Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 December 1938

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 291. Vol. XCVI. SAT IRD AY. DECEMBER 10, 1938. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 650 1 PRISONER OF NO PARTY, NO MAN General Strike Communist Manoeuvre Paris, Friday A vigorous defence of his action in going to Munich with t), in itish i rime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, was made b. s rench Premier, M. Dak.dier, during the course of
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  • 134 1 I. —Reuter. Spy for a Spy, says Roosevelt Washington, Friday. URKSITENT Roosevelt stated today that he was going to ask for an i mil appropriation in order to ie situation disclosed by the ri pv trial and which is by no means ended. •Mr k
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  • 128 1 JVCXIO <Xil —Reuter. AU Out Within Five Years Berlin, Friday. itat ve circles here repeat the, a Ghetto system is being; <r the .Jews in German towns. “fted that recent restrictions movements of Jews in Berlin xt> nd to other towns and that I' 1
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  • 71 1 A STRANGE accident ocrv I Bucharest last week, wh i: a cidl racroplane crashed into the mast or the Bucharest radio station, in a fog. As the plane crashed to tie ground, the pilot was thrown out and was caught up on top of the tower.
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  • 107 1 Reuter. Cold Indifference Democracies I BRITAIN has again been asked to use her influence to stop bombing of the civil population in republican Spain by the Barcelona Government in a note handed to the Foreign Office today. The note declares, inter aha: “the Spanish people cannot
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  • 90 1 Compensation For 13 Typhoid Deaths London, Friday. The Croydon Corporation is not appealing against the High Court decision in the test action arising out of the typhoid outbreak in a borough in which fortythhee persons lost their lives. It was announced today that there were approximately
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  • 169 1 The first formal indication that the Memel Germans are resolved tc throw off Lithuanian sovereignty was given by the spokesman of Doctor Neumann’s pro-German party when he said that early m the New ear they would raise a demand for union with Germany
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  • 330 1 No One Employed to Dispose Oi Bodies Paris. Friday. ilk whether (hinge* ns exist under rhe S&lt;»vie d.-as in Pari&lt; was raised during the resumed hearing roda v .1 aga Madame Skobeline who is charged with kkl nauymg ami wiLul violence in connection with the
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  • 38 1 -Reuter. London, Friday: The Duke of Kent arrived at Croydon aerodrome by ail from Copenhagen early this afternoon or his return from Norway where he re presented the King at the funeral oi Queen Maud. -Reuter.
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  • 156 1 Reuter. Rap Over Knuckles For 1 Japan Moscow, Friday. It is learned that Soviet-Japanese negotiations for the regulation of Japanese fishing in Soviet waters has reached a dead-lock. In the course of a two-hour tion today the Japanese A-mbassador, Mr. Togo, told M. Litvinoff that the
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  • 52 1 —Reuter. Shanghai, Friday: A frank exchange of views on the present situation took place at a conference today between the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald ClarkKerr, and heads of the British Chamber of Commerce. Sir Percy Noble, Com-mander-in-Chief of the British Fleet in the Far East also
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  • 195 1 Reuter. London, Friday. “rwiHE Government will publish 20,000,000 booklets i°w precious weeks hence and then werybody will be al le to see what they think they are able to do while those disinclined to do anything can use the pages to light their cigarettes,
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  • 73 1 Reuter. London, Friday:' A party of settlers left London today en route for New South Wales. The party included 17 boys for farm work, and 14 women for domestic work and 53 boys and girls from Dr. Barnauos Homes. All are proceeding to Australia, under assisted
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  • 27 1 —Reuter. Cairo, Friday: An Egyptian Government spokesman stated today that there was no question of the Suez Canal being discussed in the forthcoming ItalianGerman talks, Reuter.
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  • 71 1 Reuter. Le Havre, Friday. Despite the seamen’s ballot in favour of continuing the strike, the liner Wisconsin and the steamer Fort de France sailed today, a number of strikers having applied for reinstatement. The strike leader, Cheduille, for whom the police have been searching has
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  • 103 1 Reuter. Hollywood, Friday. A “declaration of independence” calling upon the President, Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, to sever economic relations between the United States and Germay have been drawn up by a group of prominent film stars and cinema executives. Among those to sign the declaration at
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  • 285 2 POLITICAL INSINCERITY OF SPEECH Expression Of Anglo-Saxon Cant Berlin, Friday. An abusive personal attack on Earl Baldwin is published today in the Lokalanzeiger in connection with h’s broadcast i appeal or behalf of the Jewish refugees yesterday. The newspaper says: 4&lt; His speech is
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  • 26 2 Works Department in Shanghai.—Reuter. London. Friday:—The death occurred on December 3 of Mr. Charles Henry Godfrey, formerly head oi the Public Works Department in Shanghai.—Reuter.
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  • 130 2 Misconduct Denied London, Friday. A STATEMENT issued today by the Colonial Office respecting Palestine states: “His Majesty’s Government has already emphatically denied the accusations of systematic misconduct and brutality alleged in certain sections of the foreign Press against British troops and police in Palestine. The allegations
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  • 253 2 sympathy than in* South Africa.” —Reuter. Mr. Pirow’s Denial London, Friday. AN emphatical denial that he -ever had a colonial mission either officially or privately was made by the South African Minister for Defence, Mr. O. Pirow, today. Nowhere did he discover any desire to regard
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  • 109 2 p—Reuter. London, Friday. The general council of the Trades Union Congress met in London yesterday in rnswer to a special summons to consider a letter fiom the Minister for Labour Inviting the council’s assistance in defining the key occupations from which persons over a certain age could
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  • 152 2 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Sir, I gratefully acknowledge the following donations for Christmas at The Convent: Mr. G.W. Patton $lO.OO, ‘‘Two No Trumps” $5.00, “1.G.A.F.” $5.00, “R. A.G.” $3.00, “Bukit” $lO.OO, “R.W.L.” $2.00, “Anon” $5.00, Mr. C.G. Boutcher $lO.OO, Mr. J.H. Woods $5.00, Mr. S. L.
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  • 92 2 .—Reuter. New York, Friday. MAYOR Lil Guardia has received a note threatening him with death if he continues to attack the German Nazi party. The note, which was posted in suburban New York, was s gned with a swastika. It sta ed: “You get this if
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  • 40 2 —Reuter. London, Friday:—The death has occurred of Charles Booth, chairman of Alfred Booth and Co., Ltd., and of the Booth Steamship Co.. Ltd. He fell from the third floor of a window in I/mdon and was instantly killed.—Reuter.
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  • 48 2 Reuter. Jerusalem, Thursday:—Proclaiming ‘‘the principle of free trade or none at all,” Brigadier Wetherall, Military Commander of Southern Palestine, announced today: “Unless within a fortnight interference with all forms of traffic ceases, I shall close the port of Jaffa for such periods as I see fit.” —Reuter.
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  • 235 2 —Reuter. London, Friday. The case in which three persons named Dennis Corrigan, Frederick Willing and James Willing are charged with defraud.ng the manager of a Paris armaments firm was resumed today. All three defendants were committed for trial. Bail was
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  • 93 2 —Reuter. Tokyo, Thursday:—The Foreign Minister told the British Ambassador today that the principle of £Open Door” and equal opportunity in China may have to be revised in the light of the new situation. He added that no conflict would arise if the Powers adopt an
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  • 79 2 .—Reuter. Reidsville, Georgia, Friday. A White man who was to have been electrocuted with six Negroes in the State prison here has been given a month’s respite. The death of the Negroes constitutes* one of the largest wholesale executions in the United States for a long time.
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  • 91 2 Reuter. New York, Thursday:—Ambassador Nelson T. Johnson is leaving Chungking on Monday by car for Rangoon from where he will fly to London. Mr. Sumner Welles, Acting Secretary of State, announced that Mr. Johnson would assure the Chinese Government before leaving that he would not be
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  • 93 2 —Reuter. London, Friday:—The necessary credit will be included in the League of Nations’ 1939 budget for the maintenance of the present anti-epidemic work in China and the continuance of normal technical collaboration in accordance with the scheme of the Chinese Government submitted to the Assembly in
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  • 69 2 —British Wireless. London, Friday:—A steamer of 9,100 tons was launched from the Sunderland shipyard tor the Silver Line Limited, designed for the round the world, New York and Far Eastern service. A new river gunboat was launched at Southampton, ordered by the Admiralty for the Yangtse Flotilla. Two
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  • 115 2 -Reuter. Germany’s Efforts At Aryanisation’’ Gothenburg, Thursday Discussing German efforts to t-ff “Aryanisation” beyond the Reich the Foreign Minister, Mr. Sand that Swedish firms doing Germany had been informed that t w proper for them to have He added: German subsidiaries of Swe dish firms have been
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  • 102 2 ,—Reuter. Jerusalem, Friday. Another Arab “court” was surprised ft British troops near an Arab village mof Jerusalem today. The “president "ui five members of the court were (nested and many documents seized. The court was discovered by tabments of the West Yorkshire Regimen'., the 2nd Black
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  • 130 2 Army of all ranks in and the strength 245,779. -Britis I less. I London, Friday. Recruiting for the territorial reached new records last month U intake of 9,606 recruits was the best for any November since the War and a increase of 6,113 brought ff e 10
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  • 78 2 (From Our Own Corr sp l ri Delegations from Bur a !0 ,t«n« are arriving by air and nues folthe Constitution fete whu gter( j a y lowing the opening by the K io L ere ar p until December 14. Nl S h y fir «t
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  • 76 2 _Reuter. Chungking. Friday: nising the entire tjve unoccupied areas for e ol th" resistance is expected th" principal subjects for dittos-'’ &lt; preliminary conferences oP‘ n(tb prepare the agenda fo com® 1 Session of the Central Execute tec of the Kuomintang- fee i that Well-informed
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    • 177 2 a Whan"in trouble If thto woman had taker remedy for each of Cn a would have been kept ve^h^ 2 tact, she took only On y bus y' within six weeks she saw nefJlr a e. complaints fading awTv 1 planation is that all he/troiS* one common cause b ar
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  • 494 3 -jwOW much does the man-in-fl the-street in Penang know ti r t!i United States of America? V, little; in fact, it would be U exaggeration to say that proi t less than ten in a thousand define offhand the American l n? titution, the powers of the
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  • 556 3 Pullers Satisfied, Owners Pleased DR. PURCELL TO PROBE GRIEVANCES Penang streets returned to normal this morning when the ricksha pullers put an end to their two-day strike. About ?0 pullers were on the streets last night but it was not until this morning that the
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  • 360 3 “Sweating System” Condemned (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, December 8. The Malayan Governments are studying the regulation of work- ing hours in towns of other countries, but meanwhile shop assistants, tailors, cobblers and other town workers are toiling long after dark for small wages. Attention
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  • 64 3 Nazi Press Criticises Paris Speech Berlin, Friday:—“Duff-Cooper wants war.” “Insolent attack on the Fuehrer.' These are but two of many headlines revealing the indignation of the Press at the speech made by Mr. Duff-Cooper in Paris. The Nachtausgabe is particularly indignant because “the most prominent war
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  • 42 3 —Reuter. Cairo, Friday*—ln replying to the British Government’s invitation to attend the forthcoming London Palestine talks the Egyptian Government is understood to have pressed for participation of the Mufti or his delegates as a condition of its own participation. —Reuter.
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  • 263 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, November 24. THAT the University’s next Summer School on Colonial Administration will be held in 1940 is announced bv the Oxford Society in the winter number of their journal “Oxford,” published today. It is generally thought, state the Society,
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  • 81 3 Tragedy In Beach St. Sundry Shop A 12-year-old Chinese boy was killed in a shop in Beach Street yesterday afternoon as a result of a heavy sack of onions falling on him. He was working in a coffee-shop and had gone to a sundry
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  • 65 3 A Tamil coolie was admitted into the General Hospital last night with a serious wound in the side of his abdomen. It appears he was stabbed by a compatriot after a brawl in Scotland Road at 10 p.m. last night. He was taken to the Hospital by
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  • 65 3 As a result of numerous requests from the public, the Committee of the Chinese Amateur Dramatic Association has decided to issue a limited number of $1 tickets for their charity performances on Dec. 15 and 16. Tickets are obtainable at the club premises in Transfer Road between the
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  • 24 3 During the burglary at the Bata Shoe Store, Penang Road, on Nov. 28 the value of the shoes stolen exceeded $lOO.
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  • 46 3 —Reuter Paris, Thursday: Six milliard francs have returned to France since November, declared the Minister for Finance, M. Reynaud, during a sitting of the Chamber Finance Commission today. The revenue for November, he added, exceeded the estimates by 175,000,000 francs. —Reuter
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  • 53 3 In connection with the charity show which they will stage on Jan. 8 at the Lunar Hall, Wembley Park, the Penang Chinese Chin Wco Athletic Association will stage a full-dress rehearsal tomorrow at 8 a m. at the Fun and FrClic Park. The public
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  • 288 3 Rain is a great boon to the Greeks, Ait sometimes, from June to August, it icomes a nuisance. During this season is very bad for the crops, and, in addion, the number of malaria cases in ■eases. Owing to this, there is a shortage o our and a
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  • 62 3 The wedding will take place on Sunday, Deer. 18, at 1 p.m. of Mr. Lee Thean Chin, third son of Mi-. Lee Tian Siew, to Miss Yap Lian Thye, second daughter of Mr. Yap Chow Chong, at the Kong Hock Keong Temple Hall, Penang. A reception
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  • 78 3 A large crowd turned up at the Elysee Cabaret last night to do their bit towards the Poppy Day Fund. The gross proceeds of dance coupons were donated to the fund and the total amount realised last night was $ll2. Spot, lucky hostesses and balloon dances
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  • 45 3 |NLY 3ft Ilin, tall and weighing a trifle more than four stones, H. P. V. Massey, Balliol undergraduate, is the cox of Oxford University Trial Eight A Crew. A seat to fit him had to be built specially in the boat.
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  • 125 3 Europeans Wanted By Singapore Police (Fiam Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Friday. TWO Europeans are wanted by the Singapore police in connection with an alleged theft from a Jewish shop proprietor in Change Alley yesterday. After bargaining for an article one European, it is stated, presented a
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1096 4 Everybody’s Laughing At The Season's Funniest Show M ATT NIFF’S Drttwin Z Packed Houses |J A TODAY: 3 SHOWS 1 V, zV'l/ud? 11.30 a.m. 6.15 9.30 p.m. rpwp ’ES F &gt; MAJESTIC Ji x rhe Famous Tmfay «r H. 30 a.m. TODAY 3.00 6.15 CRAZY GANG’S Al IS Bl II
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  • 336 5 Endowment Of Faculty Guaranteed (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Friday. I hinesc finaiHial support I or a f Diversity in Singapore promised to the McLean Commission on Higher Education before the\ left foi England last week. They were informed that M veral representative Sin gapore Chinese
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  • 313 5 Double Sale Of House Alleged IJEIoRE Mr. A. W. Bellamy, Second Police Magistrate yesterday, an old Nilay woman, Sarah Bee, was charged :‘h cheating a young Malay woman. uinti Kachi Mydin of $2OO, by selling h&lt; i house to her after she had sold it to
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  • 356 5 Accused Unrepentant I HAD hoped to hear from your lips some expression of regret’’ said Mr. A. W. Bellamy, Second Police Magistrate, yesterday to a Eurasian, C. R. Cortez when the latter said that he had nothing to say after he had pleaded guilty to dishonestly
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  • 93 5 Costly Dice Game (From Our Own Correspondent.» Bukit Mertajam, Thursday. Malays, aged from 20 to 60. were produced before Air. Dohoo at the Police Court this morning to answer a charge of playing dice at Golden Grove Estate, Bukit T-engah. on December 7. Mr. Dale, prosecuting, said
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  • 142 5 THE company Efficiency Shield for all companies of the 3rd Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force (P P. W. V. C.) was won this year by the “G” (Malay) Company. Province Wellesley for the first time since its inception, with an average of 84.28 per cent.
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  • 45 5 The Scottish herring season is nearly over and the fishing fleets are making their way to .East Anglia ior the season there. Here is an Aberdeen fisher girl wit 1 sonic of the last of the seas t i’s catch
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  • 143 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday. A NET profit of $683,420 for the year ended September is reported by Weame Brothers. This compares with $806,923 in the preceding year. An interim dividend of five per cent, was paid and, as already announced, the
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  • 146 5 Chettiars Fined (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bukit Mertajam, Thursday. SEVEN Chettiars, six Malays and two Chinese were produced before Mr. Stewart, the Butterworth Assistant District Officer, at the Bukit Mertajam police court this morning for failing to plant padi in their bendangs. Mr. Dohoo, Bukit Mertajam
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  • 124 5 a committee meeting *of the Perak Chinese Rel’ef Fund held recently, it has been decided to publish a Chinese magazine containing articles touching on the Relief Fund. The publication will be in the nature of a special New Year issue and will be dated
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  • 448 5 Crown Appeals Against Acquittal Leong Boon Swee alias Wong Boon Swee, against whom a warrant was issued by the Supreme Court on the application of Crown Counsel on Monday, was yesterday produced before Mr. Justice Howes. Accused who was charged in the Police Court with criminal
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  • 254 5 Illegal Gratification Charge SUMMONED on a charge of offering an illegal gratification of $lOO to Mr. N. Appan, Assistant Controller of Labour, Ipoh, on October 14, a Tamil tindau named Sinnapan was produced in the Ipoii First Magistrate’s court yesterday before Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe.
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  • 69 5 Batu Gajah, Friday. I cannot show any leniency toward? you as there are too many cases of cattle straying in prohibited areas.” said Enche Ibrahim in the Batu Gajah Court yesterday morning, when he fined three Punjabis for allowing cattle to stray. Mehar Singh was fined $lO,
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  • 787 6 China Welcomes Export Guarantees Bill London, Friday. THE Export Guarantees Bill, which was introduced and read for the first time in the House of Commons yesterday, is welcomed in Chinese and Far Eastern circles as opening the door for assistance in various schemes of development in
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  • 72 6 Reuter. Berlin, Friday:—“Our home country shall be ir?-' again,” declared Dr. Neu mann, leader of the German Memellan ?rs r. dressing electors pr°paratc"y t* the Meme! elections on Sunday. He .dded: “We want to show the wcr’ that it is possible to let the Reich be
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  • 62 6 —Reuter. Tokyo. Friday:—Japanese imports of jtton piecegoods in the eleven months, January to November, this year show a fall of 52 \6SS bOO square yards, or 21. S er cent., com ared with the same period last year. The total value was about £10.200.000, or
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  • 37 6 Reuter. Co mbra, Portugal. Friday:—Damage estimated at £240.000 to property, mostly iw ied by British companies, was caused by a file today which destroyed a w-hole block of buildings. Seventy, mostly f&gt; emen, were injured.— Reuter.
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  • 803 6 Great Interest Aroused In Europe London, Friday. The significance tor Europe oi the Pan-Ameiican Congress opening at Lima today is indicated by the interest of the newspapers in the proceedings. Special articles m the British Press discuss alleged efforts on the part ot Germany, Italy and Japan
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  • 53 6 Reuter. Now Y »k, Frifa. T HE ment has agreements Ulid r $25,000,000 worth f K Plated oU win be Germans j n im -u lo i patch I rom Mexico City Th dispatch add./,'. understood that ih e pti works out at consider* below the
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  • 646 7 HIGHER LIVING STANDARD IS COMMON AIM OF NATIONS Geneva, Dec. 1. lot, judged from the larder and the wardrobe, 1 is, on the whole, better than before the war. From the Italian peasant to the unemployed artisan in Britain’s depression areas, life is
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  • 61 7 Hollywood, Dec. 1. GILBERT ADRIAN, famous Hollywood dress designer, was asked recently if he is to marry Janet Gaynor. “We won’t stage a surprise elopement—we’ll give 48 hours’ notice to the world,” he replied. There have been many rumours that they were to marry, but this is
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  • 276 7 Batu Gajah Function (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Gajah, Friday. MR. A. L. BIRSE, District Officer, Kinta, paid a visit to the three St. Joseph Schools in Batu Gajah yesterday morning. On arrival at the school grounds abaut 9 a.m. he was met by the manager
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  • 184 7 London, Dec 1. THE War Office has no objection tc the use of lipstick by members of the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service. “It is a matter for the discretion of local commanders,” said the War Office. “We have laid down the correct dres? to be worn, but
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  • 102 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. Friday. AN INDIAN Mohammedan named Bantu appeared before Raja Salim M.C.S., the Taiping magistrate, to answer the charge of enticing away one Bhani. the wife of Harnam Singh. The complainant’s name was called in court, but there was no response. Later a
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  • 76 7 Lorry-driver Fined (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Friday. For failing to stop his lorry when ordered to by a traffic constable on duty in Asam Kumbang Road, a Penang Chinese lorry-driver named Loh Hin Chong waii tliis mbming fhicti J 5 in the Taipiiig SUpecjcr
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  • 222 7 Reduction Of Capital A petition for the reduction of the capita] of Larut Tin Fields Ltd. and Reduced came up for hearing 1 beford the Hon. Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley in the Perak Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. J.H.B. Will, appearing on behalf f the petitioners, stated that
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  • 35 7 LEPROSY LEUCODORMA Acute or chronic, whateve’ extens v and however long star d ng, curec radically and permanently in four week Many testimonials received. Particula r an request, Kamal a Works (P) Panchpota, Bengal, India.
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  • 442 8 ”JT may be suggested that a reform will be brought about by the conceited action of employers, but experience has shown this to be impossible, for there are black sheep in all trades who will attempt to profit brothers closing their shops early.” In these words Mr.
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  • 1259 8 By A Special Correspondent Sendees Notes ANOTHER destroyer has been selected for service at the Singapore naval base. H.M.S. Stronghold, latterly employed as tender to the aircraft carrier Furious, Home Fleet. The Strc nghold—veil named tor service at Singapore— is ot th:
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 270 9 No Modifications Contemplated REPLY IN COMMONS BY MR. MacDONALD (From Our Own Correspondent) London, November 2.3. rpHAT no modifications of the boundaries of Malaya’s National Park in Pahang were contemplated Mas the substance of a reply given by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Malcolm
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  • 377 9 ••(Ir.uard Italy.” Shout Students Rome, Friday. UllOl TING “Onward. Italy,” &gt; an excited group of stu(l !t attempted to stage demon* lions this morning outside the Palazzo Venezia. rs“d by police the students re- in a nearby square and. re- by more undergraduates, ati to march to
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  • 686 9 Exhibition Of Pupils’ Work aial prize-giving and exhibition nildren’s work for the year was t “ensionnat Notre Dame, Cameron 1 fids. on Thursday. i'i four o'clock the paients were invisit the exhibitions of handwork, nd needlework. The little ones’ plasticine and cane-work de- d everyone. The
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  • 146 9 Dead Man's Mistress Sought By Police The tody of a Clrnese -was 'foun: a hut Smutch on Thursday afternoon and the discovery was reported to. the police. It is now ascertained that it is apparently a case of murder, thought to ave been committed alout five
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  • 95 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) ’pXJLLOWTNG a settlement between the I managing director of the Happy World amusement park, Mr. George' E. Lee and the dance-hostesses employed at the Happy World cabaret, the cabaret will repoen on Thursday next. Mr. Lee is paying the w:ges, owing to the girls
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  • 538 9 Among visitors staying at the Grand Hotel, Ipob, are MESSRS. F. E. BLANC. V. B. CLANSEN and R. M. YULE. MR. U. P. MADHAVAN, of the staff of the Electrical Department, Ipob, L&lt;? leaving for India in a few days on four months’ leave. There was a
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  • 1076 10 A cute Controversy In London MOST UNJUSTIFIABLE AND UNFAIR DECISION (From Our Own Correspondent) London, November 30. ACUTE and bitter controversy over the International Rubber Regulation Committee’s decision to increase the export quota to 50 per cen t. of standard for
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  • 54 10 Report for year ended September 30 sows profit, less Eastern staff commission of £1,222, at £23.*73 (£3L450); dividend 1 -ocr cert. ver cent.): to gexera! (™ti) XSC7V6 for U£iUOr. xS.COj ferw’iiX. x-L.926 Crop, *.it sTJiag price, “er (8.45 d.j. &lt; x!fc Meeting, 5 and 7 Eastcheap,
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  • 1547 10 Tin Producers’ Association Replies To Mr. C. V. Thomas (From Our Own Correspondent) London, November 30. THE bitter controversy over the alleged unfair treatment of Malayan producers under the International Tin Restriction scheme has been carried a stage further today by the publication in
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  • 661 11 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoli And Penang SEA MAILS OUTWARD British North Borneo Mails close Ipoh 8 p.m. Friday; Kuala Lun.pur 7 p.m. Friday. Northern Sumatra Mails close Penang 4 p.m. today by s Krian (altered sailing). Singapore Mails' close Penang 4 p.m. Mondays by s
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  • 1048 11 IN PENANG HARBOUR ARRIVALS Today: SOMALI ex China and Japan. KRIAN ex Teluk Anson. Tomorrow: RUBI ex Europe, via ports. Monday, December 12: HIMALAYA MARU ex Belawan-Deli. GLENSHTEL ex United Kingdom via Suez. RUHR, ex Europe. GEN. VERSPIJCK ex LhoSeumawe, Sigli and Sabang. BATAK ex Belawan-Deli and
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  • 261 12 H onders Beyond II ond -r. II? would be a very foolish man who -aid anything was impossible today, and therefore if I talk of taking photographs in the dark you had perhaps better not laugh out loud Indeed, the possibility is accepted in theory, though five years
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  • 734 12 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Talk On Catacombs Mr. G?orge Wilson will deliver a lecture on “Early Christianity and th° Catacombs or Wednesday. Dec. 14 at 6 p.m. at the Burmah Road Hall. 154 Burmi h Road. Penmg. This lecture will be illustrated by large pictures and di?, grams. The pub’ic
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  • 44 12 i This evening at the L- s P ii ’.OO p.m to 7.30 p.m--March: Teddy O’Neal: Hullv Overture: The Arcadians. rday Selection: Sweethearts Hall costume Bal’: Waltz Medley: The &lt; Winter. Serenade: Serenade: b&lt;1933Selection: The Gold Difefe 1 Warren. pecoriw Fox Trot: Inka D'”ka
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    • 2555 12 8.8. C. Service schedule K. fVF c. ;ho-, ~t Weather reports. 1-22 Tauster BroI thers orchestra. 1.50 Hans Bund conbeginning Dec. 4: eludes the lunch music. 2.10 News TRANSMISSION 2 t Weather reports repeated. 2.20 Close 6.02 p.m. to 9.15 p.m.: GSJ, GSG and down GSF. PENANG SINGAPORE 4.50 precision
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    • 48 12 A Bright Interlude of contemporary Rhythm. 10.10 The Spotlight on Australia.... A Talk. 10.20 A Programme of Popular Classics. 10.50 News Bulletin, Copra, Mining, Wool General Cable News. 11.05 Musical Interlude. 11.20 VK2ME concludes Transmission with greetings to listeners, the Merry Mirth of the Kookaburras The National Anthem
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  • 163 13 Duchess of Kent (right) with her sister, Prkiecss Olga, e of the via, on their way to a children's party at the house of ('apt. Vi t r t i. .a „vc Square, London. (Above): Arranging a light tank in the Science in the Army
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  • 474 14 Excellent Entries Received TOTAL OF 76 HORSES AND PONIES (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Friday. EXCELLENT entries have been received for the Taiping Turf Club’s December Skye Meeting to be held here next Friday, December 16, and Saturday, December 17. A total of 76 horses
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  • 137 14 Siew Tat And Miss Stewart Champions FINAL results of the Penang Teachers’ Association badminton tournament are: Women’s Singles: winner, Miss B. Stewart; runner-up, Miss Chiu Hui Pe. Men’s Singles: winner, Keong Siew Tat; runner-up, Chuah 1. hean Choon. Women’s Doubles: winners, Miss Leong Seow Khen and Miss
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  • 238 14 Narrow Win For T. A. Europeans (From Our Cwn Correspondent.) Teluk Anson, Friday. FINE goalkeeping of R. T. frlalai and a strong defence saved the Lower Perak Indian Association's hockey eleven from a heavier defeat when they met the Lower Perak Club on the Speedy. Lower
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  • 41 14 IPOH P. T. BADMINTON Further results in the men’s open singles of the Ipoh P. and T. badminton tournament are: Lim Eng Keat bt. Wan Teh, 15—2 15—6. Charlie Toh beat P. Suppiah, walk-over. David Navarednam bt. P. Karthigasu. 15—12, 15—3.
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  • 426 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, November 30. 4 RSENAL drew their annual match with the Racing Club of France on Sunday. Owing to the fog the start of the journey by air was delayed and the Highbury players had to go straight on to
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  • 287 14 Proposal First M ad( 20 Years Ago (From Out Own Corr.. Bangkok p r j 4T an extraordinary genorai the Royal Bangkok Su eetln v decidea, by 96 votes to a- C meetings on Sundays an.f r uhr h ld in future. Sunday racing at
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  • 68 14 The following have been selected to represent the Penang Sports Club at hockey against the Indian Recreation Club on t?Esplanade next Tuesday at 5-15 p.m.:F G. Colebeck; F. G. Pooley, J. D hrbert; S. L. Stocks, F. Buchanan. Adams; C- W- Lyle, H. J.
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  • 853 15 Kedah Beaten Nine Goals To Nil Settlement Backs Give Splendid Display HOPELESSLY outclassed, Kedah went down by nine goals to nil to Penang in their inter-State hockey match on the Hutchings School ground yesterday. Despite the wide margin of defeat, the visitors put up
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  • 1404 15 A Season Of Notable Incidents London, Nov. 30. Th&lt; flat-racing season which carn p to its end at Manchester yesterday will yield a wealth of material for the historians of the Turf. It has been fruitful in raenior; ole incidents. M re than once.we have
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  • 55 15 The following will represent the Sunlight Football Team against the B. M. Young Indians Football XI in friendly game of soccer at the Railw'ay Ground, Bukit Mertajam, today at 5 p.m.: Suppiah; R. Ibrahim, D. Ibrahim; K. Narayanan, Abdul Cader (capt.), Buhari; Abdul Hamid, S. Veerapan, Suppu, Haniffa,
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  • 160 15 —Reuter. L T. A. Reject Motion London, Friday. A T the annual meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association today, Sir Samuel lloare presiding, a motion that a rule be adopted sanctioning the payment of expenses to competitors in open tournaments over a period limited to eight weeks
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  • 68 15 —Reuter. Gold Cup Snooker London, Dec. 9. At Thurston’s in the London Snooker tournament, Joe Davis made a world record break of 138 during the Gold Cup match with Alec Brown, beating his own record of 137. This was the eightyninth century break in Davis’
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    • 28 15 (woup photographs and pictures of the play of yesterday’s Inter-State hockey match between Penang and hedah, are now on sale at the Pinang ('(izette Offices., 12 Bishop Street.
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  • 131 16 MORNING PRICES PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot) £214.5.0 £214.0.0 LONDON—(3 months) £215.0.0 £213.12.6 SINGAPORE $llO.OO $110.50 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $llO.OO $110.50 BUSINESS DONE 50 tons Buyers No Sellers COPRA (S undried) $3.50 $3.50 BLACK PEPPER $8 50 $8.50 BI BBER: ‘PVC LONDON ?Hd 7fid NEW YORK 15%c(G) 15%r(G) SING APORE—(Spot) 27
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  • 374 16 LONDON. D•vember 9. |h,'i t;. &lt;x):iy’s closing middle t; •&gt;. I ..udon Stock Exchange: .«•mor nation truess otherids&lt; s’ •&lt;•&lt;! Today Rises or Fail 1944-64 1097 —5 Funding Lorn 4 p.c. 1960-90 108 —3 Wrr Loan 3*. p. 984 —2 f*&lt; I'.-m A *c. (Units) 91 —I
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  • 85 16 Reuter. Racehorse Trainer To Lord Derby London, Friday. E death has occurred of Colledge Leader, private racehorse trainer to L ord Derby, aged fifty-five, following an operation for internal trouble. Leader, who succeeded George Lambton as Lord Derby’s tra ner in 1934, was a member of a
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  • 106 16 Prev. Today Paris ***** 177 33'34 New York 4.67% 4.66 5 Montreal 4.71*4 4.70% Brussels 27.76% 27.75 Geneva 20.64% 20.62 ’"■strdam 8.59% 8.59% Milan 89 ,L 88H Berlin 11 64 11.64% Mockholm 19.41 19.41 'Mmenhagen 22.40 22.40 Os’o 19 90 19.90 Vienna 26% unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226A4 "‘r:
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  • 121 16 London. Dec. .9. RUBBER: Dull T ondon buvers 8 sellers Jan./Mar. 8 do 8 do A pl./June 8 -V do 8 N do Ju.lv 'Sent. 8% do 8% do NFW voptr 15 91 cts United Kingdom Stocks London 57,620 tons Liverpool 32,097 tons COPRA: Straits S.D.
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  • 112 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.35 1.40 Hong Fatt .69 .71 Jelebu .70 .72% Klang River 1.75 i.go Kuchr.i 1.25 1.30 Petalings 6.90 7.10 Rahman Hyd. 1.15 1.18 Rantau 1.45 1.50 Sungei Luas 1.55 1.60 Sungei Way 1.90 2.00 Taiping Cons. 1.60 1.65 Ampat 3|9 4|3 Banerins
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  • 259 16 Nevz York, Friday. Reduced volume aerain made price .hanges mc.-.’i'ngiess, for some definite 've’o-m «'nCs or news are necessary to miuat' &lt;r' c ter activity. Like action gerd -mdes uith r purely trading -k t? •r-' ind’eated in the absence of Favourable feature business news 'van"3 Barrons
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  • 178 16 RUBBER Buvers So’l*»* Ayer Panas 1.30 1.35 Bntu Lintangs 1.12% 1.15 Bassetts .50 52 Hentas 1.07% 1.12% Brogas .71 .74 Kuala Sidims 2 35 2.45 Indragiris 1.22% 1.27% I Lunas 1.60 1.70 I AXenta.kabs .40 .42% 1 Malaka Pindas 1.32% 1.37% Pajams 1.87% 1.92Jc Sungei Tukangs 1.05 1.10
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  • 154 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buvers Sellers Ampats 410 413 Ban grins 22'9 2316. Hong Fatts .63 .67 Jelebus 67 72 Johans .26 .28 Kamuntings 100 10[9 Kundangs 7.10 716 Kramats 10’1% 10'7 Jed K. Lanjuts 17|6 18!0 Kuchais 1.27% 1.32% Laruts 93 916 Lukuts .62% .67% London Tins 313 3i9 Nawng
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  • 283 16 Cheng Pbor’s Chances The annual Perak badminton championships will conchv 1. at the Ipoh Town H Hl. T.n Phor, six times winner of the sidles title, is expected to reach th; b.nx. e showed gl’njses of his od U j 1 1 week-end and elim nated two
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  • 317 16 The Perak Chines» PccreatUn Cht ylayed disanpointirgly agains- tbe Polio -ererves Et hockey yesterday on the •ome ground, losing by th: o.d goa’ 10 've in r. very scrappy game. On the run oi play th' Chinese could ave wor. but poor finishing by the
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  • 156 16 (From Our Own Correspond nt) Kuala Kan sar. Friday. IN an interesting he ckey match played on the College ground yesterday, the Malay College, local t.ockey "champions.” beat the Malays s—l. The Malays took Lt e lead early, Osman scoring. The lead v. &lt;&gt; s short-lived, however,
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  • 49 16 STOCKS SHARES LOWER London. Friday:—On th" Stock Exchange today rxrices in most groups moved quietly lover under th" lead o-gilt-edged securities, in which considerable declines weiv recorded owing to general European discuuragmg buyers. Kaffirs were on exception, being fairly well maintained. Wall Street wr*,u steady, then irreguh r. —Reuter.
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