Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 September 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 223. Vol. XCIV. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 24 t 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 602 1 VALUABLE RECORDS DESTROYED All Available European Officers Called Out (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, September 24. IRREPLACEABLE records containing the results of nine years’ research by R.R.I. scientists were destroyed by a fire which raged two hours at the buildings of the
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  • 126 1 —Reuter. NEGOTIATIONS WITH SIAM London, Sept. 23. The International Tin Committee, meeting in London today, decided that production under quota for the last quarter of 1936 shou/3 be unchanged at 'O per cent, 75 per cent of which i« attributable to the international quota and 15 per
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  • 174 1 The Pinang Gazette Is officially informed that the last of the four bodies of the 15 Indian coolies who were entombed in a landslide at Cherok Tokun Dam on Friday last, were recovered yesterday afternoon., Of the fifteen buried alive on the afternoon on
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  • 64 1 .—Reuter. STAGE SET FOR CONTINUATION The Tin Committee's announcement is superficially extremely unsensational. Nevertheless it is pregnant with the most satisfactory possibilities, says the Financial Times. There can now be little doubt that, barring unforeseen accidents, the stage is set for the continuation of control after the end
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  • 34 1 El REWORK manufacturers are already preparing for the big bvng o/ Coronation festivities, tl re is an employee at a London faciary with, arms lull of star shells and ear-splitting firework bombs.
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  • 117 1 Order Of Running And Scratchings Following are the order of running" and patchings for the first day of the Smgap Turf Club Skye Meeting at Bukit Timah tomorrow: Race 1: Horses, Class 5, Div. 3, 6 Furlongs. Race 2: Horses, Class 4, Div. 3, Furlongs. Race 3: Horses.
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  • Article, Illustration
    25 1 NEW RECRUIT—Grac? -radley, who has joined the cast of the Gaumont-British film, 0.H.M.5.,” which is being made in co-operation with the War Office.
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  • 190 1 BORDIGHERA'S RUN AT SINGAPORE Bordighera’s new record established over nine furlongs on Saturday at Singapore is now in doubt, and, I understand, will not t be taken as a record, writes Tic-Tac, the Pinang Gazette's Racing Correspondent Bordighera’s time over the nine furlongs was, it seems
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  • 154 1 Met By Chinese Consul At Penang Madam Wei Guat Lang, mother-in-law cf Mr. Wang Ching Wei, arrived by the President Van Buren at Penang yesterday. She is accompanied by her son, Mr. K. C. Chen, the well-known Ipoh lawyer. Mr. Huang Yuan-kai. the Chinese Consul, Penang,
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  • 490 1 A Penang Contractor’s Ordeal In the Penang District Court thia morning the trial was commenced before Mr. M. C. Hay of a Malay, Ibrahim bin Hassan, who stands charged with causing grievous hurt to A. Mohamed Rawther on July 20 'at 9.15 p.m. by means
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  • 103 2 Judge M. A. Musmanno, when appointe.l to the Pittsburgh Crimiral Court, first sentenced himself to thiee days’ imprisonment —to discover what it feeN like. “A judge should know something of the environment and daily routi'e of a priron.” lie told newspapermen who interviewed him through
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  • 44 2 New York. Sept. 22. America’s only woman diplomat Mrs. Ruthowen Rohde, broke a leg while touring with her husband on behalf of Mr. Roosevelt”s election campaign. The accident occurred when she attempted to stop a runaway motor-trailer on a steep hill.—Reuter
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  • 650 2 The Simple, Poignant Story Of An Outcast NO WORK: NO HOPE: NO JOY NO FUTURE FOR EVERY WAY IS CLOSED The heavy tread of marching feet echoed down the Berlin street as the column of Storm Troopers marched by the little cafe. Arms were
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  • 267 2 Influence Of Exposure To The Sun EFFECT ON APPETITES Dr. Otto Kestner, of the Rowett Institute, speaking to the Physiology section on “The influence of climate on man,” said that a sign of perfect health was independence of envorinment, at the British Association meeting at Blackpool. He
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  • 154 2 The total amount collected to date by the Penang Chinese ’’Aeroplane Purchasing Campaign” Association is 5145.000 (Chinese Currency). The following contributions have been received: Misses Choo Guat Hua. Leow Poh Hoo, Goh Jin Choon. Oh Seok Kheng $8 each. Misses Quah Phaik Choo. Khor Phaik Har, $7 each.
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  • 254 2 Solution By Giant Telescope SIR JAMES JEANS 1 HOPE iSir James Jeans, in a public lecture at Southport made the announcement that the new 200-inch telescope, now being built in California, might solve the problem of whether space was curved and finite, or was infinite. He declared
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  • 353 2 see with our unaided eyes are about 3,000 light years away. Therefore, we see them not as they are now, but as they were 3,000 years ago—before the building of Rome oi the siege of Troy. “Yet the distance of there stars is as nothing in comparison
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  • 661 3 Sensation After Shooting Of Bluejackets TENSE EXCITEMENT IN SHANGHAI AND TOKIO .—Reuter. Shanghai, Sept. 23. One Japanese bluejacket was shot dead and two wounded in the Hongkew district of Shanghai when eight shots were fired. One of the wounded men who was shct in the chest
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  • 67 3 —British Radio. Chemist's Will Proved At £2.138,959 Sir Henry Wellcome, founder of the Wellcome Foundation and of the great firm of manufacturing chemists. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., who died last July left f 2,138 959. The estate 'uty amounts to £968,754. The balance of the money is
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  • 41 3 .—Reuter. Stockholm, September 22. The Swedish election has resulted in a clear victory for the Social Democrats. For the first time in the history of Sweden Socialist and Communist parties are in a majority in the Dower House.
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  • 60 3 Berlin, September 22. The most important German army manoeuvres smce 1914 have opened near the remilitarised Rhineland zone. Two Army Corps with full technical and mechanical equipment are participating. —Reuter. o A full aerodrome lighting equipment is installed at Penang air port. This lighting system comprises thr.ee floodlights,
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  • 238 3 Reuter. City's New Infirmary Opened Dondon, Sept. 23. The King and the Duke of York were both in Aberdeen today. The Duke accompanied by the Duchess paid an official visit for the purpose of opening the city’s new infirmary' buildings which have been erected and
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  • 76 3 London, Sept. 23. At the first meeting of the nVzly appointed General Council of Trades Union Congress today, Mr. Ernest Bevin, Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union wao elected Chairman for the ensuing year. —British Radio. _o Figures made available by the Indian Authorities show
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  • 670 3 The Battle For Madrid Madrid, Sept. 20. Government forces are much encouraged by reports from Spanish Morocco of a considerable revolt among the ITLoors against General Franco. It appears a prominent Moorish chief was arrested on General Franco's orders upon which 30,000 of his followers threatened
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  • 273 3 —Reuter. Consternation In Rome London, Sept. 23. The League of Nations Assembly met this evening to receive the report of the Credentials Committee on the admissability 'of the Ethiopian delegation. The Credentials Committee, which had held several sessions during tlhe day had reached the decision (according to
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  • 239 3 Man's Fear That Made Him Disappear A man's fear of injury from men under his command in the Foreign Legion was the reason given at Old Street last week, when he was charged with running away from his wife and child. He was Victor Francis Leonard Kennedy,
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  • 109 3 Opinion Of Alleged Deserter When Anthony Robert Wilson, 34 was charged at Feltham, Middlesex, last week with being a deserter from the 2nd Bn. the Queen’s Royal Regiment since Oct. 30, 1928, he said "The Army is all right, but it was a bit on the childish side
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  • 1176 4 SINGAPORE DIVORCE SUIT "Had To Lie To Save Him" 111 HAD to lie to the court to save him—l loved liim or I would <not have married him. When I started grumbling about not having enough «money he told me I could stay if I /liked,
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  • 1221 4 FORTHCOMING WEDDINGS < The wedding will take place at St. I Mary’s Church, Kuala Lumpur, on Satur- J day, Sept. 26, at 11.30 a.m., of Geoffrey Caldicott. the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 K.C. Caldicott, late of Kuala Lumpur, and Alice Carter, elder daughter of
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    • 190 4 KEILLER’S DUNDEE MARMALADE 138 YEARS AGO MRS. JAMES KEILLER MADE AND MARKETED THE FIRST MARMALADE IN GREAT BRITAIN. TO-DAY her original recipe is still < J faithfully followed.* Joj f-laEft, sriT A 18/ x*' j |jl -1 Just pure cane sugar and the finest Seville oranges—but it Is in the
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  • 1065 5 Suggested Reforms: Value Of Fhe Teacher’s Opinion Blackpool, Sept. 15 i THE 13 sections and two subsections of the British Association were again fully occupied today. The last of the sectional presidential addresses were given by Professor H.L. Hawkins to the Geologists and Professor J.
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  • 430 5 Older Men’s Handicap Sir William Beveridge presented to the section of Economics an analysis of unemployment in Britain. He said that in proportion to numbers the volume of unemployment increased with each decade after 35. This was not because men became more likely to lose their
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  • 511 5 Stigma Traced Back 900 Years ROMAN GENERAL'S EXTRA FINGER Blackpool, Sept. 14. Questions of race and h.eiedity have bulked large in this year’s discissions of the British Association here. Today Professor R. Ruggles Gates, of King’s College, j London, told me of some of the strange
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  • 240 5 Taiping Car Driver Acquitted (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Sept. 22. “I have no sympathy for rash and reckless drivers myself, and I will be the last man to defend such a one; and I feel it all the more, as I have lost a leg
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  • 33 5 MOTOR-CARS, commandeered by Fascists at the start of the r evolt, lying wrecked in the streets of Barcelona after a battle in which the rebel forces were routed.
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  • 433 5 WHISKEY AND MILD BEER WHAT A TEST SHOWED Many interesting papers were read at the various sections of the British Association at Blackpool on Sept 11. Dr. H. M. Vernon in an address in the Physiology section described experiments in the effect of alcohol
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  • PERAK IN THE NEWS
    • 503 6 Corinthians Beaten After Keen Struggle LIM SENG FOOK CUP SOCCER FINAL (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 23. The Kinta Indians made soccer history this evening on the Kuala Kangsar Road ground winning the Lim Seng Fook Cup, i the trophy competed for in the senior
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    • 1215 6 BEST CURE FOR MOODS—GET INTERESTED IN SOMEONE E INE'S PROBLEMS (From Our Own Correspondent) ipoh, Sept. 23. A PAPER on “Psychology in Everyday Life” was read by Miss Thirza E. Bunce, principal of the Anglo Chinese Girls’ School, Ipoh, at a meeting of the members of
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    • 171 6 Counsers Remark In Trespass Case ACCUSED CAUTIONED AND DISCHARGED (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Sept. 23. Remarking that the case had been prolonged unnecessarily, Mr. G. H. Gartside, counsel for four Indians, who were charged with alleged trespass into railway premises, said his clients had been to Court
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 591 6 Kill Kidney Trouble Quick Thousands of sufferers from Kidney trouble and Bladder weakness nave stepped Getting Up Nights, Leg Pains, Circles Under Eyes, Swollen Ankles, Nervousness, Stiffness, Rheumatism. Dizziness, Lumbago, Burning. Itching, Smarting, Acidity and Loss of Vigour by a Doctor’s new discovery called Cystex (blsstex). Gently soothes, tones, cleans
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    • 10 6 COMING I MAJESTIC CINEMA ’CHARLIE CHAN iPy AT THE CIRCUS’
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    • 219 6 MAJESTIC OPENING TONIGHT! ITHE GLORIOUS STARS OF “MOROCO lIN A GRAND NEW ROMANTIC STOIU OF LOVE, LAUGHTER AND LARCENYON THE SUN-KISSED SPANISH RIVIERA HL -w it «SBt HI, OypMg Fiji ;><■ Bmto PRODUCED UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERVISION OF ERNST LUBITSCH. QUEENS 6-15 TONIGHT 9-30 YOUR POPULAR PAIR OF SCREEN SWEETHEARTS
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  • 9 7 CHILDREX in rebel Seville
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  • 217 7 Che Ajar Einti Che Hanafi (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, Sept. 22. The death occurred, after confinement, of Che Aja- Binti Che Hanafi wife of Che Lay, District Officer Kuala Nerang at her residence here yesterday. Che Ajah is survived by her husband and
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  • 295 7 RECORD OF RAFFLES COLLEGE IN 1935-36 The annual report of Raffles College, Singapore, for the academic year 1935 —36, just issued, reveals a healthy record of scholastic progress and achievement and of financial stability. New staff houses were built and the college lands were added to during
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  • 152 7 The disclosure that the police know of a man who has been practising frauds for the past 22 years, and is still at liberty, was made at the Old Bailey last week. “He has so far proved too slippery for the police,” said
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  • 148 7 Further Hearing Fixed For Sept. 29 When the case in which Miss Milly Aeria. until recently employed at the Telephone Exchange Penang, is charged with dishonestly inducing Mrs. Louise Read to deliver to L. Rodrigues a sum of $1,700 at No. 20A Leith Street on August 30,
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  • 23 7 CHILDREN in rebel Seville are being trained fur war in the Balilla, an organisation on the Italian Fascist model.
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  • 427 7 CAPTAINS MEET AGAIN IN Si NG A PORE Two sea captains sat down fcr a quiet chat at Tarjong Pagar, Singapore. Captain J. Smith, of the Silvercypress, was he st, and Captain E. Palmer of the Silverbaech, his guest. It was a reunion between two men
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    • 315 7 I SUPPORT MALAYA’S TIN INDUSTRY I NO SUBSTITUTION OR A ADULTERATION. Every tin is sealed and cannot be tampered with, therefore you A are assure d absolute preven- J Xewß/A tion against substituticn and adulterate. NO CONTAMINATION. K No c ntact with dirt dust or 4 Cfe Viwk water. WVA
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  • 555 8 I”“ b anybody hoped for an announcement at yesterday’s meeting of the International Tin Committee regarding an agreement over the vexed question of restriction renewal, they were disappointed. Mr. Lowinger, before he left Penang, made it clear that there would be no announcement before the I.T.C.
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  • 325 8 WAR in Spain, guerilla war in Abyssinia, Japanese invasion of Chinese territory, i Sweden gone "red,” Germany and Russia glaring at each other like basilisks, and pronounced uneasiness in France such is the background of the meetling of the League Assembly which in the second day
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  • 593 8 Don’t Go To Sleep After Tiffin Rainy Season At Hand— Rubber’s Costly Rivals IS the post-tiffin siesta worth while As one who succumbed to the temptation of forty winks yesterday, 1 am inclined to say No! A brisk walk is much more refreshing. After taking food, there
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  • 127 8 STRAITS-BORN CHINESE Sir, —T he writer of the letter signed I “Baba” in your paj>er yesterday, assuming he is a Straits-born Chinese, may himself be a failure but that is no reason why he should run down the whole community. t One has only to glance
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  • 99 8 P-it’rh Radio. No Cause For Anxiety London, Sept. 23. Fire broke out today in the hold of the 14,982-ton Orient liner Ormonde, on her outward bound from Melbourne. A statement issued in London by tlje Comnany tonight says, As a strong wind was blowing
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  • 318 8 I HEARTS DIVIDED. With Dick Powell. Marion Davies, Claude Raim. (Arthur Treacher. Charlie Ruggles, EdI ward Everett Horton. A First National I Picture presented by Warner Bros. Directed by Frank Borzage. Showing at the Queen's. In this drama dealing’ with the love story of one
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    • 104 8 HAVE A GOOD SHIRT i TO YOUR BACK TOOTAL RED LABEL POPLIN. Regd. 1 J U: I HENRY WAUGH CO.. LTD. PENANG. NOTICE '•THE LATE MRS. ALAN LORE" The remains of the late Mrs. Alan Loke will be conveyed to Penang for cremation i by special train leaving Kuala Lumpur
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  • 1331 9 “UNCULTIVABLE” FRUITS GROWING SUCCESSFULLY Work Of The Cameron Highlands Society VAST IMPROVEMENTS IN MANY DIRECTIONS ARECORD of vast improvements in many directions is revealed in the minutes of a general meeting of the Cameron Highlands Society held in the club on Sunday, Sept. 20. Hire
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  • 39 9 aND WAS REMOVED.—Miss Rina Breen, who went to confession at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Babylon, New York State, dressed in this outfit, and was forcibly removed from the church by the priest. Father James Smith.
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  • 272 9 IN THE POLICE COURT THIS MORNING A Malay named Man, alias Duan bin Noordin, was produced before Mr. H A. L Luckham, charged with giving false in- formation to a pawnbroker named Chin Ah i Kow at Chop Mun Geon in i cepect of a diamond ring on June 19,
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  • 21 9 Madrid, Sept. 24. Government forces nave cap’ureJ the Alcazar.—Reuter. (Earlier news from Spain on Page thr e.)
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  • 30 9 Shanghai, Sept. 24. Five hundred Japanese marine re nforcements despatched from Japan in consequence of the Hankow incident have arrived here.—Reuter. (China news on Page three.)
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  • 330 9 ■—Reuter. English Fail To Hold Early Lead The weather was fine and a crowd of 18,000 watched the match between the Irirh League and the English League at Belfast yesterday. Several changes were made m both teams before the start. On the Irish side Walker
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  • 108 9 MN YESTERDAY TODAY London—(Spot) £195.0.0 £192.15.0 j London—(3 months) £193.5.0 £191.5.0 Singapore $97.50 $96.00 Business Done Penang $95.75 Business Done Buyers no sellers 1 COPRA. —(Sandried) $5.60 $5.70 BLACK PEPPER $B.OO t\ $B.OO RUBBER London New York 16>4c(G) 167*0(0 Singapore—Spot 26%c 26%c Oet./Dec 27 1(1 c 26%c Jxja./Mar
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    • 193 9 "E. O." Hotel PENANG. TONIGHT DINNER DANCE Saturday, 26fh September DINNER DANCE Wednesday, 30th September TREASURE BALL WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT RAFFLES HOTEL. I QUADS’ Cl COVtfGATE/ .0 x Dote of Birth 28/11 /3S Premature Birth by 7 weeks 4 days. W: r ’HE Miles Quadruplets were born at
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  • Financial & Commercial Section
    • 934 10 Rubber And Rubber Shares Remain Idle (From Our Own Correspondent.» London, Sept. 18 A heavy fall in United Kingdom rubber stocks tailed to overcome the fears of the ultimate fates of the guilder and the fane, and another week of idleness and lack of interest
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    • 441 10 FINAL DIVIDEND OF 6 PER CENT The Amalgamated Malay Estates Ltd. report for the year ended June 30 states: Members have been notified of the extraordinary general meetings of April 21 and May 6 for the purpose of reducing the company’s capital by $122,519 to be returned in
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    • 1202 10 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST. 2£ 2 c Ig o NAMES. x cn i H S I i RCBBER (Dollar). I j Allenby Rubber Co. I*o I Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 100 110 I Amalgamated Malay Estates 32a 3 4? Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 135 1 Ayer Molek Rubber Co. 1
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    • 920 10 BANKS. NEDERLANDSCHE CHARTERED BANK HANDEL MAATSCHAPPU OF INDIA Australia and china. (Incorporated in England by N. V. Royal Charter 1853) Paid-up Capital £3,000.0013 tvno TD iDTVr Reserve Fund £3,000,000 (NErHBKLAINDb IKALIIiNU Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.000 SOCIETY.) HEAD OFFICE:— 38, Eishopsgate, London, E.C. j 1Q Agencies Branches: Established m Amsterdam
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  • Latest London and Local Share and Commodity Market Quotations
    • 347 11 London, September 23. Stock markets were again active and firm. Share of £1 denomination untesa Yesterday Rise or fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 119% Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90 119% -J-% War Loan, 3% p.c 107% Straits 6 p.c., 1936-51 102% Com. Union Assce.
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    • 110 11 London, September 23. RUBBER Dull. Spot 7H buyers 7% sellers. Nov./Dec. 7% buyers 7}g sellers. Jan./March 7H buyers 7% sellers. April/June 7% buyers 7[g sellers. New York 16.41 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 43,965 tons Liverpool 60,362 tons COPRA Straits S O. Rotterdam. £15.2.6. PEPPER White Muntok
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    • 126 11 London on Previously 1 p ar is 76 61 64 76 61)64 New York 5.06!g 5.06% Montreal 5.06% 5.06% Brussels 30.00 30.00 Geneva 15.55% 15.56% Amsterdam 7.48% 7.49% I Milan 64 ft 64 ft Berlin 12.62 12.62 Prague 122% 122% Copenhagen 22.39% 22.39% Oslo 19.90
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    • 169 11 BROKERS LISTS CURRENT KENNEDY CO. Hie following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY A Co/s Shars List today Buyers Sellers MINING Ampat 4|3 4)6 Ayer Weng 1.70 1.75 Batu Selangor 86 89 Hitam 49 51 Hong Fatt 85 89 K. Lanjut 18[0 18|6 K. Kampar 1116 12|0 Kuchai Ordy.
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    • 302 11 SHIPPING COMPANY’S FAILURE A total deficiency of £3 215.997 was mentioned at the first statutory meetings of creditors and shareholders of the African Steamship Co., Leadenliall-street. L;ndon on Sept. 15. The winding up order was made on July 13 upon the company's own petition, presented as a
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    • 89 11 Total Dividend Doubled At 20 P.C. Renong Tin Dredging Co., has doubled its total distribution on the Ordinary shares for the twelve months to June 30 last at 20 per cent., less tax, with a final of 15 per cent. Dividend warrants will be posted on October
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    • 240 11 Buyer» Sellers RUBBER ««mm* Allenbys 1.52% 1.60 Ayer Panas 1.52% 1.60 Bassetts 60 62 B. Lintangs 1.17% 1.20 Bentas 97% 1.00 Brogas 87% 90 Indragiris 1.17% 1.20 c M. Pindas 1.37% 1.45 Mentakabs 40 42 N. Scudais 1.45 1.50 Pajams 1.80 1.87% Teluk Anson 1.22% 1.27% Sungei Tukangs
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    • 72 11 Unconfirmed Merger Report The Netherlands Indies papier "Java Bode” reports that the Government has reached an agreement wiTlh the Billiton Tin Co. for a merger of the Banka and Billiton tin plants. The paper adds that the merger proposals will be placed before the People’s Council
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    • 114 11 Regular consignments of valuable pearls are consigned by air from Bahrein, the Peisian Guif port on the Imperial Airways England-India route, to groups of pearl merchants in Bombay. The pearls which ccme by air are bleached, sorted, and disposed of by the Bombay merchants either
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    • 116 11 Some time after a 20-year-old shipping 1 clerk, Frederick South, of Altmore Avenue, East Ham, had been fined 295. for exceeding the speed limit, it was discovered thet the car was his father’s and that he hud 1 shown his father’s licence. Indeed, the
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    • 156 11 LEAN CO. TODAY’S OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING s— *,7 A. Wengs 1.67% 1.72% B. Selangors 84 87 Hitams 47 51 Hong Fatts 85 90 Johans 24 27cd K. Kampars H|7% 12|1% Kuchais 78 81 N. Taipings 54 57 Pangnga Rivers B|lo% 9|1% Puchongs 16|9 17|3 Rantau Ordy. 80 85
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    • 171 11 Millionaire’s Advice A millionaire’s advice to his children on the rerporsibility of money is contained in a copy of the will of Mr. H.L. Cohen Chairman of Lewis’s, Liverpool, which has been lodged at Somerset House. Mr. Cohen left £1,285,498. "I trust.” he stated, “that my children
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    • 376 11 INCREASED PROFIT DISCLOSED Ag briefly stated in the Pinang Gazette on Tuesday, a profit of $302,402 for the year ended June 30, is disclosed in the report of the directors* and accounts of the Singapore Cold Storage Company Limited. This compares with a net profit of $245,646,
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 451 12 Effect On Speed And Weight Of Machinery AT a meeting of the friends and supporters of the Hamburg Schiff-bau-Versuchsanstalt (Hamburg Experimental Tank), Herr Dipl. Engineer H. Lerbs read a paper on the influence of the speed of revolution of ships’ propellers on cavitaticn phenomena. The lecturer
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    • 126 12 Sea Tragedy A short message describing a tragedy of the sea in cryptic words was received in Singapore on Monday from the master of the Netherlands Indian steamer, Senang. The wireless flash from the Senang read, “Collided with Chinese tongkang Wan Sing Lee about 1 degr. 5
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    • 114 12 PENANG ARRIVALS DEPARTURES In Port Today J S.S. “GROOTEKERK” from Ear East via Singapore—sails same day f,. r Suez, Port Said, Jaffa, Genoa, Marseilles Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Hamburg. S.S. “DIOMED” from Singapore sails for London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Hull and Swansea. S.S. “COREL 1 from London via ports. Sails same day
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    • 486 12 MR. R. L HAGUE'S STATEMENT ON U.S. ATTITUDE SHORTAGE OF PERSONNEL AMERICANS are not diesel-minded. but steam-minded,” said. Mr. Robert L. Hague (general manager, marine department, of the Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey, U.S.A.) at the dinner given in his honour in London by Sir
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    • 110 12 Automatic Record Changing Pus Marconiphone Brilliance| I I ll: a U h i I Mill Wo > 1 I «■■MMw/ B 3 IH/I mW B ijs W i i d j lit i it- iH Ilf H I 'XIp® a gi I THE LAST WORD IN fe: COMPLETE AND LUXURIOUS
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1799 12 RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES Thamptr radio international PERSONALITIES-75 FANTASIES MUSIC a Listeners to the programme to be broadcast from the Batavia^—Nirom stat.on tonight will hear musical pieces by Roberto and his piano accordion at 5.54, songs by the Boswell Sisters at 6.35, Chamber music Tod und das Madchenat 7.10, Two international
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    • 130 12 8.8.C.'S PLANS (Continued from column 2) cathode ray apparatus will have to double the size of their pictures before they make any considerable appeal to the public. In the matter of piogrammes the 8.8. C. is cn the right lines. The m’niature "variety show” they put on with the aid
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  • 51 13 Today, at the Esplanade from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.:— March—Health to Scotia’s shores. Hewitt. Overture —Napoleon. —Bilton. Suite —L’Arlesienne. No. 2. —Bizet. I.—Pastorale. IT.—lntermezzo. IH.—Menuet. IV. —Farandole. Romance sans Parodies —Simple Aveu. —Thomas. Selection-The Earl and the Girl.— —Cary 11. Waltz—Nachtschwar mer. —F els. Fox Trot—Stars over
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  • 389 13 Saving Of 30 Per Cent. In Running Costs Claimed The success of the White economy engine, invented by Mr. W. A. White, Ox White’s Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Hebburn, was further demonstrated during the sea trials of the cargo vessel' St. Margaret from the Wear. The
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    • 771 13 fl' j id i Ssjgel FIMtMBU LIMB V«wl». LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due R. DIOMED Wit SWre Pe London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Hull and A. AENEAS iMm. i a Sept 24 0ct.20 ci don, R clsjn and Glasgow. Oct 2 Oet QI GLBNGARR-i London. Rotterdam. Hamburg Antwerp Oct 2 Oct
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    • 691 13 PA and Gt VZ 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 “MATA HARI” Sept. 25 S/S “BULAN” Oct. 2 Outwards from London for China Japan, SAILINGS OF STEAMERS
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    • 688 13 RADIO Popular recorded music. 10.50 p.m.— Close down. TOMORROW 6.20 a.m.—Gymnastics. 6.35 —Recorded music. 6.50 a.m. —Close down. 10.50 a. m.—Announcement. 10.54 Grieg’s “Peer Gynt.” 11.30—Broadcast for the sick. 11.50 —Time signal. Weather report. 11.54 a.m.—Light music 12.40 p.m.—Dance music. 1.10 —News bulletin. I.2o —Popular potpourri. 1.50 —Recorded music. 2.10
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    • 465 13 5.15 p.m.—Day’s programme. 5.20 Relay from Radio-Paris. Concert. 6.20 —News in English. 6.3s —Continuation of concert relay. 7.05 —News in French. 7.35 —Continuation of concert relay. 8.20 —The Important Trends of Contemporary Thought, by M. P. Descaves. 8.30 —Humour to Today, by M. Densoudeix. 8.40 Colonial market prices, rates of
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  • 782 14 Sports Club Held To A Draw YESTERDAY’S EXCITING RUGBY MATCH The Penang Asiatics did extremely well lo draw with a team of the Penang Sports Club yesterday on the Esplanade in a gsane of Rugby Football. The final score was six points each. Eacn
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  • 844 14 FULL PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW Selections By Tic-Tac Below will be found the full programme for tomorrow’s Skye Meeting at Singapore, together with selections by Tic-Tac. The scratchings and order of running will be found on Page 1: HORSES, Class 4, Division 1, 5 I|2 Furlongs.
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  • 333 14 P. F. A. Cup-Tie Competition P. R. C. BEATEN BY 7-0 The Old Xavierian’s Association entered the semi-final of the Penang Football Association Cup Competition by trouncing the Penang Recreation Club to thg tune of seven goals to nothing. The match was played on the Victoria
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    • 295 14 HOW VASO DILATOR ACTION ENDS ATTACKS Discovery of VasoDilator action brings Ww lasting relief DURING ATTACK AF TER TREATMENT i. uuninu ni Here is wonderful news for everyone who suffers in the Arrows show Vaso Dilator terrible grip of Asthma. Dr. B.W. Hair, M.D. himself a how the action disper-
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  • 1379 15 Perry Stands Supreme By Himself Miss Jacobs No. 1 Among Ladies AN OTHER, international season on grass and hard courts has run its course. It ends with F.J. Perry’s grand challenge in America, which puts another seal not only to his own supremacy but
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  • 661 15 THE DERBY WHY NOT MAKE IT THE RICHEST RACE? WHAT'S IN A NAME THE RETIRING AGE RUGBY ENTHUSIASTS yHE conditions for the classic races for 1938 should soon be available, since it is usual for the entries to close in the first week in November, and I
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  • 191 16 SAMUEL, the Shetland pony which has been bought for Shirley Temple by Mr. Joseph Schenck the film producer, being taken aboard the CJ.icen Mary, at Southa~tpton, Kfix/ dcct o A boarder at a Manchester kennels, /VM 1 LOOK.IIN MY DLOI which prefers to be groomed
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