Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 July 1937

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  • 24 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE 1 .4.5 T EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 176. Vol. XCV. THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 1096 1 Bombing Of Peiping JAPANESE DESTROYER JOINS IN OFFENSIVE AT TAKE Chinese Claims Of Extensive Successes SHANGHAI, JULY 29. CHINESE TROOPS THIS MORNING WERE SI INJECTED TO VERY HEAVY AERIAL AND ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT IN A JAPANESE COUNTER-ATTACK. AND THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE
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    259 1 Siam Political Sensation From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. July 28. Allegations were made in the Peoples Assembly yesterday afternoon that proper•es belonging to the Boy King had been sold to officials at well below' their real value and on the instalment system were followed this afternoon by
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  • 109 1 M.R.C. Team To Meet H.A.F.C. Today Jhe toilowing players have been selectv,i ’<• play for the Malay Recreation Club gainst the H.A.F.C. in the P.F.A. Junior League at the Onto Kramat Ground today: Lrnail; Jais, Osman; Hashim, Saibu, M<l Noor; Ismcil, Salleh, Che Din, Ibrahlrn and Sultan.
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  • 112 1 Reuter. Fruits Of British Feebleness The News-Chronicle in an editorial on the fighting in North China says that there will be no action by any of the Western Powers this time. Not tESt 'bur interests are unaffected. Not that we should approve Japanese conquest of North China. But
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  • 20 1 Fengtai railway station now in CJutiest hands following a mid-night attack. The Japanese have launched a counterattack.
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  • 23 1 Reuter. Paris: Athletes of Great Britain brat France by 66 to 54 points, winning nine eY’ents to five.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 16 1 AH CHEONG No 47, BISHOP STREET, PENANG. Tailor and Outfitter. All kinds of materials in stock.
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    • 55 1 SUN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE PROVIDES PROTECTION FOR DEPENDANTS. EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN, and PENSION AFTER RETIREMENT. Nothing else can gua -antee these requirements. Apply V. H. COIXINS, Representative, 33c, Beach Street, Penang. wRIH A butter that everyone will enjoy—with a rich flavour that makes it so irresistible.
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  • 251 2 PRELIMINARY INQUIRY AT SINGAPORE (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, July 27. On a charge of causing the death of a Chinese by a rash act, C. A. Ross, a European employee of Messrs. Henry Waugh and Co., Penang, appeared before Mr. L». C. Goh,
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  • 129 2 A full house greeted the American missionary. Dr. E. Stanley Jones, when he delivered an address entitled "My Magnificent Obsession” at the Town Hall. The address lasted' more than an hour, Mr. R. F. W. Leonard presiding. Yesterday afternoon Dr. Stanley Jones was the speaker at the
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  • 848 2 MR. J. G. HAY’S APPEAL AT ANNUAL MEETING NEW IMPORTANCE OF COLONIAL QUESTIONS (Frorii Our London Staff) London, July 21. A strong plea for increased membership of the Association of British Malaya in order that greater authority and weight might be given’to its work
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  • 319 2 Malay Who “Whisked” Past At 50 M.P.H. Fined INSPECTOR QUOTES CASE OF DOCTOR (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth. July 28. “A doctor in a hurry to go to see a patient at home pleaded the urgency of his case, but the magistrate said that it aid not
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  • 108 2 THEFT OF 8120 ALLEGED Two Malay police constables Zakariah bin H. Hamat and Din bin Awang were charged before Mr. Lim Cheng EJan in the Penang Police Court yesterday charged with theft of cash amounting to $l2O. belonging to Kanchiappa. on July 7 at Macalister Road. An
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  • 162 2 Sixteenth Century Kentish Country House (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 22. H.R.H. Prajadhipok. Prince of Sukhodaya, ex-king of Siam, is going to settle down in a small Kentish village. Recently, it was announced that his former residence at Virginia Water was for sale, and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 547 2 HOWSANATORIUM PATIENI PUT ON POUNDS of FLESH I INCREASE I YOUR WEIGHT f < THIS EASY WAY f Noi only this sanatorium patient, but hundreds of men, women and children W I TAJTELijj have put on weight, by taking these tiny, I tasteless, flesh-forming tablets. And why w Wfi/» I
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  • 750 3 Corporal Who Was Disturbed By Noise MAGISTRATE FINDS OUT FOR HIMSELF The noise from the loudspeaker interrupted my work and I could not hear people speaking in the station. At that particular time, a Chinese lady came to make a report, and I could
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  • 512 3 British Wireless. Customs Huts Burned Or Blown Up POLICE HELPLESS Belfast, July 28. A series of outrages occurred at the Free State Ulster frontier. Customs huts were soaked with petrol and burned while others were blown up. Both sides of the frontier railway bridge at Dundalk
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  • 122 3 —British Wireless. Oldest London Morning Daily London. July 28. The following announcement appears in the Morning Post and the Dailj’ Telegraph today, “The directors of the Morning Post announce that shareholders of the Morning Post Limited have accepted an offer for their holders made by
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  • 82 3 —Reuter. Safeguarding Nation’s Bread Supply Berlin: By decree the year’s entire wheat crop will be mobilized to safeguard the nation’s bread supply. Producers must hand over to the authorities the whole harvest except such quantities as are needed for personal use or seed. It is strictly
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 15 3 RINNYMEDE hotel Ull/.t'jiniSl'ftll phone 543 Bwg|M Penang. SATURDAY RACE dinner dance EXTENSION—I AM. PIKLERS ORCHESTRA.
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    • 283 3 ATTRACTIVE AND DISTINCTIVE DESIGNS IN DINNER, TEA AND BREAKFAST SETS FOR SIX PER- v SONS 21 PIECES r z FOR SIX PER 4 1 K SONS 28 PIECES $3-95C J $5-75 WITHOUT TEA J WITHOUT TEA THE “CHESTER IVORY” DINNER SERVICE A. VERY ATTRACTIVE SERVICE AT A LOW PRICE. SMART
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 66 3 MajestiC OPENING TONIGHT! GLLIANT 20th CENTURY-FOX PICTURE w gkMv’ j||- TREVOR Atick&el WL WHALEN ,SABEI JEWELL gjjLM ERIC linden VIRGINIA FIELD Qi aa gene lockhart >.»a.n Sot M w u rt|«i < mHMK 0-.--•eo b, le-> S.L- M'>'O n M F.lo OPENING SATURDAY GREATEST OF ALL CHARLIE CHAN PICTURES I
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    • 223 3 TONIGHT! TONIGHT! The Big Show At Popular Prices DEI I HIPPODROME ripriic DELL <J AND TOURING ZOO TONIGHT AT 9.15 P.M. FOR 5 DAYS ONIA. Location At Dato Kramat Road, Penang 25 International Artistes 25 50 Performing Animals 50 5F J Saturday, 31st July, at 5.15 p.m. MT MATINEES j
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  • 483 4 NEW MEMBERS Following are minutes of a committee meeting of the Penang and Kedah Branch ot the Automobile Association of Malaya held at the offices of the secretaries and treasurers. No. 9 Beach Street. Penang, on Thursday, July 8, at 5.15 p.m. PRESENT Messrs. P.
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  • 263 4 No Appeal Against Ban From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. There is no chance of “0.H.M.5.,” the banned Gaumont-British film of Army life, produced with the assistance and cooperation of the Army Council, being shown in the Colony. No appeal against the decision of the Colony
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  • 725 4 Mrs. A. W. Moreira, Ipoh, has left for Kuala Lumpur on a short visit. Mr. R. P. Kelly of the Malayan Public Works Service, has been seconded to Kedah and Mr. R. P. Clegg. M.C.S., to Kelantan. The Hon. Mr. Adrian Clarke, Legal Adviser. F.M.S., is going
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  • 678 4 Chinese Given Benefit Of Doubt (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. An appeal, a re-trial, another appeal when the case was sent back for the recording of further evidence, and further hearing of the appeal was the fate that befell Chua Kang Mui and Lee B ik
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  • 84 4 The third annual Chinese Trade Fair will open at the Greet World on Oct. 8. It is definitely knowm that manufacturers from all parts of China including Shanghai will be represented at the exhibition. A meeting is to be held by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of
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  • 178 4 Stored Fireworks Without Licence (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. For permitting the Grand Theatre at the New World to be used for the making or storing of fireworks. when it was not licensed for that purpose, Mr. Ong Peng Hock, the licensee, was on Monday fined $2OO
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  • 70 4 The Penang Municipal band will play or the Esplanade today from 6.00 p.m. to 7.36 p.m. Following is the progr.'mm?: Ma ch “Fly ng Squad” Hume. Overture L'Amour Au Village.” Bouillon. A Musical Comely Switch. Fall. Waltz “Santiago.” Corbin. Fox Trot “Pennies From Heaven.” Johnston. From
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 2259 5 Vast Changes Brought About By New Life Movement 0 U have often heard people saying ”Y hoW o id and how big China is. But evening I am g oin B to tell Y ou how China has become and Uow small
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  • 41 5 Bill Boyd and Grace Bradley seen after I heir wedding at the home of the bride s mother at Beverly HiUa, California. They spent a week-end honeymoon at Malibu Beach and then returned to their Hollywood studios.
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    • 262 5 The Severest Test a Film could have The 1936 Everest Expedition chose Kodak Eilrn ("Panatomic”) tocaU the still pictures. (Cine-Kodak Film was used for the motion record.) This film had co pass through a difference of temperature of about 130 to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, from the intense heat of the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 300 6 THE REAL CHINA SHOWN AT LAST IN THE MOST SENSATIONAL M.G.M. TRIUMPH OF THE PAST TEN YEARS! I IE? HET HkS Tonight’s Big Event ■flV V I J 6-15 p.m. 9-30 p.m. PAUL MUNI LUISE RAINER Winners of the Award of Merit from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
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  • 637 7 ARABS MUSTERING OPPOSITION MUFTI’S HOSTILE PROPAGANDA Jerusalem, qumes among various strata of the Arab population show that, despite Press agitation large sections are in favour of the partition of Palestine. A certain complaisance marks the attiut.e of Arab communities abroad. Thus 1 Arab Higher Committee received a
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  • 248 7 SECRET TERRORISM NAZI Storm-troop Army 250,000 strong, all German-speaking, is being armed and drilled in the United States. Now serious alarm is being felt in Washington circles at their activities. Meantime, Iritz Kuhn, fuhrer of these American Nazis, is preparing for the annual convention of
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  • 277 7 Mr. Lansbur>’s iew Mr. George Lansbury told the London Federation of Peace Councils at Poplar Town Hall that he was sure the peace assurance given by Signor Mussolini during the interview he had with him in Rome was given in all sincerity. The cynics might
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  • 44 7 26 YEARS AFTER. CapPiis Brady. when Actiny-Serycant Major in 1911. was reconi mend cd for the \Meritorious Service Medal. He lost touch with his rcyiment. and last week he received the decoration from Major-Gem ial Sir Bertram Seyison-Brook, at Wcllinyton Barracks.
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  • 626 7 ••To Push I hings Along’* MODERN WARFARE Sir Thomas Inskip. Minister for the Coordination of Defence, addressed the Royal Empire Society, at their summer meeting at Oxford, on “Organisation of Imperial Defence." Organisation for defence, he said, was an important thing to which everybody
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  • 676 7 FAMOCS NAMES IN SOVIET PURGES ALL OGPU LEADERS DISGRACED Moscow. It would be impossible to record all tha names of Bolsheviks of the first rank arrested during recent weeks. Apparently an almost clean sweep is being made of the old heads of the administration, both in
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  • 166 7 Ordered From House Mr. Emanuel Shinwell, Socialist M.P. for Seaham, was ordered to leave the House of Commons last week following a scene at question time. Mr. Shin well had asked whether the Prime Minister would appoint a committee to inquire into the conditions under which
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 435 7 1 li.-e 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: Gazette Penang. <in.’*P*> re Offic® Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapore. Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. iffice Brewster Road. Phone 268 Office 40, 43, Fleet Street, London E.C. 4 Phone Central 3608—3609 Tel: Leadmalaya
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    • 251 7 LOOK AHEAD AND BUY A LIFE POLICY TH E GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. HEAD OFFICE-SINGAPORE LATEST SONG HITS FROM THE FILM “BANJO ON MY KNEE ON SOLE AGENrs 7 M AMUSIC 8987 THERE’S SOMETHING IN THE AIR WHERE THE LAZY RIVER GOES BY. 9037 WITH A BANJO ON
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  • 780 8 A pretty little game of international chess has been proceeding quietly for some lime in the Pacific. Tlhe jiawns arc small islands, mere dots on the map of this vast and comparatively lonely ocean. Occasionally paragraj»hs appear in the British and Arflerican Press on the
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  • 154 8 May Introduce Reforms In Negri Looking very fit and strong. His Highness the Sultan of Negri Sembilan returned this morning from the Coronation trip by the P. and O. liner "Ranpura" accompanied by his private secretary Tungku Suleiman, and suite. His Highness told the “Pin-ang Gazette"
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  • 35 8 The June tin export figures are expected ‘to he published tomorrow. It is believed that .Malaya will l»e seen to have produced her quota while other countries have fallen more heavily behind.
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  • 83 8 Italian Claims Trial Benito de Zilvano. an Italian, was summoned before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean, in the Penang Middle Court yesterday for having driven his mo'or car without exercising p’opnr care on .lune 26. at the junction, of Larut Road and Northam Po>d. Penang. He was alternatively
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  • 491 8 Carnarvon Street, the Beautiful The Campaign for More Pathways High Speed Remarkably nttie time was occupied by the City Fathers on Tuesday in disposing of several important matters affecting the general welfare of Penang. Among the matters confirmed was one arrived at by Committee No. 5 regarding
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  • 22 8 Sir Mirza Ismail (left) arrived in Penang yesterday and was received by the Hon. Mr. H. H. Abdoolcader (right).
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  • 106 8 British Wireless. The decision of the Italian Government to free Tafara Werks, an Abyssinian who was formerly employed as interpreter at the British Legation and Consulate-Gen-eral at Addis Ababa, was announced in the Commons by Mr. Anthony Eden who explained that Werk’s function had never entitled him to
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  • 120 8 Fourteen members of the Indian delegation to the League of Nations’ Far East conference at Batavia arrived this morning in Penang by the P. and O. liner “Ranpura’’ headed by Sir Mizra Ismail, the famous India Round Table Conference delegate The delegation comprises the following:
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  • 221 8 British Wireless. Interest Of British Government In a Commons answer on the recent tetter from the King of the Belgians to his Prime Minister of concerted economic study, the Foreign Secretary said tlie Belgian Prime Minister undertook the mission of inquiry into existing world economic con ditions,
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  • 67 8 The Rev. H. J. Paine arrived from Lo" don this morning by the “Ranpura" n up duties as Colonial Chaplain, -mk w the late Rev. Keppel Garnier, an t Colin King, who had been officiating Chaplain. The committee of the St. G Church is holding a
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  • 35 8 Three American tourist parties 1 in Penang this morning on their tour the world by the “Ranpura". The went sightseeing, before returning boat en route to the next port. Sint;
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 235 8 < CTWj ice must have W' SELO films L < Wrarew Uo ill ■'Y:<' “There’s nothin? better than sun and sea." said the Folding Camera, drawing himself out to his full extent. “Unless it’s sun and Selo.” put in the Bjk V Camera “And Selo Films shine even when the
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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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  • 863 9 TO STUDY CIVIL ENGINEERING AT CAMBRIDGE (I rom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, July 28. FELL first-class reserved coach attached to the first morning train left Kuala Kangsar today with the relatives, friends and well wishers of Yang Mulia Raja Zahar ibni
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  • 741 9 DEFENCE COUNSEL’S ADDRESS Interesting legal points were raised in lie Penang Assize Court yesterday when he defence opened at the second day’s hearing of the Khoo Soo Thye case before Mr. Justice Gordon Smith. The Defence ounsel, Mr. F. A. Briggs of Kuala Lumpur, argued at
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  • 23 9 MATAB SINGH At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on 29th. July. b Lab Kaur, wife of Sardar Sahib Matab Singh. J P daughter.
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  • 222 9 MRS. PURCELL BEATEN BY NEW PLAYER (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 23. Two women’s singles matches played today before a group of spectatois composed mainly of Europeans opened the Twelfth Malayan Tennis Championship Meeting, which is being held at the Selangor Club grass courts. Neither
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  • 128 9 S.C.C. Team Arriving Tomorrow To Meet P.S.C. The Singapore Cricket Club Lawn Bowls team will arrive in Penang tomorrow morning to play against the Penang Sports Club for the F-aser Neave trophy, which was won in 1935 by the S.C.C. The S.C.C. team is
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  • 53 9 A young Chinese couple Kwek Swee Huat and Lim Guat Eng were granted a separation in the Penang Police Court yesterday, on their own application. Each w?s h'inded a copy of the document o. separation by Mr. T. D. Hughes. Lim Guat Eng. originally sued her
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  • 438 9 WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY J* 16 following are the handicaps for Saturday, the third day of the Penang Turf Club Autumn MeetingHORSES. CLASS 111 DIV 1 FURS LUCKY STAR 9 0 OOLONG 8 10 DOUBLE FILE 8 0« THE PLANTER 8 02 STELLA S PET 8 01 TONY
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  • 125 9 Fixtures bor Foday And Tomorrow The following are the fixtures in the P. S. C.'lawn tennis tournament for today and tomorrow: TODAY Professional Pairs: A J. L. Donaldson and C. H Rogers v. A J. Drake and F. G Pooley. Family Pairs: Miss Nixon and H E.
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  • 59 9 Reuter. London. July 28. The following is the result of the Goodwood Stakes run at Goodwood over 2 m 3 fur. today:EPIGRAM 1 SIGNATURE 2 SIR CALIDORE 3 Nineteen ran. Won by 1 1 2 lengths; one length between the second and third. Betting: 5 1
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 15 9 Rirker A Cl MA TH [THETRUi TONIC FOOD I uoiaftable of all Own*** Stores j
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    • 568 9 PENANG TURF CLUB AUTUMN MEETING 1937. 3rd. Day, Saturday, 31st July, *****th. Day, Monday, 2nd. August, 1937. ENTRIES closed at 12 o’clock noon on Wednesday, 14th July 1937, at the Secretary’s Office. SWEEPS A $1 Unlimited Sweepstake for Members only will be held on each Race Day. COURSE CASH SWEEPS
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  • 1104 10 “Ironing Out” Under Consideration MALAYAN PRODUCERS WILL BE CONSULTED (From Our Own Correspondent) London. July 20. Rumours current in London that the International Tin Committee has been considering the possibility of establishing a p *ol of metal for the purpose of preventin? in future such
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  • 236 10 INCREASE OF ss. PER CENT The Joint Rating Committee of Company and Lloyd’s Underwriters appointed to fix war risk rates on July 21 announced that further additional premiums had been fixed for covering cargo in vessels proceeding to or from North China ports. Cargo in
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  • 63 10 Mr. Montague J. Battye. presiding at the annua! meeting of the Perak Rubber Plantations. Ltd., said that the enhanced profits for the year were due to the combined increase in the exportable allowance, advanced price obtained for the rubber, and a reduction in costs generally. A dividend
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  • 432 10 “Keep Price Within Bounds” (From Our London Staff t London. July 23. “American rubber manufacturers sometimes think that the affairs of the rubber world should move more quickly but they have the greatest faith in the integrity of purpose of the members of the International Rubber
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  • 407 10 Westminster Bank View "So far as the immediate future is concerned no tangible sign of a threatened slump has yet appeared," states the current issue of the Westminster Bank Review. It is only at first sight paradoxical, adds the review, that the reduction of the number of
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  • 276 11 [STANDING PERFORMANCE of the etni- was the new Malayan high jump nxord 6 ft. 1; ins. set up by SIO LDONG JOO a brilliant Penang schoolboy athlete. MALAYAN ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS j SIOW LEONG JOO. who created a new Malayan Lgy high jump record, goes over
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  • 127 12 To Be Performed By Mayoress Of Capetown The Union-Castle Co.’s new mail vessel, Capetown Castle, a sister ship to the Athlone Castle and Stirling Castle, is to be launched at Belfast on September 23 next. The directors of the company, considering it most appropriate that the
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  • 203 12 London. The death is announced, at the age of 71. of Admiral Philip Nelson-Ward, C.V.0., the youngest son of the late Rev. Horatio N. Nelson-Ward. He entered the Royal Navy in 1879, and in 1882 saw active service in the Euryalus as a midshipman. He
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  • 366 12 SHIPOWNERS AGAINST RATIFICATION A report of a committee of the Oslo Shipowners’ Association, appointed to consider the effects of the Manning Scale Convention adopted at Geneva, has been sent to the Shipowners’ Association of Norway, with a request that the national association should exercise its authority to
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  • 211 12 Extension Of Norwegian Services Recently, the extension to the Albert Edward Dock in the shape of a new quay was opened by the Tyne Commissioners, Sir Arthur Sutherland, the chairman, perfornrng the opening ceremony. The new quay has been constructed chiefly for the Tyne-Oslo trade, and
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  • 111 12 Work has been commenced at Devonport Dockyard on a vast scheme of extension, to cost over half-a-million pounds, No. 10 Dock. The intention of the Admiralty, it is understood, is to so enlarge and widen the dock as to make it capable of accommodating the largest capital
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  • 668 12 LATEST TIMES OF POSTING AIR MAU. A mail for Siam, Burma, India Egypt, Sudan. Belgian Congo. Great p 1 tain, Ireland) and whole of Europe i r perial Airways will close at 8 arn Sunday. A mail for the United States of Ai-v ca and other
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  • 123 12 The joint service established at the be ginning of the year by Messrs. A. Kirsten and Ernst Russ between Hamburg and the West of Norway, with two sailings weekly, is reported to have proved so satisfactory that they have decided to provide further tonnage. The steamer
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 575 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES B. B. C. Ttose os the /oUowing wavelength»: TRANSMISSION 3 OSH 31-47 Mo/8 (19.97 mJ 030 17.79 MO/ 8 (16.86 mJ TRANSMISSION 3 OSH 31J7 Mo/8 (13.97 mJ OSO 17.79 Mo/8 (16.86 mJ TRANSMISSION 4 OSD 11.75 Mo/8 (35.53 mJ ABB 951 Mo/B (91.55 mJ 080 17.79
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    • 438 12 CALCUTTA 6J> Mc/s (49.10 m.) TODAY p.m. 6.56 Time signal. Commentary on football match. 7.56 Talk for the Rural Areas. 8.26 Bengali songs. 9.41 Talk: “The Evolution of Culture” (No. 3). “Mohamad.’' 9.56 News bulletin in Bengali. 10.11 Indian music. 10.51 News bulletin in English. 11.11 Talk (English) “At Your
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    • 765 12 NIROM PENANG —ZHJ TOC 15.15 Mc/s (IM m.) <WAVELENGTH- 19.3 metre.) PMN 10.26 Mc/s (29J m.) TODAY TODAY p.m. p.m. 7.00 Signal and programme. 2.10 News Bulletin. 7.05 Chamber Music (Recorded) by the 2.20 Close down. Lener String Quartet. Programme 5.50 Time signal. Opening announce- includes Quartet Op. 132 (Beements.
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  • SHIPPING
    • 487 13 S.S. ‘CELEBES MARU’from Japan via Singapore sails today for Colombo, Bombay and Karachi. S.S. ‘RANPURA’ from London via ports. Sails today for Singapore. Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe Yokohama. S.S. ‘PHILOCTETES’ from Singapore sails for London, Rotterdam. Hamburg. Hull and Swansea. S.S. ‘GEN VERSPYCH’ for Lhc-Seumawe,
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    • 727 13 No Artificial Architectural Shapes Attempted London. Built by Messrs. Vickers-Armstrongs. Ltd., and launched in December last, the Orient liner Orcades will soon take her place in the company’s passenger, mail and cargo service between the United Kingdom and Australia. The decoration schemes in the ship are
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    • 66 13 Ca<’et K. H. Martin was recently voted he King’s Gold Medallist on board H M.S. Conway. The runner-up. Cadet Captain B. H. K rby. is the brother of H. C. Kirby, the winner of iffie medal in 1934. The gold medal is awarded to the ca let
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    • 269 13 Gibraltar, Juiy 19. I Captain Lykiardopulos, Greek merchant skipper, has been waiting at Gibraltar for •six days wiih the strangest ship which has arrived here since the civil war began "At the stern when she sailed in flew a piece of flame-red bunting, decorate!
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    • 47 13 Sweden’s rising popularity among the Americans is evidenced by recent figures of the Swedish American IJne During the first fortnight of June thia-line transported no fewer than 5,300 passengers from America to Sweden, which constitutesa new record in the annals «>f the line
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 785 13 blue funnel line Vessels LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leaves Due with Glen Shire Lfa»)* JX pun XTTETES 51 don H’burg, Hull Swansea July 29 Aug. 26 f" SARPE 001 Mars., L don, R’dam Glasgow Aug. 5 Sept. 2 GI.HNOGLE Ldon, R’dam, H’burg, Antwerp Middlesborough Aug. 14 Sept. 14 LIVERPOOL SERVICE
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    • 536 13 P&O BRITiSFMNDIA (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN “RANPURA” SAILING THURSDAY, 29tli JULY ontrac U t a woth d w C>ri^ tal C Under Penan ?> Te l“k Anson, Port Swettenham. contract with His Majesty s Government London and Far East Mail Service Malacca and Singapore Service. Outwards from London
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    • 248 13 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) lAINDON SERVICE For Colombo, Aden, Suez. Port Naples, Marseilles. Gibraltar, London Antwerp and Rotterdam. Steamers. Sailing datesu x KATORI MARU Aug. 6 x KASHIMA MARU Aug. 20 YASUKUNI MARU (Calls Hamburg) Sept. 2 HAKONE MARU Sept- 17 x SUWA MARU Oct. 1 x FUSHIMI MARU Oct. 15
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  • 785 15 RECORD FOR CRYSTAL pjIACE CIRCUIT AT 56.47 M.P.H. London, July 19. Ti (iiidoii I>l and 1 i ix, held at the Crvsta.l Palace roadciicuit oil Saturday, resulted in a convincing win ‘B Bira.” driving his E.R.A. heal was won by Raymond Mays, with
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  • 297 15 CLEAR VICTORY OVER FERNANDEZ (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, July 25. Neil Hemehit. 9.10, outpointed Ignacio Fernandez. 10.5, Singapore lightweight champion, in the main bout, a twelverounder, at the City Park Boxing Stadium tonight. After a tame start the bout brightened in the concluding rounds, the Filipino
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  • 759 15 Athletic Tour Of U.S.A. Princeton. July 18. Oxford and Cambridge followed up their win over Harvard and Yale last week by beating Princeton and Cornell by seven events to five. Halfway through the programme the Varsities were level with three wins each, but M ebster
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  • 174 15 Sydney. N. S. W. So many overseas tennis players wish to visit Australia that some, have had to be refused for next season. The Australian Association informed the N. S. W. Tennis Council at its last meeting that offers of visits from
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  • 132 15 B. C. Khanna Plays For Cambridge London, July 19. One of the Cambridge eleven this week at Lord’s was the Indian player B. C. Khanna, the Punjab and Osmania University cricketer who in 1934 went in first for Madras Presidency with C. P. Johnstone against Jardine's M.C.C.
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  • 112 16 ON:- PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON— (Spot £262.15.0 £263.10.0 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $128.62- 77 7 *****0 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA— (Sundried) 56 BLACK PEPPER $ll.OO $ll.OO RUBBER LONDON 8 13 16d NEW YORK !Bic(G) SINGAPORE—Spot 29« c Aug/Sept 305 c 29gc Oct./Dec 30gc 29£c Jan ./March
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  • 117 16 London. July 28. RUBBER: Steady. Spot 8{;1 buyers 8% sellers. August BJi! buyers 87 h sellers. Oct./Dec. 8;,2 buyers 9 sellers. Jan./Mar. 9 buyers 95 sellers. NEW YORK. 18 40 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 21,746 tons Li verpool 20.036 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. August: £l6
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    • 129 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TINS Buyers Sellers E. Selangor 2.05 2.10 Hong Fatt 1.30 1.35 Jelebu 1.05 1.10 Kuchai 1.67} 1.70 Lukut 1.05 1.10 Rahman Hyd. 1.60 1.65 Raub Gold 5.00 5.50 Rantau Ordy. 1.725 1.775 Rantau Pref. 1.72} 1.77} Taiping Cons. 2.02} 2.05 Bangrin 24[0 24j6 Jelapang 409 416
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    • 138 16 LEAN CO. Tin Buyers Sellers Ampats 6 1} 6 6 B. Selangors 2.05 2.l2}cd Burma Malays 12 6 33 6 Hitam 40 43 Hong Fatts 1.29 1.33xd Jelapangs 40 0 110 Kat us 25 0 25 9 K. Lanjuts 26 0 26 9xd Kramats 68 0 70 0 Laruts 14
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    • 83 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER Buyers Sellers Broga 97} 1.025 M. Pindas 1-50 1.60 ex TIN:— B. Selangor 2.07 2.10 c Chenderiang 28 6 29 6 Hong Fatts 1.32 1.35 Johan 30 Jelebu 1.02 1.06 Kuala Lumpur 22 6 23 3c Lukut 1.06 1.09 Petaling 9.75 10.25 ex Rambutan 24 3 24
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    • 208 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Bassetts 75 80 B. Lintang 1.32} 1.37} Bedfords 1.25 1.30 Bentas 1.37} 1.42} Brogas 1.02} 1.07} M. Pindas 1.62} 1.70 Mentakabs 47} 50c Nyalas 1.10 1.15 Fa jams 2.10 2.20 S. Tukangs 1.32} 1.37} Ulu Benuts 45 47} TIN Ampats 6 0 6 6 Ayer
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    • 25 16 TIN Singapore $129.25 Ter pkl. Penang $129.00 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 29 38c Per lb. Penang Spot 29 3 8c Per lb.
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    • 218 16 Dividend Of 4- Per Cent. The twelfth annuel general meeting of Banir Rubber Estates. Ltd., was held in London recently. Mr. G. J. Neame. who presided. said that the profit for the year ended March 31 last was nearly 7 two and a-half times greater than for
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    • 60 16 The Darul Aishan Football Club defeated the Penang Sports Club bv an od 7 m five, in a first division league match, on the Victoria Green, Penang, yesterday. The game was played at a fast space and it was a thrilling affair from start to finish.
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    • 233 16 TIN Buyers Sellers Ampats 6 3 6 6 Ayer Hitams 33 9 34 9 Bangrins 24 1} 24 7} B. Selangors 2.07} 2.10 c Burma Malays 32 9 33 3 Hong Fatts 1.32 1.34 ex Hongkongs 38 3 39 3ex Jelapangs 40 6 413 Jelebus 1.04 1.06} K.
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    • 34 16 The value of retail trade in June was 4.8 per cent, greater than a year ago. The value of stocks was 4.7 per cent, higher and employment was 3.6 per cent, greater.
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  • 67 16 FUNERAL OF MR. W. H. MITCHELL (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Many friends and relations attended the funeral of the late Mr. W. H. Mitchell. Station Foreman of the Seremban Electrical Department. The interment took place at the Protestant cemetery, the Rev. B. Stokes officiating. The chief mourners were the
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    • 542 16 HONG KONG SHANGHAI BA\KI\(, CORPORATION |lncorporated in Hong Kong, The Liability of members is limite.i extent and in manner prestrhed Ordinance No. 6of 1929 tl > Colony. Head Office:— HONG KONG Authorised Capital Issued and Fully paid up sWSSS.' Reserve Funds !K erliDg 6.500 s,lver SlOOon'SJ Reserve Liability of Proprietors
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