Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 September 1938

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  • 21 1 llS T EDITION PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY Vol. XCVL FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 184 1 Reuter. DECISION may be CONNECTED WITH CZECH SITUATION 11 New Vessels Involved U a-hiiiuton. Sept. 1 1 he I .S. Navy announces the formation <»l a temporary Atlantic Squadron of fourteen >ar*liip'- Hie announcement was wholly unexpected. The Fhil lias been concentrated in the
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  • 69 1 Seeking Xew Home In Palestine fift 1 33 1 1 Seven hundred and na today by train. It -I to try to reach Palestine All ta’ cl. fds in Austria have been to ar. official announce- announced that Jews are tend State schools, but a privately managed
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  • 65 1 "ALL UP TO HONG KONG Reuter. London, Sept. 2 The Postmaster General announces that all first-class mail (letters, letter-packets and postcards) for Hong Kong will in future be despatched by air as a normal means of transmission. There will be two services weekly from Great Britain to Hong Kong, the
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  • 317 1 Planned A New Route For Itself This is the story of the recalcitrant bus which set the whole of the Penang Municipal Transport Department laughing last night. A trolley bus on the College Lane-Bagan Jermal route decided to essay a little adventure in gate-crashing and try to
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  • 43 1 .Reuter. Rome, Sept. 1. As a move to increase the birthrate the Cabinet has decided that all state employees must marry if they desire promotion. It is also decided that women can occupy only ten per cent, of available state jobs.Reuter.
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  • 511 1 k- c tle Commission which investigate alleged cases discrij i! i,in l< of open towns or inb:iig has been issued. The im estigations carried out "tj f L!le Spanish Government 1 attacks on Alicante and Th- visited Alicante on the las t month and investinto 46
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  • 544 1 SUDETEN LEADERS DECIDED YESTERDA Y Probable Acceptance, With Reservations I hr Sudeten Party have mine to a decision regarding the new proposals put forward by the Czech Government, and the general impression in Prague is that there has been acceptance with certain reservations. President Benes will be informed of the
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  • 286 1 China Visitors Too Good For Local Team A large crowd packed the Fun and FrolicStadium last night to witness one of the finest exhibitions of basketball ever seen in Penang, when a team composed of undergraduate students from three Chinese Universities in China defeated the Chur.g
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  • 78 1 !.Reuter. Unrest Sweeping Roubaix Area Lille, Sept. 1. Grave unrest affecting 40,000 workers is sweeping the whole textile area in North France. As a result of employers in the Somme Department announcing a 19 per cent, reduction in wages, 14,000 men decided to strike tomorrow. Workers at
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  • 184 1 Slow Work Th is Morning (From Our Own. Correspondent.) Singapore, Sept. 2 Slow work was done at Bukit Tinggi Valley this n ng and also on the second track of the it ourse proper. The going was good. Sly Lady iMayvl went rourzi the hill m a
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    • 18 1 ',|V TECK l I r\ISHIN<> M ANI > VTI REKS, and POUCHERS. vsH tf> guaranteed Moderate. i-jAY-XG ROAD, PENANG.
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    • 94 1 LOOX CHEONG X Go.. Building Contractors Furniture Makers Painters, Polishers, Signboard Writers. And Teak Wood Merchants Stockists.-Mirrors <K- Plate Glass, all sizes 19 A. Leith Street, PENANG. Perak Branch I/OON CHEONG Co.. No. 6 Station Road. Ipoh. If x W W h ot or c °ld is equally nourishing 4
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  • 1221 2 Point-Blank Questions By Mr. E. D. Shearn JUSTIFICATION” SOUGHT ON VARIOUS MATTERS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lum’pur, Sept. 1. P OINT-BLANK questions, why heads of Government depart- ments spent less time in the Federated Malay States than in the Colony, were asked
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  • 247 2 WHY IT IS PREFERABLE TO PRINT THEM IN ENGLAND I From Our Own. Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. Although the Map Production Branch of the F.M.S. Survey Department printed nearly six million rubber coupons representing a total value of over $41,000,000 last year, Government wants its
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  • 112 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bukit Mertajam, Sept In order to meet the needs of students and others who wish to learn the Chinese national language, a night school, the Jit Sin Night School, was opened today. It is under the management of the Jit
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  • 242 2 CHINESE FINED $lO ON AMENDED CHARGE It has been held in a parallel case that the prosecution has to prove loitering for the purpose of bookmaking on more than one occasion,’’ stated Detective-Inspector McLennan, when, prosecuting in a case in which a Chinese, Cheong Kam Seng,
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  • 623 2 OFFICERS 1\ SIXT 4 n benefithng NEW SCHEME R Many Army officers i n benefitting under the new nro™ f ap re announced by the War MiniX? BCh Hore-Be|isha. so me w jT St r Mr. local officers were mentioned tion list published in < o
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  • 106 2 X 1 (jg.. The number of colonies of I y> nada in 1937 was ertimaUd at compared with 370.880 m 193« Fourteen variety elore .lu..J 437 .stores in Canada during merchandise valued Exports of soap from C of wilet amounted to 14.3M.1» soap going mo and 200,855
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    • 210 2 DOULATRAM’S Offer You '..>? r&e Modern Way To Health And Comfort: 'AERTEX' The (deal Sports Shirt For Malaya The Land Of Perpetual Summer. <n A Variety Of Shades And SizesQualify always tells—insist on OVALTINE The Worlds Best Night-cap THE NEW Movuf'm J Th 3 new Morris car has an exceptionally
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  • 36 3 Reuter. Civil Disobedience Campaign Mowing serious development lithe civil disobedience campaign ithenative State of Travancore. Jilt troops tired on the crowd «refused to disperse at Neptinkara. five were killed and I it Founded.Reuter.
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  • 75 3 Reuter. Id Halifax To Head British I Delegation lata Sept 1 Lord Halifax will bead League Council Mf on Sept. 9 and the assembly [■King beginning on Sept. 12. He will blasted by Earl De La Warr, Capt. RW M RA Butler and two Neva: theltss. al present,
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  • 79 3 H yl hunching Arrangements Nearly Complete J®'** 10 Sept I Arrangements are corn P ,etetl tor launching on FWteon September 27 by the Queen L"' 5 t< r to Q ueen Mary which ajesty will christen "Queen Elizais the longest ship ever built and is f t
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  • 222 3 Reuter. Japanese Attack Repulsed Rjmrest After Taierchwang, Savs U. S. Journalist J Hankow, Sept. I. y ie Chinese scored a smashing victory West of Jui- a general offensive yesterday, inflicting 4,000 on the J a P anese according to an urgent tele- n«’ message
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  • 163 3 Reuter. Landslides Mount Death Roll Tokio, Sept. 1. Landslides following on the typhoon increased the death roll in many parts of the country. Thirteen were killed in a village of Saitama prefecture, and eleven deaths were reported in Gumma prefecture. I'ihree are known to be dead in
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  • 60 3 Rckter. NEW DECREE ANNOUNCED Rome, Sept. IUnder a decree announced by the Council of Ministers, foreign Jews are debarred from fixed residence in Italy and Italian possessions. The grant of Italian nationality made to foreign Jews since Jan. 1, 1919.* has been revoked and
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  • 443 3 Reuter. Giving New Impetus To Hiking In Canada Ottawa, Canada.—New impetus is being given to hiking in Canada by a movement Known as the Youth Hostels Association., already registered in a number of countries. The aim of youth hostels is everywhere the sameto enable young? people to
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  • 455 3 Demands Hitler May Make FRENCH WRITER’S FORECAST Paris, Sept. IHitler’s inner Cabinet Council will meet on Friday evening when Hitler will discuss the declaration on Czechoslovakia he will make at the Nuremberg congress, declares Madame Tabouis writing in L’Oeuvre. Madame Tabouis forecasts that Hitler will ask complete autonomy
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  • 50 3 Reuter. Taking Place In Berlin Today. Berlin, Sept. I—Air1Air defence exercises are taking place in Berlin today and tomorrow. Ana-aircraft troops are visible, working on many houses in the outskirts of the capital, and are particularly conspicuous on roofs surrounding the Willhelmstrasse and the Air Ministry.
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  • 56 3 Reuter. To Be Constructed Near Toronto Toronto, Sept. I—The construction of a factory costing £120,000 for assembly of bombing planes on behalf of the British and Canadian governments begin within he next six weeks in the neighbourhood of Toronto. The plant will receive products of ten aircraft
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  • 1103 3 Identification Not Satisfactory, Says District Judge Remarking that he was .not satisfied with the manner in which the ac< used' was identified and that he could not curtail the liberty of a citizen on ezidence of that nature, Mr. L,. G. Gibson, the District
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    • 46 3 STEEL |L 1 WINDOW FRAMES I FRENCH DOORS i etc* etc. .j| Equal to the best J ;imported makes. f T I I I m t Ip MANUFACTURED bt I I EASTERN MFG. CO. II I 1 River Road, I 3 Penang. m jB PHONE 1484.
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    • 571 3 League of Nations Reports Jk g ll If 1 [II il u Ml IL RICH POOR ALIKE SUFFER Millions are suffering from Premature Impotency, Early (Nd Age, other ravages t caused by Malnourishment They may get j .W W Plenty of Food but it Does Not Give Them Sufficient MINERALS,
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  • 427 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 1. Girl Guides of the Singapore Girl Guides Second Company, formed a choir at the wedding of their captain. Miss Nora Madeline Link, to Squadron Leader W. I H. Burke, at St. Andrew’s Cathedral yesterday. The bride is the daughter of Lt.-Col
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  • 347 4 More lime For Comcrsation Suggested i From Our Own Correspondent i Singapore, Sept. 1 Hasty tiffin meetings once a week did not afford enough opportunity for members of the Singapore Rotary Club to get acquainted, said Mr. R. E. Holttum, its vice-president, speaking on Some Thoughts On
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  • 584 4 Difficulty Of Enforcing Reforms Now Realised NOT NECESSARY IN THE WELFARE OF EMPLOYEES” (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, September 1. /APPOSITION to the proposal for the shortening of working J hours and a half-day weekly holiday for employees in shops and small businesses in Singapore
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  • 170 4 (From Our Own Corresnondent) Singapore, Sept. 1. Inspector J. A. Ellis, of 1 the Strfeßs Settlements police, was fined 840, by the Singapore Traffic District Judge, Mr. C. H. Koh. yesterday, on a charge of negligent driving. The case was a sequel to a collision
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  • 519 4 Forging Of New Link Much Appreciated ENCOURAGING REMARKS BY FRENCH OFFICIALS French colonials welcome the forging of this new link between their territory and the colonies of their tropical neighbours, the British and the Dutch.” said M. Pierre Pages. Governor ol Cochin China, before the
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  • 478 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL specter, Bat u n 0,1 a short holiday h W a ho to > t R C a j fie to die Bungsar n J malaria Hos S( 7® x Mr M j Java China Timlin/./'"-’’Kai,, intimating lhe ath M J- S.fln’ A grand programme has for the
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    • 99 4 i I 1 i J.. b U2v l//4y I Their small extra cost is an investment in perfection S’6TE gPRESS 555 CIGARETTES ARDATH TOBACCO CO., LTD., LONDON. A recipe > > PJHk for J fj! more light F w -I |l9oa 7 4 fl WS 'slKb It must be a
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    • 90 4 Hush Kidneys of Acid and Poisons Gain in HeJj Stop G^ ng d rwhen kidney ir come weak-—-- n d H often bums— sleep r jred uen vlsltetotMbal J!ld wj* Ther 3 sive way to stop v ~,d r, .v S and c healthy cheffiW a jo- is (o get
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  • 1748 5 L/w/i- Story Of C.N.A.C. Phine Outrage V I(TIMS MACHINE-GUNNED /V THE WATER I (From Our Own Correspondent) I Hong Kong, Aug. 29. I this week s ;u tide without referring io iF I cd l>\ the Japanese invaders in China durin I liaracterised by
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  • 282 5 F.M.S. Government \\ill Consider Suggestion (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sejtt. 1. More Malavs are to be given a chance of holding responsible posts in the b’M.S. Customs and Posts and Telegraphs services, it was staled in the Federal Council today. Malays max
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  • 29 5 This picture shows a Douglas aiilincr the same type as the C. N. A. C. plane ivhich was forced down by the Japanese..
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    • 71 5 151 Will llofc b -wW K t r Jr «Bill t Il lib, TIGER BEER maoiibom U I lI9IIV malt hops yeast r 1 DRAIN NOW AND REFILL WITH THE 11.. M m** i, I iF baa til 11 i In the following five SHELL grades SINGLEs a .20 DOUBLEs
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    • 44 6 Watch for RIGAUD NIGHT” The Brightest Merriest Spot i„ 1 f enangi ELYSEE CABARET TODAY-TEA DANCE 6.30 P.M. TO 8.45 P.M. COUPON’S 6 FOR(| rONIGHI Dancing front 9 3() e u to Midnight CHARMING ENTERTAINING HOSTESSES BEST BAND IN TOWN Saturday is RIGA! D
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 678 6 WHaT^^ON^^L^. THE LEADING AMU SEMETUT A GREAT BRITISH TRIUMPH! p ma g<Uess! THE mightiest of mZ W Yesterday’s Opening Performances ADV enture films J Packed to the Doors Hik j| wW MkM '•3 II I wßiii TRULY, THERE’S NOTHING ELSE TO COMPARE WITH IT! 'Uli BW I IO BkWnS nAV
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    • 525 6 HOMES IN °™WG Toy/cnj, 5.30 p.m. and 8.45 MATINEES on SAT I R DAY SUNDAY at 2.00 IM] A GREAT MYTHOLOGICAL TAMIL TALKIE Sri Kontha Mr or SHUNMUGA AVATAR Full of Melodious Songs, Mighty Comics, Wonderful Scenes, and lovely Daj fi Outstanding in Every Respect. Enchaniting in Every Way The
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  • 300 7 Lon:>n Aug 25.— Miss Kathleen. Emily exai French, the grand dame” of anchukuo, lived an extraordinary and implicated life. -h her death at Harbin. Manchukuo, Ja '“'ny its storv became more complicated still. Dublin High Court heard a aim against her estate
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  • 231 7 Woman Charged Gladys Johnston, twenty-eight-year-old typist, was said at Bow-street Police Court to have continued ringing up her former employer after she had promised the court she would stop it. She was summoned for maliciously consuming electricity, for obstructing the business of the Post Office
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  • 401 7 (From Our Own. Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the stabilisation of the F.M. S. Opium Revenue Replacement Reserve Fund at $30,000,000, it was revealed in the Federal Council today. Correspondence with the Rt. Hon. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald
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  • 302 7 Linked By Motor Route W itli Pacific Ottawa, Canada.One of the most spectacular travel routes available to motorists in Canada is that linking the Prairies with the Pacific. Passing through the very heart of the Rockies this road traverses the great mountain play-grounds of Banff and Yolio National
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  • 189 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 1. Recently convicted on a charge of cheating and still serving a sentence on that charge, a Malay, Ahmad bin Sulaiman, was brought from prison yesterday to appear before Mr. H. A. Forrer. in the Singapore Criminal
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  • 232 7 the earliest days of the film in dustry the Western" has been an unfailing attraction to filmgoers all over the world, and in recent years several factors have combined to increase its popularity still further. The coming of sound slowed down the action of the
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  • 257 7 or lour years ago Alexander Korda promised us an ambitious film about the development of aviation, to be entitled Conquest of the Air.” The announcement was greeted with enthusiasm by critics, but little has been heard of its fulfilment in the intervening period. Meanwhile
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  • 194 7 Harry Rowland Harding, market gardener, of Devon, shot his wife because he loved her. For four hours after her death he sat alone in. their house writing notes. The postman called and Harding took in a parcel. Then he took up the gun which
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    • 58 7 THE PLACE FOR MIRTH LAUGHTER WEMBLEY CABARET ME OFFER YOU A COOL SPACIOUS HALL NEW CHARMING HOSTESSES AND BEAUTIFUL MOONLIT GARDENS. Bar Dancing. 9 p.m. to Midnight TOMORROW Extraordinary Attraction MISS RUB A K The ersatile Ballroom Exhibition Dancer, will appear in the latest lap Hot Numbers. 2 BANDS TN
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    • 457 7 FEEL LIVERISH”? Take Nature’s Own TonicLiverish, irritable, deprewxl. S.iHowskinned, pimply, far too tat. SluKgrsS. tjmd. no energy for anything. Thousands me* and women through Malaya feel hke that to-day. Thousands more will never ievl ehat way again, for Nature’s own clear, sparkt.-nr waters are cleansing their systems, them with life,
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 171 7 /> i( Ki:i> HOUSES SINCE OPENING vk ih,. Enthusiastic Opinions of All Who Have Seen h I POSITIVELY THE LEADING SHOW OF THE WEEK QUEEN’S 3 SHOWS DAILY AT 9|.-, p.m. 6.15 p.m. 9.30 p>tll O**' z* en history Hung On the j.. Fbvht Of An Arrow and The wk
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    • 202 7 WEMBLEY PARK Tonight Friday 2nd September 193}} MOLEK STAR OPERA: Will Stage JERAGAN BUDIMAN" Last Part A Great Malay Historical Play. Strongly Supported By The Latest Extra Turns. watch pnr?- J JUDI and PURA SIN SEE TAI CANTONESE OPERAHONG SEON CHENG YEAN CAPITAL TALKIES: TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY AT 7.30 9.30
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  • 698 8 \LAYAX onlookers at the inj y ternational scene over the past ten davs have expressed ast< nishment at the manner in which the and commodity market" have held up in spite of the really alarming developments in Central Europe. 1 his can only be attributable to the
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  • 147 8 Gaol For Agent Of I nknown Man" (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 1. Pleading guilty to an alternate charge of abetting the offence of extortion by putting in fear of injury a well-known Chinese resident of Ipoh on August 21, a middle-aged Chinese named Chong Pin,
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  • 204 8 in [own Last Night A new Tarzan and a new mate are in the current picture at the Royal. Glenn Morris and Eleanor Holm are the principals and the film is Tarzan’s Revenge”. S ncere acting, good photography and fine jungle scenery combined with able
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  • 171 8 Reuter. Gordon Richards On Pasch LATEST CALL-OVER London, September 1. The following are the latest probables, with probable jockeys for the St. Leger: Pasch Gordon Richards Pound Foolish Jones Glen Loan Pat Beasley Challenge E. Smith Scottish Union Carslake Seventh Wonder Nevett Magic Circle Maher Ramtapa
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  • 552 8 Girl ho Kan Awav From Parents (From Our Own. Correspondent.) Taiping, Sept. 1. Charged with absconding from the lawful guardianship of her parents, a young unmarried Mohammedan girl named Fatimah told the Taiping Magistrate today that she wanted to get married. She ran away with the man,
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  • 45 8 Reuter. Cairo, Sept 1 Following reports that a small railway station had been burned by rebels on the Palestine side of the frontier, the Egyptian Government decided to send a military force to the Palestine frontier as a precautionary measure. Reuter.
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  • 484 8 Beggars T HERK '> great vr? aya thin.i, lI1( vert lin may or ma_\ not be ret/ selves are exploiting 1 toM that Chines > othces arc bong invaded 1,, b who, claiming to be r v f U g Ct the homeland, are demanding r tary
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    • 176 8 MARMITE SANDWICHES are steps to health! I Mannite, the Great Yeast Food, tones up your digestion and builds up strong, sound nerves it provides the Vitamin B that is essential to good health. And Marmite is so tasty in a sandwich that you’ll find yourself taking a good many steps
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    • 58 8 SPERRY PURE ROLLED oats *FT vt ChT ILK Specially packed to protect your health, as well as to preserve the shape of the Flakes and wholeness of the grain. SPECIALLY PACKED FOR THE TROPICS In Airtight Vacuum Tin# Obtainable at all the Leading Provisions Dealers Sole Agent* Henry Waugh Co
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  • 479 9 I Tuo (roals Shared With I \oii-Burmans I ini) oo SEE GAME FULL I 1 OF THRILLS I nun a Special Correspondent) I Rangoon., August 30. I J i. «hiring a hill in the monsoon rains, the I team composed of Perak,
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  • 184 9 Women’s Singles Final Today Results of ties played in the Penang Sports Club lawn tennis tournament yesterday resulted: Men's Singles Handicap: 15.3 A.J.L. Donaldson beat 15.3 F.A. Shelton 6 4, 6 4. Ties arranged for today are: Men's Doubles Handicap. 15 Sydney Smith and F.
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  • 351 9 Annual Meeting Next Week The annual general meeting of the members of the Straits Chinese British Association, Penang, will be held at the Chinese Town Hall, on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 5.15 p.m. The business is to confirm the minutes of the annual and special meetings held
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  • 56 9 Malay pilgrims from all over the country are arriving in Penang for thu, yearly pilgrimage (o Mecca by the s.s. Menelaus, which is due to sail from Penang on (September 8. The mail train from Kuala Lumpur this morning brought about 100 pilgrims fromA Selangor and Perak, and
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  • 148 9 AUSTRALIAN'S BEA T AN ENGLAND XI O’Reilly In Form London. Sept. 1. At Blackpool. Australia defeated an England XI by 10 wickets. In the first innings England totalled 132 and the Australians replied with 174. England were dismissed for 99 in their second effort, O'Reilly taking 5 for 44 and
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  • 210 9 Schoolboy Teams Do Well i'he Government Commercial Day School scored a runaway victory of six goals to one over the Indian Recreation Club in a friendly game of hockey played on the Hutchings Scnool ground yesterday. The winners monopolised play througnout and were superior to their opponents in all
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    • 177 9 3 a V- rt Thanks to Kalzana, my family is once again in PERFECT HEALTH” Of course,” the doctor will answer, Qenef® Kalzana, which I have been prescribing \Neako eSs for years, always gives wonderful results. In those families which use Kalzana there NfcfYO are none of those illnesses which
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  • 267 10 PRIME MINISTER’S ASSURANCE Public Work’s Policy Answering questions about unemployment and depressed areas, the Prime, Minister stated in the House of Commons recently that, in the opinion of the Government, there were several ways in which something could be done to mitigate the fluctuations in
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  • 549 10 Valuable Economic Survey THE COLONIAL EMPIRE,’’ an economic survey covering the year 1936, which has just been published (Stationery Office), is a valuable compilation (now in its fourth year) which assembles in a single volume the essential facts regarding the economic position of the Colonial Empire that
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  • 406 10 New Holding Company Formed A new company to hold securities in Richard Thomas and Co. and with Bank of England representatives on the board, has been formed. Its title is E. V» Finance and Holding Co., Ltd.,” and the nominal capital is £llO in shares of £1,20
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  • 218 10 Trading Profits Decline The full report for the year to June 30 last of Arthur Guinness, Son and Co., Ltd., the Dublin brewers, shows that trading profits have declined from £1,901,594 to £1 *****3. while other income is slightly lower at £184,626, compared with £187,016. After increasing
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  • 201 10 Sharp Reaction And Recovery Boustead Co.. Ltd. in their weekly report state: After a slight reaction on the August 25, the price remained steady at the lower levels, fluctuating between 27.3 4 cents and 27. 7 8 cents for standard sheet in cases. On August 30, however, there
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  • 226 10 The fourth of the Building the City’ series of talks from Daventry, which is to be devoted to Edinburgh, will be given today on Transmissions 2 and 3 (see wireless programmes) by lan Finlay, who, although his birthplace was Auckland, New Zealand, is an authority on
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  • 36 10 The following information has been supplied to us by the above company’s mine office in respect of operations for the month of August. 1938. Output 640 piculs; Yardage 145,300 cubic yards; Hours Run 657 hours.
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    • 96 10 BRASSO METAL POLISH Z Makes light work M ASTHMA If you want relict’ from spells of nard breat- ~i enokina and wheezing that makes youjti,; Ji breath, try Himrod'a Cure II NFWinW I Eat brought relief to sufferer» st LU" I for over sixty five years PRICE I A Doctor
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    • 485 10 BANKS I Experience Teaches One k To Save, But How Many SHANGHAI p Have Found A Wa y To I Put By Their Spare I Dollars OVERSEA-CHINESE H BANKING CORPORATION st^Z Te 'SB LIMITED. A» T BOARD of offer you facilities of their G K Pe <rce SAVINGS DEPARTMENT For
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  • 3382 11 Cut-Throat Competition In Canned Pineapple Industry o\\ IXG are extracts from the F b} the Deputy Agent, Mr. ..[ministration of the ition Agency for the just issued:— )ins tariffs and preferential tish and Malay States allies 01 ontinued to be the subject Government
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  • 119 11 The electric guitar, which 8.8. C. listeners will hear Eric Shrimpton play on September 8, has to be plugged in’ before, it can be heard, but when the electricity is switched on, it is capable of some remarkable effects. Moreover, it is a versatile instrument, as it
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    • 183 11 FOR THE NURSING MOTHER Both before and after the birth of? her children, a mother needs plenty: of simple, easily digested nourishment? to meet the extra .demands macDl upon her system. Doctors and nurses know «..’Uiats Horhcks is an ideal food lor botbj expectant and nursing mothers N ot» only
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  • 194 12 Spun Rayon I Our chemists seem as if they can make anythin I with inventors, they have given us a wonderful now f Whir I soft and silky sheets which are warm to the touch I together new and wonderful colours. I This is Spun Rayon. I It
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  • 30 12 VJTESLAVA KAPRALOVA, haired Czech </iil of\23, ji,,, mounted the rostrum at Queer'- EnH, London and started off an festival of modern mn.su pi/ <•< </, her own "Military Stimplwi:' 'i.
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  • 416 12 Meanings Of Some I Queer Sign* I Although English is the umverv I guage used by radio amateurs m- I tionalities, their conversations ar ,-.>r- I spe sed with various abbreviationmeaningless to listeners unfamiliar -.‘Ji the procedure, writes Douglas Walt-.-Numerous listeners have written zn asking what is
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  • 551 12 Latest Times Of Posting AIR MAILS: EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For Burma (except Victoria Point, Tavoy ano Mergui), India, Aden, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Northern, and Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland. Ordinary
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    • 2496 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES b.b.c. service Highlights Of Today s W ireless SCHEDULE ZH J (PENANG) m PCJ 1522 mc/s <l9 7 rrc 705 p. m. Pfte Recital by Mark Hambourg. National anthem and opening anEi^rrt On bto U adcasUng° schedule 7.30. p.m. Children’s hour. DO uncement 7 5^* ep (Malayan
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  • 981 13 Wngers' I ribute To Queen Mary’s Smooth Passage August 16: The record-breaking round voyage f White Star liner Queen Mary has raised an nteiestnv” point. When the ship docked at Southampton. <- R. B. Irving stated that her average speed to
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  • 913 13 S.S. («LEXIFI ER” from I’nited Kingdom via Suez, sails for Port Swettenham Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai and Dairen M.\. MODJOKERTO" from Calcutta and Rangoon and sails tor Eos Angeles, San Franciso, Portland, Vancouver and New Orleans S.S. "x\A(iA'fO ATARI from Japan for Rangoon Calcutta. S.S. CYCLOPS”
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    • 447 13 IUE funnel line IH If r TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT Leaves Penang Due London I kl 4 a ii3 Antwerp and Middlesborough Sept. 2 Sept, 23 f" ills Marseilles Glasgow Sept. 2 Sept 27 I Calls Hull Gdynia Sept. 8 Oct.’ 5 I SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE. I! H
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    • 645 13 PJ> and ©I w BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated tn England PORT SWETTENHAM, MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. KHANDALLA” SAILING SUNDAY. 4th SEPTEMBER Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under Penang, Teluk Anson, Port contract with His Majesty Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mall Service. Outwards from London for China
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    • 268 13 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA); LONDON SERVICE For Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples. Marseilles. Gibraltatr, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Steamers Sailing date* HAKUSAN MARU Sept. 2 HARUNA MARU Sept. 16 k KATORI MARU Sept. 30 x KASIMA MARU Oct. 14 YASLKUNI MARU (Calls Hamburg) Oct. 27 HAKONE MARU Nov. 11 X
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    • 42 13 TIDE TABLE HIGH LOW TODAY 4.13 p.m. 10.41 p.m. TOMORROW 5.00 a.m. 1.15 p.m. 9.26 p.m. PENANG DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORT CORNWALLIS YESTERDAY’S TEMPERATURE 6 a.m. Noon 5 p.m. 84 E 87 S 89 S RAINFALL Aug. 31 Sept. 1 Nil mm.
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  • 694 14 GOLF Problems Of Beginner WHAT HENRY COTro\ SAID Two correspondents have which I hope may be of interest tn n general, though personal,.. answer either of their y Cann any degree of confidence; w?"** Longhurat in the London Sunday The first a man who to Play goif
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  • 188 14 rowing Promoting Club in Maiden Fours London, Aug. 21. Eton Excelsior wound up the most successful season in the club’s eighty-seven years’ history with a record regatta, being the largest entry ever, on the Windsor Reach on the Thames yesterday. Worcester Union 8.C., a blind crew, took
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  • 191 14 Excellent Combination Hast London, Aug 21. After a very fast, hard game the British touring team beat the Border XV here today by 19 points to 11. The outstanding feature of a match w’hich was a ding-dong battle all the way w’as the splendid combination work
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  • 89 14 London, Aug. 21.Football League Management Committee will have heard that Manchester United chairman, Mr J. W. Gibson, suggested at the annual meeting of his club that the League should impose a tariff of 5 per cent. on transfer fees. The money to be used to
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  • 1078 14 Third Day Of S.T.C. Autumn (Gold Cup) Meeting CARD OF EIGHT EVENTS Below will be found the full programme for tomorrow s races at Singapore, the third day of the Singapore Turf Cu i Autumn Meeting: RACE 1:2.30 p.m. PONIESCLASS IDivision 3s| Furlongs.
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    • 186 14 f jX Ebsss&s pwtwlt IW» t Bil oHWtHb** 4 l^^T* 1 ?ir h||||||| yl I O Mk Bbl .W fflXt xsnaM t! *WS W ROM the heart m B|j|||p of London’s West End comes £g 'fcl London's finest Virginia Cigarette. mi mBB' The Sackt illemeticulously blendrom mature d Virginia tobaccos,
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  • 484 15 Matches Doped pilches Spoil Cricket L| V \l) NEED A NEW TATE r AND RHODES Ju final Test at the Oval, apart from the fact i|( ,wlc(l t xtremely well in taking most of the wickets, on !he outstanding point of interest was that, even
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  • 33 15 FLEETWOOD-SMITH, one of the Australian wizards of spilt,” has not been as successful on the present tour as was expected. In the fifth Test, his solitary wicket cost him nearly 300 runs.
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  • 360 15 The value of speedway motorcar racing has often been questioned by the general public, but it is from this method of testing motor cars and their equipment, that many of the luxuries and safety devices which are standard on modem motorcars, have been evolved. When leading
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  • 103 15 LondonCricket is preparing to leave the stage. The thought prompted many kindly souls to have one last go” at the selectors, writes a correspondent. Let us peep into the selectorial chamber. Sir Pelham Warner and his committee are sitting round rubbing their hands gleefully and saying,
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  • 254 15 Fixtures in the English and Scottish Football Leagues to be played tomorrow are: ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I Aston Villa v. Derby. Charlton v. Leeds. Chelsea v. Leicester. Everton v. Brentford. Huddersfield v. Arsenal. Manchester U. v. Birmingham. Portsmouth v. Bolton. Preston v. Liverpool. Stoke City
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  • 210 15 Only Five At Dover To Welcome Her London: -only five people saw F rau Bruna Wenden, 33-year old woman doctor, arrive at the English coast, near Dover, on Aug. 20 after swimming from Cap Gris Nez in 15 hours 33 minutes. Two of them signed a
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  • 180 15 London.Having been brought up to accept the Open golf champion as the best player of the year, what are we to make of Reg. Whitcombe winner of golf honour No. 1, wmner also of the Irish Open and other tournaments, not getting the Vardon trophy The
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    • 218 15 After Sport. CYDER /iflMl Whiteways Cyder is nature’s own /cEsnlX stimulantand a cooling, refreshing I drink when you’re hot. It improves JI IgfEwjVi y° ur digestion, keeps you slim and fit V, helps to a clearer eye and extra energy. /V Maintain vitality and good appetite with iB a sparkling,
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    • 36 15 |r^y£ :iii She Throw a Wicked Curve MILLAR WATII 4N6LE NO* 11 she has to d&pend pg/ T—>_ ON CURVES! rwL rabjO T 1 y I z l- /J Z> fl 4" iCortii. i»». «■«o»»*. -rd
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  • 122 16 PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot) £192.15. 0 £192.15. 0 LONDON (3 months) £193.10. 0 £193.10. 0 SINGAPORE $98.75 $97.00 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $97.50 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers No Buyers COPRA—(Sundrted) $3.50 $3.55 BLACK PEPPER $8.50 $8.50 RUBBER ?7 7 d NEW YORK 16c (G) lf SINGAPORE—(Spot! 27 c »2?, Oct./Dec
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  • 300 16 Share of £1 denomination, unless otherwise etated Yesterday Rise or Fa'J Yesterday Rise or Fall Con Loan 5 p.c. 44-64 114% Burmah Oil 90 0 1 3 Funding 4 p.c. 60-90 113% Eagle Com. 4 pesos. 413 -l%d V Cable 5% p.c. 94 War Loan 0% p.c. 102%
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  • 97 16 Previously Latest Paris 17S 19,64 178 21*64 New York 4.85% 4.85 Montreal 4.86% 4.86% Brussel 28.78% 28.77% Geneva 21.29% 21.28 Amsterdam 8.92/5 8.92 Milan. 92% 92% Berlin 12.12% 12.13 Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Cslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26% nominal Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 140% 140% Madrid
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  • 119 16 London. September 1. RUBBER: Dull.— London 7% buyers 8 sellers Oct./Dec. 7’R buyers 8 sellers Jan./Mar. 8 buyers B?,t sellers Apl./June B,' d buyers 8?« sellers NEW' YORK 16.20 cts. United Kingdom Stock* London 64,816 tons Liverpool 34,564 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. Sept £10.17. 6 PEPPER:
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  • 179 16 LEAN CO. TIN Buyers Seller* Ampats 4 0 4 4% Ayer Wengs .65 .70 Baingrins 22j0 22 9 Berjuntais 10 0 10 6 Hong Fatts .84 .88 Jelebus .72 .75 Jelebus 1 .70 .75 Johans 27 .29xd K. Lan juts 18 6 19 0 Kampongs 9,0 9 3?:d Kramats 10
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  • 69 16 The marriage will take place at 4.30 p.m. on September 10, at the Church of the Assumption, Penang of Mr. George Edward Ernest Nichol, son of the late Captain Nichol, second Pump Engineer, P.W.D. Penang, to Miss Irene Adeline Forrest, daughter of Mrs. G. Forrest. After the ceremony
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  • 305 16 DI ILL New York, Sept. I—Despite1Despite a forecast of new high carloadings in the neighbourhood of 615,000. rails were weak on mediation failure. Small volume prevents attaching excessive significance to current price changes, but the recent and today’s minor weakness of grains, coppers, steels and aircrafts hardly supports
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  • 15 16 TIN Singapore $97.00 per pkl Penang RUBBER SingaporeSpot per IL. PenangSpot per 11»
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  • 136 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Ayer Weng .62% .67% Batu Selangor 1.35 1.37%Hong Fatt -85 .87/2 Jelebu -70 .75 Kuchai 1.32% 1.37% Petalings 7.70 7.90 Rahman Hyd. 1.20 1.25 Ra.ntau 1.42% 1.45 Taiping Consolidated 1.57% 1.62% Ulu Klang .82% .85 Ampat 4|o 4'3 Bangrin 22|6 2310 Kampong Kamunting
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  • 153 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampat 4|o 4*6 Ayer Weng .65 .70 Batu Selangor 1.35 1.40 Burma Malay 221 D 23|0e Hong Fatt .85 .87% Jelapang 31|6 32 3 Jelebu .72 .75 Katu 26|0 26 9c Krama.t 10*6 lljOex Kuchai Ordy. 1.32% 1.37% Lukut .67% .72% Mambau .50 .55 Rahman
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  • 54 16 For the first time since 1934, on which occasion she accompanied the late King George, Queen Mary la in residence at the Palace of Holyrood House. Her Majesty arrived at Edinburgh by train yesterday from Sandringham. Queen Mary will stay at the palace for twelve days.
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  • 68 16 Padang Party To Play Post Office R. C. The following will, play for the Padang Party and the Post Office Recreation Club at table tennis on Monday, Sept. 5, at the latter’s club. Padang Party: Chee Choon Keng, Khoo Eng Tong, Lim Teow Seng. Song Yok Kooi. and
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  • 1420 16 Proportions Of Work In S.S. And F. M. S. Are Fair” 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. A Head of a Malayan Department normally spends much more time on aliairs o’ the Malay States than he does on affairs of
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