Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 April 1937

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 91. Vol. XCV. FRIDAY. APRIL 23. 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 391 1 quate preparations.—Briiish Radio and Reuter. Mr. Lansbury Back From Berlin Germany Willing To Take Part In World’ Peace Conference London. April 23. Mr. George Lansbury, former Opposition Leader who i esigned the Chairmanship of the Parliamentary Labour I arty a few years ago in
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  • 245 1 INMRGENTS SWEPT BY BASQUE ARTILLERY ALL PORTS TO BE MINED Rabat, April 22. A« radio message from Tetunn that the Burgos Government has i ie foreign Governments that the N it;onaii3t3 intend to sow mines in front n a'.', porfts in the Spanish Government's hands. A terrific havoc
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  • 258 1 —Reuter. NEW TAN DEFENDED London. April 22. In the House of Commons replying to the bulge*. debate Mr. Neville Chamberlain strongly defended the Growth of Profits Tax principles. He foreshadowed further enquiry into the question of machinery and said without regarding it as a form of punishment for
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  • 153 1 —British Radio. MESSAGES OE SYMPATHY AND GOOD WISHES KING’S DDEP INTERPST London. April 23. Members of the Royal Family and the A rehbishop of Canterbury took part tod iy in the rehearsal in Westminster Abbey of oart of the Coronation Ceremony. The King has directed that a
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  • 33 1 —Reuter. London, April 22. Owing to the absence of any pressing business the meeting of the International Rubber Committee tentatively arranged for April 27 has been postponed ur.til May 25.
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  • 167 1 —Reuter Wireless. UNVEILING CEREMONY IN GUARD'S CHAPEL BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC SANCTUARY London. April 20. Rain failed to damp the glittering and colourful scenes when the King, accompanied by the Queen, Queen Mary l and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester unveiled in the Guard’s Chapel, Wellington
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  • 532 1 Recipients of relief from the Penang and Province Wellesley Jubilee Fund were overjoyed yesterday when they received double the usual amounts in “red packets.” This was to mark the occasion of the Coronation celebrations, the Trustees of the Fund having undertaken to provide funds to
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  • 48 1 —Reuter Wireless. London, April 20. The Duke of Connaught, who is staying at Bournemouth, is confined to his room for two or three days with muscular weakness of the leg. It is understood it is not serious and his condition is improved today.—Reuter Wireless.
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  • 96 1 British Radio BELGIUM BOUND TO COVENANT AGREEMENT WITH ANOTHER POWER London, April 23. So long as Belgium is a member of the League she remains bound by the obligations of the Covenant. Such obligations cannot be modified either by her own action or by any agreement that an
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  • 17 1 HANDICAPS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE SINGAPORE RACES MILL BE FOUND ON PAGE 9.
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  • 117 1 —British Radio. EXTENSIONS TO SCOTTISH COMPANY OUTLRN HIGHEST IN HISTORY London, April 23. Plans of steel work extensions to cost £2,500,000 were announced today by Colvilles. Limited, the Scottish Steel Company with a capital of £6,000,000. The scheme is that the Company should erect coke ovens to
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  • 29 1 Reuter Wireless. Paris, April 20. The theatre and cinema strike which began on Saturday was settled following nightlong discussions in the Prime Minis- ter’s office.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 90 1 STOP I PINKING with "MEIRICH 11 MOTOR TABLETS SEE CHOP TAN BOON PENG, for Penang, Keda.. Sc Perak, 224, Beach St., Penang—Phone 968. CHOP SOON KIAT. »4, High St. K. Lumpur, for Selangot Phone V»5B. are so much in demand. You will find our cooked meats very popular. They make
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  • 1313 2 Measures And MenFighting In The Bleak Hills ONCE more —owing to recent events and the continuous lawlessness of the inhabitants of North aziristan the North-West Frontier is to become the scene of further military operations, and preparations byt the Government of India for a campaign against the
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  • 194 2 A EUROPEAN PLEA FOR MORE IMAGINATION Madras. Mr. Langley, President of the South Indian Branch of the European Association, speaking at Cochin, said in reference to the Constitutional impasse:— We shall not find the way out of the present difficulty by standing on the strict letter
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  • 344 2 UPROAR AT JAFfNA MEETING Jaffna. A SECTION of the audience here rushed at a former Legislative Councillor, who presided over the proceedings, and shouted: “Clear out of the chair! We don’t w’ant a chairman!” The incident occurred when Mrs. Kamaladevi Chattopadhaya lectured on “National Freedom”
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1051 2 SHERLEY’S Aead Office: 12, Bishop Street, Penang H Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: H B B “Gazette” Penang. B 888 Singapore Office W Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times V) 11 I) I) IE C Singapore. rUr r IL J Kuala Lumpur Office A f 25, Java Street.
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    • 134 2 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE FOURTEEN POINTS A series of 14 reasons why you should choose THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD., to look after your insurance needs. Point... 9 The Automatic Aonforfeiture clause prevents a policy from lapsing as long as its loan value is sufficient to meet the
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  • 208 3 Reuter. Gains Ground In Terms Of Dollar And Franc 1 SALE OF DOLLARS London, April 22. .Mr. Neville Chamberlain’s Budget announcement, which rudely shocked the Stock Exchange, is having a strengthening effect on sterling which gained considerable ground particularly in terms of the dollar and
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  • 75 3 river will also be illuminated.- British Radio. London, April 22. About 200 London buildings will be flood-lit during the Coronation celebrations. Most of these buildings which include Buckingham Palace, the Admiralty Arch and Trafalgar Square, the Houses of Parhament, Westminster Abbey and the New County Hall are
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  • 197 3 —Reuter. CHIEF’S EX-WIFE WHO TRIED TO INJURE QUEEN-MOTHER Serowe, Bechuanaland, April 22. Extraordinary evidence of the potency of twentieth century witchcraft was told in the District Commissioner’s Court when Bagakgametsi, the exwife of the famous chief Tshekedi, from whom she was divorced in March, was
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  • 295 3 Criticism By Conservatives CHANCELLOR TO GIVE MORE DETAILS London, April 22. There was considerable criticism, particularly by Cocservative members, in the House of Commons last night when certain features were revealed of the new tax on rising profits which was announced by the Chancellor
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  • 213 3 For Sabbath-Breaking Amsterdam. April 14. Princess Juliana of Holland and Prince Ben haixi, her husband, back ut last from their three-months honeymoon, arrived at their new home in the village of Baarn today. They were surprised to find that Dutch newspapers including even one of
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  • 326 3 Problem For British Authorities FRONTIER MAY BE CLOSED London. April IM It was learned yesterday that about 1,300 Abyssinian refugees have crossed the border into British Somaliland. They have been disarmed by the British authorities, and steps are being taken to provide them with food and
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  • 310 3 Bid To Stamp Out Inefficiency Moscow, April 14. With the disclosure to-day that six leading railway executives and two managers of important southern tractor centres face trial for sabotage and mismanagement, the Kremlin’s “crimes against the State campaign” reached a new pitch of intensity. It has become
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  • 71 3 After Short Illness (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, April 22. The first death from cholera among the foreign community since April 1928 occurred yesterday when a French lady, the wife of a professor of languages at the Chulalongkorn University died after a short illness. TOTAL
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 10 3 JLirTOH® YELLOW LA B E L. 1 •s /OLE agent;
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    • 401 3 FOR THE VOYAGE? TRAVEL GOODS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FROM WHITEAWAYS THE “HANDY” TRUNK STRONGLY MADE AND SOUNDLY ’’4. rnNSTRUCTED TO GIVE LONG SERVICE. PLYWOOD FOUND AiION AND COVERED WITH A BROWN WATERPROOF CANVAS. K® STRONGLY SUPPORTED WITH 1 TVE WOOD BATTONS. HANDLE X ATT ACHED COMPLETE WITH TRAY SIZE 27
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  • 417 4 Directors And Officers Elected PROGRESS OF HOSTEL BOYS At the business meeting of the Ipoh Rotary Club held "at Hie Grand Hotel on Wednesday, the following were elected Directors and officers of the Club for *****8:—President, S. Rajaratnam; VicePresidents, G. A. Thamsen and P. B. Bell; Hon.
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  • 305 4 Indian Labourer Found Guilty At Perak Assizes At the Perak Assize Court before the Hon. Mr. Justice Aitken, Sundaram, a labourer employed In the Drainage and Irrigation works at Bagan Lapas, Runkup, was charged, firstly, with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Kalimuthu; secondly with voluntarily
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  • 1290 4 GOVT. OFFICERS ON LEAVE The following Government officers have been granted leave. Mr. A. HeywoodWaddington has been granted eight months and twelve cays’ leave on full pay with effect from the March 1 1937. inclusive. The Hon ble Mr. C. C. Brown, M.C.S., British Resident, Pahang; the
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  • 224 4 Magnificent Building Singapore. Work will begin shortly on the demolition of buildings on the site for the $1,000,000 cinema, restaurant and flats to be erected in Dhoby Ghaut, near the junction of Orchard and Stamford Roads. Rising from the Dhoby Ghaut level
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  • 209 4 32 KAMPONGS TO TAKE PART Singapore. Elaborate preparations have been made for the Malay procession which is to take place on the afternoon of May 13. The procession is being organised by the Malay Union, whose aims are to look after the welfare of the Malay community.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 78 4 FLY TO ENGLAND FOB THE CORONATION The quickest way to the world’s greatest spectacle. The weeks saved on the journey ■<£>■ can be added to your time in England, which will be the most eventful, exciting time of your life PENANfI TO LONDON IN «4 DAYS. TWICE WEEKLY IMPERIAL AIRWAYS
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  • 1495 5 THREE MEASURES TO IMPOSE SAFEGUARDS f Assistance Of Unofficial Members Sought AS briefly reported in the Pinang Gazette on Wednesday, Johore is making a great effort to limit expen'iturc and those who were present at the Council of State, Johore, on Tuesday heard from
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  • 526 5 COURT ORDERS YOUTH TO WAIT TWO YEARS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 21. A young man who admitted to Mr. Justice Cussen at the Selangor Assizes today that he had kidnapped a girl of 14 then astonished the court by announcing that he
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  • 152 5 Accused In Oft-Postponed Case Discharged When the case was mentioned on Wednesday in which two Sinhalese were charged with trespassing into the Buddhist Association at Kampar Road, Penang, with intent to intimidate, insult or annoy the Rev. Mehindar, some time in January this year, Mr. Trevor D. Hughes
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 244 5 J Wg— 1 /iVell ahead k again... Q. 2^— lßlL The 1937 VAUXHALL FOURTEEN Attractively Modern yet quietly dignified and imposing, improved appearance and Many Hew Features—LIVELINESS, SMOOTHNESS and COMFORT UNEQUALLED in its class. The new Vauxhall ”14” model has fine, modern lines with a {Y Z 7 'll graceful
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • 863 6 THE CORONATION HELP THE BLIND PLEA BY PENANG READER SALE OF FLOWERS PROPOSED OVERSEAS BOOK LE AGUE—OPPORTUNITY FOR BOOK LOVE RS RULES OF THE R OAD SOCIETY SUGGESTED INDIAN LABOURERS IN MALAYA To The Editor, Sir, —The date of the Coronation will be Wednesday,
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    • 235 6 To The Editor. Dear Sir. —The controversy in your correspondence columns on “Cyclists and the Rules of the Road,” is very interesting. Correspondents who are obviously cyclists, have controverted the views of equally obvious non-cyclists. But all of them fail to show that they
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    • 358 6 To TMe Editor, Dear Sir, —May I be allowed to call your attention to the advertisement of the Overseas Book League which is being sent by this mail by your London Agents for insertion in your Paper? The League sets out to provide its members
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    • 251 6 To The Editor. Sir, —Some of your correspondents who write to your “Letters to ths Editor” Column, I believe, write just to see their letters in print and derive some sort of pleasure whether there is any sense or not in their contribution but they do
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    • 112 6 To The Editor. Dear Sir, —With reference to the coming Singapore Summer Race Meeting, I shall be grateful if you will publish the names of all jockeys available for the Meeting. I am sure all racing enthusiasts will agree with me that this will help a
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  • 118 6 There will be Moonlight Band Performances on the Esplanade by the Municipal Band today, tomorrow and April 26 from 8.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. on each night weather permitting. Permission has been given to the Li Tek Seah Brass Band to play on the Esplanade Bandstand on the
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  • 72 6 KEDAH GOVERNMENT TO ENTERTAIN Alor Star, April 22. (From Our Own Correspondent) Invitations have been issued by the Government of Kedah to heads of government departments, members of the State Council and other prominent citizens to a State luncheon at the new government buildings at
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  • 140 6 Mr. Ong Wah Hooi Miss Khoo Eang Looi RV- Ong Wah Hooi, eldest son of th-? late Mr. Ong Chooi Lai and Mrs. Ong was married to Miss Khoo Eang Looi, second daughter of the late Mr. Khoo Ken j Cheow and Mrs. Khoo, at the Penang Buddhist
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  • 89 6 Warner Brothers’ “Polo Joe” opened its picture is a fine burlesque with Joe E. season at the Queen’s last night. This Brown in the leading role. There are many comic scenes in which Joe is ably aided by his valet, Richard Gallagher. Jx also sings and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 41 6 ELYSEE CABARET PENANG’S PREMIER DANCE HALL TEA DANCE TODAY 6.15 to 8.30 p.m. 6 COUPONS for SI.OO NIGHT DANCE from 9.30 p.m. to Midnight 4 coupons for $l.OO 9 for $2.00 Dance to the Lively Tunes of Louis Lim’s Celebrated Orchestra.
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    • 50 6 It does not need an expert cook to make the nicest porridge. Scottish Oats are worldfamous for their rich nourishment and fine flavour, and Scotland’s choicest crops are used to produce the delicious Scott’s Porage Oats COOKED PERFECTLY IN 5 MINUTES Ask for the tin 9 with the sturdy Scot!
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 157 6 Last Night’s Crowds Simply Screamed At JOE E. BROWN Singing And Talking Chinese QUEEN’S 6.15 TONIGHT 9.30 Joe no likee playee polo much rather singee Chinee solo WHAT A RIOT OF FUN WHEN JOE E. BROWN SINGS AND TALKS CHINESE IN HIS LATEST AND FUNNIEST WARNER BROS. COMEDY' Wly >1
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    • 74 6 WINDSOR 6.15 Opening Tonight 9.30 The Biggest Hindustani Film Ever Presented On The Screen “PURAN BHAKT” with an aggregation of famous actors. The picture that was shown to record crowds on its return screening in Singapore. Drama Songs Dances Comedy Action The mo't entertaining picture ever brought back for repeat
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    • 80 6 Royal Phone 241 Phone Ml 6.30 Tonight 9.30 SATURDAY SUNDAY MATINEES AT 2-45 P.M. A MIGHTY CANTONESE TALKIE EVER PRODUCED “THE MAD SCIENTIST” with Misses THUM YOKE LAN, LAM MOOI MOOI, KHONG SUN SIEW. Thrills I Transformations Romance I and Excitement Next Change Brought back by msny requests. The most
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 427 8 THE announcement that Sir Tei Bahadur Sapru has left India tor London, presumably to help find a solution for the impasse between the Government of India and the Congress Party which has decided to take up a purely obstructionist role against the operation of the new
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  • 160 8 Discrimination Montreux, April 22. The whole of the Egyptian Draft Convention is now adopted on the first reading except articles two and three, dealing with discrimination against foreigners and the length of the transitional period. The latter is now generally believed to be fixed at
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  • 82 8 Chinese Killed hile Crossing Line (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 23. A fatal accident occurred at Pep an. a bus}’ mining village some nine miles from Ipoh, about 3 p.m. on Wednesday, when a middle-aged Chinese while crossing the railway was knocked down by a local train
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  • 52 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. April 23. On Wednesday aftennoon an accident occurred at Chemor when a Chinese cyclist emerging from a bridle-path crashed into the back of a car proceeding towards Kant an. The cyclist, who was rendered unconscious, was removed to hospital. His condition is not
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  • 723 8 JUa/oytm University Ulamour Fime Not Ripe Yet--Raffles College Standard Good EnoughEminent Professors-Real Object Of College THE clamour for a Malayan University proceeds but the time is certainly not yet ripe for the establishment of one. In short, Malaya has not enough tradition behind it. Meanwhile, Raffles College,
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  • 374 8 JX 1760 Lord Clive returned from India to England, a national hero, hailed as victor of Plassey: he was feted by the East India Company and achieved political honours, an Irish peerage being conferred upon him. At this time he purchased No. 45 Berkeley Square,
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  • 90 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Apri] 22. Invitations hive been issued by Mr. Rajamoney Joseph of Nazareth, India for the marriage of his brother Mr. Maduram Joseph of the Gemeral Hospital. Sungei Patani with Miss Ponnammal Darling Ponninh on Saturday, May 1, at the Methodist
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 192 8 k>wu \A •<. z vft l v ,< y.~' y.'X ;M’’-^^ SOLE AGENTS V— JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in England). SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG IPOH E. O. HOTEL, PENANGTOMORROW DINNER DANCE Sunday. 25th April ORCHESTRAL CONCERT WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT RAFFLES HOTEL Take a peep.. /i. <W y
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    • 44 8 ALREADY FAMOUS BLACK WHITE SMOKING MIXTURE is worthy to stand unashamed on the same shelf as Black White Cigarettes which have long been known as England's highest class cigarettes. 1 oz. 2 oz 4 oz tins On sale everywhere Importers HENRY WAUGH CO. LTD.
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  • 365 9 First Day Of Summer Meeting CARD OF NINE EVENTS From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. The following are the weights for the first day of the Singapore races to be run on Saturday, May 1 Horses, Class 1, Div. 1, 6 Furlongs. THEBEZ 9.04 EASTERN KNIGHT
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  • 458 9 Ancient Methods OJ Healing Urged The severity of the present cholera epidemic in the districts around Bangkok is attributed, states the Bangkok Times, to people having only brackish water to use. The paper says that doubtless the plan adopted by the Siamese
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  • 129 9 Smart Sentences On 1 aniil Youths Mr. Trevor D. Hughes the Penang Second magistrate, yesterday sentenced two young Tamils Anamalai and Letchuman ages 17 and 18 respectively to three months’ rigorous imprisonment each for stealing a coat belonging to Md. Sultan bin Merasa on April 17. Inspector
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  • 73 9 cellor drive to the Tiergarten —Reuter Wireless. Berlin. April 20. Hitler’s birthday was celebrated throughout Germany today and 14,000 soldiers assembled for a great parade in the capital this morning marching along the road leading from Brandenburg Gate to the Tiergarten, Hitler taking the salute. All public buildings
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  • 103 9 Retired Teacher Of Penang Anglo-Chinese School (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. April «23. The death occurred at Railway Quarters, Lahat. last night of Mr. J. F. John, retired teacher of the Anglo-Chinese School. Penang. The deceased, who was about 53 years of age, retired
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  • 186 9 Alleged Chinese Gamblers Acquitted When the case in which 15 Chinese, (including nine nonyas) were charged with playing in a common gaming house in Siam Road on March 18 came up for hearing yesterday, in the Penang Police Court, the magistrate, Mr. Trevor D. Hughes, acquitted all the
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  • 381 9 Opens Tomorrow At Tanjong Malini 134 PENANG SCOUTS TO ATTEND (BY KM BLACK PANTHER) To celebrate the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, an All-Melaya Coronation Jamboree will be held at the Sultan Idris Training College, Tanjong Malim. from April 24 to May
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  • 87 9 Paramount’s musical comedy, “Coronado,” is being shown at the Majestic, Penang. Two newcomers to the screen, Johnny Downs and Betty Burgess, impress by their excellent acting in this film w’hich is full of laughs and music. Betty Burgess is captivating as an entertainer, and Downs, who
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  • 360 9 Relief payments made by the Penang Province Wellesley Jubilee Fund Committee during the first quarter of the year amounted to $5,047.24. This was revealed at a meeting of the general committee held in the Governor's Office, Penang, last Friday. Extracts from the
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  • 322 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, April 23. The Taiping Police have declared war against cyclists who ignore the “Stop, Look and Go!” signal recently placed at different street junctions. During the past few days no fewer than two hundred cyclists have been hauled up for
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 58 9 Represented in Malaya SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co. Ltd. Supplies obtainable everywhere k W.lO HAVE YOU A CAMERA? WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY DURING CORONATION WEEK TO RECORD IN PICH. RE FORM THE VARIOUS PROCESSIONS, SPORTS AND CELEBRATIONS IN PENANG. ALSO THE ILLUMINATIONS. I I I LET US HELP YOU IN THE CHOICE
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  • 464 10 TIME RIPE FOR UPWARD REVISION? (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 12. LIKE British North Borneo and Ceylon, Sarawak has long complained that, by comparison with Malaya and the Netherland East Indies, its potential production of rubber has been severely under-assessed for the purposes of the International
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  • 93 10 Below are the outputs of rubber for the month of March from the following estates: United Patani Malaya Rubber Estates Ltd.. 235,278 lbs. Malakoff Rubber Estates Ltd., 129,830 Taiping Rubber Plantations Ltd.. 102,795 Sungei Batu (Malaya > Rubber Estates Ltd., 50,500 The Windsor (F. M. S. Rubber Estate
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  • 1148 10 Bukit I ntong CHANGEOVER TO INDIAN LABOUR The tenth ordinary general meeting of the Bukit Untong Rubber Company. Limited was held last week at the registered office. 50 &51. Birch Road, Seremban. The representative of the secretaries Messrs Mansergh Taylor i having read the notice convening the
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  • 186 10 EXTREMELY GOOD YEAR The Bukit Ijok (Selangor) Rubber Co. had an extremely good year in 1936 and is able to pay a total dividend of 12 2 per cent., compared with 7*4 per cent, for the previous twelve months. Mr. H. B. Yuille. at the annual meeting,
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  • 632 10 The directors of Ulu Piah Company, Ltd., in their report for the year ended Dec. 31, 1936, announce a profit of $14,470.28, after providing for depreciation. Adding this amount to the balance brought forward from last year leaves a balance to the credit of profit and
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 302 10 A NEW IDEA IN PENS J FOR NEW JOY IN WRITING! Old schemes abandonedParker's entirely new principle JrtSSsStf succeeds where 250 sacless pens failed! vMumj Over 250 sacless pens had been invented [///Jr /st'SSSsSw when Parker announced the Vacumatic. But most of these lasted only a few months or longer,
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  • 101 11 The exciting finish of the Lincolnshire Handicap, showing Mrs. C. B. Robinson’s Marmaduke Jinks, ridden by D. Smith, beating Laureat 11, with Gordon Richards in the saddle, by a head. Coldron, an outsider, was two lengths behind. Nip Away, one of the fancied runners, can
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 115 11 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 J ILLUSTRATED LONDON LETTER: CHINA PAGE:
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  • 164 12 Dance bands which broadcast for the 8.8/C. have obtained better terms for the future, following the dispute on this matter which has lasted for six months. Provincial dance bands, as well as those in London, will benefit. Agreement was reached last week. The agreement
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  • 73 12 The Broadcasting Corporation of Japan is endeavouring to provide its overseas listeners with programme material and reception of the greatest value, entertainment and clarity. The corporation stresses the fact in a news bulletin that any suggestions its overseas radio audience may make in regard to the programme
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  • SHIPPING NEWS AND MAILS
    • 365 12 S.S. ‘KHANDALLA’ from Singapore sails 24th for Rangoon Calcutta. S.S. ‘MATA HARI’ for Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh, Port Swettenham, Malacca, Singapore. M.S. ‘FIONIA’ from Europe via Colombo. Sails following day for Port Swettenham, Malacca, Singapore and Bangkok. S.S. ‘LIMA MARU’ from Japan via Singapore—sails
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    • 412 12 Dr. C. L. Park. Director of the Eastern Bureau, League of Nations Health Organisation. and Mrs. Park, arrived in Penang yesterday by the P. and O. Rawalpindi on their way to Singapore. Among those who passed through on the Rawalpindi are Sir Charles and Lady Souter for
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    • 218 12 LATEST TIMES OF POSTING AIR MAIL A mail for Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Nyasaland and South Africa via Singapore and thence by Imperial Airways will clow, at 7.30 p.m. today. HOMEWARD MAIL A mail for Ceylon, Southern Aden, Egypt, Europe U.S.A, and Canada,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 70 12 p rp p* SPECIAL CONCESSION CORONATION !W w.fes MODEL 299 LISTEN IN WITH A “MARCONI” I SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE $125. Robinson Piano Co. (s.s.) Ltd. Penang. 5 fl B I S A ■UCTIWObWei > ■l Hscthß! sS n ONE OF LIFE’S *n PLEASURES > "PRICES NOW REDUCED" "a Quarts $6.50
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1069 12 RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSION 2 T e M 8.20 p.m. Greenwich time Mgnal. The TRANSMISSION news and announcements. B.3s—Speeches following the luncheon on the occasion of GBH fl 7 Mc/a < isr7 "*•> the annual Shakespeare birthday celebra. GSG 17 79 Mc/a < l6 86
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    • 190 12 PHOHI HOLLAND TODAY PHI 17.75 Mc/s (16.8 in. p.m. 8.20 Opening announcement. 8.25 News bulletin. 8.35 Songs. 8.50 Talk by Colonel K. E. Oudendijk. 9.05 Songs (contd). 9.20 Talk by Mr. Ottio v. Tussenbroek. 9.40 Stock reports. 9.50 Close down. TOMORROW PHI 17.75 Mc/s (16.8 m.) P.M. 8.20 Opening announcement.
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY High Low 11.34 p.m. 5.36 p.m. TOMORROW 11.39 a.m- 5.30 a.m. 11.30 p.m. 6.07 p.m.
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  • 149 13 MINISTER’S STATEMENT Cape Town, April 15. The annual subsidy of £150,000 to Italian shipping was again strongly criticised today in the Assembly when Mr. A. P. J. Fourie, the Union Minister of Commerce, pointed out that South Africa was not under any obligation to
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  • 155 13 DAWN RESCUE SCENES April 11. After spending the night ashore at Dungeness Point, Kent, the Belgian liner Anversville (8,433 tons) was safely refloated yesterday. The liner, outward bound from Antwerp to the Belgian Congo, was embedded in a vast expanse of mud. People from Dungeness
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    • 375 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE ▼MMfe LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due (in conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London MFNFLAUS H bur 4 Glasgow. Apr. 80 May 26 B. MENELAUS L don, R dam, H’burg, Hull Swansea. M*» 7 June 2 A. ANTENOR M’seilles, L’don
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    • 290 13 PIUE£H»ENT UNEP- I TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. LEAVE Marseilles New York s.s. pres’. poIk ISON r 2 r V L9 S.S. PRES PIERCE May 20 i JuSe 16 J-Z *4 A wonderful opportunity to visit Cairo en route PACIFIC SERVICE. Have you travelled on our New Liners The President Hoover
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    • 768 13 PA O and BRITISH INDIA PORT SWETTENHAM, MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. “KAROA” SAILING SUNDAY, 25th APRIL Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Co., under .Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swettenham. contract with His Majesty's Government London and Far East Mall Service. Malacca and Singapore Service Outwards from London for China Japan. S/S “BULAN” Apr.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 561 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES BERLIN NIROM Station Zeesen broadcasts on the follow- YDC (15.15 Mc|s (19.8 m.) PMN (10.26 Mc|s (29.2 m.) ting frequencies:— TODAY DJB 15.20 Mc[s 19.7 m. DJN 9.54 Mcs 31.45 m. P- m DJE 17.7« Mcs 16.89 m. 2 .10 News DJQ 15.28 Me,» 19.63 m. 2 .20
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    • 407 13 PARIS CALCUTTA Station Radio-Co:oniai. Its call letters Station VUC broadcasts on a wavelength. are; of 49.10 metres (6,109 kc). W. L. 19.68 metres T. P. A. 2 TODAY W. L. 25.23 T. P. A. 3 P-m. W. L. 25.60 T. P. A. 4 TODAY 6.56 Time signal. Children’s hour. 7.56
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  • 291 14 BATTLING KHOO FIGHTS AGAIN BOXING (By Our Boxing Correspondent) Wembley Park, Penang, will be the venue tonight of the return contest between Nai Smarn, the jiopular Siamese welterweight, and Joe Diamond, one of the best lightweights in Malaya. Their last fight was
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  • 65 14 Following is a tie in the Handicap Doubles to be played today: scr. J.B Ross and J.E. Miller vs. scr. J.A. Evans and R.J. Hutton. Following is the result of a tie in the Penang Sports Club Lawn Eowls Tournament played on Wednesday: Mixed Handicap Doubles:
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  • 175 14 Teams For “England” v. “The Rest” Match The following are the teams for the annual St. George’s Day football match between •‘England’’ and “The Rest” to be played today on the Esplanade, Penang, at 5.15 p. m.: “ENGLAND”—H. Bracegirdle; T. A. Maxwell, J. E. A. Clark;
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  • 90 14 No Play Yesterday: Ties For Today The ties in the Penang Lawn Tennis Association championship tournament yesterday had to be abandoned owing to the bad weather. They will be replayed on Monday. Ties for today are: Open Mens Singles Championship—Goh Hock Jin v. Tan Lye Guan, Umpire Ooi
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  • 259 14 CLOSE fight with kid RAWLINS (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 23. Nai Tong Joo, the Siamese boxer, became the flyweight champion of Perak last night when he out-pointed Kid Rawlins, the Ipoh Indian, over 12 two-minute rounds at the Jublee I’«rk arena. The
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  • 108 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, April 22. A friendly Badminton match was plac'd today between the Ibrah-m School Ba l 'inton Party and the Loo Nam Heng -badminton Party cn the former’s co: rt. The schco! won by three games to one. Results Chan Beng
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  • 93 14 League Results And Fixtures SUNDERLAND HELD BY MANCHESTER U. London, April 21. The following were the results of football matches played today in the English and Scottish Leagues: ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I L te j s 0 Wolverhampton 1 Sunderland 1 Manchester U. 1 v. cst Bromwich A
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  • 267 14 Following are matches in the English and Scottish Leagues to be paid tomorrow ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I Birmingham vs. W’hampton W. Charlton A. vs. Bolton W. CEelsea vs. Arsenal Grimsby T. vs. Everton Leeds U. vs. Sunderland Liverpool vs. Huddersfield T. Manchester C. vs. Sheffield W. Middlesbro'
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  • 7 14 Scotland 3 Ireland 0
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  • 65 14 Weekly Shoot Results (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, April 21. The weekly shoot of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force Rifle Association Taiping Branch was held on Sunday and resulted as follows 200 500 600 Total Yds. Yds Yds Khoo Kai Bee 30 33 32 95 Capt. Buchanan 28 31
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  • 44 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) April 22. The Abdul Hamid Sports Club trounced the Police Club by four goals to one in the second match of the Kota Star Football League on the Kedah Football Association padang yesterday evening.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 144 14 What in the World has Happened Through the night reports of the day’s events filter in by ’phone, telegraph and cable, to the offices of the “Times of Malaya” Daybreak and sixteen pages of the latest news from two hemispheres international affairs, politics, commerce, sport, the commodity markets flow out
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    • 175 14 s The World's w Cigarette For half a century State (W Express Five-Five-Five ||j[; cigarettes have been w/ p® manufactured from the most perfect Virginia tobaccos, and have few; achieved a reputation Sai iW for quality and flavour perfection which is en- W tirely without parallel. g State ss f
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  • 2405 15 WHEN WHERE TO GO FOR SEA FISHING IN MALAYA SOME USEFUL HINTS FOR AMATEURS Expensive Tackle Not Necessary BY W. BIRTWISTLE (in an address broadcast from the 8.M.8.C. Station). THERE is a very general idea that there is in Malayan seas an abundance of the larger sea fishes which in
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    46 15 TINY BOSTOCK, the Leeds flyweight champion, who sprang into the limelight by h's sensational victory over Small Montana, is considered to be <i serious rival to Benny Lynch for the world title. Picture shows Tiny sparring with his trainer in his gymnasium at Hanley.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 118 15 GRANT’S SCOTCH WHISKY I• From the famous GlenfiSdich Distillery. A Real Stengah Whisky stands up in a Soda Water and retains all that smoothness and body I 1 Sought after by all true Connoisseurs. l’ It is only by comparison that one discovers the true value of anything. Here is
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  • LATEST SHARE AND COMMODITY NEWS
    • 96 16 TIN:- PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot) £262.0.0 £269.5.0 LONDON—(3 months) £257.15.0 £264.10.0 SINGAPORE $128.50 <128.50 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $128.25 No market BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) $7.40 $7.50 BLACK PEPPER $ll.OO $ll.OO RUBBER:LONDON Hid 11 NEW YORK SINGAPORE- Spot 40; c 39^c July/Sept 41Ac 40c Oct./Dec 411 c 40c
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    • 381 16 Share of £1 denomination unless London, April 22. otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or Fall Conversion Loan, 5 p.c.. 1944-64 1131 Funding Loan, 4 p.c.. 1960-90 121!; War Loan, 32 p.c iOS* Com. Union Assce. (Units) 1° Prudential Assce. “A” 34S Royal Assce. share 10s. pd.) 9£xd Great
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    • 116 16 London on Previously Par;s Hl 110 N«uz 4.92 T: 4.93}.' Montr- t 90: 4 Brus 29 192 *>9 “4 Gen v 2r59 Am.< n., n n 02 Kl*. st 9 r 12.257 12.29 1 h t 670 670 F .uru .e 215 2’5 f r A ur. quoted
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    • OPENING QUOTATIONS IN PENANG
      • 199 16 KENNEDY CO. Below are given today’s share quotations of leading brokers in Penang: RUBBER: Buyers Sellers. Batu Lintang 1.45 1.55 Kamasan 3.25 3.50 c Kundong 2.60 2.75 M. Pinda 1.70 1.772 Sungei Tukeng 1.42 2 1.50 MINING Ampat 5 3 6 0c Asam Kumbang 35 6 36 6 Ayer Weng
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      • 10 16 TODAY’S PRICES Singapore $128.50 E’er pkl. Penang No Market.
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      • 14 16 Singapore Spot 39 3 Bc. Per lb. Penang 39 3 Bc. Per lb.
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      • 4 16 LEAN CO. LEAN CO.
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      • 245 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN:— Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.622 1.672 Hitam 44 47’ Hong Fatt 1.30 1.322 Kuchai 1.60 1.65 Lukut 1.172 1.22.’. Mambau 1.00 1.05 North Taiping 85 872 Puteh 90 95 Rahman Hyd. 1.55 1.57’.ex Raub Gold 6.70 6.90 Rantau Pref. 1 75 l.SOex Sungei Ways 3.10
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    • 90 16 STERLING COMPANIES WILL BE HIT OUTLOOK REGARDED AS BLEAK (From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 23. Commenting on the National Defence Contribution Taxation proposal, prominent members of the Stock Exchange point out that the basic years. 1933, 1934 and 1935 were comparatively a lean period in tihe
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    • 83 16 Increase In Consumption (From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 23. The International Tin Committee in their Hague Statistical Bulletin estimates the worll tin consumption for the year ended February, 4937. at 160.391 tons, an increase of 7*2 per cent, on the preceding year. The production for the
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    • 115 16 London, April 22. RUBBER Firm. Spot Ug buyers 11 sellers. July/Sept. llf ff buyers Ilf J sellers. Oct./Dec. llg buyers ll<f sellers. Jan./Mar. 113 buyers 11J sellers. New York 23.54 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 21,285 tons. Liverpool 29,077 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. April £19.2.6d. PEPPER
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    • 20 16 FOR SALE Bentl-?y 3 litre Red Seal. Engine reconditioned 1931. New paint, hood and radiator. $B5O. Kinsey, Sisson Delay Singapore.
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    • 128 16 BANKS. Experience Teaches One To Save, But How Many Have Fouad A Way To Put By Their Spare Dollars OVERSEA-CHINESte BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED. offer you facilities of their SAVINGS DEPARTMENT For Systematic Saving. BEGIN YOUR SAVINGS NOW For Rules and Regulations Apply MANAGER. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Ltd., Nou. 28 30,
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    • 541 16 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSZBAUA AND OHtN* (Zaoorporatad i* Stngiand Royal Charter 1853) Paid-up Capital £3.fWo(m Reserve Fund £3,000,0 n Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000 Ma HEAD OFFICE:— M, Bishopsgate, London, E.o Agenotes Branokas: Alor Star Hong Kong Rangoon Amritsar Hollo Saigon Bangl >k Ipoh Semarang Batavia Karachi Serembaa Bombay
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