Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 April 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 77. Vol. XCIV. SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 640 1 treaty willingly entered into —Rugby Service. DOMINATING FACTOR IN INTERNATIONAL SITUATION Great Britain Forced To Arm In Defence PEACE, RESTORATION OF CONFIDENCE AND SECURITY Prerequisites For Re-estabsishment Of Trade Between Nations v 1 i o London, April 3. < .ord Zetland, Secretary for India, in
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  • 119 1 —Reuter I New Zeppllin Crosses Equator London, April 3Reuter's special correspondent aboard the Hindenburg” wirelesses that the Zeppelin crossed the Equator at midnight. Aeolus appeared at dinner time and presented baptism certificates to novices, permitting them to cross the line but there was no shaving or ducking
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  • 140 1 Reuter. Reports Of Devaluation Discounted Berlin, April 3. Reports of possible devaluation of the German currency are discounted by the Deutsche Volkwirt which also rejects the suggestion that Dr. Schact’s resignation is impending, from which it is inferred that the recent renewed crisis between Dr. Schact and the
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  • 504 1 Rugby Radic Service. Peuse I» Aeiivslv I CONCILIATION EFFORTS MAY TAKE SOME TIME i League Powers To Be I Brought In London, April 3. The Foreign Secretary, in the House of Commons today, said that at a meeting with Herr von Ribbentrop yesterday- he told the Geman Envoy
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  • 184 1 —Reuter. WILL CONTAIN COUNTERPROPOSALS I I Paris, April 3. It is authoritatively learned that the French reply to the < icrnian memorandum will contain counter-proposals. M. Flandin is drafting a reply' and the finishing touches will be given by the Council of Ministers on Monday.
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  • 251 1 —Reuter- Overage Battleships To i Be Replaced NEW TREATY "A STEP FORWARD t I Washington, April 3. Admiral Standley, Acting Secretary o f the Navy, o n account of the prolonged illness of Mr. Swanson, lengthily conferred with Mr. Phillips, the Under-Secretary of 1 State. Subsequently, in
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  • 83 1 mittee will shortly be summoned. —Rugby Radio Service. Italian Reply Received: Committee Of XIII Meeting Shortly London, April 3. The reply of the Italian Government to the invitation of the Committee of XIII of the Council of the League to seek a settlement of the Italo-AbySsinian dispute within
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  • 51 1 Mass Raid On Wallets While Members Played (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 3. While the owners were on the links at the Keppel Golf Club yesterday evening a mass raid on wnllets was made, total loss being about $l6O. One sufferer Mr. C-J-Clackett lost
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  • 46 1 Rugby Radio Service. The King To Retain Title London, April 3. It is the intention of His Majesty the King to retain the title of Master of the Merchant Navy and the Fishing Fleets, which he assumed as the Prince of Wales.
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  • 188 1 —Reuter. War Unlikely BOTH SIDES CANNOT AFFORD IT i London, April 3. The only reassuring aspect o f the situation on the Mongol-Manchurian border i s paradoxically the number of recent incidents, says "The Times.’’ Casus Beld after casus belli prompted nothing more serious than local skirmishes
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  • 152 1 Reuter Exhibition Opened In Manchester 1 London, April 3. Mr Quo Tai chi opened an important exhibition o f Chinese art at the Manchester Art Gallery. i He paid a tribute to Manchester’s traditional sympathy with China which was displayed in m a ny varied practical directions and
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  • 89 1 -Reuter. Darwin-Singapore Section To Be Abandoned j Sydney, April 3. The ‘‘Daily Telegraph" understands that discussions in connection with the flying boat service are proceeding on new lines involving Australia’s abandonment of the Darwin-Singapore section in favour of Darwin and North Borneo from which it branches off
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    • 1969 2 RATES FOR casual’ PENANG TURF CLUB B"*™* of BANKS. ADVERTISEMENTS EXTRA MEETING 1936 j lst DAY, SATURDAY, 18th APRIL 1936. lAn Examination of Dressers will be held j I All communications relating to 2nd DAY, WEDNESDAY, 22nd APRIL 1936. i27th. and 28th. April, 1936, commencing! CHARTERED BANK NEDERLANDSCHE Advertisements should
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  • 384 3 DISLOYAL CHIEFS DEPOSED Attack On Sabotage And Laxity i Moscow. Russia has started a nationwide "purge of industry,” designed to eliminate ‘‘unBolshevik leadership” and to dispose of: saboteurs who stand in the way of the new I "Stakhanov” (high productivity) methods, f Planned by the Kremlin
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  • 109 3 New York, March 22. Three-year-old Australian boy, Kelvin Rodgers, of Boord, near Melbourne who may die, and certainly will not reach manhood if the 3 inch nail he swallowed two years ago is not removed from his lung, is to
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  • 123 3 New Animal Makes It Debut One of the rarest animals in the world, so we that it was hitherto unknown, has just arrived at the Sydney zoo. It has come from central New Guinea. It is a sort of cross between a bear and a kangaroo,
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  • 480 3 Faster It Went The More It Curled I WOMAN BUYER WINS £4O CLAIM The curly tail of King’s Folly, a coursing greyhound, was the subject of a £4O claim heard on March 19 at Newc a stle-on Tyne County Court. It was declared that
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  • 131 3 Four Months For Writer Of Letter London, March 23. Count von Haugwitz Reventlow, of Hyde Park-gardens, London, was present at Manchestei City Police Court prepared to give evidence in a charge aga'nst Alfred Molyneux, aged 31, of Edmond-street, Middleton, near Manchester, of attempting to obtain £2OO by
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  • 133 3 Secret Island Fcr Last Of The Windjammers The Joseph Conrad, the last square-rig-ged frigate built ship afloat may shortly sail from Melbourne, where she is now be-thed, to a secret island near the Solomon Group, in the Pacific. On this island, a rich gold field is
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  • 84 3 Australia Continues To Prosper Australia is expectiny to continue its series of finane'al surpluses when the year’s accounts are balanced at the end of June. This year it will probably be £2,000,000. Customs revenue for the first half of the year is ahead of the estimate, as
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  • 126 3 Derby, March 22. Seven hundred emp’oyees of Qualcast, lawn mower makers, listened to a 12,000mile two-way radio conversation between directors of the firm end Major A. Briggs, who is in charge of the factory in Australia, at a dinner. They also heard a conversation
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  • 200 3 i To have terrible pain after every 'meal to dread eating for fear of the inevitable indigestion to be, in fact, a confirmed stomach sufferer -such was the unhappy lot of Mrs. A. E. B. until she began taking Maclean Brand Stomach Powder. “I am writing
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  • 146 3 But Post Office Mode No Mistake At 4 o’clock an afternoon or two ago, a young man hurried into a suburban post office at Melbourne and handed in e. wire. At 4.11 p.m. a telegraph clerk at the general post office scratched his head over it. It was
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  • 71 3 Italian Gids Reach Australia j Italian migration to Australia continues. The first Italian ship to arrive after the imposition of sanctions by the League carried 218 Italians, mostly women and children who made their voyage to join relations. I Among them, says Austral News, were 20 young
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  • 90 3 These Farmers Are Nof I Grumbling With prosperity returning to the Empire, Australian woolgrowers are particularly gratified at the cheque for £25 millions they have just received for the first half of their 'selling season. It is nearly £9*2 millions or 59 per cent more than during
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    • 44 3 Nacet blades have an established reputation for fine quality at an amazingly low price. Their absolute reliabil* ity has won for them great popularity every blade gives many quick, clean and smooth shaves. Nacet blades fit three-peg razors. MADE IN ENGLAND 3 PEC RAZORS
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  • 829 4 PROGRAMME FOR TODAY SELECTIONS BY "TIC-TAC" Below will be found the full programme for the last day of the Selangor I urf Club Spring Meeting to be run at Kuala Lumpur today, together with selections by Tic-Tac: RACE 1 Ponies, Class 2, Division 2, 5
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  • 118 4 S.X.R.C. Wins At Soccer The Indian Recreation Club met the St. Xavier’s Recreation Club at soccer yesterday on the latter’s ground and were unfortunate to lose by three goals to one. Play was even in the first half, but in the second half the Indians pressed for the
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  • 1129 4 In Disappointing Contest With Joe Eagle BOTH FAIL TO IMPRESS (BY “SPECTATOR’ Last night’s fight between Ventura Mar- quez and Joe Eagle at the Fun Frolic Stadium proved a great disappointment. Both of them are regarded as two of the best featherweights in the East
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  • 276 4 The following are the P.C.C. cricket fixtures for the 1936 season; showing also the dates of Inter-State Matches and Trial games:— I Sat. Apr. 4) Trial Game—Esplanade. I Sun. 5) Sat. ii) PENANG v PERAK— Sun. 12) IPOH. I Mon. 13) ‘I I Sat. f 18) Lse
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 25 4 'PHONE 543. Plllll PENANG. TONIGHT DINNER DANCE RUNNYMEDE TENNIS COURT CHARGES $1.20 per hour, including Ball Boys. ACCOMMODATION FOR TENNIS TEA PARTIES AT THE COURT.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 63 4 WWbVA’ZZ.V-V MERIAN C. COOPER'S MIGHTIEST PRODUCTION SHOWING NEXT M WEEK! a The Screen’s Grandest v Achievement Since E COMMANDMENTS'! POMPEII 5,000 IN THE CAST! '"“V"-'“ T 11 AW 11 i ALAM hale, basil rath. M rrr 11 bone, johnwood,louis xJ Unbelievable awe inspirina c»~ct«4 6rErn W ts.scA« v w M
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  • 571 5 Brilliant Jewel Worth $6,000 GEM CLAIMED Amazing History Of A Ring Singapore, April 1. Further revelations have been m ade In connection with the amarin uie amazing s t or y of the magnificent $6,000 emerald ring which was Molen from an American couple some
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  • 149 5 Fatal End To Stabbing PRISONER ATTACKS ANOTHER Singapore, April 2. A Chinese serving a term of imprisonment in the Singapore Criminal Prison was fatally assaulted by a fellow prisoner shortly after 11 o’clock this morning. It appears that a number of prisoners were working in the
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  • 499 5 Alleged Theft Of A Parcel I Singapore, April 2. Miss N- Rappa, a stenographer employed 1 by Messrs. Francis Peak and Co-, Ltd-, was j the complainant in a case before Mr. H. IM. Blacker, the Third Magistrate, yester- day, when an Indian peon named Ram-
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  • 891 5 Rich Singapore Chettiar Fined In Johore PLANT ERADICATION wll fi•r s f ®I *1 iK-13 ORDER I Johore Bahru, Apr. 1 Mr. J.B. Weiss, First Magistrate, Johore Bahru, this morning fined Soona Meyappa Chettiar, a member of one of the richest moneylending firms in Singapore,
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  • 694 5 New President Elected TRIBUTE TO DR. KHONG'S GOOD WORK Jhe annual general meeting of the Perak mese Maternity Association was held at the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Hale Street, I po h, on Wednesday. Before the meeting w as begun, Mr. Lau Ek Ching J.
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  • 865 5 NO RETURN TO AUTOCRACY 5. i j Making Steady Progress j j Singapore, April 2 I In an exclusive interview with the Tribune today, Sir Robert Holland, the retiring Judicial Adviser to the Siamese Government, who is now in Singapore on his way home, had
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  • 310 5 Dedication Ceremony Oir Saturday Singapore, April 2 The Harry Oehlers Memorial Church at the fith mile on the Upper SerangoOn Road is now nearing completion and is to Ibe dedicated on Saturday, April 4, at 5 p.m. by the Lord Bishop of Singapore un- der the name
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  • 417 6 £50,000 A YEAR FOR JANET GAYNOR Only £4,000 Fo r Shirley Temple WRITERS' HUGE CHEQUES £7,000 For Claudette Colbert New York, March 21 The extraordinary salaries paid to film stars have been revealed in a Treasury report to Congress disclosing payments by the big studios during
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  • 232 6 LAUGHTON FOR COMEDIE FRANCAISE London. March 20Charles Laughton, being a great artist who can discriminate between one kind of recognition and another, is almost overwhelmed by the honour paid him by the Comedie Francaise in inviting him to Paris to play an act from Moiiere’s “Le Medecin
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  • 241 6 Film Producer Pound Hanged London, March 23 Eight hours after he had hade a cheery “good night” to friends who had attended a card party at his luxury flat at Berkeley House, Hay Hill, Mayfair, Mr. Herman Fellner, the pioneer German film producer, was found
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  • 1261 6 CREATOR OF PLAY THAT I RAN FOR NEARLY 5 YRS. Mr. Oscar Asche, the actor, died on Marc! ’23, aged 65, at his home in Marlow, Bucks M ith his play. “Chu-Chin-Chow,” hi I scored one of the greatest successes ii I theatrical history. It
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 1109 7 Wireless Programmes 8.8. C. j Weekly Newsletter and Sports Summary. 8.25 a.m.—Close down. TODAY Transmission 2 TransmissionS j 6.20 p.m.—Big Ben. An Aeronautical The following frequencies will be used Revue J “Tennessee to Tooting Bee.”* Book iSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.), GSC 9.58 Devised by Miriam Ferris. Lyrics and Me,
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    • 78 7 l Guards; Slavonic Rhapsody Symphony Orchestra. Records Supplied by Messrs. Robinson Co. Ltd., Kuala, Lumpur. EIAR RADIO STATION 2 R O, ROME Wavelength 25.4 metres (kilocycles *****) TODAY I 9.20 p.m. (Malayan time) Opening announcement. News bulletin in English. Summary of news for the w-eek -x Hindustani. C. E. T.
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  • 1238 8 The work has been begun in London of most careful examination of the reply made by the German Government to the proposals advanced by the other Locarno Powers with a view to repairing the breach by Germany of the Locarno Treaty, as a preliminary to the raising-up of
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  • 135 8 —Reuter. 45 Witnesses In Death Chamber i Trenton, April 4. HAUPTMANN WAS EXECUTED TODAY. Hauptmann met his death on the electric chair at 8-47 pm. local time. He did not confess or utter a word after he had enter--led the little death chamber which was crowded with 45
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  • 68 8 Most Successful Year 1 Since Inception (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, April 3. Siam’s pioneer civil aviation service operating in the north eastern part of the kingdom has closed its most successful operating year since its establishment in 1931. The mail carried last year is ten
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  • 351 8 MOHAMMEDAN WHO LEFT COLONY Claim To Have Over $40,000 Outstanding S ngaporc, April 3. A who asserted that he had ov-r $4v,uUU outscanumg at preset, gave ms evmence be lo re i U r. m-n. Blacker, in the third court, Singapore, yesterday, when he, Raj Kishore
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  • 110 8 Patterson Hancock The wedding took place yesterday at StAndrew’s Presbyterian Church, Northam Road, of Mr. Rupert Victor Patterson, Manager of Messrs. Borneo Motors Ltd Penang, only son of the late Rev and MrsJohn Rupert Patterson, and Irene Mavis, only daughter of the late Mr- Walter William
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  • 71 8 ENGLAND —CAPE FLIGHT Reuter and Rugby Radio Service. Amy's Attempt To Lower Record London, April 3. Amy Mollison took off from the Grave---send airport at 5.30 a.m. in an attempt to lower the England-Cape record of three days, 17 hours, and 37 minutes created by Flight-Lieut. Rose in February. She
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  • 35 8 DUKE DUCHESS OF KENT —Rugby Radio Service. London, April 3The Duke and Duchess of Kent who. contemplate spending Easter in Belgrade, arrived at Le Bourget, INiris by an ordinary Imperial Airways liner, “Horatius,” this afternoon.-
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  • 1200 9 Judge Sets Order Aside COLONIAL PROCEDURE UNKNOWN IN GREAT BRITAIN Singapore, April 3. lic prccedurc_of attachment before judgment is now found r*‘ °u FJebtois Ordinance 1934 which replaces section R IXI r(K 'y i Ul *e Code 1907. The procedure is unknown an* am
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  • 1086 9 Attempted Murder Charges TWO CHINESE WOMEN STABBED The preliminary inquiry into the case in which a Chinese, Chew Ah Seong, is charged with the attempted murder of his young wife, Chew Gaik Ho, and another j woman. Tan Neoh Keow, at 215, Jelutong > Road, on February
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  • 313 9 Found Husband Hanging In Kitchen Singapore, April 1. A pathetic story was unfolded before the Singapore Coroner, Mr W- G. Porter, today, when a young Chinese woman gave evidence in connection with her husband’s deathOn the morning of Mar. 27, Inspector Menon of the Tanjong Pagar
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  • 131 9 Reuter. i Trenton, April 4. I Warden Kimberling subsequently said that Hauptmann made no request, no conI fession and had not lost courage. I He was apparently confident to the end that something would arrive to save him. 1 A fruitless last minute effort was made by Mr?.
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  • 173 9 AMBASSADOR'S DENIAL UNUSUAL CONTINGENT ON ITALIAN MAIL Passengers' Curiosity Aroused (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 3. Passengers aboard the Italian Mail “Victoria,” which called at Singapore yesterday, were discussing the destina tion of Chinese coolies travelling as deck and steerage passengers It was generally
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  • 39 9 —Rugby Radio Service- London, April 3The amount applied for in tenders for £40,000,000 Treasury Bills was £76,280,000. The maximum amount was allotted in bills at three months. The average rate per cent was 10/2-78d —Rugby Radio Service-
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  • 3966 10 Germany's Desire For Colonies Effort To End The Mui-Tsai System Pepper Case: Need For New Legislation Mr. J. H. C. Howeson And Tin Control Inception Of The Rubber Industry Recalled German Claims For Synthetic Rubber (From Our Own Correspondent). London, March 24. kN if a helpful
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    • 157 10 FROM THE CONNOISSEUR'S! i NOTE BOOK IS i [j Where there is NO WINE there is NO LOVE" I But you can get WINE— and WINE you LOVE from CALDBECK'S i r| The House of the CONNOISSEUR fl jra S This advertisement is published by Messrs. Caldbeck Macgregor Co. Ltd.
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  • 215 11 Effects of Neuritis Cured by Kruschen The effect of neuritis on this man was strange one. At times his legs and arms seemed to go dead, and he lost all control of his movements. But that was many years ago. Since then he ha s
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  • 150 11 Brighter Uniforms For Australian Soldiers e 11 give them what their sweethearts vant, is the recruiting policy of the Australian military authorities. I hey are trying to make voluntary mili■aO training more attractive to young men by the promise of brighter uniforms. A red dress tunic with
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  • 249 11 Haphazard Selection Of I Timber Piles I Had more care been taken in selecting he wooden piles which for over 100 years supported Waterloo Bridge, it is possible that there would have been no need to rebuild the bridge. Timber experts on Saturday descended into
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  • 604 11 Army Rehousing At Home i And Abroad £1.578,000 HONG KONG SCHEMES t I The Army’s building, reconditioning, and demolition programme for this and future years, both at home and abroad is abnor- mally heavy. I Barracks have to be built for newly- raised battalions of
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  • 513 11 >j Working Out The Three I Years’ Programme I j COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING I M a. Sydney. -I Australia’s problems of defence will shortly be considered when the Australian Council of Defence meets in Melbourne to I examine proposals for th e expenditure of 5 I
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  • 158 11 Extension Of Service Expected Calcutta. The “Saviour and maker of modern Bengal” was the tribute paid to Sir John Anderson, Governor of Bengal, when the President of the Sunderbans Landholders’ Association, addressing the annual meeting, expressed the hope that the Governor’s tenure of office might be
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  • 390 11 The King's Message "REMARKABLE RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT" Adelaide. Vt hat the Premier, Mr. Butler, described as the first great event in the South Australian centenary celebrations took place I when the Governor. Sir Winston Dugan, I opened the Centennial Exhibition in the presence of a large and
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  • 289 11 Changed From Wilderness In A Lifetime Mr. A. E. Hyland, director of Australian Government trade publicity, was a guest of the North-Western headquarters of the Overseas League, at lunch in the Liverpool club, and, in an address, emphasised the point that the transformation of Australia
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  • 202 11 Alphabet System Imperial Airways have decided to intre-: duce an alphabetical system in naming their air-liners. I i The letters "A” and “B" being needed for the existing fleet, and the letter ‘D” for aircraft of the Diana class, the letter “C” is to be reserved for
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  • 145 11 Why He Kept His Waist-long Beard Paris, March 22. France’s most picturesque police constable retired today. He is M. Leclerc, better known as “Agent 2009.” His long beard, reaching down below hi» waist, and huge moustachios have made him known to hundreds of thousands. For
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    • 27 11 y Q/nc/ Comfortable travel from Fenang to Bangkok ifeSOu the Capital of Siam in Day Night Coaches with excellent Restaurant Car Service. ROYAL STATE RAILWAYS OF SIAM
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    • 94 11 I FOUR TIMES a week W i-7 AT wg. L/ PENANG AERODROME From 22nd APRIL. B WAX-THE IDEAL POLISH JOHNSON'S WAX IS THE PERFECT WaX FOR POLISHING FLOORS FURNITURE AUTOMOBILE AND PIANO. EXCELLENT FOR DANCE FLOORS Distributors K. LEE SAN CO., 79/81 Beach Street, Penang. Phone 765. KEAN LEONG CO.,
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  • 831 12 BEING STUDIED CAREFULLY BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT STAFF CONVERSATIONS NECESSARY NOT IN ANY WAY PREJUDICING SETTLEMENT OF CRISIS London, April 3. 1 he Foreign Secretary made a statement in the House of Commons this morning on the German memorandum and the letters handed last night
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  • 853 12 NOTICE The Air Mails despatched from Penang on March 25 per the Imperial Airway’s were delivered in London on April 3. IMPERIAL AIRWAYS The Eastbound and Westbound Imperial Aircrafts are expected to arrive at Bayan Lepag and Singapore respectively on schedule. AIR MAILS A mail for Amsterdam
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  • 640 12 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR Churoh of England Palm Sunday 8.00 a.m. Matins and Litany. Psalm—6l 62. Hymn—9B. 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil). 6.00 p.m. Evensong. Psalm —130. Hymns —98, 99, 277, 12. HOLY WEEK Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday 8.00 a.m. Matins Holy Communion. 6.00
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  • 834 12 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule Of Principal Lines The following is a list of vessels arriving end sailing from Penang during the week IN PORT TODAY I S.S. TOYOHASHI MARU from Japan via M.V. GLENOGLE from London via Suez. Sails same day for Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai and Dairen. S.S.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 95 12 WEMBLE Y BOR E A TONIGHT LAST PERFORMANCE IT’S YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SEE IT COMES ONLY ONCE A u BRING YOUR WHOLE FAMILY ALONG Grand Presentation Of Prizes CANTONESE OPERA “KIM HOOD CHENG FAH’’ CINEMA “THE LIVING BUDDHA”—Chap. 5. WEMBLEY CABARET DANCING FROM 8.30 P.M 12 P.M Tonight KRONCHONG
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  • 385 13 Owners' Complaint HIGH TAXATION AND HEAVY FINES Kuala Lumpur, April 3. Exceptionally heavy fines imposed in Selangor lately, are assumed to be partly? responsible fo r the decision o f certain owners of lorries to take their vehicles off I the road. A number of lorry owners
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 287 13 6-15 NIGHTLY 9-30 MATINEES TODAY TOMORROW AT 2-45 AWING BIGGER CROWDS! SEASON EXTENDED TILL TOMORROW! E FODGHT FOR THE RIGNTi A TZXA 0 LIVE... AND LOVEII A TOAST Cast of thousand» in M-G-M’» I 2,000,000 film sensation! I TO THE VOYAGE OF THE b °UNTY TO STIBB WATERS AND Xi
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    • 126 13 MAJESTIC 6-15 LAST NIGHT TONIGHT 9-30 MATINEES TODAY TOMORROW AT 2-4 S n LOUERS OEmiISIL jS YW H .<s&■<; "aZNL HI Ju? Thrill to the voice that thrills melons #as "F f Nin&Maitim, romantic idol of greatest tenor C i d ruso X makes hTs x sensational screen debut' <Me
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    • 125 13 OPENED TO CROWDED HOUSES LAST NIGHT EVERYONE LAUGHED HIMSELF HOARSE 6-30 TONIGHT 9-30 MATINEES TODAY TOMORROW AT 2-30 HERE'S A NEW AND HILARIOUS CANTONESE TALKIE Modern Bride” With AN AGGREGATION OF ALL THE NUTTIEST COMEDIANS YOU'VE EVER SEEN Headed By MR. LAM KWAN SAN Comical Cantonese Song Hits Hilarious i
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  • 2276 14 ALLEGED FALSE STATEMENTS IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS COUNSEL SAYS ACCUSED WILL BE OUTCAST IN MITIGATION PLEA 55.C00 BAIL GRANTED PENDING APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT Ipoh, April 2. V. R. P. L. M. Muttiah Chettiar was yesterday sentenced to two months’ simple imprisonment by the Ipoh First Magistrate
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    • 222 14 A REAL BOON FOR EVERY KITCHEN j A MAG G I s N SEASONING 1 IiHL s a P r °duct for increasing and improving the flavour of the food to which it is I added. I An addition of a few drops generally suffices S to enhance and to
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    • 1794 15 fc»ft£OTi 1 JL?. 'S-W l JC’ BLUE PUNMEIi LIMB K LONDON AND NORTH OONTUNRA r I-nv.. Du. Lk_l IU OOnJlUM!tio(n with <M*n Shire Line.* Penang London 1936 SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE ENSHIEL L’don, Antwerp, R’dam, H’burg B DIOMED Middlesborough JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVE.LT” 17th Apr. 1936 <WWTW^ A HFcS dOn R dam
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  • 221 16 Reuter. 6,000 Tons Behind QUESTION FOR TIN COMMITTEE London, April 3. It is to be hoped that the case for permitting other countries to produce Bolivia’s unfulfilled quota will be carefully considered by the International Tin Committee when it meets on April 22, says the monthly review
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  • 238 16 Excellent Entertainment At Town Hall The large crewel which attended the A i.glo-Chinese Girls’ School Concert at the Town. Hal! was i ntertained by an excellent programme consisting of dancing, singing, and acting. The Broken Statue’’ a short play abou* good fairies, wicked gipsies and a marble s‘atue
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  • 77 16 Well-deserved Victory Li First Division Match From Our Own Correspondent; Singapore, April 4. The Chinese scored a well-deserved victory in their First Division fixture yesterday evening over the Royal Artillery by two goals to one. Keng Hock opened accounts for the Chinese but Buckley equalised after which
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  • 62 16 Wise Wins Singles Champicnship (Fiom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 4. The Y.M-C.A. tennis tournament was concluded yesterday evening. In the men’s singles championship Wise defeated Foo Wo o Wan in straight sets of 7-5, 6-3. The men s doubles handicap final resulted in Del I ufo and
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  • 626 16 ANNUAL SPEECH DAY I Over-age Problem Successfully Tackled I (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, April 3. A distinguished gathering including the Hon. the Acting British Resident of Perak, Mr. Marcus Rex, and Mrs. Marcus Rex attended the annual Speech Day of the King Edward VTII
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  • 36 16 SATURDAY. APRIL 4 London n«nk 2'4 4 m'st 3? Privnto 9 m'sf rred’t ?'< e e a> -y O' On New’ York Demand 57’,1 j India TT. 154’ Franco T.T. 565 Hong Kong T.T. 43% dis.
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  • 298 16 Annual General Meeting Ihe Annual General Meeting of the Penang rootoail Association was held yes•teruay in <-ne Darul Aihsan Football Clubihe minutes oi the last Annual General Meeting weie lead and confirmed and tiie amendments to Rules 2 (a) and 10 (b) were passed with retrospective eftect.
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  • 140 16 $15,000,000 Down On Last Year February figures for Malayan trade show a slight improvement over January, but exports to the end of the month are still well below the figure for the corresponding period of 1935. Gross exports were $47-6 millions, as against §46.2 millions in
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  • 112 16 Latest Quotations Friday Thursday Paris 75 7 64 75 9 64 New York 4.954.95 H Montreal 4.97% 4-97% Brussels 29.29% 29.27% Geneva 15.21 15.20% [Amsterdam 7.29% 7.29%[Milan 62% 62 9 16 Berlin 12.31% 12.32 Prague 119% 119% Copenhagen Oslo 19.90% 19.90% Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Vienna 26%
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  • 476 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO.’S QUOTATIONS Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers seliert TIN Ayer We-ng 1.70 1.75 1.70 1.7 b Batu Selangor 92 95 92 95 Hitam 50 52% 50 52% Hong Fatt 85 90 85 90 Jelebu 95 1.00 95 1.00 Johan 29 31 29 31 Klang River 1.92% 1
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  • 110 16 tEN YESTERDAY TODAY London—(Spot) £213.15.0 £215.0.0 London—(3 months' £206.15.0 £206.10.0 Singapore $103.62% $103.50 Business Done 5104.25 Ready Business Done 75 tons COPRA.— (Sundries.» $5.45 $5.45 BLACK PEPPER $9.00 $9.00 RUBBER Bondon 7%d 7%d New York 15 1516c(G) 15%c(G) Singapore—Spot 26 %c 26 %c May/June 26%c 26%c July/Sept 26
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  • 309 16 KENNEDY COMPANY TODAY’S PRICES The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s Share List today:— Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Seller TIN I Ampat 5 0 5 9 5 0 5 9 Ayer Weng 1.70 1.77% 1.70 1.77% B. Selangor 92 96c 92 96c
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  • 1013 16 KENNEDY CO'. SHARE LIST. NAMES. RUBBER (Dollar). Allenby Rubber Co. j I 72J. Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 10 j 1 Amalgamated Malay Estates 330 3 0 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 140 1 Ayer Molek Rubber Co. 90 i 9? Ayer Panas Rubber Estates 1 1 jo I i Bassett
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    • 87 16 THABAWLEIK TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated in the Federated Malay States.) NOTICE OF TWELFTH DIVIDEND NOTICE is hereby given that a Dividend the twelfth of Sixpence per share has been declared due and payable to registered shareholders at the offices of the Company, Taiping and Sydney, on Friday, the 24th day
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    • 90 16 NEW BUILDING OF WEARNE BROS., LTD. From 6th April. 1936, Wearne Bros., Ltd., Penang, will occupy the new building opposite the E. O. Hotel and will continue to sell and service Morris Cars and Trucks, Wolseley, Vauxhall, Siddeley, Daimler and other makes with the exception of Ford Cars and Trucks,
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