Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 January 1938

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. \o. 23. Vol. XCVI. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938. PRICE 10 CEN IS.
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  • 316 1 Tokio Refuses Matsuos Appeal For Reinforcements —Reuter. Claims of “Other Possible Contingencies Enemy Garrison At Chufu Endangered Shanghai, Jan. 26—Judging from despatches reaching here, there is good reason to Believe that lokio is worried by the continued check to the Japanese forces that had been
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  • 83 1 Renieets Veterans Of Air Foi •ce he King spent over three hours at the .<> al Air Force College at Cranwell to ><h he flew from Sandringham yesteray morning. He inspected the cadets' instructional ikshops and engine and signal repair actions and lunched with cadets in tne
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  • 137 1 Reuter. interchange Of Mails With Japan Stopped Moscow. Jan. 27.—The Soviet has detemporarily to break off all postal Hons with Japan forthwith. The de--1 affects mails in transit as well as I mails between the two countries. lc reasons for the Soviet action are the 1 'J-'H
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  • 19 1 —Reuter. Washington, Jan. 26 —The Senate. Committee has approved the Naval Supply Bill amountwig to $549,227,000. —Reuter.
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  • 239 1 —Reuter. Liner To Carry Forty Passengers Britain’s biggest air liner, 200-miles-an-hour Imperial Airways 20—tons monoplane Ensign was flown to Coventry yesterday for full load tests after completion of which in about two months she will be handed to Air Ministry experts for test before going into commission on
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  • 85 1 Cold-Wave Sweeps United States New York, Jan. 26. —Nine persons, including a child, were frozen to death at Crocker, South Dakota, in a severe coldwave which has swept over many parts of the country. Floods are threatening towns and villages and crops in almost every State except
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  • 73 1 Reuter. Rebel Trawler Stops British Ship Gibraltar, Jan. 26. The British steamer Sheafcrest, which left Gibraltar this afternoon bound for a Spanish port, was stopped off Gibraltar by an armed insurgent trawler which ordered the captain to return to Gibraltar. The captain refused and sent a wireless appeal
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  • 43 1 —Reuter. Paris, Jan 26.—Spanish Government planes dropped 60 bombs on Valladolias,. north-west of Madrid, according to a message received here. Many bombs fell on an orphanage which was wrecked. Twelve persons were killed and 40 injured, mostly women and children. —Reuter.
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  • 272 1 U.S. Rearmament May Include Widening Of Canal Reuter. Washington, Jan. 26. —President 800 sevelt’s long-awaited Message on national defence, it is understood, is not ready yet. Mr. Reesevelt is apparently taking time with the Message no't only because the Aimy's competitive claims have not
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  • 46 1 Reuter. Budapest, Jan. 26. —A sensation has been caused by an official announcement that 23,000 German delegates will not attend the Eucharistic World Congress to be held here this year as the Reich Government has informed Germans that their presence would be undesirable. Reuter.
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  • 69 1 Through the Pinang Gazette, the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek send a New Year greeting to the Chinese of Malaya and Netherlands Indies. The message is reproduced, together with a facsimile of Madame Chiang’s signature at the end of the document, on page three of our
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  • 459 1 Celebrating The Sesq n ice n te nary London. Jan. 26.—Newspapers devote much attention to the celebration in Sydney today commemorating the 150th anniversary of the founding of Australia. Distinguished visitors from all parts of tl.e Empire and many nations gathered in Sydney. Good-will messages were received
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  • 42 1 streets of Shanghai since Jan. I. Reuter. Shanghai, Jon. 26. —The bodies of 10,000 Chinese, mostly refugees, who had died of disease or exposure or starvation,' have been picked up in the streets of Shanghai since Jan. 1.-Reu-
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  • 535 2 Sikh Charged In Assize Court (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. Jan. 26. 'Hie spectacular blaze in the early hours of the morning of April 6 last, when the premises occupied by the T. M. A. Music •Store in Collyer Quay and a few shops fronting Change
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  • 160 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 26. Mr. Moses Darmaraj of Seremban, who has been connected actively with local Indian Association activities was entertained by his friends to a dinner prior to his departure to India. Dr. Majundar, President of the N.S. Indian Association presided and there was
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  • 441 2 Brings Us Near To Common Ancestor Of Man PRIMITIVE HAND-AXES MAY BE FOUND IN MALAYA (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Jan. 26. Dr. P. van Stein Calleniels, Netherlands Indies Government delegate to the Congress of Prehistorians, at the end of an address
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  • 113 2 Ford Takes Large Space The Ford Motor Company’s contract for 298,718 sq. ft. of space in the Transportation Centre of the New York World’s Fair 1939, already approved by Edsel Ford, was signed last week by Grover A. Whalen, President of the Fair Corporation. This space, rented
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  • 118 2 M ong Foo was charged with having given false information to Mr. H. Russell of the Excise Department before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean, the Penang Additional. Magistrate, yesterday. It was alleged that the accused, who was bound to furnish his address to Mr. Russell, gave an address
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  • 320 2 SIR T. INSKIP R.A.F. CRITICS ‘Nothing To Deplore Over Production’ SHADOW FACTORIES’ PROGRESS An assurance that the production of air engines was increasing and that in design and power they were second to none in the world was given by Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for Co-Ordination of Defence, at Havant,
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  • 97 2 8 Give Evidence Eight more witnesses for the Crown gave evidence at the preliminary inquiry into the Chulia Street murder case before the Acting Penang Police Magistrate yesterday Further hearing was adjourned till today. In the dock were 11 Chinese, Chew Chooi Keat. Gan Ah Chai. Kan
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  • 403 2 Conviction For Armed Robben 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 26. In spite of an appeal that they be treated as first offenders and bound over, two young Chinese, Ng Chun and Ang Lai, who were convicted of armed robbery, a the
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  • 248 2 Highest Since Boom Of 1920 5,100,000 GET 3s A WEEK MOKE London: The largest increase in tt nation’s wages since the boom year 1920 occurred last year Ministry of Labour statistics show, that wage changes during 1937 results! total net increases estimated at ab £780,000
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  • 185 3 20 Japanese Planes Destroyed HEAVY CASUALTIES AMONG TROOPS According to Aviation Headquarters in Hankow. 13 Chinese planes bombed the Japanese aerodrome in Nanking yesterday and destroyed over 20 Japanese machines on lhe ground, says Reuter. This raid was the third since occupation of the
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  • 152 3 I.—Reuter Flight To See Cadets In Training London, Jan 26: The King, wearing the uniform of the Chief of the Royal Air Force, flew from the neighbourhood of Sandringham to Cranwell Aerodrome. Lincolnshire, today to see R A.F cadets in training. The journey of 60
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  • 159 3 —Reuter. On Way To Geneva London. Jan. 26: A British delegation headed by the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Eden, arrived in Geneva this morning from Paris to attend the opening of the 106th Session of the League Council. Mr. Eden travelled from Paris in com--pany with
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  • 53 3 Many sheep are missing in Scotland after the recent snowstorms, and shepherds are having an exhausting time searching for them. Pictureshows a shepherd looking for one of his lost sheep after an all-day search on Dungavel Moors, Lancashire. He is aided! in his digging
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  • 395 3 —Reuter. Midland Bank Chairman's View London, Jan. 26. The RL Hon. Mr. Reginald McKenna, presiding at the annual meeting of the Midland Bank, said he saw no ground for pessimism in the future. "We must not, it is true, underrate the importance of American developments and
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    52 3 Berlin, Jan 26: Dr. Schacht's teim us President of the Reichsbank expires in March and business circles expect that he will withdraw at the end of Febniaiy. 'Well-informed banking circles predict that Baron Kurt von Schroeder, President cf the Cologne Chamber of Commccee and Industry, will be appointed
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  • 163 3 —Reuter. Many Italian Losses London. Jan. 26: The Ethiopian Legation has made a statement claiming that according to direct reports from Abyssinia. violent fighting is continuing in several provinces in the north and northwest Attempts of flying and motorised Italian columns to recapture lost positions met
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  • 250 3 No Hot News About China To Feed Publie Tokio, Jan. 26. —The reported Japanese anxiety concerning Soviet military activities is exaggerated. The Japanese Government policy is based on the Soviet Union not being the aggressor for a long time. The recrudescence of the press campaign
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  • 416 3 Shanghai, Jan. 22. —Japanese military forces fighting in China are encountering increasing difficulty owing to the insufficient number of troops for active campaign and garrison service as indicated in the Chinese recap'.ure of several towns in East Anhui. .North-east Chekiang and South Kiangsu. Chinese troops
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  • 103 3 Reuter. A rms Explode Paris Disaster Paris, Jan 26: Eleven were killed in two terrific explosions this morning in the -tate-owned Pyrotechnical Laboratory in the suburb of Ville Juif caused by the explosion of 5.000 grenades and other explosives seized during raids on arms depots of
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  • 595 3 The Example Of Napoleon i From Our Own Correspondent) Hong Kong. Jan. 23. The Hong Kong Daily Press, in a striking editorial, draws an analogy between f he present Japanese campaign in China md Napoleon’s blunders in Europe, and states that China can take heart from
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  • 82 3 —Reuter. “Sightseeing” In Hangchow Shanghai, Jan. 26: A Japanese army spokesman disclosed that Gen. Matsui was visiting Hangchow, but denied that hr was preparing an offensive against Gen Chang Fah-k wei’s Ironsides. He aaic that he was merely sightseeing and had fed the goldfish in the
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  • 137 4 F. M. S. FALLS INTO LINE WITH COLONY (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. Intended to bring F.M.S. legislation in line with that of the Colony, The Women and Girls Protection (Amendment) Bill was taken through its first reading in the Federal Council today. Among
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  • 155 4 Second Reading In Federal Council (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. With the object of making certain new rules for which no provision was made in the Principal Enactment, the Sale of Food and Drugs (Amendment) Bill w’as framed. It was taken through its
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  • 126 4 Longer Period Of Training For Recruits (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. Consequent on the reorganization of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force legislation has been sought for the purpose of formally amending certain clauses of the Volunteer Enactment, and this has been incorporated in the
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  • 151 4 Money, Warships And Troops In China Shanghai, Jan. 7. The statistics on the American stake in China compiled five years ago by Professor C. F. Reimer are believed to be as accurate as any available. He estimated that $150,000,000 were invested in business and $41,000,000 were invested in
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  • 683 4 Courts Enactment Amended: Powers Of Penghulus Defined (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Jan. 25. The first enactment for 1938 which was a Bill intended to effect to the Courts Enactment various amendments which experience had shown to be desirable, was passed in the
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  • 337 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. Jan. 26. Mr. G. Wilkinson has been seconded for service in Kedah as State Forest Officer and assumed duty from Jan. 1. His predecessor Mr. A. B. S. Boswell has been granted 257 days’ leave on full pay with I
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  • 375 4 Monday. Jan. 17. In the morning H.H. The Sultan of Perak called on His Excellency at King’s Pavilion and afterwards His Excellency returned the call on His Highness at Istana Iskandariah. Wednesday, Jan. 19. In the morning His Excellency presented the Insignia of Honorary Knight Commander of the
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  • 185 4 MOHAMMEDANS NOT AFFECTED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kiiala Lumpur, Jan. 25. In future the making and construction of wills in the Federated Malay States, other than those of Mohammedans will be governed by the Wills Bill, which was taken through its second reading in the
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  • 84 4 Authorities To Deal With “Carriers” (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. The ability of the now fully organized Veterinary Department, where animals are concerned, to act independently of the Medical Department is responsible for the introduction of the Prevention of Diseases (Amendment) Enactment, which was
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  • 112 4 Police Seek Wider Powers Of Control (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. Owing to the inability or unwillingness of pawnbrokers to identify pawners, the Pawnbrokers (Amendment) Bill has been framed and was today taken through its first reading in the Federal Council. It has
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  • 276 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. Harry Gild, of McEwan Younger Ltd., Brewers. Edinburgh is in Penang. 4s Mr. M. B. Humber, who has returned from leave, has assumed duties as Executive Engineer, P.W.D., Klang, in place of Mr. Fairchild, who has gone on transfer to Kuala Lumpur. The engagement has been announced
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    • 37 4 CHINESE NEW YEAR SHOPPING AT CHIN CHIN COMPANY “The Ideal Store” 18/20 Beach Street Phone No. 1029. tor newly arrived genuine British Make goods such as FELT HATS, LEATHER SHOES, SILK COTTON SHIRTS, COLLARS, SOCKS OTHER REQUIREMENTS.
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    • 499 4 Kill Kidney Germs Restore Your Heailh B W f,. P i wr ote: “For six years ■■■■R 188 There is nothing that can make kidn( y trouble and older and more rundown than J- f dpve] b l a ddcr weakness ASS Bladder trouble caused b. c ’j d or
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  • 2207 5 Anglo-Irish Conversations Worst Gale Of Winter In Between Days Of Bright Sunshine:: Anxiety Over R. A. F. Programme Of Expansion ■pi English weather has really been something to talk about this week. Sandwiched between cays of I right sunshine we have li /1 the worst gale
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    • 218 5 A BEAUTY HINT STRAIGHT FROM lovely MIRIAM HOPKINS Ju Mary: “Why do you admire Mary: “If only my skin were A MO NTH LATER: Miriam Hopkins so much,Jack?” as lovely as Miriam op ins s. wonder how she keeps it so Mary: lam glad I changed to Jack: She always
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  • 49 6 THIS IS 13-YEAR-OLD HEIRESS Gloria Vanderbilt, long-tinue subject of custody battleg between her mother and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the girl’s aunt. The beautiful evening gown she is wearing at this dance in New York was a Christmas gift by her fashion expert -mother.
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  • 170 6 Drawn Match With Delhi And District New Delhi, Jan. 16. —Lord Tennyson’s XI drew their two-day match with Delhi and District, which ended here today. Score:— Edrich, c. and b. Cassels 3 Parks, lbw b Din 27 N.W.D. Yardley, lbw b Cassels 0 P. A. Gibb, c
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  • 915 6 Acquisition Of New Areas The thirteenth annual general meeting of Selayang Tin Dredging, Ltd., was held in London on Jan. 7. Mr Charles Jackson. F.C.1.5.. who preJrf' said' It is with very deep regret to report the death oTMajor r J Cargill on Dec. 16 last. The
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  • 97 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Jan 26 Negri Sembilan and Selangor will meet at Seremban on Saturday in a return State hockey match. The first meeting of these two States ended in a draw ten goals being shared. The Negri Sembilan team will be:—-L-Alexander; Mobarak Ahmad. Mohamed Ali;
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  • 58 6 In these days of high Cup finance i iinteresting to note that Sheffield V' ednesday once played a tie against Crusaders a Leyton, and came away with only 1 shillings and fourpence as their share of t C gate! On another occasion they played l- on S Eaton,
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    • 496 6 VyWWVWVWWWt The One and Only Theatre in Penang Equipped II 1( Western Electric “Wide Range’’ To Ensure Natural Sound Reproduction QUEEN’S (PROPRIETOR KENG HU AT FILM CO.) 6 .15 OPENING TONIGHT > 3(i another of those other big o:, es MAKE WAY I MAKE H .I) FOR HERBERT ANNE MARSHALL
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  • 249 7 66 WE WILL GIVE ENEMY A HOT RECEPTION” —Gen. Wu Te-chen |N case the Japanese decide to attack South China, let/ them come. We arc quite prepared to give them a hot reception. They will have no easy time with us, and new front to fight on,”
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  • 189 7 CHINESE YOUTH FROM AUSTRALIA FAILS Darwin. After a fruitless search in China for his mother and father, a Chinese boy, Bennie See Kee, has returned to Darwin. Three months age, Bennie See Kee heard that his aged mother and father had been reported missing, following a Japanese
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  • 121 7 New Y ork Journal Utters Strong Criticism New York. Criticism of the adoption by Filipinos of “Tagalog” as the official idiem was expressed recently in an editorial in the “Herald-Tribune.” Entitled “Linguistic Nationalism,” the editorial called attention to the fact that fewer than half of the
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  • 145 7 Boys From 10 To 15 To Receive Training Shanghai. Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu, Japanese Home Minister, has just thought out another brand new idea to increase the fighting strength of the Japanese army by recruiting children from Formosa and Korea, according to a Tokyo report. Realising that the present
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  • 114 7 EXHORTS TROOPS TO MAINTAIN RESISTANCE Hankow, General Liu Hsiang’s will, made on his death-bed, has been published. In his will the late Szechuen governor regretted that sickness had prevented him from personally leading his troops to the front to fight against the Japanese. He hoped that
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  • 364 7 Italian Settlers Sail Rome:—The departure from Brindisi in the steamer Adria of 105 peasants who are to settle in Italian East Africa, marks the real beginning of Italy’s effort to make her newly won territories an outlet for her surplus population. All the men, who are from
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  • 199 7 Wolfram Supplied To Japanese Canton, Jan. 18. A political murder was committed outside Shekki, Chungshan district, at 10 o’clock Sunday morning, three members of a young men’s secret society formed for the avowed purpose of ferreting out and doing away with traitors, stabbing a boatman named Li, throwing
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    285 7 “DISASTER GREATER THAN WAR” In a message to the people of Great Britain, Mme. Sun Yat-sen, widow of the founder of the Chinese Republic, makes a stirring appeal for resistence to Fascist aggression. “Today the Chinese people is more united than ever before to co-operate in the
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  • 338 7 Demand For Credit Ban On Japan EMBARGO ON WAR MATERIALS Details of the plan of British trade union and Socialist leaders to resti ain Japanese aggression against China were revealed in Brussels at a joint meeting of the executives of the International Federation of Trade Unions and
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    • 538 7 UtMl office 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: Gazette Penang. Atteapere Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Time» Singapore. Lompur Office 25, Jara Street. Phone 36&.L sjoto office Brewster Road. Phone 268. {«ndofi Office 40, 43, Fleet Street, London E.C. 4 Phone Central 3688—3669 Tel:
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    • 411 7 HIGH SPEED FILLING Two half-turns only I THIS is quite the simplest way in the world of filling a fountain pen. Simply one! two and you are ready to go on writing with your pen filled in a flash! And the mechanism of the LEVERLESS Swan is so strong and
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  • 1009 8 CHINESE in Malaya will celebrate the New Year on Monday, but transcending seasonal festivities and uppermost in the minds of all will be thoughts of the Homeland and the struggle for liberation. The only thing which may be said with certainty is that liberation is seven months nearer
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  • 38 8 The War Office has decided to send a tank battalion to Egypt in the near future in view of the fact that the present establishment of armoured fighting vehicles in Egypt is somewhat under strength.—Reuter.
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  • 579 8 Question Of Jurisdiction Oncj> More In Limelight (From Alec. Einar Pratt) THE announcement made by the Japanese authorities in Shanghai to the effect that they have superceded the Chinese Government by virtue of military occupation, and their subsequent patrolling of extra-Settlement roads and areas adjacent
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  • 449 8 The year 1937 will go down in history as a memorable one rejecting a period of pronounced activity in general business conditions during the first half and a volte face during the second. The contributory* causes are not inherent in industry itself but are more or
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  • 414 8 The King has approved the appointment of Major Sir Hubert Winthrop Young Governor and Commander-In-Chief, Mo: th ern Rhodesia, as Governor and Command-er-in-Chief of Trinidad and Tobago, succeeding Sir Murchison Fletcher who re signed for health reasons. His Majesty has also approved the appointment of Mr. Alexander Maybin,
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  • 85 8 Reuter. Rome Delegation To Visit London Rome, Jan. 26,—An Italian de!eg a t'<\ headed by Alberto Dagostini, direct-" foreign exchanges, will visit London a end of next week to negotiate a u trade agreement which is expected to suit in Italy buying more British It is understood tiiat
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  • 22 8 Reuter. Soestdijk, Jan. 26.—1 t was stated p.m. that the condition of Princess Jui oi was unchanged and excellent. Keutei
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  • 821 9 Incident On Ipoh Track This Morning NOTES ON FINAL GALLOPS (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipohj Jan. 27. Incident similar to one which occurred in Penang before the Gold Cup meeting, took place on the Ipoh training track this morning when Lucky Star, who'
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  • 268 9 PENANG MEDICAL OFFICER Dr. Arthur Hugh Lowther, Medical Penang, who is now on home leave, has laeen awarded a Carnegie award for studies in ophthalmology in Europe, India and jSgypt, cables the Pinang Gazette London Correspondent. Dr. Lowther joined the Malayan Medical Service in
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  • 108 9 THREE COMMITTED FOR TRIAL When the preliminary inquiry into the Chulia Street murder case concluded this morning, Mr. K. A. Blacker, the acting police magistrate, Penang, three out of the eleven Chinese, who were indicted for murder of Ngow Ah Soon, were committed for trial at the
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  • 38 9 London, Jan. 26. The following are the positions in the tinal:— Czechoslovakia nine wins. England eight, Austria seven, Hungary five, Wales five, United states five, France three, Belgium two, Ireland one and Holland nil.—Reuter
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  • 93 9 Two Tamil weddings were solemnised according to the Hindu rites yesterday. Mr. N. Govindasamy, the only son of Mr. Nadason was married to Miss K. R. Govendammal, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. Rengasamy at the Hindu Sabha, Dato Kramat Road, Penang. The bridegroom is attached to
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  • 46 9 —Reuter. A body of fully trained and state-re-gistered nurses is to be recruited as a re serve to Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service. New York, Jan. 26. —The biidgeplayer Mrs. Cullertson was granted a divorce on the grounds of mental cruelty. Reuter.
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  • 121 9 March 12, 16 And 19 The official programme for the Selangor Turf Club Spring Meeting on March 12, 16 and 19 shows that the Club is catering for Horses 1 and 2 and 4. There will be two runs for all horses. Horses 1 will
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  • 58 9 For the Chinese New Year, the Capital Talkies, Wembley Park, will show Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.” The season starts on January 31, but the picture will only be shown at night shows. The seats are priced at 10, 20 and 30c ents, tickets sold in
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  • 42 9 The P- and O. liner Comorin with mails from Home and Malayan passengers is expected" to arrived at eight o'clock tonight and will berth alongside Swettenham Pier. She is expected to leave for Singapore early tomorrow morning.
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  • 119 9 Large Attendance At Funeral Today There w’as a large attendance and many wreaths seen at the funeral of Mr. Cheah Toon Poe, who passed away last week at his residence No. 29 Green Hall following a short illness. A long procession started from the
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  • 209 9 CHINESE TROUNCED FIVE NIL (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 26. In their first match here, the Islington Corinthians defeated the Straits Chinese Football Association, the Singapore League champions, by five goals to nil, after 3 0 at half-time. All the goals were netted by
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  • 279 9 Judgment Reserved In Taiping Case (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Jan. Further hearing in the case in which two Malays, Matt bin Haji Nasir and Buang bin Haji Ismail, are charged in connection with an alleged extortion of a sum of $5 from one Aziz Khan, was continued
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  • 64 9 Rome Denies London Statement Rome, Jan. 26.—The statement by the Ethiopian legation in London (see page three) is strongly denied in official quarters. It Is stated that Italy is in full control of every part of Ethiopia and it is suggested that the Ethiopian statement is designed to prevent
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  • 239 9 Sir Frank Stockdale Arriving Tonight By Comorin Of great interest to agriculturists in Malaya is the coming visit of Sir h rank Arthur Stockdale, Agricultural Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Ormsby-Gore, who is expected to arrive in Penang tonight by
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  • 1069 10 I.T.C. Considering New Buffer Pool ■WEEK OF INACTIVITY ON LOCAL SHARE MARKETS There are smre signs that industry is on the move again in the United States, state Messrs. Fraser and Co., Singapore, in their weekly market report issued in Singapore yesterday.
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  • 301 10 Innocent-Looking Model Which Can Jump To 90 I drove an innocent-looking saloon car at 80 m.p.h. yesterday—it was a Scotland Yard Flying Squad car, writes a correspondent. It was also the first Motor Show model ever designed by Scotland Yard engineers. More than a
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  • 731 10 Profits More Than Doubled The Perak River Valley Rubber Company, Limited, report and accounts for the year ended Sept. 30 states. Area and Cultivation. —The total area of the company’s property rema same as that last reported i.e. 1,025.25 acres, and is made up as follows: Acres.
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  • 283 10 War Brings Prosperity Canton, Jan' 22.—Apparently unaffected by the hostilities and daily air raids on Kwangtung, customs returns for December amounted to over $1,600,000, against the usual monthly returns of around $1,000,000. The customs at Samshui and Kongmoon made rapid increases. Normal returns for Samshui were $20,000
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  • 84 10 OSBORNE CHAPPEL Returns for the Quarter to December. 31, 1937. Amended Schedule (cancelling previous recent schedule) Mines. Piculs Gopeng 3677 Tekka 1,093 Rambutan 593 Kinta 2,428 Idris 886 Chenderiang 1,120 Lahat Tributers 533 Telok Kruin Tributers 1,895 Fusing Tributers 1,645 Menglembu Lode Tributers 98 Seremban Tributers 168 Tekka-Taiping 3330 Pengkalen
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  • 461 10 Dutch Minister On Common Interests The fact that £100.000.000 of British capital, at “a modest estimate, is invested in the Netherlands East Indies was revealed by Count ;J. P. vafri Limburg Stirum, the Netherlands Minister in London, when addressing a meeting of the Royal Empire Society.
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    • 168 10 R. A. Goodall Appointed to Head Cyst ex Laboratory DR- GOODALL, prominent Public Health officer and widely known Holly wood. California, nhyBWian, has been appointed Medico iV>i-' rector of the Cystex Laboratory, ft was f recently announced by Company executives. Dr. Goodall, a graduate of King’s College, London, England, has
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    • 141 10 I x 'o “Lively snaps U and no perhaps if you give us Selo” /V A We k You can't help getting brilliant snaps with Selo and Selochrome. They've so much extra speed, so much extra latitude. Even in a climate like ours, where the light often varies tremendously from
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  • 204 11 British Ship Saves Japanese Schooner The story of an exciting rescue of the :rew of a Japanese fishing vessel, which vas wrecked off Taku Bar, was told by Mrs. Epstein, of Tientsin, who arrived in Hongkong by the Jardine sh(p Fausang I ecently. The Fausang, stated Mrs.
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  • 205 11 DIFFICULTY IN HANDLING The battleships Nelson and Rodney are ailed by sailors 'The Cherry Tree class, because they were cut down by Washingcon,” said Lieut-Commander D. S. E. Thompson, R.N., lecturing to the Bristol branch of the Royal Empire Society recently. He added, They just lopped off
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  • 206 11 Lack Of Initiative And Good Judgment A special maritime investigation boaro has found that the master of the United States coastal steamer City of Baltimore, which was destroyed by fire in July last with the loss of three lives, did not show “the initiative, competence
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  • 155 11 Sydney And Durban Ships For Shanghai Additions have been made to the salvage fleet of the Moller Shipping Company in Shanghai. Two salvage tugs have been purchased in Sydney, N.S.W., and Captain Potter departed for Australia from Hongkong recently to bring them to the East. The Australian salvage
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  • 840 11 S.S. ‘DIOMED’ from Singapore sails for London, Rotterdam Hamburg- and Hull. M.V. ‘SILVERWALNUT’ from S’pore via Belawan-Deli sails next day for Colombo, Halifax, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore via Cape of Good Hope. M.S. ‘FIONIA’ from Singapore. Sails today for Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said,
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  • 252 11 NO SUGGESTION OF A BOOM In its annual returns issue “Fairplay,” the weekly shipping journal, gives a series of tables showing the earnings of British shipping companies. “There is no doubt,” states the article dealing with the figures,’ “that, judging from the accounts which have
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  • 87 11 Danish Ship In Kobe With 250-Ton Consignment The Kobe Water police who visited the Anna Maersk, a Danish freighter, found a big Douglas plane on board. In the search which followed imm|ediately, 250 tons of aeroplane parts were discovered. A certificate stating that the aeroplane and
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  • 119 11 New Singapore Rules Similar To London’s When the hon. secretary of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association discussed with the Deputy Commissioner of Fxcise the new restrictions recently imposed on the sale of alcohol on ships in port, it was stated that the old method of control had
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    • 268 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE VVEEKLI SERVICE TO LONLHJa A A ORTH COXTlvk'vt' B. DIOMED Also calls Hull ENT U csl enang UueLond(,n C. MEMNON Aso calls Marseilles and Clasen™ Ja 27 23 RADNORSHIRE Also calls MxddlesboroT-h JJ ar 2 TEN DAY SERVICE TO I.lVW'rvxLw vw* Feb 11 Mar 14 ANTILOCHUS w
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    • 604 11 P O (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. COMORIN” SAILING FRIDAY, 28th JANUARY, 1938. 1,1^ 1 N CO Under Fenan S- Teluk Anson, Port Swettenham, M ®j e sty 8 Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail Service. Outwards from London for China Japan. Jan 27
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    • 259 11 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) LONDON BIHnCI For Colombo, Aden, Suez, Fort Said, Napier, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Steamers. Sailing date». HAKONE MARU Feb. 4 x FUSHIMI MARU Feb. 19 HAKOZAKI MARU Mar 4 x SUWA MARU Mar. 18 HAKUSAN MARU Apr. 15 HARUNA MARU Apr. 29 x Call at
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  • 702 12 Japanese Reticent On Recent Incident In Shanghai SUGGESTIONS bv the Japanese authorities that R.C. Ol munications, Inc., which have been maintaining the service o f the Chinese Government Radio Administration, recently tried t 0 remove “valuable equipment” from the radio administration’s offices were definitely
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  • 131 12 Objects Of The New Company The directors of Semtex, a private company owned jointly by Dunlop Plantations and Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt, are as follows: Mr. F.M. Bond (chairman), who is also a director of Limmer and Trinidad Lake Asphalt. Mr. F.D. Ascoli, who is also managing
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  • 568 12 Latest Times Of Posting AIR MAILS: A mail for Singapore by Imperial Air. ways will close at noon tomorrow A mail for Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by Malayan Internal Air Service will close at 2 p.m. tomorrow. A mail for Australia. New Zealand. Java and Timor
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  • 87 12 Total Dividend Doul>l<‘>! At 12 P. C. Sedenak Rubber Estates, Ltd., is P a J’ in a final dividend of 7 per cent., v.! makes 12 per cent., less tax, for the y ended October 31 last. This compa.i’ e with 6 per cent., less tax. in the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2366 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. BERLIN CALCUTTA NIROM DJB 15.20 Me/a 19.7 sn. VUC 6.10 Mc/s (49.1 m.) yDC lo lo Mc/s (19 8 m Tune tn »j the following wavelengths: IMN 9.54 Me/» 91.45 ns. TODAY TODAY 7-BAMSM/S.SZOW 2 WK 17. M Me/. 1«.8S p.m. Bngllsh operas 12.40 DJQ
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  • 220 13 SEVENTH MEN WORKED DAY AND NIGHT at the new Burlington Galleries to get ready the most sensational exhibition of architecture London has seen. It was organised by the Modern Architectural Research Group. The picture shows an artist putting the finishing touches to a mural symbolic
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  • 1102 14 Full Programme For The First Day The following is the full programme for Saturday, the first day of the Perak Turf Club February Meeting. The scratchings and order of running will not be known till noon on Friday. HORSES—Class 1,—Div. 1,-6 Furlongs. 4 13 SUNSHINE SUE
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  • 20 14 «fitness” conscious as a result ol the recent campaign. Picture gi NATIONAL grW classes in physical training colleges.
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  • 96 14 HORSES 1, DIV*. 1. THEBEZ EASTERN KNIGHT RESTRICTION Outsider: Bombus HORSES 1, DIV*. 2. SINGING BIRD CALVADOS ORMOLU Outsider: Burraneer HORSES 2, DIV. 1. MERRY WIDOW’ LORDLOGY ALIKOOM Outsider: Numero Treize HORSES 2, DIV. 2. OORUGAN CELESTIAL BRUAS Outsider: Redouble HORSES 2, DIV*. 3. STELLA’S PET TONROE
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  • 106 14 £27,000 For Two Players The F.A.. Cup is in its fifth round, and the League is more than half way through; yet the big football clubs are still bidding fantastic prices for players. Major Buckley, manager of the Wolves, who has sold £120,000 worth of players
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  • 70 14 -—Reuter. England Overcomes Austria London, Jan. 26: In the world’s table tennis championships for the Swaythling C’ p for men played at the Albert HaU, England defeated a strong Austrian team by 5—4, thus causing a triple tie in pool one between America (holders), England end Austria.
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  • 206 14 German Star Eliminated By Unranked Player doubles tie unfinished AFTER 55 GAMES Shocks were the order of the day; in ther Australian lawn tennis championships played yesterday at Adelaide. G A. Holland, a 19-year-old unranked and.unseeded player, beat Henner Henkel of Germany, considered No,
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  • 201 14 General Hints For Exhibitors Many matters concerning the Penang and Province Wellesley Dog Show, to be held on Sunday, February 27, were discussed at a committee meeting held at Ayer Rajah Road last week. The following were present: the chairman (Mr. H. A. Johnson), Mrs. Danson. Mrs.
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  • 153 14 Ipoh Boxing (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 26. The full programme for the Jubilee Park arena. Ipoh, tomorrow evening is: Clever Sisson vs. Nai Boon Mah, ter three-minute rounds. Manuel (Penang) vs. Rudy Lim (Kual: Lumpur), six two-minute rounds. Ibiamsa (Penang) vs. Daniel (Ipoh),
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  • 168 14 CUP LEAGUE SOCCER Stoke Beaten In Replay London, Jan. 26: Results of F A fourth round replays and English Lea» today were: Tottenham 5 New Brighton 2 Manchester U. 1 Barnsley 0 Stoke 1 Bradford 2 Liverpool 1 Sheffield U. 0 ENGLISH LEAGUE—DIV. 1 Brentford 3 Everton 0 Bolton 2
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    • 149 14 CLEAR 0 THAT COLD WITH VAPEX 14: eat he t e apex vapour from your handkerchief by day and from the eml of your pillow by night. It kills the germs, relieves stuffiness, prevents the spread of infectiu.i. Obtainable from your Chemist A Stores. Does this Climate j I Upset
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    • 43 14 POP The Man Of The House By J. MILLAR WATT I 111 11 tXPeCT YOU NOTICE 1 111 If EXCEPT AFTER. MEALS jT I 'WEAR. THE YES 1/ WHEN YOU PUT THAT L, "If APRON on OYER. THEM mouse x-* J p-* [/2-a*
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  • 1110 15 AUSTRALIA HAS ONE TO BEAT WARD Revised Competition Rules Need Another Revision London, Jan. 17. |T was recently revealed that Peter Ward, the A.A.A. champion, was to attack the world’s record for three miles at the White City on Easter Monday,
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  • 20 15 MISS CECILIA COLLEDGE, British skating champion, drinks hot chocolate after a strenuous morning's work on the ice.
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  • 557 15 Dhamaraj To Meet Olaes In Return Contest (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 26. Unusual interest is being taken in the fights to be staged at the Happy World Stadium, Singapore, tomorrow. Headed by a twelve-round battle between Ventura Marquez and Battling
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  • 72 15 At Christmas, 1793 —144 years ago Sheffield and Norton (now a suburb of the city) played a football match that lasted three days. It began with six a-side, but Derbyshire men rallied from the Peak district, while a drum and fife band collected recruits in Sheffield,
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    • 140 15 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. This 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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    • 186 15 ■Tha most generally usetu) Medicine for all Climates pCnl is Browpeyt I Mill UJ LL i J r- .1 ii 111 IdIT GENUI<I<E Mg H Ag Th«r« is ijl Substitute. Act» like charm in Check» and arrests DIA.RRHCEA and FEVER, CROUP, AGUE. mji I C The reliable Family remedy for
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  • 100 16 PKE 7 8 U 10 LT 0 flSO.'o*’? 181 0 SINGAPORE $88.75 BUSINESS DONE s>By .au FENANG $88.75 BUSINESS DONE «Z COPRA—(Sundrted) $4.00 BLACK PEPPER 9 .50 RUBBER LONDON 7gd 7^d NEW YORK 15c(G) 14Jc(G) SINGAPORE—Spot 24Jc 23 c Feb./Mar. 235 c Aprll/June 25 c 24|c July/Sept. 25’,c 24^c
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  • 361 16 dhare of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Rise or Faß Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 115« Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90 114 War Loan, 3i p.c ld3 Com. Union Assce. (Units) 10 Prudential Assce "A” 34 Royal Assce. share 10s. pd.) »5 Great Western Rly Ordy «3 Canadian
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  • 113 16 Paris 152 153 g New York 4.99[J 4.99)3 Montreal 4.992 4.99« Brussels 29.61 29.60 S Genera 21.631 21.631 Amsterdam 8.97 J 8.96)§ Milan 94 }g 94 )g Berlin 12.41 12.41 Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 1 19.90 19.90 Vienna 261 261 Helsingfors 2261 2261 Prague 142
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  • 123 16 London, Jan. 26. RUBBER Easy.— London 7*« buyers 7ft sellers Jan./Mar 7ft buyers 7g sellers April/June 7ft buyers 7| sellers July/Sept 75 buyers 7g sellers NEW YORK 15.05 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 39,284 tons Liverpool 21,561 tons COPRA > Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (Jan.) £l3 2 6
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    • 221 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER Buyers Sellers Alor Gajah 1.00 1.20 Ayer Hitam 1.05 1.20 Ayer Panas 1.20 l.SOex Batu Lantang 1-05 115 Bedford 100 110 Benta 100 1 -J 0 Brunei United -65 .70 Bukit Katil -80 .90 Haytor 1.00 1.10 Jeram Kuantan 75 .85 Kamasan 1.25 1.35 Kundong 1.90 2.10
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    • 393 16 Reasons For The FaU New York, Jan. 26.—Recent hopes of a clarification of the economic and political situation have deceloped in many cases into wishful thinking. The consequence is an illogical expectation of a radical change in New Deal policies caused by unduly pessimistic reactions to announcements such
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    • 20 16 TIN Penang $88.75 Per pkl. Singapore $88.75 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore 23%c Per lb. Penang 23pSc Per lb.
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    • 173 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.50 1.55 Hong Fatt 1.06 1.09 Jetebu .80 .85 Klang River 1.60 1.65 Kuchai 1.473 1.523 Lukut 70 .75 Petaling 8.00 8.20 ex Puteh 1.175 1.223 Rantau Pref. 1.373 1.423 Sungei Luas 1.65 1.70 Sungei W’ays 2.40 2.45 Taiping Cons. 1.60 1.65
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    • 123 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Hellerw Ampats 4|75 ***** B. Selangors 1.523 1.573 Bangrins 23|9 24|6 Hong Fatts 1.08 1.10 Jelebus .80 .85 K. Lanjuts 21|0 2116 Kramats ll[o 1116 Kuchais 1.523 1.573 Pungahs 2110 21|6cd Puchongs 23|0 23|6 Rantau Prefs. 1.35 1.40 Raubs 3.70 3.80 R. T. Fields 719 B|3
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    • 89 16 Depression In Commodities On the Stock Exchange Kaffirs and Oils were depressed on Continental sales. Internationals were weak with Wall Street, other sections easing sympathetically apart from some Rails which were firm following good .traffics. Wheat was easy in sympathy with overseas. Rubber after a quiet opening declined
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    • 104 16 NOTICE We beg to inform our Customers that cur office and factory will be closed on the 31st January and Ist February. 1938. (Chinese New Year. FRASER NEAVE, LTD., PENANG. PENANG CHORAL AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY A General Meeting of the Members of this Society will be held on Tuesday the
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    • 811 16 BANKS NEW HONG KONG AND i SHANGHAI BANKING SAFE DEPOSIT corporation (lncorporated in Hong Kong) ;The Liability of members is limited to r i extent and in manner prescribed bv SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES Ordinance No. 6of 1929 of the Colony. < of valuabiea, Heud O//ice:-HONG KONG for the keeping Authorised
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    • 159 1 j V ImLA BRILLIANTLY NEW every 1 proved thousands I the Vauxhali Ten-Four brings a new <fcx Vr^\\hO'!'w U=Af ""'J\\ kind of motoring into the 10 h. p. k )L\ field. Capable of speeds well m ex- 1 J cess of a msGe-a-minute, the Ten-Four 1! gives an economy never
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    • 46 2 cars JC iwTfsi OF alt I wis m iWSM^TOwW/y J tW e b6 t ,ue -1 f O.O fS. l■■BY9oe.9 oe T.e 7- •< "-.5- “'i-»- 4 <■"».'<” -“"”> fr*- > •";:>* w fo( a f > \B W be O <° ovn Coa. cX..-- f^TTi\>\\V*>rl Kill l r UNIVERSAL
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  • GAZETTE CHINESE NEW YEAR NUMBER
    • 2136 3 THE CHIANGS’ MESSAGE TO MALAYA Government House, Singapore, 15th. Jan. 1938. 1 am glad to have the opportunity rough the courtesy of the Editor the Pinang Gazette of conveying the Chinese people in the Colony v greetings and best wishes on the casion of their New Year.
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    • 2746 5  -  By Dr. V. W. W. S. Purcell (Former Protector of Chinese, Penang.) \LL < HIJTKSE LOOK THE SAME TO young worn n, and if a Marxian ?ame to the earth all hu* eings would look the same to to begin with, at any
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    • 1332 6 Filial Piety Of The Living Honours Those Who Have Gone (BY DR. TAN CHONG LEK) AWI STERNER cannot but admit that the Chinese and most Oriental ideals of family Lfe are supperior to his own A Chinese savant once observed that in the West, family
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    • 1232 7  -  Influence formerly largely limited to the Home can now be extended to Society and the Common Good (BY SITI EL) the majority of Chinese women still cling to o'< customs and traditions, they have not been slow to imbibe Western ideas and mode of liv
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    • 223 7  -  Ay Tee Jay. The wise ones of the earth they met And scratched their heads till sore Said they, ‘lt is a certain bet That Nippon hopes to score A mighty vict'ry in Cathay. 'Tis this and nothing more l-or it we do not frown and fuss And
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    • 1842 8 Specially written for the Chinese New Year Number of the Pinang Gazette. Sh ort <S> toiy QORTHERINGAY was some kind of tra- veTilng. agent. He was fairly well known in the Penang Club, although his frequent disappearances excited no comment. He was not, so far as I am aware,
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    • 1836 10 IN PRAISE OF BUDDHISM a shrine, ichnse raves in far-ofj cloudland h ide: mount, and with the sun stand side by side. The a i' is clear; I sed wide forests spreaa And mist-crowned heights where Kings of old lie dead. Scarce o'er my threshold peeps the
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    • 3767 12  -  Task Facing Best Known Best Loved Man In China Today REVIEWED BY W. ALEXANDER UR. IIOLLINGTON K. Tong’s biography of Chiang Kaishek. the only work of its kind written before the outbreak of the hostilities, will aid future historians
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    • 455 13 She Case For /And Che Case Against An International Boycott Of An Aggressor Nation —A Summary •Of World Opinions UR. PRO SAYS I; the peoples of a nation are satis--sed beyond dispute that another nati >ii is waging war in defiance of tretii} obligations as well as human
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    • 141 13 I have a much loved friend, A faithful Friend is He. And when away from home he goes. He always thinks of me. When he from a trip returns. My heart is filled with glee. My sincere love he never spurns. He always thinks of me! One
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    • 1231 13 Football Was A Popular Game In The Han Dynasty (BY “SPECTATOR”) PORTS and athletic have a strong hold on the Western Nations, but one of the popular fallacies is that sports and athletics are purely Western in »rigin. and that the Chinese people have
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    • 248 13 he British fleet of nearly a score of gunboats which patrol the Yangtze-Kiang a d the West River (in South China) have sometimes rather remarkable experiem e* -apart from the present dangers of the Japanese bombs. The smallest of them draw only about two and a half
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    • 1283 15 Birthday of the Gods Family Re-Upion Ronjanee Gaiety of Chop Gob Meh (Bje G. Is. Cbeah) TliOl («Il ancient in custom and traditional in stvle, the modern youth agrees that the New Year in the old fashion is the happier New Year. It is the season
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    • 113 15 Shung Ya! I leant to bo your friend. For ever and even without break or decay. When the hills arc all flat, When the, rivers are all dry, When it lightens and thunders in winter, When it rains and snows in summer, When Heaven and Earth mingle—\Not
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    • 1026 16 Bay Of Along One Of The Most Magnificent Natural Sights To Be Seen SEVERAL miles before the Annam border, in the vicinity of ThanhHoa, you will cross a chaotic mass of chalk rocks rising out of the plain, in ancient times veritabjnowI liths of a
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    • 735 16 THE human conception of hell is so vagu t that any attempt to present to the civilised world an elaborate account of what hell is, defeats, its own purpose. There are some who never hesitate to ridicule the statement that there is a hell— a
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    • 948 17 hnnam Capital Rich In Precious Remnants of Its Past History Cui'.; the hills oi Bellevue, in' ;han 20 miles of zig-zagg-I- ;<',t<ls and steep declines v arc a source of pleasure to k -orist tired of monotonous tret hes. you reach the Manly in
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    • 701 17 oUPPOSIt you were suddenly asked how many strange occupations you could think of, what would you answer.'' What with boot-blacks, one-man bands, street-fiddlers, non-stop dancing ami so on, doubt you could make an interesting list. I myself think that the most novel pro fession
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    • 854 18 Main Reason Of Japans Aggressive Acts CHINA lias progressed more in the last five vears than since the be ginning of the century. Last July, General Chiang Kai Shek was able io visit Canton from Nanking, the first time for fifteen years, and was welcomed enthusiastically. Malcontents in
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    • 588 18 Mr. Ling Chye is a Chinese fanner owning two and a half acres of land, 13 miles North-west of the Northern Boundary ot the International Settlement. He lived for many days in his little hut while shells, shrapnel and bullets whizzed around his house and land. He
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    • 711 18 Students Trained To Br Patriotic Citizens PUBLIC education in China up tc the year 1931 was on the whole inadequate; and in that year, as the result of a request made by China tc the League of Nations, expert educationists were sent out to conduct investigations and
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    • 2123 19  -  Women Are Suitably Dressed For Each Every Occasion (BY UN YIN-FENG id st nd out a delegation h'" Mutely expectant, I asons. They were most It was a man speaking, foreigners who cannot i Juna and see for themselves i autiful and perfectly I
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    • 1952 20  - HERBS, INSECTS ANIMAL ORGANS FOR TREATMENT OF DISEASES Some Traditional Chinese Methods (BY DR. S.P.S.) TIME and again I have asked a farmer the reason why he ploughs his field, and never as vet have I been given a plausible reply. He would say he was taught by his father,
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    • 2125 22  -  A Battle Of Wits Between Two War Lords Of Ancient Cathay Short Story By Peter Cheyriey IN the early part of the eighteenth century, in the north each of the ■Province of Shan-Si —'almost within sight of the spot where the Great Wall sweeps towards
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    • 974 23 Most Powerful Deity To Be Feared Propitiated Today As Many, Many Years Ago -*p HE Cloud Dragon is still a very real monster to the tt cming masses in China lie is still a most powerful deity to be feared and propitiated as
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    • 100 23 Look, here comes the Chestunt-Man With his smoking charcoal can! See him swing his iron tongs, Hear him sing his pedlar-songs. Buried deep as burrowed moles, Chestnuts bide in the black hot coals; Roasting, toasting, soft and sweet, Baking, flaking, full of meat, Smelling, telling all the street:
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    • 140 3 AYLMER. I Las a e Y e He’s fond of AYLMER, too. He heaves a sigh,—barks gruffly: “Why Can’t there be plates for two?” 11l W x i 3BBe<&. iSI Mr CAt i x ■mL J StL"’--.. j NATURAL FLAVOUR that’s what makes vk AYLMER Soups so much more delicious
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 285 4 TO ALL OUR CHINESE PATRONS AND FRIENDS WE EXTEND VERY BEST WISHES FOR A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! OUR GALA MIDNIGHT SHOW fYT TT7 IV’Q J N Abends ON CHINESE NEW YEAR’S EVE. UJ 1L IL 1N THE QUEEN’S EVERY WEEK. (Proprietors Keng Huat Film Co., Penang) I H
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    • 165 5 I r' < I j Nanyang Electro Block Co. 32, LEITH STREET. Makers of > < LINE, HALF-TONE and > COLOUR BLOCKS > DAY and NIGHT SERVICE > I OUR WORK IS OF ONE QUALITY ONLY THE BEST r I No. 483. PENANG ROAD. PENANG 3 T (S) S r
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    • 93 6 liimk tt r II BEER I Li VSmBIIIs w 111 g I IB I t 111 1 wwl KIBW-+ 111 g iHlk JR W Jt- 1 iEik-J L 111 I sure b e I I 'SS xS a I- i sfi e d I II I xJWz 111^^' II 6
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    • 168 7 I' SAVE TIME AND MONEY EXPERIENCE TEACHES ONE TO SAVE. > 1 BUT HOW MANY HAVE FOUND By Using OIL HEIDENIA 1 A WAY TO PUT BY THEIR > < E NEW CRUDE-OIL STOVE 1 SPARE DOLLARS? I' With Inodorous Blue Gas Flame. I' jOversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd '-f AO
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 100 7 Firecrackers please, They drive out deinls, AU the Chinese: Welcome brides, 1 The poor or rich And lots of other No matter which, Things besides. The wise or not, In fact, when lacking Spend all they’ve got Other reasons, On strings and strings Such as proper Of popping things. Times
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    • 151 8 I LATEST Bis web @a) L cy STAR C® 43, Leilh Sfreel, Penang. I < use < > < "SOON” BADMINTON > j SHUTTLECOCKS > (< i BEST FOR PERFORMANCE J I AND DURABILITY < J > I SOON HUAT COMPANY > < i I 150, CAMPBELL STREET, PENANG. >
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    • 213 9 1 AGE NINE I i i I 1 WISHING OUR CHINESE PATRONS A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR J AND THEIR FOLLOWING ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS CAN BE PROMPTLY OBTAINED AND EXECUTED BY US fl I I RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE FITTINGS, HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES. ETC. I g i l CABLES, LAMPBULBS AND MODERN
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    • 165 10 t Kong Hing Cheong Co., Ltd. PENANG LEADING rolllSgggl PHOTOGRAPHY STORE |K|Og9 lc Penang St Phone 1286 itW nil 1 Dealers -in all photographic $BO/- from $156/- to o. $193-50 goods Window and Show 1 cases glasses. Printing. Developing and <Sfc Enlarging. OH|ls|!2ggS| IIM Bm I iwMSrca Repairs of all
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    • 963 11 BIG Secure These JC I Only Seven Bargains Before I More Shopping Stocks are Exhausted F"O R Days I CHINESE NEW YEAR SELECTED BARGAINS FOR MEN FOR THE HOUSEHOLD! BIG H "il|l’ t W 9 Sĕ» so» damask table Lj«3®»K > }§p' VAI 117 Fffl VALLE 1L idi -l'iS >
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    • 84 14 111 "1 111 HU 11« KI! 11 Is KII I fir 111 1 a 4 111 «II li t /^^Egry/||« ■ll tjkrc /"iiii\\\\ 11« 111 X II I y° u 11 I 'l a Irtgkl& I I II I II SIAYE |@[RPS I jrflPn jw® 1 jub®* jup’ I I
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    • 132 15 p ‘fe Good In lsapguage wH llf r KSSff I You should sev our Chinese cook Writing recipes in his book, Leaning on the kitchen-sink, Goose-quill pen dipped in China ink. Top to bottom run the lines; i L Twisted, spidery picture-signs, Looking like some ancient spell. What those characters
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    • 190 16 v Ga e JL L THE b e s t iy B ZX B Y Mfly FOOD "SMILER’ N I w p wishes Every Baby MALA YA j ii c a Happy Healthy > I 'L 'r. New Year ffiSSi 1 1 x on XwL. COW&GATE > "Y? MB- X
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    • 316 17 CHOR KEE COMPANY, 1 Telephone No, 148^ ng I THE MALAYAN RUBBER STAMP CO. you have a COLD or COIGH yl| u TAKE i Rubber Stamp Makers j MENTHOL JUBES JiLaiMMiT r ..f i IN' FLAT BOTTLES /"rnt, Engravers, 47 CHURCH STREET. IT IS A SAFE, POWERFUL PASTILE GOOD FOR
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    • 37 18 r“ I SIN TECK FURNISHING CO., i j S High Class Modern Upholsters, Polishers, 5; I Furniture Makers, |H I J Contractors. S j I i i SHOW ROOM 27, PENANG ROAD, PENANG 8 I f g
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    • 110 19 jC. gangaramll s < i) w JCorner of Penang Maxwell Road, Penang -I > Phone 1566 Keong Hee Huat Chye Wishing Our Chinese Patrons A Happy j SAY IT with a CUP OF n d 0 p N 9 a White Lily China Tea 7 Just the thing to entertain
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    • 196 20 I' THE NEW EVERSHARP i /|w f*n UT why IT IS THE BEST 1 I Eft /A OBTAINABLE II /i(s ITU 3 MBO Adjustable Point Writes 9 Ways. hs™ m 1 «W 3 Hgg One Stroke Filling B'-BS (3) Transparent Barrel (I) Automatic Ink Shut Off f EK (EFERSH 4RP
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 405 21 Ur < ~'^I'nese 1 nese Matrons And Friends A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 1 here iwill be numerous attractions for the Chinese New Year in Town but the most important of them all will definitely be The Grand Opening of THENEW HQYAL CINEMA ON SUNDAY 3Oth JANUARY (Chinese
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    • 124 22 THE MANAGEMENT EXTEND HAPPY NEW YEAR GREETINGS TO ALL THEIR CHINESE PATRONS AND FRIENDS A Great RKO-RADIO Picture Such As This Can Only Be Seen Locally At PENANG’S PREMIER V PENANG CINEMA-GOERS’ PICTURE PALACE M M P PULAR RENDEZVOUS Grand Premiere: Tonight 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. y HERE HE IS
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    • 356 23 GET SET EOK THE HIGGEST THRILL EVENT OF THE SEASON! T ■"> V? IKT 9 O COMING SOON I I j-4 CV THE WORLD’S SWEETHEART OF You Need Not Have To Wait Till The Opening Day To See This Sensational Serial “THREE SMART GIRLS”' —J v'7 ~y\ l —"'“Z DEANNA
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    • 842 24 E a r THE MANAGEMENT OF H E \Ar <IN U >V Wembley Cabaret (1937) WISHES ALL FRIENDS GALA OPENING SUNDAY, 30th JAN. 1938 at 6.30 9.30 p.m. A BRIGHT PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR Also Midnight Show on 30th at 12.15 a.m. A Glorious All-Musical Cantonese Production. IN THE PAST YEAR
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