Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 October 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY.- Ho. 250. Vol. XCIV. MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 1006 1 Governor Reviews Affairs Of The Colony jFREE TRADE POLICY May Have Outlasted Its Usefulness (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 26. His Excellency the Governor addressing the Legislative Conn I ril this morning said the Estimates for 1937 show a deficit of nearlx $4,000,000.
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  • 538 1 Tragedy At Kuala Lumpur CARS WRECKED Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 25. u ami a woman were killed nd vc persons were injured in one i| v worst motor smashes in Malavi th vear, which occurred in Victory \venue, Kuala Lumpur, in the early <
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  • 156 1 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Canton, October 26. I thousand people lined the I anton yesterday to pay their to Mr. Hu Han Min at the d accorded him. son of Dr. Sun Yat Sen, and the legislative Yuan, led the cssion of more
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  • Article, Illustration
    26 1 A AUTV M h MODE —An informal evening goicn of black chiffon, with panel of ivory 'guipure. The sash is of waxed ribbon. (Baroque.)
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  • 104 1 Hail way Cut By In-urgents Iltesca. Ocw Z 5. Madrid lost its last remaining link with the Meditena» ean when an insurgen’ column cut the railway between the capita, tand the important junction of Aranjuez. AN ALIKE GENERAL Lisbon, Oct. 25. An insurgent column led by
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  • 17 1 Reuter. Brussels. October 26. Degrelle and other arrested Rexists have b?en released —(See Page Three).
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  • 79 1 —Reuter. Important Meeting Of Little Entente Bukharest, Oct. 26. The chiefs cf staffs of the Balkan Entente comprising Rumania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey, meet here on Nov. 3, will be accompanied by ass stants and technicians It is reported from a military source thta the object
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  • 56 1 The total amount of contributions collected by the Malayan Chinese “Aeroplane Purchasing Campaign” Association is $1,264,500. This sum is made up as follows Singapore Association $340,000, Perak $250,000, Selangor $200,000, Johore $140,jOOO, Penang $150,000, Malacca $32,000, 1 Kedah $48,000, Negri Sembiian $63,000, J Kelantan $7,000, Trenggam»
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  • 190 1 PASSENGERS AND CREW TAKEN OFF SAFELY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Oct. 26. The Straits Steamship Company’s coastal steamer Asdang, 406 tons, went ashore off the coast at Kema-I man late on Friday night and is be- lieved to be a total wreck. All the crew and
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  • 138 1 Buses Held Up In Penang SUDDEN FAILURE OF CURRENT A group of stationary trolley buses tn which were only drivers and conductors,, gave the impression today that the strike which began in Singapore last week had spread to Penang. Inquiries by a “Pinang GHzettc’ i
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    • 12 1 H. TOKISATSU ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS No. 68-70, Bishop Street, PENANG Telephone No. 772.
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    • 80 1 HIGHER POSTS FOR ASIATIC STAFFS —See Page 9. EXTRACT FROM STRAITS TIMES:— \j ‘T also learned that a sample of crocodile {meat has been tested at the College of Medicine, Singapore, and has been pronounced equal to venison. So that if Malaya is ever blockaded, and the COLD STORAGE Company
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  • 852 2 Messages From Dr. Kung And Marshal Chiang IITHI; world today is in a state of chaos, degeneracy, and disintegration, because men are dominated by sellishness, jealousy, and materialism. The Oxford Group advocates the four principles or ‘absolute love, honesty, purity, and unselfishness.
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  • 160 2 More Imports Allowed Signor Muss lini’s 'Jct' rmination io keep down the cost of liv.ng is reflected in a new decree permitting increased food imports at lower duties. During the three rnonti ■> Oe’ober to December the following increrses will be allowed: Live catth* and
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  • 324 2 The Chinese I Way The Chinese conceits himself primarily with life and not with thinking, for to him. “life” is the essential thing, without which thought cunnot be concrete. Pure thought implies for him the abandonment of the woild of reality for a world of abstraction,
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  • 20 2 VISITORS TO WHIPSNADE who struck upon the idea of getting level with animals when offering them tit-bits.
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  • 510 2 Gaming On Board Pleasure Ship A police superintendent deciarea at Clacton-on-Sea last week that he saw children lifted up to put pennies in tctalisator machines on board a pleasure steamfr. The i fficer, Supt. Totterdell, added that he himself placed 2s 6d in pennies
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 597 2 phiangwfoaHfe Head Office: 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: Gazette Penang. Simgapore Ollice Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel “Times” Singapore. Kuala Lumpur Ollice 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. London <lflice 40, 43, Fleet Street, London E.C.4 Phone Central 3608—3609 Tel Leadmalaya London. SUBSCRIPTION RATESs Penang
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    • 298 2 A Perfect Chemist’s Shop A Perfect Chemist’s Shop is the one that has the right kind of goods at the right time and sells them at the right price We devote our energies particularly in making Our Pharmacy the very best Chemist Shop in point of Purity of Goods and
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  • 174 3 described in the interview. —Reuter Wireless. I j God Help You In Case Of War London, Oct. 24. Lord Nuffield, speaking of the final interew with Lord Swinton said: “I was turned ami flat. I asked Th effect ‘You don't want our engines?’ Lord Swinton replied in
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  • 91 3 —Reuter Wireless. Judge Condemns A Press Offer London, Oct. 25. The judge in a severe two-hour summing up in the Girl Pat trial said that (some Press proprietor agreed to pay the two prisoners and two of the crew £5,000 tor a story which was against public
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  • 65 3 British Radio. London. Oct. 24. Tiie Argentine Foreign Minister, Dr. 'veira Lamas, arrives in London today nan official visit of five days. He will be a guest of the Government at a d nner night and a luncheon in his honour will be jiv nUn Wednesday
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  • 64 3 .—British Radio. Londe n, Oct. 24. urinations took place yesterday for the Municipal elections cn Nov. 2 all over En: land. A third cf the seats on the Councils have to be filled. The labour Party is specially on the defensive in the forthcoming elections. Three years ago
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  • 40 3 Reuter Wireless. Moscow'. Oct. 24. A steamer has sailed from Leningrad arrying food, flour and clothing for won'’n and children in Spain. The goods a -re purchased by funds collected from rkers of the Soviet.—Reuter Wireless.
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  • 19 3 Reuter. Berlin, Oct. 25. H'-rr Von Ribbentrop has left for Lonto take up his ambassadorship.— Reuter.
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  • 104 3 Business For Tomorrow’s Meeting i allowing is the agenda for the meet'•ie Municipal Commissioners to®*orrow: > confirm minutes of last Ordinary a-nd Special Meetings held on 13th October 1936. z Any special business- the President, ffiay bring forward. Questions. confirm decisions arrived at by Standing Committees etc. report
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  • 326 3 Italy Germany In Abyssinia —Reuter. Berlin, Oct. 25. Locarno, the League of Nations, the Danube problem, Spain, Bolshevism and Abyssinia were the main heads of discussion at the Italo-German talks Count Ciano, in an interview before his departure, reviewed the progress of the discussions Firstly, he pointed
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  • 183 3 Sequel In Divorce Court A decree nisi, with costs, was granted by Mr. Justice Bucknill in the Divorce 'Court, London, to Mrs. Hilda Gladys Ogden, Curzon-street, London, because of the adultery of her husband, Captain William Ogden, company director. The suit was not defended. The
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  • 186 3 —Reuter. Fascists Clash With Police Brussels, Get. 25. The police arrested Louis Degrelle, leader of the Rexists, otheiwise Fascists this morning on the occasion of the march past of the veterans before King Leopold. The Rexists. recently emboldened by a large influx of membership, planned a gigantic
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  • 94 3 —British Radio. Second Annual Conference London. Oct. 24. The second annual conference of the National Labour supporters of the Government opened in London today ueder the presidency of Earl de la Warr. About 100 delegates attended, including Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the Lord President of Council, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald,
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  • 48 3 .—Reuter. Cruise To For Eastern Waters Berlin, Oct. 24. The German cruiser Emden has started a world cruise after visiting Varna and Istanbul. She is proceeding to Ceylon, Singapore, Siam. Shanghai, the Dutch Indies and Bombay where she will remain. from March 3 to March 12.
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  • 286 3 Officer Who "Bought It For 12/6" “What kind of dress coat do you imagine would be sold for 12s. 6d?” asked Judge Dumas of a defendant at Westminster County Court last week. He was hearing a claim by Moss Brothers and Co., Ltd., outfitters, of Kingstreet, Covent
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  • 305 3 Landon's Foreign Policy Reuter. Indianapolis, Oct. 24. i Isolation is unfair to our own people and impossible, declared Mr. Lardon in a speech on foreign affairs, contrasting the policies of neutrality and isolation. He said that in this modern world no nation could be isolated. Neutrality could
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  • 247 3 Flame Attack Signor Mussolini last week watched a military display in which several thousand Young Fascists took part. They were brought to Rome from all over the country to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the foundation of their organisations. The Duce rode on to the field
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  • 1062 4 Sir Samuel Hoare Discloses Result Of Experts' Inquiry Sir Samuel Hoare, Hirst Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech at Edinburgh last week, announced that the Sub-C< ;nmittee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, which carried out an investigation into the ‘Bomber v. Battleship” controversy,
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  • 195 4 To Nag" Clause i Kingston-cn-Thames magistnites iast week dismissed an application by Sydney i Edward Cummings, of Putney Bridge-road. S. W., for reduction of a £2-a-week maintenance order granted in June to his wife. i Diane Mary Cummings, of Marlboroughroad, Richmond. Cummings said that he
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  • 10 4 Fog in Lenon Zo-sf week
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  • 176 4 New Policy Of Control Canberra. Mr. Patterson, the Minister for the Interior, announces a new policy for the control of aborigines, who have dwindled from an original estimated population of 250,000 to 76.000. of whom 22.030 are half-castes. The policy provides for their division into i
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  • 435 4 Commons Question Sequel SELLING LETTERS TO BUY COTTAGE 1 A series of letters from Lawrence of' Arabia which Mr. Ernest Thurtle, M.P j is offering for sale at Sotheby's on Nov. 10 reveals a friendship between the two which began with questions in the
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    • 221 4 r j Have you the New GIAHTI Macleans People are using Macleans in a bigger way than ever now that they can get it in the new Giant tube. The J more often you Maclean your teeth the better for them —and you can use Macleans freely now that the
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  • 386 5 TROUBLE LURKS IN RESEMBLANCE Man Who Found It Safer To Stay In Gaol London, Oct. 14. Have you ever been mistaken for your double? It is a much more common occurrence than you may think. Anybody is liable to find himself in the unfortunate
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  • 291 5 doctors making INVESTIGATIONS i, rs at St. Giles’s Hospital, Camberarc making investigations into the i t se oi John Longshaw, Stationery warehouseman, who at the age of 44 i 31 stone, and died after a fall, week’s inquest on him disclosed only that his death
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  • 260 5 'v d ivory boy-god from ansient <’r--< ven inches high, and valued at ",o ,n ir h, are among the exhibits on the Royal Academy at the Jubilee n the British Schcoi of Ar 1 i ilogy at Athens. I: n< of hundreds of
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  • 93 5 famous racing motorist, is an action which will decide an nt arising out of divorce uts evidence is given from time spondents have rented rooms taken other women there to ln as their wives. t 1 rently never yet been decided t) renting cf a flat
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  • 26 5 RAILWAYMAN MAYOR-ELECT. Mr. J. Il Morell (left), being congratulated on his election as Coronation Mayor of Tottenham. He is a ticket collector at King's Cross Station.
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  • 248 5 22 Coffins Side By Side Twenty-two coffins lay side by side in Notre Dame Cathedral last week. They contained the bodies of the French explorer. Dr. Charcot, and his companions, who perished in the loss of the French polar ship Pourquoi-Pas on Sept. 16. The
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  • 135 5 Deafii Frsm Lack Of Food Mrs. Dora Wicker, aged 41. Cecil-road, Leytonstone, though cured of cancer, was s? worried that she was unable to take food and died in Whipps Cross Hospital fiom exhaustion. Jchn Wicker, railway signalman, stated at the inquest at
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  • 208 5 New York, October 14. America has gone man-hunting again. A “baby” Dillinger gang in Indiana, consistin 8 c t iree men who were awaiting tri';* for the murder cf a policeman before they broke jail at Gieenfield on Sunday, are believed to be trapped near
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  • 204 5 Cashier's Lapse A young man promised at Westminster Police-court last week to marry a young woman with whom he had been keeping company. The woman, Phyllis Muriel Scrivens 25, of Upper Tulse Hill, S.W., was charged with embezzling the moneys of her employers, Mac Fisheries
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  • 203 5 MOTHER SENTENCED TO DEATH A woman was sentenced to death at the Old Bailey, last week after a trial lasting only five minutes. The accused, Hilda Queree, 26, an unmarried cook-general, o f Chingford-road, Walthamstow, pleaded guilty to the murder of her 5-months-old son, David Edward
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  • 48 5 21-year-old Danish dancer teas decorated by King Christian of Denmark last iveek with the Royal Gold Medal—the youngest person ever to receive such an honour. Picture shows Miss The lade dancing in Regent*s Park Open Air Theatre where she appeared several times last sum merL
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  • 193 5 A Dn--‘cr gave Leslie Frederick Hawkins, a Chichester ex-officer who refused to undergo an operation 18 months to live Now that period has expired, and Hawkins is dead —by his cwn hand. He asphyxiated himself by inhaling exhaust fumes from his car. By
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  • 371 6 AJH MAIL A mail for Java and Southern Sumatra via Singapore and thence by K.N.I.L.M Hovice will close at 7 p.m. today. A mail for Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Nigeria and Gold Coast via Singapore and thence by Imperial
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  • 176 6 Lawrence Tibbett In "Metropolitan" METROPOLITAN. With Lawrence Tibbett, Virginia Bruce, Alice Brady, Caesar Romero,' Luis Albemi, Thurston Hall amd \George Marion, Sr. 20th Century production presented by Joseph M. Shenck and [directed by Richard Boleslaw#ki. Last two shows at the Majestic, Penang, tonight. In this story
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  • 180 6 A young lab urer who had posed as a police officer told the magistrates at SwaHham, near here, Dereham. (Norfolk), last week, that he did so to try to get his wife back. He thought the uniform would frighten his father-in-law. Dennis William
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  • 143 6 European And Seven Others Injured I Eight me»', one European, one Malay, and six Chinese, were injured on Saturday when the mosquito bus in which they were travelling overturned at Bagan Ajam, two miles from Butterworth. The European sustained serious injuries and wirs taken to the Pe»
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  • 197 6 Judge Rebukes Mother A mother who asked that ter sen should be sent to prison was rebuked by the Common Serjeant, Mr. Cecil Whiteley. K.C., at the Old Bailey. Stanley Alfred Lawrence, an engineer, (committed from Croydon pleaded guilty to factory breaking, to receiving stolen property
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  • 64 6 Rotan For 11-Year-Old Chinese Boy (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. Oct. 25. For stealing a wrist watch valued $4.75 belonging to Chong Tak Chee, nn eleveci-year-old Chinese boy named Hoi Mah Ee was sentenced to four strokes with a rotan on Saturday. The punishment was meted out
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  • 130 6 Inaugural Meeting Of Penang Section An inaugural general meeting of “The Student” Union wus held at No. 75A Birch Lane, Pena g yesterday at 2 p.m. There was a good attendance. Mr. Morris Chin presided. The following were elected office-bearers for the year 1936. Mr. Morris Chin,
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  • 162 6 Ratu Pope Thakombau, the Paramount Chief in Fiji, died on October 13. Twenty-two Egyptians were drowned when a motor-omnibus in which they were passengers fell into a canal near Benha in the Delta. Mr. Colin Wyatt, ski-jumping champion of Great Britain, has made an ascent of the
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  • 235 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Oct. 25. There was a large attendance at the Town Hall, Taiping, on Saturday night to see the play “Mat, Juru Banasa staged by the members of the local Malayan Volunteer Infantry. Among those present were the Acting British
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 82 6 ROSS ALEXANDER The boy you loved in “FLIRTATION WALK ‘CAPTAIN BLOOD in Warner Bros., gayest comedy romance I Opening At IT L-J iIZIDt) feW< J. fe.. N ““-’tVtVcDS? a X I ofi' ;en g F.GSS ALEXANDER J this u a “//’Y a y)at AHITA LOUISE RJ le 2 n 2
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  • 293 7 Over-Age Chinese Benefit Society Within the past two years $95,475.93 nt.< have been paid out as bonuses by the r rit ng Over-age Chinese Benefit Society n minees of its deceased members. qi.,rc are over 6,400 members, all over 35 vc ars old, and each pays $1
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  • 246 7 Inquiry Into Death Of Chinese (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Oct. 24. A tragic story of how a Penang Chinese •'x>k his own life by jabbing himself on the .'tom .ch with broken pieces of glass was revealed before the Taiping Coroner; Tengku Mohamed, this
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  • 192 7 Young Man Who Stole From His Father l-rom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Oct. 24. Two criminal appears were disposed of by Mr Justice Aitken in Ipoh Supreme Court in one the appellant was a MUIayJ hcolboy who had been sentenced to three Months rigorcus imprisonment and a fine
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  • 23 7 MR. R. W. GRANT I W. Grant has been appointed Accountant-General for the Su- ourt, Penang, and to act as TreaSur L Penang.
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  • 292 7 Hu Yew Seah Provident Fund Meeting The sixth ordinary general meeting of the Hu Yew Seah. Provident Fund was held at the premises of the Hu Yew Seah. 43, Madras Lane, Penang, on Saturday. The minutes of the fifth annual general meeting held on Oct. 13. were read
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  • 145 7 Man Found Hanging In Jungle An open verdict was returned by Mr. H. A.L. Luckham. the Penang Coroner, on Saturday at the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of an unknown man who was found hanging from a tree suspended by a piece of cloth, in the
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  • 106 7 £20,000 In Prizes The French Minister of Air, M. Cot, has now approved rules for the air race from Paris to New York on May 21 next year, the 10th anniversary cf Lindbergh’s cross--1 ing of the Atlantic. The race is open to pilots and machines
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  • 35 7 His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by the personal staff, will proceed to Kuala Lumpur by the night mail train from Singapore on Tuesday and return to Singapore at 6.45 a.m. on Nov. 8.
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  • 261 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 24. A strange story of how a man was hung by his toes in order to extract a confession of guilt of theft of $l3 was related this morning in the Second Magistrate’s court before Che Hashim at the opening of
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  • 118 7 Mr. Tan Hooi Teik And Miss Yeo Chee Teik The wedding tcok place at the Hu Yew Seah on Saturday of Mr. Tan Hooi Teik and Miss Yeoh Chee Teik. The bridegroom is the third son of Mr. Tan Hock Siew and is in the service of Huttenbachs
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  • 73 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Oct. 24. According to the Sunday Times, there is a possibility that His Majesty the King may visit Malaya after his coronation as Emperor of India. It is understood that New South Wales has petitioned His Majesty to attend the N.S.W.
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  • 56 7 The Penang Lodging House Keepers’ Association has been dissolved by the Governor-in-Council. It is stated in the S.S. Government Gazette that it appears to the Governor in Council that the Society has been and is being used for purposes incompatible with its objects and rules as set
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  • 599 8 I’IPHOSE sections of the rubber exi i>ort and shipping trades who do i not believe that Government can solve critical and complicated problems by [the waving of a wand, will derive a good deal of satisfaction from the remarks of His Excellency the Governor at this
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  • Letters To The Editor
    • 229 8 To The Editor. Sir, —1 wonder if you would be good enough to spare me a few lines in your “Readers' Opinion Column” as 1 am sure the majority of your most eager readers would benefit from what I have noticed lately. A very illiterate writer wrote
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  • 110 8 League Committee To Decide Geneva, Oct. 26. Because a picture of a Congo beauty presented by the Belgian Government to the new La Ague of Nations building was insufficiently dressed the members of the Child Welfare Committee have asked that it be removed. The Belgian Government
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  • 638 8 Good For G o If— Seniors Well Beaten —PFhoopee At Masonic Hall —Enter the Goat— Hope For Lancashire. FOR the first time in months —or so it seemed —the golf course was in perfect condition yesterday. Instead of heavy skies, intermittent rain, sodden fairways, and treacherous greens,
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  • 115 8 Japanese Prince To Attend Tokyo, Oct. 2b’ It is understood that Prince and Princes» j Chichibu will sail from Yokohama, pr°i bably aboard the N.Y.K. liner Yasukuni Maru, on March 28 for Marseilles, where they will be due on May 5, en route to I Lcndcn to Utte«
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  • 64 8 Memorial Services In Siam Today Memorial services for the la fe P r Purachatra are being held at SUim, today and tomorrow, Members the Ban Dawk Mai palace are in ch argl of the arrangements. The fiftieth day rites will take place November 2 U»-d 3 and will
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  • 766 9 MR. REEVE-TUCKER’S MESSAGE All-Malayan Association Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 25. THE Hon. Mr. W.S. Reeve-Tucker, planting member of the Federal Council, delivered a message of good wishes at the extra-ordinary eneral meeting of the All-Malayan Estate Asiatic Staffs Association A'hich
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  • 43 9 Phe engagement is announced between A ithony Fitzsimon Hewett, son of the la e hnstopher Fitzsimon Hewett and Mrs. Hewett of Woking, Surrey, and Margaret Daphne, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. Tyndale Powell of Sungei Tukang Estate, Sungei Patani, Kedah.
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  • 200 9 Contributions To Be Increased A meeting of employees contributing to the fund has been called for Jan. 20, 1937, to be held in Kuala Lumpur for the purpose of amending the rules of the Fund so as to permit of contributions at a rate higher than
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  • 103 9 The opening match of the Mohamedan Football Association League was played yesterday on the Dato Kramat Ground between the Malay Recreation Clug and the Glugor Football Club and resulted in a win for the former by four goals to nothing. The game was marred to a
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  • 25 9 T'te DARTBOARD will save arguments, and (right), folding stilts. which should prove popular during Coronation Two inventions at the Central Hall. Westminster,
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  • 68 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Oct. 25. A tiger was shot in Mutang today. This is the fourth tiger to be bagged in tftfs district within the last four months. The carcase was bi ought down to Taip.ng this even.■ng and attracted a great deal
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  • 109 9 Chartered Bank Party Beats Squarers B.P. In a frien Uy badminton match played during the week-end the Chartered Bank Recreation Party beat the Squarers B. P. by three games to one. The last doubles was unplayed owing to failing light. RESULTS The following are the results (C.B.R.P.
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  • 102 9 Reuter. Rugby Union Results London, Oct. 21 The following are the results of Rugby Union matches played today 1 Gloucestershire 6. Devon 3 (at Gloucester). Somerset 0, Cornwall 18 (at Wellington). Bedford 29, London Scottish 3. Blackheath 0, Cardiff 23. Bradford 8, Halifax 6. Guy’s Hosp. 10,
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  • 97 9 It is reliably reported that the leader of the Indian Delegation Which will leave for Malaya by the end of next month to inquire into working conditions for Indians here will be the Right Honourable VS. Srinivasa Sastri, P.C., C.H. When confirmation of this report
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  • 365 9 Burglar Fire Proof Doors WORK TO BEGIN IN A MONTH’S TIME i New strong rooms ccns.ructed cf rein- forced concrete more than three feet six inches in thickness in parts and fitted with burglar and file proof uoors are to be erer. led in
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  • 119 9 Many Received From Japanese Ringlet will shortly be invaded by Japanese settlers if the number of applicants for land is any indication. Already about forty Japanese have settled down to vegetable gardening and fruit farming. That the settlers have thoroughly studied the lay of the land
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  • 118 9 >— SATURDAY TODAY Londw* £198.10.0 No market Landos—months) £197.0.0 No market Singapore $97.75 $97.75 Business Dene Penang Business Done COPRA. —(Sundried) $6.05 $6.05 BLACK PEPPER $B.OO $8 00 RUBBER 3 London 7j<j New Yortc 16 7]l6c(G> 16 7il6c(G) Singapore- Spot 27 318 27 3)Bc Iffov./Dec 27 9|l6c 27
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    • 186 9 NOTICE A. rumour has reached me that my band has, on the expiration of its contract to •lay at the E. O. Hotel, been engaged to >lay at the New Elysee Cabaret. This rumour is completely unfounded. (Signed) A. KONCHESTER. ADMISSIONS TO WELLESLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL, 1937 Owing to the rebuilding
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    • 133 9 "E. O." Hotel PENANG. Wednesday, 28th October DINNER DANCE I; Farewell Performance By ARKADY KONCHESTER HIS ORCHESTRA A’F SPECIAL REQUEST HAROLD REID Will Gi e Solo Numbers On His Xylohpone Blindfolded. I :o: Saturday, 31st October DINNER DANCE Dance Music By The New E. O. ORCHESTRA U nder the direction
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  • Financial & Commercial Section
    • 1176 10 Bull Points in the Rubber Outlook At the 17th ordinary general meeting of the Batu Lintang Rubber Co., Ltd., held on Saturday at noon at the registered office, 33, Beach Street, Penang, a dividend of three per cent was approved. It will be paid on October 30,
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    • 322 10 I NET REVENUE JUMPS £B2 g ooo 1 A good recovery was made by the Petals River Hydro-Electric Power Co. in the year to end-July last. The company reorganised its capital in August last year. At £264,544, net revenue shows an increase cf £82,001. A sum of
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    • 611 10 KAMUNING RUBBER TIN MR. CHARLES EMERSON I ON THE OUTLOOK I The twenty-seventh annual geneial meeting of the Kamuning (Perak) P.ubber artd Tin Company, Ltd., was held in London on Oct. 14. Mr. Cli'irles Emersen (the chairman) said the profit tor the year was £22,538, which compared iavourably with £19,599
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    • 96 10 TODAY’S NEWS TODAY! REUTER’S CABLE SERVICE AN 0 SPECIAL CABLES from OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS, received up to ONE O’CLOCK TODAY, appear in this issue of the PINANG GAZETTE Under the present arrangement with Reuter, Ltd., their World News Cables may not be printed in any section o£ a Malayan newspaper
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    • 50 10 Rust costs millions per year' Norusto prevents rust I I r -HAS A COVERING CAPACITY OF RW 700-1000 SQ. FT. f 5 IHMSM PER GALLON. SOLIGNUM RR PRODUCT /Wl/ ITUMI NOUS *R e PAINT prevents R corrosion on Iron Steel Work Sime, Darby Co., Ltd. ■m_—.Jl.-te ILU 1«W 111 ——li-n
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  • Latest London and Local Share and Commodity Market Quotations
    • 171 11 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotation* MESSRS. KENNEDY A Co.’» Share unlay MINING 3|7% 3)10% liiitu Selangor 82A 84 nderiang 9 18 1J 45 50c 80 85 x ,1a Kampar 11|3 11|9 77J 82 J 89 9jlJ 1.05 1.09 pet 55 60 ,ngtu,a 8(6 9 0 uah 206
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    • 173 11 -ndon on Previously Latest Paris 105 J 105 7 64 IW York 4.88}’ 4.88; Montreal 4.892 4.88£ Brussels 29.02 29.03’. Geneva 21.27 J 21.27 A Amsterdam* 9.07 9.03 i Milan 92 i 92} J I Berlin 12.15 12.17 Stockholm 19.39 19 39 Prague 1381 138 'openhagen 22.40 22.40
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    • 201 11 RUlsßEßßuyer» SeDani Ayer Panas 1.62% 1.70 Bassetts 62% 65 B. Lintangg 120 1.25 c Brogag 90 92% M. Pindas 1.47 J 1.52 J Mentakabs 40 42% Pajams 182% 1.90 Sungei Tukangs 1.20 122% Ulu Benutg 50 52% TINS Ampats 3|10% 4,1% Ayer Wengs 1.62% 1.70 Batu Selangor 82%
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    • 459 11 The following are the changes In cur quotations up to noon today Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers' TIN .Ampats 37 A 40 371 40 Ayer Wengs 1.571 1.621 1.57 A 1.62 A Bangrins 15 9 17 6 16 9 17 6 Eatu Selangors 81 84 82 84
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    • 170 11 LEAN CO. TODAY’S OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Seller» MINING Ampats 3 9 4,0 B. Selangors 82 87 Hong Fatts 80 85 Jelepangs 16 9 17|6 Johans 24 26 K. Lanjuts 18 0 18)6 Lukuts 1.02-i 1.071 N. Taipings 53 56 Pangnga Rivers 8 9 9|l Puchoc.gs 16 9 17|3 Pungahs 210
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    • 115 11 A.A. ANTHONY CO. Buyers Seller» Ayer Weng 1.65 1.70 Batu Selangor 82% 85 Hitnm 47 49c Kuchai 77 82% Nawng Pet 55 qq North Taipkig 51 53 Petalings 7.45 7.55 Rahman Hyd. 94 Sungei Luas 1.32 J 1.35 Teluk Kruin 9O Ampat 3|9 4!3 Bangrin 16,6 17[0 K. Kamunting 7|3
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  • 417 11 "To Resuscitate His Fortunes" EXTRAVAGANT RATE OF LIVING 1 London, Oct. 15. When the Duke of Leinster, of Portlandplace. W., was asked at London Bankruptcy Court yesterday why he incurred a good deal of debt m 1928, he explained that he I I conceived the
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  • 502 11 GUARANTEE BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT A considerable increase in British exports to China is likely in the near futuro, for. says Reuter, agreement has been reached in principle cn a scheme under which credits would be given for purchases in Britain. These credits would te guaranteed b>
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 38 11 Penang Trade Fair AT Fun Frolic Park FROM Saturday. 7th Nov.. 1936 to c riday, 13th Nov., 1936. Nightly HAVE YOU BOOKED YOUR STALLS? ;>ply Amalgamated Amusements Ltd. 36, Beach Street, Penang. 'Phone 485 I \V. F.—l 3-11
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    • 891 11 BANKS. NEDERLANDSCHE HONG KONG AND HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ SHANGHAI BANKING N. V. CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hong Kong.) (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY Ordinance No. 6 of 192» of the Office HONQ KONG. Established in Amsterdam 1824. Authorised capital Issued and Fully paid up S2o'o(MLOM HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM Reserve Funds Sterling 6,500,000 Silver SIO
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 573 12 Atlantic Steam Navigation Co's Hopes And Plans PASSENGER TRAFFIC IN 1913 AND 1935 Xf HAT are the prospects for cheap 1 trans-Atlantic travel on the lines proposed by the newly formed Atlantic Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.? Considerable public interest has been taken in the plans of
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    • 116 12 Likelihood Of Your Vessels It is rumoured that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company will soo-. place an order for four new ships with tonnage totalling approximately 102,500. If carried out tnis will be the largest in Great Bri’hin by a single company. The feu" vessels under
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    • 204 12 PENANG ARRIVALS DEPARTURES In Port Today S.S. ‘‘ATREUS’’ iri-m N-rth Continent sails for Hong Kong, Dairen and Jap.m. S.S. “YUENSAXG'’ from Calcutta sails same day for Singapore, < Kong, Kobe and Osaka. S.S. “TOTTORI MARU” from Japan sails for Rangoon and Calcutta. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 i M.V. “SILVERWALNUT” from Singapore
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    • 226 12 Three Repeat Orders For Pert-Glasgow A contract for two large ore-cairying steamers has been placed with Messrs. Lithgows, Ltd., Port-Glasgow, by the Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd., Melbourne, Australia. This is a repeat contract, and the new ships will be almost similar to the steamers Iron Baron and
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    • 70 12 Reported Purchases In London Shanghai British ships and rolling-stock are demand in China. It is reported in Shanghai that 4 ships, each of about 5,000 tons, have t purchesed in London for a Chinese firm. A< cording to local shipping sources, the v >- seis will
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 80 12 Automatic 5 Record-Changing Marconiphone I I' ®Mw/ ittl i s xyH w THE LAST WORD IN I COMPLETE AND LUXURIOUS ENTERTAINMENT.", JUST THINK WHAT IT OFFERS YOU FIRST AND <- I FOREMOST A FIDELITY OF TONE WHICH MUST BE HEARD TO BE APPRECIATED AND AN AUTOMATIC g RECORD CHANGER WITH
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1827 12 RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. TO ECONOMISE RADIO AN INTERLUDE PERSONALITIES-99 Although the income of the 8.8. C. it Tl,ere weie ■■"’-'"'lie happen ngs on the weU ever a mill on pounds each year, so BBC. regional wave-length recently, much is be.ng spent on allied activities that j »'*<■" th
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 409 13 BLISrPimiBI' LIMB V«sselß. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due (in conjunction with Gian Shire Line) Penang London PEDON Marseilles, London, Rotterdam Glasgow. Oct. qn ok ;1J N’OGLE London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp Middlesborough. Nov fin v I E CALION Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Glasgow. Nov. 13 Dec. 9 HAVRE AND
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    • 260 13 TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Ftohj Arrive Arrive Penang Marseilles New York Nov. 5 PRES. ADAMS Dec. 2 Dec. 15 Nov. 19 PRES. HARRISON Dec. 16 Dec. 29 Dec. 3 PRES. HAYES Dec. 30 Jan. 12 A wonderful opportunity to visit Cairo en route. PACIFIC SERVICE. Have you travelled on our
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    • 807 13 PO and Gt V/ BRITISH INDIA Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Co., under Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swettenbam, contract with His Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service London and Far East Mail Service. s/S “BULAN” Oct- 30 Outwards from London for China Japan. SAILINGS OF STEAMERS OF TH® BRITISH INDIA S.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 611 13 RADIO Talk Workshops of Britain —Tyne- RFDLIN side and Teeside” written by Richard DEK in DJA 9.57 Me}». (31.38 m.). DJB 15.2« .y music. M (19.74 m.) DJN 9.1 Mc|s (11.45 m.). p m —Close down. THURSDAY, OCT. 29 TODAY 7 p.m. Time signal and day’s programme. 1.20 p.m.—News in
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    • 698 13 PAR,S j 2RO ROME Call-kttern of the station: Wavelength: ILBI Mr s (25.4 nx) W.L. 19.68 metres T.P.A. 2 TOMORROW’ W.L. 25.23 aieires T.P.A. 3 W.L. 25.60 metres T.P.A. 4 9.20 p.m. —Opening announcement. TODAY News ’in English. News in Chinese. SymWavelengtfa 19.68 m, 15.243 kc. phonic concert conducted by
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    • 116 13 BATAVIA—NIROM Wavelength: YDA 3,040 k c (98.68 m and YDB 9,610 kc (31.2 m TOMORROW 6.20 a.m. —Gymnastics. 6.3s—Merry recorded music. 6.50 —Time Signal. Continuation of recorded music. 7.50 a.m.— Close down. 10.50 a.m. —Opening announcement. 10.54—Cockery talk. 11.20—Vocal items. 11.50- —Time signal. Weather report. 11.54 —Light music. 12.20 p.m.—Matinee
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  • 310 14 HOCKEY: Ln a fast and exciting game of hockey on the UspiM.Hu/uj yes«.eiuay, tue Penang Sports Cli.u fc amed a nairow victory over •the Selantuc utu by Uo goals to one. 3he local Ciao had s ightly the better of the exchanges and had their iga
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  • 134 14 Hooi Kecrt's Teem Trounces Opponents A calm sea enabled a fast w’ater-polo miitch to be played on Saturday mon'ing at the Chinese Swimming Club, Penang, between Mr. Tay Hooi Keats and Mr. Geh CZhong Keat’s teams. The former trounced Jthe latter to the tune of seven goals to
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  • 372 14 —Reuter British Radio. WADE TO JOIN TEAM Match At Perth Drawn Perth, Oct. 24. The m.C.C. playerr nave cn rained for Adelaide. They will stop at Port Augusta, which they will reach on Tuesday, and from there they will m tor tc Ck.e where they will
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  • 76 14 Taiping C.R.C. Tourney Results (From Our Own Correspondent) luiping, Oct. 25. Several ties in the four ball Handicap Billiards tournament of tlie Chinese Retcieation Club. Taiping, were played oil during the week-end and the xesults are as follows: < Ist. Rou« d:—Cheong Ah Kee (-40) bt. Lim Fook Hong
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  • 304 14 BADMINTON The Lirastead Badminton Party have won the junior intcr-team and the senior interteam doubles cnampionship. Yesterday they added a further title, the senior interteam singles championship by defeating the Mayfield Badminton Parly (their challengers for the d übh s title) by tw’o matches to
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  • 693 14 Che Maarof L.B.M. Arrifin Doubles Champions (From Our Own Correspondent I Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 23. Raiu prevented the completion tod’iy of the second Selangor All-Malays lawn tennis championships, which were played at the Sultan Suleiman Courts during the week-end. The fimls of the men’s singles and
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  • 164 14 Invitation Also To Nichols LARWOOD, the England and Notts bowler, has accepted an invitation from the Indian Beard of Cricket Control to go out to that country this winter as one of the two professional coaches to be engaged by the Board. Hendren, who was
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  • 298 14 Lasers Improved Display <Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Kuali Lumpur. Oct. 25. I'.ayi' g with one man short during the g.eater pan of tne game the Selangor Club defeated the Combined Asiatic XV by IS points (six tries) to 6 points (two tries) cn the padang
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 696 14 Acid. In Your Blood Kills Health and Vigour Kidneys Usually to Blame There is nothing that can so quickly Acid is bound to stay there valtM the entdertnia» your health, strength and Kidneys function properly. «ncrgy excess of Acid in your Chemists and doctors la over 05 <lf* lUood. Every
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    • 439 14 Here is the/Essence I °f I Jgwcgir I E®'*" 0 essence of H n 1 ...Jm0m <»**®M* ITO W iurh «t«U it U UMUJI) I" BdPB ♦i «band a Ky °KKS. VAuxHALL. D' BMfl^! 1 TW/;Ar TO Bis VA/HAT a blessing to have abundant energy- S V to feel gloriously
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  • 1518 15 Inter-State Rugby (By Our Rugby Correspondent.) i In. a thrilling encounter on the dang on Saturday, Selangor rowly, and I thought somewhat for.natelv, defeated Penang by 17 points 13. It is no reflection on a splendid •am to say that Selangor were j Tieularly
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  • 1335 15 pOLLOWING are results of matches played oc Saturday in the English and s ottish football leagues together with o sitions of the teams to date: ENGLISH LEAGUE—DIVISION I Arsenal 0, Grimsby T. 0. Bolton W. 2, Leeds U. 1. Brentford 5, Liverpool 2. Derby
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    • 108 15 i fl a f■ ONE OF LIFE’S C PLEASURES V "PRICES NOW REDUCED 11 J ■J Quarts $6.50 per dozen inejuding duty Pints $4.00 per dozen including duty. J J SOLE AGENTS HENRY WAUGH CO.. LTD. > PENANG. ALWAYS IN STOCK IRONSIDE LOTUS DELTA SHOES MADTE IN ENGLAND. aaiSNoai LOTUS
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  • 199 16 WHO’D BE A PRESIDENT THE LIFE of a United States President is not all dinners and speeches. Supporters must be humoured —that is why President Roosevelt braved a torrential downpour in an open car and risked influenza, or worse, when driving to Charlotte, North Carolina,
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