Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 August 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 197. Vol XCIV. TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1935. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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  • 152 1 HERR HITLER DROPS A BOMBSHELL Conscription Period Fixed At Two Years Berlin, August 25. A COMMUNIQUE signed by Herr Hitler and General Blomberg last night states that Herr Hitler has decreed that the period of active military service in the three branches oi the
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  • 86 1 them on board to Portsmouth. —British Radio. Collision With A Destroyer London. Aug. 25. H M.S. Keith flotilla leader of 1,400 ’►ns, which was on her way Home from the Mediterranean, has been in collision with Greek steamer, Antonia Glemos. The accident occurred in the English
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  • 99 1 Reuter. Conspiracy Charge In Manchukuo Changchun, August 24. Targed with conspiracy to disturb peace I order in Manchukuo by terroristic <ns, nine Russians, including an ex- were executed at Hailar on August a<cording to an announcement by the, 1 'Ogtung Army. 1 «venty-eight others were sentenced to
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  • 308 1 Spain —British Radio. GERMANY APPROVES PROHIBITION London, August 25. The news announced in Berlin yesterday that Germany had prohibited the export of war materials to Spain in accordance with the proposals of the French Government was received in London with great satisfaction. The fact that the
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  • 161 1 —Reuter. Rebels May Be Forced To Surrender Dondcn, August 34. The fate of Oviedo still hangs on the balance. An urgent wireless appeal for help was sent to General Mola by Colonel Arando, the insurgent commander at Oviedo, according to a message from Bayonne. Colonel Aranda
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  • 83 1 Reuter, i FATE OF SOVIET CONSPIRATORS Moscow. August 25. The 16 accused, including Zinovieff and Kameneff, who were sentenced to death for conspiracy, have been given leave to appeal. This means the sentences will not be carried out for the next 72 hours. All the accused
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  • 63 1 —Reuter. Alleged Manhandling Of Korean Peiping, August 24. An amicable settlement of the incident at Fengtai. near Peiping, yesterday when a Korean resident was alleged to have been manhandled and seriously injured by Chinese soldiers, was reached the speed of which w’as due to the fact that
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  • 69 1 Reuter and British Radio. Most Of The Airmail Salvaged London, August 24. The Post Office announces it is hoped that most of the Scipio’s airmail has been salvaged. It be forwarded to London for delivery as soon as possible. Lord Swinton, Air Minister, in a telegram to
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  • 163 1 —Reuter. 200.000 STARVING Ottawa, August 25. The Finance Minister announces that about 200,000 people in southern Saskatchewan, Alberta, have been deprived by drought of even the vestige of means of livelihood. They will be aided by the cooperative efforts of the Provinces. Mea- sures to be taken include
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  • 51 1 .—Reuter. Effect Of Herr Hitler's Action Paris. August 25. Herr Hitler’s army decree has shocked France and ended the jubilation over Germany’s adherence to the non-intervention agreement. While there is a general desire to avoid premature judgment, it is anticipated the decree will further strain German-Soviet relations.
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  • 82 1 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. August 24 The Kuala Lumpur magistrate’s opinion that the evidence given in the inquest on the Chinese man and child who died following the collapse of the Selangor Club servants’ quarters “discloses a clear case against Mr. Abbott. Mr. Glover and
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  • 100 1 —Reuter. Japan Alleges Plot In China Nanking. August 24. A plot to blow’ up the Japanese Con-sulate-General at Shanghai was mentioned by the Japanese Consul-General. Mr. Suma, in representations to the Foreign Office today against the alleged protection extended by the Chinese Government to Korean revolutionists.
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  • 99 1 Passengers And Freights Doubled (From Our Own Correspondent) London, August 24. Since the duplication, of the air mail, service between Sydney and London and [the simultaneous reduction of rates by 20 per cent., both passengers and freight have doubled. A remarkable variety of goods has been
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  • 154 1 I i Prosperous Conditions Evident In Australia Canberra, August 24. Figures prepared for the Loan Council show the first combined Commonwealth ond State Budgetary surplus for many years. I State deficits in 1935-36 were reduced to 1 £2,437,000 (they were £26,500,000 in 1930-31), and there was
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  • 24 1 Accommodation on the airship H ndenburg is being increased by building eight additional cabins, making room for .66 passengers instead of 50
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  • 41 1 —Reuter. Tientsin, August 24 A Irerh Sinc-Japanese "incident” has uc curred here. It is alleged that a Japanest schcoi teacher named NagaJ was "abdnci ed’’ by Chinese militiame” unharmed. The Japanese authorities hav< opened ai investigation into the affair-
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  • 900 2 EFFECT OF TREATY AGREEMENT Nahas Pasha’s Hope Of Friendship With Britain Cairo, Aug. 15. i EGYPT has scarcely recovered] from its surprise at finding an agreement on the terms of an 1 Anglo-Egyptian treaty a fait accompli—an agreement which has baffled the statesmen of both
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  • 146 2 Reuter. Severance From Empire Demanded Pretoria. August 23. The Nationalists could and must get a r -public, declaed Dr. Malan. addressing a meeting of two thousand. He outlined the necessary steps al ng constitutional lines as (1) The abolition of the title of British subject; »2) A complete break
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  • 118 2 Solicitor’s Strange Comment “We are finding that people have discovered that it is cheaper to get fined than to take out a Road Fund licence; even if they get fined once a year it still pays,’’ remarked a solicitor appealing on behalf of the
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  • 303 2 TRAGIC WEEK IN PALESTINE Jerusalem, Aug. 15. The worst week for the British forces in Palestine since the disturbances began 118 days ago ended today, seven British soldiers having been killed since last Friday. This morning the murder was discovered of the Arab Mayor of Hebron, Nasser
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  • 90 2 BODY LEFT IN FRONT OF CAIRO HOTEL Carlo. August 14. A “trunk murder** mystery .s engag.ng the attention of the Cairo police. The crime is notable for the extraordinary audacity of the murderer or accomplice icho apparently brought the trunk through the Cairo streets in broad daylight
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  • 137 2 Financial Co-operation With France Urged Warsaw. Aug. 14. The Franco-Polish staff talks began here this afternoon at the headquarters of the General Staff. Gen Gamelin. chief of the French General Staff, and Gen Rydz-Smig-ly, the Polish Generalissimo, were present. The Foreign Office and the “Gazeta Polska,” the
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  • 83 2 If Was Worth £B,OOO. Thief Burned It i I Rome, Aug. 15. Italian police today pored over a heap of charred paper in a wood near Rome. It was all that remained of £B,OOO worth of bonds. The bonds belonged to Signor Carlo Betti, an Italian millionaire. They
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  • 226 3 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Failure Of Peace Efforts Shanghai, August 24. The situation in China is becoming increasingly complex. The Kwangsi situation has reached a «•talemate following the latest efforts by Chiang Kai-shek to effect a peaceful settlelent and Chiang’s delegate on return to Canton from
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  • 22 3 Reuter Vienna. August 24 Adm Horthy crossed the Austo-Bavarian frontier near Salzburg by car and visited Hitler at Berchtesgaden
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  • 93 3 Three Months’ Tramp Over Eng'and A boy aged 14, whose home is at Derby, who had eludĕu capture for three months since absconding from an approved school at Blyth, Newcastle, appeared at a Juvenile Court at Ryde. Isle of Wight. He told the magistrate that he had
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  • 226 3 Dr. Matthews's Appeal i Dr W R. Matthews, Dean of St. Paul’s, •n his presidential address to the Modem ’Churchmen’s Conference at Oxford said the •me was ripe for a new Reformation —one ich would be carried out in the spirit of Erasmus rather than of
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  • 225 3 Did She Strike A Mine I The loss of the French steamer Oronaise 1 (1.806 tons) with ten passengers and twenty-one of the crew may go down in history as one of the sea’s great unsolved mysteries. Three escaped from the ship—only two reached land safely. The
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  • 133 3 Miss Ann Harding's Former Husband Victimised Jerome A. Jacobs, an attorney; Raymond Derringer, a film machine operator; and Harry Hechenner. a salesman, were convicted oi extorting 1.800 dollars (£360) from Mr Harry Bannister, former husband of Miss Ann Harding, the film star The prosecution stated that Mr. Bannister
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  • 128 3 Reuter. I But Has Not Gained Blue Riband New York, August 24. The Queen Mary reached Ambrose Light at 4.12 a m. B S T. Her total time from Cherbourg was four days, seven hours. 12 minutes at an average speed of 30.01 knots compared with
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  • 37 3 Reuter. Moscow. August 24. A new altitude record for transport aeroplanes is claimed for the airman Kokkinaki who, flying a twin-engined machine carrying a thousand kilograms of cargo, attained a height of approximately 40.000 feet.
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  • 177 3 i Much Of Fortune Gone Emperor Haile Selassie is house-hunting in London because he finds living in hotels too expensive. In an interview at the Abys- sinian Legation, he said: i ‘T spent a very large part of my fortune in the struggle for independence
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    • 71 3 Special Offer E MILLINERY I DURING LAST WEEK OF all one f ANNUAL price SALE $l-00 *75, TO CLEAR Comprising a wide range of smart models in Felts and Straws all styles, V" 7 FORMERLY SOLD AT $5-95 to $lO-95. Vx WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW co*"™.. PENANG ——IMIII 111 i lißMMWTßlWnmirimTMnilinilllMMMMi Record
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  • 598 4 Volunteers Under Consideration RESERVES FOR EMERGENCY VERY soon the Straits Settlements Police will be calling tor volunteers of all nationalities lor the reserve force which they contemplate forming as an emergency measure in the event of trouble. Very soon the Straits Settlements Police will be calling
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  • 157 4 Robbed Manageress At Point Cf Air Pistol A 15-year-old boy was charged at a Guildhall juvenile court last week with being in possession of a loaded air pistol, with threatening Violet Marion Dyer, and with stealing from her the sum of £l. Detective-Sergeant Protheroe said the boy
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  • 230 4 War has been declared by- Glasgow authorities on gangs—said to number 60 which have again become active in the i city’r East end. The magistrates have appointed a spe-, cial committee to deal with “the increasing I use which is being made by youths
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  • 298 4 SEQUEL TO DISPOSAL OF STOLEN GUILDERS Singapore. August 23 The preliminary inquiry into the case in t which Packiri Mohamed, a money changer, stands charged with dishonesty receiving stolen property in the form cf $21,500 be- i longing to the Nederlandisch Indische Ilandelsbank, was continued yesterday in
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  • 1337 4 WEEK-END WEDDINGS The wedding took place at St. Andrew’s I Cathedral. Singapore, during the week-end of Mr. Ivon Reginald Bridges Tuxford and Miss Hilary Mary Pafker. Mr. Tuxford, who is- the Resident Reprej sentative of Employers Liability Assurance Corporation Ltd Singapore, is the son of Mr. and
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  • 290 4 DOLLAR LINER’S NARROW ESCAPE Singapore. August 23. The 10.000-ton British India rteamer Talma was a victim of the typhoon which j struck Hong Kong a few- days ago. Messrs. Harper, Gilfillan and Co. Ltd.. the Singapore agents, have received a mes-1 sage from Hong Kong
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  • 1262 5 SEVENTEEN YEARS OF RESEARCH Human Logic and The Universe THRESHOLD OF A NEW WORLD: POWER FOR NOTHING IN a few weeks the British Association will be collating the years’ experiments and surmises on the structure of the ..tom. But. however earnestly ihe unlearned strain their
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  • 466 5 Keen Discussions At Hatfield 15 NATIONS REPRESENTED Hatfield, Aug. 14. Many of life's problems are being disi cusred in the open, refreshing atmosphere i of Hatfield Park, where boys of 15 nations are attending the Young Men’s Christian Association International Boys’ Camp, and if these could
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  • 240 5 Huge Searchlight For Exhibition With the laudable intention of rivalling Wembley, the Union of South Africa has designed its Empire Exhibition, which is to be opened at Johannesburg next month, on a grandiose scale. One of its features will be a beam of light radiating from a
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    • 187 5 -I MHnCjk R ©MI C i In the tropics cue's engine «1 has often to run for hours IWAKEFIELDI 11 v'"\\\\\\ on end with the lubricating *1 oil at very hign temperatures at others--thiwugn After filling up your crank- careless syce cr foice 01 f ■> case the correct grade
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  • 800 6 MONEYCHANGER, TO APPEAL Just five days out of prison where he had served a sentence for an offence which he asserted he was not guilty of, a Tamil, committed the very offence he had denied •on the previous occasion. He snatched a gold chain
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  • 203 6 Abrupt Change Causes Chills After the sultry weather of the past month sudden burst of cold weather descended on Penang last week and the abrupt change caused many people to catch a chill, j Many are still sniffing at their inhalants, The change really started on
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  • 169 6 A Chinese, Ooi Yew Lee alias Ooi Teik Beng, was charged in the Penang Police Court before Mr. H. A. L. Luckhom yesterday with (1) having attempted to extort $2 from a Cantonese girl. Tang Lin Yow. on March 28. (2) having committed house trespass by
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  • 467 6 FUNCTION AT KARANGAN Mr. K. JT. Cumming, superintendent of Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging Ltd Karangan, South Kedah, was entertained to a farewell dinner by members of his staff during the week-end. He is going on leave to Australia. A large number of guests, including
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 158 6 .ii it il V/ a SjwJl iMß’al B ffc ~he Gelden Voice of x jK I IMF HIS W? Jr rhe NigSrhagaie, is cn Tiie ‘W S M WjF ww wl IMI S IWS Screen Be ready for I® WgK W ill llm V®® |WI A. wl IH m, the
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    • 72 6 WBMi OPENS TONIGHT THE BRITISH AND DOMINIONS MUSICAL COMEDY With LILI DAMITA SONG HITS BY RAY NOBLE USUAL REDUCED PRICES WINDSOR 6-30 Last Night Tonight 9-30 UNIQUE FILM’S GREAT MUSICAL EXTRAVAGAN ZA "FANTASTIC DREAM" A grand Chinese Talkie with glorious songs and music, and gorgeous girls in wonderful dancing numbers.
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    • 157 6 6.J5 TONIGHT 9-30 LAST 2 PERFORMANCES OF WARN ER BROS. GRAND LAUGH Hit < JOAN GLENOA BIONDELL FARRELL MH Hugh Herbert Allen Jenkins 1 OPENING TOMORROW MALAYAN PREMIERE OF THE FAMOUS MUSICAL HIT A Warner BL ORE Bros Pictor. f f/ WINIFRED SHAW f CRAIG REYNOLDS JOSEPH KING ROBT, BARRAT
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  • 2748 7 Property Acquired For Improvement Scheme HOUSES TREATED AS “NON-EXISTENT” In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Gordon Smith delivered judgment in the appeal of Mr. Bachee Achan, the owner of three houses in Sri Bahari Road, Penang, who was dissatisfied with the Collector’s Award. 1 he
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  • 2188 7 Many Successes For Penang Student’s 1 he following results of examinations held in Penang in May last have I been received by air mail at the Education Office. STUDENTS OF GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL DAY SCHOOL Higher Certificates Book-keeping Accountancy. Distinction Lee Kheng Leong. Passes :—Chew
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 740 8 TIME was when Malaya was sometimes referred to as ’he nineteenth province of China. l oday it would l>e more appropriate I'» include Malaya among the Chinese piovinces which have been filched by japan. But there is a difference. W hereas in the case of Helungkiang, K
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  • 154 8 Girl Injured In Accident Near Tanjcng Tckong While taking a bend on the road to Tanjong Tokong, on Sunday a two-seater car skidded violently and turned turtle. The j wheels and the hood flew off and the dickeyseat was wrenched from the body of the car
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  • 903 8  -  Rubber in the Good Old Dtiy s —lndustry Christened Before It was Born DIOCLES. RUBBER and rubber growing are topics which are likely to rank to the forefront in Malaya for many a day yet. Considering the monotony of rubber plantations and the equal monotony of all
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  • Letter To The Editor
    • 345 8 To The Editor. Sir, —I am quite in agreement with the sentiments given in Mr. Koh Sin Hock’s letter, more especially in res- pect to the contention that “expert opinion pointed to the fact that dis- eases can best be detected during daylight than in
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    • 396 8 LADIES* GUEST NIGHT FUN FROLIC ONLY. GENTS—MAIN GATE 10 CENTS ONLY Tuesday, 25th August, 7936. ROYAL RUBY’S OPERA— Radii Mas ’—Part 1 SEATS :—6O, 40 and 20 cent"'. No Free Lists FOONG SENG NTN CANTONESE OPERA—“A Happy Couple” SEATS :—6O, 40. 30 20 cents. No Free Lists NAM SENG KHENG
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  • 174 9 Court Inspector Asks For Sharp Sentences (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 24. i “I have no other alternative but to ark I i your worship for a sharp sentence,” said Mr. A. E. Jakeman, Chief Court Inspector, when a Chinese, Wong
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  • 157 9 THIRD ONE WITHIN SIX MONTHS (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, August 24. A big tigress, said to be a man-eater, was bagged in Batu Kurau this morning by a Malay padi cultivator, Pandak Ismail. This w’as the third of the "stripes” family to be shot
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  • 140 9 Another Arrest Mode By Ipoh Police (From Our Own Correspondent! Ipoh, August 24. Another arrest was made yesterday by the police in connection with the alleged kidnapping of an Indian lad. Muttiah, and another Indian. Bottanaikar war produced this morning before the First Magistrate. Mr.
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  • 115 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani. August 24. The annual general meeting of the Kedah Boy Scouts Association was held in the Sultan Abdul Hamid College Library, Alor Star last week. Capt. H. E. Wilson was in the chair. The following were elected office-bearers for
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  • 273 9 Suit Over Erection Of Godowns In the Supreme Court. Penang, this morning, the hearing of the suit w r as continued and concluded in which Messrs. Gammon (Malaya) Ltd., sued Mr. Gan Teong Khum, sole surviving trustee of the estate of Gan Gnoh Bee. for a sum
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  • 187 9 Ricksha Coolie Gets Three Months’ Gaol TASTE OF THE WHIP NEXT TIME (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, August 24. An epidemic of petty thieving has broken out in Ipoh. A number cases were dealt with by the First magistrate <>n Saturday and there were
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  • 226 9 AN APPRECIATION i From A Cor respondent I feel as a closi friend of Mrs. Marie Louis Caunter (daughter of the late Capt. O’Flarty) who died last week, that I should write a few lines to her loving memory. She was a true Christian to the
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  • 175 9 Mr. Chuah Seng Lim, of the Borneo Motors, died yesterday at 4 a.m. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. The funeral took place at 5.30 p.m from the Methodist Episcopal Chinese Church, Maxwell Road, for interment at the Western Road Cemetery.
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  • 335 9 Collections To Be Made In Butterworth The total amount collected to dale by the Penang Chinese "Aeroplane Purchasing Campaign” Association is $68,000 (Chinese currency). The following ebntributions were received yesterday Lum Seng Bee Rubber Factory. SSJO, Mr. Lee Ngoh Heang and Mr Khor Gim Liang, $250
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  • 114 9 TIN YESTERDAY TODAY London—(Spot) No market £183.7.6 London—(3 months) No market £180.10.0 Singapore $89.75 $89.87*4» Business Done Penang Business Done COPRA.—(Sundried) $5 70 $5.«5 BLACK PEPPER $9.30 $9.30 RUBBER London No market 7%d New York No market 16 *£c(G) Singapore—Spot 26 %c 26 %c Sept 26l£c 26%c t
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  • 338 9 1 AIR MAILS A mail for Siam, Burma, India, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Belgian Congo, Great Britain, Ireland and whole of Europe by Imperial Airways will close at 8 a.m. tomorrow. A mail for U.S.A., and other places served via U.S.A, by Imperial Airways to London, by
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    • 15 9 PENANG ’Phone 543. Dipper Dance Every Thursday Saturday o: MUSIC JIMMY ANGEL’S SWING RHYTHM ORCHESTRA.
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    • 404 9 ORDINANCE NO. 44 (BANKRUPTCY) In the High Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. In Bankruptcy No. 11l of 1936. RE S. M. Hussain. Notice is hereby given that on a Creditor’s Petition filed on the 10th day of July. 1936, Receiving and Adjudication Orders were made in the
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  • Financial & Commercial Section
    • 949 10 Extraordinary General Meeting Tomorrow The secretaries of The Semanggol Rubber Co., Ltd. have issued a circular Utter lo shareholders in the following terms: The company's three rubber areas, viz: Strattiearn, Verdun and Semanggol, totalling wader 1,000 acres are situated many miles apart and for
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    • 125 10 Heavy Loss In Trade With India Lancashire is gravely concerned by the rapid dwindling of her trade with India. The iatest returns, just issued. show that during the laT -even mo.-ths the exit rts of ccttcn-piece gccds to India ha ,r e .alien by 96 245.000 sq. yards.
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    • 132 10 July Tefal Rises 1,322 Tons Bolivian tin exports in July total! id 3.665 Lng tons a rise of 1.322 tons on June. Experts ig May were 1.931 tons The July figure is 750 tons more than the 75 per cent, quotas fixed for Bolivia of 2.905
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    • 907 10 GOOD SUPPORT FOR KAFFIRS (From Our Own Correspondent) August 17. Considering the time of the year, business in the “House” during the part week has been exceptionally good. This was especially noticeable in the Home Industrial Market, which was helped by favourable news from various trade
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    • 1160 10 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST. i. 2 c NAMES. x tn tn RJBBER (Dollar). I Allenby Rubber Co. 1 59 I I Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 95 j 105 I Amalgamated Malay Estates 3 3 I Ayer Hitain Planting Syndicate 13s I 1 Ayer Molek Rubber Co. ..1 02)41 1 12)4
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    • 108 10 Ritual In City Hindu religious rites to propitiate the God of Wealth were performed at the opening, in Palmerston House, Old Broadstreet, London, of the branch of the Central Bank of India. Sir Sorabji Pochkhanawalla, managing director of the Central Bank of India, Bombay, was
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    • 559 10 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AVSTRAIJA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853) Paid-up Capital £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £3,000,‘J00 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE:— 38. Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong Rangoon Amritsar Iloilo Sajgon Bang* ?k Ipoh Semarang Batavia Karachi Serembao Bombay Klang
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  • Latest London and Local Share and Commodity Market Quotations
    • 329 11 London, August 24. Sh&re of £1 denomination unless Saturday Rise or fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 119 Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90 HB% War Loan, 3% p.c 106% Straits 6 p.c., 1936-51 102 Com. Union Assce. (Units) 11% Prudential Assce. “A” 38 ttoyal Assce.
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    • 110 11 London, August 24. RUBBER Dull. Spot 7% buyers 7ft sellers. Ort./Dec. 7ft buyers 7jJ sellers. .1 1./March 7% buyers 7% sellers. April/June 7H buyers 71;] sellers. New York 16.00 cts. mted Kingdom Stocks London 46,623 tons Liverpool 62,838 tons COPRA Straits S.O. Rotterdam. £15.0.0. PEPPER: White Muntok
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    • 112 11 Landon on Previously Latest Paris 76 27 64 76 27;64 New York 5.03 ft 5.03 ft Montreal 5.03% 5.03% Brussels 29.80% 29.80% Geneva 15.44 15.43% Amsterdam 7.41 7.41 Milan 6311 63 Berlin 12.51 12.51 Prague 121% 121% Copenhagen 22.39% 22.39% Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26%
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    • 224 11 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s Share List today Buyers Sellers RUBBER Allenby 1.50 1.60 Batu Lintang 1.10 1.15 Changkat Serdang 90 1.00 Connemara 1.45 1.55 Hamilton 1.85 1.95 Mentakab 37% 42% Pajam 1.75 1.85 Sungei Tukang 1.10 1.15 Ulu Benut
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    • 356 11 The following are the changes in our quotations up to noon today Yesterday Today Buyer» Sellera Buyers Seller.» TINS Ampats 4|3 41% 44% Ayer Hitams 14|9 15|6 14 9 15,6 Ayer Wengs 1.42 1.47 1.42 1.47 Bangrins 16|6 17|3 16 6 17|3ex Batu Selangors 79 81 79 81
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    • 162 11 LEAN CO. TODAY’S OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING:— Ampats 4io 4 4% Hong Fatts 79 83 Jelebus 82 87 Johans 23 27 Kamuntings 11|6 12 0 K. Kamuntings 6)6 7 0 K. Lanjuts 16|10% 17 6 Laruts 9 0 9 6 N. Taipings 52% 55 Pungahs 209 21 4% Rahmans
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    • 136 11 A.A. ANTHONY CO. Buyers Sellers f > TIN Batu Selangor 80 82% Hitam 47 49 Honp Fatt 80 85 Jelebu 80 85 Kuchai 75 80 Lukut 97% 102% North Taiping 55 57% Petalings 7.40 7.65 Rahman Hyd. 96 98 Rantau Ordy. 72% 75 Rantau Pref. 77% 82% Sungei Luas 1.40
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    • 385 11 M/V "GLENGARRY** VOYAGE 32 (OUTWARD! ARRIVED ON 21-8-36. Consignees of cargo per the above vessel from Europe are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed in a damaged condition will be held in Penang Harbour Board’s godown No. 4 at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, the 27th August,
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 531 12 THE HAP AG AND LLOYD REORGANISTION W"* CONOMIC and financial restrictions connected with Germany’s foreign trade have been so applied as to give increased employment to German shipping. A vigorous national campaign in favour of the use of the German flag by shippers has resulted in the
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    • 100 12 PENANG ARRIVALS DEPARTURES In Port Today S.S. ”I 1 I AX from Singapore sails for Harve, Liverpool, and Bromborough M.\ ''l RICOI.OR from Far East via Singapore. Sails same dav tor Colombo. Port Said. Oran Casablanca. Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamburg and Oslo. TOMORROW M.V. “SILVERPINE" from Singapore via Belawan. Sails next
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    • 395 12 Revenue Higher And Less Idle Tonnage Gross freight revenues of the Swedish merchant fleet during 1935 amounted to 279.4 million kronor (£15,368.500 at par), according to a report just published by the Swedish Board of Trade. The corresponding figure for 1934 was 269.3 million kronor, the
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    • 133 12 Increase Of Membership And Strength A special meeting of the committee of the new organisation which is taking the place of the Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades Union Federation was held in London recently. It was reported that the new amalgamated body had gained considerably in membership
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    • 744 12 SINGLE-SCREW CARGO STEAMER Yorkwood.—The single-screw cargo steamer Yorkwocd, which Messrs. R. and V; Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., Ltd., have < a. structed at their Hebburn Shipbuilding yard tor the Constantine Shipping < I Ltd., Middlesbrough, ran highly succes®- ful trials off the mouth of the River
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1857 12 j RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES Reconstruction 01 RADIO For Irish Waterloo Bridge PERSONAL,TIES-46 Listeners “Mulcaghey’s Wans,” a programme which Waters, Bridge ha., lon,, t,r on.s,<ierrd JBSt, W? wffl be broadcast from Daventry tn Tnms- mc °f tlu <«“«'•/“' "< jKj mission 3 tonight, though finding an inbndgen. ami the work of
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    • 790 13 f 1 I m I JUjPffr&aJ LIMB <^et^ < £'7YT7 A. HECTOR Marseilles, London, g£?X u “*>“ GLENSHIEL Ldon, R’dam. H burg. SepL Sept 30 C MENESTHEUS Marseilles, RouSdS,. Hamburg 11 11 and Glasgow. MEDITERRANEAN AND LIVERPOOL GPt 18 Ct 14 TITAN t SERVICE Liverpool C TEIRESIAS Havre’’r^oriS 0 1
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    • 503 13 Pjf and Gt BRITISH INDIA Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swettenham, contract with His Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail Service. mart” a ho- 9« Outwards from London for China Japan. SepL 4 due Penang. r S/S “BHUTAN” Aug.
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    • 290 13 3 k rB n kW (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) LONDON SERVICE For Colombo, Aden Suez, Port Said r i Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Steamers. Sailing dates. HAKOZAKI MARU Sept. 4 TERUKUSTI MARU (calls Hamburg) Sept. 17 HARUNA MARU OcL 1G ♦KATORI MARU Oct. 30 *KASHIMA MARU Nov. 13
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 1321 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES i FB 1262 —Liebestraum—Waltz. Cap- economic review in English on DJQ and in rice Viennois.—Debroy Somers Band. Dutch on DJR. 9.3sToday in Germany. FB 1407 Ye B. B. C. —part 1 2. Sound pictures. 9.so—Woman’s Hour: Flanagan and Allen. ‘My First Buck.” Little reminiscences by FB 1229 You
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    • 122 13 2RO ROME Wavelength: 11.81 Mrs (25.4 m.) TODAY 9.20 p.m.—lo.so —p m News in English and Chinese. Band concert. Anna Maria Laudisia (soprano), Walter Sommer (violoncellist). News in Italian. TOMORROW 9.20 p.m.—10.50 p.m.—News in Eng-' lis’.i. Cencert by the Italian trio. Talk by I Dr. Enrico Friggerio “A Review of
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    • 68 13 ZBW HONG KONG I Wavelength: 34.29 m. (8750 kc|»>. TODAY 3.30- p.m.—Chinese Programme. 6.30- p.m.—European Programme. 7.30 p.m.—Local-Time Signal. Weather Report, Stock Quotations and Announcements. 8.30 p.m.—Daventry—News Bulletin [and Announcements. j 10.30 p.m.—Close down. TOMORROW 3.30- 6.30 p.m. Chinese Programme. 6.30 10.30 p.m. —European Programme. 7.30 p.m.—Local-Time Signal. Weather I
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  • 26 14 MISS VIOLET WEBB, the England international hurdler, demonstrates one of the most graceful actions in athletics. These pictures were taken with a cinecamera.
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  • 273 14 Rush From Path Of 60 m.p.h. Express Passengers jumped for their lives when the Jersey beat train from Southampton to Waterloo caught fire near Micheldever. j Hampshire, on the night of August 15. The train, with hundreds of holidaymakers on board, was set on fire after an
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  • 311 14 SELANGOR T.P.C.A. NARROWLY DEFEATED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, August 24. The South China football team continued their winning vein when they beat the Tamil P.C.A. by one goal to nil at the stadium today. There was a large crowd present. Exchanges were
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  • 79 14 M.R.C. vs. I.R.C. The first division League match between the Muslim Recreation Club and the Indian Recreation Club will be played on th? S. X. I. ground tomorrow. Mr. F. Reutens will referee the match. The following players have been selected to represent tne Indian Recreation Club:
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  • 59 14 Reuter. Peng Yung-hua Wins In Record Time Hankow, August 24. Two hundred thousand spectators saw Peng Yung-hua win the annual TransYang tse Swimming Race in the record time of 36 mins. 35 secs. The competitors total 176 in all. They started from the Wuchang side of the river
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  • 90 14 The following were the results of matches in the Penang Sports Club lawn tennis tournament ployed yesterday:— Men’s Singles “B”: —5 H. A. F. Brooke bt. Scr. J. H. Roberts 6'2, 6,0. Men’s Doubles: —15.2 H. A. L. Luckham and R. Mange bt. —2 C. N.
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  • 881 14 SPECIAL SPORTS SECTION CONDUCTED BY TIC-TAC More Wealthy Owners Needed GOLD CUP CHANCES OF MR. LEE SOON AUN’S KNIGHTS EYE Uncalled For The Best Pony In Malaya The Malayan Turf can well do with a few more wealthy Chinese owners and for this reason I wish Ito
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  • 357 14 GAME OF VARYING FORTUNES (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. August 24. A friendly soccer match was played today between the Ipoh Club and the Malayan Tin Dredging Football Club on the former s ground and resulted in a draw, six goals being shared The
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  • 109 14 Middlesex Win By Eight Wickets London. August 24. The match at Lord’s between Middlesex and Kent ended today when Middlesex won by eight wickets. Kent were out for 85 runs in the first innings, Allen taking 6 wickets for 39. runs. They did better in the
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    • 81 14 ALWAYS IN STOCK IRONSIDE LOTUS DELTA SHOES MADE IN ENGLAND. IRONS,DE LOTUS S5O» delta $7- 75 s s“p" I E M A PITCHAY GUNNY SON NO. 252 4/6 PENANG ROAD (NEXT TO QUEEN S CINEMA) PENANG SUB-AGENT IN ALOR STAR (KEDAH, HARI SINGH HAZARA SINGH BROS, eLgg’m?' Paterson Engineering Co.,
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  • 1239 15 IRREVOCABLY CHOSEN SOME LESSONS OF THE PAST Voce And “Leg Theory” Tlll\ England team for Australia is irrevocably chosen. The tune tor criticism is over. Regrets do not create bowleis, nor do lamentations produce first-wicket batsmen. Eet us then search for what is best in the
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  • 252 15 Takings Far Below Capital Outlay The first official profit and loss account of the Olympic games, issued last week shows that receipts from the sales of tickets slightly exceeded running expenses, leaving the huge capital outlay and other State expenditure with no offset except the indirect
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  • 41 15 The Montjuich Stadium at Barcelona, with seating for 72,000 people, where the international championships were to be held. The People's Olympiad. as it was called, had to be abandoned ow ng to the Spanish Civil War.
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  • 516 15 i King George’s Burgee For Weymouth King George V.’s private racing flag and a Royal Dorset Yacht Club burgee which the royal Yacht Britannia flew when 1 in local waters, have been presented to the Royal Dorset Yacht Club by the King and Queen Mary. They
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  • 247 15 MIDDLESEX VETERAN REACHES HIS 2,000 RUNS I j Edgbaston. When he had obtained 57 at Edgbaston last week. Hendren, the popular Middlesex player, reached his 2,000 runs this season, and he is the first batsman to accomplish i the feat. A burst of applause in half
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  • 727 15 ALFRED PAD&HAM DEFEATED DAN MASKELL'S RECORD BASEBALL IN ENGLAND BLUE RIBAND OF ENGLISH BOWLS ALFRED PADGHAM (Sundridge Park), the Open champion, sustained an unexpected defeat from Joe Ezar, the American trick-shot expert, in a 36-holes match, for £lOO a side, at Selsdon Park, Sanderstead, on Saturday, August
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    • 176 15 ocwri iTfci f q //AUSTIN SEVEN comfort. THE AUSTIN SEVEN AUSTIN SEVEN The world’s finest light car Ru 7 s^g n roof) Ruby Saloon ZA (Fixed roof) since 19 Z Z I Opal Two-seater Open Road FourThe Seven, so easy to drive, also is so cheap to run. Less than
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  • 152 16 PALESTINE RIOTS THE FINALISTS HUNTING ARAB TERRORISTS ‘Xr'Xh i'vaT in an extensive search for terrorists and ammunition, following bomb throwing. Buildings damaged during the disorders are clearly shewn. H w FOR EMPIRE SERVICE The first of a new fleet of great flying boats which are
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