Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 January 1937

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 11. Vol. XCV. THURSDAY. JANUARY 14. 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 178 1 Units From Iraq And India To Take Part SHIPS FROM CHINA STATION London, Jan. 13. An announcement made on behalf of the Admiralty, the War Office and the Air Ministry states that combined operational exercise will take place at Singapore next month in which
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  • 138 1 Work To Begin Shortly (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 14. The construction of a new Centred market at Kuala Lumpur, which has been the subject of many strong debates in the K.L. Sanitary Board, is to begin very shortly. The contract has been awarded
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  • 66 1 —Pinang Gazette Cable. First Class Honours In Law Exam. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Jan. 14. In the Hilary Term Law Examinations Mr. Lim Teng Lim, of the Penang Free School, passed in Roman Law' with First Class Honours. Mr. A. V. Winslow, a Queen’s
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  • 143 1 —Reuter. 1,500 More Men Are Now Idle Washington, Jan. 13. The Assistant Secretary of labour. Mr. McGrady, discussed with President Roosevelt the General Motor strike and afterwards conferred with Mr. John Lewis. One thousand and two hundred guardsmen, infantry, cavalry, and artillery are encamped at Flint, Michigan, and
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  • 87 1 Mr. C. W. Dawson, the Per»ing District Judge, sat for the last time teday in the District Court. He is leaving for Kedah to take up duties as Legal Advisor, Kedah, in place of Mr. L. V. J. Laville who is being transferred to Johore. Mr.
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  • 90 1 STRIKE ON RUBBER ESTATE (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 14 One hundred and sixty Chinese, comprising the whole tapping force of Hawthornden Estate, five miles outside Kuala Lumpur, are on strike following yesterday’s discharge of 10 men whose services were no longer needed. Negotiations are being
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  • 110 1 Stopped Questioned By Spanish Trawler London, Jan. 13. Yesrterday afternoon, the British ship, Bramhill, of Oirdiff, on a voyage from Gibraltar to Bilbao, was fired at off Cape Tarifa by a Spanish armed trawder, Ltirache, and on slewing up was questioned as to its destination
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  • 110 1 t British Wireless. HIGHER PAY FOR MECHANICS Tai ping, Jan. 14. The Taiping motor mechanics’ strike is over. Following negotiations between representatives of the workmen, the work-, shop proprietors, and the Protector <rf Chinese the men agreed to resume work and this morning they were busy in
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  • 262 1 Sin Chew Jit Poh. NEW ATTACK ON EAST SUIYAN PLANNED Shanghai, Jan. 12. Prince Teh, leader of the Mongols in Inner Mongolia, who has just received a large supply of cash, ammunition end firearms, is being urged to complete the formation of a Manchu-Mongol State as
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  • 30 1 the date of the Coronation, May 12.—British Wireless. London, Jan. 13. It is hoped to issue George VI coins by the date of the Coronation, May 12.—Bri-
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  • 97 1 Inspecting Consulates In South-East Asia Dr. Theodore E. Hsiao, a member of the Nanking Foreign Ministry, who is on a tour of inspection of Chinese Consulates in South-East. Asia, arrived in Penang from Belawan-Deli this morning by the s s. Krian. Dr. Hsiao was
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  • 175 1 Rugby Final Attracts Visitors (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. All rooms in Kuala Lumpur’s principal hotels have been booked for the week-end. The town is filling up with visitors who will be here to see the Rugby Cup final between Selangor and
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  • 97 1 Mr. Wang Ch ng-wei, President of the Political Council of the Chinese Central Government, who on his way back to Nanking in response to the appeal of the Central Government, has arrived in Shanghai from Hongkong, according to a Sin Chew Jit Poh message. The above picture
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    • 16 1 AH CliEONi No. 47, BISHOP STREET, PENANG. Tailor and Outfitter. All kinds of materials in stock.
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    • 86 1 The Commercial Advertising Agency, Head Office:— 62, CHINA ST., PENANG. Phone 693. Branch:— 59, HALE ST., IPOH. Phone 167. Commercial Artist* Label-Drawers Wall-oainteru Advertising Agents of the Fun Frolic and Wembley, Penang. Sign-board writers Cinema-Slide Makers. LICENSED POSTERS STATIONS TO LET. I ’'A A ITWo\ L J \f WN-S SYIK
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  • 7772 2 PROBLEMS NEEDS OF INDIANS IN MALAYA VIEWS OF SEVEN ASSOCIATIONS Memorandum To Sastri Deputation A statement of the conditions, problems, and needs of Malayan Indians is contained in the following Memorandum, just released for publication, presented by seven Indian associations in Malaya to the Deputation headed by the Right Hon.
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    • 595 2 Band Ottee 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: Gazette Penang. Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Time» Singapore. 4Ka*l® Lsrmpar Office 25, Java Street phone 3683. Office Heet Slree t f London j K.C.4 1 Phone Central 364&—3688 Tel: Leadsaalaya Lend**». SUBSCRIPTION RATES Penang Within Outside
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  • 408 3 Secrets Of 1915 Revealed (From Our London Staff) London, Jan. 6. Secrets of one of Germany’s most skilful secret agents, who in 1915 and 1916 defied all the resources of the British Intelligence Service, were revealed by Major Hans von Boehn Tettelbach at the annual
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  • 35 3 THE DRIVER of this motor-lorry and a pedestrian were injured when the vehicle knocked over a Be I is ha beacon and crashed into a newsagent's shop in Oxford-street. Stennev.
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  • 485 3 Breaking Down Monopoly Of Oil Kings A new use has been found for alcohol. All over the world millions of gallons are being produced—for motor fuel. Even in America—home of the petroleum interests —a start has been made with alcohol motor fuel. In Kansas, a networks
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  • 101 3 —Reuter. Two Men Detained Grand Fork, British Columbia. Jan. 13. North-West mounted police arrested two heavily-armed men who entered Canada from the United States on Monday and are awaiting word whether the men are wanted in connection with the Mattson murder. New York, Jan. 13.
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  • 61 3 i. —Reuter. Gets Up For First Time Since Illness Vatican City, Jan. 13. The Pope is so much better that he has been able to get up for the first time in six weeks. He was wheeled in a large arm-chair to the Audience Hall where he gave
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  • 23 3 —Reuter. London, Jan. 13. It is officially announced that copper restriction will be temporarily removed from tomorrow. —Reuter.
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  • 314 3 “Biological Assay” Urged Shanghai, Jan. 13. The need for a "fcolcgical assay,” in which an accurate analysis is made of the contents and potency of drugs, was stressed at a lecture given at Henry Lester Institute of Medical Research by Dr. C. Pak. “Crude drugs show
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  • 194 3 will the next day retun to Calshot. —British Wireless. Colonial Development Flight I London. Jan. 12. I Twelve Vincent aircraft of No. 45 B Squadron under command of Wing Commander A. R Churchman will leave Heliopolis for India on an inter command and colonial development flight
    will the next day retun to Calshot.—British Wireless.  -  194 words
  • 69 3 3 —Reuter. Leaves Nanking To Interview Generalissimo Nanking, Jan. 13. Gen. Chang Hsueh-liang accompanied by ten other military leaders left Nanking by air for Feng Hua, Chekiang, in order to interview Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, who is there at present on a holiday. This move suggests that
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  • 68 3 .—British Radio. London, Jan. 13. The first factory for assemby of gas masks for the civilian population was opened yesterday at Blackburn. The Under-Secretary to the Home Office said masks would stop every poison gas known to Government which could be used in war and
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    • 95 3 I Livery Climate W WHAT IS BEST TO DO frj Does the hot humid climate which PJ obtains in this country, make you feel Wb "washed out" and devoid of energy KJ f j Do you go home from work with a liver,” and perhaps find the family fJJ similarly
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    • 255 3 SIX Hua SPECIAL BARGAINS i QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED SO EARLY SHOPPING IS RECOMMENDED j ODDMENTS IN SPECIAL NIGHTGOWNS LADIES TROPICAL AND STOCKINGS GOLF GLOVES PYJAMAS A VERY NICE VARIETY MADE OF A DUPLEX COMPRISING WELL; FABRIC WITH PERFO- IN BEAUTIFUL DAINMAKES SUCH RATED* BACK PALM FLOWERED AND ARISTOC WHICH GIVE
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  • 183 4 Eliminating Wasteful Competition (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 12. A meeting of the owners of buses and hire cars operating along the route from Kuala Lumpur to Port Swettenham was held at the Town Hall. Kuala Lumpur, yesterday The main business of the
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  • 371 4 Over $5OO Collected More than $5OO have already been collected for the Anglo Chinese School Building Fund, the lists of which appear below. Mr. Ong Joo Sun, J.P., is the hon. secretary and treasurer of the Old Boys' Committee, Penang. ANGLO CHINESE SCHOOL BUILDING fund list no.
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  • 1090 4 S. S. HOSPITALS BOARD The following are the members of the Hospitals Board in the Straits Settlements for the year 1937: The Hon. the Director of Medical Services, S.S. (chairman); The Hon. the Resident Councillor, Penang; The Hon. the Resident Councillor, Malacca; The Deputy Treasurer, Straits Settlements;
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  • 434 4 Old Wooden Hut is A Reproach Ipoh, Jan. 12. |N view of the healthier financial condition of the State there is likely to be an expansion in public works as compared with the programme of last year preceding it. According to the estimates passed at
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  • 202 5 Professor's Enterprise As A Boy To the delight of an audience of 150 toys, Professor G. I. Taylor, Yarrow Rest arch Professor of the Royal Society, described, an a lecture at the Royal Institution, Albemarle-street, how, when a schoolboy, he built a yacht in his
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  • 133 5 Committed Criminal Breach Of Trust Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 12. P. N. Pillai, formerly a clerk employed by Messrs. Sime Darby and Co., Ltd., pleaded guilty to criminal breach of trust hi respect of $200.35 which was entrusted to him by the firm. Pillai handed the magistrate a
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  • 1269 5 A Man’s Dreams Come True:But Shares Once Sold For 37s 6d Now Fetch 6d London, Jan. 3. In the year 1921, an elderly Russian re- search chemist set foot in England. Dr. Paul Dvorkovitz was a man with an absorbing idea. The idea was with him
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  • 424 5 HIGHER STANDARD WELCOMED Further arguments in favour of the establishment of a University in Singapore i were advanced by Dr. Ang Swee Hian. the! well-known Singapore doctor, in his presi- dential address at the King Edward VII College of Medicine annual dinner at the Sea
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  • 377 5 Verdict On Contractor Shot In The Back Shot in the back as he was leaving a Chi- nose chandu shop in Queen Street, Singa- 1 pore, on the morning of Nov. 10 last year, Sim Kim Jee, 41-year-old Chinese contractor. lived 42 torturous days before
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  • 219 5 CAUSED GRIEVOUS HURT TO TAMIL (From Our O'\t Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 12. Robert Eric Bogle, a European, formerly of the Customs and Excise Department, F.M.S., was found guilty by Mr. C. H. Dakers in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today, when he was charged with voluntarily
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  • 169 5 KINDNESS REWARDED AFTER 50 YEARS The kindness of a native family to an Englishman in captivity during the Sudan rising of 1885 is rewarded in the will of Mr. Malcolm P. Lupton, an engineer, of Laxnarsh, Essex. Mr. Lupton, who died four months ago, aged 77,
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  • 220 5 A year or so ago, the only way to put on weight was to take endless doses of sickly, fishy tasting oil. It was horrible to take, upset the digestion and made children cross and irritable. Nowadays in Singapore however, the most progressive people
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  • 233 6 AIR MAJL EASTBOUND NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL The Eastbound Netherlands Aircraft left Rangoon for Bangkok at 6.25 a.m. today. NOTICE The uir mails despatched from Penang on Jan. 7 per the Netherlands Aircraft were delivered in London cn Jan. 12. OUTWARD MAIL A mail for Ceylon by
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  • 139 6 London, Jan 13. A prospectus is published today of the second and last issue of the loan capital of the Treasury Company with nominal capital and unpaid directorate, which w<as formed in July, 1935, to provide cheap finance for electrification projects of the London Passenger Transport Board,
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  • 719 6 Seven Members Of Temiar Tribe In Singapore s Seven Sakais, members of the Temiar tribe, have arrived in Singapore from the borders of Kelantan and Perak. They have been brought by Mr. H. D. Noone, Field Ethnographer, of the Perak State Museum, who has lived among them
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  • 245 6 Few people who know anything about the subject will be quite satisfied with Lord Justice Greer's recent statement that "people who do not like the way the police investigate a charge against them call it •third degree’?’ So far as it goes, the statement is true enough,
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  • 205 6 Governor's Message l n New Magazine In a message to the first iss Ue of Magazine of the Singapore Junior q Service Association His Excellency J? Governor Sir Shenton Thomas pays a t e bute to the Civil Servants and mentions th J “faithful and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 96 6 “IMITATION IS THE SDK3BHEST FORM OF FLATTERY” Penang's Up-to-Date De-Luxe Cabaret V IfiWblWF DANCING NIGHTLY from 9 p.m. to Midnight w 1 JB k 4 Coupons for $1 00 9 for 52 00 BO!" Open Daily Dance Music by LOUIS LIM’S From 6 a.m. to Midnight. Live Orchestra. TEA DANCE
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 98 6 B IM al afchjK 6.15 LAST NIGHT TONIGHT 930 WARNER BROS STARTLING MURDER MYSTERY THRILLER SELECTED BY THE CLUE CLUB AS THE MYSTERY HIT OF THE YEAR! RES-BLOODED MYSItRY OF BLOODED MJERS» 'on>ov> ttory ef S Odk ►O. tn* 'o’.» by C!u«xß j Civbo«epewtote*>4ing I my»*6ry nw*H«*t«c«l h < --JaL
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    • 179 6 royal 6 .15 LAST NIGHT 9 30 An all-talking picture produced by the GOVERNMENT of CHINA "Chiang Kai Shek's Military Review" SEE The bravery of soldiers, Aeroplanes, Tanks, Cannon, Anti-Aircraft guns in action! Together with A 100% CANTONESE Talking and Singing Picture "Huk Thoe Chow Hun" Starring: PAK KHUI WENG,
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    • 122 6 Another Memorable Screen Achievement from the Man Who Gave You “Henry VIII”, “The Scarlet Pimpernel”, "Sanders of the River’’ and other Great Successes! ALEXANDER KORDA B> A ROLAND YOUNG W®liw OPENING TONIGHT WITH JOAN GARDNER IN RALPH RICHARDSON And A Superb Cast “The Man Who 4Kb Could Work HE Miracles'
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  • 623 7 DISCOVERY OF DECOMPOSED BODIES OF MOTHER SON Cause Of Death Still A Mystery OPEN VERDICT AT INQUEST TUI*, circumstances surrounding the death of an 80-year-old Chinese woman, Khoo Peng Hong, and her son, Yeoh Seng Teik, a con servancy overseer attached to the Penang Municipality, whose bodies were found in
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  • 160 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 12. “The accused called me a pig for not moving out of his way. I scolded him in return. Saying that he would teach me a lesson, he went into the house, brought a parang and raised it to strike
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  • 114 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 12. At the 4th mile Seremban —Kuala Pilah Road, the body of a Chinese was found hanging. The Seremban Police were informed and proceeded to the scene find had the body removed. Miss E. De Costa, of Kuala Lumpur, who was an
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  • 327 7 Proposal Approved At Malaya Conference The proposal for a merger of the Methodist Episcopal Church with the Methodist Protestant Church and the Methodist Eqiscopal Church, South, was unanimously approved at Monday's session of the Malaya Annual Conference, in Singapore. I It is expected that these three
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  • 92 7 A Chinese Kooi Ah Kee appeared before Mr. H. Watson in the Middle Court, Penang, yesterday, charged with holding up Oh Toon Hoo, under the pretence of being a revenue officer. The accused is alleged to have held up Toon Hoo at Ayer Itam on Monday
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  • 65 7 MISS VIRGINIA FIELD, the actress daughter of Mr. St. John Field, K.C., greeting friends on her arrival at Waterloo from New York. Her return to London is for the premiere of her latest film, and not, as reported in the United fates, to marry Prince Constantin* of
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  • 289 7 Accused Committed To Assizes CHUAH WENGCHIP, a sub-contractor, who stands charged on two counts of murder of Ngiam Eng C*hve and Ng Aik Ngoh on Dec. 29 at Amoy Lane and Patani Road, was yesterday committed to stand his trial at the Assizes this month, by
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  • 254 7 Quarrelled Daily Since Marriage Hilda, eighteen, hatless, started 1937 in Weymouth Police Court trying to bring two years of unhappy married life to an end. She said her twenty-year-old husband, Walter James Greatrex, had neglected her, and had hit her. Walter said she had picked up a
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  • 77 7 A gold chain and pendant valued $35 belonging to Cheah Toh Gnoh, is alleged to have been stolen by a Chinese Mah Hong on Jan. 10 at Tye Sin Street, Penang. Mah Hong was yesterday charged before Mr. H. A. L. Luckham in the Penang Police
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 163 7 uoalu! MorUdno tor all Climate* ollis growing XH| i There •ol M 1 hi* I• B Ski no Acts like charm tn Checks and arrests DIARRHCEA and FEVER, CROUP, AGUE. st OMA C H GHUUi f CHOLERA* and CATABBH, ASTHMA, BRONCBITIE CHOLERA and A true palUaHv m DYSENTERY Neuralgia, Gout,
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  • 697 8 INAUGURATED in the 1921-1922 season the sixteenth Malaya Cup final will be played at Kuala Lumpur an Saturday. Given good weather i a record crowd is anticipated and with two fit teams taking the field, this final should lie one of the best and most keenly contested
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  • 440 8 Tuesday, Jan 5. The following were the guests at a dinner given by His Excellency at Government House this evening:— Rt. Hon. V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, Rt. Rev. The Bishop of Singapore. Mr. G. S. Bozman, Hon. Mr. A. S. Small, Rao Sahib, K. A. Mukundan, Hon.
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  • 859 8 Ipoh Personalities—“ Ihe Hig Four Memories Of Fifteen Years REFERENCE to some Ipoh personalities of fifteen years ago in these columns a few days ago has drawn from a Perak correspondent a request for “some more/’ Fifteen years ago is not such a long stretch of time
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  • 307 8 Goods Train Derailed At Segambut (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 14. Some 250 passengers on the Penang mail train approaching Kuala Lumpur yesterday evening had to leave th<r coaches and travel into the Federal capital by cars because the line was blocked at Segambut by a
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  • 33 8 ■6.1 per cent, higher than in 1935.—British Wireless. As measured at the Board of Trade, the average of wholesale prices last year wae •6.1 per cent, higher than in 1935.—British
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 43 8 ALREADY FAMOUS BLACK WHITE SMOKING MIXTURE it worthy to stand unashamed on thy shelf as Black White Cigarettes which have long been Imnwn as England's highest clast cigarettes. 1 oz. 2 oz 4 oz tins On sale everywhere Importers HENRY WAUGH CO. LTD.
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  • 321 9 LOCAL TRAINING INFERIOR A comparison between the methods of training students in agriculture in Malaya and India was made by Rao Bahadur M. R. Ramaswami Sivan at the weekly luncheon of the Penang Rotary Club held at the E. and O. Hotel, Penang, yesterday. Mr.
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  • 372 9 expansion Scheme Nearing Fruition $13,000 DONATED The Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh, which launched an expansion project last year hope to bring their scheme to fruition in the course of the current year. The expansion scheme is intended to proMde accommodation for a laboratory which will enable
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  • 44 9 The latest venture In the restaurant bu*in Penang is the Royal Cafe which wmw opened on Tuesday. Situated near the busy junction of Penang Road and Bunnah Road, the Royal Cafe serves both KomppAri and Chinese meals prepared by expert Chinese chefs.
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  • 41 9 —British Wireless. London, Jan. 13. Lady Haig, widow of Field Marshal Haig, is leaving on an Empire tour which will include visits to India, Australia, South Africa and Canada. Her first destination is Delhi. —British Wireless.
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  • 56 9 I London, Jan. 13. Thirty lives were lost in the disaster to the Finnish motor vessel, Johanna Horden, in Pentled. Firth, yesterday. The wreck of a life boat in which 22 men, two women and two children left the ship has been found. So far,
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  • 633 9 Mr. Victor D. Parsons FORMER MALAYAN CRICKETER The death occurred, while he was on hit way Home on the ‘«Radnorshire” of Mr, Victor D. Parsons, the former well-knowr ’cricketer and tennis player, end who was for some time on the Editorial staff of th< Times of
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  • 126 9 Johore Easily Beaten By Negri (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan. 11. That Negri Sembilan is able to hold her own at least in one game was demonstrated at Seremban yesterday when Johore were easily beaten by three straight sets in the inter-State volley ball competition
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  • 37 9 General Fu Tsao-yu, commander of the Chinese Government forces in Suiyuan, who has been hailed the hero of Sui- yuan by virtue of his capture of Pailtngmiao, the base of the Mongolian irregular forces.
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  • 294 9 INDO-CHINA’S NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL M. Brevie In Singapore Singapore, Jan. 13. His Excellency M. Jules Brevie, one of the meat distinguished of French Colonial administrators, is passing through Singapore on the French mail liner Ara.nis on his way to Saigon to bake up his appointment as Governor-General of Indo.China. M.
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  • 487 9 From Apprentice On Barque To P. O. Captain The P. and O. “Corfu” which arrived in Penang 1 this morning with mails from home is under the command of Captain J. H. Biggs, R. D. (retd. R.N.R.), who has had a remarkable career, having risen from an apprenticeship in a
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  • 45 9 .—British Wireless. London, Jan. 13. The King and Queen ended their brief visit to London today and left London for Sandringham by ordinary afternoon train from Liverpool Street Station. Large crowds had assembled at the station to cheer their Majesties.—British Wireless.
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    • 100 9 E. O. HOTEL PENANG. o————— TONIGHT DINNER DANCE CABARET With EDITH A BILLY HERSEY In a Brilliant Programme of Modern, Character Eccentric Dances. In A Change of Programme DINNER CABARET $3/- NON-DINERS $l/Saturday, 16th January Extension to 1 a.m. DINNER DANCE CABARET Sunday. 17th January ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 9.15 p.m. to
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    • 153 10 HARROGATE BRITAIN’S FAMOUS SPA -vhifaratinr moorland air and natural mineral waters Ld to make Harrogate th. health resort for toning you up after the tropics. COME TO HARROGATE TO RENEW YOUR is/TM HEALTH AND VIGOUR, AND ENJOY TO THE FULL YOUR CORONATION-YEAR FURLOUGH p u i, ma and Fart Restour«nt<«r
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  • 201 11 “THE 'SHOW MUST GO ON, OLD MAN.’’—lmpatient at waiting in the judging ring, the calf on the left did a neck-stretching act to condole with his companion. Il was their day out at Redhill Christmas Fat Stock Show CREW WERE SAVED BY LIFEBOAT King Edward,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 92 11 Get Your Sales Message Home fn all parts of the world the foundation cf every successful advertising campaign of any size —is newspaper advertising. Heads of big business everywhere constantly pay tribute to press advertising and its power to create and maintain demand for their products. Millions of pounds spent
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 964 12 Wharfage Charges Against Lighters PRE-EMINENT ADVANTAGES AMONG U.S. PORTS CONDITIONS in the port of New York were the Marine Exhibition held under the auspices of the Maritime Associ i the Marine r,xn foreign trade through tion of New York, it hem, r stated h the v
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    • 255 12 S.S. “TOBA MARU” from Japan for Rangoon and Calcutta. S.S. “ERRIA” from Singapore via Malacca and Port Swettenham Sails same day for Colombo. Aden, Djiboubi, Suez. Port Said, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam Hamburg and Copenhagen. S.S. “CALCHAS” from Singapore. Sails for London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Hull. S.S.
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    • 362 12 It is understood that the NetherlamS” Ship-building Co., Amsterdam, have received an order from Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co. (managers of the Blue Funnel Line) for the construction of a cargo motorship of 10,000 tons deadweight. The propelling machinery will be manufactured by Messrs. Burmeister and Wain, Copenhagen.
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    • 182 12 Another Ship For The Constantine Company Messrs. R. and W .Hawthorn, Leslie and Co., Ltd., launched from their Hebburn yard, recently, the single-screw cargo steamer Balnrcralwood, which they are building to the order of the Constantine Shipping Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough. The vessel has a
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 123 12 Help Kidneys Clnb Oit Pmsmwvs Acids Your Kidneys have nine million tiny Cubes or filters which are endangered by cheap, irritating drugs or neglect. Unknown to you, weak Kidneys may be the real cause of your Getting Up Nights, Nervousness, Dizziness, Swollen Ankles, Bladder Trouble, Headaches, Backache, Rheumatism, Leg Pains,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1617 12 |rADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES j “MALAYA" CUP RUGBY 8.8. C. REJECTS MUSICAL PINAL CLAIM PROGRAMME A commentary fe to bo bnoadoant FIXING FEES FOR Tw<> Z€^°~i KutK PWrV fry the Malayan Radio Society, I FIAINW (Meew-soproao) and Mary Crow»*aw Kxdo Lumpur. on the -Malaya'- Cup Rugby COMPOSERS (Mawjorte), <»» be heard
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  • 123 13 Launch Of Torpedo-Boat Destroyer Messrs. R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and; Co., Ltd., recently launched from their Hebbum yard H.M. torpedo-bout destroyer Imperi J which they are constructing to the order of the British Admiralty. H.M.S. Imperial is cne of eight vessels; ordered under the
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  • 111 13 Re-election Of Retiring Members A meeting of Mersey dock electors was held recently at the Mersey Docks and Harbaur BtoartTs offices, under .She chairman- ship of Sir Richard D. Holt, Bart. The six retiring members who were eligible for re-election were:—Messrs. J. G. B. Beazley,
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    • 738 13 MANSFIELD CO. LTD SINGAPORE PENANG. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE f VBMBfih. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due (in conjunction with Glen A Shire Line) Penang London B. CALCHAS London, Rotterdam, Hamburg Hull. Jan 14 y e b 9 GLENAFFARIC burg Antwerp A -a Middlesbrough Jan. 15 Feb. 15 Marseilles, London,
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    • 755 13 jin P&O BRITIShTInDIA Peninsular and Oriental B.N. Co., unoei .Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swettenhaxn* contract with His Majesty's Government Malacca and Singapore Service. Loudon and Far East Mail Service. g/s “M. HART’ Jan. IS Outwards from London for China ti Japan. s s “BULAN” Jan. 22 due Penang 1936- 1
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  • 452 14 SELANGOR SPORTSMAN’S SCHEME T o Give F xhibition Matches (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, Dec. 27. A team of Singapore badminton players win soon be coming here to give exhibitions of the game in this Colony. Mr. Leong Hoe-ye ng, prominent Selangor
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  • 45 14 TWO FAMOUS DOGS. —Shovehalf penny and Ataxy both owned by Mr. C. C. Keen. Trainer Harvey is seen holding Shovehalfpenny while Mr. Keen is examining the injured foot of Ataxy, which caused his retiremeni to stud after only 18 months of racing.
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  • 387 14 MOST DISAPPOINTING RUGBY London, Jan. 3. i ENGLAND 16 PTS. THE REST 0 JX < OT for years has such a disappointing 3 display been given in a final Trial match as that by England at 1 Twickenham yesterday. L I The first half was so
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  • 668 14 HOW DON TALLON 5 j DEVELOPED 1 Don Tallon, the 20-year-old Queensland wicket-keeper may one day succeed W. A. ;1 Oldfield as Australia's Test wicket-keeper. Tallon has also made his mark in more recent years as a batsman and has figured prominently in State cricket. In two
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  • 250 14 ANXIOUS TO VISIT PENANG The School Cricket Team cf the Muslim Anglo-Vernacular School, Kennedy Street, Rangoon, are desirous of visiting Penang during March and April this year and to meet a number of local elevens. The boys are milking the trip at their own expense but
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  • 54 14 —Reuter Wife Out Of Danger Los Angeles, Jan. 13. Martin Johnson, the famous big game hunter, died today from injuries received when the air liner in which he and his wife were traveling crashed in the hills five miles from San Fernando, California. Mrs. Johnson
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    • 23 14 THE WORLD OPTICAL Co., MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS, F 24, Leith Street, Penang, S.S. GLASSES AND FRAMES TO FAVOUR YOUR COMPLEXION EYE TESTING F’RP'P’ -L-*.i..„-
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    • 87 14 Start the picture record now fo*Jo37 .ft NIE S 6 -2 0 "KODAK" "JIFFY" "KODAK" The joy of Picture-making in its V A I I E kl n A 11 simplest form. ’VLkCIIUA Simple, Quick and takes Perfect “Brownie” 6.20 5 aq wfll meet the most Exacting Pictures Brownie” 6.16
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    • 410 14 THURSDAY. 14th JANUARY. 1937 LADIES* GUEST NIGHT AT BOTH PARKS r’AT'F ADMISSION—*-10 CENTS ONLY LADIES FREE FOR E A FEW NIGHTS ONLY. 2 Shows Nightly at 9 and 10.30 p.m. Chin Loo Magic Acrobatic Show Featurine Mr WAN WAN SUN—a pupil of the late Great “HOUDINI” Mid Mr. Chin Loo
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  • 1267 15 Human Dynamo As Centre-F orward London, Jan. 3. jqr£W YEAR, new football. Topsy-turvy tactics. They are turning the game inside out! What else can one think (writes Ivan Sharpe in the Sunday Chronicle) when Mr. W. Mooton, the Grimsby Town secretary, tells me that
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    39 15 DON BRADMAN (left) photographed feeling the Test wicket pitch at Sydney at the start of the second Test Match which England won. ALLEN the English captain is seen watching him before they tossed for the first innings.
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  • 758 15 Blend Of Youth And Experience (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 12. THE Selangor side, which has been selected to battle for the “Malaya” Rugby Cup in the final against the Army at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, is a blend of youth and
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  • 714 15 3-0 VICTORY FOR WEST HAM UNITED ■J LACKPOOL. One after another they had gone tumbling into it, nine of the Second Division teams in six weeks. Blackpool’s Big Push, indeed. But recently, w’hen the irresistible huskies who feed on sea breezes from the Irish Sea called
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    • 96 15 9A HILLMAN MINX MAGNIFICENT tested and proved in every feature continues of course for 1937» Liacloh tyaluJL r ini BE/ i'III Ax** s M AGTEJR S Minx Magnificent, the most successful light car ever SAFETY SALOON with introduced to the motoring public. Built to e\er increasing Triplex Glass throughout standards
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  • LATEST SHARE AND COMMODITY NEWS
    • 315 16 Weak The Stock Exchange was weak. London Jan. 15. Yesterday Rise or Pall Con. 5 p.c., 1944-64 Funding, 4 p.c.. 1960-90 rz War Loan, p.c _«z Com. Un. Ass. (Units) /4 Prudential A Royal Aasce. (10s. pd.) Ct. Western Ord 4 Cn. r„. (Cs > Z* Chartered
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    • 120 16 London. Jan. 13. RUBBER Steady. Spot 103 buyers 103 sellers. Jan./March 10] J buyers 10]?, sellers. April Dune 10 A buyers 10| sellers. July/Sept. 10$ buyers 102 sellers. New York: 22.95 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 31.792 tons Liverpool 44,709 tons COPRA Straits S.O. Rotterdam. £25.10.0. PEPPER
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    • 186 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN:— Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.40 1.45 Hong Fatt 1.47$ 1.52$ Jelebu 1.27$ 1.32$ Kuchai 1.70 1-75 Lukut 1.32$ 1.37$ North Tai ping 90 92$ j Rahman Hyd. 1.40 1.45 Raub Gold 7.00 7.20 Rantau Ordy. 1.40 1-45 Rantau Pref. 1.42$ 1.47$ 1 Sungei Luas 2.30 2.35
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    • 118 16 London on Previously Latest Paris 105 9 64 105 9 64 New York 4.91 4.91 Montreal 4.91$ 4.91$ Brussels 21.12$ 29.11$ Geneva 21.39 21.39 Amsterdam 8.97$ 8.97 Milan 93 ft 93 ft Berlin 12.21 12.22 Stockholm 19.39V6 19.39 H Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 1990 Vienna Prague 140
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    • 115 16 TIN YESTERDAY TODAY London—(Spot) £230.15.0 £231. 0.0 London —(3 months) £231.15.0 £231.1ti» Singapore $114.12$ $114.12$ Business Done Penang Business Done COPRA. —(Surdried) $lO.BO $lO.BO BLACK PEPPER $ll.OO $ll.OO rubber London 10? d 10jd New York 22c(G) 21?c(G) Singapore- Spot 37$c 37j c Feb.lMar 37gc 37g c April/June 37gc
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    • 211 16 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations n MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’» Shan List todav RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Batu Lintang 1.50 1.55 Bukit Kepong 1.60 1.70 Kpala Sidim 3.05 3.15 New Scudai 1.90 2.05 Parit Perak 2.60 2.70 United Malacca 2.45 2.55 cum TIN:— Ampat 5(3 5.7$ Ayer Weng 1.85
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    • 127 16 s.—British Radio. Reviewing Situation In Spain London, Jan. 13. The first meeting of the Cabinet since Parliament adjourned in December was held this morning. Two informal conferences of Ministers have been held in the interval to consider certain aspects of the situation arising out of the war
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    • 114 16 —Reuter. Highest Total Since 1930 London, Jan. 13. The highest total for shipbuilding in Great Britain and Ireland since September 1930 is shown in Lloyds returns to the end of 1936 as 963,600 tons, or 220,600 tons above that at the end of 1935 or 42.8 per
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    • 95 16 ef half the market value of copper.—British Wireless. —At Expense Of Company In Spain London, Jan. 13. The Rio Tinto Copper Company haa informed the British Government that the whole output from their mines near Huelva is being requisitioned by General Fmnco iand sold to Germany. The
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    • 168 16 LEAN CO. TODAY'S OPENING QUOTATIONS TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampats 5|3 5|6 A. Wengs 1-80 1.90 B. Selangors 1.47$ 1.52$ Hong Fatts 1-50 1.55 Jelapangs 260 26 9 Jelebus 1.27$ 1.32$ Katus 23|9 24j9 K. Kamunting» 9|9 10)3 K. Kampars 1519 16>3 Laruts 14 j 6 15j0 Lukuts 1.32$ 1.37$ Nawng
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    • 228 16 KI'BBER: Buyers Sellers Allenbys 2.00 2.10 Ayer Panas 2.00 2.10 Bassetts .90 .95 Bedfords 1.37$ 1.42$ Bentas 1.42$ 1.47$ Brogas 1.17$ 1.20 Indragiris 1.72$ 1.80 Lunas 2.40 2.50 Mandai-Tekongs .25 .27$ M. Pindas 1.92$ 2.02$ Mentakabs .50 .52$ N. Scudais 1.92$ 2.02$ Sulohs .52$ Sungei Tukangs 1.45 1.50
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    • 78 16 number for the previous year.—British' Radio. 1 Increase Of £2,000,000 Collected London, Jan. 13. Taxes to the amount of £32,320,043 were paid in respect of motor road vehicles tn the year ended Nov. 30, 1936. This represents an increase of nearly £2,000,000 on the total of the previous
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    • 871 16 BANKS. THE MERCANTILE BANK A OF INDIA LTD NEW (Incorporated in England) C AEC Capital Authorised £3,000,0x wXR fc Wfci Capital Subscribed £l.BOO.01 Reserve Fund and Rest £1.247,830 OEKViVE Capital Paid Up 1,6500 fCACC fftFPOQIT RDYFS BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SAFE DEFUSII BUAL3 Hoo of CairncattG Chairman for the safe keeping
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