Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 September 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 218. Vol. XCIV. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 265 1 Renewed Tension At Pakhoi KWANGSI LEADERS CLAIM TRIUMPH Canton, September 18. SIR ANDREW CALDECOTT, Governor of Hong Kong, and former Colonial Secretary, S.S., has arrived in Canton and it is reported that yesterday he called on Chiang Kai-shek. The situation in the south
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  • 472 1 HOPES —AND FEARS OF EXTRA RELEASE THE possible action of the International Rubber Regulation Committee at their meeting vc<l for September 29 is still acting «is <f ]K>werful check on the rubber market. In many quarters it is feared in some cases hoped—that an extra release will
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  • 54 1 'f rom Our Own Correspondent) London, Sept. 17. 1 following are the full Afiierican statistics for August compar- July, and August last year (all tons. Arrivals *****, *****, *****; con■,Jmption *****, *****, *****; dealers’ ***** *****, *****0; manufacturers’ p: *****9, *****0, *****7; afloat *****, *****; consumption of
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  • 130 1 In the Supreme Court this morning' a bankruptcy petition against Mr. R. E. G. Long, of the Penang School of Music was mentioned by Mr. Hock Soo, wfiiT appeared for the petitioning creditor. His Lordship asked Mr. Long if he wished to say anything. < Mr.
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  • 58 1 s°ven days between London and Sydney.-BritWi Radio. London, Sept. 17. Canberra press reports state that subject to the adjustment of certain outstanding details, the Commonwealth of Australia Government have accepted the British plan for the carriage of EnglandAustralia air mail which provides for a s-ven days’ bi-weekly
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  • 32 1 JPrmcess Tsahai, daughter of the Emperor of Abyssinia, has taJcen up her duties to train as a nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London.
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  • 78 1 .—Reuter. Triumph For The Government Paris, Sept. 18. SETTLEMENT has been reached in the Lille textile strike, which is regarded as a big triumph for rhe Government. It is felt that, if the spirit of conciliation displayed spreads to other parts of the country, France’s labour troubles
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  • 147 1 Following the recent announcement that I all Clubs and associations were to be taxed I on their profits, the Pinang Gazette understands that the Collector of Stamp Duty, j Penang, Mr. N. Corison, has also cir-' cularised the Penang Turf Club, calling up- i on them to
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  • 57 1 -British Radio. Lord Hartington, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State for Dominion Affairs, and Lady Hartington'left London today for Australia which they are visiting at the invitation of the Commonwealth Government on the occasion of the centenary of South Australia. Lord and Lady Hartington will go by sea to Singapore
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  • 164 1 Order Of Running And Scratchings (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. Following are tVie order of running and scratchings for tomorrow’s races at Bukit Timah Race 1 Horses —Class 4—Div. 3—6 Furs. Scratchings: Fancan 8.05, Kissing time 8 04, Indult 8.00 and Angelus 7. Oil. Race 2 Horses—Class
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  • 45 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 18. The directors of McAlister afidCo., Ltd., have declared a special interim dividend of eight per cent to shareholders registered on September 29. The annual meeting, which was held in Singapore yesterday, is reported .on page 10.
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  • 94 1 Reuter. Moscow, September 17. i "As representative of the Government, 1 can assure you that the Soviet Ukraine will always be the impregnable outpost of our Socialist declared Voroshiloff, Defence Commissar, uttering another warning to the enemies of the Soviet on his arrival at Kiev where
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  • 73 1 Accused Clerk Sent For Observation (prom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 18. SINGING in the dock, Murugasu Rasiah, the F.M.S. Railway clerk who is charged with attempting to murder'Mr. D. H. Elias with a knife on Sept. 9, was today] sent to the Central
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  • 113 1 £60,000 went to Scottish banks. —British Radio. Treasury Contemplating A Larger Coin i London, Sept. 17. 1 The Royal Mint and Treasury are under- stood to have under consideration the issue of threepenny pieces of a larger size in place of the present very small silver coins.
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  • 197 1 LEAGUE COUNCIL TOMORROW Geneva, Sept. 17. fTp» HE League Council meets tomoi 1 row for the first time in the/1,000,000 building. It wilt temporarily occupy t’/e third floor ax J the Assembly Hall is incomplete. It is expected the Council will recommend the election of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 91 1 'PLANE FUNI> MALAYAN CHINESE THE MOST GENEROUS —See Page —> M What, bacon again? Ves, my dear, but COLDSTOR AGE* BACON J” 1 ,1 I iILL H li II does make a difference! "Cold Storage’ bacon has that piquancy of flavour that calls for more. Also, there are numberless ways
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  • 1407 2 SEAMAN’S STORY IN COURT: ATLAS FOR NAVIGATING EORGE Black Orsborne, 32, skipper of the 25-ton Grimsby trawler Girl Pat, and his brother, James Black Orsborne, 31, who were arrested at Georgetown, British Guiana, 2% months ago, after six weeks of ocean adventure, again appeared before
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  • 521 2 FIRE FRAUDS RECALLED The great Harris fire gang conspiracy ivas exposed in 1933 after fraudulent claims had cost British insurance companies between two and three million pounds within a few years. In August 1933 16 men- were sentenced at the Old Bailey, including their leader,
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  • 239 2 FAILED TO GIVE HIM A MESSAGE Sheffield, Sept .11. POLICE were criticised by the Sheffield coroner, Mr. J. Kenyon Parker yesterday, for omitting to tell a man that he was not to be prosecuted regarding a complaint of an assault on two little girls.
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  • 529 2 German Experts’ Preparations Belgrade, Sept. 9. Herr Grumbach. managing director of the German firm of Krupp's, cf E e sen, has ai rived at Zenica. Jugoslavia, with a staff »of experts. They will make preparations i for the building there of a big Krupp s factory’.
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  • 192 2 Why Boarders Would Not Stay When Mrs. Florence HlTfla Loury, proprietress of a guest house, was summoned at Newbury, Berks, last week for nonI payment of ratSs, she told the Bench that she had failed in business because the house was haunted and the guests refused I to
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  • 216 2 PATHETIC SCENE IN COURT »JITH tears streaming- down her face and sobbing- “I can hardly believe it’s true,” British-born Mrs. Joseph Kemeid threw herself into her sister’s arms in a Nice court following her acquittal on a charge of murder Mrs. Kemeid, formerly Miss May
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  • 100 2 Paris, Sept. 9. Killed by the machine of which he was co-designer—such was the fate of M Robert Robineau, who has just died at Soiscons from injuries received when a Flying Flea he was piloting nose dived at the aeredrome there last week. M. Robineau, who was
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    • 57 2 PENANG HILL RAILWAY L- ;rz Walk, lunch, rest and dream on Penang Hill. You will never forget it. DO YOU KNOW THAT EXCURSION TICKETS ARE ISSUED ON PENANG HILL RAILWAY EVERY DAY AFTER 4 P.M. AND ALSO ON SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS (I.E. SINGLE FARE DOUBLE JOURNEY). SPEHD YOUR
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  • 315 3 Exciting Scenes Outside Protectorate GALL!?©'.! GRAVES at steps. The leaders speaking to the strikers received after each sentence the cry of “chan seng” (agreed) accompanied by the raising of clenched fists. The men, however, continued to argue with Protectorate officials and showed no signs
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  • 211 3 —British Radio. Another Meeting With Scandinavian Countries London, Sept. 17. The third meeting of Scandinavian countries and the United Kingdom Government in connexion with the London Naval Treaty was held at the Foreign Office today. The purpose of these meetings has been to enable experts from the
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  • 6 3 .—British Radio. GALL!?©'.! GRAVES
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  • 153 3 nv x i r Turkish Government and people. —British Radio. Kang Impressed By Their Beauty London, Sept. 17. The Vice Chairman of the Imperial War Graves Commission has received a letter from Buckingham Palace informing the j Commission that the King was deeply im--1 pressed by the beauty
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  • 207 3 —Reuter. Atlantic 1 hen South Africa London, September 17. James Mcllison will sail this afternoon for New York w’here he plans to fly to South Africa via London. He hopes to achieve the flight across the Atlantic in 17 hours and if weather permits, will
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  • 124 3 German Police Agent I Lenin’s aged w’idow, Mme. Krupskaya,' writes a somew’hat belated article in the' "Pravda,” condemning Sir Walter Citrine' and other leaders cf the Second International for trying to save the lives of Zinovieff, Kameneff and the 14 others exe- 1 cuted following the
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  • 123 3 Tomb In Cathedral He Inspired Liverpool, Sept. 9. At dawn today the remains of Archbishop Whiteside, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool, who died in 1921, were removed from Ford Cemetery, Liverpool, to the City’s Reman Catholic Cathedral now being built. The coffin was reinterred in a temb
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  • 30 3 —Reuter Wireless. London, Sept. 16. McMahon, who was sentenced to 12 months’ hard labour at the Old Bailey for throwing a pistol at the King’s horse, has appealed
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  • 378 3 —Reuter. 4 Buna” Bogey Laid London, Sept. 17. The bogey of the imminent competition of synthetic with natural rubber appears at least to have been temporarily laid by the result of investigations by Symington and Wilson, leading rubber brokers, into German claims for buna which is a synthetic
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    • 148 3 SPECIAL during September Only 4 Bottles F. &N. j Cordials or Squashes For the Price of 3 Pay For 3 Receive 4 Obtainable at all Shops or Direct From: FRASER NEAVE LTD., PENANG BUTTERWORTH. Tel. 107 and Tel. 19. I PENANG "I !j| 1 ’Phone 543. 'W -y I TOMORROW
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  • 472 4 Defence Counsel Has Nothing To Say ’’SUBSTANTIAL JUSTICE DONE" A Submission by counsel for appellant .m a case heard by the Singapore Court of Appeal on Tuesday that he could not urge anything in favour of his client resulted I in the appeal of Han
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  • 147 4 Case Transferred To Johore Charged with armed robbery with a pis*ol of $1,850 in Tanjong Kupang, Johore, on May 16 of this year, a Chinese Mak Ping, appeared before Mr. J.P. Biddulph in the Singapore Magistrate’s Court on •'Tuesday. The case was transferred to Johore A tattoo
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  • 120 4 Hired Taxi When He Had Na Money A Japanese named Oyahara Sawaru had ten expensive trip to Kota Tinggi recently, I Iris failure to pay for the hire of the taxi earning Ms appearance before the Johcre Bahru Third Magistrate, Inche Rauf, who lined
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  • 1309 4 GOVERNMENT HOUSE Tuesday, Sept. 8. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, Major Lindsay Vears, Major E. C. Doyle and Captain Hicks had luncheon at Govern'ment House. I The follownig were the guests at a dini ner given by His Excellency at Government House this evening:— H. E. Major-General
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  • 150 4 Chinese Heavily Fined Arrested at the 10th mile stone, Changi Roaid, on Aug. 31, in a lorry which was suspected to carry 49 lbs. of various kinds of dutiable cigarettes, Poh Lew Chorg, Peh Chwee Siew and Chew Kok again appeared before Mr. E.E. Colman in the
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  • 111 4 Gen. Chan's Brother Not In Liner Chinese residents and Singapore pressmen scoured the French liner President Doumer on Wednesday morning when it was reported that Chan Wai Chow, the former Salt Commissioner of Kwangtung and brother of the “dictator,” General Chan Chai Tong, was travelling to Europe in
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  • 83 4 Sir S. Hoare And "New Seheme Of Things" Nicosia, Cyprus, Sept. 9. Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, who has arrived here on his way home from a tour of British naval stations in the Mediterranean, stated today that, as in the past, Britain would
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  • 552 5 LEATHERHEAD SWAN DISAPPEAR The mystery' of the carried corpse is puzzling the inhabitants of Leatherhead, Surrey. The carrying of a body can, according I to old tradition, establish a right of way, and there is a legend in Leatheihead that, not very long ago, a right
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  • 251 5 BLACKSMITH MAKES £30.000 Johannesburg, September 6. One of the maddest gambles in South Africa’s mining history is taking place in the Orange Free State, where over a stretch 125 miles long and 60 miles wide a frantic scramble for options over what are believed to be
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  • 224 5 Mithraic Temple Unearthed An interesting archaelogical discovery has been made in the garden of the Barberini Palace Rome, by workmen digging the foundations of a block of flats. A sanctuary dedicated to the god Mithras, with a fine wall painting of the deity in the act
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  • 393 5 MAN WIFE TORTURED IN BRAZIL GAOL LIGHTED cigarettes pressed on his flesh his wife stripped and beaten in his presence deprived of sleep for 21 days. These are allegations made by Arthur Ewert, a former Deputy in the German Reichstag, against the Brazilian police. Fraulein Minna Ewert, of Berlin, has
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  • 840 5 SUPREME SOCIAL tALUE London, Sept. 11. In the Educational Science section Sir Richard Gregory dealt with the cul-tural-and social values of science, and claimed that scientific study, which was the discovery of truth about all things, might be as effective an ethical agency as the study
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  • 16 5 MIRIAM HOPKINS, the film star, who is now working at the Denham, Bucks, studios.
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  • 271 5 Son Who Was Once Naval Officer Prosecuted by his mother, Kenneth Wharrie Ross, 23, appeared at London Sessions last week charged with breaking into a shop at Bromley, Kent, on Aug. 28 and stealing £5. Mr. Maxwell Turner, prosecuting, said that until April this year Ross
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 244 5 SPECIAL DURING September Only 4 Bottles F. N. Cordials or Squashes For the Price of 3 Pay For 3 Receive 4- Obtainable at all Shops or Direct From: FRASER NEAVE LTD., PENANG BUTTERWORTH. j Tel. 107 and Tel. 19. 1 ALWAYS IN STOCK IRONSIDE LOTUS DELTA SHOES MADE IN ENGLAND.
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  • 325 6 AIR MAILS i A mail for Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and South Africa via Singapore and thence by Imperial Airways will close at 7 p.m. today. A mail for Java and Southern Sumatra via Singapore and thence by K.L.M. Service will
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  • 416 6 COULD NOT MEET APPEAL FOR £6O "PATHETIC STORY OF YOUNG MAN" Sir Archibald Hamilton, who took the oath according to the English Mohammedan custom, told the Chichester Bench last week of a request for £6O. This, he said, he could not
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  • 574 6 Explosion 289 Yards Below Surface INQUEST ON 58 BODIES j The inquest on the bodies of the victims of the disaster at Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery, near Barnsley, on August 6 was resumed by the Coroner, Mr. C. J. i Haworth, at Barnsley last week. Dr. Sidney
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  • 70 6 The funeral of Mr. Lee Soon Theam will take place tomorrow frem 226, Mac Alister Road, Penang. As a mark of respect, the Amalgamated Amusements Ltd., of which he was a director, will close its officer for the day. All the members of
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  • 49 6 .—Reuter. Stockholm, Sept. 16. In a athletic meeting held here, Hoeckert of Finland established a world’s record! for the 3000 metres. His time was 8 mins. 14 8110 secs. The previous record wfes held by Nielson of Denmark in 8 mins. J>B 4110 secs.—Reuter.
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  • 73 6 The Sunnylads Badminton Party will travel to Betong, Siam, tomorrow where they will meet the Betong State Badminton Team in a friendly game consisting of four doubles and three singles. The following will represent the Sunnylads:— Davis Tung (Capt.), Henry Lim, Lim
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  • 246 6 Attendant Acquitted Of Maltreatment Charge (From Our Own Correspondent? Ipoh, Sept. 17. Alleged to have maltreated Dias, patient at the Central Mental Hospital, a middleaged Tamil attendant of the Hospital, Krishnasamy, appeared before Mr L. C. Simpson Gray, the Ipoh First Magistrate, this morning, but after
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  • 72 6 P.C.C. vs. Sporting Diamonds The following players will represent the Penang Sport Club in a hockey match against the Sporting Diamonds on the Esplanade today at 5.15 p.m.;— H.E. Pether; F.G. Pooley, J.F. Keay; J.R.P. Soper, R.N. Elliot, H.A.F. Brooke; E.A. Joy, T.A. Maxwell, J.H. Strahan,
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  • 489 6 £12.000 Invested In An Air Company COURT APPLICATION GRANTED London, Sept. 10. An application was made to Mr. Justice Lewis in the Vacation Court yesterday on behalf of Miss Stella Mary Adelaide Hooman, Charlwood Court, Horley, Surrey, to continue the appointment of a receiver and manager
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  • Article, Illustration
    31 6 LIKE A CAGE.—Pepito, 9 a Brazilian squirrel monkey of j. Lysaght, the tennis player, is quite at home when climbing on the strings of its owner’s tennis racket.
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  • 195 6 Fast And Interesting Hockey Match (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 17 I Thanks to a fine defence in which Rees, Reynolds and Akhers were prominent, coupled with good display by Rivaz and Rix, at forward, the Ipoh Club gained a very creditable victory over the
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  • 67 6 In another hockey match, also played on the Ipoh Club Padang, the Police defeated the Malay Volunteer Infantry by three goals to one. The Police scored through Hamid and Pretan Singh in the first half and after the change of ends gained another goat when one of
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 173 6 GALA MALAYAN PREMIERE I COMING TO OF COURSE. I r *o Hei^ O,ShOOl W SMI 6-15 Opening Tonight 9-30 MATINEE SATURDAY SUNDAY AT 2-45 P.M. M-G-M’s Laugh Sensation 4 MARX BROTHERS in "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" Next Change Shirley Temple "OUR LITTLE GIRL" j BY POPULAR REQUESTS SEASON EXTENDED
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    • 36 6 NOW SHOWING TO CROWDED HOUSES A T YOUR FAVOURITE THEATRE MAJESTIC A-15 NIGHTLY 9.30 Matinee Tomorrow at 2.45 THE ROY Ar .TTTRnEE OS’ MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT? w v? ca r RIG SONGS! I GORGEOUS GIRLS! DAZZLING DANCES!
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  • 318 7 TAMIL ADMITS HACKING GIRL TO DEATH admission that he had hacked a girl to death with a sickle on Kotak Estate, Tiram, was made by a Tamil coolie in the Johore Bahru police •court on Tuesday. "I committed the crime and I have no
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  • 506 7 SEREMBAN CUSTOMS CASE In the Seremban police court on Tuesday before Mr. M. J. Hayward, with Mr. J O’Connell, Deputy Commissioner. Trade and Customs, N.S., prosecuting, four Chinese were charged with “being knowingly concerned in conveying uncustomed goods, namely, 3.025 yards of cotton textiles and 79
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  • 669 7 MANY VARIETIES FROM HYBRIDISATION “The garden canna is a comparatively recent invention,” said Mr, RE. Holttum, president of the Singapore Gardening Society, at a meeting of the society on Monday He dealt with Cannas from the botanical point of view and outlined the origin of
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  • 38 7 TWO ACTS of a grain elevator—-of no further use—“taking the water'' at Southampton when it was pulled down by a tug. This was thought the easiest and quickest method of destroying it.
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  • 145 7 Handbag Stolen Sentence of five years’ penal servitude was passed at the Old Bailey last Week on Robert Baden Newman, 35, a packer, who pleaded guilty to the theft and who was found guilty of robbery with violence. It was stated that Newman
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  • 143 7 Two Men Sent To Penal Servitude Sentence of three years’ penal servTiHe was passed.at London Sessions .last week on Sidney Leonard Spadling, 50, a paper merchant, and John Uppleby Langham, 51, a secretary, for conspiring together to defraud persons who parted With goods or cash in return for
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  • 313 7 OVER 50 WATCHES TRACED R. Suppiah, a Tamil, who was charged I with dishonestly retaining stolen property, I namely wrist watches and spare parts to the value of $l9 belonging to M. E. Elisah, and also with voluntarily assisting in the 'disposal of stolen property
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  • 144 7 "STABBING CASES TOC FREQUENT" SAYS MAGISTRATE "Stabbing cases are too frequent,” con»mented the magistrate, Mr. J.P. Biddulpfi, in the Singapore Magistrate's Court on Tuesday in imposing a sentence of six months’ rigorcus imprisonment and ten i strokes of the “cat” on an Arab, Amir
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  • 519 8 A regrettable feature of many trials that have taken place in Penang since the beginning of the year is the occasional lapse of memory on the part of witnesses, sometimes the chief witnesses for the jCrown. The witness, who has, in the first instance, told his
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  • 153 8 To Act As Rotary Governor < From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Sept. 17. A cable has been received by tre Hon. Cot. Cecil Rae. J. P., Second Vice-President of the Rdtary International, informing him that he has been appointed to act temporarily as Governor of the Rotary
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  • 283 8 First Lecture By Dr. Purcell Dr. V. W. W. S. Purcell who is very keen on seeing the introduction of the study of Basic English in the local Chinese Schools, delivered the first of a series of 'lectures at the Chinese Town Hall yester--1 day
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  • 569 8 The Cloisteral Calm of Yesterday -—Discoveries in the Heart of Penang —No Place for Fascists or Communists IN the opening sentences of “The Channings” the authoress describes the atmosphere of a typical nineteenth century English cathedral city. Existence itself seems sublimated, albeit with discipline, to the 'quiet
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  • 142 8 —British Radio. Tributes To French Scientist London. Sept. 17. Warm tributes are paid in the press to the work of Dr. Jean Charcot, the famous French Polar explorer and scientist, who, with 32 other members of the crew of 34 of his four masted barque Pourquoi Pas,
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  • 124 8 12,000 Vessel Launched At Birkenhead London, Sept 17. The refrigerated motor shop, Brisbane Star, 12,000 tons, built for the Blue Star Line, was launched yesterday at C&mmel Lairds yard at Birkenhead. The vessel is 522 feet long. In the past ten years the Blue Star Line has built
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  • 82 8 New Sound System Installed Mr. Ong Keng ITuat, proprietor of the Keng Huat Film Ltd. Penang, has taken over the management of the Rex Theatre, Butterworth, under the new name of the Shanghai Cinema. 1 The hall has been renovated and new sound system and machine were installed
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  • 55 8 —British Radio. London. Sept. 17. The King, making his first public appearance since his Mediterranean holiday, visited the building exihibition at Olympia this afternoon. The King spent more th» o an hour walking around the stalls and displayed particular interest in types of houses and flats
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  • 49 8 —British Radio. London, Sept. 17. The first crop of hemp to be grown m Britain is now being harvested at Billmg. in Northamptonshire, as part of an expenmental effort to revive the British industry. Despite an unfavourable season, the crop is reported to be highly satisfac- tory.-
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  • 48 8 —British Radio. London, Sept. At September 1 the average levt i retail prices of commodities was a; x! mately 47 per cent, above the levt July, 1914, as compared with 46 per < ur at August 1, 1936, and 43 por cent c August 31, 1935.
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  • 1352 9 DARING HOLD-UP BY CHINESE Accident Faked To Stop Car (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 17. AS he was motoring to the new mental hospital, sth mile Scudai, Johore Bahru, shortly after noon yesterday, with two leather bags full of money for the
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  • 19 9 Fred Astaire seen wearing dark glasses when leaving Croydon by air for Paris with his wife.
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  • 175 9 I Little Choon Kid Arenas Draw Again (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, September 18. Once again Little Choon (8.00), the Ipoh boxer, shared honours with Kid Arenas (8.00), the Filipino, in the main event at the Jubilee Park last night. These two have met twice before and
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  • 121 9 Warner Baxter As "King Of Burlesque" KING OF BURLESQUE. With Warner Baxter, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, Arline Judge, Mona Barrie and Kenneth McGowan. 20th CenturyFox picture directed by Sydney Lanfield. At the Majestic. Cast as the “King of Burlesque” from 1 14th Street, Warner Baxter gives
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  • 30 9 The tennis match between the Penang Sporting Club and the Chinese Recreation Club which was to have been played yesterday was postponed owing to the jnclemer.t weather.
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  • 641 9 $640,000 For Chiang BIGGEST OVERSEAS DONATION By contributing about $640,000 (Straits Currency) for the purchase of warplanes for the 'Chinese Air Force, Malayan Chinese iiave made the biggest overseas donation to Marshal Chiang Kai Shek’s birthday fund. This donation will enable at least 12 1
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  • 114 9 JIN YESTERDAY TODAY London —(Spot) £194.0.0 £195.5.0 London —(3 months) £191.10.0 £193.10.0 Singapore 597.75 Business Done Penang Business Done COPRA.—(Sundried) $5.80 $5-75 BLACK PEPPER $9.25 $9 25 RUBBER London 7Rd 7fid New York 16 T n c(G) 16*4c(G) Singapore—Spot 26 %c 26 %c Oct./Dec 27c 2 7c Jan./Mar
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  • Financial & Commercial Section
    • 669 10 Special Interim Dividend Agreed To (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 17. Proposing the adoption of the report at the annual meeting of McAlister and Co.. Ltd., today Mr. J. W. De Piro said that while the nominal capital for the current financial year remains unchanged,
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    • 139 10 Compromise Agreement Likely Negotiations for the amalgamation of the Billiton and Banka tin mines, which had reached dealock, are to be resumed follow ing the return of M. van den Broek, director of the Billiton Co., from his visit to the Netherlands Indies. The Government, owner
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    • 18 10 Outputs for the month of August. lb. Perak River Valley 34 jgg •Jg" 31,000 Scmanpgol 20.500
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    • 29 10 Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co. Ltd Dredge statistics for the first half of September 1936. Hours run 207, Cubic Yards Seated 33,000, Tin Ore Won Pikuls 86.
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    • 339 10 Dividend Of 7| Per Cent. The directors report of Brooklands (Selangor) Rubber Company Limited for the year ended June 30, states that the net profit, after charging £1,139 for directors’ fees and £990 for London administration expenses, was £13,551. This profit has been added to the amount of
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    • 116 10 Tramps Using Cape Route I For the fifth month in succession the Suez Canal traffic figures have fallen com-' pared with the figures for the corresponding month a year earlier. Transits in August, numbered 471 vessels and receipts were Frs. 64,990,000 (£855,000), compared with 503
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    • 222 10 Final Dividend And Bonus (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. The report, of the directors of Eastern United Assurance Corporation Ltd. issued today states that in the year ended June 30 net premium revenue was $269 552, net inter- est, dividends, property revenue received and accrued, less
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    • 297 10 Distribution Of $1.40 Per Share The report of the directors of Sungei Duri Rubber Estate Limited for the year ended June 30. states that the net profit for the year was Shanghai $70,817, to which has been added $21,276 brought forward. making a total of $92,093. An
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    • 48 10 Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N. L. output figures of the various dredges for the week ended at 7 a.m. on the 14 instant. No. 5 Dredge 33.60 piculs. No. 7 Dredge 117.60 piculs. No. 8 Dredge 208.60 piculs, Ronpibon Dredge 131.00 piculs, Total 490.80 piculs.
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    • 29 10 Renong Consolidated Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. Dredge statistics for the first half of September 1936, Hours Run 192. Cubic Yards 'Treated 42,000, Tin Ore Won Pikuls 243.
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    • 28 10 Katu Tin Dredging Ltd. Dredge Statis tics for the first half of September 1936 Hours Run 304, Cubic Yards Treated 69,000, Tin Ore Won Pikuls 125.
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    • 34 10 The Renong Tin Dredging Company. Limited. Final dividend in respect of last financial year of 15 per cent. payable October 15. making a total for the year of 20 pe.- cent.
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    • 1144 10 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST. NAMES. I J If ĕ «S RUBBER (Dollar). AHenby Rubber Co. J 52 !52 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 100 110 Amalgamated Malay Estates 3 32*6 345 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 135 140 Ayer Molek Rubber Co. 1 02%| 1 12% Ayer Panas Rubber Estates 1 165
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    • 157 10 Profits £8.600 Up At £26.900 The report to end-March last of Tekka, Ltd., which owns alluvial in lands in the Kinta district of Perak, F.M.S., shows that the profit for the year, after again writing off £4,500 from property, plant, &c., amounts to £26,982. This compares with
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 276 10 BANKS. OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION, LIMITED (Incorporated in the S.S.) SUCCESSORS to THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, LIMITED, THE HO HONG BANK, LBHIIILD, B THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. CAPITAL pJdd ujT* 1 »io!ooo!ooo. CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE PENANG BRANCH Nos: M 4 30, Beach Telegraphic Address “OVERSEA OTHER BRANCHES Amoy, Bangkok, Batavia, Batu
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    • 548 10 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHIN A. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853) Paid-up Capital £3,000,008 Reserve Fund £3,000,000 t Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,ODO»/ HEAD OFFICE:— 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong Rangoon n Amritsar Iloilo Saigon BangH ?k Ipoh Semarang Batavia Karachi
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  • Latest London and Local Share and Commodity Market Quotations
    • 328 11 London, September 17. Stock markets were dull. -i* fihare of £1 denomination unless 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., 1986-31 102% Ohm. Union Assce. (Units) 11% Prudential
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    • 109 11 London, September 17. /S’RBER Strong. Spot 7H buyers 7% sellers. Oct./Dec. 7H buyers 7H sellers. Jan /March 7} J buyers 7% sellers. April/June 7% buyers 7]g sellers. New York 16.52 eta. United Kingdom Stocks London 45,249 tons, Liverpool 61,030 tons COPRA Straits SO. Rotterdam. £15.7.6. PEPPER White
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    • 121 11 London <m Previously Latest Paris 76 59(64 76 59|64 New York 5.06,% 5.06% Montreal 5.05% 5.05% Brussels 29.97 29.99 Geneva 15.54 15.55 Amsterdam 7.46 7.46% Milan 64 A 64% Berlin 12.58 12.59 Prague 122% 122% Copenhagen 22.39% 22.39% Oslo 19.90 1990 Vienna 26% 26% Madrid
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    • 190 11 BROKERS' LISTS CURRENT KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY A Co.’s Share Last today Buyers Sellers MINING Ampat 4|3 4|6 Ayer Weng 1.67% 1.72% Batu Selangors 85 87% < Hitam 49 51 JelCbu 83 87% Kpg. Lanjut 18(6 19|0 Klang 1.70 I.Boc Kuala Kampar 11|9
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    • 232 11 Buyers Sellers RUBBER Allenbys 152% 1.60 Ayer Panas 1.52% 1.60 Bassetts 60 62% !B. Lintangs 117% 1.20 I Bentas 97% 1.00 I Brogas 87% 90 Indragiris 1-17% 1.20 c |M. Pindas 1.42% 1.50 Mentakabs 40 42% N. Scudais 1.45 1.50 ex Pajams 1.80 1.87% Teluk Ansons 1-27% 1.35
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    • 174 11 A.A. ANTHONY CO. Buyers Sellev» TIN Ayer Weng 1.70 172% Batu Selangor 85 87 Hitam 48 50 .Hong Fatt 84 86 Jelebu 84 86 Kuchai 78 82 Lukut 1.02% 1.05 North Taipjng 55 57 Petalings 7.50 7.65 Rahman Hyd. 96 97 Raub Gold 6.20 6.30 Rantau Ordy. 79 82 Rantau
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    • 156 11 LEAN CO. TODAYS OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Seilers MINING Ayer Wengs 1.65 1.70 B. Selangors 84 87 Hong Fatts 80 85 K. Kampars 11|6 12(0 K. Kamuntings 7|1% 7|4% Laruts 9(0 9|4% Lukuts 1.02% 1.07% Pangnga Rivers B|9 9|1% Puchongs 16|3 16(9 Pungahs 21)0 216 Rantau Pref. 80 85 Raubs 6.15
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    • 343 11 The following are the changes in our quotation» up to noon today Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers TINS Ampats 4|3 4,6 4(3 4(6 j Arams 28(0 29(0 28(0 29|0c Ayer Hitams 15(6 16 3 15(6 16|3 Ayer Wengs 1.67% 1.72% 1.67% 1.72% Bangrins 17(0 17(9 17(0 17|9
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  • 232 11 Scouts Death In Hospital Pus from an abscess on the ankle, caused by receiving a kick while playing football, had been carried through the bloodstream, and had resulted in another abscess forming in his left lung, from which death had followed. ‘’This was part
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 321 11 LATE ADVERTISEMENTS ORDINANCE NO. 44 (BANKRUPTCY) In the High Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. In Bankruptcy No. 125 of 1936. RE The Firm of Long Kee alias Long Kee Co. Notice is hereby given that the First Meeting of Creditors in the above matter, will be held
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    • 200 11 Friday, 18th September, 1936. FUN FROLIC MAIN GATE 10 CENTS ONLY. FOONG SENG NIN CANTONESE OPERA— “The Exemplory Couple” (Gooi Seng Kia Tip) Seats 60, 40, 30 and 20 cts. No Free Lists. NAM SENG KHENG CHEW OPERA “A Modem Girl” Seats 20 10 cents. No Free Lists. SYE YONG
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 945 12 From 1840-1936: The Earliest Record PADDLE STEAMER’S 14-DAY RUN NO one knows who first called it the Blue Riband of the North Atlantic, but for nearly a century that has been the name to the honour of being the fastest ship on this important
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    • 161 12 PENANG ARRIVALS DEPARTURES In Port Today S.S. “KUTSANG” from Japan and China via Singapore —sails same day for Calcutta direct. S.S. “MENESTHEUS” from Singapore sails for Marseilles. London, Rotterdam. Hamburg, and Glaigow. S.S. “BULAN” for Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh, Port Swetteuham, Malac ca and Singapore M.V. “GLENOGLE” from London via
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    • 717 12 THIRD COAL-CARRYING STEAMER Cormount —The new steamer Cormoui< built by the Burntisland Shipbuilding c o Ltd., Burntisland, for Messrs. Cory Cur lieries, Ltd., of London (managers, Messr Wm. Cory and Son, Ltd.), has completed speed and power trials off the Tyne. This vessel is the third modem coal-carry.ng
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1640 12 I RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES I Or Pan RADIO The Pick Of Recital (PERSONALITIES-69 T’Ae Programmes > Besides other items, “Variety concert,'’ At 9 20 p.m., listeners to Transmission r.. Kaleidoscope,” and “Technical tips for the 3 will hear t.in organ recital by Salvatore Radiofan,'’ can be heard from the Berlin
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 690 13 >HUt FIIMBII LUI TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Vessels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due Penang Marseilles New York (in conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang Lan<v> n Sept. 24 PRBS. VAN BUREN Oct. 21 C. MENESTHEUS Marseilles, London Rotterdam, Hamburg Oct. 8 PRES. GARFIELD Nov. 4 Nov. 17 p mnuvn
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    • 739 13 -ZK P O BRITISFONDIA 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. 18 Outwards from London for China Japan. S/S MATA HARI” Sept. 25 SAILINGS OF STEAMERS OF THE
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 1067 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES q 50—Speech by Teo Witte. B.2o—Dance Legislation. Dr Fritz Schwiegk 11.20 layed from “Prince’s” (contd.) 9.46 Time »u-c. B.so—Radio play. 2<y-Popu la r dose down. „.Market concert by New Mayfair Orchestra, and prices. 12.05 a m.—News in Arable. TOMOKKOW songs by Richard Tauber. 10.20—Close 12.20 a m —Concert
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    • 274 13 port. Stock Quotations and Announcements. B.3O—DA VENTRY—News Bulletin and Announcements. 10.30 p.m. Close down. o SHIPBUILDING ORDERS Subject to the settlement of certain points of detail the Admiralty have decid-, ed to give the orders for the two cruisers (Southampton Class) of the 1936 programme to Messrs. Harland and Wolff,
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  • 1183 14 SELECTIONS BY TIC-TAC Following is the full programme for tomorrow's races at Bukit 'Timah together with selections by Tic-Tac:— GOLD CUP, HORSES, Clas» 1, Division 1, 1 14 Miles. 22 1 EASTERN KNIGHT 907 The Wearne Kongsi Billet 13 3 BESTLOT 9.01 Mac
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  • 169 14 —Reuter. U.S. AMATEUR OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP Garden City (Long Isl.), Sept. 18. The semi-final stages hag been reached in the American Amateur Open Golf Championship. Only one British player remains in the tournament —Jack McLean, the Walker Cup player. The results in the quarter finals
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  • 98 14 Officials Elected For The Year From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 17. At the annual general meeting of the Selangor United Rugby Football Club held at the Y.M.C.A. Hall last night, presided over by Mr. F. F. Cooray, the following were elected office-bearers: —President:
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  • 467 14 D.A.F.C. TROUNCED BY P.W.F.A. There was another surprising turn in the Penang Football Association cup competition at the Victoria Green yesterday when the P.W.F.A. trounced the D.A.F, C. to the tune of four goals to one. There was a steady drizzle during the first half
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  • 86 14 —Reuter. Brentford’ 3 Easy Win Over Charlton A. London, Sept. 17. Only eight teams went down to play in the mid-week matches of the English football league this evening. In the first division, Brentford easily defeated Charlton A. by four goals to two, while the other match ended
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  • 121 14 Ghim Huat To Meet Soon Hock Tung Ghim Huat will meet Cheah Soon Hock at the Volunteer Drill Hall, Penang, tomorrow in the men’s singles final of the Penang Badminton Championships. The match will commence at sp. m. sharp. Next week cm Saturday, Sept. 26, the
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  • 81 14 —Reuter. ENGLISH IRISH TEAMS L<Jfidon, September 17 The following are the Irish and League teams, who wAI- rtieet at Belfast ~r September 23 Irish League —Lab 'Portadown), Miller (Glentoran), Fulton (Belfast Celtit Edwards (Linfield), Carlyle and Martin (Derry City), Kerroghan (Belfast Celtic, Baird (Linfield), Shearer, Duffy and Ke”.,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • 407 15 Hon. D. Paget Pays 15,000 Gns. For Colt RECORD PRICE FOR YEARLING Doncaster, Sept. 11. TWO women were the principals in a dramatic battle in the sale ring here today, which resulted in the record price of 15,000 guineas being paid for a ■colt. They
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  • 87 15 Two offers of £lO,OOO each have been, •made to Fred Perry, the lawn tennis champion, to turn] professional, and, ac- j cording to his friends, he may accept if j he convinces himself that the money is .real. I The offers have come from Mr.
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  • 1159 15 MIDDLE—DISTANCE MEN SHOW MOST IMPROVEMENT ALTHOUGH the American negro Jesse Owens has stolen most of the athletic thunder this summer, the palms for progress must be handed to the middle-distance runners. The Ohio State University flyer has gone over 100 metres at least twice this season in
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  • 394 15 Never A Question Of No-Foul Rule Being Applied QERSISTENT rumours to the effect that the world cruiser-weight championship between John Henry Lewis, the American negro, and Len Harvey, fixed for the Empire Pool, Wembley, was “off” because the champion refused to fight except
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  • Article, Illustration
    32 15 AT HIGHBURY. A Roberts Kirchen duel for the ball (on left), with the centre-half making full use of his height to clear. On the right is Swindin. Arsenal’s new aoalkeever.
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  • 596 15 TEST CRICKET A HISTORIC LINE OF DEMARCAi TION? AN AWE-INSPIRING GESTURE BY M.C. C. IMPORTANT ASPECT OF SOCCER ■pHE ENGLISH cricket team on their way to Australia, on the Orient liner, “Orion,” were given a stirring send-off on their departure for the adventure that is awaiting them.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • 96 16 CFI TO THE FRONT.— leaving Iran. Anti EL Foreign Legion troops, rushing through a street of Merida ready to kill at sight. HtR RXIGN OVER.—Mist Frances Haywood, Queen of last week’s Southend Carnival, back at work She is a vacuum cleaner saleswoman, as '2 DISCUSSING
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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