Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 December 1938

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PL'BLISHED DAILY \O. 301. Vol. XCVL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1938. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 218 1 French Naval Demonstration BUOYANCY OF PARIS BOURSE Paris. Wednesday. M. Dalauier plans to visit Tunis and Corsica the day after the close of the present Parliamentary session when the Federal Budget vote has been taken. Il is probable that M. Daladier will go
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  • 76 1 Deaths From Cold In Britain London, Wrdnesday. >n<.. is still falling throughout Britain and every form of transport is much affected. 1 ii are an hour or ninety minutes annel shipping is disorganised and vices ar? partly suspended. The p k on the roads is so bad
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  • 292 1 Steady Expansion Necessary London, Wednesday. Mi Malcolm MacDonald made an ina- mt statement on Empire settlement ft P< y, re plying to a Private Members’ on moved by Mr. J.F.E. Crowder >n urging that an early resumption i ii movement of population within the E was most
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  • 18 1 New York, Wednesday. The second trial of James Hines has now been fixed for Jan. 23.—Reuter.
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  • 68 1 Troops Called Out Ran goon. W ednesd ay. British troops called out today an p8 rolling the city in motor buses after yesterday’s civil disobedience clash between students and police in which 72 were injured. The Governor is returnin'» to Rangoon from Mandalay in view of the situation
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  • 193 1 Priceless Lesson Of The Empire London, Wednesday. In an Empire broadcast talk on •‘British Industries Fair, 1939’’—this will be repeated on Friday—Mr. Malcolm MacDonald particularly mentioned the healthy co-operation of members of the British Commonwealth of Nations. ‘There is one thing which distinguished the peoples of the
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  • 239 1 Starvation Disease Washington, Wednesday. Declaring tha f the State Department had received alarming reports of starvation and disease among civilians in Spain especially on the Republican side, Mr S inner Welles announced that the Surplus Commodit’es Corporation was prepared to provide half a million bushels
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  • 59 1 Schoolgirls Among I'he Killed London, Wedn. sday Two girls were killed on theii way to school when the village of Valls was bombed by several squadrons <>; German planes, states a Spanish pr< agency message from Barcelona. Several were wounded and a number of buildings destroyed
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  • 119 1 F.B.l. Discussions With Reich Counterpart London, Wednesday. Discussions between Relchsg”, pp Industrie... represen ing organised German industry, and the Federation of British Industries with a view to n > easing trade between the two countrie rnay be held cany n the New "’’’ear. innounees the Federation. It is
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  • 75 1 During 1938 the monthly rate of aircraft production more than doubled and has shown a marked upward trend, declared. Sir Kingsley Wood in the Commons. Asked if he could give an assurance that this greatly improved condition us>uld be further improved in 1939, Sir Kingsley Wood replied
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  • 85 1 Appointment Of New Foreign Minister Bucharest. Wednesday. A hundred and thirty former leaders of the Iron Guard of 318 who recently took the oath of loyalty to the Crown have been released, announces the Ministry of the Interior The nomination today of Grigori Gafencu as Foreign Minister in succession
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  • 960 1 London, Wednesday. Sir John Anderson in the course of a long statement in the Commons on i.nl piecaulions, with particular refet<> protection against high explosives incendiary bombs, declared that no ii would be satisfactory which provided i' ctjon only for a proportion of those
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  • 350 2 Lull On All Fronts CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME FOR SOUTH WEST CHINA Chungk.ng, Wednesday. The present lull on all fronts indicates that a storm is imminent. It is reported ,nat the Japanese nave reorganised their iorces, ana each division has been increased to 40,000 men. Heavy arms nave
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  • 193 2 Plight Of 48 French Colonists Paris, Wednesday. Forty-eight colonists in a French trawler. the lie de Bourbon, who set out from St. Malo, Brittany in May with the intention of establishing a lobster factory on the lonely volcanic island of St. Paul in the Indian Ocean halfway between
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  • 74 2 U.S. View On British Decision New York, Wednesday:—'The reimposition of British restriction on foreign lending occasions little comment in local Foreign Exchange circles where it is realised that the action is due to the uncertain outlook for sterling. In view of heavy support by the Exchange Equalisation Fund
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  • 86 2 AJany Arrests In Rebel Spain St. Jean de Luz, Wednesday. About 200 people are reported to have teen arrested at San Sebastian on suspicion of currency smuggling. There is no indication of any link between these reported arrests and those made in connection with the British diplomatic bag
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  • 79 2 The following services will be held at the Methodist Tamil Church, Sitiawan. during the Christmas and New Year seasons: 1. Christmas Service at 8.45 a.m. on December 25. The Rev. E. McGraw and Mr. M. Davasagayam will speak. 2. Watch-night Service at 10.30 p.m. on December
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  • 164 2 Defence Of Australia London. Lt. Ccm. Fletcher asked mons by what date it wL th,> station at Singapore obviate the necesa acquire capital ships. ,rali a Mr. G. H. Shakespean r Pn i would be appreciated that the public interest Xi 0Se future dispositions of 1 i 3
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  • 220 2 MR. W. R. DOWSE, Assistant Engineer, Posts and Telegraphs, has returned from Home leave. MR. C. S. KNIGHT, a former Mayor of Livingstone, Rhodesia, has arrived in Singapore from South Africa. MR. A. G. BILLING has been appointed Deputy Chief Surveyor, Singapore. The appointment is announced of
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  • 195 2 German Version For Juveniles London, Wednesday. The story of the September crisis is told tor children in the “Christmas Book of German Youth’’ issued by Baldur von Schirach, the Hitler Youth leader. After explaming the origins of the Sudeten problem /and its subsequent developments, the book states: “The
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  • 137 2 Fate Of German Political Refugee Berlin, Wednesday. Peter Forster, v.ho escaped from Buchenwald Concentration Camp in May and was yesterday nanued over to the German authorities by the Czechs, w r as sentenced to death by a special court at Weimar today. Forster, a young German Social Democrat.
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  • 118 2 Lives In Small House In Bennonsey London, Wednesday. The decision of the Labour Party on the London County Council to nominate Mrs. Eveline Lowe as chairman for the coming year means that she will be elected next March for office during the Council’s jubilee year. Mr. Lowe has
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  • 101 2 Mutual Defensive Obligations London, Wednesday. In the House of Commons today, the Premier, Mr. Chamberlain, declared that the position had been made clear in his statements when asked whether, in view of M. Bonnet’s statement that all the forces of France would immediately and spontaneously be used
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  • 57 2 Clemency For Court Tomato Thrower London, Wednesday. Frank Harrison, who pelted the judges with tomatoes in the Court of Appeal and was sentenced to six weeks for gross contempt of Court, was freed from priton after writing an apology to the judges who, in accepting the apology, to°
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  • 318 3 issue Should Not Be Evaded” .mum wtiktl' London, Wednesday. 1 O.MMENTING on yesterday’s debate on Sir John An- ihp' n .ik T n a Ser V Ce register in th e House of Commons. he Daily Telegraph urges the necessity of having a compulsory register.
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  • 98 3 Mr. Eden On His Visit To America London, Wednesday. Mr. Anthony Eden, returned from the United States in the liner Queen Mary this morning, landing at Plymouth. Interviewed* he said that his visit was not for propaganda purposes “but it has always seemed to be
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  • 73 3 Moscow, Wednesday It is stated that the possibility ol regulating the Sovjet-Jhpanese fisheries dispute is more remote than ever, following the conversations between Mr. Togo, the Japanese Ambassador, and M. Litvinoff, the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs. The latter’s proposal for auction of all but twenty-five fishing
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  • 62 3 Paris, Wednesday.—Thousands of bottles of beer exploded in a bar in Ai mentieres today as a result of frost. Meanwhile, more than ten deaths have been reported from various parts of Fiance. Not since 1879 have Parisiens experienced such chilly weather. Soldiers returning to
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  • 66 3 Haifa. WednesdayAfter five days’ immunity from terrorism, an Arab woman was shot dead this morning in the bazaar quarter of Haifa. One Jewish supernumerary constable was killed and anothei seriously wounded last night.—Reuter. London, Wednesday:—Exchequer returns show that total ordinary revenue amounts to £472,063.905, as against
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  • 81 3 British Denial Of Participation Rangoon, Wednesday. A CATEGORICAL denial that British arms were beiirg sent to China through Burma is made in a communique issued today by the Government of Burma, which declares that of the war materials, arms and ammunition which have reached Burma
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  • 253 3 British Move No Surprise London, Wednesday The Government's decision to tighten up the embargo on foreign lending roused Foreign Exchange dealers for a brief period this morning from trfeir recent somnolence. While the city generally expected some such action by the Government and was therefore
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  • 146 3 Concession to Jews in Transfer of Capital London, Wednesday. A highly significant change has occurred in the German Government’s attitude to the transfer of Jewish assets since Dr. Schacht’s return to Berlin and she is now prepared to make a substantial concession in her original plan, according
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  • 132 3 London, Wednesday. As Britain rose shivering in a temperature of 24 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday, Air Ministry weather experts predicted a very slight '‘thaw” but affirmed that the cold spell would continue. W’hile the majority are looking forward to Christmas with the traditional cold weather, tragedies
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  • 141 3 \o Agreement Yet Reached At Lima Lima, Wednesday. ition from Argentina has hithert i vented any agreement being ;it the Pan-American Conference n the proposed declaration for pposition to nrlitary, economic ulitical aggi cssion from outside, li the United States delegation reas being of primary importance. final decision
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  • 212 3 Reply To Tokio’s Action In China London, Wednesday. rip HE Times’ Washington correspondent states that Mr. Arita’s i cent formal promise that ‘‘vast fields of commercial and economic activity” will ultimately be open to other Powers in China is by no means convincing rejoinder
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  • 83 3 Moscow, Wednesday. I- nope is now facing events, even than those of September, says 1 'unal de Moscou in an editorial de•d to Mr. Chamberlain’s policy. I. the situation were not so serious, ’hamberlain would not be forced fend the Munich Agreement so ntly. In fact
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  • 40 3 ii'scow, Wednesday: —Negotiations for Polish-Soviet trade agreement will •n in January. This follows the re- preparatory talks between the Com.ar for Foreign Trade and a repre- ntativc of the. Polish Ministry of Trade aid Industry —Reuter.'
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  • 496 4 A Committee of five has been appointed to consider and advise on traffic conditions in i cnang and Province Wellesley. If the brief phrase employed in the official notification is to be interpreted as the terms of reference, then the scope of the investigations can be as wide
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  • 1438 4 AVI VI’IOX CORRESPO\|)|. vis NEWS LETTER London, Dec. 9. QRITISH aeroplanes and aero engines dominate the Paris Aeronautical Salon, which is now in its closing days. The Royal Air Force stand, with its two eightgun fighters and models of many of the newer
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    • 355 4 I fattening kellii not fattening IMP X. T' 4r\ and makes thirst worth while z> Ww Gaymer’s the champagne of cyders 1 —adds the sparkling touch to everv XrT*^ 1 mixed drink. With meals it is mellow, < and a splendid aid to digestion. «AYM!<S THE CHAMPAGNE OF THE APPLE.
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  • 478 5 Legal Opinion r|-« flowing is the judgment m Hitam (J) delivered >i ty second Supreme ,,,-t \esterday. n appeal from the fmdlr. Chin, learned Magistlie forty-second Police ju> convicted one Wong of causing grievous rm to one Timoon with ais implement, to wit, a The assault is
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  • 323 5 CASH, SAFES &l WINE TAKEN Special Police On Duty (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Today. QPF\RATING in Singapore is a of burglars—among them are expert locksmiths who are specialists, if the\ can be so described, in cracking’ city business pre niises closed at night
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  • 273 5 Mr. H. de C. Elton, formerly an official of the F.M.S. Trade and Customs Department, has decided to settle down in Canada. He is living at 3230, Want Eighth Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia Mr. and Mi’s. Alick McKenzie, of Avochie, Rothiemay, will arrive in Singapore in the
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  • 45 5 A programme of X’mas Carols will be given by TuS L*. George’s Quartette from ZHJ Penang on Friday evening, December 23rd, at ST15 p.m. There will also be a special Cmldren s X’mas Programme on X’mas Day commencing at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 248 5 Four Of ]2 Accused Discharged Hearing was resumed in the Police <<ourl beiore Mr. A.W. Bellamy, Second Magistrate, yesterday of tne case in a h.ch twelve Indian Mohammedans are called upon to show cause why they should not be ordered to execute a bond of $50
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  • 356 5 I LETTER TO THE EDITOR j Sir, —Your Penang Road contemporary in an editorial note on the above subject suggests in its issue of the 17th instant that the leases for Bukit Goh Ipoh, Kuala Juru and Kulim Road meta! quarries lor which the Public Works Department
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  • 106 5 To Be Held In Penang On Feb. 5 The first bicycle reliability trial in Penang has been definitely fixed to be run on Sunday, Feb. 5, next year, under the auspices of the Penang Cycle Traders’ Union. The course will be from the Esplande to Ayer Itam,
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  • 49 5 SIR SHENTON THOMAS, and LADY THOMAS, recently in Singapore. A most enjoyable evening was spent, the men keenly appreciating the hospitality accorded them by His Excellency.
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  • 73 5 Flying I» oat Brings Xmas Mails hor the first time since the inception of the sen ice an Umpire flying boat made a night flight over Malaya, bringing Christmas mails for this country. I he “C oolaeigctta” left Bangkok lost night at g.ig and arrived
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  • 204 5 Help For Embryo Malayan Planters 1 From Our Own Correspondent) Ixindon. December 6. Scotsmen who secured appointments as planting assistants in Malaya need not, in future, arrive in the East entirely ignorant of Tamil, the language which they will almost certainly have to employ
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  • 32 5 has returned from leave in the K.P.M. liner Boissevain. via South Africa. MR. RUSSELL met SIR GEORGE TRIMMER while in England.
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  • 318 5 Photographer To Pay Damages To Col. Tyte (brom Our Own Correspondent.) London. Dec. 12. WELL-KXOWX ex-Malayan, Col. John Howard Tyte, formerly Inspector of Prisons, Straits Settlements, and a popular black-and-white artist under the initials “O.P.,” was awarded damages and costs in an action he brought against
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  • 19 5 Previously acknowledged $519 37 J. C. Miller, Esq. 2.00 J. D. Kemp. Esq. 25.00 $546.37
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  • 107 5 (From Our Own Correspondents London, Dec. 14. A decree offering the thanks of the University to Mr. W. W. Skeat, CapL W. Ogilvy and Mr. A. S. Haynes, “whose joint efforts have secured to the University a valuable selection of Malayan books,” was approved at
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  • 59 5 This evening at the “Esplanade” from 6.00 p. m. to 7.30 p. m. 1 March—King Cotton.—Sousa. 2 Overture—Merry Wives of Windsor. —Nicolai. 3 Suite—L’Arlesienne, No. 1—Bizet. I.—Prelude. II.—Minuefto. III. —Adagietto. IV. —Carillon. 4 Waltz- The Skaters.-—Waldteufel. 5 f ~tion—A Waltz Dream. Strauss. 6 Melody in “F”—Rubinstein. 7 Quick
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  • 43 5 Province Wellesley and Kedah, which will be held at the Chapel, in Pitt Street, Penang, tomorrow at 5 p.m.
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    • 486 6 1 I OPENING TONIGHT mFa v 1 615 9-30 an hour of fun with a laugh a minl te BOBBY HOWES nrt R R y ■BBjMIl jean JE A N G 11.1.1E J N A Riotous New Screen Partnership in a New BUCHANAN La ugh ter-Piece R <F ‘Sweet Devil’
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    • 427 6 ROYAL "«t I EVEN BETTER THAN "A YANKAfoxrifc I r* a figLticq mar, V J3 -’ft-.c K WK' i.. jWMfrW* Avenue- And ’^h Ja i you tb.-a:, a., rmod Maween O'SCLUVAN I A V WT ARNOLD I WoOIlF tW* Il frank aAk 1 1 X nS> 'I william fS I
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  • 401 7 Total Cost To Exceed 15,000,000 Guilders The Hague. Dec. 2. (kN E of the most important undertakings now being J carried out in Holland, is the construction of a big tunnel under the River Meuse, on which Rotterdam, the most important port of the Netherlands, is
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  • 826 7 London Company’s Record Of Progress Ixmdon, Dec. 7. J HERE is surprisingly lively reading in the London Passenger Transport Boar i’s annual report. This publication, which has iust appeared, is crammed ith figures of almost astronomical dimensions; those esponsible for its compilation have made
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  • 263 7 War Prisoner In Barcelona Barcelona, Dec. 7. A GRANDSON of the great French engineer, de Lesseps, builder of the Suez Canal, is a prisoner in a Barcelona gaol tor aviators. The prisoner is 23-year-olcl Count de Mora, a Franco pilot captured on the Ebro front.
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  • 160 7 Berlin, Dec. 7. IN the presence oi Herr Hitler and Field-Marshal Goering, Reich Air Minister. Germany’s first aircraft carrier. a vessel of 20,000 tons, was launched today at Kiel. She was named Graf Zeppelin bv Countess Hella von Brandenstein-Zeppelin, daughter of the airship pioneer. Field-Marshal Goering,
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  • 71 7 London, Dec. 7. IJOUSEWIVES on Scotland’s loneliest islands—the Hebrides —will soon order groceries by telephone—but the grocers will not be able to deliver their goods, possibly for days. Living in semi-primitive conditions most of the inhabitants have practically no transport facilities of any kind Grocers will
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  • 171 7 Tokio, Dec. 16. IN a small courthouse in the wincl- swept Hakodate region ot Northern Japan, two peasant women are today fighting desperately foi possession of a girl whom each one claims as her daughter. Kiyuga-san, the daughter, is a lamcus dancer in Hsinking,
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  • 91 7 Burgos, Dec. 16. DEPORTS that the Pan-American Conference at Lima may discuss the proposal that South American republics should collectively offer to mediate :*n Spain produced an unccmprimising attitud® here. It is reiterated that General Franco considers nothing but an unconditional Repub’ican surrender v’i’l enable
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  • 38 7 will spend his Christmas holidays at Cameron Highlands. He will be accompanied by MRS. POVELJ EVANS. INCHE MD. NOOR, Chief Inspector of Police. Kuala Kangs ar will act for him. —Corr.
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  • 1198 8 DISTINGUISHED GATHERING AT BERSANDING CEREMONY A LARGE and distinguished gathering was present, including the Sultans of Selangcr and Perak and Mr. Justice and Mrs. Murray-Aynsley, at the reception given yesterday by the Raja Muda of Perak and his consort on the occasion of their daughter’s
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  • 53 8 Organised by Mrs. H Oke, a Cam Party, composed of children frem the St. Nicholas Home, will go about .n a decorated P.W.D. lorry to herald in the spirit of Christmas tomorrow evening. Mr. T. S. Anthony is training the singers, and Mr. A. J. Drake had also
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  • 323 8 More Evidence Recorded r Corr. Further evidence was' rewrded 8^7 Taiping Police Com n ,n n which nine prominent Q he Taiping Litera sociation were chai ,ammg m a common gaming h*** recalled that f ollowin e formation received, the Tainin raided the Association’s
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  • 188 8 Mr. J. R. Stewart, Asst. Engineer, Publics Works Department, Krian, was entertained by the P.W.D. Staff, Krian, to a farewell dinner followed by a Malay Ronggeng on Monday last on the eve of his departure to the Graduate School of Engineering, Harvard University, U.S.A., to further
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  • 1238 8 WHO ARE RIGHTFUL HEIRS TO EUROPE'S. THRONES A T the weekly tiffin meeting of the Ipoh ,.'V Rotary Club held at the Grand Hotel yesterday afternoon the speaker of the day was Rotarian G. A. Thamsen, who spoke on “Bunk.” Rotarian Cecil Rae. the president, occupied the chair. Rn. Thamsen
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  • 252 9 Mr. Mac I )onald’s Statement (From Our Own ('->• sprndent). L :i I ■<•< .ruber 1 TX’ the Iri night n t..< 1: s Lab.. Finsbury) ■<!' r» ;>f State for the Color- woilM institute an clu L f> r the registration <\ iv
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  • 39 9 who bad pleaded jr T sday last to a charge oi t j"' Tronoh ’a pi k c w mirg in t’ T b r ulo Muda Raz?.' 1 Ill*, n r’ fault out- ”I'’ *1 i
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  • 127 9 Response To Gen. Chiang’s Call In rcsjxinsc to an appeal by uerai fiidiig Kai-shek, the i CYiang hinese Engineering Association have taken ucps to organise a Mechanics Unit to 1 sent to China for servic t’ e About 100 men have air'’' v tun
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  • 193 9 REPRESENTING RO IN rERNATlONAI. Ihe Hon. Col. Cecil Rae, B.E., who tal es a. gre .i dal r '< i ...erest .n the R< ry moxgmen*, V- to Ccj an Mime Lime in January next. Tl.e e he will represent Rotar. Inter natio al at
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  • 210 9 Careless Driver Fined $7 Charged with having driven his car in a neghgent manner, a. Chinese, Chnn Ah Bah claimed trial before Mr Lira n Teck in the Penang Middk y Detective Inspector Kay Kim Sen?, w’ o on said in evident: tha. ..;<ut
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  • 218 9 In Aid Of China Relief Fund Members o f the Perak Amateur Dramatic Association. looh will travel down to Kuala Lumpur during the Christmas holidays to stagr two charity shows in aid of the Chin" Distress Relief Fund at the Kuala Lumpur Ch'nese Assembly
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  • 402 9 Hiked From China To Penang: Illtreated At Siam 1 F yr n f Chinese student adventurers, Tjr-g o lav.-» nd Tan i’ [iss Sai Stfc-Klkiin, I intent on walking cached P«mmg c a Tuesday after Laving -i China. n«ine I/ cc uprising
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  • 172 9 Jen 1 o weeks’ rigorous o i by Mr. -<im KOv n Per.m.g Middle .'our this cnh on a young Chinese, □ng Don P > was convicted of heft oi r. c /u_' ttc iren at Cak3”.-strtv‘. on Decern ,e: 13. .Accused '•’mec; ’al. >•
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  • 54 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Tuesday. Taiping recorded 8.23 inches of rain hroughout the month of November. No rain fell on 14 days of the month. November 11 was the hottest day, when Tie maximum temperature recorded was 93 degrees, whilst the minimum recordec was 66
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  • 109 9 Coining Conference At Ipoh The 18th annual conference of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce of British Malaya will be held at the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Ipoh, on January 8 next. Two representatives of every Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Malaya will attend the
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  • 237 9 European Children’s Annual Treat (From Our Own Correspondent). Taiping, Wednesday. The Perak Club, Taipxng, was u lightfuliy decorated this afterno.i. for K the annual Christmas Party for th European children of he district. O... corner housed a realistic snow scene, com plet-e with snow man
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  • 44 9 Best-known American Woman Philanthropist New York, Wednesday:—The death ha occurred of Mrs. Finlay Shepard, 72 year-old daughter of the railway king, Mr. Jay Gould, and America’s bestknown woman philanthropist. It is estimated that she gave away £2,400,000 in her lifetime.—Reuter.
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  • 51 9 London, Wednesday.—An agreement oi the lines of the London Naval Treaty o 1936 was signed at the Foreign Office thu morning by Lord Halifax and Lord Star hope on behalf of Britain, and the Danish Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish Minis ters on behalf on their respective coun
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  • 51 9 London, Wednesday: Prince Chirasakt of Siam, the brother Prnce birabongse was married at Caxton Hall today to aMr Raja Nuprabandu, the 22-year-old daugh ter of the late Phya Raja Nuprabandln formerly Siamese Minister in London The bridegroom was accompanied at "th' Register Office by his
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  • 49 9 London, Tuesday: —The King at Buckingham Palace this morning inspected the suggested new cereitcnla! dress for the Arsiy. A party of soldiers wearing the new dr es we t to the Palace, where the Kng spent iome time looking at the uniforms. —British wireteit.
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  • 267 9 European Motorist Acquitted (From Cur Correspondent) rir- cr f< H.-. (1 n c( nv net? n e o t j •.u lefendant, Mr. A. J. Grattan-E'c-u' .’irst Mag itn.ce, Ki.iki Lu: .>:i. r.c-g. ed Mr/ D. G. Freeman/ who w. .•harged v<ith causing grieve.-.; hurt Er.
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  • 427 9 Acting British Adviser Feted 1 From Our Cwn Corresp n_e u Alor Sea. Vv e..ne_da._,. n.e Hon. Major xl. Pair; sun, wnu acted as Britisix Aa.’i er, Kedah, during tae eigii. monais Lome i-ave ox the Hon. Mr. J. D. Hall, will ._e er. ertained
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    • 27 9 1THE TRUE TONIC FOOD I Obtolnibh 9f «M Cfc—Mm —W StT— J CHOICE FLOWERS FOR X’MAS I •See!', early florists. I Plume L53 >x «9. Bishop St.,
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    • 225 9 fcW#: V-. ■FfF ISiii ‘JkH&Ik W Q jfc- jm> the Gift that reminds—and remembers Think what a ‘Kodak’ for Christmas means. To your children —a new adventure. To your friends —a lifelong store of memories. To everyone —a continual reminder of the giver. Kodak cameras cost from .75 to $165.00,
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  • 1487 10 Franc Repatriation Stimulates Selling (From Our Own Correspondent) London, December 8. TTERR Hitler and Signoi Mussolini might well be thought, -£-> from the course of events, to have entered into an unfitly agreement to demoralise London stock and share markets. For, though the investing
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  • 664 10 Lower Quota Affects Output MR. K. P. BRASH, (Chairman) presided at the nineteenth annual general meeting of the shareholders of Teluk Kruin Tin Ltd., which was held in Ipoh on Monday, December 19. Others present at the meeting were Mr. J. H. B. Will and the
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  • 140 10 10 Per Cent. For Year THE directors of Roneo, manufacturers of office equipment, etc., are resuming dividends on the ordinary shares after a lapse of seven years. A dividend of 10 per cent., less tax is to be paid for the year ended September 30. 1938. The
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  • 1082 10 Satisfactory orking Profits Disclosed TPHE Hon’ble Mr. C. L. Green, M.F.C., (Chairman) presided at th? tenth annual general meeting ef Luas Tin Dredging Ltd., which was held in Ipoh on Month v December 19. Others present were Mr. R. P. Brash. Mr. J. H.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 191 10 «s»n»r Make Y< ur I'orne SPICK AND SPAN at XMAS from 1 purchases at AURORA’S and thriwidejrangc displayed there B AUTIFJL PEIPING CARPETS and RUGS Curtain*, Casement, Cretonne and Uphol stery Materials LAMPSHADES IN ASSORTED COLOURS1AND OF VARIOUS DESIGNS AUR91A DEPT. STORE, Corner of Hij'i St. North Bridge Rd Telephone
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    • 36 10 I I ST E E I I I H I. H WINDOW FRAMD I’ I fl FRENCH DOOR' Hetc. etc. Equal to the best imported makes. st EASTERN MFC- CO. 1, River Ro#<i, Penang. •PHONE I*»*
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  • 251 12 How To Keep Hr Th p re has never been such an age of magic. Th" o’<* n’ch'mis f s arr dead and gene. and no witches ride on brooms. Wishing and vanishing cans and seven-league boots —these are all stuff and nonsense, but this age is more
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1426 12 B.B.C. service FOR FAR EAST foi’ week beginning Dec. 'neta news. Kurfuerstendam tunes. 2 1° TRANSMISSION 2 Repetition bulletin 02 p.m. to 9.15 p.m.: GSJ, GSG 2.20 Close dowiK 4.50 Ttae signal. GSF Opening. Ench Boerschel and his Band. TRANSMISSION 5 PENANG SINGAPORE b.10 Arthur Young and Reginald Fore9V5 n
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    • 209 12 BERLIN DJA 9.56 mgs (31.3 > DJB 15.20 mc|s (19.7 Li.) DJQ 15.28 mc|s (19.6 m.) DJN 9.54 mcls (31.45 m TODAY’ P.M. 12.25 Call (German. English). Gernan Folk Song. 12.30 Lively Potpourri. ’.20 News in German. 1.35 Lively '"‘otpourri (continued). 2.10 Greeting io our listeners in Australia. 2.20 News
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    • 129 12 HOLLAND PHI 17.77 mc/s (16.88 m.)_ IO DAY P.M. H.00 National nnthern and onenm, -noun cement 8.05 Daily New<- g/? •in. 8.15 Actualities. 8.35 ‘Mr Trosius.” 8.50 Report o n the dam Stocks Exchange. 9,(q roadcast for the Netherlands East Indies on behalf of the Liberal Probstant Radio Society (V.P.R.o.)
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  • 628 13 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoli And Penang AIR MAILS OUTWARD EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For (except Victoria Point), India, Ad'ii. Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya Tai -.yika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Northern r.d Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland. Kuala
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  • 991 13 In Penang Harbour DEPARTURES Today: SARPEDON for Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan. KRIAN for Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. ROHNA for Port Swettenham and Singapore. MEERKERK for Colombo, Aden. Port Said. Genoa. Antwerp, Rotterdam. Amsterdam and Hamburg. Tomorrow: NELEUS for Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and
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  • 235 13 By arrangement between the DirectorGeneral. Posts Telegraphs, Malaya and Cable Wireless Limited, Christmas Greetings telegrams may be handed in at any Telegraph Office throughout Malaya and at the Offices of Cable and Wireless Limited at Singapore, Penang and Labuan during the period December 14th to January
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  • 103 13 Mails for Europe (letters only) in time for New Year will close at Penang and Ipoh on December 23 by Imperial Airways. Mails for Australia (letters only) in time for New Year will close at Penang an j Ipoh on December 22 and
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 326 13 BLUE funnel line V WEEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT T II' CTOR Calls Marseilles Glasgow Leave# Pen* n( r Due London piOMED Calls Hull Gdynia ?3 Jan. 18 GLENAPP Antwerp Middlosboro 22 TEN BAY SERVICE iu LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE TFIRESIAS Liverpool L LLEROPHON P^ c 24 J a 27
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    • 886 13 P<& o BRITISH IND A (Incorporated in England) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. “ROHNA” SAILING THURSDAY, 22nd DECEMBER Oriental S. N. Co., under For Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh, Port r Cl H13 Majesty’s Government Swettenham, Malacca and Singapore. Far r Ea f t Mail Ser vice. S/S “BULAN” Friday Dec 23
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  • 1477 14 Programme 01 Nine Events piELOU is the full programme for the second day’s races of the Per.ang Turf Club's Christmas-New Xear Meeting io be run on Saturday, December 31. It comprises nine events. Good fields are provided and keen racing is anticipated. Ponies, Class
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  • 36 14 Recently he made the fastest century in Adelaide district cricket this season when he scored 100 in 89 minutes, and finished icit'n l'f6 in 112 minutes.
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  • 322 14 Christmas Gala Plans THE annual Christmas gala of the! Penang Swimming Club will be held next fuesday, starting at 10.30 a.m. Below are the events to be competed. 1. Childrens Race (Handicap): under} ten years old; distance, one width of pool. 2. Children's Race (Handicap): under ten
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  • 71 14 All Straits Racing Association officials have now arrived in Penang for the Penang Turf Club Xmas-New Year Meeting. They are: Major D. M. Patrickson. Official Handicapper: Mr. R. T. G. Arthur. Stipendiary Steward; Major R. Bedford, Assistant Stipendiary Steward: Mr. G.W.R. Redfearn, Official Starter, and Mr.
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  • 545 14 Ass T<> Me vl J| < Penaiw Ihe annual /cn < Badminton ;;i be held at Penan- <, 15 Lhe venu Entries for the !•'<.. n petition will have to 1, fore the draw will be j, j The following ar nual report ol the Association f>>r
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  • 31 14 F. A. Cup Kvplny Halifax London, Wednesday in their third repiay in round of th.- F. A. at ,M»nMansfield 2—1 after extia R uter ch'ster United’s ground today-
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 538 14 PENA N G TU KF CLUB XMAS/NEW YEAR FAREWELL MEETING, 1938/39 1st Day, Monday, 26th December, 1938 (Boxing Day) 2nd Dav. Saturday, 31st 'cumber, 1938 3rd Dav. Monday, 2nd muary. 4th Day, Saturday, 7th nuary, 1939 ENTRIES close at 12 o'clock Noon on Wednesday. 14th December 1938, at the *•>»”
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  • 1046 15 Today’s Fast Work On The Track JACK DRUCE BEATS RELEASE IN GOOD TRY-OUT By Tic-Tac [hough the outstation horses have still not arrived—only ai' Major I.indsay Vears’s being here—some very good were witnessed this morning, by a large crowd. Ihe outer half of the main
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  • 384 15 Fantastic Bids For Tommy Walker London, Dec. 5. English football club managers, short of “Stars,” are bidding fantastic prices for Tommy Walker, Hearts’ Scottish international Walker, one of the most bnlliant Association footballers of his time, and certainly one of the most discussed, has a remarkable
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  • 35 15 Sestriere, Wednesday. Cambridge, 1313 points, beat Oxford, 1150 points, in the annual mter-Varsity ski contest here today. P. Raddell (Cambrdge) won the downhill event in 2 min. 48 secs. Reuter.
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  • 391 15 PLAYING with better combination and making full use of the chances afforded them to score, the Penang Sports Club defeated the Penang Recreation Club 4—2 at hockey on the Esplanade yesterdaly. The winners were definitely superior and monopolised play. In the closing stages
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  • 138 15 Hard-fought Game (From Our Own Correspondent). Taiping, Wednesday. Although fielding a strong side, Taiping lost to the Punjab Regiment at hockey today on the Soldiers’ ground by the odd goal in seven. The Punjabis pressed from the start and drew first blood through Terlochan Singh. Taiping retaliated
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  • 99 15 Players Travelling Down To Singapore The following rugby players will now definitely travel to Singapore for the inter-State games: Auld; Swee Kee, Wilson, Welch (all Perak) Abbott (Selangor), Lindsay (Negri), Pestana (Penang), Foster (Perak), Pollock (Perak), Metherell (Penang), McHugh, McCall Hallam, Cameron, Miller (all Perak), Graham (Negri) and
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  • 194 15 Christmas Rugger And Hockey Matches On a Christmas holiday visit, Straits Chinese ReCreation Club hockey and rugby teams will leave Singapore today for Penang. Altogether 24 men will travel. The following will be the probable teams representing the Club at hockey and rugby during the
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  • 76 15 Members are asked to note that there •will be a ball sweep on Saturday and Monday, 24th and 26th. The January Monthly medal will be postponed to the second week in January in view of the races. The Joviallads Badminton Party, Ipoh, held their annual dinner
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  • 102 15 Selangor Chinese vs. Penang C.R.C. A team of Selangor Chinese Recreation Club tennis players will travel to Penang and meet the local C.R.C. at Victoria Green in a friendly match on Sunday, Dec. 25. Teams are: S. C. R. C.: Leong Hoe Yeng, Dr. Chua Sin
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  • 63 15 A practice game of the Penang Ladies’ Hockey Club was played on the Francis Light School ground yesterday afternoon. Many of the players down for the practice failed to turn up and a practice with ten a side took place. Newcomers on the field were Miss
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 30 15 Don’t bet in the dark I MALAYAN RACEFOR M is NOW ON SALE Back form horses and win money PRICE $1.00 *'<OM YOUR NEWSAGENT or B °X 721 PO. SINGAPORE
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    • 50 15 semi kun uiese ken tkis! ivr i A z du MAURIER LONDON THE exclusive filter tip cigarettes Special Chrlitmas Packing containing 2 fins of 50- LX SoUagMUi John Little Co. Ltd., in England) SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PENANG IPOM ISSUED BY THE MANUFACTURERS OF DU MAURIER CIGARETTES, 217 PIXZCADILLY, LONDON, W.I
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  • 135 16 midday prices PREVIOUSLY TODAY LON IX) N—(Spot) £214.2.6 £214.2.6 LONDON—(3 months) £215-5.0 £215.5.0 SINGAPORE $110.00 $109.75 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $110.00 $109.75 BUSINESS DONE 2 5 tons 25 tons COPRA—(Sundried) $3 45 $3.50 BLACK PEPPER 50 $8.50 RUBBER LONDON 8iV d 8 tVd NEW YORK 16ftC(G) SINGAPORE—(Spot) 28c 28c Jan./Mar
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  • 102 16 Prev. Toda\ Paris 177 19 64 177 7 64 New York 4.66% 4.66% Montreal 4.71 4.70% Brussels 27.68 27.65% Geneva 20.64 20.64 Amsterdam 8.58% 8.57% Milan 88% 88% Berlin 11.63% 11.62 Stockholm 19.42 19.42 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226 ***** Prague 136%
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  • 22 16 TIN Penang $100.75 per pkl. Singapore $109.75 per pkl. RUBBER Penang Spot) 2$c per lb. Singapore (Spot) 28c per lb.
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  • 146 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.32*2 1.37% Hong Fatt 70 .72% Jelebu .62% .67% Kuchai 1.25 1.30 Lukut .60 65 Mam ba u .50 .55 Petalings 6.75 7.00 Puteh .92% .97% Rahman Hyd 1.12% 1.15 Rantau 1.43 1.46 Taiping Cons. 1.60 1.62% Berjuntai 9 9 10 3
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  • 249 16 New York, Wednesday. Electric output is at a new high with 5.9 per cent, over 1937. Car loadings are estimated to decline to the neighbourhood of 600.000. News otherwise is generally featureless. Market action today while displaying the firm undertone previously noted tends to suggest selling influences
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 825 16 BANKS HONG KONG AND A NEW SHVXCIIAI BANKING corporation. SAFE DEPOSIT (Incorporated in the Colony of Hongkong The liability of members is limited to th* extent and in manner prescribed b; V Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony Head Office:—HONG KONG. SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES -P safe keeplns 01
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    • 20 16 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS The Exchange Banks will be closed on the 26th and 27th instant which have been proclaimed public holidays.
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    • 292 16 NOTICE Government of Kelantan ELEC TRICAL DEPARTMENT Extension of closing date for Tenders for Kota Bhani and District A.C. Scheme. The firms tendering for the above Scheme are hereby notified that the closing date for Tenders is extended to 7th February. 1939. Electrical Engineer. Kelantan. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN th
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    • 821 16 I HEAD f2. BTSHOP STREET, PENANG ’PHONE 1477 t7 TELEGRAMS: “GAZ •TTE.” PENANG XT|« ""m j Singapore Offae Cecil Street, Singapore. ’Phone 5471 Tel: “Timr--. Office: 25 Java Street. ’Phone: 3683. Ipoh Office/: Brewster Office 40, 43, Fleet Street. London, EC.4. 'Phone Central London. RaUa Subscription for Pinang Gazette and
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