Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 November 1937

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. 274. Vol. XCV. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 333 1 vidence Of Armed Plot Ajr Unearthed l RPRISES OF TERRIBLE GRAVITY IN STORE’’ Paris, Nov. 19—The discovery of time bombs with electrical contrivances, and a hundred grenades careful!' hidden in fortified cellars in the Rue Ribera when searched by police is the latest sensation of the so-called Cagoulard
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  • 77 1 Sentenced For Torturing Children Reuter. Moscow, Nov. 19.—Three teachers, including a woman, have been sentenced to death at Leningrad for maltreating and undernourishing schoolchildren. Eight others were sentenced to from ten to twenty years’ imprisonment on a similar charge. Witnesses declared that the teachers belonged to a Fascist
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  • 206 1 Evslon Third lime Lucky Eyston. the British motorBiit sh Rolls Royce car. the ucceeded in breaking Sir unpbell’s land speed record of :lrs an hour by averaging 311. hour over the measured mile B mv lie Salt Flats yesterday ,-i.ierbolt a tw n-engined cer with two
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  • 113 1 Reuter. 19 The formal 90 minutes tween U'err Hitler and Lord followed by further conversa- and after, the combined talks a three hours. r Halifax and Baron von Neud for Munich. Thirty minutes i'-tr Hitler proceeded to the ’ton by special train Lord Baron
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  • 41 1 See tomorrow’s SI NDAY GAZETTE for latest war and general cables and al! local and sporting news. On sale before breakfast in ail parts of North Malaya. Overnight edition on sale in Penang at 10 o’clock tonight.
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  • 112 1 Japanese Despoil < Mausoleums Shanghai, Nov. 19.—Treasures in the Peiping palaces have been removed by the Japanese who have also rifled tne mausoleums and looted the treasures therein. The enemy’s tactics in attempting to use fleets of launches to cross the Tai Hu have failed, the Japanese
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  • 99 1 Mr. M. MacDonald Leads British Delegation At the resumed meeting of the Far Eastern Conference at Brussels on Monday, the British delegation will be led by the Dominions Secretary, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, in the absence of the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Anthony Eden, who throughout the week has carried on
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  • 68 1 One ot the worst bomh'ng raids u. the Span.sh civil war took place recently when a fleet of Franco’s bombing planes bombarded Lerina, Catalonia. Over 200 people were killed, including 60 children who were in school at the time, and were burned beneath the
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  • 110 1 Reuter. To Be Searched For Illegal Arms Malta. Nov. 19 The British steamer African Mariner with an armed guard aboard has a rived from the Eastern Mediterranean escorted by the British destroyer Greyhound. The ship was immediately taken over by the Court authorities. London, Nov.
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  • 183 1 Liang—Ng The wedding took place at Locke Loo. Green Town. Ipoh, on Tuesday at noon of Miss Ng Kang Sar, the eldest daughter of Mr. Ng Kheng Tan, senior Chinese Interpreter of the Perak Supreme Court, and Mrs. Ng Kheng Tan, and Mr. Liang Seng Hui,
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  • 59 1 —Reuter. Latest Call-Over London, Nov. 19. The following was the latest call-over for the Manchester Handicap: 100; 8 Nector o. 100;8 Severino o. 100 7 Inglefield o. 100 7 Rasibus o, 100]6 t. ***** Solitaire o. 20|l t. 1811 Velvet Cushion o, 20 1 t. Petitbreu t and
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  • 37 1 The total amount applied for in tenders for £45,000,000 Treasury Bills was £64,995,000- The average rate per cent, for bills at three months was Il's. 1 15d. against 10s. 2’ jd. a week ago.
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  • 114 1 Urged To Join Anti-Air Units At a conference held al the War Office’ lepresentatives of 3ft leading rugby and football clubs decided unanimously to bring lo the notice of members the importance of joining the Territorial Army, adding that they were particularly impressed with the special needs
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  • 53 1 The United States Ambassador to Lahbdon. Mr. Robert Bingham, left yesterday for a visit to the United States Mr Bingham recently had a recurrence of malaria and has been granted sick leave toy the Secretary of State. He will remain in the United States for some lime
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    • 105 1 Phone or write to B. S. MOHIDEEN CO. (48 Beach Street, Penangj ’Phone 947 The Leading Store House -y for STATIONERY IN MALAYA Branches:—Penang 8- Malacca Head Office Singapore Printing of all kinds is undertaken toy th Pinang Gazette, Bishop Street, Penang Our prices are low, The quality of onework
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  • 258 2 Careless Driver Fined As a sequel to a motor accident which occurred at Ayer Itam Road on October 14, a Chinese motor-bus driver, Goh Choon Keat, was fined $2O, in default one month’s rigorous imprisonment, for having driven his car in a negligent manner, thereby
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  • 52 2 London, Nov 19: The gross rateable value of “the City and. the Temples” is £8.330,503 according to latest figures picxented to the Court of the Common Cbun«ll at which Che new Lord Mayor of London. Sir Harry Twyford. presided for the first time yesterday.-
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  • 678 2 Twenty Years After After 2<J years of married life, a Chinese ■wnHiple appeared in the Penang Middle ViKirt yesterday before Mi Lim Cheng VOsa, the wife charging the husband with Jtaving caused hurt to her The husband alleged that his wife had misconducted
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  • 614 2 PRAYERS SMOKE TO MULTIPLY DOLLARS W V Ex-Detective Fooled By Malays AMAZING MALACCA CASE (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Nov. 18. An ingenious system of fraud was outlined in the Malacca police court before Lt.-Commander J. C. Derrick R.N.R., police magistrate, when three Kelantan Malays, Mohd. Nor bin Hassan, Omar
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  • 223 2 Loudspeakers At Floodlit Mosque (Fiom Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, Nov. 19. Last night being a Thursday night and the fifteenth day of the Bulan Puasa, the Zahara Mosque was flood-lit, and more than 5,000 people, assembled at the mosque to hear the Koran reading and
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  • 94 2 King Presents Oak Tree To Gibraltar London. Nov. 19: The King has prerented an oak tree from Windsor Park to Gibraltar in commemoration of the Coronation The tree is being sent to Gibraltar in a warship and will be planted by the Governor-General, Sir Charles Harington HOUSES
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  • 132 2 Two men. Kor Chew Seng and Lee Ah Kow, appeared before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean, the Penang Additional Magistrate, yesterday charged with theft of tw-o iron gratings from the drains in front of the Queen’s Theatre and the Chowrasta Market, belonging to the Municipal Commissioners. Inspector
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  • 77 2 drawn or rejected out of hand.—British Wireless. Total or £1,500,000 Awarded London, Nov. 19: The Royal Commission on Awards to War-Time Inventors set up in Wl9 four months after the Armistice comes at last to the end of its labours with the publication of its final report.
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  • 33 2 a fortnight through illnesa—British Wireless. London, Nov. 19: Sir Arthur Wauchope left by train for Palestine last night his eturn from leave having been postponed a fortnight through illness.—British Wire-
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 188 2 HIS BACK ACHED FOR 4 YEARS Kruschcn Put Him Right For four years, this man’s back never slopped aching. Now, at 57, he starts the day fresh as a daisy, and his back aches no more. Bead his story:— “I had continuous backache for four years I looked on the
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    • 297 2 W l»o ft 1 £S& 1 rpHE fronts of her teeth gleam, but sh» uses an old-fashioned, clumsy brush 7 quite unsuited to its work, and the backs of her teeth are untouched. yfe Tek’s short head was specially de gn-V-Sw ■’ftl to fit the inner curve oi your mouth
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  • 453 3 J’rade Agreement With United States l>( h.ITICAL SIGNIFICANCE EMPHASISED j ng on the heels of the announcement concerning an trade negotiations, the Premiers of Canada and declared that their respective Governments are AUSt Xti g similar discussions. kenzie King said that the U. S.—Canadian agree-
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  • 32 3 -Reuter. London, Nov. 19: Mr. Anthony Eden is returning to Brussels for the Far Eastern Conference. Mr. Malcolm McDonald. the Dominions Secretary, is leaving lor Brussels, probably’tonight. Reuter.
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  • 40 3 .—Reuter. New Delhi, Nov. 19: One was killed and 11 were Injured during a round-up ot outlaw gangs in Waziristan. The dead man and six of the wounded were from the South Wales Border Regiment —Reuter.
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  • 162 3 Reuter. Plans Made For Evacuation Of Nanking xr N t nkin f N V 19: Most embassies in Nanking have formulated tentative plans following the evacuation of Chinese government offices, and various embassies are moving f o Hankow scon. Evacuation plans have been published. a
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  • 157 3 ompanied by M. Spaak.—Reuter and British Wireless. Hearty Send-Off London, Nov. 19: Shouts of “Vive le roi” echoed through Victoria station when King Leopold left for Brussels, this morning. King George drove to the station to see his Royal guest off and the two Kings shook hands
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  • 50 3 —Reuter. Miss Jean Batten was received by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on Thursday night and at Her Majesty's request told her and the King of the Belgians the experiences she had in her recent record-breaking flight from Australia to England.—-Reuter.
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  • 148 3 Reuter. Report Of Solution Premature Shanghai, Nov. 19: With reference to an earlier announcement in Tientsin to the effect that a satisfactory solution of the North China Customs situation has been, arrived at, enquiries made in responsible quarters in Shanghai indicate that this statement is premature. Satisfactory
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  • 68 3 Reuter. General Motors And Goodyear Affected Pontiac, Nov. 19: Fifteen thousand workers in General Motors factories are idle through a sit-down strike at the Fisher Body Plant. Strikers refuse to evacuate the plant notwithstanding the fact that their Union have not authorised stoppage. At Akron
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  • 100 3 —Reuter. Condition At Low Ebb New Delhi. Nov. 19: Gandhi’s blood pressure is bordering on dangerous levels, according to a statement issued by his doctors who. interviewed by Reuter, said “Gandhi's condition has never before been at such a low ebb.’’ Istanbul. Nov. 19: The death
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  • 55 3 Hiller Talked 90 Min utes With Halifax —Reuter. n,. iial.uxHitlffllin» a Avan» 1 Fuhrer who enshowed the visitor r IIH h 0 is and then took him ‘,’7 th.- stud.' "here, with Baron Wiirath th. German Foreign int 'i I.ret.-r, the conferred for JJO minutes Unch was served later and
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  • 247 3 Reuter. Eneim Claim t<> have smashed the L .n Changhsu and the i m announcement |■i, .n yesterday ide also that ipied while Japa- I tii« Chinese line at V til,. half miles southwest of C’hanghsu tin rain. Japanese dong the Shanghai--11 v> reached a point how.
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  • 47 3 ft.. a u •’Km,,. 1 flouston and Mrs. are attempting to •r. jj ndon record, left p m. G.M.T. and M.T. at Kisumu, dge of Bake Victoria irn.. y ief t lor k, Um an hour later Pm., and then took 10 pm. G.M.T.
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    • 370 3 1 At 3 xj Mm me i o>t a 71 eer I TIGER BEER IS BEST I TRADE MARK NOTICES —Eg? (b. s. SIMODA 1 CR fe- B.S.SIMODA 4C9 F "“'/'cl: UwSt S.NOAPO.e BANGKOK fM w I STi sTmon~ SINGAPORE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the trade marks depicted above
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  • 1009 4 84,681 Sought By Lawyer And Wife r* INJURED ANKLE (l-rom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Nov. 19. How she took a riding lesson al the Changi Farm on the afternoon ot lan. 14 and broke her right ankle was described in the High Court
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  • 447 4 Maintenance Suit WIFE’S LIKING FOR AMUSEMENTS From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca, Nov. 18 Complaining that her husband had refused to look after the baby, a Malacca wife sued her husband, a well-known Malacca Chinese, for maintenance She said his refusal led to a quarrel and they parted.
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  • 555 4 Dispute Over Sale Of Girl Alleged GRIEVANCE AGAINST DECEASED (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Nov. 15. When I saw my father stabbed, I ran quickly towards him. When I arrived at his side, the accused drew the knife from my father’s body and tiied to
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  • 301 4 Penang Abandoned For Bangkok (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Nov. 18. An Imperial Airways machine has completed a second survey flight from the Don Muang (Bangkok) airport to Hong Kong. The plane stopped at Hanoi and Fort Bayard. It will leave Hong Kong tomorrow on a
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  • 362 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. Ho Toon Kim, proprietor of Messrs. Kim Seng Co., Penang, is on a business visit to Ipoh. Mr. Kehar Singh, clerk of Courts, First Magistrate’s Court, Ipoh has left for India 'on four months leave. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McMichael of
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    • 81 4 COSTLY LIES I (b rom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Nov. 1$). For giving false information to the police, a Chinese, Tan Ching Chuan yesterday was find SlOOi, in default, three months rigorous imprisonment, by Mr. F. V. Duckworth, second magistrate, in the Singapore Police Court. Accused, who pleaded guilty, was
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    • 289 4 a A glass of Phosferine Tonic Wine two or three times a day is more than a good drink it’s a good habit. You can feel it doing you good restoring energy and generally toning up your system to withstand effects of the climate. This wonderful tonic wine gives feeling
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  • 339 5 three princesses will ATTEND WEDDING Princess Baba’s Fiance Is Europe’s Wrestling Champion y :,<E Princesses will attend Marylcbone Register Office on > cumber 20 when Miss Valerie Brooke (Princess Baba), st daughter of the white Rajah and Ranee of Sarawak, t
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  • 390 5 Advice By L-C.C. Leader FRIENDS BLAMED “The choice before ex kings is either to fade out of the public eye or be a nuisance. It s a hard choice, perhaps, for one ot his temperament, but the Duke (of Windsor) will be wise to fade.” This
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  • 160 5 (Ficm Our Own Correspondent) London, Nov. lv. The Colonial Office has today announced the following promotions and transfers in the Colonial Service: Mr. E. J. Davies, Solicitor-Gene, ai, Trinidad, to be Deputy Legal Adviser. F.M.S. Mr. J. Fletcher-Cooke, Assistant Principal. Colonial Office, to be an Officer, Class
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  • 307 5 Wins Nobel Prize 31 Years After Sir Joseph Thomson, eighty-year-old scentist, won the Nobel physics prize thirty one years ago. His son. Professoi George Paget Thomson, was awarded the 1937 prize first time a father and son have received the award separately, though a father and
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  • 303 5 111. PAY IF WIFE STAYS’ Of 17 Says Noi LURED BY l'< H HEIGHTS’ 'i istun, eightv-twi>-ycar-die Rev. Stewart I’riis- -war-old rector of b.. who in fune married •Id ex-chorus girl at telephoned from son at the rectory in a wife going back to the a to
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  • 843 5 STATEMENT BY MR. BEDAUX ON CANCELLED TRIP Making his first comment since the Duke of Windsor’s decision to postpone his \merican trip was made known, Mr. Charles Bedaux, who was to have managed the tour .declared that the Duke and Duchess might visit
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 30 5 PITMANS college COURSES in:—SHORTHAND. BOOK-KEEPING. COMMERCIAL CORRES’DF.MIC, COMMERC. TYPEWRITING and other commercial subject»: (Monthly payments can be arranged if necessary). Write for particulars to: PITMAN’S CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE Unlteers Building. Singapore.
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    • 130 5 Got The THRILL OfMylife J GARTNER COMING CINEMA Three solemn judges w.ih hed mepouder my face with an ordinan powder. I looked "made-up”; the powder bloti hed on my skin. 1 washed it oit. 1 lien I applied ,i new. invisible air-tloatcd face powder blended with Mousse of ream. Ihe
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 152 6 WEMBLEY PARK TONIGHT Saturday, 20th November. 1937. GATE ADMISSION 10 CENTS AS USUAL ROYAL STAR ODEON OPERA: “Zulmi Azlam”. Seats: 50 cts. 30 cts. 20 cts. lOcts. TAN HONG SEAH AMOY OPERA: “Fee Sian Kian Kiap” Part 6. Seats' 40cts, 30cts and 20cts CAPITAL TALKIES “Chee Bok Kheok”. First run
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    • 166 6 RUNNY M E I) E HOTE| Phone 543 SSh® nang tonight DINNEK I)A\(t EXTENSION 1 a.m. PIKLERS ORCHESTRA Saturday -27th ln ST. ANDREW s ll\| The Ballroom is reserved foi St Andrew’s Society and their niusu Nothing Better On A Saturday \ight At WEMBLEY CABARET FOR MIRTH LAUGHTER FUN. TONIGHT
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 327 6 PACKED HOUSES NIGHTLY ACCLAIMED IT AS THE REST HINDUSTANI JUNGLE THRILLER 3 SHOWS TODAY l 2.30 6.15 9.15 INDIA’S FIRST MIGHTY .11 \GI.E THRILLER Amazing Absorbing Thrilling Bevond Description “ZAMBO” Tjgß» <>r SHEK-F.-Jl NGLE. '£9kßß| THE MOST STUPENDOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF INDIAN MOTION PICTURES 3$ A Thousand Thrills
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    • 158 6 'Ll Jli i Operated and controlled by Keng Huat Film Co. 3 SHOWS TODAY 2.45 6.15 9.30 Warner Bros., the company that made musical pictures famous, take great pleasure in presenting; you radio's sensational singing star. KENNY BAKER in the year's swellest musical-comedy hit heard I, famous radio program!.. jli
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    • 89 6 (Operated and controlled by Keng Huat Film Co.) A RIOT OF FUN FROM WEAKLING TO WILD MAN IN ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT A New Universal’s Comedy Hit Fun Laughs I Pandemonium HORTON. KING OF- HILARIOUS COMEDY, SCORES A BIG ALLLAUGHTER SUCCESS! /WHAT THIS\ COUNTRY NEED'S IS .1 I A DARNED /GOOD
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    • 125 6 ROVAL, 6.3 O—TONIGHT LASI NIGHT—9.3O The Most Thrilling Talkie Ever Filme “CHINESE MAGAZINE" Containing Scenes of the Lite N, From Shanghai and Nanking HEAR! GENERAL CHIANG KAI SHEK PREMIER WANG < RIN SPEECHES. SEE! CHINESE MILITARY XND MR FORCES IN ACTION A Picture All Chinese Opening l oinorrou Choong Sun
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  • 524 7 PREMIER New Corporate State Set Up LiISTORY was made in Brazil O n Nov. 10 —as censorship B stifled the telephone, the telegraph, the wireless.... By one of the most dramatic coups ever staged, President Getulio Vargas turned his country of 47,000,0CX) people —home
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  • 94 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Nov. 18. Found guilty on a charge of attempted murder on a Malay woman by a majority jf 5 to 2, a Tamil Mohammedan named Mohamed Sultan bin Kadir Shah, was sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr.
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  • 268 7 Father Woodlock On New Outlook MISUNDERSTANDING OF “REPRESSION” Outspoken comments on the changed outlook of girls on love, were made by Father Woodlock, of Farm-street Church, London, when preach ng at Oxford recently. Opening a course on “Modern Morals and Christian Marriage,” he said: “Very
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  • Article, Illustration
    23 7 SEAGULL, new minesweeper for the Navy, launched at Devonport by Mrs. R. Bell Davies, wife of the Commodore of the Naval Barracks.
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  • 389 7 Lon Io i. HOME OFFICE offices are in consultation with the L <v Offi< ers of th 4 .own to devise measures to pul an end to blackmail in the guise if breach of ,rt nils? :ciit s. Scotland Yard, which already has
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  • 263 7 Taxation To Be Raised By £2,000,000 The Hague. The special measures which the Queen announced in the Speech from the Throne for strengthening the defence forces have now been laid down in a financial memorandum to the Lower House. The Government intend to increase the annual revenue by
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  • 557 7 “Mrs. G” Four Times Married i i An attractive thirty-four-year-old blonde, spoken of as Mrs G, said to have been four times marr ed, told at Birmingham Police/ Court the story of her love affair with a farm-hand. She gave ev donee against the farm-hand. Arthur Edward
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 509 7 ,ii, r 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Te 11 gram 8 Gazette Penang. > >re Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel “Times” Singapore. umpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. Brewster Road. Phone 268. f 4 ()flice J 10, 43, Fleet Street, Ixmdor. E.C. 4
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    • 233 7 ARE YOU RETIRING or MERELY GOING ON LEAVE? COUNTRY COTTAGES LTD. OF ALTON, HAMPSHIRE (Telephone and Telegrams Long Sutton, Hants, 57) will be able to find you a house to buy, rent or build, rooms or Hotel accommodation. Mr. James Hargreaves —for .many years in Malay States —is making an
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    • 24 7 Printing of all kinds is undertaken by the Pinang Gazette, Bishop Street, Penang. Our prices are low, the quality of our work is high.
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    • 177 7 37 Mr* pills APIOL STEEL Sure and certain for all Female complaints. Every lady should keep a box in the house. The GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY 52-54 Beach Street, Penang. ■pwill M A Ml’ilC H jl'Si REX KIXXJRDS FROM FRED ASTAIRE’S HfTERE ■“SHALL YVE DANCE” JAIUUBVR AND HIS BAND 9069 Ijet’s
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  • 711 8 LOGICALLY enough—for there is a remarkable identity of interests in the means of seeking to attain those interest’s—--1 okio comes out openly on the side of Burgos. Thus are the self-styled anti-Reds brought into alignment— Germany, Italy, Japan, “Manchukuo” and Rebel Spain—but it will be noticed that
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  • 106 8 Transfer From Leeward To Windward In the Lords, the Parliamentary Secretary for the Colonies moved the second reading of the Dominica Bill which seeks to separate Dominica from the Colony of the Leeward Isles and make it a separate colony. If the bill became law, he said, it was
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  • 63 8 Business firms are using to an increasing extent the cash-on-de'ivery service introduced a few years ago by the Post Office. Last year more than 275,200 parcels and packets were despatched by this system constituting a record since the introduction of the service. The parcels and packets represented in
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  • 52 8 The Minister of Transport gave the Commons information on the position of the five year programme for highway construction. He said that at the end of highway authorities had submitted programmes of works on other than trunk roads estimated to cost £129.000.000 of which £80,000,000 had been so
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  • 45 8 A recent enqu ry into the expenditure of some 12,000 working class households to provide data lor reconstruction of the i Ministry of Labour’s cost of living index I was a great success, Mr. Ernest Brown I told the Commons yesterday.
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  • 632 8 Criticisni of the MacGregor Policy Tax on Bachelors Milestones in Air Mail History 46QTRICTLY Anonymous” writes: The granting of children's allowances to European Government servants resolves itself into nothing less than a tax on bachelors. At the same time it creates the unfortunate and dangerous social precedent
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  • 93 8 Lull In Local Racing D. C McPherson, leading jockey at the recent Singapore meeting, has left tor Australia. McPherson will be back in Singapore early next March and will miss the Penang and Singapore meetings next year. Dodd, MaicLachlan and Spencer ere three others who are
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  • 58 8 A cattleman of Ipoh, while attending to his beasts yesterday was attacked by a buffalo and gored in the arm. Seizing the animal by the horns he managed to hold on until he was rescued by friends, who roped the buffalo and secured it to a tree.
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  • 37 8 Fog at Croydon and Lympne airports yesterday compelled inward-bound air liners from Paris to land at Southampton. The Royal Dutch and Belgian Sabena services were cancelled. One outward bound plane on. the Paris service was cancelled.
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  • 149 8 Yap Ah Kaw, formerly employed at 4B I aerated water company in Penang. was charged with theft ot a watch house in Pin horn Road. was v ste t acquitted by Mr. T. D. Hughes, be ang Police Magistrate. It was alleged by the prosecutkm
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  • 59 8 —Reuter Venue To Be lixlia hH»’ 3 l Of China It is announced in London of the International Mission**-) I;tn gcho* which was to have been t lace in the autumn of 1938 will now at Tambaram. near Madras 10 to 30, 1938. as conditions in c ifl|
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    • 750 8 THE best way to convey your message of Goodwill to folk at Home is to send a case of those famous square bottles of «JOHNNIE Born 1820 Still Going Strong. JUST TELEPHONE 587 CALDBECK, MACGREGORS (OR WRITE) ANT) WE WILL DESPATCH CHRISTMAS CASES OF 2,3, 6 OR 12 BOTTLES TO
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    • 20 8 i enby tbe Printing of all kinds is 1 ’maim 1 lazette, 1 Our prices are low work is high.
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  • 586 9 BANGKOK TO BE NEW JUNCTION TO HONG KONG Change Takes Effect Next Month air MAILS TO FAR EAST: NOT GOOD CONNECTION WITH MALAYA ang will cease to be a junction of the England-Malaya Aya Hong Kong Imperial Airways services early next month. mning from December
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  • 358 9 Many Varieties Exhibited The Perak and North Malaya dog show will be held tomorrow at the racecourse commencing at 11 o’clock and judging from the various entries received the show this year promises to be a good one. Although the entries are slightly less than last
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  • 89 9 Chinese Attacked Tn Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur, yesterd iv. 1 wo Chinese buying goods from a Japanese store in Petaling-street last night, it is stated, enraged a crowd of hinese watchers, who pounded upon the men. While one escaped, his luckless companion was surrounded when he reached
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  • 162 9 Bankrupt For Third Fime Made a bankrupt on his own petition, F.ugene Charles Lesslar of Argus Lane Penang, appeared in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, tor his public examination. The examination was conducted by Mr. C. O. Lim, Assistant Official Assignee, Penang. Answering the
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  • 139 9 Little Nene Beats Paraiso (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. In the main event at the Bukit Bintang amusement park tonight Little Nene (8.12) outpointed Joe Paraiso (8.12) over ten three-minute rounds. The former had the advantage of superior reach and kept his shorter opponent at bay
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  • 144 9 Fine Response In Perak The sale of the China Liberty Bonds in Perak to date amounts to nearly a mill on dollars, Chinese currency. R’ch and poor alike are contributing freely towards the China Nation 7! Loan. The coming visit of Mr. Hs ao Chi-sang.
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  • 101 9 The following is the programme for the Band performance at the Esplanade this evening from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.:- 1 March—The Standard Of St. George —Alford. 2 Overture —French Comedy—Bela. 3 Selection—Lilac Domino —Cuvillfer. 4 Waltz—Dream On The OceanGung’L 5 Seranade- La Serenata—Braga. 6 Selections —Please Teacher—Waler.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 133 9 When a MAN U I tells you that it is years since he had X J gr/ his last denial trouble, SX/ that his dentist rerom- mended a good tooth powder and that he has used Calvert’s ever since, that as a result he has, at Tri Is 46, "hhe
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    • 415 9 SEVERE PAINS IN THE STOMACH Everyone who has enduied the torment Ct tomach pains v. ll sympathise with Mr Pittock. Many wi,o -till sutfei with stomach trouble can benefit from hit experience. If you negln t nature’s warning you may l>e faced with serious danger. If you do as Mr
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  • 1252 10 Nervousness Regarding Industrial Prospects From Our Own Correspondent) London. Nov. 8. I Inspired by increasing nervousness con- i corning the outlook for both industry and international politics, British capitalists are taking their money out of industrial i i .ining shipping and railway shares and reinvesting it
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  • 408 10 Slight Imp rovement Not Held Messrs. Kennedy Co. in their report dated Penang, Nov. 19 state: The slight improvement in markets which oecured at the end of last week was short-lived, and conditions durm thfs week have been dull and lifeless with share prices tending ever downwards
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  • 1812 10 Additional Area Acquired Batu Selangor Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. report for the year to Aug. 31 states: Ore Reserves. —An additional 23.293 acres of agricultural land was acquired, of g which 19.80 acres are suitable for dredg- ing and are estimated to contain 1,273,500
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  • 198 10 An advance in net profit by some 111 per cent, to £53.800 gives a fair measure of the Malaya General Company’s progress for the year ended 31st August. This is to ce explained by the increased sales of rubber —2,508,000 lbs, against 2,242,600 lbs coupled with an improvement
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    • 293 10 Change ILL health HEADACHES INSOMNIA A?? 'a X 'NERVES- AV) yjr INDIGESTION I Z ILIIa V PA’NS /V T f DEPRESSION a/ > /1 J and that LASSITUDE v M v HrUN-DOWNQxVV Jc IMPURE I i FEEL,NG x BLOO to GOOD health If your life is made miserable by suffering—if
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  • 266 11 BEHIND THE LINES IN SHANGHAI THE zXBOVE GRAPHIC PICTURES sho,<- the plight of Chinese War refugees ir. Shanghai. The Shanghai Philanthropic Association is responsible for the welfare of these men. women and children. The ph .tographs are Centre, top: Ambulance corps of Chinese monks serving
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  • 429 12 TELEVISION Great Progress Noted THE MONETARY DIFFICULTY The Television transmitter at Alex andra Palace was, officially, one year old on November 2. On that day, twelve months ago, the PostmasterGeneral opened the station and started the first television public entertainment service in the world. The
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  • 286 12 l iine s I I’ostimr I AIK MAILS. I A mail for Ku Ua Lumpur and I by Malayan Intei I at 2 p.m. today. .I A mail fo I via Singapore I vce will.l A maU 1,.. I Egypt Sudan. B Iglan Congo, i; tain.
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  • 429 12 St. George The Martyr 25th SUNDAY, APTER TRINITY 7.15 a.ni. Holy Communion. 8-OQ a.m. Matins and Litany Psalm 140. Hymn 3—Part 1. 8.45 a.m. Holy Communion. 9.30 a.m. Matins (Tamil). 10.30 a.m. Matins Holy Communion (Chinese). 6.00 p.m. Evensong. v Psalm 141, 143. Magnificat 121. Nunc Dimittis 129.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2633 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES R R r I BERLIN MELBOURNE PHOHI HOLLAND I IMB i 5 ;n Mr/* 19 7 m VK 2ME 9.59 Mc/s (31.2 m.) PHI 17 77 n C/S < l6>BB m) IM**? 1« ou the following wavelength»: DrfN 9.54 Me/» 41.45 m. TODAY TODAY 1)4 E 17-76
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    • 20 12 TIDE TABLE HIGH LOH TOD W 1.20 p.m TOMORROW 1.55 a. m 8.10 a n: 2.00 p.m 8 4' p
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  • 327 13 H»pe<l In Britain -ton tramp steam 1 with 8,000 tons of ■’i many months of s< 's and marked by in Amer can port. last harbour in the 1 w days ago, ;uard of an Armada ming to the British 'uppe.i. behalf of British ship-
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  • 622 13 S.S. ‘EUMAEUS’ arrives 4.00 a.m. .‘nun Singapore sailing same day for Liverpool Bromborough. (Mansfield). S.S. RAJ LLA arrives morning from I’ort Swettenham and Singapore, sails afternoon for Madras and other Indian ports. (lsla\ Kerr). S.S. ‘CREMER’arrives morning from Singapore, sailing for Belawan. (K.l. M.) S.S.
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  • 657 13 Plight Of American Shipping New York. Nov. 10. Mr. Joseph Kennedy, chairman of the United States Mar time Commission, yesterday made public the contents ot an ex haustive Special Report to Congress in which the present position and future prospects of the United States Mercantile Marine
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 560 13 blue funnel line LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leaves Due •in conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang Ixindon ,E L'don, R’dam, H’burg, Antwerp Middlesboro Nov. 23 Dec. 23 Mars., L’don, Rotterdam Glasgow Nov. 26 Dec. 26 J.Y L'don, R’dam, H’burg, Antwerp and Middlesborough. Dec. 3 Jan. 3 LIVERPOOL SERVICE Liverpool Liverpool
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    • 832 13 PA and Vz BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England.) PORT SWETTENHAM, MALACC4 SINCiAPORE S.S. •KARAPARA” SAILING SI XDAY, 21st NOVEMBER N C° under Pena Dg, Telux Anson, Port Swettenham. London .Sdl S n !i wre Outwards from London for China Japan. S/S “BULAN” Nov 26 due Penang 1937 S/S RAWALPINDI’” Dec.
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  • 435 14 Veteran Shows He Is Still GoodPANCHO WINS CLEARLY OVER EAGLE (By “Spectator”) Battling Guillermo, the Filipino veteran, secured a surprising win over Rough Diamond, the Penang junior lightweight, at the Fun and Frolic Stadium last night. Diamond tried his hardest to knock out his opponent, but
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  • 465 14 Complete laek of understanding and science and poor marksmanship were factors which contributed to the defeat of the Penang Recreation Club in a hockey match against the Penang Sports Club, on the Esplanade yesterday. The Sports Club won by two goals to nothing.
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  • 818 14 37 HORSES IN TRAINING The following is the training list for the Selangor Turf Club Skye Meeting to be run at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday and Saturday. November 25 and 27: J. ORCHARD 1 Cheerful Lady gr e m Mr. T H Menzies. 2 Ladolet bag The
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 237 14 PATANWALA'S TOILET PRODUCTS "WRhSh YOUR DOOR AFGHAN SNOW AFGHAN COLD CREAM AFGHAN SHAVING STICK AFGHAN SOAP AFGHAN TOOTHPASTE HA AFGHAN HAIR OILS F CHAMPA HAIR OILS PATANWALA BALM. PATANWALA GLYCERINE SOAP. SCENTS BRILLIANTINE ETC. ETC I here can be no better proof of the bierit of this range of de-lux
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    • 362 14 Q e OVhat is the besfA •1 remedy for I (Wasting Diseases? fißy -I’'' Angier’s h < is the Ml answer y Angier’s Emulsion is widely and scrofula, rickets, an.tu successfully used in the treatment bowel disorders and of consumption and in all forms of serious illness, ill-health in which
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  • 361 15 SIXTEEN MEN SIGNED UP FOR THREE YEARS Security During Illness: Fights Guaranteed b of the most ambitious programme in the history mg were given to me before the show at Harringay. ral Critchley drove me there in his new caravan blue cushions and upholstery,
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  • 301 15 Poor Display By Mid-Surrey J H Tayloi and his son, a former Ox'on! play, i w. ie in" partnership for the Mid-Surrey Club against the Oxford ng Society in a twoitch on the Club’s course «t Richmond. lhe S.u icty v,on all four games in the worning
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  • 429 15 It has been the fashion for many years to decry metropolitan county rugger—that s the matches in the championship in which the Eastern Counties, Kent, Middlesex, and Surrey take part. Hampshire ind Sussex are also in the group, but hey are not near enough to
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  • 197 15 BOWDEN’S GO-STOP-GO TRANSFER Raymond Bowden, the Arsenal and England forward, was transferred on Nov. 6 to Newcastle United following this extraordinary series of conflicting statements: Thursday Night.—Bowden is to be transferred to Middlesbrough tomorrow. Yesterday, 12.30 p.m.—Bowden has refused Middlesbrough’s offer. 1.00. Mr. G.F. Allison, the Arsenal manager: “Middlesbrough are
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  • 254 15 Horace Landrum, who is giving Sidney Smith seven points each frame, was in fine form in the Gold Cup snooker tournament, at Thurston’s. The young Australian won four of the six frames, had the highest, break, a 61, in the second frame, and doubled his
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  • 153 15 Resourceful Play By Their Half-Backs Black heath Ex. I 5 pts.,. Trojans 20 Trojans had no difficulty in defeating Blackheath Extra First in a fast and open game at Rectory Field. Trojans were superior outside the scrum, where their half-backs, Goldschmidt and Evans, were resourceful. Evans, in
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  • 1250 15 a mtenn becomes more than ordinarily prominent in sport it is frequently the custom to describe him as an ambassador of his country. Many Continental lands openly and eagerly use sport as a means of propaganda, and it is perhaps very near the truth to state
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 145 15 Famous Sayings Pitt said— there is scarcely anything W around us but ruin and despair.” WJf 7 Über force in the early 1800’s said— "I dare not W marry, the future is so dark and unsettled.” TT ord Grey in 1819 believed everything cas tending Ljf to convulsion. Queen Adelaide
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    • 31 15 l o|, -l <><.<! for Support By J. MILLAR WATT NTiQn f*&OPLE A Move ON WHAf exactly ARE you POTATOES* WAITING POR NOW irfH Wy O tSf |<CoF»ri«h« IN’< The Inr /O'H
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  • 124 16 TIN:- previously £lB3 TT* LONDGN-(Spot) flsl w' 0 *lB3. 5. 0 LONDON—(3 months) ilbi.w. SINGAPORE BH. uu BUSINESS DONE 7 87 •FENANG no sel er Buyers no sellers BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sener j $5 10 COPRA-(Sundried) «5.15 ‘.59.50 BLACK PEPPER 9.t>v RUBBER:- 7d 6jd LONDON ill rci 14Jc(G)
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  • 351 16 Share of aenenilnatton unless Yesterday Rise or Fall otherwise stated 114 i Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 1121 Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90 iom War Loan, 34 p.c. 10.) Com. Union Assce. (Units) v 35 Prudential Assce “A” 83 Royal Assce. share 10s. pd.) 3 Great Western Rly
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  • 108 16 London on Previously Latest Paris 147§ 147 1364 New York 5.00 s.ooffe Montreal 4.99) 4.99£ Brussels 29.39) 29.41 Geneva 21.61 21.612 Amsterdam 9.01 J 9.01* Milan 95 95,’,, Berlin 12.375 12.38 Stockholm 19.39) 19.39) Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19 90 19.90 Vienna 26) 26) Prague 1413 142? Helsingfors
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  • 127 16 London, Nov. 19. RUBBER Firmer.— London 6) buyers 7 sellers Jan./Mar. 7 buyers 71 sellers April/June 7) buyers 7,";, sellers July/Sept. 71 buyers 71 sellers NEW YORK 14.30 cts. ''nited Kingdom Stocks London 31.688 tons Liverpool 20.376 tons ’OPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (Nov.) 14. 2. 6 PEPPER
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 83 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER Buyers Seller» Allenby 1.35 1.45 Broga -75 .80 Sungei Tukang 1 03 1.07 ex TIN Ampat 413 4 9 Batu Selangors 1.45 1.47) Burma Malay 25|0 27 6c Hong Fatts 1-06 1.09 c Kampong Lanjuts 20|9 21 3 Katu 22]0 23,0 c Kuchai 1.50 1 57) London
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    • 190 16 RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Ayer Panas 1735 1.40 Bassetts .57.) 2 Batu Lintang 1.07) 1.12) Bedfords 105 1.10 Bentas 1.07) 1.12) Brogas -75 .30 Mentakabs .40 .42) Malaka Pindas 1.27) 1.35 Nyalas .82) .87) Pa jams 1.80 1 90 Sungei Tukangs 1.02) 1.07) Ulu Benuts .35 .37) TIN: Ampats
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    • 132 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. 1 TIN h Buyers Sellers Batu Selanglor 1.45 1.50 Hong Fatt 1.02) 1.07) Kuchai 1.50 1.55 c Puteh 1.10 1.15 Rahman Hyd. 1.30 1.35 Rantau Ordy. 1.40 1.45 Rantau Pref. 1.40 1.45 Sungei Luas 1.50 1.55 Taiping Cons. 1.42) 1.47)ex Talam 1.42) 1.47) Bangrin 22|3 23 0
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    • 149 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampat.-, 4 1) 47) Hong Fatts 1.06 1.07) Telebu .77) .82). Klmuntings 10 0 11 0 K. Lanjuts 210 216 Kramats 10 3 110 Kuchais 1.52) 1.57)cd Laruts 10 9 113 Pungahs 21 0 22 0 Putehs 1.12) 1.17) Rantau Prefs. 1.47) 1.52) Raubs 4.30
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    • 25 16 TIN Singapore $89.7.i Per pkl. Penang $B7 I|4 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 22 38c Per 11». Penang —Spot 23 3jBc Per lb.
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    • 170 16 SOON THEAM CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampats 4 0 4 6 \yer Hitams 27 0 ,28 0 r Bangrins 2/ 6 22 Batu Selangors 1.46 1.50 Heng Fatts 1.05 1.071 Jelapangs 33 3 34 3 Kamuntings 10 9 113 Lanjuts 20?9 213 <atus 22 0 2310 Kundangs 7|9 8 3
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  • 118 16 Holland House Defeat Sports Club In a return friendly tennis match played on the Esplanade the Holland House tennis Chib defeated the Penang Sports Club by three matches to one. The following are the results, the Holland House players being mentioned first:— Cheah Wat Hun Lim Heng Hock be
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  • 106 16 (From Our Own Correspondent! Alor Star, Nov. 19. In a friendly game of tenn s between the Kedah Medical Recreation Club and the Sultan Abdul Hamid Tennis Club at the former’s court yesterday, the latt-er emerged winners by four matches to nil, the second singles being abandoned
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  • 168 16 These are so named because the palace of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, one time Queen Elizabeth’s favourite, covered much of the site which the publishing premises of Methuen now occupy. They consist of reprints of popular books previously published at higher prices anu now issued uniform
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  • 142 16 Resumption Not Certain In spite of considerable optimism in ship ping circles, following effective Japanese control of Shanghai lest week no information is yet available in Singapore as to when shipping lines, which suspended their calling al that port during hostilities, will resume their regular Far
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 217 16 B A iN K S NEDERL.ANDSCHE HANDEL-MAA iSCHAEi’I J, N.V. (Incorporated in the Netherlands.) NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.) Established in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM With 43 Agencies, apart from correspondents, in Holland. HEAD OFFICE FOR IHE EAST BATAVIA Branches throughout the Dutch East Indies and in the Straits Settlements, India.
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    • 489 16 HONG KONG AM) SHANGHAI ItANKiv corporation (Incorporated i n The Liability of metnbe g extent and in maim*? b Ordinance No I Colonv 929 ot the Heat Office. nnxin Authorised Capital Issued and Fully pi Reserve Funds Sterling Silver Reserve Liability of Proprietors BOARD OF DIKFi’T G. Miskin, Esq., Hon.
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