Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 December 1935

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 299. Vol. XCIII. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 188 1 countries for concord and peace .’’-Rugby Radio Service. Congratulated By French Premier "I'M HAPPY TO PURSUE COMMON TASKS London, Dec. 23. Mr. Anthony Eden who was yesterday appointed Foreign Secretary went to Sandringham this morning to receive his seals from the King. He will take up his
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  • 34 1 Reuter. Italy Not To Reply Paris, December 23. Italy has decided not to reply to the Franco-British Peace proposals. The decision was conveyed to M. Laval this eveniny by Siynor Cerruti.
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  • 40 1 j.—Reuter. No Longer Independent Washington, Dec. 24. The independent existence of the National Recovery Administration has tjeen terminated by an executive or er signed by President Roosevelt transferring the N.R.A. to the Commerce and Labour Departments.- —Reuter.
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  • 110 1 .—Rugby Radio Service. London, Dec. 23. The King will broadcast a Christmas message from the 8.8. C. Empire Station on Christmas Day at 10.20 p.m. His message will be preceded by a programme starting at 9.50 p.m. entitled “This Great ■Family” which will include relays from India,
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  • 45 1 Rugby Radio Service. London, Dec. 23. Negotiations between representatives of colliery owners and the Mineowners’ Federation regarding the offer advanced by the former in reply to the men’s claim for wages increase will b© resumed at a meeting on January B.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 184 1 Land, Sea And Air Traffic Affected London, Dec. 23. Frost and fog still prevail over the greater part of the country and the serious dislocation of traffic is widespread. The Port of London Authority stated this afternoon that the fog was thick to dense between
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  • 98 1 —Rugby Radio Service. Over £1,000,000 From Late Lord Dysart's Estate London. Dec. 23. Among the wills proved is that of Lord Dysart who left £2,104,311. Death duties to a total of £1,008,823 have been paid on Lord Dysart’s Estate. The Exchequer has benefited from several exceptionally large estates
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  • 168 1 Has Been Out East Fifteen Years Malacca, December 23. Professor Jacob Tarecon, sculptor of international repute, scientist, traveller and student of human nature has arrived in Malacca and will spend a few days here Professor Tarecon is perhaps the only sculptor who made an intimate bronze
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  • 80 1 Battle At Tembien Region DEVASTATING WORK OF ITALIAN PLANES Asmara, Dec. 24. It is officially stated that over 600 Ethiopians were killed and about 1,000 were wounded in a battle at the Tembien region yesterday in which the Italians claim to have routed 5,000 attacking
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  • 93 1 Own Correspondent) Taiping, Dee. 23. For attempting to bribe a Malay cor-’ poral, a Chinese named Loh Choon was fined $lO in the Taiping Police Court today. The accused was found selling pork in Trong without a license, and when approached by a Police Officer, took
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  • 47 1 105-l|2 and Gold 141|ld. —Rugby Rad o Service. London, Dec. 23. Sterling on New York was 4.92-13 16 and Paris 74-7|B. Business on the stock markets was very modest owing to the approach of Christmas. War Loan was 105-l|2 and Gold 141|ld. —Rugby Rad o
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  • 142 1 23 Chinese Charged i INJURED MAN'S SERIOUS CONDITION A pitched battle between two gangs of nkisha-pullers in Batu R o ad on Saturday had a sequel in the First Police Court yesterday when 23 Chinese appeared on a charge of unlawfully assembling and using criminal force by
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  • 95 1 Malay Woman Denies Charge (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Dec. 23. Charged with having struck another woman on the head with a knife, a Malay woman named Meh binti Taib said she did not do it. She was passing by the complainant's five-foot way and was
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  • 28 1 —Rugby Radio Service. The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, is spending Christmas and New Year at his Worcestershire home. He left London today.—Rugby Radio Service.
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  • 348 1 STEADY PROGRESS CONTINUES Ground Engineer Appointed It is understood that the Perak Flying Club have concluded arrangements for the appointment of a Ground Engineer and that negotiations are proceeding regarding a Chief Instructor. The Committee of the Club recently decided to engage the services of Mr. Andren,
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  • 127 1 Held At Farit Buntar Tamil Methodist Church (CONTRIBUTED} The Tamil Methodist Church, Parit Buntar held a special Christmas Song Service j on Sunday evening, at 5 p.m. There was a large congregation present. The Tamil tunes sung and played by Misses Grace Thambar and Rebecca Vanniasingam and
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  • 208 1 Leeds At Home To Sunderland ARSENAL TO VISIT LIVERPOOL The following are the English League fixtures for Christmas Day DIVISION I Aston Villa v Hudderrfield T Blackburn R v Stoke C Bolton W v W'hampton W Brentford v Preston NE. Grimsby T v Birmingham Leeds U v
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  • 218 1 The following are the English League fixtures for Boxing day:— DIVISION I Arsenal v Liverpool Birmingham v Grimsby T Chelsea v Manchester C Derby C v Portsmouth Everton v Sheffield W Huddersfield T v Aston Villa Preston NE v Brentford Stoke C v Blackburn R Sunderland v
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  • 2509 3 Freemasons' Pro Grand Master Jellicoe Memorial Proposal Air Race Round The Earth The Making Of Mickey Mouse. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, December 14. Next Year’s Courts I The King has already considered the question of holding Courts next year, and it has been decided
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  • 1868 4 COURT SUGGESTS CHANGES IN REGULATIONS Lord Merrivale, sitting as Wreck Commissioner, at the Institute of Civil Engi- neers in London on Dec. 10, announced I the findngs of the Court of Inquiry apj pointed to investigate the loss of the tanker La Crescenta. The
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  • 304 4 Vanderbilt Money Is A Curse" I New York, Dec. 12 With -a. dramatic gesture, Mrs. Gloria Vanderbilt declaring that she will never abandon her claim to little Gloria, her daughter, has renounced all right to any share in the £BOO,OOO estate bequeathed by
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  • 132 4 Offer Of £50.000 To "Jafsie" New York, Dec. 13. Unless the Board of Pardons intercedes, Bruno Hauptmann, sentenced to death for the murder of the Lindbergh baby, will be executed in the week beginning Monday Jan. 13. Executions in New Jersey invariably take place on Tuesdays, so
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  • 193 4 Drug Charge Order London, Dec. 10 Mrs. Ella Ward, 50, of Blyth-road, Bethnal Green, who wa s alleged to have obtained a double supply of morphine by j obtaining prescriptions from two doctors, was at West London police-court, bound I over for »a year
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  • 141 4 Headed By Ministers Berlin, Dec. Id. i A new Nazi drive for bigger and better families was inaugurated today with an j appeal to all parents to qualify for mem- bership of the “National League of the Rich in Children.” Candidates must have at least
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    • 230 4 Look at Your Skin Skin Specialists declare that 80 out of every 100 women suffer from skin outbreaks, spots, pimples, blotches, and •muddy 9 complexions El UNNECESSARILY I 1| r s H imIIUgly complexion faults are iJhW# woman’s most common enemy. Few escape. Some resort to heavy powdering in an
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  • 4757 5 JAMES AND SHAKSPEARE PROSPECTUS CHARGES ACCOUNTANT DETAILS SHELLAC AND PEPPER CONTRACTS WILLIAMS HENRY COMPANY'S TRANSACTIONS FINANCE IN THE COURTS London, December 11. The hearing was resumed in the New Court of the Guildhall, before Aiderman Sir Louis A. Newton, of the summonses issued on information laid
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  • 203 5 But Has Now Lost 10 lbs. in Six Weeks Like many another who found hlmselF putting on flesh, this man decided to start taking Kruschen Salts. At the end of six weeks he had lost 10 lbs. of his overweight, and the rheumatism in
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  • 233 6 THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON, Sir Percy Vincent, and Aiderman Lieut- Col. J.D. Laurie, nursing babies during a visit to the City of London Maternity Hospital, where the Lady Mayoress received Pound Day gifts. IL©irdl Mniadls Tike Baines SOME ANIMALS were glad of a rest
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  • 104 7 Daughter Of Syed Alsagoff (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, December 23. Alimah binte Syed Abdullah, the nine-yeejr-pld daughter of Syed Abdullah bin Syed Alsagoff, a member of the wellknown Arab family in Singapore, was electrocuted at the back of her home in Java Road, Singapore, last nignt. Alimah
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  • 87 7 Police Given Custody Of Chinese For 48 Hours A young Chinese named Tan Chong Lam pleaded guilty in the police court yesterday when charged with theft of a clock valued at $lO, the property of Syed Ahamed, at premises No. 47, Pitt Street on December 21. Inspector
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  • 93 7 The case was mentioned yesterday in the police court in which Sithambaram, a Tamil, stands charged with voluntarily causing hurt to a compatriot named Karuppiah with a penknife at the Eastern Smelting Co.’s works, Dato Kramat Road, on December 11. Inspector K .C. Goh prosecuted while accused
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  • 651 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL 1 < Sir Cecil Clementi, whose health has improved, has bought Holmer Court, near Beaconsfield. Mr. J. D. Egan, Manager, Kanthan Estate, Ctemor, has returned from a holiday in Ireland. The death is announced of Allan Morton, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Edwards of Malim Nawar.
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    • 12 7 FLOWERS FHE IDEAL LAST MINUTE GIFT AT CHRISTMAS FLORISTS 31A, LEITH STREET.
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  • 475 8 Review Of Past Season A YEAR OF GREAT ACTIVITY The Penang Badminton Association will be holding its annual general eeting on Monday December 30 at 8 p.m. at the Anglo-Chinese Union. The proposal that Singapore shou’d be invited up here next year for an Inter-State match is
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  • 104 8 Office Bearers For 1935 36 The first meeting of the Chocolate Uniled Badminton Party was held at the President’s house fit No. 316 F, Perak Road, on Saturday, and the following have been elected to hold office for the year 1935 to 1936 Patrons Messrs. Harry
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  • 34 8 The Penang Swimming Club will hold a Gala on Boxing Day when there will be Aquatic Sports .from 10.30 am. to 1.00 ■p m. Tiffin will be served from 1.00 p.m.
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  • 238 8 28 Pts. To 8 Pts. PITIFUL EXHIBITION OF TACKLING The Penang Cricket Club underestimated the strength of the H. M. S. Medway and Submarines XV* yesterday and fielding a side which included only three players who had done duty at Ipoh on Saturday were bady beaten
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  • 37 8 HorHepools Beat Halifax London, December 23. At Newcastle in the re-play match in the Second Round of the Football Association Cup, Hartlepools beat Halifax by 4 goals to 1 after extra time .—Reuter.
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  • 28 8 C.R.C. Mixed Doubles Tournament I Entries for the “C.R.C. Mixed Doubles”) Tennis Handicap tournament for Mr. Heah Seng Hong’s Challenge Trophy will close on December 30. i
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  • 45 8 Reuter. Wellington Beat M.C.C. Wellington, Dec. 23. Wellington defeated the M.C.C. by 14 runs. Wellington scored 164 and 146 (Ell 61, Sims 4 for 47). The M.C.C. made 166 and 130, Blundell, the old Cambridge Blue, taking 5 wickets for 50 runs.—
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  • 74 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Dec. 23. The Taiping Police were trounced to the tune of five goals to one when they met the Tajping Wanderers at hockey today The winners led by two clear goals in the first half, both of which were scored by Denman. On
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 211 8 MAJESTIC LAST NIGHT'S CROWDS ACCLAIMED AS THE OUR MAMMOTH CHRISTMAS ATTRACTION BEST CHARLIE CHAN PICTURE The Fa mous Producers of "KING KONG" AGAIN MAKE SCREEN HISTORY YAII’I I TDEMDIE UIITiI OlieDElieri WITH THE MOST SENSATIONAL THRILLING and SPINE-TINGLING IVULL HI 111 SUSrERSE adventure story of The talkie' eras and shake
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  • 1418 9 CAMBRIDGE BRILLIANCE COUNTERED BY SPLENDID SCRUMMAGING FIRST POINTLESS DRAW FOR 43 YEARS OXFORD UNIVERSITY 0. After 80 furious minutes at Twickenham on Dec. 12 there was no score, and so the Varisity match ended in a pointless draw for the first time since 1892. A
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  • 1073 9 STRAIN OF ALL BLACKS* RUGBY TOUR Sports Gossip Jack Petersen has put an end to all rumours about his training plans in preparation for his heavyweight championship fight with Len Harvey at Wembley on Jan. 29. He has very wisely decided to remain
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  • 1204 9 SUNDERLAND'S WINNING FORM MANCHESTER CITY'S FINE PLAY Aston Villa's Record (From Our Own Q»xresp o ndent.) S London, December. 14. UNDER LA ND stood out boldly as prospective champions in the matches on December 7. They put up the biggest score in the whole League, and finished
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    • 93 9 STOCK-TAKING SALE. J For one month only Ist to 31st Dec. 3 Genuine English and American Tennis Rackets strung with 3 best Tropical Gut. I $lO/* to $l5/* each I m This offer will not be repeated after the 31st December. The best value for your money. These rackets are
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  • 566 10 The year that is rapidly drawing to a close has been filled with disappointments. In simpler days the contradiction of peace was war bloodshed, rapine and the devastation of homes. Today, seventeen years after the close of the Great War that was to end all wars,
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  • 349 10 SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS PARTY The Christmas Party of St. George’s Tamil Church on. Monday evening at the Chapel behind St. George’s Church was a great success. The Chapel and Parsonage looked attractive after the recent attention paid to them by the Committee assisted by Messrs. Benjamin, Schwartz,
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  • 367 10 Sequel To Marcus Show Visit PAVILION MANAGER ON PERJURY CHARGES (From Our Own Correspondent) i Singapore, Dec. 23. Mr. Walter Denis Lambert of 137 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore, Manager of Pavilion Theatre, appeared today. before the 1 Acting Criminal District Judg'e, Mr. M. H. i Blacker, on
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  • 87 10 Three Involved; One Injured (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, December 24. Three men at the Central Mental hospital, Tanjong Rambutan, were involved in a fight which ended in the parties appearing in the Police Court before Mr. C.W.A. Sennett when one featured as complainant and two
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  • 170 10 For New Malacca Supreme Court The old High School, one of the oldest Government buildings in Malacca, which had undergone extensive renovation for the new Supreme Court was completed j some time during the latter part of last I month. The removal of the Magistrate’s Courts from
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  • 613 10 Opened Last Night By Mrs. Goodman LARGE CROWD PRESENT The Chinese i air and Bazaar now being held at Fort Cornwallis was officially opened last nigat by Mrs. A. M. Goodman, wife of the Hon. tne Resident Councillor. The Fair, which is organised by the Chinese
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  • 156 10 Tamil Youth Arrested At Union Street j Muttu, a young Tamil, was fined $3 by the magistrate today in the police court on a charge pf loitering for the purpose of j obtaining employment es a temporary watchman of cars, at Union Street on I December 23.
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  • 275 11 Woman Who Cut Her Throat DISAPPOINTED WITH LIFE A quarrel between her husband and herself led to a Cantonese woman attempting to commit suicide by taking and stabbing herself with a penknife. It was alleged by the woman that her husband was keeping another mistress. Disappointed with
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  • 71 11 Hudson Griffith j Jones i I The wedding took place in Penang quiet- Jy this morning of Mr. K. P. Hudson of Sungei Gettah Estate, Sungei Patani and Miss D. Griffith Jones of the Medical Department. Alor Star. Both are well-known in Kedah and Penang. After the wedding Mr
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  • 120 11 Old Town Saved JOSS STICKS BURN MOSQUITO CURTAIN (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Today. A Chinese woman who took a packet i joss sticks to her bed-room to pray set up a fire which might have ended in a conflagration and damage to a good bit of
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  • 262 11 Siamese Charged With Causing Death Of Tamil Hearing was resumed in the District Court this morning before Mr. B. F. Bridge, in the case in which a Siamese, Nai Kum Loon stands charged with causing the death of one Yalankali at 8.30 p.m. on November 7,
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  • 159 11 Puller Struck With Stick TEACHER ADVISED TO CONTROL TEMPER A dispute over ricksha fare yesterday led to e, teacher of the Arabic School at Kuala Kangsar, Ali bin Md., being produced before the magistrate, Mr. H. A. L. Luckham, on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt
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  • 121 11 Occupier Claims Trial Following a raid by the police at a coffee-shop No. 25, Lorong Saratus Tahun last night five Chinese were arraigned before Mr. H A L. Luckham in the police court today on a charge of playing in a common gaming house. All accused
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  • 143 11 Accused Gets 19 Weeks* Imprisonment Six charges of theft on various dates in respect of clothing, an alarm clock, a fountain pen and a pair of shoes, were preferred against a Hokkien named Tan Cheng Lam in the police court today. Accused pleaded guilty on all charges.
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  • 51 11 (To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette”) Sir, —On behalf of the Convent Christmas Fund I gratefully acknowledge the following donations Mr. W A. Walter 10 Anonymous 20 Mr. J. P. Souter 10 40 Previously acknowledged 384 Total $424 Yours etc., C. F. SMITH. Penang, December
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  • 56 11 A charge of attempted extortion by putting Chng Kooi Hong in fear of assault, at Chulia Street on December 23, was preferred against a Cantonese named Wong Ah Kow in the police court today. Detective Inspector B. Lewis, prosecuted. Accused claimed trial. A postponement till December 31 was
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  • 259 11 (To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette”) Sir, —I will be exceedingly grateful to you if you will possibly make use of your valuable paper for publicly extending to the Captain of the “Yuen Sang” and Dr. A.h B. Paul my heartiest thanks interpreting the feeling of the Royal
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  • 1110 12 RUBBER TIN SHARES BY AIR MAIL (By courtesy of Kennedy Co.) London, Dec. 14. Allagar (2j) 13% 1|5% Alor Pongsu (2 1,10 I|ll% Anglo-Malay 11,9 12,9 Ayer Kuning 27 6 30| Bagan Serai 14 6 15 6 Bahru (Sei.) (2 2 8 2,10 Banteng 18; 20| Batang
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  • 93 12 I During the week ending December 14, 1935, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 74,750 cases, of which: 46,118 (62%) cases were to the United Kingdom, 1,162 I (2%) cases to the Continent of Europe, '2,125 (3%) cases to Canada, and 25,345 (33%) cases Elsewhere. Total
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  • 709 12 Working Of Rubber Regulation NEW DUTCH QUOTA The twenty-seventh annual general meeting of the Malaya General Company, Ltd., was held at 7, Great Winchesterstreet, E. C. Mr. T. H. Graham, the chairman of the company, presided, and was supported by Lt.-Col. A. J. Barry, R.E., C.8.E., T.D., Mr.
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  • 56 12 The Chinese Committee, Poppy Day Fund, 1935, acknowledge with thanks the receipt of various goods from the following firms for their Stall at the Chinese Fair and Bazaar:— Messrs. Kim Seng Co, Messrs. Ee Co, Messrs. McAlister Co., Ltd, Messrs. Fraser Neave, Ltd, Messrs. Caldbeck, McGregor
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  • 688 12 Tobacco Trust's Sales INCREASED VALUE OF STOCKS At the meeting of Tobacco Securities Trust held in London on Dec. 9 Mr. R. McKenna, the chairman, made an important statement concerning the loss on shellac incurred by the Dean Finance Corporation, its subsidiary. Between April and October
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  • 33 12 The Secretaries of Puchong Tin Dredging, Limited, report that if the present rate of quota is maintained, the Directors hope that the mine will resume operations in April next.
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  • 198 13 Then Complete Relief. Fancy 14 years of misery and pam with Dyspepsia, then complete and permanent relief This was the actual experience of Mrs. M. M who never had a night’s rest without wind and distressing ague until she took Maclean Brand Stomach Powder.
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  • 241 13 j— Reuter. banking Takes Unusual Step BREACH WITH JAPAN FEARED Nanking, Dec. 23. Anxious lest the anti-autonomy student monstrations might involve the country in a quarrel with Japan, the Chinese Government has taken the unprecedented step of inviting to Nanking the Chancellors of the Universities throughout China
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  • 61 13 Sequel To Road Accident Washington, Dec. 22. Senator Schall has died. —Reuter. On December 20, it was stated that blind Senator, Mr. Schall of Minnesota, one of President Roosevelt’s most outsp^® n critics, was seriously injured while stepping out of his automobile on to the r way.
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  • 112 13 ’—Rugby Radio Service. Fog Snow In Northern Counties London, Dec. 23 Dense fog today added to traffic difficulies which in many parts of the particularly, in the north of En J^ d become acute owing to icebound road con htions. The fog has extended over a wide area
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  • 804 13 “YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE COMBINED" IN MR. ANTHONY EDEN METEORIC RISE TO FAME: WARM WELCOME BY PRESS London, December 23. I he newspapers most warmly welcome Mr. Eden’s appointment, the exceptions being the anti-sanctionists. All devote columns describing his meteoric rise to fame and
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  • 137 13 data on the problem.—Rugby Radio Service. Important War Office Scheme London, Dec. 23. The War Office announced yesterday a most important scheme for army reorganisation put forward in recent years. The scheme authorises mechanisation of eight historic cavalry regiments and converts two battalions of foot guards and 13
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  • 155 13 —Reuter. Lindberghs To Live In i England Permanently I SECRET VOYAGE Son's Life In Danger KIDNAPPING THREATS New York, Dec. 23. Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh and their son, Jon, are the only three passengers aboard a steamer at present in the high seas en route to England in
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  • 282 13 Reuter. Mr. A. Wigqin Found Shot Dead In Cabin COUNSELLOR IN BRITISH EMBASSY AT TOKYO Shanghai, December 23 Mr. A.F.H Wiggin, Counsellor in the British Embassy at Tokio, was found shot dead in his cabin with a gun by his side on December 21, shortly after the
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  • 39 13 —Reuter. Motor-Bus Disaster In Virginia Hopewell (Virginia), Dec. 22. It is believed that at least 13 were drowned when a motor-bus crashed through the guard gate of an open swing bridge and rolled into the river.—Reuter.
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  • 42 13 Reuter. To Be Rebuilt At Cost Of £6.000,000 New Delhi, Dec. 23. Quetta, which was destroyed last May by an earthquake, is to be rebuilt on the existing site as far as possible. The cost is estimated at £6,000.000.
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  • 67 13 over each new Cardinal’s head. —Reuter i Wireless. I Vatican City, Dec. 23. The ceremony of creating 20 new Cardinals was conducted in the richest mediaeval pageantry at St. Peter’s Church before St. Peter’s tomb. The roll of drums heralded the entry of the Pope in the
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 164 13 PACKED AT EVERY SHOW SINCE OPENING I pwwi» its* SEASON EXTENDED TILL TOMORROW 7-00 TONIGHT 9-30 UNIQUE FILM CO.'S SENSATIONAL LAUGH RIOT The Continuation Chapter of the RecordBreaking CANTONESE TALKIE 3 GREAT STARS TOGETHER! MISS TOONG SHOOT YING (of “PEI CHIEN LOONG” Fame) MR. LIU MONG KWOK MISS VIOLET IN
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  • 585 14 The Post Office notifies that a Telegram from G.P.O. London says that the Mail despatched from Penang on November 30 by the ss. “Karapara" was delivered in London on December 21. NOTICE The Air Mails despatched from Penang on December 14 per the Netherlands Aircraft via A
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  • 388 14 I The 8.8. C. announces that under present arrangements his Majesty j the King will on Christmas Day at 3.0 !p. m. G. M. T. broadcast a message to !the Empire from Sandringham for the (fourth year in succession. His Majesty’s message will be preceded by
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  • 686 14 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES ScMul» Of Principal Lines I’h.e following is a list of vessels arriving «nd sailing from Penang during the week; DJ PORT TODAY S.S. NEUMARK from China, Japan and Singapore. Sails same day for Colombo, Port Said, Marseilles, Barcelona Rotterdam and Hamburg. S.S. GEN V. D. HEYDEN from
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  • 194 14 Today at “Esplanade” from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. 1 March—Bond of Friendship—Mac Rogan. 2 Overture —Christmas—Col. Taylor. 3 Selection —Samson and Delilah— Saint-Saens. 4 Idyl—ln the Chapel—Eilenberg. 5 Waltz —Charm of the Valse—Winter. 6 Selection —Selection Once Upon a Time —Hume. 7 Christmas Carols Arr. C. C.
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    • 41 14 BROADCAST HINDUSTANI TAMIL RECORDS Are the out-come of the Hidden Music Treasures of Eminent Musicians who will be the glory of India, nay, of the whole world. Latest Releases just arrived. Sole Agents THE INDIAN FILM AGENCY, 130, Penang Road, Penang.
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    • 10 14 When Shopping Always REMEMBER EASTERN BAZAAR For QUALITY SERVICE VALUE.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 1226 14 Wireless Programmes Norman Greenwood (Pianoforte). 8.15 News. 8.20 a.m. —Close down Transmission —2 Transmission 5 6 20 p m _Big Ben. “This Great Fami- ly.”* 6.ss—The BBC Northern Ireland Two of the following Orchestra leader, Philip Whiteway conwed GSC 9,580 kc|s (81-32 m.) GSB duct E Brown. Greenwich >4lO kc|s
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    • 208 14 7.35 —Race Commentary, and Results. 8.10 —Messrs. Kennedy and Company’s Share Report. 8.15 —Indian Music. 8.30 —“Pinang Gazette” News Bulletin. 8.35 —Indian Music continued. 9.oo—Close down. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 7.00 p.m. —Special Broadcast of Chinese f Music in connection with the Penang Chi-. nese Fair and Bazaar. 9.00 —Close down
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    • 403 16 We Wis 6 Jill Our Matrons JI Merry Qfiristmas! 2l I r —T 6lp OPENING TONIGHT 9-30 'Z AT 2-45 P.M. J® THIS CHRISTMAS WILL STAN D OUT AS YOUR HAPPIEST I; AND MERRIEST CHRISTMAS < BECAUSE WE BRING YOU M-G-M’S M AMMOTH MUSICAL SHOW THAT TO OK 7 YEARS
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  • 308 17 Major General's Advice For High Commands 6 MONTHS WITH R.A.F. No one should hold the rank of higher commander in the Army without having had at least six months’ really close association with the RA.F within a few years of his promotion. This was one of
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  • 182 17 White Woman Dead In Ransacked Room I I Puzzling features accompany a murder mystery which confronts the Kenya police this week-end —the death pf Mrs. Josephine Duirs, an octogenarian end one of the colony’s pioneer white at her house in the Limurn district. All that is
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  • 164 17 Can you imagine any circumstances under which it would be possible to steal a rai way train and take it clear out of sight passengers and all; then bring it ac an employ it for the thief’s own sinister purpose? In The “Stolen Boat I rain
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  • 480 17 Caught By Man He Duped Philibert Besson, France’s “Phantom Deputy,’ whom the police had hunted for j nine months, has at last been caught. I On March 11 he bluffed his way through lan army of police, under the command of Inspector Delmont, who had surrounded the
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  • 193 17 It takes Mr. Malcolm MacMillan, Britain’s youngest M.P., 24 hours of uninterrupted travel by road, rail and sea to get ;from Westminster to the Western Isles, which he won for the Labour Party at the election. j Sometimes the journey is longer, especially if the
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  • 288 17 £1,500,000 A YEAR AIR BID STATE AID FOR PRIVATE LINES The Air Ministry is to ask Parliament for authority to grant up to £1,500.000 a year for the next eight years in subsidies to British air transport concerns. This is one of the three main points in a new Air
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  • 180 17 Holy Ireland, by Noral Hoult (Heinemann, 7s. 6d.), is a difficult book to review, because of its frankly critical attitude towards the Roman Catholic Church. She raises questions which it is quite impossible for an unprejudiced non-Cath o lic reviewer to discuss. But one can at
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  • 251 17 Music And Speech Twice As Clear NO NEED FOR PERFORMERS TO 808 ABOUT By means of the new, “ribbon” microphone, radio listeners are to have purer Xnusic and mor.e natural drama. The “ribbon” microphone, it is claimed, gives an increase in purity estimated at 100 per
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  • 232 17 Woman's Flight Across America New York, December 8. Mrs. Ossie Drimmer wanted to spend Christmas with her parents in Gothenburg. She had to leave her husband in Los Angeles because he is studying to be a chiropodist there, but she and their 21-month-old boy Ali set
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  • 210 17 The Foghorn and Other Stories. By ;Gertrude Atherton. London: Jarrolds. Pp. 'l9l. 6s. net. Two of the stories are short and two long, but they are all rather horrible. They seem to represent an andeavour to avoid I conventional themes and they attain what 1 might be called
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    • 340 17 F 1 T EE N i FLAVOURS-| o p U LAR WS.W ALL OVER THE WORLD Consistent Ugh quality that \Vx\sLV-V never varier «ad a wide range of delicious flavours have ensured 7 universal fame for Chivers' Jellies. Delightfully cool and appetising, they are, at the tame time, very wholesome
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  • 4927 18 MOVEMENT FOR HOUSING REFORM MODERN HOUSES TO BE BUILT $1,000,000 TO BE SPENT IN SHANGHAI ALONE IN the history of China’s social advancement, the present movement for housing reform opens up a new chapter of enlightenment and progress. For the first time in China’s long
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    • 188 18 Z W( JILW MHM sM® tH p ,NWI he Perfect holidayjw i/i Sunshine, sea breezes. in good company and jjj f a Good Beer! Jj A -M > > r > k P Sole Distributors. HENRY WAUGH CO., LTD. Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh. 1 1 ENG AUN TONG THE
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    • 121 19 uou tmwt not missal ■jour TIGERSHIt MM Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd., I MANUFACTURERS OF j 1 WATER PURIFICATION PLANT n •II -I 1 ij HORIZONTAL PRESSURE FILTER < COMPLETE INSTALLATIONS CARRIED OOT BY 1 SOLE AGENTS x HUTTENBACHS, LIMITED. j (focorporated in tke Stralta Settlements.) ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS. PENANG. I
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  • 993 20 TODAY'S WORK ON THE TRACK SINGING BIRD AND VERKARA IN FORM GENT AND POPOVER VERY FIT lßy Tic-Tac.l With the exception of Hobbs’ string, practically all the outstation horses have arrived for the Penang Meeting which opens on Saturday and nearly all in
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  • 100 20 January 24 And 25 The Taiping Turf Club January Skye meeting will be held on Friday and Saturday, January 24 and 25. The Club intend catering for Horses 4 and 5 and Ponies 2 and 3. There will be one run for Horses, Class 4,
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  • 50 20 —Reuter. Hundreds of ntudents encamped the nightlong in the North Station lying on tracks occupying coaches and preventing all departures. Others are joining them in the morning. The trains are now leaving from ChenJu to the next station where the passengers are going by taxis and motor-buses.
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  • 337 20 Handicaps For Second Day SIX RACES The following handicaps (six races only) axe announced for the second day of the Penang Turf Club Xmas New Year Meeting to be run on Wednesday, January 1 Ponies) —Class I—Division1 —Division I—6 Furs. ATHLACCA 9.10 APr-LE WOOD 8.10
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  • 214 20 Latest Quotations I I Monday Saturday Paris 74|f 74 51 64 New York 4.92% 4.92jf Montreal 4.96% 4 96% Brussels 29.27 29.28 Geneva 15.18% 15.20 Amsterdam 7.27 7.27% Milan 61% Olis Berlin 12.26% 12.26 Prague H 9 119% Copenhagen Oslo 19.90% 19.90% I Stockholm 19.39% 19.39%
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  • 40 20 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24 London Bank 2]4 4 m|st Private 3 m|st credit 2|4H 3 Documentary 2|4|J On New York Demand 57% India T.T. 154% France T.T. 860 Hong Kong,, T.T. 42% dis. Shanghai T.T. 47% dis. Bar Silver 21
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  • 122 20 UN YESTERDAY TODAY London —(Spot) No market £217.0.0 London —(3 months) No market £208.15.0 Singapore $106.00 $105.75 Business Done Penang $107.50 Ready Quotation: Nominal Business Done 25 tons No Buyers COPRA. (Sundried) $5.60 $5.65 BLACK PEPPER $11.50 $11.50 RUBBER London 6%d 6%d New York 13%c(G) 13-&c(G) Singapore—Spot 21
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  • 269 20 A. A. ANTHONY CO.’S QUOTATIONS Yesterday Today I Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers I TIN Ayer Weng 1.85 1.90 1.85 1.90 B. Selangor 97 99ex 97 99 iHong Fatt 77% 80 77% 80 Jelebu 97% 1.02% 97% 1.02% i Klang River 1.90 1.95 1.90 1.95 > Kuchai 67% 70 67% 70
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  • 105 20 The m.s. ‘'Lalandia” is expected at Penang from Europe on Friday morning with the following Straits passengers Mr. O. Tjellesen, Mr. John M. Larsen. Miss Karen Lehnert, Mr. W. J. Cooil, Mrs. E. Ward, Mrs. M. H. Cocke, Miss C. A. M. Stevens, Mrs. A. H. M. Stevens,
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  • 403 20 KENNEDY COMPANY TODAY’S PRICES The following are th e latest quotation»’' in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s Share Liat today Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers SeL'era RUBBER: Allenby 1.55 170 1.50 1.60 Alor Gajah 1.00 I.loc 92% l.OOex Amal. Malay 3.10 3.30 3.10 3.25 Ayer Molek 85 90
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    • 48 20 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENT Her Royal Highness Princess Svasti and family wish to convey their deep apprecigratefulness to those who had given them assistance during the Cremation Rite of His Royal Highness late Prince Svasti, and sincerely regret that they are unable to express their thanks by letters individually.
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    • 34 20 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures Wind Rainfall 6 a.m. 78 N.E. Noon 82 N. TIDE TABLE TODAY HIGH WATER LOW WATER 12.05 p.m 6.25 a.m. 12.14 a.m 6.16 p.m. TOMORROW 7.07 a.m. 12.51 p.m, 7.04 p.m.
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