Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 January 1938

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE IJST edition ESTAB. 1833. H. BL1SHED DAILY. No. 5. Vol. XCVL THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 588 1 Rearmament as Reserve Weapon RESTORING MOMENTUM OF INDUSTRY ashington, Jan. o The President's message to Congress veering away from public works and civilian conversation corps as methods of solving the unemployment problem is regarded in political circles as affirming the hope that private industry may
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  • 179 1 Attitude Of Settlement Jan. 6.—The Chinese Foreign (has requested the British. French and American Governments to take strong mea :o prevent enforcement of the ShangMunicipal Council proclamation of Jan. 1 giving the police emergency power as a sequel to life bomb throwing incident in the Settlement.
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  • 138 1 |chs Vntate For Free Immigration •at ;€<1 tuat the World Zionist i sation will immediately make re- stations to the Colonial Office with ;..id to the Palestine White Paper iging restoration of Jewish immigration Palestine up to the economic absorptive capacity. Spe king tn London yesterlay. Professor half of
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  • 167 1 Fascinating Jungle Film -in he forbidden depths of the isle incredible, where fish climb trees, y and oysters grow on tree trunks, native blow-guns breathe death and iters still lurk, comes the thrilling 1 a great adventurer’s greatest ad■rt Martin Johnson’s last picture. I’ -meo.”
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  • 19 1 nanghai, Jan. 6. Japanese censors ar- ‘I at the cable office at 10.45 this morning. Reuter.
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  • 34 1 v ashingion; Jan. 5. —A biV authorising provision of $50,000,000 for crop loans was by ti if Senate and sent to the Ho< lh Tbe bin limits individual loans tc Reuter
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  • 275 1 A Record Production In 1937 According to a statement by the British Iron and Steel Federation, the British steel industiy is at present equipped to produce and is producing at an annual rate far in excess of 1929 or of any previous year. The output of
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  • 112 1 HiS Excellency the High Commissioner and Lady Thomas accompanied by suite will leave Singapore by train on the evening of Jan. 12 on a tour to Kuala Lumpur and Perak. While in Kuala Lumpur His Excellency will reside at King’s House and in Kuala Kangsar at
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  • 34 1 Haitkow, Jan. 6: One Japanese. plane about to land and live others or. th»ground were destroyed in a < hint s.- air laid on irhu aeradroau*. Seventy-six bombs were dropped.—Renter.
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  • 520 1 Both To Malaya And China —Dr. Sun Fo < From Our Own Correspondent i Singapore. Jan. 6. Jai an wants to step into Hong Kong, but if Great Britain were to allow that she might as well let Singapore go as .■ell.’' declared Dr. Sun Fo.
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  • 63 1 The marriage will take place at the Chinese Consulate, Penang, on Thursday. January 13, of Mr. Tan Gan Choo, second son of Mr. Tan Fng Soon and Madam Ooi Goik Kim, to Miss Lim Bin Wan, sixth daughter of the late Mr. Lim Kar Cheang and Mrs. Lim.
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  • 142 1 Tcruel Attackers Walk In Front Of Loyalist Artillery Paris, Jan. 5. Desperate fir hting in knee deep tnow, aud white camouflaged artilleiy tiring at point-tlank range gave back to the Government control of some heights forming part of La Muela Spur, or the so-called Too
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  • 27 1 Railway traffics for 1937 aggregated £164.062.000. an increase of £7,106.000 on 1936. The increase demonstrates the greater industrial and commercial activity ot country last year.
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  • 104 1 British Government’s Condolences An official message to the Canadian Government conveyed through the High Commissioner in Canada says: •‘His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have learned with deep regret of the death of Sir George Perley. His great services to Canada and to the Empire, especially
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  • 24 1 The battleship Wa’-’» i s'" •< from Portsmouth yesterci .terlanean where she ».M.S. Barham, Flagship c Dudley Pound, C.-in-C. of the Mediterranean Fleet.
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    • 118 1 (TRY OUR > DRY CLEANING DYEING > tor thorough satisfaction. TSE SHANGHAI CO., 70. Penang Road, Penang. Phene 901, delivety by Message. Office Hours 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. i VB I a I > Bb m are so much in demand. You will hud our cooked meats very popular.
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  • 176 2 CEYLONESE CHARGED WITH BEING A VAGRANT Said He Sued European For SI27,000 In Singapore BROUGHT TO COURT AT ACCUSED’S OWN REQUEST “In 1937. I' sued an European in the Singapore Supreme Court for the recovery of $127,000, but at that time I was
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  • 255 2 Off To Australia Next Week When the 40 odd personnel of the Royal An Force squadron which is flying to Australia in the course of the longest formation flight in history, leave Singapore on Monday, they will have their ■'makan” served on brand new
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  • 46 2 Budapest, Jan 5. It is semi-officially announced that important talks between Italy, Austria and Hungary will open here on Jan. 10. Count Ciano, von Schuschnigg, Dr. Schmidt and Dr Kanya will participate in the conversations which are expected to last three days.—Reuter Copyright.
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  • 458 2 Following are contributions received up to-date towards the China Distress Relief Fund: Previously acknowledged Straits $438,644. 05. S.S. Tapah, Chinese Floating Staff per Mr. Ong Ewe Siang $16.00; Nar Sang Kung Tong Chet Choon Kongsi $169.63; Chinese Distress Relief Fund Committee of Kepala Batas $287.78; Teik
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  • 68 2 The following telegram has been received by H. E. the Governor. Sir Shenton Thomas, from the Secretary of State which begins:—It gives me much pleasure to inform you that His Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve of the awards of the medal of the military
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  • 73 2 Kok—Khaw The marriage of Mr Kok Goon Hee of the of the Penang Harbour Board ferry service, and Miss Khaw Paik Lian will take place at the Penang Buddhist Association on Thursday, Jan. 13 nt noon Mr. Kok is the youngest son of Mi Kok Ah Choy,
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  • 139 2 Three Months In Prison For Breach Of Trust Sentence of three months’ rigorous imprisonment was passed yesterday on a Chinese goldsmith coolie, Tham See Kee. who pleaded guilty to having committed criminal breach of trust of gold to the value of $86.90 on December 31 at
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  • 59 2 Staff Did Not Attend Duties Shanghai, Jan. 5. The Japanese army are installing censors in the Eastern and Northern Commercial Pacific Cable Companies this afternoon to supervise incoming and outgoing messages. The entire Chinese staff of the International Radio Office where the Japanese posted sentries yesterday did
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  • 77 2 A Chinese woman. Ong Tee Wah. in the Second Police Court. Singapore, on Tuesday, refused to move until she had been assured she would be sent to China. She was charged with stealing a roll of cloth, valued $12 17 cents, from a house n
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  • 138 2 New Japanese Consul-General Mr Issaku Okamoto, the new Japanese Consul-General for Singapore, arrived on Tuesday in S ngapore from Hong K g the N.Y.K. liner Kashima Maru to sue reed Mr. Kiichi Gunji. As first Japanese Consul at Nankm„ when the Chiang Kai-shek Government was formed,
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  • 117 2 There was a big increase in the amount of rubber shipped from Singapore to Japan last month. The total Malayan shipments to Japan for December were 3,994 tons compared with 1,112 tons in November and only 411 tons in October. In September, Japan took
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  • 54 2 Jerusalem, Jan 5. Suleiman Aliekeraki, 19-year-old TransJordan Bedouin, has been sentenced to death by the military court, the charge being for possession of 81 rifle cartridges. It is contended that the accused probably intended to sell the cartridges and therefore was a menace to public
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  • 177 2 Main Roads Rendered Impassable London, Jan. 5: Central Europe and the Balkans are experiencing the sever wave in the decade. Temperatures are as low as 25 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. In Hungary all rivers, except the frozen and 12 foot snow drifts making many
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  • 170 2 Malaya has exported her full tin quota for 1938. According to an official est mate furnished by the Controller under the Tin and Tin-Ore (Restriction) Enactment, exports in December were 8.900 tons. At the end of November, the accumulated deficit in exports was 1,948 tons,
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  • 101 2 Young Chinese Arrested By Constable Mr. Dim Cheng EJan, the additional ig. istrate, Penang, yesterday fined a young Chinese, Wei Sooi Lim, $15 in default one month’s rigorous imprisonment for d lv ing an old woman, a cigarette stall keeper, of six packets of cigarettes on
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  • 129 2 Pleads Guilty To Theft Of Jewellery I From Our Own Corresponded Singapore, Jan 4 That the accused soon after arres L written a letter to the police stating that unless the charge against, him was with drawn he would commit suicide, wa.- mentioned by Court Inspector R
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  • 808 3 WHITE RACE COMMERCE MUST MELT BEFORE RISING SUN’S MISSION” ‘INTEMPERATE’ OUTBURST OF JAPANESE MINISTER FOR INTERIOR -Ol R ECONOMIC STRENGTH IS GREATER THAN ANYONE CAN IMAGINE” Demands To Shanghai Given Press Prominence London, Jan. 5. The Japanese proposals to the Shanghai Municipal Council have been put in the form of
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  • 126 3 Accommodation For Largest Ship GOVERNOR TO PERFORM OPENING CEREMONY Singapore. Jan. 5. A giant graving dock, capable of accommodating the biggest capital ship afloat xvill be opened on February 11 by H. E. the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas. Vice-Admiral Alexander Ramsay. Com-mander-in-chief. East Indies, xvill be
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  • 97 3 Britain's Assurance To Rumania London. Jan 5 Sir Reginald Hoare. Braish minister at Bucharest, has been instructed to remind the Rumanian Government in the friendliest manner of the British Government’s longstanding interest in the Minorities’ Treaty signed in Faris on Dec. 9. 1919. of which Rumania was
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  • 117 3 No General Disturbances In Country Cairo. Jan 5. The threatened split in the ranks of the Wafd appears to have materialised when Ahmed Maherx. Hamid Mahmud, who were expelled from the organisation after tne Chamber uproar on Jan 3. and Mahmud Fahmy and Nokrashy Pasha, expelled last
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  • 97 3 “No Pressure Used On foreign Governments’’ Rome, -Tan. 5 Italy has never pressed any foreign government to recognise the annexation of Abyssinia and does not intend to lo so, says a communique issued semi-offically in the Infomiazion Diplomatic a. The communique welcomes the Holland move as putting
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  • 31 3 London. Jan. 5. His Majesty has approved the appointment of Mr. F. D. Morton, M.C., K.C., as a justice of Chancery Division in the High Court. —Reuter.
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  • 221 3 MORE CHEERFUL ATMOSPHERE London, Jan. 5. Although a certain natural restraint was in evidence prior to Roosevelt s Budget message, there is, nevertheless. a decidedly more cheerful atmosphere today at. the London Stock Exchange and commodity markets. More favourable news from America such as the up-turn in
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  • 242 3 Government Issues Statement London. Jan. 5: Much prominence has been given in the press to a Government statement clarifying the policy in Palestine which was issued as a White Paper last night. Emphasis is laid on the fact that while the Government have accepted the Royal
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  • 58 3 Roosevelt Expected To Give •’Go Ahead” Signal Washington. Jan. 5. Whitehouse officials indicated today that President Roosevelt is about to g.ve the "go ahead" signal for expanded naval construction programme. They stated that the President called to Whitehouse congress leaders. Mr. Charles Edison. Asst. Secretary, Navy. Admiral
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  • 52 3 Officially Ascribed To Severe Weather London, Jan. 5. Unemployed in Britain on Dec. 13 increased by 166.000 as compared to the previous month which had 1,665,000. A substantial part of the decline in employment is officially ascribed to severe weathe which interrupted work in outdoor occupa tions.
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  • 32 3 Amsterdam, Jan. 5. Accompanied by his doctor, Prince Bern hard returned to the Palace in Oestdaht from hospital by road, passing the scene of his acc.dent. —Reuter
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  • 304 3 LESS EXPENDITURE THAN IN CURRENT YEAR CURTAILMENT IN ROAD. RIVER AND HARBOUR PROJECTS More Monev For Flood Emergencies Washington. Jan. 5. A deficit of S''?<).< m k ).(>< m) was estimated in the Roosevelt Budget message to Congress for the year ending June 30, 1939.
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  • 102 3 Nearly 100,000 Workers Are Unemployed Shanghai. Jan. 5. The. Municipal Council in a pore liminary survey of the. war damage in Settlement areas north of Soorhow' Creek estimates that 905 enterprises mostly; Chinese,employing over 30,000 workers, have been totally destroyed, and 5,000 Chines*- factories
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  • 465 5 "CHEMISTRY NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE,” SAYS ANALYST Divergent Results Of Milk Sampling HEM 1S iR\ is not an exact mathematical science. Two ami two rarely make lour/' states Mr. Alexander Bruce, of M ssrs. Bainbcr am! Bruce. City Analysts, Colombo, in a
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  • 74 5 s -nja Ht nie, the former world's troman skating champion. has been awarded the Cross of the Order of St. Ola 1st class. by King Haakon •a .Vortraa in recognition of her outi»ding sporting achievements. This < the first time that this high order
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  • 208 5 HAN WHO SWALLOWED ANYTHING DIES A:i, the man who could swallow ■?.:n£ watches, lighted cigarettes, live -h. handkerchiefs, petrol—is dead F di-i at Wolverhampton recently. as claimed for Hadji Ali, who was .vptian. that the Rockefeller Institute v. frered £10.000 for his stomach after dp2.tr l
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  • 203 5 Method Of Birth Control By Ann Injection ,:.sh scientists are working on one of •>><t remarkable discoveries of the ceni r a method of birth control by means an arm injection. 71. secret was revealed to the Press y Er;. Matsner, a leading American surbefore he sailed
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  • 179 5 Property And Cash Given Back (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Jan. 5. The Southern Hotel gaming case in which 18 Chinese appeared on various gaming charges, ended abruptly yesterday, when Mr. W. G. Reeves Third Singapore Magistrate, acquitted all the accused. Fourteen of them were
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  • 195 5 GROTTOS TO HIDE WARSHIPS Admiral's Proposal Stockholm. A striking proposal for providing protection for the Swedish navy n the event of an attack from the air was put forward by Rear-Admiral Tamm, chief of the Swedish coastal defence, in his annual report which has just been issued
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  • 598 5 PROFESSOR'S I.ECTl RE Colombo. Mr. E. F. C. Ludowyk. Professor of English. University College, gave a lecture on "Spoken English” at the Ferguson Memorial Hall recently in aid of the Jubilee Fund of the Cinnamon Gardens Baptist Church. Professor Marrs presided. Professor Ludowyk said that although
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  • 51 5 It was all in the day’s work for this news camera nan when he crawled into the crack of Los Angeles’ Moving Mountain,” U.S.A. Famous Riverside Drive and houses below are threatened by a major landslide, for the crack in the mountain has increased almost to breaking
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  • 95 5 CHINA ON FRIENDLY TERMS WITH REICH HankowChinese Government circles are far from sympathetic towards a boycott against German goods suggested by Chinese inhabitants of Singapore who assert that Germany is pursuing an anti-Chinese policy, according to press reports here. The Chinese Foreign Ministry here sent a
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  • 315 5 SAN FRANCISCO PREPARES GREAT PACIFIC PAGEANT I.I. roads will lead to San brancisco in 1939. with the c< mint; ('.olden ('.ate International Exposition, great Pageant of the Pacific, indicating an all-time travel peak towards the goal ol “Treasure Island”, unique mile-square man-made site of the
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  • 279 5 6 Countries To Confer Political leaders of six Empire countries will meet in Sydney next August for the second British Commonwealth Relations Conference. The first was held in Toronto in 1933 The conference, says Austral News, is being arranged by the Australian Institute of International Affairs,
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  • 242 6 Chain Of 500 Cinemas hi Britain To Be Affected GREATER EMPLOYMENT IN BRITISH FILM STUDIOS John Maxwell, Scots dictator of the British Glm industry, has decided to rub out all stage shows, all orchestras, all organis s from his chain of 500 cinemas throughout
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  • 84 6 Four hours before his execution, which took plare on Dec. 19. U*on Karakhan. former Ambassador to Ttukev. signed divorce papers freeing his young w ife. Semenova, Moscow’s 30-year.old prima ballerina (according to the Daily Express Warsaw conrspoi.dent.) Stalin ordered this so that the ballet dancer would
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  • 371 6 M. Col And Highways Of Mediterranean French determination to maintain her freedom of movement over the Mediter ranean was emphasised by M. Cot. Air Minister, in an address in Paris to airmen on their return from mass manoeuvres over the whole French Empire. A total of 98
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  • 112 6 London, Jan. 5. The Hon. Sir Albert Charles Clauson a judge of Chancery Division, in the High Court of Justice since 1926. ha s been p £"ted a Lord Justice of AppealReuter. Sir Albert is the youngest son ot Mr. C Clauson. Educated at St.
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  • 41 6 Washington. Jan Justice Sutherland has notified Pre.s.d. Roosevelt that he is retiring from act:v service on the Supreme Court on Jan. is This gives President Roosevelt his second opportunity of making an appointmen* the Supreme Court. —Reute;.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 315 6 Specially Selected For Y our Week-End Entertainment QUEEN’S (THE ONE AND ONLY THEATRE PATRONISED BY THE ELITE OF PENANG) 6.15 OPENING TONIGHT 9.30 A sparkling comedy romance as fast and funny as anything she has ever done Claudette Colbert as you love her best When CLAUDETTE goes on a vacation
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  • 513 7 Japanese Aim To Cut Off Hong Kong Supplies 100 SOVIET PLANES A MONTH FOR CHINA Hankow, Jan. 4: A Chinese report from Shanghai states that tour Japanese divisions, clad in light uniforms, are ready to move to South China for the invasion of Canton or other
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  • 698 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, Dec. 30. Accustomed though the Colony now is to the tales of horror and destruction that reach us daily from all parts of China, consequent on the war of aggression that is being waged on the country
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  • 81 7 Commerce President Refuses To Serve Hankow, Dec. 30. Mr. Lan Kang-hou, President of the Associated Chambers of Commerce in China, whose name is reported to have appeared on a list of so-called "puppets” in Shanghai, has arrived here. He told interviewers that he would not join any regime
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  • 313 7 Nearly 1.000 Passports Issued Canton, Dec. 29. Statistics <1 the Police Bureau show that 3,971 persons have obta ned passports in Canton since July 1 to go abroad. The figure is made up as follows: July, 968; August. 566; Septembei, 691; October. 764: and November, 982. During July
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  • 81 7 Chinese Youths Shot In Cold Blood By Japanese (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hsuchow. Dec. 31. Suspected of having engaged in antiJapanese activities, many Chinese youths at Chuchow on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway about 40 kilometres from Pukow and other stations further south are reported to have been arrested and
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  • 74 7 Temples Destroyed Hsuchow. Dec. 31 Mass raid s on Taian. important town on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway in Shantung, by Japanese planes during the last few days resulted in the destruction of no fewer than 200 lives and hundreds of buildings Many temples and
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 520 7 -MmmI office 12, Bibhop Street, Penang Phene 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: “Gazette” Penang. &k><«pore Office Cecil Street, Singapeae. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapore. gp«)a Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 368 k ipeto Office Brewster Road. Phone 268. L»ndaa Office Street, London E.C. 4 Phone Centra) 3608—3669 Tel: Leadmalaya
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    • 48 7 NOTICE The paths through Inchong Rubber Estate i near Ser dang. Kedah I are closed from the 4th to the 11th January 1938 inclusive. By Order H. FORREST. Manager. Inchong Estate. 1486 4 5 6 7 8 10 11-1 FRIGIDAIRE for safer food protection Paterson, Simons Co. Ltd
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    • 669 7 Ik Kidney Germs Wreck Health Your Kidneys are a marvelous structure. Within them are 9 million tiny tubes which act as filters for the blood. When germs attack them you suffer from Burning. Itching Passages, “Getting Up Nights,” Leg Pains, Dizziness, Rheumatism, Lumbago. Nerviness, Circles under Eyes or Swollen Ankles,
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  • 394 8 THE widespread impression that recovery from the great depression has reached its maximum and Uiat some recession is due in the not distant future need not •J cause us to pull long faces. The "Economist” in a review of the situation comes to the conclusion that the
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  • 231 8 Was The Victim A Passenger Segamat, Jan. 3. There was no evidence to show ."J"- 1 the Tamil. Eravadan. who was k.Ued m the Tenang (near Segamat, mail tam derailment of a month ago. was a passenger on the train, it was revealed at the Coroner’s
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  • 151 8 Sir Mark Romer Succeeds Lord Roche London, Jan. 5. Lord Roche has resigned office as a Lord -of Appeal in Ordinary .w’hich post he held since 1935. His Majesty ha$ approved the appointment of the Rt. i Hon. Sir Mark Lemon Romer in Lord Roche’s
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  • 126 8 Visit On Invitation Of British Government Brussels. Jan. 5 M. Van Zeeland has departed for London. It is understood that his v sit was on the invitation of the British Government in connection with the report he was completing follow .ng his inquiries into the
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  • 133 8 Famous Aviatrix Arrives At Jask Basrah. Jan. 5. After two days' trek across the desert on camel back, accompanied by a party of Bedouins. Mlle. Maryse Hilsz arrived in Jask. Her plane which is slight y damaged has been left in the desert. Mlle. Hi’sz s
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  • 541 8 Pessimistic Old Moore Prediction, for 1938 Conrad’s Firs/ Ship THE prophecies tor this year, contained in Old Moore s Alma nack for 1938, are gloomy“As Mars is the chief significator for the year,” he writes, “its influence will be felt in practically every direction in which man’s
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  • 161 8 Wages For The Unemployed Men As a sequel to the recent strike of 1.000 Singapore Chinese tailors, of whom 400 have returned to work, a novel tailoring establishment has been formed in Hill Street. This company is run by four of the 600 strikers,
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  • 73 8 To Co-Operate With The Australian Navy Darwin, Jan. 5: Three missions on the 1,000 mile desolate Amheim land coast, co operating with the Australian navy's northern intelligence defence scheme are to be set up. Special codes of instructions for use in war time will be
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  • 102 8 Law Being Brought Into Line With Colom A bill to bring the Women and Girls Protection Enactment in line with the legislat on in the Colony will shortly te introduced in the Johore Council of Stat?The new bill, published in the Johore Government Gazette,
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  • 44 8 Following are the number of arrivals from and departures to Madras Preside»-' for last month: Arrivals: (State aided) 1116 adults. I'' minors and 125 infants; (ordinary d tC passengers) 4490 adults, 358 minors 1 174 infants. Departures: 3555 adults and 389
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  • 67 8 The Li Tek Seah will be playing 1 Young Ansonians B.P. at badminton Saturday at the Seah’s court at 4.30 p !!1 Unfinished ties will be continued on Sunday morning from 7 o’clock. The following will represent the Seah: Ooi I’*" Keat, Ng Swee Khooi, Ooi Chin Siew. !lt
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  • 352 9 Offences Under Two Names A lleged ACCUSED UNABLE TO OBTAIN BAIL Allegations that he had defrauded a hotel manager, and, under another name, a cabaret manager and a goods dealer, were contained in three charges made against a European, Spencer Gerald Workman, alias G.M.T. Morphew,
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  • 690 9 Final Try-Outs For Gold Cup By Tic-Tac All the el-even Gold Cup candidates oad their final try-outs this morning on the main track and although one and al) Impressed, Jack Druce recorded the best time and seemed to be going very freely •at the end. Barford
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  • 336 9 Empire Exhibition At Glasgow (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, Jan. 6. Kedah’s exhibits for the forthcoming Empire exhibition at Glasgow’ commencing from May will be a few hundred walkingsticks all of them made in Kedah from materials obtained in the State. Che H.A. Suliman.
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  • 42 9 Probable jockeys for the Gold up are WICKLOW BAY Lawler JACK DRUCE Bagtn PURE GOLD Corry VANDAL J. Donnelly KNIGHT'S EYE t E. DonneHy MILTON DALE Spenrer MEASURE Farthing BARFORD Davies WHERE AM I Minto BEAUDEKIN Tankard AERIAL POST Woods
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  • 377 9 Soekiman Lets In Six Possibles (Stripes) were tiounced by the Probables (Reds) in the final state trial on i.he Victoria Green yesterday by six goals io one. Tne veteran Penang goalkeeper. M. Y. Soekiman. was repeating his display m the second s,.ate trial, when also six
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  • 138 9 Lt.'Commander S.G.H. Leyh The New Year’s Eve naval promotions list includes the promotion of Paymaster-Lieutenant-Commander S. G. H. Leyh, R.N.R., Deputy Commissioner of Excise, Straits Settlements, to the rank of Paymaster-Commander, R. N. R. Commander Leyh served in the Royal Navy throughout the Great War; for three
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  • 331 9 Penang Races The following are the complete weights tor Saturday, the concluding day of the Penang Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting: GOLD CUP RACE Horses Cfass I, Div. I, 1 Mile Dist WICKLOW BAY 9.00 JACK DRUCE 8.12 PURE GOLD 8.12 VANDAL 8.10 KNIGHT’S EYE
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  • 158 10 Reduction To 65 Or 60 P.C. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 4. Pointing out that American rubber consumption will probably average 30,000 tons monthly for the first three or four months of 1938, and that the world consumption will thus be considerably lower than the 70
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  • 247 10 Willi First Hand Knowledge Of Operating Requirements It may not be sufficiently realised how many of the workers who build British rars are themselves motorists and, as such, are very well aware of the conditions and requirements of motoring today. Some enlightening figures concerning this have
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  • 41 10 Renong Consolidated Tin Pledging Co.. Ltd.; Dredge Statistics for the month of December 1937 Hours run 286; Cubic yards treated 100,000; Tin ore won Pikuls 344; Estimated cost $15,000: Cost per Cubic Yard 15 Cents; Remarks Quota etc completed.
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  • 10 10 Malayan Tin 2900 piculs. Southern Malayan 4656 piculs.
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  • 1088 10 Storms Across The Atlantic FULL BRUNT BORNE BY COMMODITIES Reviewing the effect of the 1937 financial storms across the Atlantic, Messrs. Fraser and Co., Singapore, in their weekly report issued on Tuesday, state that though the clouds hang low at the moment Malaya would respond quickly
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  • 109 10 Report for year ended March 31 shows net profit £668, less income-tax £100, leaving £568; deducted from debif balan.ee of £523 brought forward, leaves credit balance of £45 forward. Report adds tapping was cont nued on estates on same restricted area and under same conditions
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  • 99 10 Payment Of 8<I In A fourth dividend is to be paid in the winding up of Parent Trust and Finance Company. The distribution, which will be 8d in the is payable on 30th December. This payment w 11 bring the distribution to creditors up to 6s
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  • 60 10 Complaints Lead To U.S. Inquiry N*w York, Dec. 20 Mr. H. Cumming'S. the AttorneyGeneral, stated that the ncrease in the price of newsprint is now under intensive investigation as a result of complaints from newspapers. These, said Mr. Cummings, declare that the price is higher than can be
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  • 95 10 Rise In Visibles Likely (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 4. Strauss and Co., in their tin stock review, report that Straits carryovers increased by 712 tons to 4.388 and the Arnhem carryovers from 125 tons to l,.O9 tons. U.S.A, deliveries in November and December respectively were 5.020
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  • 171 10 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 4. Assuming continuation of the 70 percent. quota for the whole year Messrs. Strauss and Co. estimate the 1938 world tin production at 169,528 tons (plus arrears of 6,000 tons), and consumption at 160.000 tons. Thus the possible addition of
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  • 75 10 Cheering News For The Citv Two “Rig Five" banks announce bigger profits for 1937. The Westminster Bank made a million and three-quarters sterling net. Shareholders get an unexpected bonus of two per cent, in addition to repetition of the 18 per cent, dividend. The shares rose. BarcTdVs netted
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  • 38 10 Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. Di edge Statistics for the month of December 1037. Hours run 553; Cubic yards treated 85.000; Tin ore won Pikuls 515; Estimated cost $19,000: Cost per Cubic Yard 22.35 Cents.
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  • 13 10 A lor Pongsu *****6 lb Bedong ***** lb. Temerloh ***** lb.
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  • 166 10 Sharp Decline In Production New York. Jan. 5-The chairman of the Federal Reserve Board estima es mber Board’s production index for n will be about 85 compared lth in November and a spring high level of 1 The decline is the sharpest on record Washington, Jan 5-The
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  • 158 10 Most Stations Now Equipped Good results and services already arc being obtained by the wireless apparatus which so far has been installed in the Torres Strait as part of a scheme to bring the islands and mission stations into a radio chain of communications. The Minister
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  • 81 10 CANADA ALUMINIUM NICKEL FOR JAPAN £800.000 Ord ers Toronto. Dec. 21. About £800.000 is to be spent in Canada on raw’ materials, tools and machinery by a leading Japanese industrial corporation —the Sumitomo Honsha A spokesman said that he was making extensive purchases of aluminium for im°mediate shipment, and w’ould
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  • 15 10 The output of Rambun Mines. Tanjong Rambutan. for December 1937 was 500 piculs.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 75 10 UMlTi* s Mr* PILLS 1 APIOL STEEL 1 Sure and certain for all Female a com plaints. Every lady should keep a box in the house. The I GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY I 52-54 Beach Street. Penang EYE testinc; free SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 3 J&X Ful-Vue EYEWEAR OFFERS YOU 1. High rumples.
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    • 154 10 ———i Hip \QAjT 0'TO I// 'r W v Q Whitsun V I or whitout you get the liveliest snaps on Selo films Whatever the Clerk of the Weather decides, make sure of lively snaps by using Selo or Selochrome. These famous British films obtainable in all sizes have sc much
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  • 1019 11 Modern Vessels Equipped Only With “Flag Staffs” >.• i'li person had suggested fiitx years ago that ships oi •.han 10.000 tons would some day'have but one mast and .he would have been laughed to scorn as a crank or a i person, savs George Hopcroft
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  • 853 11 S.S. *I»L'L\.X‘ from Singapore via ports. Sails Friday. S.S. ‘BELLEROPHOX’ from Singapore sails for Jeddah, Havre, Lixerpool Bromborough. S.S. ‘KASHIMA MARL from Japan via Singapore sails today for Colombo, Aden. Suez. Port Said, Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London and Rotterdam. S.S. 'M \T\X<> arrises from Tongkah
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 358 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE v r,Khl.V SFRVIC E TO LONDON A NORTH CONTINENT. Leaves Penang Due London •>EUCALION Also calls Marseilles and Glasgow Jan 7 Feb 2 PHILOCTETES Also calls Hull 14 Feb q 'XTROCLUS Also calls Marseilles Glasgow Jan 21 Feb 16 TEN DAY SERVIC E TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE
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    • 932 11 P© and CX VZ BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England.) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. “RAJLLA" SAILING THURSDAY, 6th JANUARY, 1938. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under Penang, Telux Anson, Port Sweiiruuain contract with His Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service London and Far East Mail Service. Outwards from London for
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  • 437 12 Allocations In A W ide Spectr Uni Cp{.\X(il*iS oi far-rvaching importance to tnv indtistrv were announced recently by the re.!., cations Commission at Washington. Parts ot the which governs the use of broadcasting and expermi. were revised or redrawn altogether. The action was taken
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  • 168 12 A party of ninety-three South African schoolchildren, girls and boys, including Miss E. Pirow, daughter of the Union of South Africa’s Minister of Railways and Harbours and of Defence, will be present in the Concert Hall at Broadcasting House on January 12,
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  • 148 12 The original Robinson Crusoe. Alexander Selkirk whose thrilling adventures inspired Daniel Defoe to write his famous story is the subject of a new play by R. L. Megroz. which will be produced by John Richmond in the programmes from Daventry shortly. The story's action
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  • 530 12 o Latest lime* 0i Posting AIRMAILS: it A mail for Kuala Lurr:>ur and pore by Malayan Interna! Spr fl close at 2 p.m. tomorrow A mail for Australia. N ••.< Zealand 1, s and Timor Dilly vai Sing*.- and*-.. r by Singapore-Australia a Mail t will
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 679 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES B. B. C. Tun ■> j,i the following varele-naths: TRANSMISSION 2 GSH 21.47 Mc/S (13.97 m.J GSG 17.79 Mc/S (16.86 m. G8F 15.1/, Mc/8 (19. 8 m./ temporarily TRANSMISSION 3 GSH 21. 47 Mc/S (13.97 mj GSG 17.79 Mc/S (16.86 mj GSF 15.11, Mc/S (19. 8 m.
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    • 717 12 BERLIN i/JB 15.20 Me/» 10.7 sa. Dj.N 9.54 Me/» 31.45 tn. DJE 17.76 Mc/s 16.83 n« DJQ 15.28 Mc/s 19.83 m. DI A 9.56 Mc/s 31.88 m. TODAY DJB 15.20 Mc/s 1 19 7 m pm 12.23 German folk song. 12.30 Shot musical pieces. 7 20 News in German 1.35
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    • 594 12 HONG KONG TODAY ZBW 9 52 Mc/s (31.4 m. pm. 630 European programme 6.50 Stock quotations and Exchange Market report 7 20 -Time signal, weather report and announcements 7 23 Chinese Programme. 10 20- Close down TOMORROW ort ZBW’ 9.52 Mc/s (31.4 m.) in. IP 1 6.30 10.20 European programme.
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    • 775 12 NIROM TODAY YDC 15.15 Mc s (19.8 m.) 12 00--“Fifty Minutes in Five Cont* a 12 40 Richard-Schmidberger Trio. 0 110 News bulletin 1 20-“Merry Tunes re- at the Table 2.10—News bulletin and Close down 4.50- Time signal .4. oT me. Band van Debroy Somers. 5.50-I < Eagle’s Nest. 6.20—French
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE HIGH DOW TODAY 3.10 p.m. 9.20 p.m TOMORROW 2.58 a.m. 9.41 a.m 3.39 p.m. 9.49 p.m
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  • 3203 14 BRILLIANT WIN IN ONE-FIFTH OUTSIDE RECORDJTIME SUPERLATIVE RIDING BY WHITE: THREE WINNERS DAVIES BRINGS UN TWO OUTSIDERS (BY TIC-TAC) The outstanding featurd of yesterday’s races, third day of the Penang Turf Club Meeting, was the brilliant performance of Waetere who won her race like a
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  • 168 14 TOTE Race Placed Horses Riders Win Place How Won Time 1 MEG Davies 87 23 1 L. Gallant Maggie White 22 1 < 2 L. 1.16 First Bid Tait 23 L. 2 GOLD POINT Minto 33 9 S.H. Fride of Perak Farthing 18 L. 1.15 lj5
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 98 14 morbid bile in the blood, which upsets the action of the whole system. The complexion assumes a yellowish hue and the appetite disappears. The 0 digestion is upset, with coated tongue and head- 1 aches. The bowels are irregular. It is advisable J to take steps to relieve this trouble
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 52 14 POP—Kobin Has Taking WaysBy J. MILLAR WATT HULLO 1 1I WHERE 15 THE 1 HOW DID COLONEL JyoOgetin I got a X f MERE TICKET OUTSIDE -N H VIf *W/ Iw q m g4§P C JW7 ■ff p '.'v T <nt i —-X iu H~~~ ~1—- <C-l‘»rt|M tn TM n>n
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  • 640 15 Armstrong’s Two K.O.’S In A Week JOHN LEWIS AVENGES A PREVIOUS DEFEAT I hree world boxing champions appeared in non-titular bouts month in America —John Henry Lewis, light-heavyweight; Ambers, lightweight; and Henry Armstrong, featherweight. \11 three won their matches, the most impressive being Armwho
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  • 598 15 One Sired By Derby Winner J 'I ne latest issue of the Stra.ts Racing association Calendar give s details of another batch of newcomers to the Malayan curf whose names have been registered with ?be Association. Among the importations is Dewberry, a iw<- year-old mare by
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  • 169 15 On the second day (December 4, 1937) of the Perak December Sxye Meeting the following action was taken by the Stewards, according to the S. R A. Calendar. Race No. 5 —Horses, Class 5, Div. 1. S.E. Shenda, the trainer of Republican, was called
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  • 66 15 The m.s. “Boringia” arrived here yesterday from Singapore and has sailed again homeward with the following passengers: Mr. J. Bright, Mrs. J. C. Turner, Mr. B. C. Allan, Mr. K. Campbell. Mrs. J. Zylstra, Mrs. L. Zeiler, Mr. Mrs. W. H. Leuthold, Mr. Mrs. T. C. Martine. Mr.
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  • 180 15 American Girls v< Australians Sydney, N. S. W., Dec. 29 The third women’s lawn tennis test match between America and Australia at Kooyong. Melbourne, resulted in a win for the American g rls by two sets. On the first day the United States gained a lead of two rubbers
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 50 15 W\W/ r” 111 EOswSM I II W11 iMM I U 111MWMMI 11 S H I fl fl II 1 wMW ill wiilM I II Im MAGNUM 50s STANDARD PLAIN 5°s 10s STANDARD CORK >< 50s Advertisement nf HF.KRY WAUGH Cm, Ltd., Singapore Kuala Lumpur Ipoh Penang. W P.3 k I»»»
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  • 118 16 TIN:- PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot) £183.10. 0 £186.10. 0 LONDON—(3 months) £18 3. 5. 0 £186. 5. 0 SINGAPORE $90.50 $90.50 BUSINESS DONE F KN A NG $90.50 *90* BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) $4 70 $4.75 BLACK PEPPER $10 00 9.50 «UBBER:LONDON 6 d NEW
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  • 301 16 2CK3B uW/are of fl denomination untew otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or Fall Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944 68 ...-»••< 114» Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1980-90 •< 113 i War Loan, 34 p.c 102 S Com. Union Asece. (Units) 10 j Prudential Assce ”A” 34 Royal Asece. share 10s.
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  • 110 16 London on Previously Latest Paris 147 19 64 147 19|64 New York 5.00,%- 5.00 Montreal 5.00» 5.00/, Brussels 29.48’» 29.47$ «Geneva 21.61’ 21.61 Amsterdam 8.981 8.98/4 Milan 95 95 Berlin 12.42 12.41 Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19 90 Vienna 26$ 26$ Helsingfors 2261 226$
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  • 123 16 London, Jan. 5. RUBBER Firm.— London 6}g buyers 7 sellers Jan./Mar 6}| buyers 7,’ 6 sellers April/June 7,% buyers 7 A sellers Inly/Sept 7$ buyers 7,% sellers NEW YORK 14.30 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 35,810 tons Liverpool 22,008 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (Jan.) £14. 0.
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 411 16 Irregular And Uncertain New York. Jan. 5—There was no specia.’ news but the weakness of rails was undoubtedly due to the cumulative effect of recent unfavourable news affecting them plus a realisation that higher costs and current low traffics have so reduced net operating income that a 15
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    • 95 16 KENNEDY CO. Buyers Seller 4 6 50 Am pa t .82 Aex Ayer W eng Bangrin w 1 571 Batu Selangor l.Sti Hong Fait 1 1 Jelebu Kpg. Kaniunting 10 Killinghall 18« 19 J£ X Klang River 1-5? Kramat 11 1« Kuala Kam par 14 9 Kuchai Ordy. 1.44 A
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    • 111 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.52J 1.57J Hong Fatt 107 109 Kiang River 1.47J 1.52J Kuchai 1.42J 1.4« Pttalings 8.25 8.50 Sungei Luas 1.60 1.65ex Taiping Cons. 1.67J 1.72J Talam 145 150 Ulu Klang 1 00 1.02J Ampat 4 6 4 Bangrin 24 0 24 6 Kpg.
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    • 23 16 TIN Singapore $90.50 Per pkl. Penang $90 3 8 Per pkl. BIBBER Singapore Spot Per lb. Penang Spot 22J4c Per lb.
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    • 180 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Allenbys 1.45 1.52$ Ayer Panas 1.32$ 1.40 Bassetts .57$ .62$ Batu Lintang 1.05 1.10 Bedfords 1.00 1.05 Bentas 1.05 1.10 Brogas .80 .82$ Tdentakabs .44 .46 Malaka Pfndas 1.20 1.25 Nyalas .92$ .97$ Fa jams 1.77$ 1.85 Sungei Tukangs 1.00 1.05 Ulu Benuts .36 .38
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    • 485 16 STATE COUNCIL OFFICE. A LOR STAR. Zulkaedah, 1356. January, 1938. Tenders Invited Tenders are invited for the lease of farming and fishing rights on the islands known as Pulau Songsong. Pulau Bidan and Pulau Telor in the State of Kedah as follows (i) The lessee shall have
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  • 55 16 Following is the band programme for this evening at the “Esplanade” from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.:— 1 March- Militaire No. 1—Schubert. 2 Suite—The Rose Von Schiras—Eilenberg. Valse- Rosen. Polka—Buds. Gavotte—Zephyr. Polka-Mazurka” Centifolief 3 Opera In Rhythm. No. 1- -Carmen- -Bizet. 4 Overture—Terphsichore—Bilton. 5 Intermezzo Reconciliation—Fletcher. 6 Selection—Florodora—Stuart.
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  • 15 16 Raub Australian Gold output for the four weeks ended JaCR. 1 1,220 ounces.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 721 16 BANKS v HONG KONG AM) A NEW SHANGHAI BANKING SAFE DEPOSIT corporation (Incorporated in Hong Kong, SljH v The Liability of members is limited to extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES colony. Head Office:— HONG KONG. Mie keeping of valuable,
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