Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 February 1938

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. 32. Vol. XCVI. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 83 1 Reuter. COMMONS STATEMENT TODAY A strongly-worded Note expressing dissatisfaction at repeated attacks on British shipping has been despatched to Franco by the British Government following Saturday's Ministerial meeting. Although the text of the Note will not be disclosed until Mr. Eden makes a statement in
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  • 153 1 Reuter. Britain Can Accept haHenge Ds.'.y Telegraph’s Naval Correspon--‘.y? that the British Navy estimates ".r duced at the end of the month r r additional battleships and crui--igned within treaty limits3s,ooo the former and 8.000 tons for the ative plans for larger and more .-ful types have also
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  • 208 1 Sin Chew Jit Poh, Supplement, Penang. I'raining School At Taiyuan chai. F’eb. 6.Japanese at Taiyuen r.u.g women of ill-repute for spy rv: e Over twenty of these women apat Fangyang where they were .ptiy arrested. kv.an i evenues at Shanghai had been r iced by half owing
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  • 164 1 hill in Muelade in the Teruel sector.Reuter. Rebels Stage Big Attack Saragossa. Feb. 6: Franco's forces struck again in the Teruel sectorclaimed they had smashed through Government lines over a 25 miles front. Practically all territory taken 4jas been held by the Government since the outbreak of war. General
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  • 38 1 .Reuter. Macao, Feb. 6.Reports from Tongka. 20 miles north of Maea<>, state that Japanese destroyers, after disembarking a Mill'll force on Km Island, tngan shelling Heung Chiu and Tongka. The gunfire was dearly audible at Macao.-
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  • 104 1 Reuter. V angtsepoo Now Entirely Open Shanghai, Feb. 7.A Japanese naval spokesman announced that Hongkew and the Yangtsepoo districts will be reopened today to former Chinese residents who must obtain permits form the Japanese authori ties. Chinese will also be allowed to remove goods from these districts subject to
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  • 213 1 Reuter. Story Of Royalist Plot laris. Feb. 6. A remaikable story or a royalist plot in Germany is told by the Basle correspondent ot Le Temps. He states that ne received information from people who left Berlin yesterday that the crisis was brought to a head by
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  • 172 1 Reuter. Stultifying Spirit Of The World Washington, Feb. 6.The willingness of the United States Government to limit and reduce armaments was expressed by Mr. Cordell Hull in a broadcast speech. He said: "While in a world in which increased construction of armaments is a regrettable
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  • 926 1 From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 7. he Federal Government is at present -idering a proposal to appoint a Renal Committee to deal with the various stions affecting tin bearing lands, inc ling agricultural and forest reserves, excluding Malay Reservations. "he question of mining lands for
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  • 131 1 Chinese Losses Must Be Regarded As Disastrous 9 Reuter. Shanghai, Feb. 7. The Chinese forces, completely demoralised, are fleeing in disorder northward of Pengpu up the T.P.R. and also across country in a north-westerly direction with Japanese in hot pursuit, says a communique from Matsui's headquarters.
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  • 30 1 Reuter. London, Feb. 6. For the international rugby match between Ireland and England on February .12. Philcrowe Blackrock has been chosen to play full-back for Ireland.-
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  • 114 1 Reuter. Two Separate Machines Come Down The Mayo composite aircraft, known as the Pick-a-Back” plane because it consists of a small machine, Mercury, perched on the back of a large one, Maia, successfully launched its upper plane in the air at Rochester yesterday. This is the
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  • 1344 2 INCIDENTS IN THE LIVES OF KING CAROL AND MME. LUPESCU EACED with loss of his throne or loss of his mistress, Carol of Rumania has made a desperate gamble by handing control of his country to a Fascist party holding only 36 seats
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  • 263 2 War Days Recalled In Tour Of Cranwell 3,000 CHEERING MEN CHASE HIS PLANE Cranwell (Lincs), Jan. 27. The King met many war-time friends when he visited Cranwell Aerodrome today. From November, 1917, to August, 1918, his Majesty, then Prince Albert, was stationed at Cranwell. To-day,
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  • 625 2 [LETTER TO THE EDITOR] Sir, By advancing reasons and arguments in support of the superstitions and strange Penang Chinese custom, K. C. K. has paradoxically made out a! good defence for himself and his sect, and I must give him credit for his effort. In the opening paragraph
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  • 238 2 London, Jan. 27.Two women asked by a wedding usher to leave Bro r ton Oratory yesterday as Lady p a t r Douglas walked up the aisle on the a? her father, Marquis of Queensberry become the wife of Count John de p. dem.
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  • 132 3 nons 'bn Monday.British Wireless and Reuter. j ia. Stern Action" Expected Ixmdnn, FJeb. 5: Following a meeting of «British Ministers Ln Downing Street today, »lern action is expected regarding yetwter<?ay’s aerial attack on the Aleira it reports confirm that the attack was made by Insur-j.f-nta The
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  • 60 3 Reuter. Insurgent Report Salamanca, Feb. 5: General Rojo, who vered himself with glory by planning and -erecting the capture of Teruel for the -panish Government, has signed a contract with the Mexican Government to undertake mmediately the organisation and training the Mexican Army, according to
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  • 30 3 Reuter. Ex-Consul In Shanghai May Be Appointed Berlin, Feb. 5: Herr Kriebel, ex-consul-Jeneral at Shanghai, is mentioned as the kely successor to Von Papen in Vienna.
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  • 81 3 wmen win oe performed oy tne wire or tne Lord Provost of Edinburgh.British Wire- London, Feb. 5: It is expected the new ruiser Edinburgh, which is under construc.:on in the yards of Swan, Hunter and Whigham Richardson at Wallsend-on-Tyne, ill be ready for launching by
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  • 57 3 Reuter. Satisfaction Of Ministers Berlin, Feb. 5: Hitler in the evening addressed his reconstructed Cabinet on the political situation. A subsequent announcement stated that the Cabinet gave expression of its profound satisfaction regarding concentration and strengthening of political, military and economic forces in the reich
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  • 153 3 .British Wireless Theatrefolk Celerate London, Feb. 5: Tomorrow is the centenary of the birth of the famous actor. Sir Henry Irving. The press for some days has contained tributes to and appreciations of the art of Irving by leading actors who served their early apprenticeship at
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  • 44 3 Reuter. London, Feb. 5: The Cambridge boat race crew surprised everybody coming tideway so early when they rowed a fullcourse trial from Putney to Mortlake in 20 minutes and one second. Considering the tide they showed good form.
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  • 434 3 Passwords Known Throughout 1 Malaya And Hong Kong (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 6. Behind locked doors in the secret dens i Singapore’s underworld, groups of men meet every day to confer and direct the workings of a vast organisation, more manifest to the
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  • 135 3 Effect On Hostilities Feared Hankow, Feb. 6: The changes in the German Government has aroused much anxiety in Chinese circles, who fear that the outcome, as far as it concerns the Sino-Japanese hostilities, is likely to be unfavourable to China. It is asserted that
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  • 96 3 .Reuter. Record-Breaking Plane Used London, Feb. 6: Flying-Officer A. E. Clouston, accompanied by Mr. Victor Ricketts, a young airman, took off from Gravesend Airport at 4 a.m. in an attempt to fly to New Zealand and back in twelve days. Clouston is flying the famous Comet in which
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  • 168 3 Fought In Smallest War (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Feb. 5. Great improvements have been made to the area in and around the British soldiers’ graves at Rasah, near Seremban a 400-foot reservation in the heart of the Dato Bandar’s rubber estate containing the resting
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  • 46 3 Nothing Saved (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 6. The Windmill Club, the premier Siamese club, has been completely destroyed in the early hours of this morning together with records, trophies and members’ effects. The flames were very fierce. Nothing was saved.
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  • 31 3 Reuter. Meeting Next Month Rome, Feb. 6: The Fascist Grand Council meets on March 3 when the international situation will occupy the prin- cipal place on the agenda.-
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  • 37 3 .Reuter. Hong Kong, Feb. 6: The Premier, Mr. Kung), arrived by air from Hankow yesterday accompanied by Mr. P. C. Chen, a well-known Chinese banker. The purpose of the visit is unknown.-
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  • 117 3 ...vu.m.nc, me i eruei rront enjoyed a quiet week though artillery was active.Reuter. Advance Claimed Bilbao, Feb. 5: A sudden offensive on the forgotten south-west front has added a hundred square miles territory to Franco s control, according to Nationalist claims. The attack was opened a
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  • 206 3 Australian Delegation Sydney: After a meeting of the Cabinet held in connexion with the celebrations here, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lyons, announces that Sir Earle Page, the Minister for Commerce, Mr. Menzies, the Minister for Industry, and Mr. White, the Minister for Trade and Customs, will
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  • 170 3 With the British film industry plunged into the worst slump it has known since 1926when only one film was madethe rank and file, including small-part players, extras,” carpenters, technicians and cameramen, are suffering acute unemployment and distress. Only four of Britain’s main studios are working
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  • 597 3 Text Of British Note On Capital Ships British Wireless. London, Feb. 5: Acting on instructions from their respective Governments, the British, American and French ambassadors have delivered in Tokyo their Notes regarding capital ships. THE TEXT Following Is the text of the Note communicated by the
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  • 73 3 Reuter. REPLY TO ANGLO-V.S. ULTIMATUM Tokyo, (web. 6: A two-hour conference of the Navy Ministry, including Vice-Minister, Vice-Ad-miral Isoroku Yamamoto, Chief of the Naval Affairs Bunnui, RearAdmiral Lnouye, and other senior officers, discussed the AngloAmerican ultimatum. According io semi-official sources, the conference made a
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  • 524 4 Did Not Know Procedure (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Feb. 5. A European, who denied knowledge of the police procedure after being involve J in a motor car accident, admitted in crossexamination that in a previous accident he had been to the scene with a
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  • 193 4 Singapore Inquest Adjourned (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 5. Hearing groans outside his house at 2 a m. on Jan 21 Wee Ah Heng, a Chinese living in Ayer Rajah Road, went outside to investigate and found a woman, who w r as known in the
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  • 586 4 Bankrupt Sternly Rebuked By Judge (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 5. John Victor Oliveiro, a dresser living atlthe Tan Tock Seng Hospital quarters, was reprimanded: by the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McElwaine) yesterday in the Bankruptcy Court where Oliveiro was taken through his public examination. >
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  • 44 4 WOMEN VOLUNTEERS RECRUITED TOR SERVICE during the next Congress at Haripura, India, are being taught the use of the Lathi, which will help thevi to defend themselves in case of need. Thein are seen hr re a Lathi drill.
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  • 119 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Feb. 5 i In the wake of the prehistorians to Malaya comes the Director of the Anthropological and Ethnological Institutes in i Breslau. Baron Egon von Eickstedt, who arrived in Singapore yesterday from India in the Gneisenau. i Author
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  • 219 4 Offered $lO In One-Cent Pieces (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 5. A strange explanation of why a creditor did not accept the payment of $lOO was given by Tan Seong Chong in the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McElwaine,
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  • 67 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 5. Convicted by Mr. F. V. Duckworth yesterday on a charge of living on the immoral earnings of women, a Malay woman named Fatimah binte Ismail was sentenced to one year’s simple imprisonment in the second police court. Mr. A. J. Braga,
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  • 306 4 Three Examined In Bankruptcy (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 5. Three partners of the Varsity Food Company were examined in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice. Mr Justice McElwaine, in connection with the bankruptcy of the company. Low Peng Nghee said that
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  • 266 4 Alleged Running Of Public Lottery (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Feb. 5. A well dressed English-speaking Chinese named L. M. Song, who described himself as a dance instructor and manager of a Malay variety entertainment show, stood his trial in the Criminal District Court, before Mr. H.
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  • 105 4 Cable news w’as received on Saturday in Penang of the death in Kuala Lumpur on Friday night of Mr. K. Narasimha Iyengar, proprietor and managing editor of the "Tamil Nesan.” The deceased, aged about 55, leaves behind a widow and other relatives. Mr. Iyengar came to
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  • 85 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 5. Teo Chong Kuan, who was convicted at the Singapore Assizes held in November last of attempted homicide and sentenced to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment, had his sentence reduced by the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday. Their lordships quashed the
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  • 2079 5 Foreign Apprehensions About Nippon N) f >reigner who has lived in the Far Eastor East Asia, as some prefer to <• i it for more than thirty years and v. se business it has been to keep in ich with current events and
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  • 38 5 NEW ANTI-TANK RIFLES weighing 36 lbs. being used by troops of the Ist South Staffordshire Regiment at demonstration of modern infantrg equipment at Aidershot. The rifle is the invention of an army officer named Boys.
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  • 145 5 Bill Read)' For Council One object of the Raffles College Bill to be introduced at the next meeting of the Legislative Council on Feb. 14, is to provide for the appointment of a Principal who will have charge of the general administration and management of the college.
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  • 171 5 Reason For Soviet Ban On Consuls Further steps have been taken by the Soviet Government to dismiss all foreign Consular representatives from Leningrad. Warning has been given to the Scandinavian Governments that the withdrawal of their Consuls is immediately required. London is prepared for
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  • 548 5 Tokyo Appeal To Britain COXTET military ajid naval activity in the Ear I’.ast is w causing intense anxiety in Japan. The fear that Russia may intervene in the hostilities in China has revived. Recently it had been lulled by belief that the Soviet was crippled
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  • 531 5 CONNECTING FRONTS IN NORTH CHINA Hankow. Japan’s taisk is to unite her southern and northern fronts in China and to seize and consolidate the entire 1 ientsin-i’ukow railway line, said a prominent military expert in an interview. It will take at least six weeks, possibly longer, to
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  • 238 6 An East Ham girl is being kept alive by daily drug injections which, unknown to her, are costing £240 a year She is noc paying for the treatment because she u a panel patient, and the expense is borna by the National Health Insurance
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  • 634 7 Money CheapState Not Afraid To Use It NEW POWERS IN BORROWING FOR TRANSPORT Freedom from the restrictions of Loan Council financing is planned by the New South Wales Government, enablinga string of big public jobs to be put in hand during 1938. When Parliament meets
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  • 74 7 Perth. With big scale operations contemplated by Japanese pearling fleets cfj north-west Western Australia, the Assistant Minister for Commerce, Senator Macdonald, said that a more comprehensive patrol in northern waters was needed. Vast expansion of foreign pearling operations could not be treated lightly, he said. He
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  • 721 7 One Saved From Rock Death 80—MINUTE FIGHT Flung into a boiling surf when a huge comber capsized their boat and swept it away from them, five members of the North Steyne "B” surf boat crew were saved in one of the most desperate rescue efforts
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  • 318 7 70 Gallons Of Water Per Head Per Day Sydney is consuming water at the rate of 70 gallons per head per day. Yet only two years ago experts calculated that the 70 gallon average would not be reached until 1958. Having leapt ahead of estimates by
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  • 161 7 Better Than In Most Countries Sydney’s 1937 report of cleared-up crime will not be as imposing as last year's, but the police claim that it will be satisfactory. It still will be better than Scotland Yard’s. America’s and most other countries,” said one official. The police say
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  • 239 7 DANCER FOUND INJURED IN STREET Melbourne: Found unconscious in Bour-ke-street, Audrey Foley, 20-year-oid dancer in the Marcus Show is in Royal Melbourne Hospital suffering from internal injuries and extensive bruises and abrasions. She told police that she was dragged from a table in her dressingroom
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  • 133 7 The year 1937 will be remembered for the road death-roll in New South Wales among men, women, and children. Up to and including December 30, estimates the Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. C. N. Neale, 554 people were killed in road accidents, against 550 during
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  • 111 7 Rural Note Melbourne, Jan. 20. The first of fbe new Australian coins will be struck by the Federal Treasurer, Mr. Casey, before he leaves, on January 25, for Cabinet mee Ings in Sydney. These will be the new Is pieces, bearing a merino ram’s head design, 3d
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  • 200 7 To Be Extended fn New South Wales Research into rheumatism in N.S.W. u to be extended, according to an announcement made by Mr. FitzSimons (Minister .for Health) This is to link up with work by the Empire Rheumatism Council ir I London Readers are probably not aware nf
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    • 611 7 jUead office 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: Gazette” Penang. Kistapore Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapore. <a«la Lumpur Office r 25, Java Street. Phone 3684. <pob Office Brewster Road. Phone 268. London Office 40, 43, Fleet Street, London E.C. 4 Phone Central
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    • 566 7 STOMACH PAINS CAME IN THE NIGHT Suffered for 30 Years Chardox Brought Him Relief at Age 59 There was something radically wrong with this man’s digestion. He would wake up in the middle of the night, when hia stomach should have been empty and at rest, attacked by violent pains
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  • 589 8 ONE of the most self-evident aspects of the trade recovery in Ma’.’va has been the boom in furniture; making. This is probably one ot the most successful industries in escaping the benevolent evironment of the statistical activities of the Government. but it is clear that 1936 and
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  • 192 8 Agenda For Tomorrow’s Meeting Following is the agenda for the meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners tomorrow: 1. To confirm minutes of last ordinary meeting held on the 25th January, 1938. 2 Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. To confirm decisions arrived
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  • 110 8 A meeting of the Penang Rural Board will be held in the Land Office, Penang, on Thursday at 11 a.m. AGENDA 1. To confirm the minutes of meeting held on 6th January, 1938. 2 Hearing of appeals against rubber assessment for 4th quarter 1937 on
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  • 31 8 The annual general meeting of the Straits Settlements (Penang) Association will be held tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. at the offices of the Penang Chamber of Commerce
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  • 50 8 The funeral took place yesterday of Mr. Lim Boon Teng from his residence, 11, Kek Chuan Road, Penang, for interment at the Batu Gantong Cemetery. Deceased leaves two sons, Messrs. Lim Beng Yearn and Lim Mah Chan, and one daughter, Miss Lim Beng Siew.
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  • 1582 8  -  Silence Replaces Life And Laughs (BY ALEC. EINAR PRATT) There was ro happier place in all China than Chapei and the Chinese districts around Shanghai in the early summer of last year. There had been rain enough, and the summer days were pleasantly
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  • 425 9 Farwell Game At Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Feb. 6. For a scratch eleven wnich included the last-minute choice of a player who was not among the 15 probables and who had not played in any of the matches against the tourists before, Malaya
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  • 93 9 From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 7. The following team has been selected to represent the F. M. S. against the Colony in the annual hockey match: F. Toft (Perak) Gorbex Singh (Selangor) A. Rohman (Perak) R N. Turner (Perak G Carson (Perak, C. R. Laßrooy (Perak
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  • 125 9 Commdr. W. L. Grut, who went to Be lawan on Friday by the Kedah, returned today by the same boat. 4 s Among the passengers on the Kedah, who came from Belawan this morning, were Miss Arnold, Mr. K. J. Cassy, Capt. and Mrs, A. J. L.
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  • 63 9 he European championships.British A’ireless. New World's Figure Skating Champion Stockholm. Feb. 6.ln the women’s world figure skating championships Miss Megan Taylor, Great Britain, defeated Miss Cecilia College though the loser accumulated more points. Miss Taylor won on the judges’ placings. This is Miss College’s first defeat since
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  • 43 9 Reuter. Moscow, Feb. 7.The latest message from M. Papanin states that at 4.10 p.m. on Sunday the ice pressed up to ten points, semetimes blocks of ice heaped upon one arcther. The entire camp is prepared to he transferred in sledges.
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  • 506 9 Mr. Van Tooren Tops > Owners’ List Air. A. van Tooren heads the List <.( «inning owners for the Perak Turf Club's Februkuly Meeting, which concluded on Saturday. R. N. Hobbs was the most sue. cessful trainers, saddling five winners wh'.le the champion jockey was Spencer, although
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  • 171 9 3 -l WIN FOR D.A.F.C. Marines Anti M.R.C In Drawn Game The Darul Aihsan Football Club defeated the Sepoy Lines Recreation Club in a keenly contested game of soccei- on Saturday on the S.L.R.C. ground by three goals to one. Che Ani opened the score for the D. A.F'.C. with
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  • 39 9 Reuter. Panama, Feb. 7.— Jennings Blackett, of Panama, and Jacinto Ortiz, of Cuba, both equalled the world record of 10.3 sec. in the semi-final of the hundred metres in the Central American Caribbean Olympic Games.Reuter.
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  • 213 9 VERY LNSATISFACTORY EVIDENCE If you don’t speak the truth I will have to take summary measures against you. On the evidence before me you have committed deliberate perjury,” said Mr. T. D. Hughes, the Penang Coroner, to a witness, when an inquiry was held on a
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  • 197 9 Chinese Celebrate Tonight The legendary birthday of the God of Heaven according to Chinese belief falls today and the age-old custom of the observance of this auspicious day will culminate tonight in a feast for the god in every Cninese home. It will be an
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  • 662 10 < A Prosperous Year The twenty-eighth annual ordinary general meeting of the Tamiang Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held at Bunge House, London, E.C. Sir Herbert Wright (the chairman) said that the revenue for the year under review was more than double that of the previous year, for
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  • 192 10 The Family Subsidies Writing in the Deutsche Wirtschaftszeitung. Dr. Gutt, head of the Health Department of the Ministry of the Interior, states that births are still 11 per cent, short of the figure necessary to maintain the German population at its present level. Under the
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  • 993 10 Profits Rise From $30,866 To $73,737 FINAL DIVIDEND OF 71/2 P.C. The twenty-seventh annual general meeting of the Perak River alley Rubber Company, Limited, was held on Saturday at the registered office of the Company, No. 1, Downing Street, Penang, at noon, with Mr. F. N.
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  • 195 10 1937 Figure Highest Since 1929 Preliminary figures for December, 1937, issued by the International Tin Research and Development Council, indicate that world production of tin in that month reached an all-time record of approximately 26,000 tons, making the total for the year about 206,000 tons This figure
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  • 95 10 Accounts for year ended September 30 show profit, after charging Debenture stock interest and London expenses, is £65,926 (£62,134); add amount brought forward £1,573, making £67,499; less Debenture stock sinking fund instalment £2,625 (nil), depreciation and renewals £20,000 (same), taxation suspense £12,500 (£5,600), general reserve £2,000 (£1,927), amount
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  • 95 10 Merlimau Pegoh Ltd., has decided to pay an interim dividend of 2% per cent., less tax, on account of the year ending March 31. This compares with 3 per cent, in the previous financial year on a slightly smaller capital. A final dividend of 12 per cent, brought
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  • 40 10 Profit for 1937, £12,485 (£7,478); dividend of 10 per cent, less tax (3 per cent.); reserve for replanting, £l,OOO (£2,000); taxation reserve, £3,500 (£1,600); forward, £6,163 (£6,078) Books closed February 1 to 14 inclusive. Meeting, February 15.
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  • 444 10 Dr. A. E. Dunstan On Future Supplies Dr A E Dunstan, past president of the Institution of Petroleum T^ n 0 spoke on the question of oil in the Emp at a luncheon of the Royal Empire Society. Sir Archibald Weigall presided Dr Dunstan said that
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  • 116 10 Captain Oliver Lyttelton's visit to Malaya has attracted notice because of his advocacy of a buffer pool to supplement the control exercised by the International Tin Committee The main purpose of his visit is the inspection of the many properties and mines comprising the Anglo-Oriental group of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 63 10 I I I I ANY CLIMATE I i I health SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA HENRY WAUGH CO n LTD.. PENANG. THE WORLD OPTICAL Co., MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS, 24, Leith Street, Penang, S.S. GLASSES AND FRAMES TO FAVOURYOUR COMPLEXION KID TESTING FREE. WE CARRY STOCKS OF SHEET CORK INSULATION Manufactured by NEWALLS
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  • 839 11 Treaty Limits To Be Abandoned New York. AMERICAN opinion appears to regard with equanimity the prospective disappearance of the last vestiges of naval restriction. The restrictions seemingly about to be discarded are those contained in the 1936 Naval Treaty, signed by the United States, Great Britain,
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  • 577 11 S.S. ANTILOCHUS’ arrived yesterday from Dairen, Moji, Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama, Otaru, Hong Kong, Singapore and Port Swettenham, sails today at 4.00 p.m. for Liverpool via Colombo. S..S BENMACDHUI’ arrived yesterday from Otaru, Hong Kong, Manila, Cebu, Singapore, Malacca and Port Swettenham, sails today for Colombo.
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  • 140 11 The second act of Mozart’s opera. Don Giovanni.’ will be broadcast from Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, in the Daventry transmission on February 12. The theatre’s name is the result of the discovery, in 1683, of medicinal waters in the grounds of Thomas Sadler’s Musi< House in
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 344 11 SLUE FUNNEL LINE Feb"!? m“ C. AJAX Uo calls GiXow 68 GlasgOW Feb 18 Mar. 16 ANtEocHUs* SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE* LiverpS RHESUS Feb. 7 Mar. 12 TITAN Feb. 18 Mar. 20 C. ADRAOTVS 4 Va RHEXENOR Also calls OUTWARD SAILINGS FROM FITROPir A. pr "S Hong Kong and
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    • 76 11 LINERTO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. LEAVE Arrive Arrive I J PENANG Marseilles New York S.S. PRES. GARFIELD Feb. 10 Mar. 8 Mar. 21 A wonderful opportunity to visit Cairo en route. PACIFIC SERVICE. I .«AVE Arrive Arrive HONGKONG San F* cisco Ne *L S.S. PRES. GRANT Feb. 26 Mar. 16 (Seattie,
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  • 181 12 Prof. A. Lloyd James, linguistic adviser to the 8.8. C., lecturing at Queen Mary's College, E., said there was danger of vowel distinctions disappearing in certain types of speech. It is disturbing,” he said, when a man stands with his back to the fall’ and
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  • 115 12 Suit With Microphone The broadcast of a running commentary while under water is to be given on Feb. 17. A diver’s ..helmet of Admiralty pattern has been fitted with a microphone about the size of two match-boxers and earphones. Mr. John Snagge will make the experiment, and will
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  • 181 12 The Microphone at Large’ will come to rest at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, early this month, and as in previous broadcasts of this type, Daventry listeners wall hear a description of the place, given by S.P.B. Mais, the novelist and topographer, and talks by a number of interesting
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  • 105 12 Top Hat,’ in the film version of which Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers danced to one of their greatest successes, is going on the air and will be heard by Daventry listeners tomorrow. B. Martin Marks has adapted the story and Jack Beaver and Wally Wallond have
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  • 171 12 Is Britain Too Honest? a RABS, who now have the choice of two programmes since A the inauguration of the Arabic broadcast from Great Britain, still prefer to listen to the Bari broadcast, according to the Dailv Telegraph’s Jerusalem correspondent. A leading Arab educationist said:
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  • 226 12 The United States Maritime Commission does not approve of building of superliners of the Queen Mary type. In their comment they touched, however, indirectly, on the burning question of building fast liners or slow comfortable vessels. With the transference of mail-carrying from sea to air shipowners are
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  • 523 12 Counsel Not Paid Hirelings” READING IN CHAMBERS London. The Attorney-General, Sir Donald Somervell, K.C., M.P., presided at the annual general meeting of the Bar. in the Inner Temple Hall, on January 18. He said it was possible at that meeting for anybody to bring forward a
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  • 384 12 Latest Tinies Posting AIR MAILS: A mail for Kuala Lumpur and Singapore I by Malayan Internal Air Service will AL lat 2 p.m. tomorrow. A mail for Java and Southern Sumatra by K.L.M. Service will close at 11 a.m to. morrow. A mail for Medan by
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1394 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES B. B. C. BERLIN DJB 15.20 Mc/« 18.7 m. 8.54 Me/a 81.45 ra Tune tn on the following wavelengths: 17 ?8 Me./» 18.83 m. DJQ 15.28 Me/» 18.63 m. TRAMM/SSION I D4A M Mc/ 51S8 (620 p.m. 9. 15 p/m.) GSJ 21.53 Mc/S (13.93 mJ TODAY GSH
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    • 233 12 HOLLAND TODAY PHI. 17.77 mcs (16.8 m.) p.m. 8.45 Announcement. 8.50 Stock reports. 9.00 Variety.t 9.20 Talk on sports by Mr. Han Hollander. 9.40 Non-stop revue.t 10.10 News bulletin. 10.25 Meeting of the Phohi-club. 10.45 Close down. TOMORROW PC-1, 15.22 mcs (19.71 im.) p.m. 3.50 Experimental broadcast. 5.20 Close down.
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    • 372 12 NIROM TODAY YDC 15.15 Mcs (19.8 m.) p.m. 4.50 Time signal. Announcement. 4.54 Character studies and film music. 5.50 Grandma tells stories. 6.20 Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. 6.50 News bulletin. 7.10 Portuguese programme. 7.40 English conversation lessons. 8.00 Omroep Orchestra under Carel van der Bijl. 9.05 Mouth-organ intermezzo. 9.20
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  • 263 13 Thomas Edison Memorial Tower ON THE RIGHT is seen the 131 foot memorial tower erected on the spot at Menlo Park. New Jersey, where the original laboratory of Thomas Edison stood when he invented the first prac leal incandescent electric light. On the left is
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  • 1799 14 Surprises In Saturday’s League Football BRENTFORD FAIL TO MAKE PROGRESS There /were many surprises in the English and Scottish Football League ties |on Saturday, outstanding being the utter rout of the Glasgow Rangers at Dundee. The score, six goals to one, was the biggest any
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  • 278 14 Men’s Singles Handicap Today The fallowing ties in the Penang Sports Cub LaWn Tennis Tournament will be played today: MEN’S SINGLES H’CAP: 30.1 J. D. Lambert vs 4 F. A. York. 30 T. W. Hickey vs Scr. E. G. Gardiner. 1 F. J. Paton vs 15.4 J.
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  • 33 14 Reuter. U.S. Negro Breaks World’s Record New York, Feb. 6: Ben Johnson, the siegro sprinter, broke the world's 60 metres indoor record, accomplishing the feat in six seconds.Reuter.
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  • 125 14 Reuter. London, Feb. 5. Today's Rugby Union matches resulted >s follows Bath 6, Devonport S. 0. Bedford 7, Old Blues 10. Blackheath 11, The Army 3. Cambridge Univ. 0, Bristol 4. Coventry 11, Cardiff 3. Harlequins 14, Northampton 8. Leicester 11, London Scottish 3. Liverpool 6, Birkenhead Park
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  • 50 14 tub Reuter. All-India 251 For 1 8 Madias, Feb. s.The fourth final Test match between Lord Tennyson’s XI and All-India began here today. At close of All-India had scored 251 runs for eight wickets, Vinoomankad 106 not cut. This is the final match of the tour.— Reuter.
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  • 46 14 Former Malayan Champion Beaten (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Feb. 6. w T Gibb, former Malayan champion, 'v, fnn in the final of the Amateur Championship this afternoon by ory four P and two Amory is now champion for the fourth time.
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  • 141 14 May Meet In London Next Month A match between Jack Doyle, the Irish heavyweight, and Walter Neusel, of Germany, is now in the process of negotiation. Neusel will arrive in London shortly to discuss the match, and Doyle, who is at present in Scotland fulfilling music-hall engagements,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 79 14 IMBbi wi A\ 1 y z 1 gAßfe How gloriously cool! **47ll* Genuine Eau de Cologne J "C correct refresher for ball-room and h a,r "Man-Creme* IblS givcs ,h vdv com plcxion; (he ideal toun- 'r' 'i— dation cream J "4711* Cream Soap R,ch and las n T’’V Iragrant carcss
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous

  • 2012 15 Deverant And Barford Upset I onroe Snatches Verdict From Blue And White (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 5. A LARGE week-end crowd watched isome very keen racing here today brilliant sunshine. The totalisator and sweeps were heavily backed. Several favourites obliged.
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  • 359 15 Return Hockey Encounter (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 5. Selangor put up a very bad display against Perak in their return hockey encounter on the padang today which Perak deservedly won by two clear goals. There was not one redeeming feature in the
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  • 377 15 Wales Lose To Scotland After Leading 6—o At Interval Murray field, Feb. 5. JCOT LAND beat Wales today by 8 points to 6 in the international rugby championship match after Wales had led 6o at half-time. The Welshmen, however, were handicapped by the absence of Eddie Morgan, who
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  • 192 15 Reuter. Many Records Broken Sydney, Feb. 5. The Empire Games opened here today before a crowd of 25,000. In the men’s 100 yards, both Holmes (England) and Mulford (Australia i beat the Australian record of 9.7 secs. Miss Norman of Australia beat the Games’ women’s 100
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  • 35 15 Reuter. Adelaide, Feb. 5. Doubts have been raised as to Badcock’s fitness to go to England with the Test team. It is understood that medical consent been with- held pending a fortnight’s rest.-
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 122 15 X thin™ 1 exceptionally f y y high power output and performance main- tamed in spite the fact that the tradi stamina every portion J the car upheld. The new overhead valve engine gives vivid acceleration and high maximum speed. The new 4-speed f helical gearbox with synchromesh on 2nd,
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  • 127 16 TIN: previously latest LONDON (Spot) £lBO.lO. 0 No market LONDON(3 months) £lBO 0 0 No market SINGAPORE- $BB 621 $88.871 BUSINESS DONE FEN ANG s<88; $BB A BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA f Sundried) $4.00 $4.00 BLACK PEPPER $0 50 $9.50 RUBBER:lONDON 6 d 6gd
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  • 1029 16 Annual Meeting The fiftl cr inary general meeting of fl Mineral Exploration Ltd., was held at 15, Beach Street. Penang. S.S. on Saturday, sth February, 1938 JVI.-. A J. K :r,g. director, who was in the Gentlemen:The report and accounts having been in your possession for the
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 209 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.30 1.45 ex Ayer Molek 1-05 1.15 Ayer Panas 1.20 1.30 Glenealy 1.40 1. 55 ex Lunas 1.60 1.70 Parit Perak 1-45 1.65 ex Perak River 1-00 1.15 ex TIN Asam Kunlbang 30 6 32|6ex Batu Selangor 1.521 1.571 Burma Malay 28 6 29
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    • 222 16 Rubber Pessimism Overdone New York. Feb. 5. Technical considerations are: Increasing talk of the possibility of an upturn in business in the near future. Hopes that recent events in Wash ington may stimulate recovery action from that quarter. All combined to give strength to a Saturday market. Opinion
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    • 22 16 TIN Singapore 588.87J4 per pkl. Penang sBB.B7’_> per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 225gc per lb. Penang Spot 22-%c per lb.
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    • 110 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.52} 1.55 Hong Fatt 1 06 1.081 Klang River 1.60 1.65 Kuchai 1.371 1.421 Petaling 7.40 7.65 Rahman Hyd. 1.35 1.40 Rantau Pref. 1.30 1.35 Sungei Ways 2.40 2. 45 Taiping Cons. 1.60 1.65 Ulu Klang .95 1.00 Bangrin 23 6 24
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    • 97 16 During the week ending January 29, 1938, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 34,584 cases, of which 29,735 (86 per cent.) cases were to the United Kingdom. 1.330 (4 per cent.) cases to the Continent of Europe, 1,712 (5 per cent.) cases to Canada, and fl),807
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    • 124 16 London, Feb. 5. RUBBER Steady. London 6} buyers 7 sellers April/June 7,’ 8 buyers 7} sellers July/Sept 7} buyers 73 sellers Oct./Dec 7A buyers 7/« sellers NEW YORK 14.45 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 39.822 tons Liverpool 21,708 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (Feb.) £12.17. 6 PEPPER
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    • 149 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampats 4 6 5 0 B. Selangors 1.47 X 1.52'. Bangrins 23 6 243 Hong Fatts 1.06 1.07 Jelebus .80 .85 K. Lanjuts 2013 21[0e> Kramats njo H|(j Kuchais i,45 150 Pungahs 20<6 21|3cd Puchongs 2219 23;3 Rantau Prefs. 1.27 A 1 w Rauhs 3.70
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 304 16 BEACH STREET AUCTION ROOMS NOTICE OF SALE BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE The undersigned will sell bv Pl BLIC AUCTION On Monday, 21st February, 1938 at 11.30 a.m. at 228. Beach Street. Penang. PARTICULARS Al) that p.??- f land and hereditaments situate in tr.e North East District of Penang corner!-ed
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    • 773 16 BANKS NEDERLANDSCHE HONG KONG AND HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, SHANGHAI BANKING N.V. CORPORATION (Incorporated in the Netherlands.) (Incorporated in Hong Kong (With limited liability.) The Liability of members is limited >, e lyvuw extent and in manner prescribe.' b Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the (NETHERLANDS TRADING Colony crNr'irr'T'V A Head Office.
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