Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 January 1939

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  • 21 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1-833 nmisiiEß iuilv x<>. 5 XCVII. SATURDAY, J ANI ARY 7, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 624 1 Counter-Allegations of Invasion Rumblings Over ‘lncident’ in Berl in Budapest, Friday. A Czechoslovakian trend mortar and machinegun were captured, according to a Hungarian news ageu\\ report Hungarian territory today, this further complicates the serious incident which is reported tc have occurred in Mukacevo where Czechoslovak
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  • 202 1 Reuter. f o.i <>n, Saturday I i: v annm.n.ed in conncctI v tti the > transl’< r which too’;. 1 -he Bmk En?l nd to the 'ce r-piulisa’ •<»». account of E X r ,j. < 11. £350 000.000 PM.OOC.OOO poi 1,11 ~p pre-in: nri the
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  • 75 1 Router. Long Conferences Berlin, Friday. Mr Montac Xorman. Governor of the Bank of England is leaving for Basle tori gbt !o artencl the coming meeting of heads f the Central Bank of various countries. ng confer-eno-s with had official.® of the Reichshank the n..d which is
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  • 464 1 Japanese Scout Planes In South Chungking. Friday. A Japanese plane extensively scouted over Southern Fukien yesterday, especially Fuching, Putien, Huian and Chungking. The Fukien Government has decided to plan evacuation o£ the population of Miffnan. including Yungchuen. Tehua and Anchi, where the inhabitants total 2.500.000 of
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  • 512 1 No Ar rangements Made For Any Work Oppoiiunities Presented” Fur Conversations f /'iidon, Friday. When Mr. d I leavo Lr\‘ ?ie on Tuesday ne v t. t l -*ev ’'l ravel Pens on tin Gddon Arrow service and f -err. P g
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  • 156 1 Jerusalem, Friday, thing a o n °t kill the prisoner in cold blood. I had nonor ciid A( 01 a,IV other Arab. I had not met him before, M, 'o kill him,” declared J. Mansell when the defence 1 avinj, pi,,
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  • 134 1 reaction from the other side.” Reuter. Berlin. Friday 4 WARNING that neither Germany nor Italy would remain inactive if an attemp was made by another country to displace the balance of strength the two sides in Spain is contained in the Official Diplomatisehe Korrespondenz. Referring
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  • 101 1 —Reuter. Two Night Club Guests Killed Paris. Friday. A disastrous fire in the fashionable, well-known Montmartre night club “Casanova’ 1 today resulted in two guests being burnt to death and two others seriously injured. Short-circuiting in the electric decorations on a Christmas tree is believed to have
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  • 2128 2 Snow-Plough in the Grand Quadrangle Queen Mary Ordered to Take Things More Easily Food Sent to Spain W hile Unemployed Parade in Piccadilly New Peer “Fed up W ith Lounge Parties” Millions for Bomb Shelters A.R.P. Trenches Becoming Useless (From Our Own
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  • 45 2 THIS MIGHT BE THE SNOWY WA S TES OF THE ARCTIC, 7 HIS MIGHT BE THE SNOWY WASTES OF THE ARCTIC, but it’s Croydon acrodrcme, lost iceek, looking deserted except for these men coming off duty to get a little toarmUi in the aerodrome buildings.
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  • 339 2 OFFICIAL STATEMENT MAbf London, Friday. In connection vdth the forthcoming enquiry into tlE’ ci r jumstances connected with the charges brought up bv r Spanish Nationalist authorities against certain British offLL in Spain, it was stated at the Foreign Office tonight that b the
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  • 348 2 Paris, Friday. THE French authorities are keeping their own counsel concernim measures to support the steps taken by the British authorities for the defence of sterling. It is generally assumed that there will be a tightening of existing measures against Exchange speculation. The
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  • 123 2 Reuter. Melbourne, Friday. A strong criticism of dictators by the novelist, Mr. H. G. Wells, who is at present visiting Australia, has incurred public censure by the Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons. In an interview, Mr. Wells had described Herr Hitler
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  • 96 2 —Reuter Paris, Friday. The belief that if Italy were to show bad faith. Mr. Chamberlain will show limself sterner than Eden is expressed in “L-e Figaro, discussing Mr. Chamberlain's visit to Rome. Describing him as a man without illusions and religiously loyal, Le Figarc
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  • 117 2 London, Dec. 23. COR the 19th time since he became Heme Secretary 19 months ago Sii ■amuel Hoare has reprieved a mar. convicted of murder. He has reprieved more than half o. hose convicted of murder during his term of office. Sentence of death passed
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    • 322 2 Cyclist's cgony with GASTRIC W j trouile Every stomach suffcrckill under- j||| stand how terrible was i Ppg ht of Mr. J. 8., whose letter is c ?ted below. When the least move ent meant torturing pain, he still d to carry on work that kept h i pedaUing along
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  • 369 3 Roosevelt Alleged To Be Planning Sanctions War Berlin, Friday. AFRESH outburst against President Roosevelt and the abandonment of the reserve hitherto noticeable in the treatment of M. Daladier’s colonial tour are features of the Berlin Press comment today. “German women and children
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  • 273 3 —Reuter. Foreign Policy Discussed Ijondon, Friday. In the course of a three-hour conat Berchtesgaden Srdav Herr Hitler and Colonel Polish Foreign Minister. their respective attitudes vent of a Franco-Italian con- R-liter understands from usuallv well-mformed sources in Berlin. No information is forthcoming, how- whether any decisions were reached,
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  • 263 3 New Field For Women —In Civil Service London. Dec. 23. A NEW field for women in the Civil Service has b en opened by a decision oi Mr. Malcolm MacDonald. Secretary for the Dominions and Colonies. He announced in the House of Commons that he had decided to remove, as
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  • 88 3 Mooney To Go Free Today San Quentin, Friday. Everything points to the liberation tomorrow of Tom Mooney, former labour leader who was imprisoned in the year 1916 for allegedly throwing a bomb at a Preparedness parade in San Francisco. Reuter reports that he will be fitted with a new suit
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  • 167 3 Direct Action Now Impracticable London, Friday. The Financial News in a leader today, states that for Western Powers to intervene directly’ in China now is ob vlously impracticable. “The defence of Britain’s economic interests, however, is another matter. Wc are armed at e’l points there. Our
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  • 27 3 —Reuter. Chicago, Friday. The film actress Constance Talmadge was granted a divorce from her husband Townsend Netcher. She has twice previously been divorced. —Reuter.
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  • 82 3 Reuter. SIX ARRESTS AF I ER GUNFIGHT New York, Friday. A waterfront gun battle in the harboui .oday resulted in the arrest ot six drug traffickers and a policeman being wound in which two dozen police participated and more than fifty shot: vere fired, was the climax
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  • 54 3 New York. Dec. 22. OFX education among the 130.000 children in New Ycrk's junior hi-’b schools will continue to exclude the cts cf the manner < f mammalian reproduction. The Board cf Education as decreed it so. The new curriculum will cb'ige oaehers to instruct th:
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  • 43 3 Tokio. Friday. “Japan's new Government is not going to be Fascist,’ declared Baron Kiicharo Hiranuma the new Premier, in a Press interview today’. “I have no desire to organise a single totalitarian party or enforce national reorganisation." he said.
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  • 140 3 Reuter. Cuttack, Orissa, Friday. 1/LAJOR REGINALD BAZALGETTE, Political Agent of the Orissa States, was killed today by a mob outside the palace of the Raja of Ranpur. Mr. Bazalgette arrived in Ranpur yeserday following reports of a threatening situation following the banning
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  • 19 3 for refugees now totals £316.349. —British Wireless. London, Friday.—Lord Baldwin’s fund for refugees now totals £3l6.349.—British Wireless.
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  • 82 3 Reuter, Washington, Thursday:—Mr. Felix Frankfurter, Professor at Harvard Law School, was named Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Mr. Roosevelt in succession to Judge Cardozo, who died last July. Prof. Frankfurter, who is of Austrian-Jewish descent, is an outspoken champion
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  • 44 3 .—British Wireless. London, Friday.—An important addition has been made to the National Trust Preserves in London by the gift of Lord Beaverbrook of 73 acres of Mickerham Downs adjoining 700 acres already’ under Trust preservation restrictions at Cockshott Downs. Surrey.— British Wireless.
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  • 364 4 4 NEW record for simplicity in the marriage ceremony was set in Penang yesterday, when a young Chinese couple, scorning precedent, saved themselves the customary tuss and expense by merely announcing in a newspaper that they intended to live together as man and wile. They had the best
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  • 1054 4  -  “They Never Come Hack" By y Harold Heffernan u THF2Y never come back.” This aphorism was coined by the world of sport as an epitaph for its fa’len chami»i,,’n hut it applies cqu 1 to th? vorld of the screen. Scores of
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  • 245 4 London. Dee 23. AN almost inaudible SOS from e middle of the Indian Ocein h‘ s ag£.in flashed Frances “cursed is.an* St Paul, into the news. It came from a small trawler which 43 men, five women, a baby another children, left St.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 541 5 j; ...prans In Malaya ANS, particularly those j' Government and Municiare often accused retire to their home- :ia u, ig taken all from relumed nothing, the comparatively ]a; ies and other benefits e V receive here, it is |>y the time they have made their can go
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  • 14 5 BOYS OF LATYMER UPPER SCHOOL, HAMMERSMITH.
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  • 89 5 Th? largest in Penang and the only one of its kind along Penang’s vzaterfront, the neon light sign advertising Bayer’s chemical products, on rhe roof of the premises of Messrs. N. V. Straits Java Trading Company, was, <fter a preliminary tryout the previous jvti.in?,
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  • 144 5 Have You Re Licensed Your Car? Motor car registrations at the begin ting of this year are expected to set a record. Half-yearly tax is now due and :bout 3,500 cars are concerned. Schedules have been sent out by the Vehicles Registration Office to car iwners. It is pointed nut
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  • 173 5 Penang Shopkeeper Convicted As the resultof a raid earned out by the Detective Branch on a Chinese medicine shop in Beach-street on December 22, a middle-aged Chinese, Chong Lam Seng who stated that he was the manager of the shop, appeared before Mr. Lam Koon Tek, in
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  • 167 5 Mr. Oon Tiang Yeam’s Long Service After serving t-he Government for 3.’> years. Mr. Oon Tiang Yearn, Chief Clerk and Deputy Boarding Officer, Harbour Master's Office, will retire in a short time. Mr. Oon Tiang Yearn is at present on three months’ leave prior to retirement.
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  • 71 5 For failing to keep his register written up from January 1 to January 5 and for failing to enter the departure of one Ibrahim in the register. Teoh Pin Kang, manager of the Malayan Hotel in c y ang-street, who pleaded guilty to both charges
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  • 244 5 Sudden End To Robbery Inquiry (From Our Own Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 6. Commenting that there was insufficent evidence to commit Lim Sai. a Chinese, to trial at the Assizes, Mr. A. J. Grattan-Bellew. the first magLstrate, Kuala Lumpur convicted him after a preliminary inquiry and
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  • 236 5 iauiii Gets Four ivtoiittis Gaol (Froui uur o,vn Kuixid -xxx. -x A four ixion x-senxeixv-t: v. a.? ...x. .x u .asi mag .si. ate tAurnu Qu. rlaiu4-sk»an v xu..u. xiiOvVr v<xx u.i»tx v.m appeaxeu in cour. on a cnai’ge Oi mmng a. car v.niie imuei the
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  • 86 5 A quiet wedding was held at the Chinese Consulate, Northam Road, Penang yesterday, between Mr. Tan Kah Sue and Miss Ching Dong Haw. The ceremony, in the reformed style, was conducted by’ Mr. Y'e.ong Chi Heong, representing the Chinese Consul, while the Secretary of the Consulate.
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  • 71 5 A middle-aged Chinese woman, who 1 pleaded guilty yesterday before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court, Penang, to living on the earnings of prostitution and permitting her house to be used as a brothel, was sentenced to one day’s simple imprisonment and a fine of $5O,
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  • 37 5 boys OF LATYMER upper SCIIOOL, HAMMERSMITH, anions to belong to the Air Defence .Oadct Ccrps, are being trained at the school. Here they are assembling an engine, after df carbonising if.
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  • 275 5 Have you Examined Your new Telephone Directory Yet It's Worth Looking 'Through Telephone directories are generally the last place in which one would expect to find humour and brightness but the new Telephone Directory which has just been issued departs Irom precedent by introducing just this element, althought this year
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    • 89 5 sturdy limbs, sound bones, the happiness of 1 WHII abounding health —these are some of the gifts bestowed by famous English Food. Something a little better, sutnct^ a little different, have made Cow Gate fl pre-eminent. That is why Mothers say u There is nothing quite like Wfc- it —nothing
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 914 6 M AJESTICTr O Y A L Ma'inee Today at 3 p.m. (Reduced I rices J such beauty and danger... no <,ih.r' ma i Matinees at Reduced Prices S eVer Gary cooper in LAS'! NIGHI IO Ar atm this MICHTTFST OF THRILLS I “THE ADVENT! |{f-; HERO’S A PICTURE WITH A
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  • 1107 7 K. I Reasons For Suspending Satyagraha Hyderabad, December 23. MR. Kashinath Rao Vaidya, ex-Al. L. C., and member of the Constitutional Reforms Committee, who declared -himself sixteenth Dictator of the Hyderabad State Congress and courted arrest this evening, has issued a lengthy statement tracing the beginning
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  • 402 7 Dr. I ago re Points A Moral Santiniketan, December 23. the service held at Santiniketan annually in celebration of the 7th of Pous (Bengali month), Dr. Rabindranath Tagore said: This day is specially auspicious to us because on this very day, years ago, the spiritual founder
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  • 185 7 Congress Demands New Delhi, December 23. OINCE the election of the new officials of the Maritzburg branch of the Natal Indian Congress, many matters of interest to the Indian community have been considered at two Council meetings, and considerable progress has been made according to a report
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  • 320 7 Wardha, December 23. 441 X the West, the Renaissance and the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions were brought about in different centuries, while here they are being brought about simultaneously in the epoch-making Gandhian Era,” said Sir Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Spalding Professor, Oxford University, addressing a meeting of students
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 385 7 "Wembley park Saturday 7th. January, 1939. t.l Silver Opera: "I°' Xf TI R RACE” entertainment in Inche R. Hainan's duct ion entitled •'THE BLIND SISTER” a grand moral story i with an all star cast—supported by numerous vod-a-vi! .in of Molek's Swin.gster s directed by Inche Mohd extras to tne
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    • 129 7 E.&O. Dance Hall NIGHTLY 9.30 till midnight SATURDAY 9.30 till 1 a.m. I MUSI C BY TEDDY LONG HIS BAND SPECIALLY SELECTED HOSTESSES I ADMISSION FREE. Coupons 4 for S 1 9 for 2 i 1 I SecAeL DuclodecL! Mysore Sandal Soap II has solved ail beauty problems. It is
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    • 108 7 -~r— I ■■■lT -TTII WINDSOR '-^.T s PHONE 1355 I I ami! Mythological Masterpiece “SETHU BANDH AX* hitli M.S. MohanamhaL T.K. Kannammal, P.B. Renga<hari. O \nnajre Rao. famous comedians. Al. R. Sub'‘«nianiarn. and a great supporting cast. t > OF IX)VE HATRED. OF THE DESIRE TO EVkNGE AND OF SUPREME
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  • 495 8 Railway Official Investigating (From Ou” Own Coirespondent) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. Senior railway officers who are investigating the cause of the derailment of last night’s Penang—Kuala Lumpur express about 4 o’clock this morning near Kalumpang are, it is learned, of the opinion that it
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  • 37 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Gajah, Thursday. The funeral of the late Mr. Boota Singh, uncle of Mr. Mangal Singh, of the Staff of the Government English. School, Batu Gajah, took place this afternoon.
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  • 284 8 > i. i Great Festivities Planned Elaborate plans have been undertaken by the Chinese community in Perc’c tc celebrate th' coronation cf His Highnes ?ultan Abdul Aziz, K.C.M.G.. K.B.E C.M.G., on March 2. A mass meeting of representatives of Chinese public bodies in the State
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  • 113 8 PERAK CHINESE MINERS’ APPEAL Ar. application for an advance of tin juota rights by Perak Chinese miers has received the consideration of he Senior Inspector of Mines, F.MSS. With the tin assessments remaining inchanged for the first quarter of this ear and the approach of
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  • 174 8 <EW BUILDING NEARING COMPLETION The $150,000 building of the Perak Chinese Association at Kuala Kangsar-road, Ipoh, which is now nearng completion will probably surpass in every way any other Association buildings in the Malay States. The interior decorations of the building will soon be put in hand.
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  • 83 8 The improvement of the areas in the city of Shillong, falling within the jurisdiction of the State of Mylliem, on the lines of modern civic requirements is foreshadowed in an application made by the Chief of the Mylliem State to the Government of Assam for
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  • 485 8 SOCIAL PERSONAL Captain L. J Edwards, RN. R retired from the P and O. service on Dec 21 Professor F E. Adcock. Mr. A. J. Clark and the Rev. Brother Ryan Finan will arrive in Penang from England on Jan. 11 Three new R. A. F. officers—Flying Officers T. D.
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  • Article, Illustration
    20 8 THE LIONS looked utterly forlorn and miserable fri their wintry at Whipsnade open-M Zoo week, after heavy snowfall.
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  • 603 8 Sydney, (N.S.W.) RAVAGED for hours by a fienv blast swelling to hurricane force—7s miles an hour—Sydney and other New South Wales centres have been left with a trail of damage and destruction running into many thousands of
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  • 174 8 —Reuter. What N. Z. Import Licences Show Wellington, Thursday. Details of further import licences issued fiiow no general ban on Japanese goods. One importer reports that he has been Advised that licences are not being issued or Japanese cotton goods, English blankets, and German
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  • 395 8 In the Belgian Congo, and more particularly in the vicinity of Mombassa, towards the eastern border of the Equatorial Forest, Pygmdes may still be met with. These natives who can be distinguished by their small stature and lightcoloured skin, are still the real inhabi--BJits of the forests,
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    • 175 8 HS-& Pity the poordog that has what's ..tfive him what's ■Y*i W7W f* f Just what we have ourselves won’t do for dogs. DOGS NEED SPRATT’S and here’s the reason why: a dog has a small tummy Food must not be long inside it; therefore digestion is both sw'ift and
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  • 210 9 Penang Couple Marry By Newspaper Advertisement IDEA prompted by article IN SUNDAY GAZETTE is to inform our relatives and friends that, as our object in I life is similar, we have mutually agreed to he husband and wife as from January 7, 1939.” The above advertisement
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  • 163 9 More Hours In Air Last Year Flying times of the Perak Flying Club show a slight increase for December, and the total of 139 hrs. 20 mins, for the month enabled the club to put up a higher total for the year than in 1937. Only one
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  • 173 9 “Mean And Dirty Act,” Says Bench Found guilty of causing hurt to his wife with a dangerous weapon, a pair of scissors, at Jelapang on December 4, a Chinese taxi-driver. Phang Chong, was sentenced to six weeks’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe, First
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  • 69 9 Preparations By Ipoh Indians At a committee meeting of the Kinta Indian Association, Ipoh, held on Thursday evening it was decided to entertain Pundit H. Kunzru, the president of the Servants’ of India Society, on his visit to Ipoh on January 19 at a tea party in
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  • 300 9 Hidden Money Confiscated Alleged to have been found participating in a game of "blangkas, i Malay, Babjan bin Abdullah, and three vcmen, Meenah, Misuan and Goh Berig Choo, were produced before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court. Penang, yesterday, charged with gaming in a common
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  • 194 9 Noted Woman Artist’s Plans «From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Friday. Drawings, water colours. colour Dr; nts imm wood blocks. hthorraphs aquatints, etchings and black and white charcoal drawings of types of neoole in different parts of the world drawn by a well-known artist. Miss Amv
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  • 178 9 English-Speaking Chinese Gaoled For Theft Tan Soon Teck, a young English-speak-ing Chinese, who was convicted last week of the theft of two silver sauceboats from the house of Mr. M. S. Hay. Brook-read, on December 29, made an outburst from the dock when produced for
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  • 87 9 Costs Each 82 Fine 'brom Our Own Correspondent). Batu Gajah, Thursday. hßht ’"tween two Tamils. Pa'lani on u hRU over a ten-cent piece, after Gajah, yesterday chare of them being C<2 momi "S- in 'h» Batu Gajah disc, r 1,;1, °h Muda Razalli with “sorderly
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  • 109 9 K<>ng u lp tter wr !!ur stated to be a vas fin ‘‘d $lOO, or in im Prisonrm nt to six wee ks’ rigorous I P°h. yest nt iv' tllC T irs t Magistrate, 'Mi without a char ge of selling Th«- Ul a
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  • 128 9 Daughters Of Mr. Leong Eng Khean The joint wedding of the two daugh- 1.. of Mr. and Mrp. Lsong Eng Khean, Miss Leong Yoke Leng and Miss Leong Chooi Leng, will take place at the Penang Buddhist Association. Anson Road, Ptnang, on Saturday, January
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  • 166 9 Perak Chinese Cables Gen. Chianji The Chinese Community in PerPk has acclaimed Mr. Wang Ching-wei’s dismissal from the Chinese National Government following the latter’s sensational statement suggesting a conclusion of peace with Japan. At a meeting of representatives of all Chinese guilds, associations and public bodies in
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  • 52 9 Sundara.m Chettiar, a bottle-dealer of Ipch, was fined $3O by the First Magistrate, Ipoh. yesterday, for dealing in secondhand goods without a licence. It was stated in evidence that the accused was found purchasing empty kerosine oil tins at Kampong China, Menglembu, the
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  • 236 9 Transport Board’s Derision Upheld The Ipoh First Magistrate, dismissed an appeal by the North Perak Motor Transport Company, Ltd., Batu Kurau, against the decision of the Chairman of the F.M.S. Transport Board in granting the appellant company only three trips daily, each way, for the Tai-oing-Ijok
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    • 948 9 Science Introduces A Startling New Discovery That is Bringing Glorious Relief to Untold Thousands of SKINNY PALE, RUN DOWN WEAK, NERVOUS. SICKLY MEN «.WOMEN! How “VIKELP,” the Amazing Mineral Concern- V KELP MUST quickly CORRECT trate from the Sea, How considered World s L, I Richest Storehouse of Life-Giving Minerals
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  • 552 10 U.S. Consumption Figure Encouraging London, December 21. SEVERAL new factors have made their appearance in the rubber world since we last wrote, and these on balance are a good deal more encouraging than the series of depressing influence that had marked the
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  • 324 10 Strong Position London, December 20 The thirty-fourth ordinary generil meeting of the Malay Rubber Planters,' Ltd., was held yesterday at 136, Victoriastreet. S.W. Mr. A. .J. Stevens. M. A. (chairman), I in the course of his address, said: The chief items that have affected our results, and
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  • 86 10 Foreign exports of tin and-in-ore being final shipments on ocean-going steamers at all Malayan ports during the month of December 1938 were:— United Kingdom 15 tons, the United States of America 1,651 tons, Continent of Europe 504 tons, British Possessions 294 tons, Japan 1,126 tons, Netherlands Indies nil,
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  • 1065 10 Synthetic Fibre Threat: Practical Steps London, December 20. HTHE threat to th? wool-growing industry offered by the > manufactured substitute is now well recognised and in fair way to being brought into perspective. It is no longer a question of a sudden menace like the waters
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  • 808 10 Sungei Puntar THE dividend of only' 2% per cent, which the Sungei Puntar Rubber Estate is distributing for the year to the end of last September contrasts rather sadly with the payment of 10 per cent, which w'as made for the preceding twelve months. The company’s 2s. stock
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  • 285 10 Singapore, Wednesday. THE following cabled synopsis from the “Trader’s” column of “Barrons,” the American National Financial Weekly is furnished by Messrs. S. E. Levy <>., Singapore: Barrons’ Weekly Index of Uiis’neM Activity is 78.0, down 0.0 from the prl. vious week. The behaviour of
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  • 128 10 The directors announce a third interim dividend on account of the current year to 31st March, 1939, of per share, payable 20th January. 1939. The 350,924 new shares of ss. each allotted on 16th September last rank for this dividend pari passu with the old shares. The
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  • 63 10 Messrs. Derrick Co., advise the folowing output for the four weeks ended 31st December 1938 of Raub Australian Gold Co., Crushing No. 541 Battery treated 4.702 tons of ore returning 1.336 ounces of bullion equivalent to 1,219 ounces 01 fin® gold. Retreatment Plant treated 6,306 tons of tailings
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  • 146 10 Dividend Of 20 Per Cent. London, December 17. The report of the board for the financial year ended 31st August. 1938, has been issued, says the Mining World, London. The profit for the period was £29,876, the total credit balance amounting to £40,182, including £lO 305 brought
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  • 281 11 INDEPENDENCE DAY IN LATVIA AT HOA TO CELEBRATE their country’s Independence Dav. Th Latvian vh°n Minister Zarine held an ’At 1’" L ’van Colony tn re’ hrate the 20th anniversary of the In j) it ona’ costume are Mme. and Ince Klints, wife t m
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  • 225 12 Sydney, December 28. Official in New South Wales are trying to form a police aviation squad of 100 men "If the Police Department had its own planes at Mascot and in central parts of the State, and its own pilots, the detection of crime
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  • 60 12 Brisbane. Three members of a wedding party travelling in a car and two pedestrians were injured when the car somersaulted. Mrs. Mary Stewart, of Mitchelton, Another of the bride, though injured, insisted on being present at the wedding, and was carried into the church on
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  • 118 12 Reuter. Dentist’s Bequest For Carillon Sydney, (N.S.W.), December 28. UNDER the will of a well-known Sydney dentist, some day the music of a carillon will welcome overseas liners when they enter the Heads of Sydney Harbour. The dentist was Mr. Wesley Holme Nolan, a bachelor, who
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  • 49 12 Sydney, December 28. AUSTRIALIA’S oldest banking institution, the Bank of New South Wales, has just completed its 121st year. Deposits entrusted to its keeping have topped the £100,000,000 for the first time in its history—a record of which the bank may justly be proud.
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  • 146 12 —Reuter. Auckland, December 28. THE first stage of a long voyage from New Zealand to South Africa began when the South African ketch-rigged auxiliary yacht Land’s End, slipped out of Auckland Harbour. It will be about a year before the Land’s End reaches its
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  • 389 12 Any person operating or installing a wireless receiving station without a valid broadcast listening station licence Is liable to a penalty which may amount to $l,OOO. Licences may be obtained al any Post Office on payment of a fee of $5 per annum. The attention of broadcast
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  • 304 12 .—Reuter. Darwin, N Territory, December 28. WIDESPREAD improvement in the control of aborigines in North Australia is expected to result by the formation of a Northern Territory “native guard.” The establishment of this force has been announced by the Minister of the Interior, Mr.
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  • 309 12 A Long. Long Trail We come today to the Arctic Circle to find an achievement unlike any other. Behind it is unknown Andrew Bahr, the little wrinkled Laplander who in 1935 finished a five years’ task. What he did was to lead 3,000 reindeer across 2,000 miles and
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  • 385 12 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR Ist Sunday After Epiphany 5.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil). 7.00 a.m. Holy Communion 8.00 a.m. Choral Eucharist Hymn? 78. 80, 81. 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Chinese) 10.30 a.m. Mattins, Psalms 47, 67. Hymps 643, 76, 79, 219. 6.00 p.m. Evensong Sermon, Psalm 18 VV
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  • 285 12 —Reuter. “Anti Australian,” Says Judge Sydney, N.S.W., December 28. THE last England-Australia cricket Test series was disfigured to some extent by the anti-Australian attitude of a large section of the London press, Mr. Justice Evatt, of the High Court of Australia, told the Sydney Morning Herald when
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  • 120 12 —Reuter. Light N.S.W., Planes May Visit Malaya Sydney, N.S.W. December 2 WHEN the Prime Minister, Chamberlain, opens new airport next year, the first to use it may be three light aerop from Sydney. As a gesture of goodwill, th»* Aero Club of New South Wales is
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  • 49 12 Auckland, December Representing a capital inv of over £250.000. the dredge in the world, has comicging at Kanieri, near Grey me u Zealand. ?e The dredge is capable ot over 100 feet below the surface Tho dredge is expected 1 500,000 cubic yards monthly
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    • 1257 12 radio radio radio raditf radio radio radio PROGRAMMES radio radio radio radio radio radio radio -■>—-—b..,. i— j PENANG r SINGAPORE ZHJ 6.08 mc/B (49.3 m. ZHP 969 mc 3 <30.96 m.) TODAY TODAY P.M. 4.45 Musical Programme and Run- 12.45 Light Orchestral Concert by ning Commentary on Penang Races,
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  • 557 13 Lalest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang AIK MAILS OUTWARD HTOPI \xn THE west I'II’EPIAL (Empire Air Mail): For r :.t Victoria Point), India, destine, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya. I’zanda, Zanzibar, Northern a, Nyasaland, South Vri< a. Gn-at Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland. i: I t:.rur 7.30
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  • 1077 13 DEPARTURES Today: FOYLEBANK for Boston, New York, Philadelphia end Baltimore via Cape of Good Hope. GLASGOW MARU for Colombo, Bombay anj Karachi. PERAK for Port Swettenham and Singapore. MATANG for Victoria Point, Renong, Kopah and Tongkah. KARAPARA for Rangoon and Calcutta. D’VAN TWIST for
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  • 83 13 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. will leave Penang at 8.30 a.m. and 9 p.m.; Ipoh 1.36 p.m. and 2.10 a.m., and
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 316 13 blue funnel line v KLV SERVICE to LONDON NO RTH CONTINENT Leave» T *-*»w* Dn- linrl-rt --HTRE Calls Antwerp Middlesboro Jan. 14 Feb. 12 Calls Marseilles Glasgow Jan. 19 Feb. 18 i s Calls Hull Gdynia Jan. 26 Feb. 22 I t X DAY SERVICE IO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE Liverpool
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    • 35 13 DODWELL-CASTLE LINE SAILINGS FOR New York, Boston and Baltimore (via Cape of Good Hope) Due Due Penang New York m.v. PENRITH CASTLE Jan. Feb. 14 24 AGENTS Tel. Nos. 568 559. Paterson Simons Co., Ltd.
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    • 694 13 PAO BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England) PORT SWETTENHAM, MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. “KARAGOLA” SAILING SUNDAY. Bth JANUARY, 1939. der For Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh, Port Governi nent Swettenham, Malacca and Singapore. London and Far East Mail Service. Outwards from London for China Japan MATA HARI’’ Jan. 13 o D Sailing Of
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    • 176 13 GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUN ARD WHITE STAR LINE HOLIDAY TRIP TO JAPAN Next Sailings from Singapore: HAKONE MARU Feb 5 HUSIMI MARU Feb 20 HAKOZAKI MARU l&ar. 5 Cheap Return Tickets to Hong Kong, Shanghai Japan, available for 2 months* TO First class Second class Hongkong $137 $lO3 Shanghai
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  • 1220 14 Final Day Of Penang Race Meeting BELOW is the programme for the fourth and last day of the Penang Turf Club’s Christmas-New Year Meeting today. The card comprises eight events three of which are for stayers, the remainder being over six furlongs. Race I—Ponies, Cl. 1,
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  • 91 14 Singapore Boxing (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, Friday. Results of tonghts boxing bouts here ire: Neil Hemchit (10.2) outpointed Fernandez (9.10) over eight three-minute rounds, in a hard contest, although there .vere no knockdowns, Frank Hill (9.0%) outpointed Baby Mendiola (8.10) over eight rounds. Tommy Currie (8.13%
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  • 136 14 RACE 1: Judith Anton Lady Luck Comma To Upset: Empress RACE 2: Monaveen Debella Hard Road To Upset: Thanks RACE 3: Harvest Festival Brawny Lad Tourniquet To Upset: Wotan RACE 4: Swift Arrow Dangerous Lover Jock Gordon To Upset: Sweet Colette R.ACE 5: Slieve Anierin Silverlaw Velocity To
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  • 118 14 The following will represent the Army against Selangor in the H.M.S. Malaya Rugby Cup final at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday January 14: Sapper Pass (R.E.), Captain C. W Maisey (R.A.M.C.), 2/Lieut. J. E. P. Pierce (R.A.), L/Cpl. Richardson (R.A M.C.). Lieut. J. S. S.
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  • 105 14 The following have been selected to represent the Coronation Youngsters against the International Youngsters o£ Butterworth, in a friendly game of soccer tomorrow at Butterworth Recreation Club ground at 5.15 p.m. sharp:— Coronation Youngsters.: H. Ahmed, 'A. Samad, A. Rahman; S. Yusoif, B. Ismail, R. Ahmed; Ma’aroff, S.
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  • 73 14 The Muslim Recreation Club will play against the Marine Sports Club at soccer today and against the Padang Party on Jan. 9. Both mathes to be payed at the Renong Ground at 5.15 p.m. M.R.C. team as follows: K. Ahamed; V. Buhari, Shaik Daud, Aflamsah, Syed Gany, Mohd.
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  • 213 14 Race I Cady Luck, Mayo; Empres. Dodd; Judith Anton, Whalan; Inventory Comma, E. Donnelly; Pratique, Tankard; Omah Boy, Ellis; Codellus, Garrard; Silver Lace, Mawi; Shoot Up Bali Girl, White; Sheila ll—. Race 2 Kuala Prince, Tankard; Th« Warrior, Dodd; Achilles, Mayo; Monaveen, Lawler; Debella, Whalan; Hard Road, White;
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  • 230 14 A splendid game of hockey played on the P.C.R.C. padang yesterday resulted in a three-one victory for the Perak Colts over the Anglo-Chinese Sehol Old Boys’ Association. Despite the rather bu;npy ground a fast pace was main tained throughout. The Colts were full value for their victory being
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  • 175 14 The Old Xaverians scored 2 —l over the Penang Colts at on the St. Xavier’s ground vf The exchanges were even from tm 1 A. C. Foley, scored a grand gou* way in the first session to give th- the lead at the
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    • 394 14 r I r OCR SAILING LIST CONTAINS COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON STEASSHIP AND AIR SERVICES I I?'»M SINGAPORE. NEW <1 SUE .11 T OIF THE PRESS A PLV OR 'OPY. TEE AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, I. C<’’ver <'.i.:v No Booking Fee. SING \PORE. EXYEASTVITExPI IV 1 V < JF >l' MEN >C
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  • 230 15 All-England Title (f rom Our Own Correspondent) London, Dec. 20. A. S. Samuel, the Malayan badminton champion, has entered tor the Eastborune lournameiiL which takes place on January 5—7. He has also entered’for the West Sussex, Hampshire and Nottingham county tournaments, as
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  • 108 15 W OMEN GOLFERS TOLD TO REBEL London, Dec. 20. ltd women members of th. < 'nib, Richmond ?,1 I'um Barton and Miss been asked to rebel ination of the club by men. received a letter Guibara. the lady captain, serious crisis” caused tain club rules. d will be discussed at
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  • 110 15 li n \rn.strcng, tl.'s world's end .setter weig.’il title h<J i, II < rente r.ng History when hi i t: tn tiiznii.idi (Mexico) in H.I a.i.nj: om.T > ligL- at Los liuth i l.iiiuari Hl. Armstrong u.ii in deli iiiLiig h.s title for
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  • 109 15 In today F A third round the unl'ifky ci’.iG in the Derby Country-Ever-tnn i ,ip tie will still have the League light t>ir but it is going to put 1 spot for the lirs. ri a year if they are knock* i‘ bv Chelsc.i at Stamford
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    19 15 BADOCK •'W 27j Aitf- l,l an tinst to ,t*« -U AustraHe took ftia huge score, sixes and 18 fOitrs.
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  • 183 15 Decause Of Smuggling And Pomposity London—Yachtsmen throughout the country are in danger of losing privileges granted to them bv th? Customs authorities if smuggling does no*, stop. Rcyal Ocean Racing Yacht Club officials, alarmed at what may happen, have .ssued a special memorandum to member::. The
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  • 74 15 It is well within the bot nds of possibility that Lord Derby’s new trainer, Walter Earl, will saddle the winner of next year’s Derby. Earl, who succeeds the late Colledge Leader, will have charge of cne of the best stables in the country. WAS A
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  • 120 15 Johannesburg, Friday. E. I Dalton, iilw hit a valuable century for South Africa in the first Test against the MC' C but was dropped in the second, returns to the side for the third Test at Durban on Jan. 20. The team, according to
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  • 466 15 Contest Should Be Arranged London. —What now, Eric Boon? His j own reply is, "1 will gladly defend my title against anyone. Let em all come. I think Dave Crowley is the best of the bunch, and as I beat him I believe I can nek
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  • 285 15 CAREER Could Have Won, But Tried To Be “Clever” London. Dec. 20. One race pricked the bubble of his whole career for George Nicoll, the flat-race jockey, who was found dead by his wife at homehome in Newmarket with an A.R.P. gas mask and a length
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  • 294 15 May Meet Louis Again New York. Although Tommy Farr has lost each of his four fights in the United States, his popularity at the American box-office is so great because of his extraordinary courage that Promoter Mike Jacobs has indicated that he would like to
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  • 64 15 IN a scrappy and uninteresting hockei match played on the Ipoh Club lowe> padang yesterday the Ipoh Police “C’ team defeated the Batu Gajah Police three-nil. The Ipoh side had the bettei of the exchanges. They led one-nil a half-time. The Ipoh eleven should have scoree more
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  • 180 15 Another U.S.A. Match Vr ith ar Admiral Mr. Charles S Howard’s Sea Biscuit, who defeated Mrs. Samuel D. Riddle’s War Admiral in the recent 15,000 match, has been acclaimed by sports writers as the outstanding horse of the year, states a message from. New York. In
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  • 99 15 There have be.en two alterations in the Penang hockey team to meet Kedah at Alor Star today, owing to the inability of Chong Foong Chin and Rashid Ghows tc play. The final team is: Abdul Kareem (1.A.); Ismail Hashim iD.A.F.C.». J. D. Lambert (P.S.C.): Abdul
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  • 86 15 THERE was an excellent turnout yesterday for the first cross-countrj practice of the Perak Harriers, held a. Ipoh. The following took part in th» practice: R. E. James, Foo Leng Slew Hock Seng, Bulwant, Singh, Guruchara Singh, Sebastian, Balachandram, Kuppusamy and Min Seng. It is decided to hold
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  • 324 16 New York. Fridav. Operators consider the present weakness of Aircraft a kind of reaction that should be expected during the formation of a definite programme, and that the swings, both up and down. are likely sometimes in such a highly* speculative situation. In view of the ultimate
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  • 109 16 <4 Prev. Today Paris I*6 21 64 1< •ft New York 4.63% 4.66% Montreal 4.68 4.63 Brussels 27.52% 27.51 Geneva 20.53% 20.61 Amsterdam 8.53 8.58 Milan 88% 88% Berlin 11.55% 11.65 Stockholm 19.42 19.42 Copenhagen 22.40 22. 40 Oslo 19.90% 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague
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  • 156 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Asams 27 6 28'3 Berjuntais 10 0 1016 B. Selangors 1.32% 1.37% Hong Fatts .70 .72% Johans .26 .28 Kramats 9'7% 10;0 Kundangs 69 7'o K. Lanjuts 167% 17j0 Kuchais 1.25 1.30 Darutk 89 9j1% London Tins 3 6 3'9 Nawng Pets .27% .30 Petalings
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  • 64 16 MORNING QUOTATIONS tin latest Penang $lll.OO Business .V.. 50 tons Singapore $lll.OO COPRA Sundried $3.55 Black Pepper $8.50 RUBBER Penang (Spot) 28c Singapore (Spot) 28c TAPIOCA Fair Seed $3.17% Medium $3.50 RICE Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6.00 No. 2 $5.80 White No. 1 $6.45 White No. 2
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  • 227 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Amal. Malay 1.50 1.65 Batu Lintang 1.07% 1.12% Brunei United .57% .65 Haytor .85 .92 Indragiri 1.15 1.22 Jex Kempas 1.75 1.82% Kuala Sidim 2.25 2.35 Mentakab .40 .45 Nyalas .65 .75 Sungei Tukang 1.00 1.05 Ulu Benut .30 .35 TIN: Ampat 3 10 J
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  • 125 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN i Buyers Setter* Batu Selangor 1.35 1.40 Hong Fatt .69 .71% Jelebu .60 .65 Lukut .57% .62% Petalings 6.90 7.15 Rahman Hyd 1.12% 1.17% Rantau 1.45 1.50 Sungei Way 1.90 1.95 Taiping Cons. 1.60 1.65 Ulu Klang .70 .75 Ampat 3)9 4 3 Kpg. Kamunting B|3
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  • 117 16 Singapore. The aizeraft “Corinna” G-AEUC from Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and N.E.I. arrived on Jan. 1 bringing Mr. D. H. Gourlay from Sydney and Dr. M. H. Knoch from Batavia. The aircraft “Champion” G-AFCT from Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and N.E.I. arrived on Jan. 3 bringing Mr. R. L. j
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