Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 April 1937

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 87. Vol. XCV. THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 843 1 Debate In House Of Commons LABOUR CENSURE VOTE DEFEATED London, April 14. Inadequate protection for British shipping 1 in the neighbourhood of Bilbao formed thQ subject of a Labour Motion of Censure in the House of Commons today. *1 he presence of a number
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  • 563 1 Local Jockeys Who Ride At Medan DRASTIC STEPS BY S.R.A. All jockeys riding in Malaya are fully insured they are also entitled to the Benevolent Funds. But when they go to Medan to ride for the Deli Ren-Vereeniging they are not only not insured but no provision
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  • 36 1 Tteuter Wireless. Hostile Tribesmen Still Active New Delhi, April 14. Considerable bodies of hostile tribesmen ft-ed heavily on u scouts’ post at Espinuam. Some peaceful tribesmen were also attacked but they successfully resisted.—
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  • 37 1 —Reuter. Hendaye. April 14 The prospects of a naval battle in the Bay of Biscay are heightened by the news that certain units of the reconstituted Spanish Government Fleet are heading for these waters.
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  • 70 1 Mr. Iladow As Likely Chairman From Our Own Correspondent 1 London. April 15. It is proposed to elect Mr. A. P. Hadow ass chairman and Mr. J. L. Milne vicechairman of the Rubber Growers’ Association at the annuel meeting to be held on April 24. The annual
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  • 80 1 Converted Into Public Company (From Our Own Correspondent» London, April 15. The Plantations Geneiul Investment Tiust which was registered privately on March 25 has been converted into a public company with a capital of £50,000 divided into two shilling shares. The directiors are Messrs. F. G.
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  • 75 1 —Reuter. Sil DOWN STRIKE AMONG CREW 250 PASSENGERS HELD UP New York, April 14. Two hundred and fifty passengers to Europe were delayed today when the liner. "President Roosevelt,” failed to sail at noon owing to a sit down strike among the crew who refused to sign
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  • 28 1 —Reuter. Strike Fever In France St. Niazaires. April 14. Three hundred workmen on the new cruiser George Sleygues have struck for an increase of wages.
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  • 81 1 —Reuter. West Bromwich Trounced London, April 14. The following were the results of football matches played today in the English and Scottish leagues:— DIVISION I Preston N. E. 1 Everton 0 Sunderland 1 Manchester C 3 Wolverhampton 5 West Bromwich 2 DIVISION in (Southern Section» Crystal P
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  • 208 1 Reuter. A JAPANESE VERSION OF SETTLEMENT DENIAL BY FOREIGN OFFICE Tokio, April 14. The Foreign Office has issued an informal statement in connection with the settlement of the Keelung incident, reading as follows: “In reply to the protest lodged by the British Government with the Foreign Office following
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  • 119 1 —British Wireless. EXTENSION TO LONDON HEADQUARTERS OPENED BY DUKE OF GLOUCESTER London, April 14. When the Duke of Gloucester opened the extension of the London Headquarters of the Overseas League today he read a message from the King to “49,000 members on every continent both within the
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  • 617 2 OGPU CONTROL MUSI GO Officer s’ Arrest Forbidden Riga, April 4. Two hostile armies are confronting each other today in Moscow. The long latent rivalry between the Army Communist Party, known as the Ogpu (Secret Police) Militia, and the Red Army has developed
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  • 285 2 Sir W. Kirke Draws Lesson From Spain INFANTRY STILL THE DECIDING FACTOR The belief that the deciding battles in any war in the future would still be fought by infantry was expressed by Sir Walter St. George Kirke, Director-General of the Territorial Army, in
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  • 130 2 One Stillborn One Died Quadruplets, three girls and a boy, were bom recently to a Stoke Newington woman, a patient in the Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway. One of the girls was stillborn and the boy died 12 hours after birth. Doctors fought to save the boy,
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  • 134 2 Soviet Revenge For Sailor’s Desertion Paris, April 1. The publication in a home paper of Feb. 13 <of a Russian seaman’s reasons for abandoning his ship, the Pokrovsky, when she was in a French port, has led to the arrest of his mother in Russia as a
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  • 125 2 Nearly “Taken For A Ride” New York, April 1. A Brooklyn jury, after convicting two men of assault and robbery last night, discovered that they had done their duty to< well. Descending the courthouse Isteps after three days listening to evidence, they found heir way
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  • 337 2 Dame Laura Knight Dame Laura Knight, R. A., has made history by becoming the first woman ever appointed to the Selection Committee of the Royal Academy. Dame Laura and her husband. Mr. Harold Knight, were the first man and wife elected A.R.A.s, and also
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  • 209 3 Contribution Of $4,000 From Municipal Fund APPLICATION FOR SANCTION OF GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL A PERMANENT memorial to Captain Light, founder of Penang is in sight following the decision of the Municipal Commissioners in committee on Tuesday to apply for sanction of The Governor in
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  • 55 3 —Reuter. London, April 14. In Lloyds’ report to the end of March, «xerchant shipping building in the United Kingdom amounted to 1,014,454 tons which was the highest quarterly total since September 1930 The combined total of the next greatest was that of Germany, Japan, Holland, and U.S.A,
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  • 149 3 Paris Ambassador Recalled Moscow, April 14. Two removals from office are announced by the Central Executive Committee of the U.S.S.R. M. Potemkin, the Soviet Ambassador to France, has been relieved of his diplomatic duties and appointed First Assistant Commissar for Foieign Affairs. He is a member of
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  • 228 3 themselves or to the country. -British Radio. “A Great English Gentleman London, April 14. The Prime Minister was present last night at the dinner of the Federation of British Industries. The Premiers’s pending retirement was referred to by the president who paid a tribute to his
    themselves or to the country. -British Radio.  -  228 words
  • 101 3 pRANCE, with her possessions in Indo-China, joins in the Eastern Mediterranean watch on the Suez Canal. Lecturing i n Paris, General Weygand, former Chief of the French General Staff, suggested that France should have a naval base at Tripoli, in Syria, which is now administered under French
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  • 399 3 s—Year Plan: Anti.-Aircraft Batteries To Be Doubled Hongkong, April 14. BRITAIN is to refortify Hongkong on a five-fear plan, and at a cost of £10,000,000. Work on three new forts is to begin immediately. They will be completed before the end of 1938. The anti-aircraft batteries will
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  • 105 3 Alleged 111-Treatment Of Chinese Workers Shanghai, April 14. Allegations that Japanese cotton mills ji the Japanese Concession in China were ill-treating Chinese workers were made by a Chinese official, Mr. Chu Hsu-fan, in an interview with the Associated Press in Washington. He also alleged that the Chinese
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  • 301 3 —Reuter. Mr. Pirow Explains The Position “UNION WILL CARRY OUT AGREEMENT” Capetown, April 14. The future of Simonstown, the naval port 22 miles from Capetown, as a base for the British Navy in South Africa, was discussed by Mr. Pirow, Union Defence Minister, when he
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  • 235 3 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Inner Mongolia Forces DAILY DESERTIONS REPORTED Desertions are repoited to be taking place daily m the forces of the autonomy government of Inner Mongolia, and on April 11, 21 deserters were executed at Cheng pei. After the military conference at Chiapusu, tempera
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  • 223 3 —Reuter. CHURCH INTERFERENCE RESENTED OBLIGATION. TO PRESERVE UNITY Berlin, April 14. The German reply to the Papal encyclical, it is understood, emphasises the obligation to preserve unity of the people which will not allow the church to form a state within the state or the
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  • 105 3 —British Radio. Debate In Commons London. April 14. The situation at Bilbao will be debated in the House of Commons this afternoon on the Labour Party’s vote of censure which will be moved by Opposition Leader Major Atlee and which taking note of the Prime Minister’s statement on
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  • 156 3 —Reuter. Alleged Assassination Plot Bucharest, April 14. Zelea Codreanu, the mysterious leader of the Rumanian Fascist and anti-Semitic organisation, the Iron Guards, has not been seen in the past few days, and it is reported that he has gone into hiding in the country. Leaders of
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  • 94 3 —British Radio. Conference Of Authorities Suggested London, April 14_ Mr. Geoffrey Shakespeare, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education, who yesterday received a deputation from the British Film Institute, suggested that a conference of education authorities stootckl be organised by the Institute with a view
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    • 315 3 NURSE PUTS ON > 8} LBS. OF FLESH Restores to Health After Influenza All who are worried because they are losing weight and fear dreadful consequences should read this letter from an English nurse. This lady had lost 10 pounds in weight after influenza and was terribly run-down; yet see
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  • 970 4 VOLUNTEER PLATOON The Tfiiping Vclunteer Platoon which was recently formed through the efforts of Mr. Teh Eng Hoe M.S.C., J.P., has ove. 15 recruits and is making very rapid process under Sergc»?nt M. Moriscn. Dr. (Mrs.) A. B. C. Durai, who was in charge of the women
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  • 116 4 LICENCE SI SPENDED IOR THREE MONTHS (From Our Own Correspondent). Seremban, April 12. F. A. Dawson, an Indian senior Health Inspector of Seremban, was find $l6O or in default two months’ simple imprisonment and his driving’ licence was suspended for a period of three months,
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  • 183 4 —Reuter. San Francisco Report Causes A Stir San Francisco, April 14. Allegations that 1.000.000 dollars (£200,000) in ‘graft” have been collected annually by San Francisco police for the protection of a vast system of organised vice have been made here by Mr. Warren Atherton, an official investigator,
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  • 143 4 SWISS EXPERTS FOR NEW FACTORY An attempt by Soviet Russia to capture the world trade in cheap watches is believed in Swiss industrial circles to be the reason behind the departure from La Chaux-de-Fonds recently of 30 Swiss expert v.otch-makers with their families. La Chaux-de-Fonds,
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  • 82 4 Some time ago the Soviet Government made a contract with a well-known firm of Swiss watchmakers to borrow the services of experts for the purpose of founding a new industry in Russia, but the Swiss Federal (authorities intervened, and the contract wa« subsequently cancelled. Now it appears
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  • 657 4 GREAT STRIDES MADE SINCE INCEFIION The great strides which the Ipoh Jaffnese Co-operative Society has been making since ’ts inception has been enhanced by the ■aunchmg of its organ, The Pathfinder” on Tuesday, under very favourable auspices, it being the first day of Eesvara, the Tamil New
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  • 114 4 police, the money was pocketed. -Central News. COMMODITY DEAL FRAI DS BY TWO MEN Paris, April 6. Commercial fraud which netted them £20.000. ere alleged against two Frenchmen one of whom has been arrested, and the other is being sought. Five years ago the men, Frank Steyrer and
    police, the money was pocketed. -Central News.  -  114 words
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  • 1350 5 CONSULAR BODY’S TRIBUTE APPRECIXTION OF HIS WORK IN HONGKONG Ai ARI’AV hl J, LUNCHEON to His Excellency the Governor, J>ir Andrew Caldecott, was given recently in the Jacobean room of the Hongkong Hotel by 'the Consular Body of Hongkong. i lu deep i egret
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  • 314 5 Result Of Money Restrictions JAPANESE TO PAY £313 FOR DUTY EVASION London, April 6. The smuggling of German cameras into England was mentioned at Southampton police court yesterday, when Yasusuke Kimura. 34, a Japanese, pleaded guilty to a charge of importing two cameras, a pair of binoculars,
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  • 294 5 FREE STATE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE “No Advantage To Be Represented'* Dublin. Mr. James Dillon. United Ireland member for Donegal, raised several questions in Dail Eireann concerning the Free State’s attitude to the Imperial Conference. First he asked the President of the Executive Council whether any preparations had been made by the
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  • 155 5 Disarming Trick New York. April 5. Paddy, a three-year-old German sheep dog trained by his master, a New York policeman, to disarm an opponent, misunderstood his master’s playful gesture, and knocked him down, causing his death with his own revolver. The dog growled at the policeman.
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  • 122 5 Police Stop Demonstration Manchester. March 27. Sixteen young people (average age seventeen > form the Manchester Inter-Planetary Society, which aims to evolve new types of rockets —and then aim the rockets at tho stars. Today the society, three of the members of which are girls,
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    • 256 5 RADIO FIRST YEAR’S LICENSE FREE!! The G.E.C. announce a special CORONATION OFFER in regard to their Radio Sets. From 11th April to 11th May the Radio set prices detailed below will include the first year’s license fee. This applies to sets purchased anywhere in Malaya. little tiger (For reception of
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • 370 6 THE SASTRI REPORT PENANG MUNICIPALITY CRITICISED QUESTION OF INSPECTION CORONATION CELEBRATIONS READER SUGGESTS PAYMENT OF BONUS THE CABARETS FURTHER VIEWPOINTS To The Editor. Sir, —It is a pity th'At the Rt. Hem. Srinivasa Sastri may not be able to read of the Municipal President’s
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    • 68 6 To The Editor. Dear Sir, —Would you be kind enough to allow me a Kttle space in your valuable ptiper to voice a humble suggestion to those British firms to grant to their employees some sort of a pecuniary assistance to celebrate the forthcoming Coronation of His Britannic
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    • 362 6 To the Editor. Sir, —A party of club-goers and myself are greatly interested in your “Readers’ Column. Mg. Charlie Go’s article has promoted me to send a little contribution to your well-read paper. I owe a great deal to your correspondents, with the exception of Mr.
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    • 384 6 To The Editor. Sir, —I earnestly hope that you will publish the following letter to Mr. “Siti-El.” My dear unknown friend do not get into a fury, because my opinion differs from yours. If there is any, misunderstanding between us, let us make it clear so
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    • 117 6 To The Editor. Dear Sir, —I should like to endorse the views of your correspondent, “A Visitor to Malaya,’’ when he says that rickshas are. a menace to the proper regulation ot traffic. His suggestion, too, that these vehicles should carry a reflector is verysound, and
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 1506 7 WIRELESS SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING Appeal To Non-Member Listeners jj J last year Station ZHJ (Penang Wireless Society) broadcast programmes for a period of 649 hours, said the president, Mr. M. J. Thorpe, speaking at the annual general meeting of the Society at Perak Road, Penang, esterday. In
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  • 74 7 MR. P.H.D. JACKSON AND MISS F.C. JENKINSON (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, April 13. Invitations have been issued by Mr. and Mrs. O’Connell of Alor Star for the marriage of Miss Faith Charmian Jenkinson to Mr. Patrick Harvey Devonsher Jackson 0.5.P.C., Kulim Police, at
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  • 21 7 at the Add son Rooms, Olympia, where 50 Nippies gave their annual party to 500 war-disabled men
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  • 95 7 DE-ICERS FOR HOLLAND-JAVA ’PLANES «From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 4. Mr. Albert Plesman, Director of tlu*' K.L.M., announced that as from the beginning of May the Amsterdam-Java service wifi be operated with Douglas D.C. 9 aeroplanes all of which have been fitted with de-icers, automatic
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  • 44 7 Seremban, April 13. The Negri Sembilan Church Workers Association are holding at the Sungei Ujong Club on Saturday, a tennis tournament. Th? proceeds of this tournament will go to the education of three deserving children. Tennis and tea will be $1
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    • 188 7 I WHISKY i i i II THE STRAITS I ll( r b If you go into your Club or an Hotel in search of refreshment and just ask for a stengah” you may be missing something* If, on the other hand, you ask for your favourite whisky by name, you
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  • 668 8 AN appeal, couched in unusual terms, was made b\ Mr. M I Thorpe, President of the Penang ireless Society, at the Society’s annual meeting held in Penang last night. Mr. Thorpe pointed out that “we have a large number of owners of receiving sets
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  • 290 8 —Reuter. Government’s Offer Of Intervention NO REPLY FROM GENERAL MOTORS Oshawa. April 14. The offer of the Dominion Government to intervene in the General Motors strike which was accepted by the strikers on Monday has apparently been ignored by the employers. General Motors promised to reply
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  • 60 8 —Reuter. Col. Studd For Malaya London, April 14. Lieut.-Col. A. B. Thomson. The Buffs, has been appointed Assistant Adjustant end Quarter Master General in charge of Administration of the British Troops in China with effect from October 2 and Colonel M. A. Studd has been appointed to
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  • 686 8 Poor Entries for Taiping Annual Meeting of Club on April 19 Small Racing Profit But Loss For Year Alteration in Club s Status I notice that the entries for the Taiping Turf Chib Skye Meeting are verv poor, so much so that the Committee are unable to
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  • 38 8 Capital Increased London. April 15. The Anglo-Johore Rubber Estates resolutions increasing the capital to provide finance to acquire a new estate at Bekok, Johore, was approved at a meeting held on April 12,—Pinang Gazette Copyright.
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  • 75 8 tual devaluation of the mark.—Reuter Wireless. Germany Approached Brussels, April 14. M. Van Zeeland has taken the first opportunity to sound Germany regarding the economic mission recently entrusted to him by the French and British Governments, according to the newspapers. It is unofficially suggested that M. Van Zeeland
    tual devaluation of the mark.—Reuter Wireless.  -  75 words
  • 27 8 —British Wireless. Arrival In London London. April 14. His Highness the Sultan of Pahang, F. M.S. arrived in London Today to attend the Coronation.-
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  • 59 8 Fo Visit Dutch Ea*t Indies i From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, April 14. This afternoon’s express left for Penang with la party comprising of the Queen grandmother and lesser royalties who are enroute to the Dutch East Indies on a visit. They will all be returning to
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  • 85 8 .—Reuter W'lrcJcss. Situation Now Better London, April 14. A more hopeful atmosphere prevails on the Clydeside where now 12,000 apprentices are on strike. At the request of the apprehtices* repicgentatives, Government officials are considering the situation from all aspects and are placing a. proposal, at present not revealed.
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  • 312 9 Weights For the First Day Announced SELECTIONS BY TIC-TAC Below will be found the weights for the first day of the Taiping Turf Club Skye Meeting to be run tomorrow at Taiping, together with selections by Tic-Tac RACE 1 POLO PONY RACE—abt. 2 fur—3.oo p.m.
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  • 138 9 KUALA MUDA LEAGUE (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, April 13. The Chinese-Edward soccer match in the Kuala Muda League, which had been the subject of much discussion here, was played before n large crowd on the Public Ground in idea» weather and ended in a
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  • 80 9 P.S.C. Team Against Chung Ling High School Today The following will represent the Penang Sports Club in a friendly soccer match against the Chung Ling High School to be played today (at 5.15 p.m. on the Esplanade: P.S.C.: J. S. Howkins: A. G. Cooke and J. E. A.
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  • 198 9 To Be Examined By 3 Mental Experts Paris. April 13. Mme. Magda Fontanges, the writer accused of shooting the Comte de Chambrun. the former French Ambassador to Italy, is reported here to have tried to commit suicide in her cell in the Petite Roquette Prison. No statement can
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  • 93 9 II orshippers On Coronation Day To Get Feast (Front Om Own Correspondent) Kuaa Lumpur, Apr. f 4, Mohammedans who go to Mosque hi Kuala Lumpur and Klang on Coronation Day to offer prayers for His Majesty the King will enjoy a feast provided by His Highness
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  • 277 9 Complainant’s ‘’Belief In Accused” (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, April 14. An Indian TumiJ, Murugiah, appeared before the Taiping Magistrate this morning charged with theft of a gold necklace velued $lOO or alternatively with dishonestly receiving stolen property, namely, one gold necklace. The charge was a
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  • 444 9 The following report by Major E. C. Doyle, D. 5.0., Oliicial Veter.iiary Surgeon, Straits Racing Association, on the veterinary state of horses running in Malaya is incorporated in the Stipendiary Steward’s Report for 1936 The veterinary state of horses running is much about
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  • 284 9 TIES FOR THIS WEEK-END Following are matches in the Penang Junior Badminton championships to be played this week-end at the Penang Free School Hall. The winners in the men’s section (singles and doubles) will enter the quarter-finals. SATURDAY SINGLES 3.30 p.m. Lim Teow Seng vs. Ooi Teik
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  • 221 9 DECISION FOLLOWS ACCIDENT (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 14. As a result of an accident to one of the Gipsy Moths, which sustained light damage when put into a forced landing near Bantin recently by Malaya’s best-kown woman flyer, Miss Wang Siew. Wan, the Kuala
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  • 94 9 fßeuter. EXPLANATION GIVEN BY MR. ORMSBY-GORE BANISHMENT OF LEADERS London, April 14. Arising from the recent strikes in Selangor and Negri Sembilan, Ml-. Parker (Labour) asked in the House of Commons under what authority the strike organisers were banished from Selangor. Mr. Ormsby-Gore replied that
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    • 112 9 S.S. GLENEFFERIC VOYAGE FOR OUTWARD Consignees o. f cargo by the above ’steamer from Europe are hereby notified that she is expected to arrive in Penang on Friday morning, the 16th April, 1937, and wall discharge in the roads on arrival. BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. Incorporated in the F.M.S. AGENTS: GLEN
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  • 343 10 Stocks Cause Shocks Singapore, April 13. The Singapore rubber market received a slight setback yesterday by the publication of the figures of Colony stocks on Mar. 31. These stocks totalled 46,350 tons compared with 47,440 tons on Feb. 28, and in view of the face that
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  • 426 10 5 Per Cent For Foothill Shareholders The annual report land accounts of Foothills (Malaya) Rubber Estate, Ltd., have been issued in London showing a profit of £3,039. The directors recommend payment of a dividend of 6 per cent. The sum' of £750 has been placed to reserve and
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  • 121 10 Opening At Singapore On April 30 The organising of the annual Singapore British Trade Fair is a task occupying many months and, as the opening date draws near, it is satisfactory to note that arrangements are well in hand, the building of the stalls having been completed.
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  • 74 10 The domestic producfioM, as represented by exports from the F.M.S U.3J.S. and Malacca, of tin and tin-in-are at 75.5 per cent, tin content, during March totalled 6.61'0 tons. The F MS. produced 6,428 tons; Johore 83 tons: Kedah 23 tons; Perlis 26 tons; Kelantan 2 tons;
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  • 85 10 Dividend Raised Three Per Cent. The directors of the London Asiatic Rubber and Produce Co., Ltd., a member of the Harrisons and Crosfield group of rubber-producing companies, have declared a dividend of 10 per cent., less tax, for 1936, compared with 7 per cent., for 1935. Warrants
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  • 101 10 During the week ending April 3, 1937, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 80,360 cases, of which. 60,808 (76 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom, 2,744 (3 per cent.) cases o the Continent of Europe, 1,525 (2 per cent. cases to
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  • 282 10 Crop Returns For March Following are crop returns for March of the various rubber companies: The Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.) Rubber Co., Ltd. 89,500 lbs. The Badek Rubber Estate Ltd. (Staffield Estate) 35,605 lbs. The Bradwall (F.M.S.) Rubber EstateLtd. 55,400 lbs. The Chersonese (F.M.S.) Estate Ltd 70,000 lbs. Dennistown
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  • 251 10 Distribution 9 Per Cent Against 8 Per Cent Net profit of Dunlop Rubber rose by £239,324 to £1,107,807. Ordinary dividend is 8% plus 1% bonus, as against dividend of 8% only. An improvement of £239,324 in net profits to £1.107,807 is shown by the
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  • 345 10 Big Profit On Year’s Working The report of the directors of Borelli Rubber Co., Ltd., for the year ended, Dec. 31, 1936, to be submitted at the 12th annual general meeting of shareholders to be held at Kuala Lumpur on April 21 says that the profit
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  • 102 10 Messrs. Boustead Co., Ltd., Penang, adVise that they have received a telegram from the Secretaries, Messrs. Edward Boustead Co., London, advising that the directors of Malakoff Rubber Estate Ltd., have recommended a dividend of 8 per cent, payable on May 7. The annual report and accounts will
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  • 1476 11 Graphic Accounts Of Disaster TAMIL CONTRACTOR ON NEGLIGENCE CHARGE GRAPHIC accounts of the disastrous fireworks explosion, which occurred at the Chetty Temple, Waterfall Road, Penang, on Jan. 10 last, were related in the Penang Middle Court yesterday, when Veerappen, a contractor, was charged with aving
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  • 154 11 Whole Nation To Be Organised Istanbul, April 14. Turkish war-like preparations to meet any emergency are continuing at an accelerated pace. The Government is now working out a series of new bills, the aim of which is to organise the nation in time of war. It is
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  • 64 11 Reuter. Suicide In Hotel New York, April I>4. Mrs. Dorothy Harvey Cobb, daughter of the late Colonel George Harvey, former American Ambassador to Britain, was found dead in a hotel suite with a single bullet wound in her head. The official medical examiner—the American equivalent of
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  • 207 11 Chinese Woman Fined A middle-aged Chinese woman. Lee Yook Keng, was fined $5O by Mr. Trevor D. Hughes in the Penang Police Court yesterday, for having an unregistered mui-tsai named Chen Ah Choong on Jan 19. On a second charge of failing to pay wages to the mui-tsai
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  • 123 11 Government Action The British Minister in Bolivia has made representations to the Bolivian authorities regarding the imprisonment of two Englishmen, Messrs. J. W. Webster and A. E. Ashton, general trading agents, of La Paz. They have been kept in prison for some weeks without any specific
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    • 113 11 -W—■ I. I Do you read the Sunday Gazette? Every week new and interesting features are introduced into the SUNDAY GAZETTE. Place an order for regular delivery with your newsagent or become a subscriber. The following are some of the features of the SUNDAY GAZETTE. I ILLUSTRATED LONDON LETTER: CHINA
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  • 124 12 Scenes from Shakespeare’s Henry VIII, produced by Howard Rose, will be broadcast from Daventry tomorrow on Transmission 4 at 5.35 a.m. (Malaya Time). The scenes selected are those which deal with the trial and death of Queen Katharine. Katharine is one of the noblest of women
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  • 85 12 Broadcasting of marine distress signals by the 8.8. C. has been speeded up by improved internal arrangements. Gales frequently interrupt normal communications between coastguards and lifeboat stations. Under new plans made by the 8.8. C.. once a coastguard is satisfied that communication with another station is
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  • SHIPPING NEWS AND MAILS
    • 593 12 LATEST TIMES OF POSTING AIR MAIL A mail for Kenya. Tanganyika. Uganda, Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Rhodesia. Nyasaland, South Afridi, Nigeria and Gold Coast via Singapore and thence by Imperial Airways will close at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. notice The air mails despatched on April 4 pei
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    • 615 12 S S ‘BORNEO MARU’ from Bombay sails today for Japan Ports via Singapore. M.V. ‘YASUKUNI MARU’ from Japan via Singapore—sails today for Colombo. Aden. Suez, Port Said. Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London. Antwerp. Rotterdam, Hamburg and Middlesbrough. S.S. ‘ROHNA’ from Madras sails for Port Swettenham
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    • 412 12 WORLD DEMAND FOR OLD TONNAGE EFFECT OF SOARING FREIGHTS April 3. Second-hand ships are making fortunes for their owners. So strong is the demand for them that rices have trebled, even quadrupled. member of the firm of Thomas Pinkney’ and Sons, ship sale brokers, told a
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 912 12 RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES BB.C. EMPIRE STATION > TODAY Tune in on the following wavelengths: TRANSMISSION 2. TRANSMISSION 2 8.15 p.m.—The news and announcements. 8.35 —Greenwich time signal. Musi- GSH 21-lfl Mc/s (13.91 m.) cal interlude!. B.43—‘Food for Thought.’* GSG 17-79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) Three short talks on matters of topical
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    • 301 12 PARIS Station Radio-Colonial. Its call letters are: W. L. 19.68 metres T. P. A. 2 W. L. 25.23 T. P. A. 3 W. L. 25.60 T. P. A. 4 TODAY TPA 3 11.88 Mc/s (25.2 m.) P.M. 6.20 Concert relay from Grenoble. 7.05 Talk on current French events in Greek
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY High Low 2.56 p.m. 9.12 p.m. TOMORROW 3.07 a.m. 6.02 a.m. 3.40 p.m. 9.48 p.m.
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  • 227 13 I .S. Opposition I o River Waters a\ Project The spending of Government funds for the purpose of canalising and developing water power on the St. Lawrence River and the construction of a waterway connecting Montreal with the Hudson River, is opposed in a report presented to the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 746 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE VeMwU. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due (in conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London A PATROCLUS Mars., L’don, R’dam Glasgow Aur 15 Mav 12 GLENBEG London Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp Apr. 23 May 24 Middlesboiuugh. j •■O. MEMNON M’seilles, L’don. R’dam,
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    • 445 13 P&O BRITiShMNDIA PORT SWEI lEXHAM. SINGAPORE SS. ROHNA” SAILING THURSDAY, 15th APRIL Peninsular and Oriental S.N Co., under .Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swettenn&in, FarX^2 1 ts s: r v^' ern ent StoE,pOTe ServtM Outwards from London for China Japan. S/S MATA HARI” Apr. 16 due Penang 1937 s LAN Apr.
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    • 286 13 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) LONDON SERVICE For Colombo, Aden Suez, Port Said Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London Antwerp and Rotterdam. Stecunera. Sailing dates. YASUKUNI MARU (Calls Hamburg) Apr. 15 HAKONE MARU Apr. 30 •SUWA MARU May 14 ♦FUSHIMI MARU May 28 HAKOZAKI MARU June 11 TERUKUNI MARU (Calls Hamburg June 24 HAKUSAN
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 855 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES BERLIN MROM Station Zeesen broadcasts on the follow- YDC (15.15 Mcs (19.8 m.) ng frequencies:— PMN (10.26 Mcs (29.2 m.) DJB 15.20 Mcs 19.7 m. TODAY DJN 9.54 Mcs 31.4 m. P.M. DJE 16.89 m. (15.280 ke's). DJQ 19.63 m. (***** kcs). 210 NeWS bU,letin DJA 31.38 m.
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    • 49 13 ROME 2 RO 11.81 Me s <25.4 m.) TODAY P.M. 9.20 Opening announcement. News in English. News in Japanese. Royal Opera House in Rome. Opera —One Act. News in Italian. TOMORROW P.M. 9.20 Opening announcement. News in English. Variety. Bruno Barilli "Music and musicians.” Dance music. News in Italian.
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  • 727 14 Fight Between State Players Averted MALAY FORWARD SENT OFF Merited Win For Cup Champions ROUGH play marred the Penang first division soccer match between the League and Cup champions, the Old Xaverians* Association, and Darul Aihsan Football Club yesterday on the Victoria Green,
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  • 141 14 Indians Beat Chinese 4 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. April 11. Rough play crept into a league soccer match here yesterday when the Negri Sembilan Indian Association beat the Negri Sembilan Chinese Recreation Club by four goals to two. Towards the closing stages of the second haLf.
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  • 117 14 Sungei I jong Chib Draw it h King George V. School (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremt in, April 12. The Sungei Ujcng Club cricket teem 'rew with the King George V School at Seremban yesterday in an innings match. Batting first the Chib scored 74. Capt. C.S. Philpott
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  • 70 14 Singles Final On Saturday The mixed doubles fixtures in the Old Frees’ Association handicap tennis tournament to be played on Monday, April 19, •ire as follows: Mrs. Tye and Tan Thean Seang vs Mrs. Low and Ng Kam Sooi. Mrs. Lee and Lim Choon
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  • 54 14 Police Beat Abdul Hamid Sports Club (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, April 13. In a friendly soccer match, today the 'lor Star Police Club beat the Abdul Hamid Sports Club on the Residency rround by three goals to two. Mr. R.A. Cockerell, of the Kedah Volunteer
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  • 11 14 Hans Nusslern, the German “ace” in TUden’s tennis pack.
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  • 897 14 ROWING Both Eights Score Easy Victories Paris. April 3. A crowd of about 60,000 people, including President Lebrun, saw the Oxford and Cambridge boatrace crews. racing in France for the first time, win their races in the regatta held on the Seine today. Gimbridge, in
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  • 451 14 Play To Start Next Week GOOD entries have been received for the Penang Lawn Tennis 1 Association’s 1937 championships, which will start next week on Wednesday or Thursday. The singles, doubles and mixed doubles events have many entries and will provide keen competition.
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  • 173 14 SOCCER: FIRST ROUND FIXTURES (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, April 13. Following are the first round fixtures .or the Stuart Shield Soccer competition which w’ill begin on April 19. April 19: Kedah Volunteer Force vs. Minstrel Sports Club. Apnl 21; Abdul Hamid Sports Club vs. Police
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  • 134 14 S.R.A. Glassification List Following are amendments to the Straits Racing Association Classification list of horses and ponies:—HORSES Transfers: From Class 3 to Class 2. Burraneer. From Class 2 to Class 3. Miss Sardis. From Class 4 to Class 3. Blue Cross From Class 3 to Class
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  • 69 14 Meeting Of Malays (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, April 13. A public meeting of the Malay community of Alor Star was held recently to discuss arrangements in connection with the celebration of the coronation of King George VI on May 12. It was decided at
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • 1307 15 Pitfalls of Coaching NEW IDEAS AND OLD PRACTICES London, April 6. Y NET standing out above a stretch of close-mown grass has a big importance just now. So much may happen within its circumscribed area before the opening over is bowled in first-class cricket which, if
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  • 224 15 Peter Kane’s Triumph Paris. Peter Kane, whom many regard as a coming champion, made his debut in Paris as a bantamweight with a sensational win over the Frenchman Joseph Decico, to whom he conceded several pounds. After Decico had received a terrific battering from Kane,
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    14 15 -Breen (Manchester United) pushes MiUs’ head aside tn clearing a Chelsea raid.
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  • 263 15 ALL BLACKS NOW IN NEW ZEALAND CRICKET TEAM Lodon, April 4. The selection of C. J. Oliver, vice-cap-tain and centre three-quarter in the All Blacks’ Rugby team in England last season, to fill a place in the New Zealand cricket team due in England this month, along with
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  • 192 15 London, April 6. Scottish cricket enthusiasts are keenly discussing a suggestion made in connexion with the visit of the Australian cricket team next year. The Scottish Cricket Union is being urged to take advantage of the great Empire Exhibition to be held at Bellahouston Park,
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  • 81 15 Football Visit TO South Africa London. April 4. Aberdeen have accepted an invitation of the Southern Transvaal Football Association to tour South Africa at the end of the present season. Aberdeen toured the Union 10 years ago. Of the 14 matches played they won eight, lost four,
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • LATEST SHARE AND COMMODITY NEWS
    • 115 16 TIN S PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot) £273.0.0 £276.15.0 LONDON—(3 months) £270.0.0 £273.0.0 SINGAPORE $135.25 $134.50 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $135.25 $134.50 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers No Business COPRA —(Sundried) $7.90 $..60 BLACK PEPPER $11.25 $ll.OO RUBBER LONDON 11 llid NEW YORK 23Jc(G) 22 J „c(G) SINGAPORE Spot 39 c
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    • 357 16 London, April 14. Share of £1 denomination unless Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 Funding Loan, 4 p.c.. 1960-90 120< War Loan, 3* p.c 193 Com. Union Assce. (Units) 19 Prudential Assce. "A” 34 -I Royal Assce. share 10s. pd.) 9'. Great
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    • 97 16 tx>ndon ou Previously Latest Paris 109 61 64 109 63 64 New York 4.905 4.90H Montreal 4.90i 4.90i Brussels 29.12 29.121 Geneva 21.53 21.521 Amsterdam 8.96 8.96; Milan 935 935 Berlin 12.201 12.201 Athens 5471 5475 Buenos Aires 17$ unquoted Monte Video 39* 394 Sellers Sellers offi Stockholm
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    • OPENING QUOTATIONS IN PENANG
      • 123 16 KENNEDY CO. Below are given today’s share quotations of leading brokers in 1 ’enang: RUBBER: Buyers Sellers. Broga 1.15 1.20 Kuala Sidim 3.50 3.57* M. Pinda 1.80 1.90 T. Anson 1.85 1.95 TIN:— Bangrin 23 6 24 6 D. Selangor 1.65 1.67 i B. Malay 316 32 6 Hong Fait
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      • 152 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.65 1.70 Hong Fatt 135 1.40 jelebu 1.17* 1.22 A Kuchai 1.60 1.65 Lukuts 1.20 1.25 ex North Taiping 87A 90 Rahman Hyd. 1.57 A 1.62 Ac Taiping 87 A 90 Ampat 6 3 6 6 Bangrin 24 0 24 6
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      • 231 16 TIN:— Buyers Sellers Ampats 6 3 6 6 Ayer Hitams 29 0 30 0 Bangrins 24 3 25 3 B. Selangors 1.65 1.68 Hong Fatts 1.37 1.39 Hongkongs 37 0 38 0 Jelepangs 35 0 35 6 Jelebus 1.16 1.19 K. Kamuntings 12 9 13(3 Kamuntings 15 9
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      • 50 16 RUBBER: Buyers Sellers. Allenby'S 2.07 A 2.15 Ayer Panas 2.07 A 2.15 Bassetts 92 A 97 A Batu Lintangs 1.47? 1.52 A Bedfords 1.30 1.35 Eentas 1.47 A 1.52* Brogas 1.15 1.20 Indragiris 1.72 A 1.80 Kuala Sidims 3.50 3.60 Lunas 2.50 2.60 M. Pindas 1.87 A 1.95
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      • 12 16 TODAY’S NOON PRICES Singapore $134.50 Per Pkl. Penang $134.50 Per Pkl.
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      • 259 16 Singapore Spot 3714 c. Per lb. Penang 37 7 Bc. Per lb. Mentakabs 50 52?. N. Scudais 1.85 1.92 A Nyalas 1.25 1.30 Pa jams 2.40 2.50 c S. Tukangs 1.47?. 1.52 A Telok Ansons 1.90 1.97 Ac Temerlohs 87A 92A Ulu Benuts .60 ,62*ex TIN:— Ampats 6 0
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      • 157 16 LEAN CO. TIN:—• Buyers Sellers Ampats 6 0 6 6 Hong Fatts 1.36 1.42 Jelebus 1.17* 1.22* K. Lanjuts 26 9 27 3 Katus 25 0 26 0 Kramats 60 0 61 6 Laruts 16 3 16 9c Lukuts 1.20 1.25xd Pangnga Rivers 1210* 13 3 Puchongs 29;0 30’0 Pungahs
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    • 124 16 London, April 14. RUBBER Dull. Spot 11J buyers 1H sellers. May 11/;, buyers 11 fa sellers. July Sept. 11/e buyers 11sellers. Oct. Dec. Hi buyers llg sellers. New York 23.20 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 21,599 tons Liverpool 29.203 tons UOPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (April) £19.2.6d. PEPPER
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    • 282 16 BANKS. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ. N. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.) Established in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM With 43 Agencies, apart from correspondents, in Holland. HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST BATAVIA Branchee throughout the Dutch East Indie» and in the Straits Settlements, India, China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON BANKERS: The National Provincial
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    • 543 16 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHD<A (Incorporated is Bn 9land by Royal Charter 1853) Paid-up Capital £3,*****, Reserve Fund £3,000 Om Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3 000 Ctm HEAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate, London. E.O. Agencies Branobes Alor Star Hong Kong Rangoon Amritsar Iloilo Saigon Bangl jk Ipoh Semarang Batavia
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