Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 February 1937

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 44. Vol XCV. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 143 1 —Pinang Gazette Copyright. London Brokers Deluged With Orders FURTHER BIG RISE IN PRICES LONDON, FEB. 22. Gamblers accepting the city’s tip “buy METALS, YOU CAN’T GO WRONG,” DELUGED METAL EXCHANGE BROKERS TODAY WITH INNUMERABLE* ORDERS FOR TIN AND COPPER, RESULTING IN THE MADDEST
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  • 114 1 Reuter. Mussolini Considers Further Armament Building Rome, Feb. 21. Italy’s first response to Britain's rearmament has taken the form of ordering five classes of conscripts, totalling 3,000,000 men bom between IKK) and 1904 to report at depots on dates to be announced later. The object
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  • 65 1 More than twenty thousand persons at.'eded the presentation of overseas planes Io General Chiang Kai-Shek today. After •the ceremony the planes flew in formation. —Sin Chew Jit Poti. o Prince Paul, the Senior Regent of Yugo- avia, received in audience in Belgrade -last week the Duchess of
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  • 226 1 —Reuter. Nanking Policy Again Confirmed EFFORT TO COMMUNISM Narking, Feb. 22. The plenary session of the Central Executive Council concluded with a manifesto endorsing the Government’s pacific policy towards Japan, reiterating the necessity to exterminate communism throughout China. The 4.000-word man ifesto, summing up the decision
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  • 311 1 Socialists Versus The Reformers London, Feb. 22. The intensity of the L.C.C. election campaign, which is now entering its last week, is more like a Parliamentary than a Municipal fight. The Municipal reformers are desperately striving to reverse the Socialist victory of 1934. The Socialists are confident
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  • 221 1 —British Wireless. RECORD NUMBER OF VISITORS EXPECTED London, Feb. 23. Government anticipate visitors to London for the Coronation will outnumber anything known on previous occasions. Invitations to send representatives have been sent to an heads of States in diplomatic relations with His Majesty and to certain independent States
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  • 75 1 -Sin Chew Jit Poh. The Late Mr. Chu Pui-Teh Nanking, Feb. 23. The body of Mr. Chu Pui-Teh, whose death was announced last week, was brought to Nanking from Shanghai in a bronze coffin yesterday morning. Later the body was entrained for Canton whence it will
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  • 14 1 —REUTER. MELBOURNE, FEB. 28. VICTORIA 21« FOR 4. LUNCH GREGORY 86 OUT.—REUTER.
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  • 155 1 —Reuter. BUT FRANCO STILL OPTIMISTIC Salamanca, Feb. 22. Enforcement of the ban on foreign volunteers will be to the advantage of Franco, it is felt, since it is believed that the Government troops and the International Brigade are up against crushing military superiority, and by checking the
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  • 153 1 Strikes Rock At Full Speed SOS PICKED UP AT MANILA A REUTER CABLE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TODAY STATES THAT THBI STEAMER ANGELINA WHICH IS WELL-KNOWN IN MALAYAN WATERS HAS MET WITH DISASTER. The Angelina which, according CoReuter, is believed to be pa> sengers struck a rock at
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  • 17 1 MIXKD RECEPTION for the polar bear at children’s carnival on the ice at Celerina, Switzerland.
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  • 127 1 —Reuter. Chiang Kai-shek's Views Nanking, Feb. 22. The manifesto is reinforced by a statement by General Chiang Kai-shek rejecting the idea of a Popular Front advocated by the Sianfu mutineers and Communists as it is found necessary to exclude opportunists and dissensionists from the Government. General
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  • 125 1 —Reuter. Proposal Not Yet Adopted London, Feb. 22. Although the Chinese Government have I hitherto not adopted the project to estaI blish a Central Reserve Bank on the basis of the Central Bank of China, some such step is likely to be taken sooner or
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  • 74 1 Nanking, Feb. 23. Mr. Wang Ching-Wei left for Shanghai yesterday morning for treatment to his nose. He is only slightly indisposed. —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Nanking, Feb. 23. It is announced that the number of judges in Manchukuo is to be very considerably increased. Half of them
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  • 519 2 China’s Adjustment To Modem Civilisation Harking back to his 34 years in the Far East, Mr. H. G. W. Woodhead gave a much appreciated talk entitled “Prospect and Retrospect in the Far East” before members of the British Universities’ Society of China in
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  • 203 2 ANNA HUANG FOR LONDON EMBASSY The first Chinese woman to participate in diplomatic service abroad, Miss Anna A.L. Huang, a staff member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recently passed through Hongkong on her way to take up her new post as Third Secretary to the Chinese
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  • 244 2 Effort To Promote Economic Amity Tokyo. In an effort to promote international economic amity, the standing committee of the E.ononiic Federation of Japan has formally decided to dispatch a mission to Great Britain and the United States. Tae group. composed of five leading businessmen of
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  • 211 2 SINGULAR EXPERIMENT IN JAPAN Dr. Kiyoshi Masui. a Japanese Professor in the Department of Agriculture at the Tokyo Imperial University, and his assistant, Mr. Saburo Ukami, member of the Institute for Physical and Chemical Research, claim to have discovered a process whereby they can change a
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  • 117 2 Tokyo. Lieut -General Kenji Doihara, known as the “Lawrence of the Orient,” may soon return to the scene of his earlier activities in Manchuria. Military circles today regarded him as the leading contender for the important post of Chief of the Kwantung Army’s Staff, whose present
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  • 346 2 PURITANS REMAIN FIRM Nanking. Jan. 22. To dance or not to dance is the question agitating Chinas capital today. A wave of enthusiasm for ballroom entertainment, with taxi dancers adding zest to the pastime. has met with fierce denunciations from the super-patriots, and minor functionaries with a
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  • 82 2 Tokyo. Fukuoka Minoru Kuroda, 26, has been sentenced to one and half year’s imprisonment on charges of plotting to assassinate General Terauchi, former War Minister, last year. o Mrs. Myrtle Huddleston, who was the first woman to swim the 20 miles between Catalina Island and California and won
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  • 145 2 PRINCE TEH NAMED AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE Kalgan. With the backing of “certain quarters” a scheme to establish a more centralised bogus regime in northern Charhar is gradually taking shape, information reaching here reveals. To be known as the Inner Mongolia Military and Political Administration, the
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  • 137 2 Nanking To Bear Half The Cost Kweilin. Preliminary measures for the construction of a railway linking Hunan and Kwangsi provinces were decided upon at a recent conference in Nanking between the Ministry of Railways and Dr. Ma Chun-wu, president of the Kwangsi University, who represented the Kwangs: provincial
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  • 318 2 The following appears in the January issue of the Anti-Slavery Reporter: The Law Journal wrote in its issue of August 21, that there have been many enquiries upon the subject of mui-taai, and some of the most illuminative reports have been made by
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  • 508 3 Violation Of Vatican Treaty OBLIGATIONS REPUDIATED Munich, Feb. 21. Large crowds assembled outside St. Michael’s Church, Munich, and demonstrated their loyalty to Cardinal Faulhaber, the Archbishop of Munich, this afternoon. The whole square was packed with people. When the Cardinal came out he
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  • 143 3 M. Primus Bon, the eldest member of a well-known family of Swiss hotel-keepers, died at Zurich last week at the age of 78. He was formerly the director of the ark Hotel at Vitznau, at the foot of the Rigi. Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard, who arrived
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  • 146 3 Announcement By India Office PROMISE OF VISIT IN FUTURE London, Feb. 21. An ennouncement that the Delhi Durbar, w’hich was to have been attended by the King, will not be held this year, was issued by the India Office last night. The decision. was contained in the
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  • 97 3 .—Reuter. Abyssinian Bomb Outrage 30,000 ITALIAN TROOPS GUARDING CAPITAL Rome, Feb. 21. An official communique states that the condition of General Graziani continues to be satisfactory and General Liotta is improving. The police have arrested 2.000 persons. The military authorities and the Advocate General will interrogate
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  • 93 3 Integrity Established The Hague. Herr Hitler’s offer, in his recent Reichstag speech, to guarantee the neutrality of Belgium and Holland, has been rejected by. the Dutch Government. The Foreign Minister. Dr. de Graeff, replying to a written question by M. Van Vessem, a Nazi member of
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  • 192 3 Perth (W.A.). In a long report. Mr. P. L. Hart, the Royal Commissioner appointed to inquire into the bribery and corruption charges made by Mr. T. J. Hughes, a member of the Western Australian Assembly, completely exonerates the Premier, Mr. J- C. Willcock, and other State
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  • 526 3 His Exalted Highness Sir Mir Osman Ah Khan Bahadur, Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar, “Faithful Ally” of the British Government, the premier Indian Prince and the world’s richest ruler--with an annual income of over £1,250,000 from Crown lands alone apart from his enormous inherited
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  • 91 3 Premier Marquis Of Scotland London, Feb. 20. The Marquis of Huntley, the premier Marquis of Scotland, died early this morning in his 90th year.—British Wireless. o On the ground that a professional man not registered in Jhe order of Brazilian Advocaters or a foreigner cannot
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  • 26 3 —Reuter. Operation For Appendicitis Washington, Feb. 21. Miss Ethel Dupont, the fiancee of Mr. F. D. Roosevelt Jr., was operated on for appendicitis.
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  • 91 3 London, Feb. 20. Sir Maurice Hallett, the new Governor of Bihar, left Marseilles today for India.— British Wireless. Q Mr. H. Dunscombe Colt, leader of the Colt Expedition of the British School of Archaeology, was injured when his car overturned on the road between Jerusalem and
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  • 124 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 20. Raja Petra bin Raja Mahmud, Deputy Chairman and Secretary of the Seremban Sanitary Bcferd and family spent the Han Raya Haji holidays at Taman Seri, Port Dickson. Mr. Felix De Silva, the Negri Sembilan and F.M.S. cricketer is an inmate of
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  • 374 3 Industrial Chiefs' Mistakes FOREIGN PROGRESS IGNORED Each class in the immense Soviet State machine is—it would seem—to be humbled and castigated in its turn by the Kremlio. Today it is the turn of the big, self-im-portant "Red directors’’ of the Soviet’s magnificent but often unwieldy industrial
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  • 104 3 —Reuter. "No Evidence In Support Of British Allegations 1 Tokio, Feb. 22. In the Lower House a member of the Seiyukai Party drew’ attention to the necessity for protection of “personal rights” incidentally stressing the importance which foreign Powers attached to them, on example being the House
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  • 22 3 —Reuter. The Foreign Minister, Ge».i. Chang Chun, has resigned and Mr. Wang Chung-hui, it is reported, will succeed him.-
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  • 173 4 Air-Commodore Teddar To See Operations Co-ordination of the activities of the Wavy, Army and Royal Air Force will be Jtte chief feature of the manoeuvres to be CieM at Hong Kong next month. About 1,000 troops —comprising the entire Ist Battalion, The Royal Inniskllling •Fusiliers—and four flying-boats
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  • 110 4 —Reuter. French Premier And Government Policy St. Nazaires, Feb. 21. 11. Blum, in a speech here today, denied -.tsere was any change in Government po«ry He also denied rumours of a reshuffle n the Cabinet to include more represents'.ives of the Right. In regard to devaluation rumours,
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  • 310 4 If yon bought a suit of clothes for a few peace, and then found a£l note in the trouser pocket, what would you do? Such a problem faced a workless man in one of the distressed areas of the North of England—where the people are
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  • 1395 4 HINDU ADVISORY BOARD Hi» Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to form the Hindu Advisory Board, Singapore, for 1937: Mr. J. P. Pennefather-Evana, J.P. (Chairman), Dr. V. K. Samy (Vice(Chairman), Mr. p. Sunderam (Honorary Secretary), Dr. K. Ragunathan, J. Mr. M. R.
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  • 195 4 Paris. General Joseph Gallieni, famous defender of Paris in 1914, was poisoned by Mata Hari, the beautiful Javanese dancer, who later was shot as a spy, according to revelations made by a prominent Paris lawyer who was formerly associated with Captain Ladoux, Chief of the
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  • 124 4 New York. Professor Jean Piccard is P soar 20 miles into the stratosphere—lifted by a cluster of 2,000 small balloons. He believes that by using a bunch of balloons ranging in diameter from four to 16 feet, he can rise at least seven miles
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  • 278 5 PRINCES NEARER FEDERATION OPTIMISM OF STATES MINISTERS Bombay. “So far as the Princes are concerned, Federation is nearer now than many people though? it would be a year ago, jaid Nawab Sir Liaquat Hyat Khan, Prime Minister of Patiala, in an interview before sailing from here for Europe.
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  • 66 5 To Assume Office On March 3 Peshawar. Sir George Cunningham, the Governordesignate of the N. W. F. Province, will reach Peshawar on the evening of 27th February and Sir Ralph Griffith will leave on the morning of 2nd March, whereafter the ceremony in connection with assumption of
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  • 61 5 Commission At Work The China-Burma Boundary' Oommis--iior. have moved down to Morgshaw where they are engaged in hearing w-itnesses. It baa been decided that the Chinese should survey the area to the east of the Namta river down to the Mongoka ridge and that the British survey
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  • 480 5 The conviction that a renaissance of Indian thought and culture was beginning was expressed by Mr. R. A. Butler, M.P., Under-Secretary of State for India, Chairman at a meeting of the Royal Society of Arts at which Mr. John De La Valette, Vice-Chairman of the India
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  • 773 5 Bihar Majority Favour Acceptance J/NNAH-NEHRU QUARREL CONDEMNED lIIF the Congress refuse to accept office it will be the biggest blunder they have ever made,” declared Maulana Shaukat Ali in an interview in Madras. He condemned the policy of wasting valuable time and energy over
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  • 61 5 Consideration By Indian Chambers The Committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry will meet in Bombay on March 1, states the Associated Press, in order to consider the Budget proposals of the Government of India. Among other questions that will be considered by the
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  • 260 5 tribesmen get away WITH RS. 30,000 New Delhi. Further news is now available of the incidents following the murder of Leiut. R. N. Beatty of the Tochi Scouts and two khassadars in Daur territory. VVhile the search parties were pursuing the trail of blood from
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  • 313 5 A DEFINITION BY GANDHI Your question is whether I retain the same opinion I did as at the Round Table Conferee ce in 1931. I said then, and repeat now, that so far as I am concerned, if Dominion Status were offered in terms of the
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  • 148 5 Hyderabad (Deccan!. The Nizam College, which is the mdy institution of its kind in Hyderabad State imparting instruction through the mediuxK of English an d is affiliated to the Madras University, celebrated its College Day early this month, His Highness the Prince of Berar presiding. Afte .elcoming
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  • 286 6 DR. SCHUSCHNIGG MONARCHISTS "Decision Is For Austrians Only" SNUB TO PRO-NAZI MINISTERS Vienna. The question of a Monarchist restoration in Austria was referred to by the Chancellor, Dr. Schuschnigg, last week. He was reviewing Austrian home and foreign policy at a meeting of 1,500 Fatherland Front officials in the former
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  • 316 6 SHIRLEY TEMPLE RETAINS HER LEAD Shirley Temple retains the place sne won in 1935 as the most popular film star in the world. This is the most striking result of a poll to which 20,000 cinema owners in Great Britain and tne United States contributed the
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  • 322 6 Escaped Seaman's Story WAGES TOO LITTLE FOR FOOD (From Our Own Correspondent Paris. Feb. 12. Though life in Russia has improved the last three or four years it is still extremely hard,” said Vassily, a 22 year old Russian seaman, who left the Soviet cargo
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  • 185 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Sunday. The Rev. B. Stokes, chaplain, presided at the annual general meeting oi St. Mark's Church, held after evensong today. The others present included Mrs. W. A. Millner. Mr. A. W. Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Pearce, Mr. W. L. Braddon,
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  • 319 6 AIR MAIL A mail for Siam. Burma, India. Egypt, Sudan, Belgian Congo, Great Britain, Ireland and whole of Europe by Imperial Airway will close at 8.00 a.m. tomorrow. A mail for the United States of America and other places served via U.S.A, by Imperial Airways to
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 386 6 w Undoubtedly The Most Exciting Picture W X < .of the Season. I I Tremendous Success! Season Extended! IV 1 A L\Y/iMncnß (Where Sound Sounds Best) 1 I w VV M Under the Management of w w Maw Keng Huat Film Co., 5.45 TONIGHT »00 6.30 OPENING TONIGHT 9.30 Th©
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    • 163 6 jj i I jtj; H tonight jllbxulU* LAST night OWING TO THIS PROGRAMME BEING BOOKED FOR SCREENING IN ANOTHER TOWN, SEASON DEFINITELY ENDS TONIGHT! SEE IT TONIGHT IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO MISS THIS RARE SCREEN TREAT! SENSATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CONTEST Louis vs. Sharkey See the Sensational Knockout of
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  • 689 7 Best Opening Day Ever Known CORONATION THEME FOR DISPLAYS London, Feb. 15. Within a few minutes of the opening of this year’s British Industries Fair overseas buyers were pouring into all sections. There has never been such a rush of visitors from abroad in
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  • 92 7 STOLE BUFFALOES (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Feb. 20. A e of $l5O in default three months’ rigorous imprisonment was imposed by the Seremban magistrate, Mr. M. J. Hayward on a Malay, who was said to be an expolice constable, for the theft of three buffaloes at
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  • 316 7 Trebitsch Lincoln Speaks Abbot Chao Kung, better known to the W’orld as Trebitsch Lincoln, former M.P. for Darlington, holds out hope for a worla that is now sunk into a morass of “Christian incapacity, greed, violence and brutality.” in a book which he k. tends to
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  • 125 7 Six Years For Revolutionary Incendiarism A sentence of six years' rigorous imprisonment was passed by the Additional Special Magistrate, Lahore, on Hiralal Seth formerly a clerk in the Office of the Inspector General of Prisons who was an accused in what is known as the revolutionary
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  • 54 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 20. A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Seremban magistrate, Mr. M. J. Hayward, at an inquiry into the death of a two-year-old Tamil girl, whose body was found in a well at Ulu Bernang. Inspector Dan
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  • 41 7 —British Wireless. London. Feb. 20. Mr. Eden will resume his duties at the Foreign Office on Thursday at the end of a fortnight’s holiday on the Riviera from which he is returning to London tomorrow.—British Wireless.
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  • 163 7 NEED OF MORE MINE WORKERS Johannesburg. If goldmu ing developments in South Africa are to continue at the present pace, LO.OOO more European and 100,000 more native workers will be needed in the next year or so. according to Mr. J. H. Hor<neyr, the
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  • 48 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Feb. 21. A fine of $3O in default cr.e month's rigorous imprisonment was imposed by the Port Dickson magistrate on a Tamil, Muttiah, for having knowingly conveyed uncustomed goods, namely 51 packets of matches The prosecuting customs officer pressed the case.
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  • 9 7 IT'S A COWFISH!
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  • 241 7 How Japan developed her industrial resources was described by Mr. A. Jorgensen in the course of a lecture at the Central Y.M.C.A. Colombo, recently. In the early days, he said, it was well nigh Impossible to get private capital interested in Industries for the reason
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  • 764 8 AT the conclusion of the Fourth Test at Adelaide on Feb. 4, which Australia won by 148 runs, Allen, the English skipper declared “I believe we shall have luck at Melbourne, and the result there will be different. So don’t be too cocky.” These were stout-hearted
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  • 428 8 M.C.C. v Rest Of England A step towards the furtherance of the •brighter cricket” campaign has been taken by M.C.C. It was officiaUy announced last week that the team now touring Australia will play the Rest of England at Lord's on May 26.* 27, and 28. It
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  • 766 8 Prominent Eurasians—ln Penang And Singapore—Mr. Robless And Mr. Stewart PUBLISHING a photograph of Mr. C. F. J. Ess, the Sunday Times describes him as “a joung and popular figure, who enjoys the distinction today of being the first Eurasian in Singapore to mount the bench.” The article
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  • 167 8 Counterblast To Moscow Trials What promises to be a remarkable trial..if it takes place, is a libel suit brougtit by Trotsky in the Swiss courts agauist the editors and publishers of the Sv. ise Communist newspaper ‘.Vorwaerts” “Freiheit.” “Vorwaerts” has recently been absorbed by the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 93 9 IPOH GIRL VICTIMISED MISS GOON JENNY a young Ipoh Chinese girl who came out to Penang to spend the Chap Goh Meh with relatives at No. 46, Muntri Street, was the victim of a daring snatch thief last night. She was walking with three other Chinese
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  • 181 9 Chinese Fined A Chinese, Lin Eow Kok, was fined $5O Mr. H. A. L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court this morning for permitting iis house to be used as a common betting .Louse on Feb. 20, 1937. Inspector Jackson stated that the accused was neither
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  • 149 9 Negligent Driving Charge (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Feb. 23. Mr. W.J. Harrison, of Larut Tin Mines, *ho was charged with driving bis car negligently, was today convicted by Che Pawanteh in the Magistrate’s Court, and sentenced to a fine of $5O. The charge was a sequel
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  • 174 9 Colour To Be Awarded Windsor. Owing to the steady growth in popularity of Association Football at Eton, it is to receive official recognition as one of the College games. An announcement, signed by G. C. A. Doughty. Chairman of the Athletic Committee, «and J. P. Mann, captain
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  • 103 9 The marriage will take place at Sri Menanti, Kuala Pilla, on Feb. 28, of Tunku Mohamed bin Tuniku Besar Burhanuddin and Tunku Azizah binti Tunku Petra, both members of the Negri Sembilan Royal family. The bridegroom is a member of the Malay Administrative Service and is
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  • 285 9 Fine Picture .At Majestic "The Girl From Mandalay.” Directed by Howard Brethertor. Players: Kay Linaker. Conrad Nagel, Donald Cook and Esther Ralston. At the Majestic. The Girl From Mandalay is a tinp. fast-moving picture with an Oiie* tai background. It is adapted from the famous novel
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  • 148 9 The All Malaya Tamils Reform Fifth Conference win be held on Feb. 27 and 28 at the Town Hall, Ipoh. The Hon. Mr. H.H. Abdul Cader. M.L.C., Penang, «will open the conference, The Rev. S. Packianathan of Singapore will preside on Saturday, Feb. 27. Mr. V.
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  • 297 9 Miltondale Moves Well (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 23. Some fast work was done on the second track. Wee Jock (Martin) galloped six furlongs at three-fourth speed. Double File moved well in the straight. Russian Rose galloped at half speed while Miltondale (Spencer) strode out
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  • 275 9 Rest Beat Europeans i From Our Own Correspondent.) Serenihan. Sunday. The Negri Sembilan cricket season began today at Tampin when the Rest beat an European XI by 47 runs. W. Seneviratne of Sereriban going in first made top score for the Rest and undefeated with 79.
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  • 57 9 Celluloid toys displayed by a stall-holder at the Central Market Ipoh, caught fire yesterday afternoon at about three o'clock For a moment it appeared that there was a danger to the outbreak spreading along the whole line of stalls, but the stall-hold-ers managed to extinguish
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  • 132 9 Amoy Lane Murder Chuah Weng Chip, who was found guilty by the special jury in the last session of the Penang Assize Court of killing a compatriot named Ng Aik Gnoh in December last year at Amoy Lane, but recommended for mercy, and on whom sentence of
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  • 246 9 Inter-Party Tourney Entries (From Our Own Corresponds nt) Alor Star. Feb. 20 Entries for the La:din Shield badminton tournament, which is due to start on March 4 have been closed. Seven teams have joined. The Sunroc Badminton Party, the holders, are among those who have entered The competition
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  • 256 9 Local Rovers Celebrate Rover scouts and girl guides joined in the games and competitions last night when the Rovers held an “At Home” at their Den in Macalister Road to celebrate the eightieth birthday of the Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell. Acting Assistant Rover Scout Leader,
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  • 50 9 Chinese Kepala’s Fate (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 22. A Chinese kepala employed at the Bur>gei Besi mines who was trying to prevent a trolley which was being hauled up an incline from toppling over, was crushed by it and died within a few minutes.
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  • 109 9 Major Bretherton To Captain Negri From Ouri Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 20. Major J. T. Bretherton of the Maloy Regime, t, the former Army player, has been re-elected captain of the Negri Sembilan State cricket side with Mr. V. F. H. ‘‘Dusty” Rhodes as vice-captain. Mr. W. Seneviratne
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    • 144 9 I < rHB TRUI TONIC POOD* I OHafcwMt tf nB ClbßMiriß —d Star— E. O. HOTEL PENANG. o Tamerrow. 24th February DINNER, DANCE CABARET with KAItrS HAWAIIAN ENTERTAINERS IN A CHANGE OF PROGK/.r.TME Dinner Cabaret $3/- Non-D tors $l/Thursctay, 25th February DINNER. DANCE CABARET WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT RAFFLES
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  • 432 10 DECREASE IN U.S. RUBBER STOCKS Messrs. Malcolm Bowley Son in their weekly market report dated Feb. 5, 1937, states: COPPER—The rise recorded this week is almost entirely due to speculative buying. ’The upward movement was initiated in America. Fears regarding the stability of the Franc may
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  • 112 10 DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS RECONCILED New Delhi, Feb. 9 The Burma-Japanese negotiations, which have been proceeding for the last two months, now appear to be drawing to a conclusion. It is understood that the different points of view have been reconciled. The reason for the delay is that
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  • 115 10 Under the provisions of Indian Rubber Control Act 1934, the Governor-General in Council is pleased to declare that the permissible maximum exports of dry rubber from British India, excluding Burma, for the first and second quarters of 1937 be 2,34-* tons and 2,500 tons
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  • 36 10 DRAUGHTS in the sunshine —but not the sort of draughts that make you shiver, for these girls decided that the recent mild iceather called for an outdoor game in the Embankment Gardens.
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  • 1266 10 Surprise Increase To 4 P. C. £50,000,000 LONDON CREDIT AGREEMENT BELIEVED IMMINENT Paris, Jan. 28. The French Bank rate was raised from 2to 4 per cent, today. This surprising move, taken in conjunction with the French Finance Minister’s overnight statement on currency policy, was regarded in
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  • 379 10 PROVISION IN BUDGET ESTIMATES Johannesburg. Lord Clarendon, Governor-General, in his speech from the Throne laid emphasis on the continued progress of the mining industry when he opened the South African Parliament at Capetown recently. The mining industry,” said Lord Clarendon. “remains the most important
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    • 236 10 "Thank you, Glaxo’ ISfc llp O: I I n B Vl k r a i 5 bov so healthy and strong. He was a contented, happy baby, and has grown B into a lively, sturdy lad. J If only every mother would I try Glaxo first, I am sure f
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    • 55 11 SUNDAY GAZETTE ft The First SUNDAY Newspaper Published In JVlalaya SPECIAL FEATURES ■—MT Illustrated London Letter: Women’s Page: Chess and Bridge Notes.Motoring and Aviation Review. China Page: Film and Gramophone Notes: Scouts Notes: Junior Section: Weekly Sports Review: Week-End Radio Programmes. All The Week-End Sport Fully Reported in the SUNDAY
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  • 200 12 When London Calling—l6oo is broadcast from Daventry on Transmission 2, Feb. 26, 7.05 p.m. (Malayan Time), listeners should imagine themselves living three hundred years ago and hearing the sort of programmes that might have been ‘on the air 1 in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Suppose an Elizabethan
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  • 217 12 Sydney. Feb. 7. Controversy is raging in Australia over a £5OO fee said to have been paid to Sir Harry Lauder for a single broadcast there. “There is no doubt,” says one newspaper, “that in Sir Harry Lauder the Australian Broadcasting Commission has one of
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 515 12 LIVERPOOL'S SHIPPING INDUSTRIAL POSITION That the shipping outlook and trade generally was brighter was the contention of Mr. J. Dyer Simpson, a general manager of the Royal Insurance Co., Ltd., and the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co., Ltd., when proposing the toast “The City of
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    • 215 12 New B. And I. Company British and Irish Steam Packet Co. (1936), Ltd., has now registered at the companies' office, Dublin Castle, with a capital of £1,000,000, divided into 1,000,000 shares of £1 each. The registered office of the company is in the Free State,
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    • 689 12 BIG INCREASE IN MERCHANT TONNAGE Shipbuilding in the United States took a sharp upward turn in 1936, the output being more than double that of the previous year. Merchant ship building is now 67 per cent, greater than a year ago. The total volume of work
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    • 232 12 S.s. “EUMAEUS” from Singapore sails for Harve, Liverpool. Bromborough Glasgow. S.S. “DELAGOA MARU” from Japan via Singapore sails today for Suez, Port Said, Beyrout, Instanbul, Piraeus and Liverpool. TOMORROW S.S. “PEISANDER” from Liverpool sails for Kobe, Osaka. Yokohama. S.S. “YUENSANG” from Calcutta—sails same day for Singapore, Hongkong
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    • 1018 12 LRAdTo TOPICS PROGRAMMES I 8.8. C. EMPIRE STATION TODAY TD TunO WGV*TRANSMISSION 2 lengtha: 3.20 p.m —Big Beu. ‘The Conquest of TRANSMISSION t ♦he Air.’ Produced by Pascoe Thornton. GBH 81. 47 Afo/« (13.97 m.) 7.10—A Haydn-Mozart programme. The gBG 17.79 Mc/a (16.86 m.) BBC Empire Orchestra; leader, Daniel GSB
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    • 105 12 ROME Station 2RO broadcasts on a wavelength of 25.4 metres (11,810 kc.) or 31.13 metres (9,635 kc.). TODAY 9.20 p.m. Opening announcement. News in English. News in Chinese. Instrumental con?ert: Piano, violin and harp. News in Italian. TOMORROW 9.20 p.m. Opening announcement. News in English. Piano concert by Piera Caporai.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 747 13 MANSFIELD CO,, LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE r Vessels. LONDON AN* NOBIS OONTINBNT Leave Doe (in conjunction with Glen A Shire Um) Penang London GLENGARRY l/don, R’daxn, IT burg, A’werp M'borougb Feb. 26 liar 29 c. AGAMEMNON Mars., L’don, R’dam, ITburg A Glasgow Mar. 6 Mar. 81 B.
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    • 728 13 P&O SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S/S "RANCHI" SAILING THURSDAY, 25th FEB. Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Co., under .Penang, Teluk Anson, Fort Swettentaxu contract with His Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail Service. Outwards from London for China Japan. S/S BULAN” Feb. 26 due Penang 1937 S/S
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 1203 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES SINGAPORE-ZHI BERLIN (WAVELENGTH 225 m.) slaUo a#eM TODAY jjg frequencies; 7 p.m. to 8 p m. Speech and recorded 81.33t0. Djq 19 68 m UN.. dm 1«74.„ O DJN 31.45 m. KUALA LUMPUR PM touay T(M)AY 12.25 Call DJA, DJB. German folk song. 7 p.m. '12.30 Light music.
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    • 151 13 8.00 News in Spanish. 8.10 News in Portuguese. 8.20 a.m. Close down. Wavelength 19.68 m., 15.243 kc. 6.20 p.m. Concert. 7.05 Talk on current French events (in Russian). 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Relay from Radio-Paris. Concert. 8.50 News in French. Colonial market prices. 9.20 Talk on events in France.
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    • 90 13 8.11 Weather report and commercial news in English. 8.31 Talk (English)—“Literary Reviews 8.46 “Twenty-four Centuries of mua c.” Some examples of music from early Greek times to the present day A recorded programme. 9 46 Time signa}. Close down. TOMORROW 7.16 p.m. Talk: “The March of Eveatu.” 7.31 Modern songs.
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  • 1065 14 SINGAPORE SPRING MEETING Tomorrow 9 s Acceptances And Selections The following is the full programme for tomorrow’s races at Singapore, the second day of the Spring Meeting, with scratchings and correct order of running: RACE.—I PONIES—CIass 2—Division 2—5«/ 2 Furlongs. 0 SMOKY 9.07 -Mr. B. Cam”
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  • 106 14 Grand National Callover Davy Jones, the horse which lost the Grand National last year to Reynoldstown by a fluke, has been scratched from this year’s event, says a Reuter message. Following are the callovers for the National and the Lincolnishire. GRAND NATIONAL Royal Mail 100:12 taken and
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  • 42 14 —Reuter. Derby Favourite Struck Out London, Feb. 22. Lord Astor’s unbeaten Early School the winter favourite for the Derby has been struck out of the Two Thousand Guineas but the trainer has the greatest hopes for the Derby.—Reuter.
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  • 60 14 —Reuter. London, Feb. 22. Following is the draw for the F.A. Cup sixth round to played on March 6: Grimsby or Wolverhampton v. Sunderland. West Bromwich v. Arsenal. Millwall v. Manchester City. Everton or Tottenham v. Preston.— Reuter. FIFTH ROUND REPLAY Tottenham 4, Everton 3.
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  • 588 14 RAMASAMY TAKES 4 FOR 19 A two-day cricket match was played between the Indian Association and Danil Aishan Football Club on the Dato Kramat ground. Each side scored 63 runs in the first innings. In the second innings the D.A.F. C. put up a total of
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  • 91 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 22. The Inniskillings playing their second soccer match against the All-Siamese earn this afternoon in the presence of the Council of Regency were soundly beaten, by four goals to one. The Siamese led at half-time by one goal to nil then
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    • 300 14 frigidaire Offers Safer Food Protection J| G Afafty refrigeratory q tz tn eratar e s <5below 32° FRIGIDAIRE built-in food-safety ff %'ff /iff ff f fl If If 't t la I I -h indicator gives constant 1 m tj If > assurance, even in the l/l hottest-weather, that fl
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 57 14 The Pioneer Cabaret in Penang. BAR AND DANCING FROM 9.30 P.M. TO MIDNIGHT 4 SL 9 COUPONS for $2 18 EXCELLENT MUSIC BY HIS KHYTHM BOYS. FIRST CLASS BAR—CHARMING HOSTESSES. The 4 La Salles in their new programme. Today Tea Dance from 6 to 8.30 p.m. The 4 La Salles
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  • 1078 15 Ireland The Better And Cleverer Team ENGLAND BACK DIVISION WEAK UNSATISFACTORY The only complaint that could reasonably be levelled against the Rugger international at Twickenham last Saturday was that Ireland, much the better and cleverer team, were the losers. Once again
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  • 320 15 INTER-STATE HOCKEY (From Our Own Correspondent• Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 20. Displaying superiority in ail departments Selangor ‘A’ defeated Pahang by four goals to nil in the Inter-State hockey fixture on the padang today; Row the Y M C. A. player, scored three goals in succession. Selangor
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  • 621 15 Chocolate Paid The Penalty Pat Palmer, the Southern Area flyweight champion, gave a grand display of all-round ability when beating Young Chocolate. holder of the Jamaican bantamweight title, in the sixth session of a scheduled ten rounds bout at The Ring on Feb. 14
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  • 84 15 s—l Victory For Selangor Malays (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 21. By five goals to nil Pahang lost to the Selangor Malays in a friendly hockey fixture on the Technical School ground today. Pahang’s defence was given a gruelling time by the fast Malay attack whose
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  • 181 15 CRICKET: Week-End Matches Drawn (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 21. The Selangor Chinese Recreation Ctuh opened their cricket season with two drawn games played on the Pudu Road ground during the week-end. They drew with the T.P C.A. and the Selangor Sikh Union. A
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    • 33 15 fB GRANT'S 3 The man in the street says it’s good! g! The connoisseur says it's good fl We say it's good U Try it —and you'll say it's good. Wx x3L (m
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  • LATEST SHARE AND COMMODITY NEWS
    • 1026 16 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST. j i 31 iUME« (Doßar). AWirM Rubber Cu. 200 2 W Ater C*i*b Rubber Estate ..162)4 170 J Vualrrn —Malay Eatataa 215 I 225 JbV«rl*itaa Planting Syndicate 160 170 TL, Matek Rubber Cu. 1 <5 1 55 ex. Ager Paaaa Rubber Eatataa 200 220 Baaaatt Rubber
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    • 361 16 Active •Hie Stock Exchange was active and rubber and tin were strong. London. Feb. 22. Yesterday Rise ur Fab Cea. 9 RA. *****4 114« Funding, 4 px., 196M0 Hili War Loan. W» Cmb. Ua. Asa. (Units) 9?» Prudential “A” 35 loyal Aaace. (tta. pd.) Gt. Western Ord.
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    • 128 16 London on Previously Latewt Paris 105 964 105 9 64 New York 4.89 s 4.89 Montreal 4.89 d 4.89? Brussels 29.02 J 29.02 Geneva 21.435 21.44 Amsterdam 8.94 .J 8.931 Milan 93 93 Berlin 12.16 12.16$ Stockholm 19.39% Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 24% 26% Prague
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    • 177 16 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s Share Ust today:— TIN:— Buyers Sellers Ampat 5'9 6 3 Ayer Hitam 2316 25>0 Batu Selangor 1-70 1.75 Hong Fatt 1.62 J 1.6” J Jelapang 31|0 31i6 Jelebu 1.34 1.37 J Kpg. Lanjut 26 0 26 6 Kam
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    • 124 16 London, Feb. 22. RUBBER Firm. Spot 10$ buyeri 10ft sellers. April June 10ft buyers 10§ sellers. July Sept. 10 ft buyers 10t Gellers. Oct. Dec. 10 ft buyers 10£ sellers. New York: closed. United Kingdom Stocks London 26,270 tons Liverpool 38,618 tons ZOPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (Feb.)
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    • 109 16 TIN:— SATURDAY TODA Y London—(Spot) £243. 0.0 £251.10.0 London —(3 months) £243.10.0 £252.10.0 Singapore $121.12J $125.00 Business Done Penang Business Done COPRA. ■—(SuDdried.' $8.25 $B.lO BLACK PEPPER $ll.OO $ll.OO RUBBER London lOftd 10jd New York 20{Jc(G) closed Singapore- Spot 35Jc 35gc March. 35Jc 36&c April/June 351 c 36Jc
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    • 251 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN:— Buyers Seilers Batu Selangor 1.70 1.75 Hitam 50 52J Hong Fatt 1.60 1.65 Jelebu 1.27} I.32£ex Klang River 2.10 2.20 Kuchai 1.75 1.80 Lukut 1-35 1.40 North Taiping 1.02} 1.07} Petalings 10.25 10.50 Puteh 80 90 Rahman Hyd. 1.45 1.50 Raub Gold 7.05 7.15 Rantau Ordy.
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    • 239 16 RUBBER: Buyer» Sellers Allenbys 2.00 2.10 Ayer Panas 1.97} 2.073 Bassetts .92H .95 Batu Lintangs 1.50 1.55 Benfords 1.35 1.40 Bentas 1.471 1.523 Brcgas 1.20 1.25 Indragiris 1.72} 1.80 Jerams 1.271 1.323 Lunas 2.40 2.50 Mandai-Tekongs 25 .273 M. Pindas J.85 1.92j Mentakabs .50 .52 J N. Scudais
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