Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 December 1937

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE vast edition ESTAB. )K3.3. FUBLJ SHED DAILY. (l 293. Vol. XCV. MONDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1937. PRICE 10 CEINTS.
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  • 898 1 BOMB GUN ATTACKS ON BRITISH WARSHIPS Lively Duel On Yangtze Between H.M. Ships And Japanese Deplorable Impression In London BRITISH GUNBOATS ORDERED TO OIT' FIRE WHENEVER ATTACKED Three separate air bo n bing attacks as well as field-battery and machine-gun fire r< directed against British gunboats and merchant vessels above
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  • 234 1 Valiant Stand By Defenders A t Nanking Shanghai. Dec. 13.—The Chinese forces at Nanking held most of their ground tonight after all-day fighting the intensity of which recalled the bloodiest battles at Shanghai. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Chinese took most punishment from planes
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  • 231 1 Japanese Sink I .S. (innboat SHANGHAI, DEC. 13— JAPANESE PLANES BOMB k D AND SI NK THE I NITED STATES Gl NBOAT PANAY BETWEEN NANKING AND WUHU. —REUTER. Washington, Dec. 12.—The Navy Department announces that the United States gunboat Panay was sunk on the Yangtse River after bombing.
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  • 131 1 New York Dec. 12— The United States Government is studying repeated report* l hat Japan is buildmg three monster battleships, according to the Washington correspondent of the New York Times According to substantial though unofil•ial reports. Jajan is building three 46.000ton ba’t es’dps armed wth
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  • 648 1 Luang Pradit Talks To The Pinang Gazette «From a Correspondent) Almost as revered among Siamese today as General Chiang Kai-shek is by Chinese, is the brilliant Siamese Minister for Foreign Affairs (Luang Pradit Mannoharm), with whom I had a long interview in Bangkok a few days ago.
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  • 1714 2 “Useless To Thrust Into Young Brains Details They Will Not Need After School” “Education must centre round some form of manual work. It is useless to thrust into young brains subjects or details, Uie major portion of which they will not need m after school
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  • 87 2 About ten years ago owing to Communist troubles in Hainan. Mr. Tan undertook his first journey abroad when
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  • 402 2 AGENDA FOR TOMORROW’S MEETING Following is the agenda for tomorrow s meeting of the Penang Municipal commissioners j To confirm minutes of last Ordinary and Special Meeting held on the 30th November 1937. 2 Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4 To confirm
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  • 586 2 Accidental Fall <)r- POLICE ORDERED TO MAKE FURTHER INQUIRIES When the inquiry into the death of an Indian, r Sheriff, was concluded on Saturday, Mr. T. D. I higher ang Coroner expressed that he wa£ not satisfied that the death was due to a
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  • 57 2 Gurusamy, a Tamil, was charged befor” Mr. Lim Cheng Ean the additional magistrate, Penang, yesterday, with having dis honestly misappropriated a gold pocket watch belonging to Loke Soh Siew, some time during this month at Penang. He claimed to be tried. The case was postponed for mention on
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  • 806 3 “Railways May Be Bombed If Arms Traffle Continues’ Statesman’s Talks In Britain London, Dec. 12: Viscount Ishii in an interview with the Sunday Times stated that Japan had no territorial aims in China or in respect of Chinese islands such aa Hainan and would continue
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  • 723 3 DUCE TELLS 100,000 “GREAT EVENT” |t;ih leaves League London And Geneva Ask: 'W hy All This Fuss?” •]>,< 12: Mussolini, in a speech tin balcony of the Palazzo herring crowd of 100,000, an- a h aving the League ,,j Count Ciano, the Foreign M t r < nt a telegram
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  • 137 3 £10.000.000 For Next Year Paris. Dec. 12: The 1938 air estimates approximating il0,000.000 were passed by the Chamber of> Deputies They represent an increase of £5.500.000 compared with 1937. The debate was marked by severe criticism of the French Air Force, critics urging higher expenditure and faster
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  • 218 3 Stalin On Russian Socialism Moscow, Dec. 12: Stalin, making his first speech at the Soviet elections to a crowded meeting at the Boloi Theatre, eulogised the manner in which the election was being conducted and referred to the progress made in socialism in Russia in the past ten
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  • 455 3 Enemy Held Shanghai. Dec. 12: Although they have succeeded ir. strengthening their foothold in a small section of the city which they occupy the Japanese troops have made little or no» progress today in their ittempt to capture Nanking which is proving far more difficult and
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  • 1883 4 STRIKING SPEECH BY GOVERNOR ON EDUCATION “Education its not merely acquisition of knowledge, nor is it the m<«.n. whurebv a box or girl learns some profession to enable him or her to earn some money.' Education is the development of character moulding boys and
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  • 394 4 Arrangements Well In Hand The Penang Rotary Club ere getting well ahead with the arrangements for the combination Conference to be held next Easter w’eek-end, stated Mr. W. Allen Eley. District Governor of Rotary’ in his letter to Rotary Clubs. Gratifying information is coming through, he
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  • 148 4 Three-Year Term Ends All Companies of the 3rd Battalion, Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps will be sorry to learn that Regimental Sergeant Major P. Sellick, attached to Volunteer Headquarters will be leaving for home on Jahuary 15 hig three-year term with the Penang
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  • 121 4 But Damage Not Extensive (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. Dec. 10. Two Royal Singapore Flying Club planes were involved in a collision at the Singapore Airport yesterday, but nobody was injured and the damage to the aircraft was not extensive. Piloted by Major R. L. Nunn.
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  • 150 4 Chinese And Indian Arrested The Penang police have arrested a Chinese and an Indian, who are alleged to have gone round Penang and other places as representatives of a telephone disinfecting company. Singapore, swindling telephone users by inducing them to have their telephone mouthpieces disinfected by them,
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  • 95 4 The newly appointed Chinese ConsulGeneral to Calcutta, Mr. J. C. Feng, passed through Penang on Saturday by the s.s. Tilawa on his way to take up his appointment. He is accompanied by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Shih. Mr. Shih is also going
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  • 50 4 «From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Dec. 11. The capital is bubbling over with happiness and enjoying four days’ holidays in honour of Constitution Day. The British Minister is indisposed and was unable to attend the opening of Parliament yesterday or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ball last night.
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  • 25 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore Dec. 11. Imperial Airways’ Centaurus arrived today on its survey flight to Australia. It leaves for Batavia on Tuesday.
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  • 345 5 BANKRUPT ADVISED TO UNDERGO TREATMENT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Dec. 11. That Tay Hong Chuan, a bank clerk, out of his salary of i j 1 spent $90 a month on opium was revealed in the Bankruptcy zrrt yesterday, 'before Mr.
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  • 232 5 Singapore Chinese Given Discharge t From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Dec. 11 ry of the sinking of a twakow v rj a cargo of pepper 15 years ago, an >*nt which was followed by a criminal ution when it was found the pepper -ing when the
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  • 109 5 < reditors Paid In Full *om Our Own Correspondent 1 Singapore, Dec. 11. >■- > a very satisfactory bankruptcy," Mr. Koh Choon Hong. Assistant Offi---suignee, in the Bankruptcy Court "day, before Mr. Justice Howes, in '*<*• tion with an application for discharge '-mcis D’Rozario. eiving and adjudication
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  • 82 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Dev IL WE don’t hoot gi’mblen* in Singapore,” said Mr. F. V. Duckworth. Swsmd Singapore M igistrate, yesterday, to 35-year-old Eu < h.ve, who, denying strongly that he had been gambling, shouted to the Court. “I am prepan-d to be shot,
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  • 191 5 Woman Finds Him Very Profitable An ‘‘ape man” living at Skoura an out-of-the-way oasis in the Saharan region of Morocco is attracting great interest among travellers and tourists. This weird creature has most of the physical qualities of the ape narrow, sloping forehead, heavy arches
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  • 252 5 TAMIL SENTENCED FOR BREACH OF TRUST (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Dec 11. “On July 28. I had occasion to make inquiries about the accused concerning his financial position when he stood bail for an accused person in the third police court,” said Inspector T. T.
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  • 124 5 Five Months’ Gaol For Malay (From Our Own Correspondent! Singapore Dec. 11. Sentence of five months’ rigorous imprisonment was passed on a Malay. Jaffar bin Mohamed, when he was convicted by Mr. H. A. Forrer, Criminal District Judge, yesterday, on a charge of attempted extortion. It was
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  • 166 5 EUROPEAN BANKRUPT LEAVING COLONY i From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Dec. 11 A court < rder made on Aug. 20 providing that C. H. Baker, until recently a shorthand writer at the Court of Criminal Appeal, pay $200 a month for the benefit of his creditors, was
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  • 184 5 (From Our Own Correspondent» Singe pore, Dec. 11. For failing to pay his monthly instalments regularly to the Official Assignee, A. P. Amirthelingam appeared before Mr Justice Howes, in the Bankruptcy Court, yesterday, on a motion by the Official Assignee for his committal to prison for
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  • 141 5 Police Supervisee Pleads Guilty (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Dec. 11. Because he borrowed a hat. a gold wrist watch and chain and a pair of slippers, from Arturo Armuncio. alias Little Abayan the well-known boxer, and pawned them, a Chinese youth. Ong Ing Chuan. appeared in
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  • 130 5 The King has made it known as his wish to members of the Royal Family that they should not ask or seek special traffic privileges except when they are performing official duties. This includes car-parking. In future royal cars will be parked in the same
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  • 224 5 Judge Says Use Of Knife Must Be Stopped (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. Dec. 11. Passing sentence of four years' rigorous imprisonment on a former Municipal coolie. Valuytham, who was found guilty by a common jury in the Assize Court, Singapore, yesterday,
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  • 153 5 66-Year-Old Chinese Granted Discharge i From Our Own Correspondent Singapore. Dec. 11. An application for discharge by Soli Keng Liap was granted by Mr. Justice Howes in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, subject to a suspension for two months. Soh Keng Liap, who is 66.
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  • 140 5 Elderly Chinese Bankrupt Discharged Su Hai Seng, who was made a bankrupt in January, 1929, with liabilities totalling $5,180, was given his discharge yesterday, subject to a suspension of two months, at the Bankruptcy Court before Mr Justice Howes. The bankrupt is 62 and unemployed. He is
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  • 250 5 I hanks to Chanlox —the New Drugless Remedy For twenty years she suffered with tier stomach, getting worse all the time. For twenty years she tried one remedy after another, without success. Yet at the age of 62. her digestion is greatly improved, and she
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  • 125 5 Pan American Forges Ahead On Pacific The Hawaiian Clipper,..first of the 26ton Marin Clipper ships of Pan American Airways to visit Hong Kong cn regular schedule, arrived last week ficm Manila and Alameda. The pl°ne left the sanm week for th? return flight to America.
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  • 100 6 Cordial But Greeting At Belgrade Belgrade. Dec. 13. —One person was killed and several wounded at demonstration on the occasion of the arrival of M. Delbos who was met at the station by ministers. M. Delbos was greeted with wild scenes of enthusiasm. Women students marched through streets
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  • 45 6 London. Dec. 12: Sir Kingsley Wood, Minister if Health, speaking in Birmingham last night, referring to the remarkable expansion in the country's industrial recovery, said it was estimated that wage rates had increased this year by some £30.000,000. British Wireless.
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  • 71 6 London. Dec. 12: The steamer “Mantola” which was berthed at Tilbury this morning carried to England two pairs of magnificent Arab horses of a famous strain which are a present to King George from Amir Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi, Arabia, and three Milch camels
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    • 353 6 ONG BOON HOE I, J ALAN DEWA-SUNGEl PAT AN I, Kedah Mail Bus Service Bus No. K 1356 Contract of Pinang Gazette ano Sunday Gazette Delivery Service. LEAVING DAILY ARRIVING ARP.HiNG Butterworth S. Patar.i 12.30 1.14 4o SUNDAY 6.30 8 15 9.30 From Butterworth to Alor Star Hours. Great Success
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  • 618 7 Only Champagne Flows BRIDE (A PERCY) DOES NOT SAY OBEY TO A DOUGLAS) Edinburgh* Dec. 3. With nothing worse than a few broken champagne glasses a Douglas wed a Percy in Edinburgh today. For four centuries these two Border families pillaged and burned each other
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  • 706 7 CAUSES OF RECENT RISE Wesminster Dec. 2. Ix>rd Faringdon today did a good service to public knowledge, if not to his own cause, by staging a formal debate on the rise in the cost of living, which has lately provided the Labour Party with ammunition
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  • 300 7 70.000 TICKET HOLDERS 7 MONTHS AHEAD Glasgow Dec. 3 Enormous success has attended an invasion by “the instalment plan’’ of an unexpected field —the purchase of season tickets for the £10.000,000 Empire Exhibition which opens here next May. In just over two months 70,000 tickets
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  • 631 7 WRITTEN BY RICH MAN —IN VERSE Condon, Dec. 2. Alexander Henry Louis Bohrmann, wealthy fifty-two-year-old bachelor, of Denmark-hill, S.E., resented high taxation. He was angry, too, that his ancient house was to be taken over compulsorily by the LuC.C., and wrote a curse upon them
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    • 534 7 4 office 12. Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 4 1478 with extensions. Telegram Gazette Penang. ««wcapore Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel: “Tiraen” Singapore. -,1a Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 368 4. Office Brewster Road. Phone 268. SjMidtm < office s 4», 43. Fleet Street, London E.C. 4
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    • 328 7 NOTICE It is hereby notified that no applications in respect of the present Quarter for the tansfer of export credits between Producers and from Registered Exporters to Licensed Dealers will be entertained after the 23rd December, 1937. 2. Every endeavour will be made io complete transfers applied for on or
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    • 161 7 ASSESSMENT NOTICE UNDER SECTION 62 MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 133) Notice is hereby given that the books containing the annual valuations and rates imposed on all buildings and lands situate within the North East and South West Districts, Penang Island, for the year 1938 will be open to inspection by Ratepavers
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    • 183 7 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 insurarce needs. Point... y| Profits are distribut- 1 under the uniform Reversionary Ron us s y stem ic here h y lion us is
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  • 615 8 BlJEXT Easier, Penang will be the scene of Rotary’s biggest conference yet held in the East and there is every reason to expect this to cement the work of fusion and goodwill and to extend it through Malaya and the adjacent countries. It will be
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  • 413 8 Jealous Man Stabs Mistress THEN TAKES POISON Jealousy was the cause of the double tragedy which occurred on November 9. at a house in Halfway Road, when a Singhalese was found dead while his kept mistress, a Bengali, died fom stab wounds the following day.
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  • 49 8 In the Constitution Fair Beauty Competition the Miss Siam of last year failed to ga n re-election at the hands of the judges. She wept copiously on learning the adverse decision. She had considered it a foregone conclusion that she would again be chosen. i
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  • 595 8 The Shadow of Disturbing Erenn Under the Lee of Penang Hill Second Hong Kong JVot IFanteJ THOUGH things change gradually in Penang, there are real and permanent changes taking place which are completely altering the character of the countryside. But Penang can take its changes gracefully and
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  • 235 8 Taken Fairly Calmly By Press Paris, Dec. 12.—Mussolini’s announcement is considerably criticised in the French press. L’Epoque says Mussolini has divided the world into two blocs but he has lost hope of intimidating England and France. L’Excelsior says it was vaguely hoped that Italy’s negative decision would have
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  • 39 8 News has been received of the death of Mr. H. W. Raper managing Director Iof the Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd The local office hes been closed to Lday as a mark of respect
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  • 115 8 Tokio, Dec. U2.—Two Japanese warship»». “Takao” and “Formosa,” went to the sistance of the President Hoover aground and leaking at Kashoto Island, miles to the east of South Formosa Four hundred and twenty eight passe gers were taken ashore and accomm m a local school. Local
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  • 136 8 CHIANG ’S GESTURE “Peaceful” (lifuiab Replaced >n *h'» Shanghai. IM- W-NewM visited the Kwanghuarnen and chimen reported as follows puap» numerous entanglements aI Road and the Chunchin R«"l two huge craters, 30 feet <!" in Kwanghuarnen which is pio bags in semi-circular form |t dreds of soldJ-rs who are >
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  • 348 9 PENANG TEAM TO MEET PERAK ON SATURDAY The following team has been selected to represent Penang against Perak in the Malaya Cup Rugby match to be played at Ipoh on Saturday, December 18 J. H. Wagstaff; J. E. Goodrich, ’J. F. Keay, A G. Close and E
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  • 104 9 Charge Against Chinese Fails Ang Tien Sin, the managing partner of Chop Lam Tong. Penang, who was summoned on two counts of having imported cigarette papers to which a counterfeit trade mark of “Professor Collins” was impressed, and two counts of having had in possession cigarette papers
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  • 59 9 Further Probable Entries (By Tic-Tac.) In addition to the probable entries for the Penang races already published I understand that Trainer F.O.C. O’Neill will enter the following: Mr. S. T. Rhodes’s The Planter and Curzola; and Miss C. R. Noordin’s The Warrior and Honey Girl. This brings the
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  • 64 9 The following will represent the Old Old Frees in a game of hockey against the Old Xaverians at 5.15 p.m. at the S.X.I ground: Lee Eng Huat, Tan Kong Tat. Khoo Phin Hong, Tan Luan Gark, Tye Thoon Tuck, Hobi Yip Hoong, Ng Beng
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  • 1526 9 Daughter’s Statement In Bukit Raya Murder Tria] (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Dec. 13. The High Court of the first division, Alor Star, was filled to capacity yesterday when the trial commenced before Mr. Justice G. R. Kellager of Bakar bin Haji Ismail, who
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  • 331 9 EXCURSIONISTS LADEN WITH SOUVENIRS The eighty excursionists from Malaya, who have been spending a week’s holiday in Bangkok under the aegis of the tourist premotion section of the Siamese Department of Commerce, arrived back at Penang ast night by the International Express. All were
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  • 215 9 London Comment On The Outrages The Japanese attack on British gunboats is the subject of big headlines in the press. The Daily Telegraph in a leader headed Running Amok on the Yangtsze” states; "Nothing that has happened in the Far East in recent months, not even the ma-chine-gunning
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  • 135 9 Firing Found To Be Justified Nairobi, Dec. 12.—The King’s African Rifles were justified in firing during the riot at Issolo according to the findings of the magisterial Inquiry which states that but for the firing loss of life and damage would have been greater. The riot among Eritrean
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  • 45 9 At the opening of the new Anglo-Chin ese School building at Westlands Avcnu 0 on Saturday Dr. Proebst-ei introduce to the gathering Mr. C. G. Boutcher th? architect, and Mr. Alexander, represent :ng Gammon (Malaya) Ltd., engineers
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  • 34 9 Tne entries for ihe Taiping Turf Cluo two day Skye Meeting to be run on Fri day and Saturday. December 17 and T cose at 5 p.m. today.
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  • 1218 10 Investment Buying By Big Institutions Steadies Prices t Front Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 3. The reaction towards confidence and comparative cheerfulness which London markcta enjoyed after the serious slump last ueek has since been well maintained. Equilibrium, though not momentum, has been recovered,
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  • 61 10 Honduras And Nicaragua Reach Agreement San Jose, Dec 12: The threat of hostilities over the boundary dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua has been removed, both powers having signed a peace protocol providing for immediate withdraw'al of their troops from the frontier and cessation of arms purchases. They
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  • 85 10 London, Dec. 12: During a severe storm which set in yesterday over Scotland and Ireland and extended last night to nearly all parts of England there were exceptionally heavy falls of snow in many areas. In East Yorkshire cold falls were the heaviest experienced for
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  • 48 10 London. Dec. 12: The Duke of Kent, presiding at the annual meeting of King George's Fund for sailors, stated that the Fund had now distributed its first £1,000,000 in grants to nautical charities. It is 20 ars since the Fund was inaugurated.— British Wireless.
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  • 36 10 New York, Dec. 12: Arrangements are being made for King George’s Christmas broadcast message to be relayed throughout America as has been done on previous Christmas days here.- Reuter
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  • 303 10 Monday, Dec. 6. MEAT Cts. Beef Steak KaU 34 Stew or Curry do 24 Pork lean 48 Pork lean and fat 1st quality do 36 Mutton (Goat) N. Indies local per lb. 50 Do Australian do 40 Fowl Kati 29 Capons locally regard do 57 Hen do
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  • 94 10 Times Pays Tribute To Sir John Anderson London. Dec. 12: On the occasion of the return to London today of Sir John Anderson, who has been succeeded in the Governorship of Bengal by Lord Braboume, The Times in a leading article reviews his contribution during his term
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  • 63 10 60 Arrested St. Jean de Luz, Dec. 12: A party of 17 Spaniards evacuated from Madrid under the exchange scheme arrived here from Barcelona. They declared that the motorcar of Senor Prieto, the Defence Minister, was machine gunned from the roofs of Barcelona on Tuesday
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  • 76 10 London, Dec. 12; Communication between the American and British governments relating to the British war debt w’ere issued last night as a White Paper. In acknowledging the American Secretary of State’s notice of amounts due. Sir Ronald Lindsay renews the assurance that “His Majesty’s Government
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  • 93 10 Investigations In Progress London, Dec. 12: After consultation with the Minister of Transport, the Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways, Colonel Mount, left London this morning for the scene of the terrible railway disaster which occurred during the blizzard last evening when at Castlecary a small village in
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  • 46 10 London. Dec. 12: Flags were flying at mast heads in London today and the Royal salute of guns was fired at noon in celebration of the first anniversary of the accession to the throne of King George the Sixth. British Wireless.
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  • 85 10 Sir Robert Hodgson Leaves London, Dec. 12: Sir Robert Hodgson left England yesterday on the first stage of big journey to Nationalist Spain where he is soon to take up his duties as chief agent of the British Government. Among those who saw him off
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  • 69 10 Washington, Dec. 12: Mr. Cordell Hull summoned the Soviet Ambassador to the State Department and insisted that the full facts surrounding the recent mysterious disappearance of the Moscow Americans Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robinson be ascertained immediately. Senator Copeland asked the Senate to investigate
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  • 672 12 THE King will broadcast to the Empire on Christmas I), speak from Sandringham House where, with the Queen a <1 Princesses, he will spend Christmas. By making the broadcast, the King will be following the K U1 father, who first spoke to all his people
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  • 177 12 Following are passengers who have left Penang by the westbound s.s. Haruna Maru:— For Colombo:—Mr. A. S. Dawoodkhan. Miss A. C. Me A. Munro and Mr. W. B. Tonkin. For Port Said: Mr. L. Shibazaki, Mr. K. Toyama and Rear-Admire! S. Yamamoto. For Naples:— Mr. K. Hara, Mrs.
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  • 393 12 Latest lime* O| Posting A mail for Kuala Lump,, by Malayan Internal Au- Servxo- 4T at 2 p.m. tomorrow. A mail tor Java and Southen Sumatvia Singapore and thence by K.N I Service will close at 7.30 p M A mail for Java and Souther via,
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  • 134 12 By arrangement with the 1 tension Telegraph Company, and New Year Foreign Greet grams to all places (except R<; 1 which the Daily Letter Telcgr is in operation, will be accept'd Telegraph Office in the Straits and Federated Malay Stat*. period from Dec. 14. 1937 to Ja
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2247 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES K.K.C. CALCUTTA MELBOURNE PHOHI HOLLAND WC 6.1ft Met* (49.1 m.) VK 2ME 9U59 Ales (31.2 m.) PHI. 17.77 me s (16.88 mJ today TODAY today T>«.« r« the followff I u.m. I P»m. I 656 Time signal. For the Rural Areas. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With p.m.
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  • 295 13 ooks Badly Needed ire wanted by the navy, Service is finding it diffi- them •The days when a diah- *i od t nough have gone,” an •trivial told the News of the W- A >nt men who have some cooking, though we give training when
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  • 324 13 Seattle. If California wishes to retain Grace or Panama Pacific luxury liners on the West Coast run she may heVe to provide a subsidy of her own to help pay the company losses. Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the Maritime Commission is quoted as saying in Washington
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  • 579 13 S.S. KEDAH arrives this morning from Belawan-1 Mi. sailing this evening lor SingajMjre from wharf. S.S. GLENBEG arrived y esterdav from London via Suez, sailing today for Port Swettenham and Singapore from wharf. S.S. SJRDHANA from Calcutta and Rangoon yesterday, sailed this morning for Singapore
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 480 13 blue funnel line LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leaves Due In conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London L don, R’dam, H’burg, Hull Swansea Dec 16 Tan i? Mars., L'don. R’dam, Glasgow. Dec 24 Jan 19 L’don, R’dam, H’burg, Antwerp and Dec 31 Tan 31 Middlesborough Jan 31 I.IVKKI-OOI SERVICE Liverpool
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    • 227 13 Marlene Leaving Hollywood mARLENE DIETRICH, the £50,000-a-picture star, is reported to be leaving Hollywood after the completion of her next talkie. The studio is not renewing her contract, according to present plans. BACK TO EUROPE Marlene has already given up her palatial Hollywood residence «nd her servants, and is at
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    • 925 13 P O (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. "CORFU"’ SAILING THURSDAY. 16th DECEMBER Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under Penan?. Teluk Anson. Port Swettenram, contract with Hi s Majesty's Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail Service. s/S "MATA HARI” Dec. 17 Ou*wards from London
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  • 1627 14 Clear Home Victory Over Preston North End SNOW WIPES OUT MANY SCOTTISH FIXTURES The cold weather has again interfered with Home league soccer matches, three in the English first and second divisions being either postponed or abandoned owing to unfit or waterlogged grounds. The Scottish
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  • 590 14 Unlucky To Draw With Battling Khoo From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. Dec. 13. There was a good crowd last night at the Grand Amusement Park boxing ftaaium when the first boxing promotion /or about a year was staged. Some interesting bouts were and in the
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  • 58 14 Second Unofficial Test In India Bombay, Dec. 12. In the second unofficial test. Lord Tennyson’s XI, in reply to Indias total of 153, were all out for 191. Parks contributing 44 and Edriih 42. Bannerjee took 3 wickets for 47. All India, batting a second time, had 68 for
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  • 245 14 ‘“Biggest Part Of My Fighting Days Over* 9 ••Next Year will see the biggest part of my fighting days over.” Tommy Farr, British heavy-weight champion, said in an interview. •I shall earn plenty in the States in 1938.” Tommy went on. “and with what I have
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  • 114 14 Hull Score Narrow Win (Her Exeter Following are results of the F. A. Cup, second round: Scarborough 4. Bromley 1. Wrexham 1. Bradford C. 2. Cardiff 1. Bristol City 1. Rotherham 1. Aidershot 3. Doncaster 4. Guildford 0. Clapton 2. York 2. Yeovil and Petters
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 157 14 By Aooointment to M M> The M-H. The Sultan of Johore H. H. The Sultan ot £j I Jl/® We have always specialised in fine Silver and Enamel Ware, and the collection on view in our showrooms for the festive season reflects the best of products that will appeal to
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 39 14 POP—4 Rifklle For Science By J. MILLAR WATT SCIENCE '.AN EX Pl AIN I EVERYTHING, COLONEL EXCEPT vA* A C*e MAXES A CMICKEN THINK IT LIVES THE CTHER SB2E OF THE ROAD/ L— _J >»;: >. t». ■>* HZL5 Z- ,l to
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  • 759 15 Penang Rugby Trial: T.M. Clark Pestana Play Well Jri a State rugby trial match on the y 1 made os Saturday, Colours, the Proba-1 b) pate team, easily defeated The Rest by x>.nts (4 goals and a try) to nil. Col-1 rq were
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  • 149 15 Choon Keng Shines Chee Choon Keng, Penang’s new star '•adminton player, defeated this year's Arr. les runner-up, Tan Kin Hong, on Saturdiv in three sets In a friendly match between the Li Tek Seah and the Limstead 1 "iminton Party at the former’s court. After losing the first set
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  • 35 15 Bombay, Dec. 11. the second unofficial Test All India out tor 153, Gover taking five tickets runs. At the close of play TennyXI had scored 52 for no wicket. Reuter.
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  • 61 15 I NTER-STATE HOCKEY From Our Own Correspondent) Ipob, Dec. 11- be inter.State hockey match here to- langor and Perak drew, two-all. ak scored in the first half through and after the resumption increased Had through Baharom. After this was never in the picture, and Selanqualised through Yusoff and Tajuddin. Asiatics
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  • 438 15 Pinto’s Two Goals For Negri-Malacca (By Audax) Seremben, Sunday. To Gerald Pinto, first non-European to obtain a South rugger cap. must go the honour of being Malaya’s best place kicker today. Against the Singapore Asiatics he converted from half way line the other day. On Saturday, he
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  • 789 15 P.W.F.A. WINS KHOO SIAN EWE CUP A penalty enabled the Province Wellesley Football Association to score a surprising win over the Indian Recreation Club in the final of the six-a-side soccer competition, the last fixture of the 1937 Penang soccer season, by the only goal scored, on the
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  • 1001 15 Is It Effective? CORINTHIANS’ METHODS The defeat of the Islington Corinthians’ football team at Dacca, came as a shock after their display of strength in Calcutta, says the “Statesman.” Defeat so early in their tour, which is ar. abnormally heavy one of 26 matches to be
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  • 109 15 London. Dec. 11 Following are the results of Riigbjj Union matches played today Cornwall 11, Somerset 5. ♦Cumberland vs. Durham Devon 12, Gloucestershire 6. ♦Lancashire vs. Yorkshire ♦Northumberland vs. Chesire Blackheath 9. Leicester 11. Bristol 11, Plymouth Albion 3. Cardiff 9, London Welsh 0. Cheltenham 8, Gloucester 3.
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  • 64 15 Penang Trial In connection with the forthcoming visit of the Islington Corinthians to Penang on January 9, the Penang Football Asaocuution is arranging for a soccer trial on Friday. It is understood that the Corinthian® will play two matches in Penang, oner against a representative Penang XI on
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 96 15 B 1JTKJI ■~1 Woman and home, home and children, there is unconscious harmony in these words. No home can be happy unless mother is carefree and baby contented. The wise mother realises this earlyand weans baby on “Lactogen”. “Lactogen” is whole milk containing all the essential vitamins for baby’s healthy
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  • 127 16 TIN:- PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot) £198 0 No m8rket LONDON—(3 months) £197 0 No market SINGAPORE $98.00 $98.25 BUSINESS DONE FENANG $98.00 $98 25 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) 5.00 5.00 BLACK PEPPER 5 9 00 9 00 KLBBER:- 7gd 7id LONDON NEW YORK 15J 4
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  • 1342 16 A merican Position Messrs A Strauss Co., Ltd., in their report dated London, Dec. 1 state: There is a decrease of 289 tons in the visible supply this month, but as the carryover in the East is up by 1.354 tons, world -■.tocks actually increased
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  • 50 16 BIRTH CLARK At Penang on 12th inst. to Mr. and Mrs. ANDREW CLARK a daughter. MARRIAGE MR. J. H. J. DREDGE AND MISS PI. KREMLIN The marriage arranged between Mr. J. H.J. Dredge and Miss PI. Eremlin will take place at St. Giles’, Ashtead. Surrey, on Dec 18.
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  • 148 16 Firm Undertone New York, Dec. 11—A firm undertone is still evident in an inactive Saturday market Dow Jones’ avs. Prev. Today 30 indus. 126.72 126.83 20 rails 32.17 32.36 20 utilities 21.98 21.97 40 bonds 93.58 93.67 Business done 000’s 1,080 390 Am. Tobacco B 652 65 Anaconda
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  • 133 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Connemara 1.40 1.50c Lunas 1.90 2.10 Mentakab -46 -49 New Serendah 1.10 1.25 Uiu Benut -39 *****f*2’ TIN Ampat 5 3 5 9 Ayer Weng 85 .90 Bangrin 24 0 25 i° Batu Selangor 1.67J 1.72lex Burma Malay 25 9 27,6c Hong Fatt 1-1« 119
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  • 22 16 TIN Singapore $98.25 Per pkl. Penang $98.25 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 24%c Per lb. Penang Spot 25 c Per.lb.
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  • 135 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Patu Selangor 165 1.70 Hong Fatt 1.16 1.181 Kuchai 1.60 1 65 Lukut -70 -75 Puteh 1.321 1.371 Rahman Hyd. 1.371 1.121 Rantau Ordy- 1.55 1.60 Rantau Pref. 1.55 1.60 Sungei Ways 2.60 2.70 Taiping Cons. 1.80 1.85 Ta lam 1-50 1.60 Uiu
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  • 19 16 The domestic quota for the period January to March. 1938, has been determined at 56 per cent.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 13 16 GAZETTE I V 7 “CORONATION DICTIONARY” COUPON Name Address.. '\Tz-x > CANCEL.! I 13|12|37
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    • 142 16 NEW BOOK MANUAL OF RUBBER PLANTING (MALAYA) COMPILED RV A. T. EDGAR, A.I.S.P. PUBLISHED BY The Incorporated Society Of Planters, Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, F. M. S. A Complete And Comprehensive (Cork On Everything To Do With Rubb er Planting. TO BE RELEASED FROM THE PRESS, THIRD WEEK, DECEMBER, 1937. CONTENTS
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    • 732 16 BANKS NEDERLANDSCHE HONG KONG AND HANDEL-MAATbtHAlTIJ, SHANGHAI BANKING N.V. CORPORATION (Incorporated m Hone k< r (Incorporated in the Netherlands.) The Liability of member. > extent and tn maimer NETHERLANDS TRADING Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 society.) fleo4 Ollic Authorised Capital K0^ G Established in Amsterdam 1824. issued and Fully paid
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