Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 December 1937

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE last edition ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 296. Vol. XCV. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 1025 1 Demand For Adequate Punishment Of Attackers British Wireless. List Of Previous Outrages Recalled DEFINITE CESSATION OF HOSTILE ACTS ESSENTIAL hi the Commons last night Mr. Eden outlined the contents of the British Note to Japan despatched in reply to the Japanese Note expressing profound
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  • 22 1 /'osideat Roosevelt, looking remarkably young, finds time from the cares of State to enjoy a ga,ne oj puccocc.
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  • 42 1 .Reuter. Madrid, Dec. 15.Temel, Franco’s stronghold in North Eastern Spain, has been cut off by rail from Saragossa, according to unconfirmed information. This success is the result of a Government offensive after a long deadlock on this front.-
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  • 447 1 Reuter New York Comment On Mad Militarists Washington, Dec. 15The United States Government never considered and is not now considering a joint demonstration or any other naval action in connection with the Yangtse bombings, declared Mr. CordelJ Hull replying to questions at a press conference. It
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  • 125 1 Consumption At 34,000 Tons (From Our Own Correspondentt London. Dec. 15. The American rubber questionnaire figures were received today by cable. They are as follows Nov 1937 Nov 1936 Oct. 19X7 Arrivals 56,302 44,296 52,50& Consumption 33,984 50,503 38,707 Per working day 1.478 2,286 1,548 Dealers’ stocks
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  • 31 1 H cuter Paris, Dec. 15. I ighleen hundred artinvolved in a strike at the Goodrich Cfclomb tyre works as a protest against i-> utHJuction of Hie Bedaux system.
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    • 27 1 I— L B. S. (18 Beach Stn»e< f V Phone No.WfJ'fet' Experts in serving it; Government Depts’ I throughout in Malaya. Branches: Penang Malacca Head Office Singapore
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    • 64 1 TRY OUR DRY CLEANING DYEING for thorough satisfaction. THE SHANGHAI GO., 70. Penang Road. Penang. Phone 904, delivery by Message. Office Hours 8 a_m. to 8 p.m. C& 63A Don’t Miss our Christmas Display We have a host of things to please the eye and the palate Gorgeous Crackers and
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  • 357 1 Reuter. JAPANESE HIGH OFFICER PUNISHED Shanghai, December 16 In accordance with the pledge to punish the officers responsible for bombing the Panay,” the Japanese have recalled Rear Admiral Teizu Mitsunami, chief of aerial operations, who it is semiofficially announced, will be relieved of his post.Reuter. (Contd. on page
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  • 1554 2 Societies Must Be More Than Loan Agencies PENANG URBAN UNION’S IMPORTANT SCHEME There is an urgent call for greater vision and planning in co-operative activities in this country. As already pointed out by she Hon. Mr. S. W. Jones, the Selangor British Resident,
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  • 651 2 Dots On Majesties? Faces An interesting talk on Coronation Stamps” was given by Rai Sahib B. R. Sharma to the Penang Rotarians at the weekly luncheon at the E. and O. Hotel yesterday. Mr. Sharma recalled that it was a year ago that he
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  • 138 2 Six Days Set Aside For Inquiry Yeoh Chye Huat, who is alleged to be involved in the Chulia Street murder which occurred on October 18, at 12.30 a.m., and against whom an extradition warrant was issued, was arrested in Kuala Lumpuron December 13 in company with another
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  • 96 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Dec. 15. The Friends of Singapore are to open public fund to meet the cost of a collection of old prints and books about Singapore which it is desired to purchase as the nucleus of the society’s collection. Dato Roland
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    • 132 2 rj.UllJ—l IIIIIIBIIHII HIIIIIBW Mil— Mil -ITiiIMMII JI WliWf W".TUJfXIt JOnESSRT* «r> .iuTSW-rz: Wfc AfiK «.v I <wnirwir.fT T ~ar rminrniirniTWMirm r nmui i S S I i| ill Which is M ij th® right Whisky for Christmas 11 The glasses on this tree are testing glasses,” each Ci j contains
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    • 238 2 I will say! THIS BIOCEL SKIN FOOD IS MARVELLOUS/ It proves the skin can eat I a 1 My doctor I told me that lioccl in this par- v dcular skinfood is obtained from carefully selected young animab It goes down deep into the lin and supplies it with the
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  • 269 3 50,000 Japanese Troops Reported Preparing To Sail Reuter. Kwangtung The Objective ENEMY MAY ALSO TRY TO CAPTURE HANGCHOW SOUTH CHINA IS EXPECTED TO BE THE NEXT SCENE OF SINO-JAPANESE HOSTILITIES. Renter states that reports are current that 50.000 Japanese from Shanghai and Nanking area are already
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  • 70 3 Bri ti s h W i rel ess. Mishap To Cunard Liner !o: I >< 15: In dense fog with a i f only two or three yards, the Whitt Star Liner Andania, 14.000 i.Hided with an oil tanker the Statesman, 7.000 Tons, at Purfleet <t
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  • 111 3 British Wireless. Economic Expert Supports Premier on, Dee. 15: The Prime Minister confident statement in Commons r iy in which he rebuked dismal prowho talked as though another trade on were approaching, adding the iiae that Britain in any case was a tar better position
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  • 61 3 British Wireless. lx don, Dec. 15: Birthday greetings r all parts of the world reached King -r < yesterday. In the afternoon he i Queen together with Queen Mary he Duchess of Kent were present at hildren’s party given at Buckingham for Princess
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  • 234 3 RESCUERS TAKE BOMBING VICTIMS THROUGH BATTLE ZONE Reuter Shanghai. Dec. 15: Steaming slowly through the fog-enshrouded Yangtse. their grey forms outlined in the gloomy mist the U.S.S. Oahu with her tragic cargo and the shell-scarred H.M.S. Ladybird ltd by Japanese minesweepers and with a convoy of
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  • 70 3 Reuter. £61.000.000 For Armed Services Rome, Dec. 15: A surplus of approximately £400.000 is shown m the 1938/9 budget estimates Italy's re irmamcnt programme and military an I naval air costs are not comprised in oudget figures the requirements of which ne being met by "extraordinary measures At
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  • 42 3 Reuter. 184 Women Elected Moscow. Dec. 15: Except for a few remote votes counting in the elections of the first Soviet parliament was completed. Communist deputies number **Bs, and non-party 288. One hundred and eighty-four women were elected.-
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  • 112 3 Reuter. Hom Manv Since Auirti*!. Asks M. P. London, Dec. 15: Replying to Mr. J.J. Davidson in Commons as to how many official British protests had been sent to the Japanese Government since August 26. Mr. Eden said the questioner would appreciate the distinction between protests
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  • 53 3 Reuter. M. Drlbos In Bii<lap»*t Budapest. Dec. 17: The railway was heavily guarded when M. Delbos arrived and had a surprise talk in th-- waiting room with Baron Apor. Chici of the Hungarian Political Department, befor other officials arrived. After conferring with officials M. Delbos
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  • 90 3 Reuter. Peiping, Dec. 15: The new government established here will govern all territory from which the Kuomintang has been driven, including Shanghai, declared Tang Erh-ho the Chairman in a statement to Reuter. The regime had de facto Japanese recognition that it was tne Government of China ahd would
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  • 140 3 On November 24, the Fmang Gazette Canton Correspondent, on his way to Nanking, sent a dispatch (published on December 3) of which the following is an extract: The spirit in South China remains unbroken. There are stories of an armed invasion of the South
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  • 272 3 Reuter. Date Not Yet Fixed For Compensation London. Dec. 15: In the Commons Sir Percy Harris enquired whether any specific date had been fixed by the Japanese Government for payment and compensation for damage done to British lives and property in Shanghai. Nanking and elsewhere in
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  • 37 3 Reuter. Jerusalem. Dec. 15: Pleading guilty to charges of carrying' a revolver, gelignite and gunpowder the first woman to be charged by the Military Court received a sentence of ten years’ imprisonment.
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  • 32 3 Air Minister, Lord Swinton.British Wireless. London, Dec. 15: Lord Monsell has been appointed Government Director on the board of British Airways Limited by the Air Minister, Lord Swinton.British
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  • 257 3 Reuter. Seriousness Of Sihtaltoii Eniphasi-ed London. Dec. 15: The British Government was today sending a communication to the Japanese Government defining her attitude towards the whole series of incidents in North China and emphasising the seriousness of the situati-'i thus created and the requirements which m
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  • 75 3 Reuter. Shanghai. Dec. 15: The Japanese Embassy has received a message from Nanking stating that the 27 rs there are all safe. They consist of one Briton, two Russians, six Germans and 18 Americans. There are no foreign diplomatic officials in Nanking. About 150,000 Chinese in
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  • 116 3 Reuter. Commons Question About Bombing Threat London. Dec. 15: Mr. G. le M. Mander asked Mr. Eden in Commons to consider the advisability of exercising British right under Article Eleven in the League Covenant to draw the attention of the Council to Japan’s action threatening France
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  • 77 3 X illage Near British Territory Hong Kong. Dec. 15: Three Japanese planes bombed Shumchun on the SinoBritish border this afternoon. the objectives apparently being the bridge across the Shumchun River connecting SinoEritish territory, and the wireless station on the Chinese side of the border. Details cf the damage
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  • 63 3 British Wireless London, Dec. 15: When the new British Ambassador to Portugal. Sir Walford Selby, reached Lisbon today he was greeted by among others the representative of Dr Salazar and Portuguese. British and French diplomats. The new Ambassador referred to the ties of friendship between Portugal
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    • 215 3 f It wA&r This migH seem an extraordinary statement, but A f there ai fur coats, and fur coats. It all depends the sort of a fur coat you are referring te. We don't say that she does not want a Mink, Cariculc, or Seal I eoat. but we do
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    • 237 3 FOR TRAVELLING XMAS. RELIABLE ALL BRITISH TRUNKS s®S_ VALUES WARDROBE TRUNKS NO. 2W. Genuine Hard Vulcanised. Fibre on 3 and 5 Ply Birch. Bound extra heavy vulcanised fibre. Fitted spring lock, brassed steel fittings. Fixed top as illustrated. SIZE 36 x 22 x 14 inches. Price #37.50 each. NO. IW.
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  • 635 4 Sequel In Coroner's Court: Driver Questioned About Liquor (Krom r >ui Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Dec. 1?. |7\IDKX'CE regarding the condition of a young English-speak-ing motorist. Kee Chee Mon, who was involved in a fatal accident in East Coast Road on the night of Dec. S
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  • 164 4 Tonight at the Esplanade" from 8.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.: March: Step Of Glory: Winter. Overture: Poet And Peasant: Suppe. Grand Selection- -SainMon and Delilah. Saint-Saens. Introducing: Our Herds’’ Scona Oh! Love from thy power" Chorus- "The Breath of God” Dance of the Priestesses of Dagon" Chorus
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  • 347 4 Decree Nisi For Mrs. H. A. Short < I‘roni hir )wn C«>r respondent London, Dec. 6. Two petitions of considerable io tercst t<> Malax ans were heard in lire Divorce Courts today. In the first case, the President. Sir Boyd Merriman, granted a decree nisi to
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  • 203 4 Promotions And Transfers The following promotions, transfers, ar. i reappointments in the Colonial Service hax been announced: COLONIAL ADMINISTRATE E SERVK E Ham. G. L. (Under-Secretary. Straits Settlements). British Resident. Negri Sembilan. Jarrett. N. R. (Officer of Class 18. Malayan Civil Service). British Adviser, Trengganu. COLONIAL LEGAL SERVK
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  • 789 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. Frank XVyse, elder brother of Mrs. Robert Kellar, has arrived in' Ipoh from w est Australia on a visit to his sister. The Hon. Mr. R. D. Fitzgerald. Director oUjTedicai Services, S. S has returned after spending his local leave at Cameron Hignlands. Miss Joan, only daughter
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  • 159 4 Wedding Plans Secret Krom < hir < hvn Correspondent) London, Dec. 14. Great interest has been created in London bx the recent announcement of the engagement of Prince Birabongte of Siam to marrv Miss Ceril I leycock, art student daughter of Colonel and Mrs. P. R. Heycock,
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  • 193 4 MR. GREGORY’S £lO,OOO I S A ENGAGEMENT Couple Leaving For America Today (Prom ()ur Own Correspondent.) London, lb PIxIXCP.SS P>ABA. as the London newspapers persisi Mrs Bob Gregorx. youngest* daughter of the Ra wak. leaves I .ondon with her all-in wrest ler husband f< rtl
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    • 146 4 I SOUPS, GRAVIES, ETC. tfi JL mm which have turned out to be on the weak w jfi IMm side, can easily be improved in flavour by an addition of a few drops of I MAGGP I \g/ SEASONING I K SOLE AGENTS I HENRY WAUGH CO.. LTD.. I PENANG.
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  • 25 5 i "TlFl'L. KETTI GALLI AN was a modsl for yowns worn by the f Hollywood, now she is a star of Hollywood.
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  • 38 5 A clever bn*. study from Devonshire, showing 'tivo seagnil- lighting tor their fish dinner Ihe watcher on the right was hoping they would both lose. But he was unlucky. The rivals saw to that!
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  • 174 5 Honeymoon In Bal? (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore Dec. 15. Lieut. Edward lan Everest Mozley, of the Royal Signals, stationed at Singapore, was married at St. Andrews Cathedral yesterday to Miss Anthea Dorothy Mason. The bride is the daughter of Dr. S. A. Mason, of Headingly, Leeds
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  • 172 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Dec. 15. In view of the prevalence of illicitly distilled samsu was it not desirable to renew all toddy shop licences? This question was discussed at the halfyearly general meeting of the Johore Planters Association at Kluang yesterday. Recently the
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  • 2083 5 HR RUD SHELTERS: RRITISH ERE\CH EXPERTS DISAGREE in i hvn Correspondent) London, Dec. 8. Q\ Sunday last I braved the wintry blasts in meet a young niece at King’s Station. She i.s just seven years aas being brought to lamdon i !s t time. It was a
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    • 92 5 t ii Here’s to HEALTH the morning after... When in the cause of good fellowship rules have to be relaxed, when the evening’s entertainment is more than usually gay, and the gaiety of the dance leaves one more limp than usual, then last night’s indulgence u D. I may be
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  • 307 6 28 Granted For 1938 The last quarterly session of the Board o f Licensing Justices, Penang, of the year was held in the First Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon. Mr. J. L. McFall presided, and those present were Messrs. J. A. Black, Lim Eow Thoon, J. Dick, E.
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  • 24 6 The United Malacca Rubber Estates Ltd., crop for the month ot November 1937 was 58.000 lb. Total for 7 month *****0 lb.
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  • 143 6 Following are contributions received up-to-date towards the China Distress Relief Fund: Previously acknowledged Straits $398.844.99. Mr. Neoh Gim Chew (Chinese $100) 50.50; Messrs. Kwong Yik Guan A staff 14.00; A Contributor of Jelutong 18.20; Mr. Lim Choon Toe 2.02; Ong 800 Gnoh 3.03; Miss Low Geok
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  • 92 6 (From Our Own Conespondent) Singapore. Dec. 15. When the committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association meets on Dec. 20, it will coTTsfuer a report of a sub-committee which it appointed to inquire into the general question of broadcasting in the Straits Settlements. Another item for
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    • 270 6 tor Better Class Entertainment Come To Is. If e Hare It. See Artistes In The Flesh Acting Their Roles. No Me re Shadow Plav. WEMBLEY PARK LONTGHT Thursday. 16th December. 1937. ADMISSION 10 CENTS. ODEON STAR OPERA "Radin Mas" (in two partsi. A very realistic. Story involving; two Countries namelv
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    • 241 6 HUKES SOM|.;| 1I( EVI S BE rri I HAN COD I.IVI Tasteless. I |p s i\ 1 s n-r ornni )o Tablets Log T}j: n »>. AU who are too thp little for their peac< only they could t they might begin, to put of flesh. But few peopl of
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 187 6 Tomorrow’s Big Event At Ihe THE GREATEST ACTOR OF THE AGE THE GREATEST ROLE OF HIS CAREER I MR. PAIL MUNI as EMILE ZOLA” HE PICKED A FADED ROSE FROM THE STREETS OF PARIS AND MADE HER THE IMMORTAL NANA 11 He Taught The World That... J Ji TRUTH CANNOT
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    • 232 6 ROYALi Tonight ONE SHOW ONLY AT 8 P.M. CHING WAH DRAMATIC PARTY” Tomorrow HL YEW SEAH GIRLS’ SCHOOL CONCERT” CHARITY SHOW IN AID OF CHINA DISTRESS RELIEF FUND. Continuously Two Nights Space. Hall and Kindlv Donated Bv Messrs. ONG* SHAW. lBth Dec., 1937. THE WELL-KNOWN CHINA TRAVELLING DANCING TROUPE” A
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    • 125 6 QUEEN’S LAST NIGHT 6.15 TONIGHI 9.30 Paramount’s Gayest Comedy Hit DANCING ROMANCING' GIRLS! ffr'/.jfc O| i UPROARIOUS FVN! A J f T 4b -2f> f U ARI IF ELEANORE JOHNHY PHU WHITNFY DOWNS «id Ms Ord” 11 RUGGLES ROMO VINCENT BEH 3- Hear 4 New Song Hits: Southern Hospitality." Easy
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  • 48 7 of a huge statue of Britannia being made by M. Desrulles, the French sculptor. When finished it will be 30 feet high and will be placed at the end of Bouloigne Harbour to commemorate the landing of the first British Expeditionary Force in 1914.
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  • 295 7 Police Test At Detroit ALCOHOL GIVEN TO LORRYMEN Detroit. An unusual scientific test of the effect of drink on motorists was organised by the police here. As originally planned, eight men were to sit down to dinner and deliberately drink themselves into carefully graded stages
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  • 24 7 Rutlt Etting, the American, has filed a suit for divorce in Chicago against her husband, Colonel M. Snyder, alleging desertion and cruelty.
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  • 496 7 FATHER AWARDED DAMAGES London. Mr. Justice Greaves-Lord, 'in the King’s Bench Division recently awarded £1,500 damages for the lo«s of the normal expectation of life respecting a girl of eight who was killed by a dray. During tne hearing lie quoted the following
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  • 208 7 SECRET WAR-TIME CHIEF The man who will command the British Fleet at sea in the event of war has already been selected, but his identity is a Board of Admiralty secret. War Commander-in-Chief is always marked out secretly while he is still comparatively junior. This enables him
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  • 121 7 Carefully imitating the blue suit and black tie of the official staff, a man who refuses to give his name has raided the offices of Hitler’s secretary at the German Chancellery in Berlin. News of the incident leaked out only on Dec. 6, although it
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  • 447 7 CROOK’S CLEVER TALE Clever as he is, the king of forgers who once deceived the British Museum with nis shelley fakes, is not the only man who is turning his academic knowledge to crime that outwits the law. Bibliographer A.J.A. Symons, who revealed last week
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  • 212 7 Petitions Written Out Of Good Spirit” (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Dec. 15. A Tamil Mohammedan. K. Mohamed, appeared before Mr. E. C. G. Barrett in the Fourth Police Court yesterday, when he was asked to show why he should not be bound over to keep the
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  • 313 7 Marriage Ambassador’s Quest Girls who want to find a husband should travel. This is the conviction of Mrs. EditH Watson, a London woman, who set out as a matrimonial ambassador to find what demand there is for wives in the dominions and colonies. She has another
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 517 7 Office 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extent ions. Telegram Gazette Penang. *a»eap* ,re Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapwe. Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3685. «.k Office Brewster Road. Phone 268. I«R.ba Office 4®, 43, Fleet Street, London E.C. 4 Phone Centra) 36*8—36*9
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    • 404 7 Im't <6 APIOL STEEL Sjure at dcertainfora’il Female complaints. Every laciy should keep a box in the house. The GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY 52-54 Beach Street. Penang. BEACH STREET AUCTION ROOMS Important Property Sale By Order of the PUBLIC TRUSTEE, F.M.S. as Executor of the will of CHUNG THYE PHIN. DECEASED.
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  • 559 8 THE President of the Penang Municipal Commissioners on Tuesday urged a delay in the appointment of a Committee as several Commisisioners were retiring. He thought it would be better to wait until the first meeting in January. Although there were some objections, the Commissioners agreed. '1 he
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  • 57 8 40,000,000 Yen Project (From Our Own Correspondent. > Bangkok, Dec. 15.According to a Japanese paper, the Siamese Government has selected plans submitted by the Technical Department of the Engineering Bureau. Tokio, to the Home Office for a proposed harbour in Bangkok. The engineers of 22
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  • 37 8 .Reuter. Peiping. Dec. 15.According to reliable information received from Taiyuanfu, the American missionary. Garland Leonard, was killed by Chinese soldiers in Yuanping on August 7. The reason for the shooting is unknown.
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  • 48 8 Three flying boats of No. 204 Squadron which are flying from England to Australia arrived at Rangoon early yesterday morning. The fourth flying boat has experienced trouble wnth one engine and is proceeding to Akyab. The fifth, which stood by, has arrived at Akyab.
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  • 60 8 Reuter. Washington. Dec. 15 From the standpoint of promoting peace and keeping the country from war I am unable to see the w’isdom or practicability of this proposal,” stated Mr. Cordell Hull opposing an amendment to the United States Constitution proposed by Congressman Ludlow which would
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  • 260 8 lUCTTER TO THE EDITOR] As a newcomer to Penang and as one who is very interested in art and is making a serious study of it, may I be allowed through the medium of your daily to make a few comments on the art exhibition of the
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  • 593 8 A Governmental Paradox Marriages in Malaya The Unhappiness of Beauty IT has always seemed istrange to me that the Government, whose conscience is so scrupulous and meticulous that it prohibits the collection of funds in Malaya for war purposes, should allow the shipping of Malaya’s produce of
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  • 313 8 Crowds At Majestic THE PRISONER OF ZENDA,” starring Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll. Shounng at the Majestic. This new version of one of the most famous of silent films is likely to be one of the greatest successes of the year. It may not
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  • 74 8 At the Queen’s, the main attraction is Paramount’s comedy-cum-nwsical hit. Turn Off the Moon,” which w ll be shown urht Dainty for the last night ns apP' a nore Whitney and J°^ y lie Rugg><in the leading roles radio star, while Kenny the Mu
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  • 106 8 Mr. J. L McFall, the Penang Judge, will leave Penang on furloug Saturday by the P. and O. Rajputana home. hA ta. In view of his departure a group graph of the staff of the Police an trict Courts was taken yesterday w. T. D
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  • 95 8 (From Our Own Correspondent Kluang D™The F.M.S. Railways are vantage of us not having an o to squeeze every cent out o [neei European planter at the h< ah(>n t c ing of the Johore Planters A Kluang today. He referred to the yang ron<t
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  • 46 8 r.—Reuter. M. visit* Prague, Dec. 15.- Follow de M to Warsaw, Bucharest and T C Delbos arrived here todaY Minisler That the station by the Fon Krofta. and warmly chet < (cd W )th in the streets which were decora the French flag.—Reuter.
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    • 27 8 When Buying Hams ALWAYS SPECIFY Well-known throughout THE WHOLE WORLD. OBTAINABLE FROM All the Leading Dealers. ROLE AGENTS: Henry Waugh Co.. Ltd., PENANG lpoh. A Kuala Ixßnpar.
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  • 926 9 37 Entries From Class 1 HEAVY ENTRIES FROM CLASSES 3 AND 4 DEI*OW will be found the full entries for the Penang Turf dub Xmas-New Year Meeting opening on Monday, Dedumber 27. The total number of horsess and ponies entered for
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  • 82 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. Dec. 15. Dr. Wu Lien-teh, the well-known Straitsjorn Chinese Government official, arrived in Singapore today from China, accompanied by his son and daughter whom he is taking to Penang to further their studies. Dr. Wu, who is head of
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  • 491 9 OUTSTATION HORSES NOT YET HERE BY TIC-TAC With only 11 days more for the openng of the Penang Xmas-New Year Meeting punters are beginning to take an interest in the training work. At the course this morning there were not many but doubtless the numbers
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  • 54 9 The Pinang Gazette is officially iniorr.f: d th it the Committee regret they are unable to provide any runs for I las* ponies. Major Patrickson Back From Leave Major D. M. Patrickson, Official Handicapper, returned from home laave this morning. Major Patrickson will do the handicaps
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  • 420 9 Mr. Lim Chong Eu On the result of the examination held in October, the Federated Malay States open Queen’s Scholarship has been awarded to Chin Kim Hong, a pupil of the King Edward VII School, Taiping, and the scholarship confined to Malays has been
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    • 35 9 EASTERN BAZAAR (THE BLUE SHOP) Just received a large selection of New designs the latest in CEPEA FABRICS in various shades colours. I EASTERN BAZAAR THE BLUE SHOP 8 BISHOP STREET PENANG. PHONE 1396 _J
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    • 296 9 Grand AX V’ IM f** ALOR STAR ter*™: DvAiN v» kedah Sunday 19th December, 1937, 9-15 Sharp. CHARITY CONTEST IN AID OF THE KEDAH 44 POPPY DAY FIND UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF The Honourable The British Adviser, Kedah. AND The President, Kedah Boxing Board Of ControlHANDSOME SILVER CUPS PRESENTED
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  • 1397 10 Solution Should Be Sought Before Restriction Is Endangered {From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 7. Malaya's claim for the revision in hei favour of the allocation of national standard tin production tonnages under the international restriction scheme is receiving rapidly increasing support in London. It
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  • 165 10 Interest In Far Eastern Markets Ihe Canadian Trade Comm L< e*ioner’3 Office at Singapore advises that the Trade Commissioner, Mr. B. C. Butler, who left Singapore early in May, has completed about half his tour of Canadian industries. The principal centres in British Columbia. Prairie Provinces, the Maritimes end
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  • 389 10 Publication Of Particulars Particulars have been published in London for information of the capital of Malayan Para Rubber, formed three years ago to acquire and work three rubber estates in Johore and the Straits Settlements. Authorised share capital is £250,000, with £189,600 issued in 2s. shares, of
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  • 300 10 State Move Not Desirable Viscount Horne defended rising prices as an aid to industry during a debate in the HotlAi of Lords on Dec. 1, on a motion moved by Lord Faringdon. This declared that the House viewed with anxiety the failure of the Government
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  • 24 10 The Ayer Molek Rubber Co., Ltd., crop for the month of November 1937 was 28.405 lb. Total for 1 month 28,405 lb.
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  • 29 10 Renong Consolidated Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. Dredge Statistics for the first half of December 1937: Hours Run 286; Cubic Yards Treated 100.000; Tin Ore Won Pikula 344.
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  • 30 10 Rat rut Basin Tin Dredging Co., Ltd Dredge Statistics for the first half of December 1937; Hours Run 245; Cubic Yards Treated 48.600; Tin Ore Won Pikuls 232.
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  • 727 10 Withdrawal Of Buying Interest Messrs. Fraser and Co. in their report published in Singapore yesterday state: Since our last report the political situation generally has undergone very little actual change although the week has certainly not been without its moments of interest and excitement. In the
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  • 246 10 Rumours Of A Revival The Financial Times learns that discussions on the practicabil.ty of a revival of the International Zinc Cartel are taking place. On the London Metal Exchange on Dec. the price of zinc spurted Ils 3d tq Is 3d a ton. Whereas other base metals relinquished
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  • 27 10 Katu Tin Dredging Ltd. Dredge Statistics for the first half of December 1937; Hours Run 280; Cubic Yards Treated 67,000; Tin Ore Won Pikuls 421.
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  • 15 10 Hitam Tin. Limited. Output for the month of November 1937 was 96 piculs.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 48 10 That children know better than grown-ups. tlhildren actually show wisdom in their craving for sweet things, such as honey or Cadbury chocolate, for such foods have a v* ry high energy value. Moreover, doctors tell us that it’s a good, not bad, thing avoid too gy> between meals.
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    • 120 10 I’m no film star, but I know a star film -and that’s Selo A cxirtv nA fcz* Get livelier snaps andmoreof them} Selo and Selochrome will give you eight out of eight every time—really brilliant ones, with plenty of detail. These famous British films—which, incidentally, are made to suit allmakesof
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  • 561 11 COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE QUESTION (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Dec. 1?. To investigate the question of construction by the Government of more quarters for local!\ -recruited Asiatic and Eurasian ollicers, a committee is being appointed, it was othcialh announce I in the Legislative
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  • 103 11 m Ur.'lon are taking th- < n hi < .liiia «.eiiously, and ..n(im<»\< minis are being organised, ui r rejini. .1 *o welcome refugees I una and do irhat they ruin for t) < tan it Dr. W. Rogers, of the Lode Mine I..me, who
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  • 536 11 MK. V. L. HENRY AM) Ml" ESTHER RANEE LEE From Our Own Correspondent. > Ipoh, Dec. 16. Jeylon society wedding took place yes--:iy when Mr. Henry Appucutty, popur ->wn as" A. L. Henry among sporti leu, wad married to Esther Ranee, daughter of the late Dr. J.
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  • 112 11 I'rom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar. Dec. 15. the Sultan of Perak and Major A Years will travel down to laiping '-.lay to attend the two-day Skye '■A on Friday and Saturday. Monday, December 20, H.H. the of Perak, accompanied by Raja engah,
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  • 218 11 Sampan And Motor-Boat Capsize (From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Kangsar, Dec. 15. A second mishap occurred in the Perak River today, the first being on Saturday last when a small sampan containing a woman and her child capsized. A motor-boat bringing passengers from Manora to Kuala Kangsar
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  • 293 11 LARGEST LAYOUT COMPLETED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 15. A layout of the biggest hospital scheme in the F. M S which is to be a combination of the Bungsar European Hospital and the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, rising to
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  • 231 11 Exhibition Of ork And Sports The Chinese Convent School in Dato Kramat Road. Penang, held its annual exhibition on Monday. At 4.30 p.m. the pupils in their white school uniform welcomed Rev. Mother St. Tarcisius, 0.8. E. and Rev Mother St. Louis in a
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  • 52 11 Reuter. London. U«ec. 16. Further F.A. Cup ties for the second round resulted as follows: Mansfield 2, Lincoln 1 Crewe 2, New Brig ton 2. The results of the second round replays are: Bristol City 0, Cardiff 2. York 1, Clapton Orient 0. Brighten 6. South
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  • 28 11 invited by’ a rich French patron of the arts, have had great success dancing ,n Paris They* were snapped in the Place de la Concord.
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  • 832 11 Arrivals By P. &0. Corfu Today COUNTESS TO FLY AROUND MALAYA D.E.I. Not since the visit to Penang of the luxury ocean liner "Astria” three ye’< r s back, has this island seen such an influx of titled personages, visiting our shores in the course of
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  • 343 11 Chinese Gaoled For Trust Breach This offence is very prevalent in Penang, and drastic action is required to s,.op it. If pawnbrokers can be made to understand that they’ must not take unfinished articles into pawn, this offence will not be so ripe” said Inspector D. R.
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  • 188 11 Merger Of Four Companies Ipoh, Dec. 16. Four motor-bus companies plying on the Ipoh to Gopeng-Kampar route via Malim Nawar have amalgamated under the new name of the Kinta Omnibus Co.. Ltd. The four companies are the Lean Yik Motor Service Co., the Pioneer Motor
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  • 232 11 Possession Of Goods Suspected Stolen Kunchi Ayah, a former employee of the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. Penang, was sentenced to six weeks' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. T. D. Hughes, the Penang Police Magistrate, for possession of articles, namely, a Sam Browne belt and sword, frog,
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  • 299 12 In this age of wonders, a new historical miloi Iv when it was revealed that after months of rest u Mr. L. Baird, inventor of television, has at last v 1 in (r television pictures in colour. Satisfactory demonstrations were given. The pictures were transmitted in
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  • 399 12 Huge Liner Orders Held Up ,THOU( 1 it is more than six months since thc Imperial Conference approved thc building of two fast, high class liner> for the Canadian-Australasian service, the orders have not yet been placed. The Canadian-Australasian service operates over the "all red”
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  • 259 12 A 8.8. C. French-hom player was plaintiff in an unsuccessful libel suit at Birmingham Assizes recently. George Henry Francis, of Bristol-ioad, Birmingham claimed damages from Birmingham Gazette, Limited. The claim was in respect of a criticism of a performance of Beethoven’s Secon 1 Symphony in D,
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  • 367 12 Latest riint> lit Postinn air mail A mail for Kuala Lumpui .in sby Malayan Internal Air Seiv. at 2 p.m. tomorrow A mail for Singapore by ways will close at ni>on tomorrow A mail for Medan by K y j t y vice will close at
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1844 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES B.H.C. CALCUTTA MELBOURNE VUC 6.10 Mc/s (49.1 ni.) VK 2ME 9.59 Mc/s (31.2 nu TODAY TODAY o« the fotlnwg wave to* pt ba: p.m. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With TRANSMISSION 2 P nl For the K ura! Areas, the world’s famous orchestra. 6.20 News )b 1 g
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    • 287 12 PHOHI HOLLAND PCJ. 9.59 Mc/s (31.28 mJ TODAY a.m. 8.20 Special programme. 9.20 Close down. PHI. 17.77 Mc/s (16.88 in) p.m. 8.45 Announcement. 8.50 Stock report 9.00 Actualities. 9.20 Netherlard pianoduo. 9.45 Talk by the Rev. E. D. Spelberg, Hilversuni. 10.00 News bulletin. 10.20 Close down. TOMORROW PHI, 17.77 mcs
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    • 23 12 UDE TABIE tod" I.oW HIGH 30 p m 11 32 p.m. IXJ.MOK K<>" 4 28 a m 6.25 P 12 05 p ni
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  • 644 13 and International Maritime is decided to increase timber i tin- Baltic and White Sea traffic 'Gs v 2'i to 25 per cent. omniunique issued recently iltwhite” tariffs for 1938 have ik< out and will now be sent to Minimum freights have been niier cargoes in the Baltic and
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  • 829 13 S.S. GORGON’ arrives todav from Singapore, lava and West Australian Coast ports, sailing same day for same ports, from wharf. I>. O. B. ANGELINA’ arrives today from Singapore. S.S. M \TiA HART from Singapore via ports, sailing tomorrow for same ports. YACHT VIRGINIA’ arrived hist
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  • 220 13 Seven Deck* Already In Place Glasgow. The keel of the Cunard White Star liner No. 552 was laid down at John Brown’s shipyard at Clydebank a year ago. Since then 30.000 tons have been added to her bulk, and it is estimated that in
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  • 146 13 Missing Since Aug. 13 Moscow. M. Vodopianoff, leader of the expedition which has searched since August for the seven Russian trans-Polar airmen lost in the Arctic, said that Levanevsky has been given up for dead.” Levanevsky was the leader of the crew which set
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 404 13 blue funnel line |ee(r la LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leaves Doe (In conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London .«irTIAS L’don, R'dam, H’burg, Hull Swansea D ec 15 Jan 19 ~|.,rON Mars., L’don, R’dam, Glasgow. 1» u socLE L’don R’dam. H’burg. Antwerp and Dec. 31 Jan. 31 Middlesborough LIVERPOOL SERVICE
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    • 947 13 P O BRITISb| d |NDIA i Incorporated tn England, i SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. CORFU” SAILING THURSDAY. 16th DECEMBER S N Co under Penan s- Tell "< Anson. Port Swef.w2h.ln. contract with His Majesty s Governmi nt Malacca and Singapore Service London and Far East Mail Service Q Q TT
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  • 1300 14 Drastic Proposals By Inquiry Commission FIRST-CLASS COUNTIES: FEWER WANTED London. Amazing revelations of the deplorable state of County Cricket finance are made in the report of the Commission appointed by the M. C. C. at the request of the Advisory County Cricket Committee to
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  • 380 14 Handicaps For Tomorrow (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Today. The following are the weights for th* 1 first day of the Taiping Turf Club Skye meeting to be run tomorrow: KM’E 1 Polo Ponies. Catch Weights. WHY WORRY CARKAL PANGKOR LUMUT GREY LAD EDGAR M REDFERN RACE
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  • 35 14 Reuter. London. Dec. 16. Yesterday’s rugby results re: Middlesex beat Sussex at Teidington by 16 points to 3; The Police beat the Royal Navy at White City by 17 points to 5
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  • 554 14 Penang Team To Visit Ipoh A Penang women’s hockey team will travel to Ipoh during the week-end for matches with the Ipoh Y.W.C.A. and the Combined Girls' XI drawn from the Ipoh Chinese Corinthians and the Telephone Exchange Girls. A trial was held yesterday at the Francis Light
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 322 14 POPPY DAY BOXING (CHARITY) TO BE HELD AT THE GRAND AMUSEMENT p ARk ALOR STAR KEDAI 9 P.M. SHARP—ON THE NIGHT Of Sunday, 19th December /93IN AID OF THE KEDAH POPPY-DAY FljNn UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF THE HON’BLE Mr. J. D. HALL MCs .THE BRITISH ADVISER KEDAH.. AND HIS
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  • 1261 15 Most Remarkable Occasion In English Sport History London, Dec. 8. HENRY COITON, the British Open champion, who in the view of many is the greatest golfer in the world today, has found himself in many tough situations. I here was never one tougher,
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  • 364 15 THE BIG LAWN tennis walk-out London, Dec 7. Pat Hughes having given the lead, H W Austin followed yesterday with the anuaincement that he, too, might be giving jp Davis Cup tennis. Report refers to this startling possibiTty I wouldn't call it that. I said some nonths ago
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  • 100 15 v< ral hundred enthusiasts gave the k athletes, cyclists, boxers and swimwho will represent England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland in the Brii .mpire Games at Sydney, in February, ng send-off on their long journey. Its Majesty the King sent the following age to
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  • 182 15 American boxing promoter Mike Jacobs has had to change his plans following the defeat of Bob Pastor by Nathan Mia rm It had been arranged that Tommy Farr should Meet Pastor in Madison-Square Gardens on Jan. 21, but Jacobs now says that he will find
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  • 28 15 Sir Malcolm Campbell, the famous British motorist with his high-speed motor-boat Bluebird unth which he intends to improve upon his newly set up speedboat record.
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  • 136 15 Was Attacking Battleship Chen (Shin Ho, Skmtji China’s finest centre-half footballer, who was seen in Malaya when the Chinese Olympi? soccer eleven played in Singapore on its return home, was killed during an air raid on the crack battleship of the Japanese Navy, the
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  • 346 15 Home Soccer 1 opics (From Our Own Correspondent t London, Dec 8. In English league circles, there is a revival of the old story that the Bradford clubs may amalgamate. The directors of both clubs refuse to comment officially on the matter but one did
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 147 15 You couldn’t have thought of a nicer present! I!» C iz V iL J y j Cigarettes for Christmas—of course. This i IT T Christmas the question of which cigarettes IjL to give is not a difficult one. du Maurier, X. I r naturally. Luxury cigarettes, du Pdaurier filter tip
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 40 15 IOPWatering the Animals By J, MILLAR WA’IT COMIL OH- HE. CAN GO AND A LITTLE A WEEK WITHOUT C Ffif DRINK. GOES A LONG WAY 7 nt EB T l| <C' frvrlgM IBJ K» TW H.I. StWE».> 1 //-/3 u»'j
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  • 127 16 TlN previously latest LONDON—(Spot) £193.10. 0 £192. 5. 0 LONDON—(3 months) £19 2 io. 0 £191.10. 0 SINGAPORE $95 00 ĕ $95.00 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $94.50 $94.25 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) 4 90 5.00 BLACK PEPPER 9 00 9 00 RUBBER LONDON 7i.d Jid
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  • 376 16 Share of fl denomination unteea otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or I ah Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 1141 Funding Loan. 4 p.c., 1960-90 11 21 4- 1 War Loan. 3 J p.c 1012 4- Com. Union Assce. (Unite) w 10 Prudential Assce A” 33« Royal Assce. share 10a.
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  • 115 16 London on Previously Today Paris 147 1564 147 19,64 New York 4.995 4.991? Montreal 4.995 4.99 J"; Brussels 29.39£ 29.40 Geneva 21.60 A 21.601 Amsterdam 8.98 i 8.98 J Milan 94 1(i 94 Berlin 12.39; 12.39£ Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 261 261
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 91 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER i Buyers Seller» Kempas 2.10 2.175 Mentakab Pa jam 1.85 1.95 c TI N Ampat 4|9 5|3 Batu Selangor 1.525 1.575 ex Burma Malay 26|0 2810 c Gopeng Consol. 11|6 12 6c Hong Fatt 1.09 1.12 Kpg. Lan jut 2310 2316 Kent 3)3 a,9c Kuchai Ordy. 1.525
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    • 138 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.55 1.60 Hong Fatt 1.08 1.11 Kuchai 1.525 1.575 Lukut .70 .725 Petalings 7.80 8.00 Putehs 1.20 1.25 ex Rahman Hyd. 1.30 1.35 Raub Gold 3.60 3.70 ex Rantau Ordy. 1.45 1.50 Rantau Pref. 1.45 1.50 Taiping Cons. 1.675 1.725 Talam 1.40
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    • 210 16 Firm Undertone Regained New York, Dec. 15Market action today and yesterday tends to indicate that Monday’s weakness was a temporary loss only of the firm undertone. While we expect no immediate resumption of volume activity on the upside, we feel that current irregular markets offer opportunities for selective
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    • 22 16 TIN Singapore $95.00 Per pkl. Penang $94.25 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot Per lb. Penang Sj>ot 2324 c Per 11».
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    • 142 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Biivots Seller* Ampats 4 6 5.3 B. Selangors 1.55 1.60 Burma Malays 25 0 26,0 Jelebus .70 .73 K. Lan juts 23]3 23 t 9 Kramats 12|0 12'9 K. Kampars 14 9 15|3 Kuchais 1.50 1.55 Laruts 116 11[9 Pungahs 22 0 22 6 Putehs 1.27 J
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    • 17 16 X fon A PINANC GAZETTE DHDXATIOX DICTIONARY” COUPON N a rn e. Address 16 12 37 --'A-V
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    • 13 16 RUNNYMEDE HOTEL Phone 543 Penang. SATURDAY DINNER DANCE EXTENSION 1 A.M. PIKLERS ORCHESTRA
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    • 327 16 TO LET Furnished house to let for 9 months from Ist January. 10c Green Lane Apply 211 Green Lane. Penang. NOTICES PROPOSED DOG SHOW A Meeting will be held at the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, December 21st. 1937 at 7.0 p.m., for the purpose of electing a local committee
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    • 844 16 BANKS NEDERLANDSCHE CHARTERED BaxiT HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ. W ««<«„ NV p "Sr 111 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund (Incorporated in the Netherlands.) Reserve Liability of Head (mw 8 NETHERLANDS TRADING No. 38 SOCIETY.) lUochMter oa w c No. 71 Mosley street Established in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM K, Bangkok With 43 Agencies,
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