwangtung Assists Hainan Canton, May 2. In an interview with pressmen here today General Chen Han-kwong, pacification commissioner of the Hainan district in Kwangtung, who has just arrived here stated that $20,000 had been appropriated by the Kwangtung Provincial Government for relief work in Hainan
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  • 440 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Head New Military Mission Nanking, May 1. Another Chinese Government military mission is shortly going abroad to study the latest military developments in foreign countries The new mission will be headed by General Hsu Ting-yao and General Yu Feipeng. The two military leaders are
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  • 167 7 ng in the new State.—Reuters Pacific ►ervice. To Be Returned To Russia Harbin, May 2. The Soviet bomber in which a Russian pilot and a mechanic escaped to Manchoukuo in March was to be handed to the Soviet authorities to-day. The transfer was originally to have been made
    ng in the new State.—Reuters Pacific ►ervice.  -  167 words
  • 136 7 be swept away like refuse.” —Reuters Pacific Service. Stands For Cleanliness Nanking, May 1. Thousands of followers of the “New Life” movement paraded through Nanking to-day in an attempt to impress upon the people the importance of cleanliness, one of the chief aims of the new movement.
    be swept away like refuse.”—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  136 words
  • 72 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Nanking, May 1 Plans have been completed by business leaders in Kansu to establish a cigarette manufacturing factory with the professed aim of competing with foreign tobacco factories in China, according to reports received here from Lanchow. It is pointed out that the
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  • 264 7 of Ningpo and is in his late forties.—Reuters Pacific Service. Dr. Wong Wen-Hao Returns To Peiping Peiping, April 30. Dr. Wong Wen-hao, Director of the Geological Survey in Peiping, who has been recuperating at Hangchow, returned to Peiping shortly after eight o’clock this morning by the Tientsin-Pukow
    of Ningpo and is in his late forties.—Reuters Pacific Service.  -  264 words
  • 56 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Nanking, April 30. The Chinese Government to-day announc. ed the flotation, on May Ist, of $12,000,000 railway construction bonds for the completion of the Yuping Railway, the annual interest being six per cent. The bonds will be secured on the surplus
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  • 36 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Nanking, May 1. May Day passed off quietly in the capital. Labour bodies celebrated the occasion by holding a meeting in the morning and a concert at night.—
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  • 117 7 —Reuters Pacific Service Government In Favour Of Inflation Harbin, April 25. 1 According to the “Harbin Times,” a Japanese newspaper, the Government’s policy in respect to the Manchoukuo dollar will be one of inflation. This declaration has already had the effect of disturbing the financial market. For many
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  • 66 7 —Reuters Pacific Service. Canton, May 3. A service to commemorate the anniversary of the inauguration of the revolutionary government in Canton 13 years ago will be held at the Chungshan Memorial Hall on May 5, according to an announcement today made by the South-west Executive Committee.
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  • 62 7 Reuters Pacific Service. Canton, May 3. The Kwangtung provincial government has ordered the departments of civil affairs and reconstruction to put into execution a proposal for the relief of the unemployed which was passed during the recent Provincial Kuomintang Conference here. The main points of the proposal
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  • 75 7 .—Reuters Pacific Service. Canton, April 30. According to a report here to-day, the 3rd (Kwangtung) Army Corps is now advancing towards the hitherto unapproachable Red stronghold at Huichang, Kiangsi. from different directions. It is claimed that the Reds, fearing the capture of the town have been
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  • 563 7 DURING 1933 NO SERIOUS DEVELOPMENT GENERALLY A study of economic conditions in China during the year under review reveals the fact that the pathological symptoms as observed in last year’s Annual Report have become more noticeable. In the North there was no serious development with the
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  • 787 8 After some years of tiresome and fruitless attempts to reform Liberia from without, the League of Nations decided to take the negro republic into its charge. The republic is run by 15,000 descendants of freed American negro slaves who were transplanted to Africa over 100 years ago by American
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  • 163 8 Passenger On s.s. Hector FUNERAL THIS MORNING Ths death occurred yesterday afternoon at the General Hospital, Penang, of Mrs. Gracie Dorothy Jones, wife of Mr. Hugh Jones, of Hong Kong. The deceased was a passenger homeward bound on the Blue Funnel liner Hector which arrived
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  • 1503 8 While reading through Mr. Agate s anthology of “The Dramatic Critics’’ I noticed that “Love’s Labour’s Lost.’’ this year’s Birthday play at Stratford., enjoyed that same honour twenty-five years ago. Mr. Allan Monkhouse was on the spot and added this remark to his notice: “The festival is only beginning;
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  • 91 8 i The death occurred suddenly y< i morning of Mrs. Heah Seng yeo dam Yeo Seok Yam) daughter of Boon Wan, at her residence 1061 Lane. c u The deceased who was only 3, >' 1 had been in indifferent health n time. She
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  • 466 9 loses seniority and pension sequel to mail bag loss I<i} lani, Guard, F.M.S. Railways, ■sted at Tanjong Malim in ith the loss of a mail bag in n Tanjong Malim and Ipoh ♦rajisn ’in for trial at the Magistrate’s nfr Malim on Friday. r the
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  • 805 9 An action came up for hearing in the I Singapore Supreme Court on Thursday be- fore Mr. Justice Prichard K.C., in which j Syed Salim bin Alwee Alhatshee was plain- tiff and Mr. C. Van Cuylenberg was de- fendant. The plaintiff, as a beneficiary
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  • 245 9 Championship Matches STANLEY STEWART SPRINGS SURPRISE ”ir Own Correspondent) Taiping, May 18. fine weather, great progress in the annual North Perak j nship, which is now in full I <1 new players from Sitiawan ■ngsar are competing. Stanf Kuala Kangsar sprang a Men’s Singles by beating wee,
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  • 614 9 Detection Of Crime FORMER WORK IN SINGAPORE I An unusual distinction has come to a former member of the Malayan Civil Service—Mr. W. Stirling, of the Chinese Protectorate, who retired about two years ago. Mr. Stirling made a study of photography as applied to the detection
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  • 213 9 Charge Against Solicitor’s Clerk* Sham Sundar Rai, a solicitor’s clerk, and Ram Dahar, a driver in the employ of the Singapore Traction Co., appeared on amended charges before Mr. H. A. Forrer in the'Singapore Criminal District Court. They were originally charged in the police court with attempted
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  • 298 9 Command Beat i 1 Johore i FOUR GOALS TO NIL I (From Our Own Correspondent) I Singapore, May 19. j Malaya Command 4 Johore 0 The Malaya Command beat Johore by; four goals to nil in the first Southern cup} encounter. Johore won the toss and took
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  • 114 9 UN-SPOT YESTERDAY TO-DAY London £234.15.0 £232.10.0 TIN— (3 Months) London £231.5.0 £229.5.0 Singapore $115.25 $114.75 Business Done Penang $115.25 Business Done 50 tons COPRA (Sundrled) BLACK PEPPER RUBBER London 6 1 1W 6 316 d New York 12 7 4c(G) 12%c(G) Singapore Spot 21c 2114 c July|Sept 21
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    • 203 9 Motherhood J r ——-gg■lo' joUbl F 7 F Hit k v co* Her»- i \tafi vO OKAT^HiPA rt n Mrs. B. Howard, winner of the London “News-Chronicle” Mothet g and Child Competition. January, 1932. This competition attracted r tu **n~- v n 11 rsX**** W widespread interest and an enormous
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  • 715 10 SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS OPENS FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEBATE NORTH CHINA A MANCHUKUO NO. 2 STATE London, May 17. Opening the debate on foreign affairs in the House of Commons this morning, Sir Stafford Cripps criticised at some length the recent policy of Japan
    utmost to observe it.—Reuter and Rugby Radio Service.  -  715 words
  • 105 10 —Reuter. British Operatives To Instruct Chinese London, May 18. Twelve cotton operatives, including one married woman and two girls, are being sent by the Calico Printers’ Association to the new mill building at Shanghai with the object of instructing the Chinese workpeople. The men agreed to stay
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  • 51 10 —Rugby Radio Service. ln Bed For Some Days i London, Mqy 17 ji As a result of his taxi accident on Wednesday night, Sir Austen Chamberlain will have to remain jn bed for some days. Although his general condition is satisfactory, ho has develop of the left
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  • 89 10 —Reuter. Official Monopoly Established London, May 18. Sir John Simon, in the House of Commons, informed Mr. David Grenfell that the Opium Committee of the League did not issue any report on the official opium monopoly established in the North Eastern provinces of China under Japanese military
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  • 46 10 -Reuter. Chamber Passes Vote Of Confidence Paris, May 18. -The chamber passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 360 votes to 205 and adjourned the debate on the decree laws and the general policy on which the Socialists demanded an immediate debate.—
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  • 342 10 —Reuter. Arms Producing Countries HAVE DEFINITE RESPONSIBILITY London, May 18. The newspapers generally warmly approve of the proposal made by the British delegate to the League Council, Captain Anthony Eden, for an immediate embargo on arms destined for Bolivia and Paraguay. It is agreed in all comments that the
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  • 358 10 When one thinks of Wireless one immediately associates Signor G. Marconi’s name with all that Wireless means, as without his valuable discoveries, we to-day, would not have advanced so far in this comparatively new scientific discovery. He, and the vast organisation which he directs have created something
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  • 99 10 —Reuter. "Appalling Example Of Misgovernment." EXPULSION FROM LEAGUE JUSTIFIED Geneva, May 18. “An appalling example of misgovernment” is the description applied by Captain Eden to the situation in Liberia in the course of a speech in the League Council on Liberia’s gross failure to observe the obligations
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  • 118 10 —Rugby Radio Service. Removal Of Time Limit London, May 17. The order removing the time limit on iron and steel duties which were due to expire next October and making these duties chargeable without any limit of period was welcomed by the newly formed British Iron and Steel
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  • 35 10 —Reuter. Japanese Delegation Leaving To-day Tokio, May 18. The Japanese delegation to the JapaneseNetherlands Trade Conference at Batavia, will embark from Kobe for Batavia by the “Santos Maru” on May 19 via Singapore.
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  • 25 10 —Reuter. Refloated Without Damage Tokio, May 18. A report from Shimonoseki states that the “Haruna Maru” was refloated at 9.05 a.m. undamaged.-
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  • 879 10 THREE DOCTORS IN THE WITNESS BOX HEARING AGAIN ADJOURNED The preliminary inquiry into an indictment against two men and three women erf murdering a Sikh additional police constable named Bhan Singh progressed a] further stage before Mr. J. M. Brander in the Singapore police
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  • 553 11 World’s Most Wonderful Picture Library 700,000 VIEWS OF THE DOMINION The Norman Watson expedition to Canada, which intends to explore the Mount Waddington group of the mountain coast range of British Columbia, in which lies “Mystery Mountain, >; the main objective has received considerable assistance from Royal
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  • 458 11 Employees’ Great I Sorrow “HE WAS ADORED AT THE WORKS” The news of the death of Sir Louis Baron was received with great distress by the officials and employees of Carreras Ltd., the great tobacco concern of which he was chairman and managing director. At
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  • 272 11 By One Who Never Had Any Training In Art The spirit of Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Italian master, is said to have inspired a remarkable painting of Our Lord by Mrs. Ida M. Dixon, of Croydon. Mrs. Dixon, who is 71 years of age. has
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    • 180 11 STOMACH TROUBLES I GASTRITIS quickly relieved wind tive disorders arise from acid in the I HEARTBURN h. Don’t wait for ulcers to form—the FUTV t and surest cure is Bisurated’Magnesia. I I h ver sal stomach remedy ends acidity and in stant relief to stomach sufferers. If you FLATULENCE to
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  • 49 12 To-day at “Esplanade” from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. 1 March—Bond of Friendship—Mac Rogan» 2 Overture —The Wanderer’s Goal Suppe. 3 A Musical Jig-Saw—Aston. 4 Medley Waltz —The Costume Ball Winter. 5 Fox Trot—Happy Ending—Davies. 6 Selection—Community Land No. 2 Stoddon. 7 Patrol —Gathering OThe Clans —Williams.
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  • LATEST COMMERCIAL NEWS
    • 1391 12 Resumption Of t < Tapping i i FORWARD CONTRACT Mr. Alfred Brown’s Speech The twenty-fifth general meeting of Rani Travancore Rubber Company, Ltd., was held on May 7th at the registered office of the company, Thames House, Queens-j street Place, E.C., Mr. A. A. Prideaux pre- siding.
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    • 142 12 In view of the big increase of interest in rubber plantation companies which has taken place in the last few weeks and the much more favourable future which appears to lie before them now that an international plan for the regulation of rubber production has at length
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  • 632 12 KENNEDY CO. Share Market Report Penang, May 18. Business in the Local Share Markets slowed down considerably this week and i prices of the majority of Rubber and Tin 1 shares have receded in sympathy with the. declines in the prices of both Commodities.' The price of Rubber closes 6%d,
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  • 118 12 1 f I j Latest Quotations Friday Thursday Paris 77 7J32 77 7132 New York 5.11% 5.11% Montreal 5.10 5.10% Brussels 21.82 21.82 Geneva 15.69 15.68 Amsterdam 7.52 7.52 Milan 59 15[16 60 Berlin 12.95 12.90 Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen 22.39% 22.39% Oslo 19.90% 19.90% Vienna
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  • 947 12 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST NAMES. I 1 3 !5 z H RUBBEP 1 I Mlrnby Rubber Co. M Mor Gajah’Rubber Estate .(r ‘SS M *rr algamated Malay Estates 1 10 A 5 er Hitam Planting Syndicat 350 AserMolek Rubber Co. Ui 4 ver Panas Rubber Estatesi 1 U H gWPT
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    • 474 12 WIRELESS PROGRAMMES B. B. C. of tiie following frquenctes and wavelengths will be used simultaneously:— I t MS Sign Frequency Wavelength I QSF 15,140 kcja 19.82 m. QBS 11,805 kc|s 25.28 m. dX QSD 11,750 kcja 25.53 m. GBS 9,585 kc|s 81.30 m. v To-day P.M. 6.20 Time Signal from
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    • 345 12 PHOHI—HOLLAND TO-DAY Wavelength: 16.88 metres. P.M. 8.50 —Dutch National Anthem. B.oo—Children’s half hour. 9.30 —Records. 9.4sRhythm Brothers “Java-Songs.” 10.05 —Records. 10.15 Political Review by Mr. Aletrino. 10.35—Rhythm Brothers. “Jazz-Songs.” 10.55 —Dance records. 11.20 —Dutch National Anthem. TO-MORROW P.M. B.so—Dutch National Anthem. 9 00—Violin recital by Th. Rather. 9.15 Talk on
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  • 543 13 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule of Principal Lines The following is a list of vessels arriving ind sailing from Penang during the week: IN PORT TO-DAY S.S. MATANG from Tongkah, Kopah, Renong and Victoria Point. Sails for the same ports to-day. S.S. RETEH from Belawan-Deli, Asahan and Paneh (Laboean-Bilik). Sails for
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  • 839 13 AIR MAILS A mail for Siam (Bangkok) by rOad to Alor Star and thence by Imperial Airways will be closed at 7 a.ni. on Sunday. A mail for Burmah (Rangoon) by road to Alor Star and thence by Imperial Airways will be closed at 7 a.m. on Sunday.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 314 13 WEMBLEY AND FUN FROLIC PAGEANT OF MYTHOLOGY A GRAND CARNIVAL PROCESSION WILL BE HELD SIMULTANEOUSLY AT FUN FROLIC AND WEMBLEY PARKS ON MONDAY. AT 9 P.M. OVER 140 ARTISTES PARTICIPATING ENGAGED AT HUGE COST FROM CHINA MAGNIFICENT! PRODIGIOUS! EXTRAORDINARY! GROTESQUE! < SENSATIONAL Never Seen Before Will Never Be Seen Again,
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    • 293 13 6-15 TO-NIGHT 9.30 4ATINEES TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW AT 2-45 I THE RED MAN'S WAR CRY RINGS AGAIN i cn ED HUMANS TURNED BACK INTO SAVAGES BY yt;.. CRIME NO WOMAN’S BROTHER EVER FORGAVE RICHARD BARTHELMESS 1 IN l "MASSACRE" A FIRST NATIONAL HIT, with NN DVORAK and DUDLEY DIGGES CK
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  • India & Ceylon Week By Week
    • 304 14 Labour Deputation To Governor LEADERS’ DEMANDS Bombay, May 5. Important negotiations are afoot to hasten a settlement of the strike. In this connexion Messrs. N. M. Joshi, R. R. Bakhale and Syed Munawar saw the Governor and were closeted with His Excellency for a
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    • 82 14 Millcwner’s View Of Situation Bombay, May 2. The millcwners are quite satisfied w'th what they describe as a “distinct improvement’’ in the strike situation to-day. A prominent millowner, with whom an Associated Press representative discussed the situation, said that the crisis was over and he was hopeful that
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    • 56 14 Poona Bomb Outrage Charge Bombay, May 7. When Mr. Gulkarni, of the Joint Strike Committee, Bombay, who was arrested on May 5, was placed before the Presidency Magistrate, to-day, the police applied for his tranfer to Poona to stand his trial there on a charge in
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    • 161 14 Police-Station Damaged Calcutta, May 6. A constable was slightly injured and damage was done to Shibpur Police Station building in the Howrah district, a few miles from Calcutta at about 2 a.m. to-day as a result of the explosion of four bombs. Police Officers, who were
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    • 349 14 Clash Of Option Expected ATTITUDE TOWARD SWARAJISTS Bombay, May 7. Now that the Swaraj Party has framed its policy and programme speculation is rife in Congress circles in regard to the attitude of the A.-I.C.C. towards the new party. While it is generally recognised that Mr.
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    • 171 14 Mother Of One Of Arrested Suspects AMBUSH FOR CAR Galle, May 2. Fresh developments overnight in connexion with the murder of Mr. R. P. C. Blumer, the Talgaswella planter, were the surrendering to the police of cash amounting to Rs. 1,430.25 'by the mother of one
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    • 77 14 Allowance To Be Reduced Annually A notification issued under the opium Ordinance published in Friday’s “Government Gazette,” states that the following rule will be brought into force:- “From and after the first day of March, 1935, the amount of opium allowed to every registered consumer shall
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    • 197 14 Indian Chamber's Plea SAFEGUARDING MEASURES Rangoon, May 1. Any arrangements which might be contemplated regarding fiscal and financial matters between Burma and India in the event of the former's separation must be equitable and acceptable to both countries. This observation was made by Mr. Virjeebhai
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    • 221 14 I A Mission To Simla New Delhi, May 5. Considerable significance is attached in political circles to the arrival here, en route to Simla, of Miss Agatha Harrison and Miss Muriel Lester, direct from the Ranchi conference. Well-informed political circles are inclined to think
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    • 120 14 Narrow Escapes From Injury Jamshedpur, May 4. Mr. Gandhi had a narrow escape from injury to-day when his car dashed into a post and ran into a deep ditch. Neither Mr. Gandhi nor his companions, Babu Rajendra Prasad, Mr. A. V. Thakkar, Mr. Valji Govindji Desai
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    • 81 14 Untouchables Not Allowed To Rescue Hindu Woman Nagpur, May 8. The Hindu caste barrier prevented the life of a woman from being saved here to-day. A young woman of high caste fell into a well at Jattaroddi, a suburb of Nagpur. Hearing her cries, two Untouchable youths
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    • 72 14 SPEAKER 'S LEAVE Councillor’s Memorandum ißeferred To Attorney Ce** The attorney-Generai’s ruling J sought on Mr. G. K. V r rera j dum regarding the qt ate granted to the Speaker It is understood that jnern' discussed at the Boar»- in^ rr j V M j and that, wit- *J
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    • 37 14 Four Deaths Last VJ J I Three deaths from ph‘£ ue Colombo Town last the There also occurred AnfJ the Infectious Disea I one death from bubo I dent of Colombo Tm' I
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    • 176 14 xf£ i&GJt/C BELIEVE IT OR NOT FRASER NEAVE DISTRIBUTORS W.'JAV.SV.'.W.W.W.’.W.'AY.S ‘1 i ■■■|M ■■MBM■lllll p™ fl You did not learn that at school. But, fl fl for your health’s sake, you should know fl it now! A, B, C, D—these are the four fl vitally important vitamins. See what fl
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    • 264 14 IN AGONY Ml SKJONB Awful Burning on Face and Hands. Cuticur. Healed, “I had an awful burn-, ng seng that seemed to be undtr my skin U n then red pimples broke ut on and hands. The itchir F an d went on and I was des e ThentF skin
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    • 1802 15 •.lhm I > yi /®k 1k ,l\> <' (fl A. *s< /?\V L v BLUE PUMMEL LIME TO EUROPE V,A SUEZ 4- J From Penang Arrive Marseilles Arrive New York vw h LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. “X nmirs L’don, R’dam, H’hurg Hull P ""?5 ood June 21 PRES HAYES July
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  • 386 16 WILL IT JEOPARDISE THEIR POSITION? CABLE TO SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 18. Will the application of restriction jeopardise the position of Singapore millers? The millers themselves are apprehensive lest the operation of the scheme should interfere with
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  • 61 16 Successful Spot Dance Last Night The Spot Dance held last night at the Wembley Cabaret was largely attended. Handsome dance shoes for gents and ladies were given away free by the Bata Shoe Store to the winners:— Miss Annie Snelling and Mr. Chan Peng Kai, Miss Chong Siew
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  • 289 16 RACE 1 RACE 2 RACE 3 RACE 4 RACE 5 RACE 6 RACE 7 RACE 8 RACE TIC-TAC 1. Miss Singapore 1. Gunga Din 1. Henriette 1. Legation 1. Drifting Home 1. Mountain Belle 1. Wonderful 1. NymphOfTorridge 1. Glad Eyes (PINANC CA7FTTFI 9 Tri w q
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  • 188 16 Penang v. Selangor RAIN TO DELAY START At the time of writing these lines, 10.30 a.m., a slight drizzle has begun to fall and it looks as if the Selangor-Penang InterState fixture is likely to be interferred with by rain. The wicket should be in excellent
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  • 518 16 TO-DAY’S PRICES KENNEDY COMPANY The following are the latest quotations, ta MESSRS. KENNEDY GO’S share IM tX>-<}ay. Yesterday To-day j Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers RUBBER Allenby 1.75 1.90 c 1.70 1.85 c Balau 1.20 1.30 1.70 1.90 Bassett 85 90 80 90 Benta 67 72 70
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  • 223 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO.'S NOON QUOTATIONS Yesterday To-day Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers TIN Ayer Weng 2.05 2.10 2.00 2.10 Hitam 55 57 55 57 Kinta 2.75 2.80 2.75 2.80 'K. River 2.22% 2.27 2.17% 2.22% Kuchai 1.08 1.10 1.08 1.10 Nawng Pet J. 05 1.07% 1.05 1.07% N. Taiping 64 66
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  • 207 16 The following are the latest quotation» I for to-day Buyers Seßera I tins j Ampat Tin 67% 6 10% Ayer Hitams 15 9 16 3 Chenderiangs 9 3 9 9 Hitams 55 57% Hong Fatts 56 58 Hongkong Tins 14 3 15 0 Idris 7 0 7
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  • 388 16 SOON THEAM CO. Tiu foltowtog arc j quotations up to n.oa ll Yesterday A Buyers r>. RUBBERS AHenbys i. 65 18Q A. Panas 1.45 j 55 11 I Bassetts R Ljj •B. Lintang 1-02% 1.07% Brogas 85 90 j Glenealys 2.00 2.20 J 2 Ijerams 1.05 U 5 1Q iK.
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  • 40 16 PENANG, MAY 19 (By Courtesy of the Chartarad 214 U London Bank Demand 4 m|U Private 3 m'ts credit 2 4 Wj 3 Documentary On New New York Demand France T.T. 8M Hongkong T.T. Shanghai T.T. India T.T Silver
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    • 132 16 Eastern Oriental Hotel PENANG. The Incomparable Entertainer HENRY Artist-Magician, and His Around the World Touring Company (After a 3 Weeks Successful Season at Raffles Hotel Singapore) WILL APPEAR AT THE AFTER DINNER DANCES TO BE HELD ON WHIT-MONDAY 21st MAY 9.30 p.m. TUESDAY 22nd MAY 9.30 p.m. WEDNESDAY 23rd MAY
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    • 19 16 HUMAN EVOLUTION The second of MR. H. G. SARWAR'S articles on this subject will appear in TO-MORROW’S SUNDAY GAZETTE.
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    • 24 16 TO LET Godown at Weld Quay, ex lf t' n t about 3,000 square ipet r o ‘’pin« moderate. Apply Box No. 13o Gazette.
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