Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 January 1938

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. \O. 17. Vol. XCVI. THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938. PRICE 10 GEM S.
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  • 400 1 London, Jan. 19—The following official communique was issued at the conclusion of the Anglo-Irish conversations. *ZAt meetings held this morning and this afternoon between representatives of the Governments of Eire and of the United Kingdom further consideration was given to matters arising
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  • 77 1 —Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 20.—A lull has 1 in on the Tientsin-Pukoic railway front, a. 9 a result of bad weather. Both sides are taking advantage of the halt to consolidate their positions. Hankow, Jan. 19.—Formal .charges have been preferred uaainst Han Fu-chu. They include disobeyancc of
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  • 274 1 Bi ller I nderstanding With Germany I .ling at the opening session of the ation of Canterbury yesterday, the \r r hop of Canterbury said they could itemplate the present world situa- ..bout grave anxiety and, indeed, dismay. Th-.- •ar in China was giving sinister nu of what
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  • 42 1 —Reuter. Reappearance Off Coast Near Valencia I'' na, Jan. 20—The British steamer hi' ir;i reported on arrival at Sagunto, ear Valencia, that the vessel have been •■tt.u Red by a torpedo by an unknown subnin.n ten miles from Sagunto. —Reuter.
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  • 47 1 Pr.-bably the lowest tide ever experienc- in Penang harbour occurred this mornmg when dirty slacks of mud appeared many yards along the harbour front. From early in the morning only launches and boats with shallow depths could approach the piers and the Victoria Jetty
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  • 236 1 —Reuter. Trying To Neutralise Suetsujju Brick Tokio. Jan. 20 —“To make an enemy of everybody is not good diplomacy. Britain for example is a most realistic nation. It has changed policy with every change in the situation,” declared Prince Konoye in an interview published in
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  • 44 1 Results In Famine Of Bottle-Stoppers (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 19. Following a Netherlands Indies decision to boycott Japanese beer and a consequent famine in bottle-stoppers, a consignment of 4,000 left Amsterdam by the K.L.M. mail plane yesterday.
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  • 37 1 a.—Reuter. New York, Jan. 19.—flutter cold has gripped the Atlantic seaboard. Several towns in upper New York State have recorded seventy degrees of frost Fahienheat. New York City is eight above zero.—Reuter.
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  • 105 1 1938 Promises To Be A Busy Year The launching of a 6.800-ton cargo vessel yesterday from the yard of Barclay Curie at Whiteinch marked the beginning of what is likely to be an excellent year for Clyde shipbuilders. Others listed for launching include the Queen Mary's
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  • 103 1 Reuter. Metals Ease On U.S. Trend The Stock Exchange was generally well maintained despite the smallness of business. Gilt-edged were marked down in anticipation of Continental selling which did not materialise and therefore they recovered. Among foreigners, Brazilians were again bought, together with German Dawes and Potash loans.
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  • 71 1 —Reuter. Happy Event Expected Today Amsterdam, Jan. 19.- -Everything is in readiness for the birth of Princess Juliana’s baby, though birth is not yet imminent and the doctor does not expect the event before tomorrow. Life in Amsterdam is outwardly normal, but everyone is alert and broadcasting stations
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  • 365 1 As regards the forthcoming manoeuvres m Malaya from Feb. 2 to Feb. 5, the Admiralty. War Office and Air Ministry have issued a statement that the exercises will t various aspects of the defences. The new batteries will obtain a first opt unity to engage
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  • 264 1 Zeal Of Provincial Bosses To Be Curbed Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 19. A decree ordering the immediate cessaticn of indiscriminate wholesale expulsions from the Communist Party is explained by Pravda. The decree provides for the disposition within three months of the cases of tens of thousands
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  • 47 1 Carnage Among Civilians Madrid, Jan. 19. Reports from Valencia, say that the town was twice bombed today wdien the Residential quarters were raided with heavy casualties the extent of which is not revealed, bin the War Ministry say that th number of victims is.
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  • 12 1 Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 19,—Dr. Sim Fe His arrived.— Renter.
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  • 527 2 Three Chinese On Trial At Assizes (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 19 First trial at the opening session for •die year of the Singapore Assizes concerned the alleged robbery of a Singapore Municipal cashier. Three Chinese —Wong Chee Seng, Yow Teck Choon and Tong
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  • 172 2 Magistrate's Advice To Them **l don't like to see young people like you smoking opium,” said Mr. Lim Cheng l-lan, the Penang additional magistrate, yesterday, when he convicted and fined a woman, Fong Ah Choo. $2O, in default, ®ne month’s rigorous imprisonment, for having had in her
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  • 97 2 Alleged Neglect AL Reid, th e manager of Messrs. Manslield and Co., Penang, appeared on a .summons before Mr, J. D. Lambert, the acting police magistrate, Penang, yesterday, to answer a charge of having neglected to tranship eight cases of whisky and 15 nases of stout
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  • 110 2 An allegation that Foo Yoon Lock a Mylam. entered into the house of a woman Toh Ah Ehg, in Briggs Street at 2 a m. ®n January 1? with intent to intimidate the woman, was made in a charge against him yesterday, in the Penang Police
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  • 549 2 Demonstrators Gave Much Trouble (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 19. “I went up to the first and second lorry and tried to find out as to who was in charge of the assembly. Nobody in the lorry gave any attention to me nor to any of the
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  • 66 2 The case in which Cheo Seong Eng, a clerk in the Arms and Explosives Department, Penang, who was charged with having had in his possession three shot guns without a licence, has been fixed for hearing on February 16 at 2.15 p .m. Mr. C. D. D.
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  • 51 2 At a meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Sir John Bagnall was unanimously nominated to represent the Chamber at the Legislative Council. Appointed to the Committee of the Chamber in July, 1926, Sir John became its Council representative in November of that
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  • 94 2 Chinese Youth Charged A young Chinese, Yeoh Hock Leong, was charged before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean. the additional magistrate, Penang, yesterday, with having committed theft of a camera valued at $l5 belonging to Oh Kung Hin, on January 16. A further charge of having committed housebreaking
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  • 162 2 Early Morning Shock For Coolies (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Jan. 18. The scattered remains of an adult male Chinese were found on the F.M.S. Railway line between Bukit Siput and Genuang, a couple of miles south of Segamat, over the week-end. A gang of
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  • 124 2 Chinese Fined $250 (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, Jan. 18. "The chandu was given to me by a Hokkien in Singapore to be taken to Senai. He gave me 50 cents,” said Teo Teck Seng, a Chinese, in pleading guilty before Sheikh Abu Bakar, the
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    • 273 2 rW »11 1 MI Amongst the symptom» of Biliousness are a dizzy head ache, furred tongue, bitter taste in the mouth, vomiting, spots floating before the bowels loose one day and constipated the next. On the appearance of bilious symptoms resort to Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills will be found
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  • 352 3 i. —Reuter. Rumours Of Secret Peace Terms Refuted Hongf Kong, Jan. 19. A statement emphatically refuting persistent rumours that secret Sino-Japanese peace terms are being negotiated, was issued today by a member of Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s entourage. lie said, China desires peace
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  • 86 3 No Reply Received Yet Shanghai, Jan. 19.—N0 reply has yet been received to Sir Telfer-Smoltett’s intimation to the Japanese military authorities that British troops manning the Western Defence Perimeter adjoining the International Settlement u ill not be withdrawn. Meanwhile, British military and diplomatic authorities
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  • 131 3 -Reuter Advance Guard Arrive At Pearl Harbour New York. Jan. 19,—Eighteen United States Navy bombers, forming’ the advance guard of a large force of warplanes to be stationed at Hawaii, arrived at Pearl Harbour today. The time taken for the trans-Paciric flight from the Californian Coast
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  • 151 3 Stirring Address To Empire Society London. Jan. 19. —“If rain penetrates our roof, yours would begin to leak too’’ declared Count Stirum, the Netherlands Minister, addressing the Royal Empire Society, last night, when alluding to common interests of the East Indian Archipelago. Count Stirum dwelt on
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  • 112 3 —Reuter. Closer Anglo-German I nderstanding Urged London, Jan. 19. —An appeal for closer Anglo-German understanding and .AngloAmerican co-operation for maintenance of world peace was made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, presiding at a meeting of the Upper House Convocation of Canterbury and Westminster. Referring to Germany, he said
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  • 127 3 Japanese Troops Rushing To South Shantung Hankow, Jan. 18. A Chinese report from North China states that heavy troop movements day and night are taking place both on the Peiping-Suiyun and Tientsin-Pukow Railways. Thousands of Japanese troops stationed in West Manchukuo and in the North Hopei areas
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  • 63 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, Jan. 18 The investiture of Tungku Mahkota with the insignia of the Knight Commander of the British Empire by Sir Shenton Thomas will take place on Saturday, Jan. 29, at noon at the Istana Besar. Tungku Mahkota was honoured during the
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  • 76 3 —Reuter. Increased Output Last Year Bondin, Jan. Corporation Limited announces that it estimates world gold production in 1937 to be AOO.OOO fine Troy ounces which confutes a new record and an increase of nearly seven and half per cent, over &utput now estimated at In the absence
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  • 176 3 —Reuter. Seeking Confirmation Of Tokio’s Intention LONDON TREATY LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED The British and American naval authorises are seeking definite confirmation that Japan is constructing several 43,000 ton battleships and if the reports are true, an early cconsultation will be arranged
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  • 92 3 Reuter. Good Progress: .MoreDetailed Examination Of Points London, Jan. 19,- After finishing trade discussions this morning, the Anglo-Eire delegations met again in the afternoon and the talks terminated at 4.05. It is understood that defence was one of the principal subjects reviewed. A final communique states that the
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  • 159 3 Reuter. Effect Of Better French Situation London, Jan. 19. "Quiet but sultry.” was the leading brokers’ description to Reuter of the foreign exchange market this morning, following the formation of a new French Government. While satisfaction is generally expressed that the political tension in France
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  • 45 3 Northern Siam Frontiers Visited (From Our Own Correspondent» Bangkok, Jan. 19. The British Minister has returned after a ten-day intensive tour of northern Siam during which he visited Chiengmai, the Shan and French frontiers, after “a pleasant. strenuous and cold holidav
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  • 51 3 Reuter. 9.000 Labourers Affected Rangoon, Jan. 19.—Approximately 9.000 labourers have struck work on the Burmah Oil and other companies’ fields. The situation is reported to be growing serious and the Premier is flying to the seat of the trouble to confer with the employees and employers.
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  • 47 3 —Reuter. Arab Peasant To Di< Jerusalem. Jan. 19. The Military Court today passed sentence of death on an Arab peasant tor firing at the police, last week, during investigations into the murder of Mr. J.L. Starkey, a British archaeo legist, on Jan. 10.—Reuter.
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  • 69 3 Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 19.—M. Krylenko, Soviet. Commissar of Justice, who was denounced at the Soviet Union’s first Parliament as a ‘‘chessplayer and gadabout,” has been deprived of his post in the new Cabinet. M. Krylenko is replaced by a comparatively unknown M. Richkov. Other Cabinet changes include
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  • 436 3 Open To Graduates Of Singapore Colleg es (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 18. Graduates of Raffles College and the College of Medicine in Singapore may in future study special courses in universities and other institutions of learning in England with the help of
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    • 141 3 RACE FORM GUIDE Can you pick winners by studying their form if so, you cannot afford to be without the special Pinang Gazette race form guide. Hiis will be issued FREE as a 16-page supplement with each copy of the Pinang Gazette before each race day henceforth. DON-T MISS IT
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    • 206 3 Great Annual! SALE. Its CheaperTo Travel At”- j Stock-Taking TIME! CABIN TRUNKS Plywood foundation. Covered brown painted water proof canva» with wood battens all round. Size 36 x 20 x inches. LOWEST POSSIBLE PJWiE 10.00- each CABIN TRUNKS Strong plywood foundation Covered I brown painted waterproof canvas, strongly fitted wood
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  • 1054 4 System (Ji Bookkeeping Discussed TEST CASE IN SINGAPORE HIGH COURT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Jan. 19. AMOTION which may have far-reaching effects on moneylenders and debtors who transact their business on promissory notes was discussed in the High Court, Singapore, yesterday, when the
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  • 333 4 s< :ene in hotel BEDROOM (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 11. Miss Florence Willis, the young actress who left Peter Sergi’s London Revue Company at Calcutta recently, and thus missed the Company s tour in Malaya, arrived back in London today. It had previously
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  • 493 4 London-Malaya Service From Feb. 23 < From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 12. All first-class mails between Great Britain and Malaya will be carried by air as from Feb. at the rate of a half-ounce. In effect that will mean the removal of the air
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  • 248 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. Feng Cheow Yan, the president of the Yuk Choy Old Boys’ Association, Ipoh, is on a business trip to Penang. Miss M. D. Royce, Principal of the Suydum Girls School, Malacca, will shortly be going on Home leave. Mr. Lim Fok Hong, clerk attached to the District
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    • 355 4 T“T r IMS,ST CHROME I Z~ I V. y s E LO C H RO M E—The ideJ “TM tor the Amateur photographer, f r ■JK makes “every’ picture a better pictan. Surprising“lattitude”inSELOCHßOME corrects results of incorrect expo SELOCHROME lengthens photographic day. SELOCHROME by ILFORDS IIH A- s^e eats enou
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  • 2193 5 King George To Modernise Sandringham Rearmament Growls Army Recruiting Campaign Visitors To Duke Of Windsor Channel Tunnel I r oni Om* Own Correspondent London, Jan. 12. jondon is comparatively quiet after t>e seasonal festivities. It is (likely to ,-rvun more or less empty
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  • 31 5 Locomotive Quee.n Beryl Thomas, attired in a robe of the exact shade in which the latest L.M.S. engine is painted, giving a cheery wave when visiting the Urewe works.
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  • 399 6 Car And Ricksha In Collision (From Our Own Correspondent 1 Singapore, Jan. 19. As a sequel to a fatal accident that occurred near the junction of Grange Road and Orchard Road at 1 a.m. on Oct. 26. a European. J.H. Wheeler, appeared in the Criminal
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  • 136 6 To Be Installed In Singapore .Markets (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 19 Master weight-checking balances are to be used in the Municipal markets in Singapore “for public use where need is proved." by general agreement of Municipal Committee No. 2. “One new balance is to be installed
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  • 29 6 —Reuter. Colombo, Jan. 19.—Sixteen miners are reported killed in Plumbago Mine in the Kurunagela district when water from a disused mine flooded the pit.—Reuter.
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  • 66 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Segamat, Jan. 18. For attempting to shoot wild boar during the closed season, four Malays and three Tamils made their appearances before Ungku Ismail bin Abdul Rahman. the Segamat Magistrate, this morning. The case against five was withdrawn 1 but one
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  • 76 6 From Our Own Correspondent Johore Bahru. Jan. 17. A fine of $3O (or one month’s rigorous imprisonment) was imposed by Sheikh Abu Bakar, the Second Magistrate, today on a young Penang Chinese Moo Kim Swee, for stealing a girl’s gold chain While the girl was
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 458 6 Tonight Ladies’ Guest Night at Both Parks WEMBLEY PARK TONIGHT THURSDAY 20th. JANUARY 1938 ODEON STAR OPERA: “Korhan Perchintaan" A. moral story of love anil sacrifice JSIN SEE TAX CANTONESE OPERA: “Gee Fook Kiang Wai” Tonight is Mr. Lian Guan Hunks last performance. CAPITAL TALKIES; “The way to love” A
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    • 69 6 ■M 6.30 TONIGHT —9.30 Nanoh Film Co., Superb Production An Outstanding Cantonese Talkie! “SPRING FLOWERS” or “CHOON FAH CHOW YET” with Misses Violet. Lum Mooi Mooi. Fang Fong. Ho Tai Saw Chor Foi Fooi. Sweet Music Comedy Hits SATURDAY 22nd SUNDAY 23rd Matinees at 2.45 p.m. SWING IT. SISTER EVERYBODY
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  • 946 7 POWERS OF GOVERNOR The Bracegirdle Inquiry A 1 IENIION throughout Ceylon is focussed on the Commission now inZ~V vestigating the circumstances of the order, issued by the former Governor, Sir Edward Stubbs, for the deportation of Mr. M. A. Bracegirdle fur Communist agitation. Though the Commission
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  • 62 7 This evening at the “Esplanade” from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.: March: Gladiator: Sousa. Overture: Le Macon: Aubcr. Suite: Robber Symphony: Feher. 1. Robber Song. 2. Serenata. 3 Gionnine's March. 4. Romance. 5. Tarantella. Waltz: The Chocolate Soldier: Strauss. Fox Trot: When The Moon Hangs High: 1 Selection:
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  • 43 7 Madras. Miss S. Miriam, a Roman Catholic teacher in tha District Board School at dalarpet teas converted to Hinduism recently. The Shudhi (conversion) ceremony teas performed by Pundit K. Gnani. Miss/ Miriam's Hindu name is Miss Parijatham.
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  • 294 7 Establishment Of Coffee Houses Suggested New Delhi It is understood that the marketing authorities are proposing to the Indian Coffee Cess Committee that they should organise a chain of coffee houses in important towns in North India on the lines of the one opened
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  • Article, Illustration
    27 7 ATLAS ll.—Holding up a 260,000 cu. ft. gas-holder at Convey Island; or so it looked to the camera. Side view Would give the game away.
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  • 347 7 A Professor’s Protest Against Hindi Vellore. A number of Tamil scholars protest3d against the move, by the Madras Congress Ministry, to introduce compulsory H’.rd in the first three forms of schools, at a public Lakshmanaswamt Town Hall. Mi*. Rajagopalacharia of Conjeevaram, severely criticised the
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  • 91 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, Jan. 18. Remarking that it was very dang-erous to overload a lorry to such an extent, Inche Mahmood bin Mohamed Shah, First Magistrate, imposed a fine of $2O on Chan Ah Woo, a lorry driver, who was charged with having overloaded
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  • 123 7 Buenos Aires:— Sir Theodore Brinckman’s team lost the second match against All Argentina here by 222 runs. In their second innings Brinckman’s side were dismissed for 72 runs. The visiting side collapsed twice. In their first innings they were only able to add 36 runs
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  • 525 7 Sir S. Hoare And New Constitution TRIBI I E PAID TO SIR J. ANDERSON Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary, who, as Secretary for India, was the Minister responsible for carrying through the legislation establishing India’s new Constitution, said, in a speech in London the
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  • 609 8 OME philosopher, with acutely developed powers of observation but whose identity is lost to posterity, once remarked, “Catch em young.” This evidently is what Mussolini intends to do. for it is announced from Rome that in future all children receiving luncheon at school will be required to
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  • 188 8 Reuter. Advisory Committee’s Gloomy View London, Jan. 19.—A gloomy view oi wheat prospects is taken by the Secretariat of the Wheat Advisory Committee which after an exhaustive survey of the situation, concludes. “The absence of concerted effort to deal with the problem of surplus wheat production make a
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  • 222 8 Investigations At Singapore (From Our Own Conespondent) Malacca, Jan 18. A raid on two houses in Malacca by offi cers oi the Detective Branch led by Mr. A Martin, 0.C.D., Malacca, during the week-end resulted in the arrests of three Chinese who are alleged to have
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  • 53 8 The King and Queen are to attend an evening reception at the Guildhall on February 17 given by the Lord Mayor on behalf of the National Fitness campaign. The King will make a speech to delegates at the reception and His Majesty’s speech will be broadcast by
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  • 537 8 Open Fruit-Skin Season Canning the Mangosteen A Lament IT would convey little to speak oi the fruit season in Penang though it is true that some months are more fruitful than others. The luscious banana is ever with us, ditto the coconut, the orange and the pineapple.
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  • 117 8 RED ARMY NAVY PREPARED —Reuter. Can Deal With Enemy On His Own Territory Moscow, Jan. 1£). —Greeting the new Soviet Parliament on behalf of the Red Army, Captain Gerasimov stated, “We do not want foreign soil but we will not yield one inch of Soviet land to anyone. Upon Stalin’s
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  • 133 8 .—Reuter America Prohibits Sales Washington, Jan. 19.—Mr. Ickes announces that President Roosevelt has approved the Interior Department prohibiting the sale of helium until the American Government has acquired new supplies. Mr. Ickes added that orders for helium cannot be accepted until an agreement is executed providing for sale to
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  • 120 8 Two Record Breakers Promoted Group-Captain A. who was officer of the British Schneider y teams--1929 and 1931 and who for the past year has been at the Imperial Dei- a College, has been appointed to coir s .n 1 the R A.F. station at Northolt. In 1929 he
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  • 162 8 LLETTERS TO THE Sir, You are wrong in your assunip :il>n scholars in Penang get 9 days for their fees during the month oi Invariably, the first two day 1 rt> up by the collection of fee books, the greeting of old frier Is I making of new
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  • 210 9 Big Display Planned For Next Year EXHIBITS AT GLASGOW TO DO DOUBLE DUTY (From Our Own Correspondent) tf Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 19. Malaya Court,” the $150,000 display this country will erect at the Glasgow Empire Exhibition this summer, will be moved to the New
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  • 223 9 Two Charged Two English-speaking Chinese, Ong Hock Beng and Lim Peng Cheow, both of whom are in the rubber business, were charged before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean, the Penang, additional magistrate this morning on three counts under the Rubber Restriction Ordinance. They were charged with
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  • 126 9 Perak Residents Honoured From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 20. Perak residents who were honoured in connection with the Coronation of Their Majesties received their respective insignia at an investiture ceremony held by His Excellency the High Commissioner, Sir Shenton Thomas, yesterday morning at he royal
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  • 173 9 TUNDRA: With Del Cambre. A Dearholt and Stout production released bv Pavilion Ltd. Story of a ‘‘flying doctor” in the American tundra. Showing at the Queen's. Matching in beauty the scenes in Sequoia,” “Tundra” is an epic film laid among the snowy wastes of the
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  • 188 9 Result Of The Draw The drawing for the batch of 10 Selangor Turf Club Griffins took place at the Rifle Range Road Stables on Tuesday afternoon and resulted as follows: 1. SHORTCAKE (3), Bay filly, by Manna out of Singleton. Mr. Alan Lake. 2. MULTIMIS (3),
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  • 214 9 Police Action Yin Shou Khoon, a young coffee-shop waitress, who admitted yesterday that she had attempted to commit suicide because her customers called her "a Japanese spy is at the moment under observation at the General Hospital. When her case was mentioned this morning before
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  • 146 9 Continued Rise In U.K. Bithrate The rise in birthrate continued last year. According to the return by the Registrar General, the birthrate in England an Wales during 1937 is provisionally estimated at 14.9 live births per thousand of t population and the crude deathrate a ieaths per thousand
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  • 293 9 Wrongful Dismissal Alleged In the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Justice Gordon Smith heard the case in which Gbh Teik Teong, a motor salesman, is suing the Borneo Motors Ltd., for damages for alleged wrongful dismissal. Mr. T. E. Conaghan is for the plaintiff and Mr.
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  • 45 9 A commentary on Farr-Brad-dock fight will be heard on Saturday at 10.15 a.m. here on transmissions GSD, GSC, GSB and GSL. Also a short recording will be heard at 2.05 a.m. on Saturday night on transmissions GSG, GSP, GSD. GSB and GSA.
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  • 530 9 The Entertainment Programme An elaborate programme has been drawn up by the committee in charge to entertain officers and sailors of the two cruisers of the Fast Indies Squadron, H.M.S Nor folk (flying the flag of Vice-Admiral Hon Sir Alexander Ramsay, commander-in-chief» and H.M.S. Emerald, and the
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  • 814 10 Possible Offset To Declining Consumption FURTHER QUOTA CUT CANVASSED IN LONDON From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 12. Disappointed by poor consumption prospects, and fearing that a further quota cut may soon become necessary, London tin producing interests are inclining to regard Llie hotly-disputed
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  • 152 10 The Secretary of Austral Malay Tin. Ltd., reports the following outputs of its associated companies for the half month of January. Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging. Ltd. (Karangan). Hours run 294; cubic yards tieated 60.000; total piculs 136; nett value $7,616. Asam Kumbang Tin Dredging, Ltd. Hours run
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  • 100 10 Distribution Of 5 per cent. Duff Development Company has declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent., less tax, in respect of the year ending March 31 next. This is the first interim distribu tion to be made by the company. Net piofits have progressively increased
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  • 72 10 Distribution Maintained The directors of the Hongkong and k ian ha Banking Corporation announce a final dividend of £3 per share, making £5 10s. per share for 1937, which is the same as for the two previous years. The amount written off bank premises is niaintained
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  • 29 10 Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co., Ltd.. Dredge statistics for the first half of Jan. 1938- Hours run 222; cubic yards treated 33,300; tin ore won pikuls 148.
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  • 467 10 Further Substantial Improvement The fourth annual general meeting of Kab Glagah Rubber Co. Ltd., was held in London on Jan. I'l. Mr. John Hall presided in the absence through indisposition, of Mr. H. L. Cognlan (the chairman of the company), and read his speech, in which it
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  • 102 10 By 30 Per Cent. In order to reduce imports. Japan is to cut down crude rubber imports by over 30 per cent., according to the Dutch Press. The Government is to encourage the production of synthetic rubber. Japanese imports of crude rubber during
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  • 28 10 Rcnong Consolidated Tin Dredging Co., Ltd.; Dredge Statistics for the first half of Jan. Homs run 231; cubic yards treated 76.000; tin ore won pikuls 449.
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  • 27 10 Katu Tin Dredging Ltd. After winning its quota etc. the dredge was closed on Dec. 27 for general repairs etc. and restarted on 14th instant.
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  • 23 10 New Kopah Tin operations for the first half of January 1938 Output 32 Piculs. Remarks: Stopped 5 days, repairs to Boiler.
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  • 58 10 Satupulo No Liability operations for the first half of January 1938 Output 164 Piculs. The output of Tin Bentong No Liability for the first half of January 1938 Was hours 302, piculs 120, cubic yards 28,000. The output of Tinsongkhla No Liability for the first half of January 1938
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  • 411 10 For Ships And Cowsheds RAILWAY PLATFORMS NEXT (From Our London Staff.) London, Jan. 12. The formation of Semtex Ltd., to which, as has already been announced in the “Pinang Gazette,” Dunlop Plantations Ltd., and Limmer and Trinidad Asphalt Co Ltd., are the subscribers, marks a large-scale development
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 127 10 SAFE DIET FOR GASTRIC ULCERS Great care is needed, in the feeding sufferers from gastric and duodenal Uiccrs and inflammation of the stomach. The wrong kind of food will iarrease the pain and discomfort. In the early stages of treatment small quantities of liquid food must be ink -T at
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    • 523 10 fatal loss i ©f MOI it may be the advance sign of a dread disease I Put on pounds of fine, firm flesh /I" in 30 days! r x You know» onl y to wel1 what that stcad y l° ss of weight foretells. Check it now, I while there
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  • 153 11 Naval Superiority Must Be Maintained M’SSOI.LXTS big naval programme, which includes two battlohips, will be overshadowed by Britain’s 1938 proline. to be announced within the next few hi-, it is understood, will budget for at least fite >att e> ups o t< ns or
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  • 325 11 French Views Of Italy’s Move y’s decision to increase the strength r navy by many thousands of’ tons. *>igh it has caused little surprise in i° -he subject of serious considera.n facial quarters Press commentas have for some time past describee French naval programme as
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  • 89 11 Two neu) high-power shortwave transmitters have been ordered for B. B. C.’s Dav entry shortwave station. The contracts have been placed with the Marconi Wireless Company. <£- The m.s. “Lalandia" arrived in Penang this morning from Europe with the following passengers: Mr. Petersen. Mr. S. Paurcitya,
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  • 753 11 M.S. ANNAM’ arrives today from Singapore. Sails same day for Aden, Suez, Port Said, Sfax, Susa, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg Copenhagen. M.V. YASUKUNI MARL" arrives today at 1 p.m. from Japan via Singapore —sails same day for Colombo. Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London,
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  • 235 11 Another edition of the new series of programmes from Daventry. ‘The House in the Country.’ will be broadcast during the week beginning January 23. Written by Billy Bray and presented by William MacLurg. these programmes reconstruct the entertainment and hospitality to be found in an
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  • 249 11 Appointment Said To Be Unique The recent appointment of a former lower deck sailor to the position of Chief Constable of Rochester is of especial interest to naval circles in Hong Kong. The appointment of a bluejacket boy entrant as a Chief Constable is
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  • 55 11 Mr. John Coatman, chief News Editor of the 8.8. C., has been appointed North Regional Director. Mr. Ccatman was, at one tim’_, Director of Public Relations in India. He later ccame Professor of Economic Relations q the University of London, and in 1934 c”ed the 8.8.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 308 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE UEEKLY SEKIKE TO LONDON NORTH COXTixirvr t A PATROCLUS Also call-. Marseilles Leaves Penang Due London DIOMED Also calls Hull GlasgOw Jan. 21 Feb. 16 MEMNON Aso cal’s Marseilles Jan 27 23 TEN DAY SERVICE TO Feb 4 Mar 2 C. EURYPYLUS O™ts Havre HAVRE Liverpool ANTILOCHUS
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    • 883 11 PO and «L v BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England.) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. “ROHNA” SAILING THURSDAY, 20th JANUARY, 1938. roM?«rt la Li?S <i H r, S t t l ?J. N Co ““d®! Pen “K. Teluk Anson. Port Jwettenmun. Sendce S/S “BULAN” j£. 21 Outwards from London for China Japan.
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  • 834 12 Latest Times Of Posting AIR MAILS: A mail for Kuala Lumpur and sin S a by Malayan Internal Air Service, will close at 2 p.m. tomorrow. A mail for Australia, New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly via Singapore and thence by Qantas Airways will close at
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  • 181 12 After it had been informed that Sir Benjamin Dawson, the Yorkshire wool mag. nate, w r as to be among the chief speakers at a Selby dinner a few' nights ago. the B B.C. cancelled its projected broadcast of the event. Its official reason was
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  • 194 12 The lines on a map—-not those indicating longitude or latitude, the lifelines of modern civilisation: roads, air passages, sea routes, and telegraphy—-have inspired a new series of dramatised feature programmes that wit! shortly be heard from Daventry. The first {rogramme >n the series -which will also
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  • 128 12 The festive season is a very busy' one for the w'ireless operators in Antarctic ships for each expedition usually has a complement of about 200 men who each send one or more messages to their relatives They, in turn, reciprocate, so quite a volume
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1968 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES B. B. C. BERLIN HONG KONG DJB 15.20 Mc/« 19.7 sn. ZBW 9.52 Mc/s (31.4 m.) ImN 9.54 Mc/a 81.45 m Tu>h u the following wavelenyths; dje n 78 Mc/a m TODAY TRANSMISSION 2 DJ 9 15,28 Mc/ 6.30 European programme. 6.50 Stock 5J Mc/S (13 93
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    • 644 12 PENANG ZHJ 6.08 Mcjs (49.3 in.) TODAY p.m. 7.00 Signal and programme. 7.00 "Inal bv Jury” (Gilbert and Sullivan). 7.40 Selections from ‘'The Mikado” and “Patience.” 7.55 Share report. 8.00 Classical music. 8.55 News bulletin. 9.00 Close down. TOMORROW 7 ZHJ 6.08 Mc/s (49.3 m.) p.m. 7.00 Singal and programme.
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE HIGH LOW TODAY 2.48 p.m. 9.30 p.m. TOMORROW 3.32 a.m. 9.50 a.m 3.20 p.m. 10.005 p.m
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  • 263 13 K. L. Chairty Performance The Minuet was danced by Sally Mackintosh and Martin Shelton. Shirley Walton and Keith Ward. (Mrs Walton's pupils) in the Maternity Hospital charity effort. Hundred children attended the Peter Pan Party at Claridges Hotel. London. Among the prizes were a doll
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  • 752 14 The following are the handicaps for the first day of the Taiping Turf Club Skye Meeting, together with selections by TicTac RACE 1 Ponies Class 2—Div. I—<o>t. 5 fur. 2.45 p-m. 11 07 MOUNTAIN BELLE J 9 ..VOLNIAK 19 DANSE DU VENTRE 10.02 KATHRYN 19 JACKIE MAC
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  • 1349 14 PERAK RACES 153 Animals Below is a list of the horses and ponies in training for the Perak Turf Club’s February Meeting on January 29, February 1 and February 5. R. N. HOBBS 1 Bombus 6 b.a.g. Lee Nam. 2 Thebez 6 br.a.g. Lee
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  • 225 14 Penang’s Team v I Selangor I (By Our Hockey Corre.n The Selangor-Penang i clash on Saturday O n the" p Penang, (the return fixtun teams) should provide a v- match, while the standaM '<l also be high. I Selangor have always put irt o I a fine team
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 306 14 SCRATCH-PROOF POINT PLATINUM AND GOLD Where Culture Shows Its Presence out of Choose Parker Because this Pedigreed Beauty Marks the Highest Excellence in a Pen NEW SLENDERIZED RESTFUL Television ink visibility, the ScratchSHAPE HOLDS 102% MORE INK proof Point and self-governed ink flow, in the smartest and exclusive KSfi Distinction
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 42 14 »or—Walking-On Part By J. MILLAR WATT MM! Tost you ought to W V 11/ DOWNSTAIRS WHAT jf HI KNOW SB ’«HAPPENED IN THE Aij N YOU WERE IN ZAW? > H t .LASTSCENE ft j |i it! W MV A -j mo® nMO.
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  • 584 15 I ho Will Win: The Chances Discussed (By Our Boxing Correspondent.) Madison Square Garden, New York, will be the scene of the Ost big fight of 1938 tomorrow night, when Tommy Farr, British i d Empire heavyweight champion, makes his appearance against Heran Jimmy Braddock, former holder
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  • 64 15 From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 18. thrie and Co., Ltd., will field a strong fifteen at Seremban on Saturday, they will challenge the combined h of Negri-Sembilan and Selangor, urie > team will be composed of players all the firm’s branches in Malaya and
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  • 69 15 Miss Kay Stammers has found out what is the matter with English women tennis players—they don’t hate their opponents as they should. “That is, in court, of course,” added Kay. She had learned that in America. She is all for setting the Wightman
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  • 113 15 U. S. Players Sail On Chance An America table tennis team have sailed for England to compete in the world championships, which begin in London on January 24. But they will not know until January 23 whether they will be allowed to compete. America left the International
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  • 137 15 W -H. Webster, Highgate and Cambridge, is expected to captain Middlesex county cricket eleven next summer R.W.V. Robins, the present captain, is unlikely to carry on although he will not make a final decision for a week or two. The playing success of Middlesex, who
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  • 170 15 In the boom days of the Irish Sweepstake the Chancellor of the Exchequer received much gratuitous advice on the swiftest means of reducing the income tax to a level which would make all delighted to pay. He was advised to run Government sweepstakes on the Derby, Grand National,
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  • 143 15 In spite of winning the County Cricket Championship, the Yorkshire Committee in their annual report express themselves as apprehensive of the apparent weakness in the bowling. They feel that much of the side’s success was due to fielding, which, inspired by the captain A. B.
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  • 575 15 PLAYERS AND CLUBS London: In this the Jubilee year of the Football League it is proposed that professional clubs shall pay' and look pleasant which they will surely do with good heart, for the cause they are invited to support is the financial rescue
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 60 15 •I*”**’ EpBHHBaMBsHMBjBr Ik fill t B| IS ft ’’y j ixl MAGNUM 50s I Ikw», STANDARD PLAIN IWHIL 1 r 50s 10s it STANDARD CORK i I /'■■■>.. JF\ W.. IB) I ifl ill h ChS 111 I It yI I JI -Y 11l b iiwwtwWiMy g I of HENRY
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  • 116 16 J IN PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot) £185.10. 0 £483.10. 0 LONDON—(3 months) £lB6 0 o £lB4. 5. 0 SINGAPORE $92.25 $90.75 BUSINESS DONE FENANG $91.25 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sun dried) $4.40 $4.30 BLACK PEPPER $9 50 59-50 RUBBER LONDON 7Ad 7 NEW YORK 14Jc(G) Feb./Mar
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  • 327 16 or denon.lnatmn ume.. Yesterday Rise or Fatotherwise stated Conversion Luan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 1 Funding Loan 4 p.c., 1960-90 War Loan 3J p.c. ._j?" Com. Union Assce. (Units) t Prudential Assce “A" Royal As»ce. share 10s. pd.) t Great Western Rly Ordy Canadian Pacific (£25) Chartered Bank (£5)
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  • 109 16 Faris 149 ft ***** New York 4.9912 4.992 Montreal 4.9912 4.99 g Brussels 29.54) 29.54) Geneva 21.632 21.632 Amsterdam 8.97 8.97) Milan 95 95 Berlin 12.40. 12.41 Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26j 26J Helsingfors 220? 226 J Prague 1422 142 ft Madrid
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  • 120 16 METALS London, Jan. 19. RUBBER Firmer.— London 7 J buyers 7ft sellers Jan./Mar 7J buyers 7J sellers April/June 71 buyers 72 sellers July/Sept 72 buyers 7£ sellers NEW YORK 14.88 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 37,937 tons Liverpool 21,782 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (Jan £l3. 7. 6
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 123 16 KENNEDY CO. rjjjg Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.52) 1.57) Hong Fatt 197 .1.10 Hcngkong Tin 25|0 26!0ex Ipoh Tin 25|6 26!6ex Jelebu -85 -87) Kpg. Lan jut 2119 22t3ex Kramat 44 i 9 423 Kuala Kampar 15|0 15|9 Kuchai Ordy. 1.52?. 1.57) Larut Hi 9 U! 6 Lukut 75 Mambau
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    • 189 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.52) 1.57) Hong Fatt 1.07) 1.10 Jelebu -82) .37) Klang River 1.50 1.60 K uchai 1.52) 1:57) Lukut -75 .80 Petaling 8.60 B.uo Puteh 1.20 1.25 Rantau Ordy. 1.40 1.45 Rantau Pref. 1.40 1.45 Sungei Ways 2.45 2.55 Taiping Cons. 1.65 1.70
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    • 248 16 Pressure But No Volume New York. Jan. 19.—A further increase in gasoline stocks, an almost total lack oconsumer interest in copper, steel outlook uncertainty, and the absence of any news tending to clarify the political and bust ness picture. The foregoing, plus previously cited unfavourable factoids, continue to
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    • 23 16 TIN Singapore $90.75 Per pkl. Penang $9O s|B Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 23J/2C Per lb. Penang Spot 23%c Per lb.
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    • 179 16 SOON THEAM CO. IVI A '4 I t TIN Buyers Sellers Ampats 4 9 5.0 Eangrins 24 3 24 9 1 Batu Selangors 1.53 1.56 Burma Malaya 29;0 JO'O Hong Fatts- 1.08 1.10 Jelapangs 34j© 35 0 Jelebus .83 So Kamuntings 1019 113 K. Lanjuts 23;9 24'3c Katus 24!3 25j3
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    • 148 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers RpCer* Asams 32 0 32 6 B. Selangors 1.52) 1.57) Bangrins 23[9 24 6 Hong Fatts 1.09 I.IL Jajebus .82) .87) K. Lanjuts 23 0 23 Gcd Kramats 11,'9 12 0 K. Kampars 15,0 15<6 Kv.chais 1.50 1.55 Laruts 11'0 116 Pungahs 20 6 216 Rantau
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  • 36 16 WEDDING At Saint George’s Church, Penang. Elsie Elizabeth Gutmann (nee McCann) widow of the late Ivan Gutmann of Melbourne, Australia, to Herbert Henry Louch, Son of the late Henry Mary Louch of Highfield, Oxford.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 148 16 NOTIFICATION Tenders will be received up to noon on Tuesday, 25th January 1938, at the Resident Councillor’s Office, Penang, from persons desirous of contracting for supplies of sub-soil pipes and concrete rings for the Medical Department at Penang and Province Wellesley, for a period of eleven months, commencing from Ist
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    • 659 16 banks Experience Teache» One HONG KONG A,M t r sh Sok Have Found A tray (incorporated in Hong Prr/ Bv Their Spare The UabiUty of members is iiCQUe4 extent and in manner prescribe Dollar» ordlnm.o. iw, w Head Office:— HONG konq. OVERSEA-CHINESE I Issued and paid “P banking corporation “ipr*
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