Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 September 1936

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 207. Vol. XCIV. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1936 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 328 1 ANNOUNCEMENT BY WAR OFFICE Strengthening Garrisons In Palestine London, September 4. IN face of the continued disorder in Palestine, it is known that the British Government has under consideration the reinforcement of military garrisons there. It has already been announced that
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  • 271 1 Singapore Races (BY CAPT. DASH”) I Singapore, Today. The going should be good at Bukit rimah this afternoon. Bell Press, Red Dot, and Eastern Knight, look to me to be the three best bets of the day. Following is a last-minute summing up: Race IVapour is
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  • 182 1 SUNDAY GAZETTE FEATURES TOMORROW’S Sunday Gazette is full of a wide variety of special articles, and two further contributions are made to the two popular series entitled (1) Famous Sons and Daughters of Penang,” and Chinese Temples of Penang.” Other features of the Sunday Gazette,” which
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  • 52 1 round the coasts of Britain.British Radio. London, Sept. 4. It is expected that one of the earliest long-range experimental flights to be carried out by the New Empire flying boat Caledonia in preparation for the Transatlantic service will be 2,500 miles non-stop I round the coasts of
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  • 310 1 PESSIMISM OVER PEACE TALKS Canton, September 5. ALTHOUGH semi-officially it is reported that the latest Nanking-Kwangsi peace talks are progressing favourably, observers are taking a pessimistic view. It is claimed that the Kwangs! leaders, I whose attitude is reported to be
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  • 281 1 Reuter. Destruction Of I run ON TO SAN SEBASTIAN Hendaye, Sept. L Iran is burning in ten places.' Great showers of sparks rise as buildings collapse. The tall church tower is blazing furiously and the whole vaL ley is enveloped in a pall of smoke.
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  • 93 1 Police Tracing Certain Clues Although there are no further developments in the $150,000 Penang Street robbery which took place a few days ago, the Police are busy following up certain clues. The total amount stolen was $150,000 and this includes a certain number of pieces of jewellery,
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  • 192 1 PENANG CHINESE CHAMPAIGN A committee meeting of the Penang Chinese "Aeroplane Purchasing Campaign” Association will be held at the Philomathic I Union, Penang, tomorrow at 4 p.m. Mr. Ong Keng Seng, who represented the Penang Chinese Aeroplane Purchasing Campaign” Association at the inter-section of the Aeroplane Purchasing Campaign”
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  • 61 1 British Radio. I Latvia's New Air Mail Route London, Sept. 5. A Riga message states that having completed the examination of aeroplane tenders from a number of countries, the Post and Telegraph Department of the Latvian Government has decided to order two British Die Havilland six-eight seater
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  • 45 1 British fcadio. London, Sept. 3. Considerable progress has been made with the demolition of the piers of the old Waterloo Bridge and work is being further expedited. The contractors are confident that ttjey new bridge erected in. time f»r theend *****-—-British feadio.
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  • Article, Illustration
    17 1 O' J GENERAL GODED, one of the two rebel generals sentenced to death at Barcelona
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 85 1 SINGAPORE RACES LATEST FOR TODAY See Page 4> wgp? I B oil Inn/ SOUI X Bof the W Si /> I|Fi on to the table. Selected Fish of tempting flavour, WmtT unusual food v«lue, and rich vitamin content can always be obtained at the Cold Storage depots. HALIBUT SMOKED SALMON
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  • 1662 2 "WORLD PEACE BROTHERHOOD OF MANKIND EPITOMISED IN MALAYA” Excellent Inter-Communal Relationship A Bigger Asset 7 han Tin Rubber THAT the unity of the community of Malaya epitomises world peace and brotherhood of mankind visualised by the disciples of Christ, Buddha, Krishna, Mohamed and others, was the theme of a radio
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  • 387 2 A Record Flight From New ork To Budapest Four thousand miles, from New York to Central Europe, in five days! That was the record achieved by the recent test in which a specially-chartered Imperial Airways air-liner met the liner Queen Mary” at Cherbourg, and flew
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  • 198 2 Borrowed To Pay Income-Tax Liabilities amounting to £656, with no assets, were shown in a statement by Sir Henry Palmer Temple Blackwood, of Upper Montague-street, W., which was mentioned at a meeting of creditors at Carey-street, W. C., last week I Mr. C.T. Newman, Assistant Official Receiver,
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  • 346 2 This is the story of two men in America. Both started with nothing. Both made money in vast sums. One kept it and lives The other lost it and died. HE KEPT IT George Austin spent 40 years prospecting for gold in the fields of
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  • 395 2 Some Recent Curious Consignments Air officials in Australia have been making some special notes, lately, as to th3 remarkable variety in freight cargoes nowconsigned by air. I A good deal of curiosity was aroused recently by one parcel, the contents of which were described in
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  • 97 2 Mr. W. C. Bullitt Washington, September 1. Mr. W. C. Bullitt, who was the first United States Ambassador to Soviet Russia, a post he has held since 1934, has been appointed Ambassador in Paris. Ha succeeds Mr. Jesse Straus, who has resigned owing to
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  • 79 2 Baby In Perambulator Left On Embankment Pleas© take care of him. Grannie toa old to have the worry. 15 days.” This appeal w r as pinned on the clothing of a baby found in the Embankment Gardens, Charing Cross, by an L. C. C. park--1 keeper. The
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  • 145 2 After Five Months j 1 i Mrs. Terence Skeffington-Smyth. whose 'husband died mysteriously in a Shanghai apartment while he was touring the world with her last March, has just been married to a Mr. Edward de Crentin in San Francisco. The couple are spending their honeymoon
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 677 2 DOUBLED UP WITH STOMACH PAIN! Now a New Man” Do you endure agonies from stomach trouble Do you dread to eat even the' .simplest meals and long for relief from your; pain Then here is good news for you. For. .vur# relief is at hand as this letter proves. I
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  • 310 3 Gruesome Find Near Reservoir CHINESE CHARGED WITH BURYING CORPSE IN CATCHMENT AREA (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 4. THIRTY-SIX coffins of children were uncovered in a catchment area of Mcßitchie Reservoir at Thomson Road this morning when the police followed up a
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  • 60 3 British Radio. London. Sept. 4. A twenty-seven year old woodworker Employed by Airspeed, Limited, who. with another man on August 20 attempted to fly one of the company’s machines to Spain and crashed on Portsmouth aerodrome, was today sentenced to four months’ imprisonment for stealing the machine.
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  • 354 3 STRIKING CONDEMNATION BY BAR ASSOCIATION New York, Sept. 1. i Characterising American courts where criminal cases are being tried as hippod-; romes,” the American Bar Association, meeting at Boston, has proposed a law I that will put an end to such evils” and at the
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  • 185 3 Hundreds Of Arrests Hamburg, Sept. 1. It is officially admitted here that several hundred men and women of all classes have been arrested i,n Hamburg in the course of a campaign to cleanse the city’s morals. The special court that has been established to try the
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  • 25 3 Reuter. Chanak, September 3. King Edward made a pilgrimage to Gallipoli. He leaves Istanbul next week, and returns to London on September 14.
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  • 107 3 Sumatra Malay Arrested In Ratu Gafah (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 4. Deith, a Sumatra Malay, was arrested and produced in .the Batu Gajah Police court in connection with an alleged two year-old murder committed in Sumatra. The accused pleaded that he was not the wanted
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  • 163 3 BLUESHIRTS PAR WE’ Alexandria. Aug. 31. A band of 350 "Blueshirts,” members of the official Wafd organisation, demonstrated outside the British Consulate-General tonight, shouting, "Long live the Treaty! Long live Eden. Lampson and Nahas!” The Consul-General, Mr. C. E. Heathcote Smith, appeared on the balcony to
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  • 52 3 British Radio. London, September 3. Lieutenant-General Taha Al Hashimi, Chief of General Staff of the Trans-Iraq Army, has arrived in London from Bagdad. He was met at Victoria Station by a representative of the Army Council and this morning visited the War Office and was subsequently entertained
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  • 35 3 ,Reuter. Ward ha. Central Provinces, Sept. 3. Gandhi is suffering from Malaria. His temperature for two days was 105 but he is now somewhat improved and able to move to Wardha Hospital.Reuter.
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  • 383 3 Edinburgh, Sept. 1. At the conference at Edinburgh University of the Pathological and Bacteriological Laboratory Assistants’ Association Mr. Herbert Flower, of Messrs. Ilford, Limited, London, discussed recent progress in infra- red photography. It was not actually a new thing, he said, and as far back as
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 594 3 LATE ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICES A *5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE An Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office at 4 p.m. on Tuesday the Bth instant. (By Order) T. W. DOUGLAS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. ASAM KUMBANG TIN DREDGING LIMITED (Incorporated in the F. M. S.
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    • 255 3 bJUJb HIi 11 I (IT'S NO USE- j A fRUT YD 11 Mliqi IV fwHAT CAN 1 GIVE I [l CANT EAT ItJ B th(NG V HER. TO EAT, DOCTOR. g* 7/ V/ SHE WON'T TAKE 1 i n V nothing < whv not try i| Kfl A HORLICK’S. IT'S
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  • 623 4 MALAYAN Y. W. C. A. CONFERENCE AT PORT DICKSON The annual Malayan Y.W.C.A. camp conference opened on Monday at Pert Dickson. The delegates from the various nationalities of Malaya numbered 26 head-, ed by Mrs. Ayton of Ipch, the Malayan president. That the delegates
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  • 181 4 Technical Tuition Travelling to China where he is to lec- j Rare in German at the Tung Chi University, j Woaunj;, Prof. Eugen Flegler passed I Rhrougli Singapore on Wednesday in the toner Scharnhcrst. Prof. Flegler was lecturer in electro'Cectmeqae at Munich Urrversity and Prof.
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  • 771 4 BABY DAUGHTER FOR MRS. V. CORNWELL Mrs. Vera Cornwell, wife of Mr. Sidney 1 Cornwell of Malim Nawar, gave birth to a I daughter at the Batu Gajah Hospital on Thursday. Mr. R. H. Legge has left the Bungsar hospital. Mr. C. Gjertsen was appointed Assistant Engineer,
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  • 253 4 Increased To Six A Day In Siam Bangkok, September 1. Tn years gone by there have been many variations in the hears of labour demanded by the Government from the Civil Service. Some of the departments formerly started early and finished early, notably the Railways
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  • 150 4 Belgrade, August 29. Michael Manditch, of Sisak, is recovering from a nerve-racking experience. I In one night he was attacked, chased, jumped into a river, and was taken for a FIRE-BUGV* LUNATIC, MURDERER, SLEEPWALKER. I Manditch, a farm labourer, went to sleep in
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  • 164 4 Mr. F. B. Oehlers Back In Singapore Mr. F. Bernard Oehlers has returned to Singapore after having been called to the Bar at Lir.colns Inn. When he last left Malaya it was witn money saved up while he had been employed as a clerk in Singapore and
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  • 239 4 Mr. W. S. Morrison's Warning i Mr. W. S. Morrison, Financial Secretary to the Treasuy, speaking at a Unionist demonstration at Dunira, near Comrie, Perthshire, last week, spoke of the folly of those who would have the Government commit people to intervention on one side or the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 331 4 "J wKitctimwP k. 1 t TW *i M Vv BP SHF III SURAnOnI -3s) RELIEF IN A FEW SECONDS WITH COMPtiTt STOMACH TREATMENT ujaff *l l' vr jr If Practically every form of stomach trouble is Lt cause d Uy excess acid. Burning pain, agonising wind, and uncomfortable distension, are
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  • 1168 5 Fugitives Talk Of Their Experience BULLETS AS MEMENTOES QVERTAKEN by the chaos of civil war, Antonio Arnaiz and Juan Calvo, tuo 1 hihppmes airmen who made a goodwill flight to Spain are carry .ng bullets as mementoes of their visit in the cabin of the
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  • 82 5 One Day He Hoped He Would Mol See During the graveside service for Mrs. Gertrude Agnes Neville-Grenville last week, Frank Talbot, 67, of Butleigh, nea. Glastonbury, collapsed and died. Mr. Talbot had been employed on the Butleigh estate, owned by Mr. R. NevtlleGrenville, for 52 years. When
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  • 94 5 At Farewell To London Square White-square, Clapham, scheduled for demolition under a slum clearance scheme, rang with revelry last week. Every inhabitant of the 150-years-cJd square joined in. Streamers, bunting, flags, and crepe paper were used fcr decoration. BEER, TOO Trestle tab’es were loaded with
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  • 28 5 1 hiS delight lul c.iap 1 a Lttle known part of Southern England won a prize for a reader in a Home newspaper snapshot competition.
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  • 363 5 Mother And Son Convicted EIGHT-YEAR-OLD OFFENCES A Chinese mother and her sen admitted to the Singapore District Judge, Mr. L. B. Gibson, offences which date back seven to eight years. The charges against them related to the estate of the late Ng Chuan Hee,
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  • 226 5 A South African Discovery Johannesburg. Dr. Robert Broom, of the Transvaal Museum, and his colleagues have made in the Sterkfontein caves near Krugersdorp a discovery of great importance for the study of prehistoric man. They have found the natural cast in limestone of the brain
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  • 247 5 Enticement Charge Fails Without calling upon the accused to give evidence Mr. J. Calder dismissed a charge in the First Police Court, Kuala Lumpur, against Lok Tin Fook of enticing away the wife of Cheong Hin Fah on Jan. 27. The Magistrate, after hearing some of
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 286 6 Marlene Dietrich’s "Buy At Any Cost Keenest competitors in the sale at Holly- j wood last week of the effects of the late John Gilbert, once the screen’s perfect Mover,” were his daughter Leatrice by his second wife. Leatrice Joy, and his widow, Virginia
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  • 120 6 Smart work by the Excise officer? of Malacca resulted in their getting a large haul of illicit mash, liquor and distilling apparatus at Bachang on August 19, and in connection with it a Malay, Embi bin D'llah was sentenced to 8 months rigorous imprisorment by
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  • 492 6 AIR MAILS A mail for Java and Southern Sumatra 'via Singapore and thence by K.L.M. Service will close at 7 p. m. today. I A mail for Australia. New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly via Singapore and thence by Singapore-Australia Air Mail Service will close at
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  • 155 6 A fight over a girl of 17 led to Reginald Leonard Simpson, 22, of High-street, Odi-' ham, being charged at Basingstoke last week with inflicting grievour bodily harm on Edward Bunce, of Cambridge-terrace, Basingstoke. Simp.~on was bound over for 12 months and ordered to pay £25
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  • 181 6 RELY ON LOOKS AND NOSE FOR NEWS Canton. The first Chinese news agency to be owned and run entirely by women is being operated in Canton. The manager is Miss Wu Chih-Mei, a prominent worker for the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) in South China. All
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  • 227 6 POLICEMANS "FAIRY TALES Solicitor's Protest In Betting Prosecution At Birmingham last week Cyril Beasley, of Foxwell Road, Bordesley Green. Birmingham, and his wife, Lilian Beasley, pleaded Not Guilty” to a charge of keeping a betting house. Police-constable Davies gave evidence of how, dressed in plain clothes, he paid several visits
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  • 100 6 Lady Watson, widow of the late Sir William Watson, the poet, sailed with her two daughters for South Africa last week from Southampton on the German liner Adolph Woermann. Their luggage was labelled Settlers' Baggage.” Sir William Watson died last summer, and his widow was awarded a
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  • 175 6 Mother's Threat: Bench Warning She is daft; I’ll wallop her when she gets home!” shouted a mother from the back of Tottenham police court last week when her 12-year-old daughter was unable to give evidence against a man summoned for assault How
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 97 6 I OPENED TO PACKED HOUSES LAST NIGHT. TON.GHT- W IND S O R Matinees Today Tomorrow At 2-30 p.m. THE ASTOUNDING DETECTIVE NOVEL NOW A THRILLING TAMIL TALKIE "PATHI BAKTHI" f 'Wf. (The Stage Masterpiece of the Madura Original Boys sw j g Companv) ENACTED BY THE FAMOUS ACTORS OF
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 146 6 NIGHTLY NIGHTLY 6-15 9-30 HOMIb 6-15 9-30 Commencing Sat., sth September, 1936. MATINEES TODAY AND TOMORROXv AT 2-45 P.M. j a First 6 Chapters of Tom Tyler’s Fastest Moving Serial Ever Filmed. It’s a real j puzzler, dealing with a mighty mysterious PHANTOM. Dare-Deviltry Gripping I Mystery, Super Human Courage
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    • 63 6 THE WHOLE TOWN'S FLOCKING TO THIS BIG LAUGHTER SHOW ALL LOVE THEY ALL WANT HER!"— AND WANT HER TOO! Jaia' m m Bp’ IV L J B I oY 'jddMMJßhk; C| v stoty c\ I NIGHTLY lSiTirTla matinees Vna|amBMBMjMQRMHMIMBIIIfI today TOMORROW at 2-45 FREE DISTRIBUTION OF WOLFF’S Famous ICED EAU-DE-COLOGNE
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  • 777 7 $1,700 Involved In Summons Case D.P.P. AND ASSISTANT OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE GIVE EVIDENCE Miss Miliy Aeria, until recently, Assistant Supervisor, of the Penang Telephone Exchange, (having resigned from the service a year ago) appeared before Mr. M. 'C. Hay, the District Judge, on a criminal summons,
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  • 259 7 COLONY DELEGATE’S' PAPER AT OSLO CONFERENCE At the Second International Congress for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences, held in Oslo in the first half of August, the delegate for the Straits Settlements Mr. M. W. F. Tweedie, Curator of Raffles Museum, read a paper on
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  • 602 7 WAITING FOR MARSHAL CHIANG TO BEGIN Ex-Dictator Of Canton In Singapore General Chan Chai-tong, ex-dictator of Canton, extreme arbiter of the life, death, and economic destiny of over 32 million people in a territory as large as Malaya, arrived in Singapore by the Italian
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  • 76 7 The Buddha and His Doctrine, by C.T. Strauss. The Collection Today, by Ben Travers. Eyelesa In Gaza, by Aldous Huxley. The Faithful Lovers, by J.D. Beresford. Figure of Eight, by Compton Mackenzie. The Island of Sheep, by John Buchan. Journey to the Western
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 7 WHAT’S THlS?—This youngster’s find on the seashore at Blackpool seems to be puzzling.
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  • 135 7 Mr. K. K. Palpoo And Miss Lucie H. Johannes The marriage took place yesterday between Mr. K. K. Palpoo and Miss Lucie Hamie, daughter of Mr. Johannes, late of F.M.S.R., Johore Bharu, at the Indian Association. Penang. Among those present were: Dr. N. K. Menon,
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  • 110 7 USE OF THE CROWN IN DECORATIONS The King has been pleased to approve a recommendation of the Home Secretary that, in connexion with the celebration of I his Majesty’s Coronation, the Crown, either j alone or in conjunction with other emblems, and the Royal Cypher may
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 377 7 HER LIMBS CRACKED LIKE DRY WOOD Suffered with Sciatica for 25 Years When your joints start to creak and crach, it is a sure sign that your system is producing too much harmful uric acid. If you fail to heed the warning, you are storing up trouble r yourself. Read
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  • 616 8 THESE are happier days for the coora grower, and there are not lacking indications that a I period of reasonable prosperity lies ahead. But for how long? That is the question retarding confidence in the industry in Malaya. Inasmuch as it is impossible to hazard an answer, growers cannot
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  • 95 8 Reuter. > Alleged Plot Against U.S. President New York (Long Island), Sept. 4. The police have arrested 70-year-old Joseph Kuehnel on suspicion of plotting to assassinate President Roosevelt with a bomb states the New York Daily News. The police confirm the arrest of Kuehnel who is
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  • 121 8 Success Of Safety Device London, Sept. 3. i Some remarkable instances or reduction lof injury rate in mines due to the use of safety clothing are given in the annual [report of the Safety in Mines Research Board just issued. I The chief among
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  • 605 8 Expensive Yachts and Houses Il hy not a Houseboat Malayan and English Traffic EVER to the forefront with bright suggestions (particularly on a Saturday morning) Diodes offers a suggestion to the S. S. Government and the Singapore Municipality. If huge sums must be spent on a residence
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  • 271 8 British Radio. Streets Of Istanbul Befiagged Istanbul, September 4. Turkey gave a great welcome to King Edward when he landed from the Nahlin” and was greeted on the quay by Kemal Ataturk who warmly shook hands with him. i His Majesty drove through the beflagged
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  • 216 8 Reuter. Alleged Incidents On Frontier Moscow, Sept. 4. Renewed charges and counter-charges of alleged incidents on the Russo>-Manchu frontier occasioned reciprocal RussoJapanese protests yesterday. Mr. Sakoh, Charge d’Affaires at Moscow, called on the Commissariat for Foreign Affairs and protested against the irregular firing and violation of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • 502 9 i. ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR 4 CHURCH OF ENGLAND 14th Sunday after Trinity ®.<K> a.m. Matins and Litany. Psalm7l. Hymn37o. 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil). G.OO p.m. Evensong. Pslam 72 Chant 171 Magnificat 45 Nunc Dimittis 59 Hymns—273, 26. 269, 595. WEDNESDAY 8-00 a.m.
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  • 562 9 CONGESTION FEARED S.S. ASSOCIATION’S VIEWS I Strong objections to the proposed I one-way traffic along Prangin Road and Maxwell Road, between Penang Road and Carnarvon Street were voiced at the last committee meeting of the S.S. (Penang) Association. I The committee is of opinion that
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  • 171 9 Full Houses At Majestic ri i CAPTAIN JANUARY with Shirjey Temple, Slim Summerville, Guy Kjbbee, Buddy Ebsen, June Lang. 20th Century Fox Productions. Directed by David Butler. At the Majestip. Two full houses at the Majestic yesterday thoroughly enjoyed the new Shirley film, Captain January.” The
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  • 405 9 Life Of A Country Gentleman SOON TO QUALIFY AS AIR PILOT (From Our London Staff) London, August 28. When I arrived at Heston Airport yes--1 terday afternoon ex-King Prajadhipok of I Siam, whd prefers to be known as H.R.H. the Prince of Sukhodayaa, was taking final
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  • 98 9 Results Of Matches Played Yesterday The following ate the results of matches in the Penang Sports Club tennis tournament played yesterday Men’s Singles *‘B” (final) :J. H. Strahan 5 beat H. A. F. Brooke 5 6—2, 7—5. Ladies’ Doubles :Mrs. Sydney Smith and Miss Nixon 1 beat
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  • 517 9 Perak Judge’s Comments CONVENIENCE OF COUNSEL 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, September 4. s Some pointed remarks about the coni venience of Counsel being met by a court r was made in the course of a judgment Jelivered by Mr. Justice Aitken in
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  • 101 9 riN YESTERDAY TODAY London—(Spot) £187.5.0 £189.0.0 London(3 months) £184.5.0 £186.10.0 Singapore $93.50 $95.00 Business Done Penang Business Done COPRA.(Sundried) BLACK PEPPER RUBBER 7Rd 7Rd New York Singapore Spot 26%c 26%c Sept 26 %c 26% c Oct./Dec 26%c 26%c Jan./Mar 27 %c 27 %c April/June 27%c 27% TAPIOCA Fair
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  • 53 9 Jubilee Party Against I Chartered Bank i The following players have been selected to represent the Penang Jubilee Party in a soccer match against the Chartered Bank on the Renong ground today at 5 p.m.: V. Manikam; S. Tatnam, Vaithy; Aninasalam, Hee Kong, Santhiagoo; Ramaya* Palanisamy, Suppiah, Nadason and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 149 9 "E. O." Hotel PENANG TONIGHT Extension to 1 A.M. (Applied for) DINNER, DANCE CABARET FINAL FE RFORMANCE OF NINA VLADIMIR In a Brilliant Programme of Modern. Eccentric Acrobatic Dances. IN A CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. Dinner Cabaret $3/- Non-Diners $l/FOR TABLE RESERVATIONS. PHONE 322. WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT RAFFLES HOTEL.
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  • Financial & Commercial Section
    • 1573 10 Mr- E. J- Bryne On The Fairness Of I. T. C. Offer The sixth ordinary general meeting of the Tin Producers’ Association (Incorporated t was held in London, on August 6. Sir W. Harry Peat, K.B.E. (chairman of the Association) presided. The Chairman said;l will open
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    • 559 10 RENEWED INTEREST IN RUBBERS Messrs Kennedy Co in their share market report dated Penang Sept 4 state: I The past week has been a quiet one on i the local share market, i thie chief feature being a renewed interest in rubber shares, but sellers are reserved
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    • 169 10 Excellent Demand At Auction Boustead Co., Ltd. in their report dated Penang Sept. 2 state: This market during the earlier part of the week ruled extremely quiet and dull 1 with only minor day to day fluctuations in values. At the close, however, the tone is rather firmer
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    • 1153 10 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST. NAMES. t/) H rt I RUBBER (Dollar). I j e' I Allenby Rubber Co. 150 I J Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 95> 105 Amalgamated Malay Estates 3 32 z a j" Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 135 ,9,. Ayer Molek Rubber Co. 1 02% 12/5 Ayer Panas
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  • 28 10 Output from Kramat Pulai Mine for the month of Aug. 1936 was as follows: From the mine 320 piculs, from tributers 55 piculs, Total 375 piculs.
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  • 41 10 Estimated rubber crops for August: Penang Rubber 375,000 lb. 1 Sabrang 92,500 i Straits 198,000 1 Rubana 124,000 c t .Hagan Serai 59,850 Tali Ayer 102,800 1 a Batak Rabit 33,400 fc Merchiston 38,300 1 1 Mountjoy 67,000
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 552 10 IKS. HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated m Hong Kong Liability of members i limired to ttxj extent tad in manner prescribed ly Ordinance No J of 1929 of tne Colony. Hwd Office HONG KONG Authorised Capital SSO.>XM»,OOT Issued and Fully paid up $20.<«0o,0(m 1 Reserve Funds Sterling fi
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  • Latest London and Local Share and Commodity Market Quotations
    • 322 11 London. September 4. fihare of £1 denomination untem Yesterday Rise or fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 119% Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90 118% War Loan, 3% p.c. 107% Straits 6 p.c., 1936-51 102% Oom Union Assce. (Units) 11% Prudential Assce. A” 37% Royal
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    • 106 11 London, September 4 RUBBER Quiet. Spot 7Ji buyers 7% sellers. Oct./Dec. 7H buyers 7Jg sellers. Jan./March 7% buyers 7% sellers. April/June 712 buyers 713 sellers. New York 16.30 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 45,521 tons Liverpool 62,545 tons COPRA Straits S.O. Rotterdam. £15.0.0. PEPPER White Muntok 4%d.
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    • 105 11 London on Previously Latest Paris 76% 76 33|64 New York 5.03]g 5.03% Montreal 5.03% 5.03% Brussels 29.82% 29.81% Geneva 15.46 15.45 Amsterdam 7.42 7.42% Milan .64 64 A Berlin 12.52 12.52% Prague 121% 121% Copenhagen 22.39% 22.39% Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26% 26% Madrid 41%
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    • 174 11 BROKERS LISTS CURRENT KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY A Co.’» Share List today Buyers Sellers MINING Ampat 4(3 4|9 Asam Kumbang 27|6 28|3c Ayer Weng 1.62% 1.70 Bangrin 17|3 18|0 Batu Selangor 83 85 Hitam 48 51 Hong Fatt 85 90 Jelebu 83 87%
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    • 229 11 Buyers SeDers RUBBER Allenbys 1.52% 1.60 Ayer Panas 1.52% 1.57% Bassetts 60 62% B. Lintangs 117% 1.20 Bentas 97% 1.00 Brogas 87 90 Indragiris 1.15 1.20 M. Pindas 1-42% 1.50 Mentakabs 40 42% N. Scudais 1.50 1.57% Pa jams 1-77% 1.85 Sungei Ansons 1.27% 1.35 Sungei Tukangs 1.17%
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    • 373 11 The following are the changes in our quotations up to noon today Yesterday Today Buyem Sellers Buyers Sellers TINS: Ampats 4|4% 4(7% 4(4% 4(7% Ayer Hitams 15|3 16(0 15 3 16(0 Ayer Wengs 1.57% 1.62% 1.62% 1.67% Bangrins 17(0 17(9 17(0 17|9 B. Selangors 80 83 83 86
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    • 149 11 LEAN CO. TODAY’S OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING Ampats 4)3 4(7% B. Selangors 81 85 Hitams 47% 50 Hong Fatts 82% 87% Johans 25 27% K. Lanjuts 18(6 19|0 K. Kampars 11(3 11|9 Katus 19)0 199 N. Taipings 55 57% Pungahs 21|0 219 Rantau Ordy. 75 79 R. Tin Fields
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    • 161 11 A.A. ANTHONY CO. Buyers Seller» TIN Ayer Weng 1.62% 1.67% Batu Selangor 84 86 Hong Fatt 85 87% Jelebu 85 87 Johan 25 27% Kuchai 77% 82% Lukut 1.00 1.05 North Taiping 55 57 Rahman Hyd. 96 99 Raub Gold 6.30 6.40 Rantau Ordy. 77% 82% Rantau Pref. 80 85
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  • 233 11 "Too Positive And Unique To Disappear" Silent pictures are not doomed, and have a great future. That is the opinion of Mr. Charles Chaplin, expressed in an article in the current issue of the Windsor Magazine.” Because the silent motion picture was temporarily pusheu
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  • 105 11 The death has occurred states Reuter of Dr. Edgar Reginald Deacon, the scientist who played an important part in the victory of the Allies by discovering the secret of how to use Amatol in filling shells. Considerable progress has been made with the demolition of the piers
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  • 261 11 Despite a petition to the Home Secretary last year, and the formation of a committee to purge” the town of certain night clubs, a fresh wave of gay night life is sweeping through Maidenhead. Supt. Warren intimated that the police there have more night-raids in
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  • 287 11 Found Loitering In Early Hours Of Morning Sentence of three weeks’ rigorous imprisonment was passed on Loh Ah Lock, a Chinese, who was charged before Mr. Watson in the Middle Court, Penang, yesterday afternoon, that he being a reputed thief was found mitering along
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    • 61 11 j The red DEL MONTE shield on the green can is your guarantee of finest flavor and highest quality in canned fruits and vege- j tables. Sixty years of experience have made them the standards of excellent t alj over the world. srik SUALin HldlHonteWj 1 CALIFORNIA FOOD PRODUCTS Agents
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 360 12 THE GOVERNMENT’S DEAL WITH GERMAN BUILDERS AT lon«- last the Turkish Government has been able to icacli an agreement for the supply of the ships which it needs most urgently for maintaining the Government steamship -rvke and Messrs. Krupp, of Kiel are to build three
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    • 324 12 PENANG ARRIVALS DEPARTURES In Port Todav SS. JEYPORE” from Kobe via ports. Sails same day for Colombo, Bomaby and Karachi. S. S. 'fEIRESIAS” from Singapore. Sails same day for Ilarve, Liverpool and Bromborough. TOMORROW M.S. LAGANBANK” frem China via Singapore. Sails same day for Bostcn, New 5 ork, Philadelphia and
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    • 251 12 Spectacular End To Fined Passage 1 Th? P. and O. Branch liner Barrabool, the last of the four ships to have been recently sold for breaking up, made a spectacular end to her last passage literally on the bqach” of P. and W.
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    • 188 12 Move By The Shipps jg Federation Because of the shortage of qualified seagoing engineers, the British Shipping Federation is establishing in all the principal ports of the country where it has branches a Marine Engineers Employment Register. The situation is becoming serious,” said 'an official of tihe
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    • 400 12 Blue Funnel Liner’s Timely Of A Disab'ed Steamer A dramatic account of the way in which the Blue Funnel liner Nestor succeeded j n towing the disabled Australian steamer Mungana away from a dangerous reef was told by a passenger on board the Nestor on the
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    • 129 12 In ship design the value of a scientifically designed stern frame and rudder iff widely recognised, as owners and builders now pay increasing attention to hull form and resistance. In this connection, it Is stated that 73 new ships are being fitted with
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    • 70 12 Beacon The Harbour MastcPenang, Ims issued a notice to the effect that reconstruction 1 No 3 Beacon, Penang Harbour, will commence on Monday, September 7. The position of the Beacon is icughly 9 cables, I<B degrees from Fort Cornwallis Lighthouse During th? reconstruction of this Beacon the flashing
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    • 47 12 While the destroyer Hunter was on he rials off th? Pyne a mine of the type laid luring the war appeared a short distant :rom the ship. The mine drifted away an 1 he Admiralty authorities ar now trying o locate it.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1775 12 [RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES 1 MM Oi«■■■■Ml-M *«x« I I' R.A.C. Tourist Trophy RADIO 8.8. C. Children’s ii i> PERSONALITIES-57 Concert Hour Motor Car Race voiiccn num j o t xim Listeners to the BBC Children's hour in Listeners to Transmss.on 2 «nd 3 f>om k j :,'lWWt Transmission 2 tonight
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    • 830 13 Tisl M I > LIME excels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due (in conjunction with Gian Shire Line) GLENSHIEL L’ d on. R dam H burf Antwerp e^ e P <=““‘S c MENESTHEUS Marbles, Hamburg Ct '■>’■ (HOMED London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Hull and S6Pt 18 14 MEDITERRANEAN AND LIVERPOOL Sept
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    • 867 13 u.l. and A 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. S/S "BULAN” Sept. 5 Outwards from London for China Japan. S/S MATA HARI” Sept. 11 SAILINGS OF STEAMERS
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 1225 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES'^ft" BERLIN views and B.3oThe week’s Mcfs. (19.74 m.) DJN 9.1 Mc|a (31.45 m.).! programme, by M. P. C. Brive. 8.40 DJA 9.57 Mc|s. (31.38 m.). DJB 15.20 Colonial market prices, rates of exchange. TODAY B.soRelay. 10.20 p.m.Close down, I. p.m.—News in German. 1.35 Wavelength; 25.24 m., 11,885 kc
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  • 1192 14 Singapore Races THE PROGRAMME The following is the programme for the first day of the Sing pore Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting to be run at Singapore today RACE 1 2.30 p.m. Horses, Class 2, Division 4, 6 Furlongs. 00 0 Equetta 9.00 H.
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  • 169 14 .Reuter. M.C.C. COLLAPSE AGAINST YORKSHIRE London. Sept. 5. The match between the Indians and an England XI at Folkestone was drawn. The England XI made 377 runs in the first innings, Todd scoring 79 and Valentine 115, and declared at 212 for 3 wnckets in the
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  • 271 14 Old Xaverians v. Muslims On Sept. 9 The last match in the P.F.A. first division soccer league between me Ivierian’s Association and the Muslim Re- creation Club wall be played on September 9 on the Chinese Recreation Club ground. This will be the deciding match
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  • 600 14 Temme To Retire: Sequel To Olympic Incident (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 30 E. H. Temme, the British and English international water player, has declared his intention to retire from the game owing to went during the Olympic Games in Berlin. He is 32, and
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  • 130 14 JOCKEYS ST. LEGER PROBABLES Reuter. Dick To Ride Rhodes Scholar The following are the probable starter» together with the jockeys, for the st Leger Stakes to be run at Doncaster nn Sept. 9: RHODES SCHOLAR (Lord Astor) Dick PLASTER CAST (Lord Astor) No Jockey JUBIE (Lord Astor) No Jockey FOXFIELD
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  • 41 14 Charles Smirke, who is riding as first jockey to H.H. Aga Khan, has entered into a contract to ride for Mr E. Esmond in India this winter. He will probably sail shortly after the Cambridgeshire.
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    • 124 14 The Penang Chinese Football Association Cup-tie competition will open with a match between the Arsenal, captained by Chean Wat Gark, and the Casuals, captained by Yeang Kah Cheng, on September 16. f A r w BE w w bfc-' 13 kIEBJ Wai kl Rfl 00 You KMOW THAT REGAL EVAPORATED
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  • 629 15 A POPULAR GROWTH September’s Appeal There are many reasons for the increasing popularity of Badminton as it stands today. In the first place, it is the ideal winter sport for the ardent lawn tennis player. No less an authority than Miss Ida PfOmerWalker, the tennis coach, has
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  • 169 15 COMPLETED M. C. C. FIXTURE LIST The programme of the M.C.C. tour tn Australia this winter has now been enmpleted. The fixture list is: OCTOBER 13.Arrive at Fremantle. 1619.v. Western Australia, at Perth. 2224.v. Western Australia (combined), at Pierth. 28.—-One-day country match in S.A., en route (Clare). 30Nov.
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  • 428 15 CLASH Of 1 WO UNBEA TEN I SCOTTISH SIDES Aberdeen And Partick Thistle (Brom Our Own Correspondent) > A London, September 5. MORE than 100 teams are engaged in football matches today in- the English and Scottish leagues. In all, 54 matches are
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  • 88 15 Ipoh, Sept. 3. Tn 3 hockey match on the Padang, the fpoh Club drew with the Ipoh Sports Club, four goals being shared. The Sports Club gamed- an early lead through Harold Jansz in th»* first half and led 1/0 at the interval, fn the second half
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  • 96 15 ISTANBUL. Yasar Erkan, a member of the Turkish- wrestling team, won the feather-weight title at the Olympic Games. As a national reward for this Erkan has been presented with a six-roomed house, fully furnished, provided with all modem comforts and a training ground. He and his
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  • 331 15 Renewal Of Family Rivalry BARRY AND PHELPS IN TRAINING Tideway rivalry will be carried a stage further today when Lou Barry defends the English Professional Sculling Championship against Eric Phelps over the historic Put-ney-Mortlake course. This match is the outcome of the younger Barry's decisive win over
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    33 15 Ted Phĕlps former holder of the English professional sculling championship. The title is now held by Lou Barry whg.will defend it against Eric Phelps \Ted today over the historic PutneyMortlake course.
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  • 237 16 proud father of the finest pair of lion cubs born in the London Zoo for yearsthey arc now nearly three months olds also proud of his circus abilities. 'T’trt r J~'TTA T 1 Mr. eor S e Hilliard, a Borough Market porter, discard'”* tvs baskets
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