Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 December 1938

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 .J PUBLISHED DAILY No. 290. Vol. XCVI. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1938. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 565 1 Demonstration Not Supported BUT PRESS ATI AUKS OS FRANCE CONTINUE London. Mondav, Ihe Prime Minister stated in the Commons that it was clear from the Italian Foreign Minister’s replv to inquiries made by the British Ambassador in Rome on Saturday evening that the Italian Government did
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  • 314 1 Leai’ Of Hostile Demonstrations Reuter. Paris, Monday. Ihi tit most efforts arc being made to ••< ret the time table Herr von Rib••■n'rop will observe on arrival here tomorrow with the object of avoiding hosul<- demonstrations. Heri vo. Ribbentrop, accompanied by i u von Ri b'Witrop, is due
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  • 51 1 Reuter. Barcelona, M o nda y. Th< it y was raided tic ice this urioig. The attacking war-i/ri-f driven off on each by the city's pursuit l ms huh were added to the 'h ’<n<i only four days ago. D" i‘ <ri no casualties and no damage.
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  • 74 1 I’Rprrial Machine Burned On Ground K'ln Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Monday. ''l Imperial Airways’ machine of the ic ia lass for Hong Kong caught fire rday morning while having its en- tested on the ground at Donmuang. ompletely burnt out. Only the enbl!|,s and the framework were
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  • 302 1 Breach Of Neutrality At Hankow In the Louie ot Lemmons, Mr. R.A. Butler admitted that British naval p atrols nad cu end iemoved explosives laid by Chinese in Japanese buildings a’. Hankow. He that this was done t<> prevent damage to adjoining Britis property -.nd loss
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  • 92 1 ,—Reuter. Interesting Report From U.S. According to newspaper reports from Washington, high Administration officials are studying a confidential report proposing two methods whereby the President without consulting Congress could impose economic sanctions on Japan, and Germany. The President, it is stated, has this power under the Hawley Smoot Tariff
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  • 40 1 —Reuter Paris, Mondiy. A detachment of naval men from Cherbourg left for Havre to man the liner Paris which the Ministry of Mercantile Marine announces will sail for New York on Wednesday as scheduled. —Reuter.
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  • 31 1 —Reuter. New Delhi, Monday:—The Commerce member of the Government of India stated in the Assembly today that the Ottaw’a, Agreement will not be continueu beyond he next Budget session.—Reuter.
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  • 232 1 A. ppeasemenl Efforts Mistaken For Cowardice London, Monday. I ORD de la Warr, President of the Board of Education, J speaking at Bradford ’yesterday evening, said it was now barely two months since Britain paid a very heavy price to save the world from a catastrophic
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  • 52 1 —Route:. London, Monday: Tn th'» House of Commons today tie Premier replied in the negative hen asked whether b. had infnrmaUcn to Lew that r /mtiCominter*’ :t 1 ween G ra; italy and Japan 1 1 een strengthened so as to be a military alliance betw on these
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  • 65 1 Reu ter. London, Monday. "Europe is drifting into war—war which no nation wants but against which ei'cry Government is preparing,*’ declared Mr. O Ptrow in a statement on the European situation. He added: "Unless there is a complete change in the outlook within the next
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  • 206 1 ROBINSON CO. Capital Reorganisation Scheme (From Our Gwn Correspondent.) Singapore. Tuesday. Holders of eight per cent. Preference shares of Robinson Co.. Ltd. are being isked to forego their claims for arrears of dividend covering eight years and toalling $320.000. In consideration of this surrender, preference shareholders are being offered eew
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  • 208 1 —Reuter. London, Monday. Four hundred representing the administrative, professional and business life of Birmingham sat down to a ‘self-denial dinner” at Birmingham Town Hall to benefit Chinese relief funds organised by the Edgbaston branch of the League of Nations’ union. Sir Patrick Hannon presided and Mr.
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  • 47 2 THESE ARE TI E KIND OF MEN uho are tryiny to wrccl: the recover) plan of France's Finance Minister, M. Pant Reynard, by striking. A picture taken at the Paris strikes year; ago as strikers l.stcv.cd to ncus on the ratio.
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  • 373 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Monday. Mr. S. Q. Wong, the well-known Singapore Chinese who is director of several companies and chairman of the Malaya Tribune Press, has resigned from the Municipal Commission, on which he represented the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. This follows the
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  • 538 3 s ?y it With F’owers! \< in appreciation of gratitude for the preservation of peace rl Europe, the Dutch Central Bulb wers and Exporters’ Com mi t{t. has made a gift of 10,(90 to be planted near the j. of Parliament in London. -j idea is worthy
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  • 525 3 Crown Counsel Invokes Rarely Used Section Of Code APPEAL TO BE LODGED WHEN MAN SECURED In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. T. D. Hughes, Crows Counsel, Penang, successfully applied for a warrant for th arrest of a Chinese, Leong Boon Swee, alias Wong
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  • 174 3 (From Our Own C< "respondent) Singapore, Monday. The Royal Air Force h? i already been preliminary preparations for a 'OOO miles non-stop flight from England to Australia, the Pinang Gazette xi-ierstr.nds. This follows upon the flight by the idkers-V, ellesloy bombers of 7,160 Giles
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  • 301 3 Penang Visitors To Bangkok Forty persons have responded to tht nvitation of the Bureau of Tourist Promotion of the Siamese Government for the second special excursion visit tc Bangkok. The party will leave Penang on December 9 by the International Express, and will return on December 15.
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  • 210 3 F.M.S.R. To Reduce Rates For Conveyance TTfUffi Our Own correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. New possibilities for the bicycle are opened up in Malaya by the decision of the F.M.S. Railways to introduce cheap rates for the conveyance cf bicycles by rail. It now costs only 10
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  • 86 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Monday. News has been received of the death of Mrs. S. Kandiah, aged 65, in Jaffna, Ceylon. The deceased lady was the mother ot Mr. K. Rajagbpal of the P. W. D., Taiping, Mrs. S. Ellagupillay and Mrs. Chelliah.
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  • 143 3 So He Cut His Throat (From Ous' Own Correspondent) Bukit Mertajam, Monday. Mr. Dohoo, the Bukit Mertajam Coroner, returned a verdict of “suicide by cutting his throat,” on Seng Wah Hing. Teoh Geok Chee, giving evidence stated that he found deceased ly-ng on his bed
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  • 135 3 Another Snatch-And-Run Theft Another case was added to the serie, of snatch-and-run thefts now current in enang, when a report w r as lodged yesterday at the Hutton Lane, Police Station to the effect that a twelve-year-ol>_ Malay Schoolgirl, w’hile going to schoo. W'as relieved of her gold
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  • 304 3 (From Cur Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 5. Che’ Esah binti Syed Baholdin, small, good-looking Malay girl clerk in th pur, has been selected by the Evra: Government to be probationary assistant lady supervisor of Malay girl-’ schools in the State. She is
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  • 91 3 A CHINESE named Lee Tian Keng was yesterday charged before Mr. Lim Koon Teck, Third Police Magistrate, with assaulting a Chinese woman, Lee Kiap with indecent intent at Perak-road on October 10 last. He was secondly charged with having committed house trespass by entering the premises
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  • 92 3 The St. Mark’s School Fifth Annual Parent’s day will be held on Thursday. An exhibition of handwork will be open from 4 p.m. after which, at 5.15 p.m., visitors will be entertained to a short Concert. Mrs. K. G. A. Dohoo will give away the
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  • 657 3 Careless Driver Convicted AS a sequel to an accident which occured at Glugor on September 21, in which a cyclist was knocked down by a motor lorry and sustained serious injuries, the driver of the lorry, Lim Neoh Kee, was charged in the Penang District Court before
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 897 4 w w- w here at last [ANOTHER BRILLIANT BRITISH PRODUCTION ROY AL T m a IFSTIC LAST 2 8 20th CENTURY-FOX TAKES CRT AT PRIDE IN PRESENTING ITS GREATEST TRIUMPH IN PICTURE MAKING jf <JL A* TONIR Jf 'p Stark Drama In African Wastes Romance And Treachery, Running Side By
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  • 504 5 Cosmopolitan Committee Appointed $40,000 PROPOSED FOR CELEBRATION (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Monday. JV/TALAI heads of the State and members of the European and Chinese communities assembled in the Board Room, District Office. Kuala Kangsar, at 10 a.m. today, when preliminary discussions took place
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  • 99 5 Succumbs To Sudden Swoon Mj 1 Pcethambaram, Assessment Officer, Kinta Sanitary Boara, col..(1 in his office at Ipoh yesterday afternoon and died before medical attention could be secured. p (1 cased was as’ cheerful as usual, n de up his cash, deposited it in the
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  • 425 5 ChinuM- Woman’s Death l»> Drowning Ervin Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Ansm. Monday. I >EFORE Che Osman bin Ta’at, sitting > as Coroner in the Teluk Anson magistrate’s court, an inquest was held on Saturday morning into the death of a Chine e woman named Sam Ah Wab
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  • 90 5 Alleged To Have Sold Chandu Vn elderly Chinese named Wong Kong Hor was arrested on Friday at Theatrebeet. Ipoh. for allegedly selling five tubes of chandu. On Saturday he w«s charged in the First Magistrate’s Court, Ipoh, before Mr. P.F.Y. Rad- b'fe. Accused claimed trial. Mr. K.C.
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  • 87 5 Trom Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Monday. I I HIGHNESS the Sultan of Perak will open with full ceremony the 'on of the Perak State Council to be ll at the Council Chamber, Taiping, on Monday next, December 12, at 10 a.m. T he public
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  • 138 5 A22-year-old Chinese named Foong Ch-aah Kor was yesterday produced in the Ipoh First Magistrate’s court before Mr. P.F.Y. Radcliffe for sentence, he having pleaded guilty to charges o theft of two fowls and five pairs of trousers. Mr. N. B. Thomas. Chief Court Inspector, who prosecuted,
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  • 73 5 ALLEGED to have caused hurt to his wife with a pair of scissors at Jelapang on Sunday, a Chinese named Khoon Choong was yesterday produced in the Ipoh First Magistrate’s court before Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe. Accused claimed trial, denying that he attacked his wife.
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  • 399 5 Recent Recipients Of M.C.H. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Sunday. rhe happy relations existing between he Indian and Chinese Communities in Larut were praised at the tea party given by the Kwong Tung Wool Koon. Taiping, on Saturday in honour of Mr. loh Eng Hoe. J.P., M.S.C.,
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  • 106 5 3,000 Students Sitting THE Cambridge Junior Local and School Certificate examinations commenced in all the Malayan centres yesterday. The examinations will continue during this and the following week. It is not known how many candidates are taking up the examinations in the F.M.S. and S.S. but
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  • 143 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.* Taiping, Monday. A simple wedding in the reformed style was witnessed at No. 22, Main Road. Taiping, today when Mr. Loh Ah Lum, the F.M.S. cricketer and son of Mr. Loh Khow of Kuala Lumpur, was married to Miss Choong Yam Yin. eldest
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  • 77 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Monday. IN honour of their vice-president, Mr. H. A. Wenman, who is going to Prai on transfer, the Railway Institute, Taiping, are giving a tea party at their premises in Station-road at 5 p.m. today. Mr. Wenman is a popular
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  • 206 5 Tai pi ng “Bertunang” Ceremony (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Monday. '■'HE “bertunang’’ (engagement) ceremony of Cne Wan Teh, eldest daughter of the Orarg Kaya Tengku Mentri Wan Ahmad Rasdi, J.P.. M.S.C.. to Inche Tahwil bin Che Onek, nephew of the Da‘o Panglima Kirta. of Ipoh,
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  • 165 5 Decomposed Body Of Man On Line (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsar, Monday. THE decomposed body of a male Tamil was found lying on the railway line between Kantan Halt and Chemor yesterday evening by the driver of a local train proceeding towards Ipoh. Shortly after the
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  • 189 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsar. Monday. Two well-known Malay families of Kuala Kangsar and Grik were united by the marriage, which took place at the residence of the bride’s parents at Kotam Lama Kiri, of Inche Mat Noor, son of Inche Ibrahim, Chief Clerk,
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  • 1046 6 TANGLED STATE OF AFFAIRS Mussolini’s Move Not Surprising But Unfortunate Lcndon, Monday. THE Times corps of writers threw interesting sidelights on the present tangled state of affairs in “after Munich” Europe. The Berlin correspondent writes: “That Signor ?.lussolini shcu’d give notice that it is now
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  • 51 6 Evelyn Ankers, the 21-year-old film actress who was> born in Chile, has become a naturalised British subject. When she first went to England in 1924 she could \not speak a word of although both her parents are British. Since then she has played in many British
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  • 169 6 —Reuter. Berne, Monday. TPHERE is great excitement here owing to a Swiss newspaper reproducing an alleged letter from a German lawyer in the Reich to Swiss clients affirming -hat B-srne will one day be the seat of Reich provincial administration. A demonstration was held before the
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  • 428 6 T HE attitude or X peace terms at the clos. ot t h t Japanese war in the light or .Ar nese declarations regarding the A apa the Open-Door in China is ui. f ll Ure of a special contributor m th-
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  • 64 6 —Reuter. Berlin, Monday. The Lufthansa is contemplating a passenger service to South America beginning from next year with new larger planes that have hitherto been used on the mail service. Making this announcement, the Lufthansa states that attempts to establish a mail service to North
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  • 187 6 Chungking, Monday. AWHILE relations between China and Soviet Russia main cordial, there are indications that China wow now rather seek help from America and certain European countries rather than the Soviet, according to well-inforw-pd circles. There is a feeling among responsible quarters in the Chinese
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  • 329 6 —Reuter. Big Atlantic Battle Fleet Planned London, Monday. An enormous addition to the nava. strength cf the United States is foremowed for submission to Congress earlj next yeai, reports Mr. Hector Bywatei ne Dail> Telegraph naval correspon lent. The plan, which Mr. Bywater is reliably
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  • 118 6 —Reuter. Signature In Paris Today Paris, Monday. Final arrangements for Herr von Ribbentrop’s visit were made during a conversation between M. Bonnet and the German Ambassador Herr von Welczeck, yesterday evening. The signing of Uhe “no war’’ declarationed, timed for 3.15 p.m. tomorrow will be followed
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  • 48 6 —Reuter. London, Monday. Dr. Jan Masaryk, son of the founder of the Czechoslovak Republic, is resigning from his post as Czechoslovak Minister in London and retiring to private life as a result of the changes in the Czechoslovak Government following the Munich Agreement.—Reuter.
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  • 34 6 '.—Reuter. Tokyo, Sunday. Financial circles predict that Japan’s special military budge* for the year ending March 1249 will yrobabl; r=ach 5.2X.0C0C30 yer. -'X2 XC.-CC3 ci w’-’-: -Ac ciic; ticn by 745,000.000.—Reuter.
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  • 794 7 JOSEPH MARTIN EXPLAINS THE PROBLEM OF PALESTINE Terror In The Holy Land Jerusalem, Nov. 29. QINCE the Arabs attacked some Jews at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem in August, 1929, the situation in Palestine has steadily deteriorated. A succession of isolated murders by Arabs
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  • 453 7 Bombay, November 21. ON Saturday and Sunday last, •Bombay witnessed considerable political activity owing to the presence of Messrs. Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Jamnalal Bajaj, select members of the Travancore State Congress executive, prominent Hyderabad Congressmen, Khan Bahadur Allah Bux, Prime Minister of
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  • 423 7 Future Policy Of Malayan Assn. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. At the quarterly conference of th? .Malayan Y. W. C. A. committee held ere on Saturday evening to discuss th uture policy of the association it w’a‘ecidcd to train local girls for Y.W.C./
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  • 64 7 Disgraceful Scene At Nagpur Municipal Meeting Nagpur, November 19. DISORDERLY scenes were witnessed at a meeting of the Municipal Committee today when councillors belonging to rival groups exchanged blows. Lathis were brandished in the air and utter confusion prevailed for more than half an hour after
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  • 40 7 .—Reuter. London, Monday.—ln the House of Commons Mr. Butler stated that urgent representations had been made to the Japanese Government that British sjhips be allowed in the commercial harbour of Tsingtao but had not yet obtained the satisfaction desired.—Reuter.
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  • 396 8 r T'HE responsibilities of local gov- eminent are not less onerous than those of higher legislative and executive bodies, though this impression may not be generally accepted by members of local government bodies and commissions, judging from the limited degree in which some members appear to interest themselves
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  • 1216 8  -  A London Letter By Joan Littlefield Q\ the fringe of Covent Garden Market, the great “clearing house” of London’s lost property is celebrating a century and a quarter of continuous activity. In 1813. a Mr Machin opened a small auction room
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 783 9 Eurther Evidence Recorded Th( evidence of several witnesses, who testified to having the second accused, Hazara Singh, at the junction of the road leading to the Hill Railway a short while before the dec i inaii was assaulted, and of others who gave evidence of
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  • 74 9 Meeting Of Perak Section On Friday The next ordinary meeting of the J erak Section of the Engineering Association of Malaya will be held at the Grand Hotel on Friday, December 9, at 7 pm. when a paper entitled “Modem Low Tension High Rupturing Capacity Fuses”
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  • 112 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, November 23. r pHAT the “camphor seekers of Malaya are a sect keeping themselves very much to themselves” and that “the way in which they converse when they are together is not at all intelligible to others” is the
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  • 570 9 —Reuter. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Sunday. The European Mess of the F.M.S. Volunteer Force was a resplendent scene last night when, for the first time in many months, officers and ranks from every battalion of the Force gave a “headquarters” dinner.
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  • 305 9 Another Tragedy Of Unemployment r BTHAT he was out of work for tiv months and that might have beer, the cause of his hangmg himselt, wa. Hc 'o given at tne mquny int the death of a young Cantonese, La. Kee Chong, held by Che Isinail
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  • 110 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Monday. W.’ITH two previous convictions for offences against the Excise Enactment. a Teochew named Tell Thian Huat was brought up this morning before the Taiping Magistrate, and convicted on charges of possession of distilling aparatus and dutiable liquor. The Magistrate, Raja Salim,
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  • 38 9 <( INSTITUTION DAY < I< -ing Of Consulate IN connection with the annh ersary celebration of («institution Day of Siam, the Siamese Consulate will he close il for three days from December 9 to December 11 inclusive.
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  • 280 9 Voting Malay Severely Punished 'Kioin Our Own Correspondent) vlor Star, Monday. EMARKING that accused bad acted likt an ungrateful wretch in robbing nn who had sheltered him w.ien hi ,u i>u of prison, the Hon. Mr. Justice V m Harun, chief Ma.ay Judg in th<
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  • 1594 10 London Views of Quota Decision (From Our Own Correspondent) London, November 23. ESTER DAY’S decision by the International Tin ComI mittee to recommend the restricting countries to maintain the export quota at 45 per cent, of standard for the first three months of 1939 was
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  • 445 10 Exports Also Increased Amsterdam, November 22. IVETHERLANDS Indies trade turnover 1 with Great Britain during the first half of the current year showed an increase as compared with the corrcspondng period of 1937. Imports from Great Britain amounted to Fls. 18,600.000 (£2,067,00), against Fls. 17,100,000
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  • 301 10 Anglo-Dutch Proposal (From Our Own Correspondent) London, November 22. v/IALAYAN shareholders in -A* rubber-producing companies often discuss London charges but seldom, it is said, take the trouble to analyse these expenses. Those who have invested in the shares O f the Anglo-Dutch plantation.* of Java, Ltd., may
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  • 51 10 London. November 23. Net profit for year to June 30 last $77,612 ($156,196); add $103,057 brought forward, making $180,669 ($221,027).' Dividends take $78,523 ($107,970) and reconditioning reserve account $lO,OOO (same), leaving available $92,146 ($103.057). Final dividend of per cent, absorbs $24,539 (5 per cent., absorbing $49,077); forward
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  • 55 10 London, November 23. Interim of 2*2 per cent, in respect of year to March 31, 1939, payable December 7 (compares with 10 per cent. in November, 1937, which was followed by further 10 per cent, in May last, making total distribution of 20 per cent, in respect of
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  • 402 10 Singapore Shippers “Not Free Sellers” (From Our Own Correspondent) London, November 19. PRICES for all growths of copra except Ceylon and Philippines have fallen sharply in London during the past month but dealers believe that the upward reaction which has lately occurred in quotations will
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  • 876 11 ARRIVALS Tomorrow: IRISBANK ex China ports via Singapore. KLANG ex Singu pore via Port Swettenham. GLENBEC 3x Far East via Singapore. KUTSANt 3x Calcutta. Thursday, December 8: MEONI/ ex Singapore. HAKOZAKI MARU e Tapan via Singapore. MATANG e Victoria Point. Renong, Kopah an Tongkali.
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  • 57 11 Mails for Bangkok will leave Penang at 9 40 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays, and incoming mails will arrive in Penang at 6.30 p.m. on Sundays and Thursdays Mails for F.M.S., SINGAPORE etc. '•'ill xt 33? rr. xr.d 3 T? 7 £.13 p.r?.., 3po?. 1.- and 1.08 p.m.;
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 529 11 BLUE FUN NEL LINE V IVEEKbT SERVICE TO LONDON A NO RTH CONTINENT Leave» Penang Due London PI F.VBEG Calls Antwerp Middlesboro Dec. 4 Jan. 4 ,x'x Calls Marseilles Glasgow De C 9 4 A T AFFARTC GUIs Antwerp Middlesboro Dec. 16 Jan.’ 13 TEN DAY SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA
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    • 986 11 P O BRITISH INDIA .(Incorpoikted in England) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. “RAJULA” > SAILING THURSDAY, Bth DECMBER Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., For Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh. P'.rt contract with His Majesty’s Government Swettenham, Malacca and Singapore, London and Far East Mail Service. S/S ‘‘BULAN” Friday Dec. 9 Outwards
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  • 253 12 The new aircraft carrier Ark Royal, now being completed at Portsmouth, has 20-foot draug hts and ludo boards inlaid in the lino of the men’s recreation room The ludo dice are monster cubes that take as much rolling as a wood at
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  • 249 12 The Robot Plane Can a plane fly in the air without a man Most of us have lived long enough to remember the day when this query would have sounded mad Indeed. Most of us have lived long enough in this amazing world to know that such a
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  • 781 12 The New "Perfect" Model Bold treatment of the front end of the new Ford "Ten” for 1939, combined witn attractive body lines, gives this new model a striking appearance. In the words of the leading English motor journal The Motor: “The Saloon i one
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  • 285 12 Kurun“gala, November 1« I qpHE percentage of malaria cases I treated at the hospitals and d? pensaries show a slight incr ase I September, ranging from ill *’> percent. in Kurunegala, and 22 per cent at I Mawatagama to 35 per cent at Wei- wa.
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  • 57 12 I nrtilv Scenes I olh'" Conviction OI Winn" 1 Madras. Novembei 1 Following conviction of "‘R volunteers in connection witn P l in furtherance of Anti-Hi”' 1, i urruiy demonstrations wie a crowd today. They s ~‘u r!rij; buildings causing damag< a person. The police cleared
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  • 78 12 hy 1/r A fortune of £28.260 Kin j Disney Hubert Cran, Peggy Cochrane, croom-i with Jack Paynes bai.'< ‘tune-a-minuto” girl t nv nt n Dr. Cran committed ago, plunging a syring* lt -on into his leg At th‘‘ stated that he had
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1996 12 Service ba bio for Far W beginning Dec. TRANSMISSION 2 6.02 p.m to 9.15 p .m.: GSJ, GSG and GSF transmissions PENANG SINGAPORE 915 pm to 10.20 p.m.: GSJ. ZHJ 6.08 mc s < 49 30 m > Zrip 969 Mc s 3o 96 m.J 9.30 p.m. to 11.20 p.m.:
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    • 300 12 NIROM YDC 15.15 Me s (19 8 m.) TODAY V M 12 10 Omroep On bestra conducted by Carel van der Bijl. 1.10 News and weather reports. 1.22 Tanster Biothers Orchestra. 2.10 News and weather reports (continued). 2.20 Close down. 4.50 Time signal. Onening. Raymonde Orchestra. 5-10 The Hill Billies
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  • 395 13 Good Profits Made From Small Outlay On Very Simple Process ANE of Singapore’s minor industries, the manufacture v of joss sticks, forms part of the small but thriving businesses which go on in Chinatown. Chinese temple worshippers light joss sticks—powdered incense rolled around
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  • 326 14 Eurasians Deserve Draw Accident To Spectator Fast exchanges marked the hockey encounter between the Sjx.rt mg Diamonds and the Penang Recreation Club on the Esplanade yesterday. The defence of both sides stood out. The Diamonds had the better luck and won by two clear
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  • 50 14 London Monday. In their F. A. Cup first-round replay today New’port beat Reading 3 —l, Reuter. The death has occurred of MADAM LIM WAIK LOCI, a highly respected member of the. Kuala Lumpur Chinese community, aged 59. MME. LIM was a member of the Selangor Buddhist Association.
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    34 14 fourth in world skating championships, and 1 If-year-old Daphne Walker (right), who is No. 3 in Britain, giving an exhibition a t Darrin gay. Daphne is shown making a head-back spiral spin.”
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  • 71 14 Results Of December Golf Medal Contest Following are the results of the Penang Golf Club’s December Monthly Medal competition. Winner: R. J. Hutton 6 —73 Runner-up: R. H. Williams 9 —74 J. E. Goodrich 9—77 G. A. Maltby 3—78 J. E. A. Clark 12—78 J. Scott
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  • 141 14 The following will play for the Penang Sports Club today in their hockey match against the D.A.F.C. on Die Esplanade at 5.15 p.m: W G. Colebeck; F. G. Pooley, J. D. Lambert; A. G. Close, K. P. Deighton. S. V. Adams; C. W. Lyle, W.
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  • 167 14 “Tall, Dark, British” London, Nov. 25. An engagement may shortly be announced between Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, eight times winner of the Wimbledon lawn tennis singles championship, and Mr. Aidan Roark, thirty-two-year-old British international polo player, says the Daily Express. Mr. Roark was
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  • 269 14 Swansea. Nov. 21. One of the biggest surprises in British boxing for some months occurred here tonight when Johnny McGrory, of Scotland, the former featherweight champion and a contender for the lightweight title, was knocked out in just ever four minutes of boxing by Ronnie James,
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  • 106 14 The Min Sin Seah “B” maintain their unbeaten table-tennis record when they beat the Happy-Strong Team 5 —2 on Saturday. Results (Min Sin Seah players mentioned first): Lymn Chwee Hoe lost to Chpw Bok Soon, 14—21, 21—11, 7—21, 13 2J Chuah Pak Loon beat Lee Kirn
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  • 355 14 To Be Heid At Ipoli This Month jpROVIDED sufie n t:.es are forthm. coming, it is pi <>piif to hold a lot. mile open cycling ciiarnpionsnip race at Ipoh on Monday, Decemt r 26, starting at. b a.m. The course will be along ue Ipoii-Fapping Road, c
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  • 113 14 (From Our Own C'u-n-spom-''- 1 Taiping, BOXING enthusiasts in b e gl ad to Kuo. that t« mJJ* ment of the Coronation p eC *is staging a promotion ember 10. ar tive i D The fistic gar p’manar this town for some tin: ie vivm?
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 520 14 HAVE YOU FALSE cff TEETH STERADENT’ HAS MADE THIS CHANGE FOR THOUSANDS J! fe-5 1 i noaCid*’' 0 fefeafe P^WsliMt.HiiJiiil ''//TAWtmWy /M i l .)jfc»jf i leaner and «tain remover ever produced. No xV acids or unpleasant taste. Absolutely harmless. A? A^hu iMilij L Simply put a little Steradent powder
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  • 625 15 2,000 FOR FIVE WEEKS' GOLF Henry Cotton s Terms Tor U.S. Tour London, Nov. 25. new Four-ycars contract with Ashridge Golf Club in ini the way cleat for him to travel abroad, Henry ■in i 'l utptises, has given his fellow-professionals t(> bite on He is recjuesting a payment of
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  • 82 15 Kentucky. of the greatest sires of ghbred racehorses, has died I Mr. C.V. Whitney. I Uv,. inie of his death Pennant, I year-old chestnut, was one I ughbred stallions in the I death comes three I that of his famous son, I August. I one of
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  • 54 15 —Reuter. New York, Monday. T>AY RUDDY, the famous Olympic swimmer, has died from the effects of a fall. He caught his foot on the staircase carpet and fell two floors, striking his head on the radiator. It was later discovered that the base of the
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  • 180 15 Penang Wrestling Postponed Owing to the fact that Wong Bock Cheung, the Chinese wrestling star, injured himself during his bout with King Kong, the 25-stone Hungarian, at Kuala Lumpur last Friday, wrestling in Penang has been postponed indefinitely. Bock Cheung has been th? chief attraction in Penang
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  • 236 15 £26.000 For Star In 5 Years' Time London, Nov. 25. Football is no longer a public sport. It is a public entertainment like the films. RK O. Radio Pictures have to pay highly for a team like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have to
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  • 69 15 A close and thrilling struggle in the final of the Singapore women’s open singles badminton championship played at the Clerical Union Hall on Saturday saw Miss Waileen Wong emerge victorious over the local and former Malayan champion, Mrs. L.M. Pennefather. Playing w’ith exceptional coolness and confidence, the
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  • 212 15 Owner Forgot To Scratch Him Brisbane. in the Queensland Cup by mistake, Willwear cleared away from the field to win by three and a half lengths at Ascot recently. Punters also made a mistake because he started at 33 to one and paid £2B 19s on
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  • 144 15 Reuter. Hutton Edricli Open Well For M.C.C. Durban. Monday. With their Saturday total of 157 for three. Natal resumed batting against the M.C.C. today and were dismissed for 307, the highest score so far against the tourists. Harvey missed his century by eight runs w’hile others
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  • 155 15 Phil Scott is still horizontal champion of the world. At the Ring, Blackfriars, on November 24, he fought Jack Sherry, self-styled heavyweight wrestling champion of the world, and submitted to a leg lock after about a minute and a half of w’restling. After about a
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  • 137 15 Remarkable Rally In Last Minutes Two goals and with five minutes to go. the Penang Sports Club staged a remarkable rally in their annual hockey match against th? Selangor Club on Sunday at the Kuala Lumpur Padang and managed to force a draw'. The heme
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 133 15 Born 1820 still going strong h Ft I Make sure you have a good supply of JOHNNIE WALKER in the house for Christmas The clean a Highland” flavour of Johnnie Walker is proof of the purity and age of the fine Scotch whiskies in the blend. The name “Johnnie Walker”
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  • 124 16 PREVIOUSLY LATEBI LONIXIN (Spot) £213.10.0 £213.10.0 LONDON-13 months) £214.10.0 f2 J 4^ SINGAPORE $109.50 $109.50 BUSINESS DONE IJxwTZZ PENANG $109.50 $109.50 rttqtnfrr DONE 25 tons 25 tons COPRA (Sundried) BLACK PEPPER $8.50 $8.50 RUBBER LONDON 7’;;d 7}«d NEW YORK 151Jc(G) 15fAc(G) SINGAPORE (Sool) 27%c 27%c Jan./Mar. 27%c 27%c Apl./June
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  • 576 16 The accounts of the terrible epidemic that raged a short time ago in Ceylon are still flesh in the memory. Every day thousands of fresh cases and hundreds ot deaths were reported, hospitals were over-crowded and a large proportion of the staffs were also down with this
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  • 90 16 —British Wireless. London, Monday. The Latvian Foreign Minister. M. Munt"rs. arrived in London earlv this morning on a five-day visit. He was met bv Lord Plymouth on behalf of the Government. M. Munters has on several occasions visited London before and in 1934 he was here to negotiate
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  • 360 16 LONDON, December 5. Following are today’s closing mlddl rices on the London Stock Exchange: Ihaies of £1 demonination unless other vise stated. Today Rises or Fall •nnvercinn Loan 5 p.C. 1944.64 110 ■«'undiner Lost 4 p.C. 1960-90 inga —a Wp r I na n 3?. n.c 98?
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  • 97 16 —Reuter. Sister-in-law’s Plea To Fuehrer Berlin, Sunday. Bishop Niemoeller’s release from Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Kassel appears imminent. Hitler recently received the sister-in-law of the Bavarian Minister of Education who pleaded for Bishop Niemoeller’s release. It is understood that Hitler replied that his release would take
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  • 234 16 New York. Monday. Our opening followed lower London prices with strike news aiding declines io motors. Subsequently there was a dull trading market until the streng h of aircrafts near the close. Further irregularity in the list as a whole was indica'ed excepting specialities and possible further
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  • 107 16 Prev. Todav Paris 177 ***** 177% New York 4.68% 1.96?« Montreal 4.71% 4.73% Brussels 27.81 27.89% Geneva 20.62 20.77 Amsterdam 8.60% 8.63 1 v Milan 89 89% Berlin 11 68 11.71 Stockholm 19.41 19.41 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oak) 19 90 19.90 Vienna 26% unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague
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  • 117 16 London. Dec. 5. RUBBER: Dull London 711 buywrs 7H seller) Jan./Mar. 7% do 8 do Anl./Jure 7H do 8 A do July!'Sent. 8 do 8% do NEW YORK 15.86 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 57.620 tons Liverpool 32,097 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. Dec £10.7.6 PEPPER
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  • 111 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyer* Sellers Batu Selangor 1.37% 1.42% Hong Fatt .67% .70 Jelebu .70 .72% Kuchao 1.27% 1.30 Petalings 7.25 7.75 RahmP.n Hyd. 1.17% 1.20 Raub Gold 4.95 5.05 Rantau 1.48 1.51 Taiping Cons. 1.62% 1.67% Ampat 4 0 4 6 Bangrins 22|3 23 0 Berjuntai 10 3
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  • 111 16 Penang Harbour was rracticallv ‘(ipc-'rted” ted"' fc rro’''' u ’v the first -icasicn in two v'''»»—. 5 r b>in there •ere o”er -e m th' u a rbo ’r yes -rda’ arriv"’s ‘vh oastai t' Prtrm’. Ip’lan- an’ irn’* c rG—> inlands ”en~. t”-e esterday er’ o~e n
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  • 169 16 KENNEDY CO. Sellers •40 4 6 -67 V. r-1-n-cr ""'4 1 42% 410 6 HO Fr- R 7, 2 70 -'IPbU 75 #9 9 1% •otr I ut 17 p 183 in 10 9c Kundang 3 ru t 9 6 iom -V) .55 7.30 7.65 c hp-4- 1«ll 186 I''
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  • 27 16 TIN Pera ng $109.50 per pkl Singapore $109.50 per pk 1 RUBBER P enang-Spot 27 1 8 c per 1b Singapore-Spot 27 18c per lb.
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  • 173 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampats 4(1 4 4% Berjuntais 10 0 10 9 Hitams .30 .35 Wnncr Fatts 67>.'. .70 Jelebus .67% .72% Johans .26 .28 Kamuntirgs 10 9 113 Kents 2 3 2 7% Kramats 10 3 10 9cd K. Lanjuts 17 9 18 3 Laruts 9 6
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  • 76 16 A Chinese named I>oh I I’m Yoo: was produced on Saturday in th? F;t.~ Magistrate’s Couit, Ipoh. before Mr P.F.Y. Radcliffe on a charge of re tain’ng a bicycle rcasonab’y suspecte obe stolen property. Accused claimed trial, saying he bought the bicycle fron one Keng
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  • 155 16 Reuter. Britain Would Go I o Their Aid London. Monday. “I am sure that I am i.giitly inte preting the wishes of the people of t i. country if I say that if any other pr.i of the British Commonwealth w.r? at tacked we should without
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  • 119 16 Tonight at the “Esplanade” from 8.3 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. 1. Grand March Et Cortege "I Reine De Saba.’’ Gounod. (The Queen Of Sheba). 2. Overture “King Stephan.” Beethoven. 3. Suite “Santa Claus.” Ho land. I. Toy la nd. 11. Starland. 111. On Tiptoe. Iv.— Christmas Joy.
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  • 107 16 Sanisu Smuggler Heavily Fined A fine of $lOO, in default t rigorous imprisonment waf > irr by Mr. Lim Koon Teck. Third gistrate, yesterday on a Chinese. Ewe Kee who pleaded guilt)' t 0 d l of being in possession of 10 gali" able liquor at
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  • 112 16 British Wireles-' Position Of M" Be Defined London, lO,l The position of M f official secrets came up n J cuMton in the Comn motions, one reconSll S( i Committee which ser\< ju- int lll the other the receiving 1 port of the committee f October which dealt
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  • 55 16 ACKNOAV LEDL, MEM The family of the M Ty? C -c n. eldest sun o< th i.’e JL. lye re Yoon co .1 Mis. K Y:o?. ./Cgs hank al! thoec ricn.s an. i .vcj g. LtenJed h:s funded, s.ot s. t -S. SOIO.IS. t2'C£, eara.S --Cis < endoltn.c, lent ca
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