Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 January 1939

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  • 19 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 17- Vol. XCVII. SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 383 1 MISUNDERSTOOD, HE SAYS Conducive To Real Peace And Well-being Tokio, r r day emphatic declaration that Japan’s schemes tor China d;u not in any way threaten the independence and nterests of the latter or of the foreign powers but rather the reverse was
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  • 613 1 •--Reuter. Chungking, Friday. liHE stuation is tense in SouthWestern Kwangtung, where inft- starts are expecting that any day h inpantwill start their longthreatened drive to Kwangsi. J opinion is that the invaders will N-mnine ureal river port, trom uni at Nanning, g r Parhoi on th.
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  • 67 1 —Reuter. London, Friday On the Stock Exchange today the main influence was the German developments which caused a generally easier tone in most groups under the lead of German bonds, though there wja brighter atmosphere shortly before close in the belief that the earlier marking down
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  • 34 1 PRINCE EDWARD AND I RINCESS ALEXANDRA, children u) the Duke tnui Diu.lu.sjf of Kent, arrived back in L'.ndon last i''cK fiOMi Sandrinyham, u'hc>e they sp> nt Christmas.
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  • 159 1 —Reuter Cairo. Friday. 4 sensation was caused here today when King Farouk was cheered by the congregation at the Quosoun Mosque as Khalif ot Islam. It is significant that among the congregation were the Emir Ssifol of Islam Hussein of Yeman, Emir Faisil of Saudi Arabia.
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  • 54 1 —Reuter. Panama, Friday: Schachow Kugrig, one of the four Germans arrested in the Canal zone for taking photographs, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Washington. Friday: It is authoritatively stated that the United States Army proposes to double its present force of 13,000 men in
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  • 26 1 Reuter. Paris, Friday: An Italian journalist was arrested near Mareth, South Tunis, today. The police allege that he took photographs in the prohibited area.
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  • 219 1 London, briday A N Irishman who is alleged to have had three tons of explosive sub stances" was remanded at Bow Street Police Court today. He is John Healy, 40, a furniture dealer and social club proprietor at Highgate. —Reuter, The charge against
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  • 572 1 Berlin, Friday. A LL Berlin today was trying to discover the reason for Dr. Schacht’s forced retirement from the presidency of the Reichsbank, but the secret was well kept. The first intimation that Schacht did not always get on with Hitler
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  • 110 1 —Reuter. Washington, Friday. PRESIDENT Roosevelt told reporters today that he favoured a Bill authorising an expenditure of $5,000,000 for defence improvements at Guam. He explained. however, that such improvements did not necessarily mean fortification of the island. h. The President also stressed the difference between
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  • 314 1 British Wireless. Minister’s Appeal London. Friday. Mr. R. S. Hudson. Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas Trade repeated in a speech last night his conviction that .he only way of meeting competition of the kind British industry was now en- 1 countering was co-operation within the industry itself so
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  • 270 2 London, Jan. 10. THE -nursery” of some of Britain’. 1 future statesmen is expanding. Within nine months, the Labour League of Youth has doubled it membership. More than 120 new branches have been started. It is the vigorous response of the younger generation to
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  • 53 2 In the Middle Court. Fenang, yesterday, before Mr. Lim Koon T'eck, third police magistrate, a Chinese, Tan Choon Seng w r as charged with stealing a bale of cloth belonging to Lim Yew Hong at Beachstreet on January 19. After the charge had been explained the accused was
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  • 56 2 THE IST BATT. IRISH GUARDS arrived in London last week from Egypt, after two years’ service in the Near East. On their inarch through the City to the Tower of London, the Lord Mayor took the salute as they passed the Mansion House- The Irish
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  • 254 2 Exchanged Sea For An Air Career FIRST FLIGHT IN JUNE London, Jan. 8. THIRTY-THREE years ago a boy was born in Dun Laoghaire (Kingstown), County Dublin, his father a sea captain. Today he is Captain J. C. Kelly Rogers, one of Imperial Airways’ crack
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  • 77 2 Seah Kim Leong, manager of the Wah Keow Hotel in Transfer-road. Penanv, was charged before Mr. Lim Koon Teck. Third Magistrate, yesterday, with failing to require persons staying at his hotel to furnish him with signed statements, and secondly with failing to enter on arrival the
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  • 79 2 The following new books have been received at the Library:— Blackie’s Children’s Annual. Boy’s Own. Annual (Vol. 60. 1937-33), Edited by R. Harding. Chums Annual 1939. The Girl’s Own Annual (Vol. 59), Edited by Gladys M. Spratt. My America, by Louis Adamic. My Friends, the
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  • 580 2 NEW MORAL I STANDARDS I’ Tokio. A JAPANESE national weakness is the “round-table’’ or syni'o: r. discussion of everything vi .he sun. from impressions of the 1 rents in China to reasons for aomestic discord. A recent “round-table,’’ convoked by the magazine “Gendai,” and attended
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  • 320 2 London, Jan in THE 200,000 people of j: shire and Cambridfr s. been so law-abiding for few months that they two pairs of white days’ holiday for their a judge, Mr. Justic H For the first time ninistraticn of Justice fr. Justice Hvmphr he Huntingd
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    • 113 2 SPEND SUNDAY i ON THE HILL SI ECI AL EXCURSION I I Ist? CLASS RETURN FARE AND LUNCH, TEA AND DINNER AT J THE CRAG HOTEL TICKETS ON SALE AT j PENANG HILL RAILWAY i I LAST TRAIN DOWN 10.45 P. M. j n ste e l WINDOW FRAMES i;
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  • 801 3 nother Conference Proposed ,Geneva, Friday. i.\ nONS between the Powers to consider the rei the Chinese delegate to the League of Nations, M aoo, for financial aid for C hina and for an cm•n of aeroplanes and petrol to
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  • 98 3 hili \<>i Seen By lloosevelt ishington, Friday. R osevelt's sectmit the President i the Bill providing for in the Atlantic and t was introduced and I' dent was not necesd to support the pro■ii!" of *5.000,000 for einent 01 Guam. •id that the Govern wards the question
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  • 74 3 New York. Friday:-The Norwegian motor tanker Jaguar is reported to have broken in two in the middle of the Atlantic. A radio message states that the steamer Duala rescued the crew- of thirtyseven who clung for hours to tne two halves of the ship.
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  • 32 3 A CITY HOME IN COUNTRY STYLE is what Robert Montgomery had built for himself in Beverly Hills, patterned after the star’s farmhouse in Upper New York.
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  • 190 3 Plans For Drive On Kwangs! Chungking. Friday. Despite the present ’apanese offensive on the North River front of Kwangtung. well-informed Chinese sources maintain that the present Japanese offensive there is merely being made for the purpose of consolidating the Japanese defences of Canton before they launch their
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  • 64 3 San Juan. Puerto Rico. Friday.—Mr. Maurice Banks, an Air Ministry official, is studying the feasibility of linking up the scattered British AVest Indies by an inter-island air service. MR. A. R. ANDERSON. Assistant Superintendent in charge of the Singapore Traffic Department since 1937. is
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  • 211 3 Britain's Record Peace-time Naval Construction London. Friday. M/IR. HECTOR BY WATER, the Daily Telegraph naval exii l pert, learns that the forthcoming British naval estimates include a large amount for new construction, including battleship, cruisers and destroyers. This, added to the
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  • 81 3 .—Reuter. London, Friday ■FOLLOWING the receipt of a message stating that an attempt would be made to blow up the aerodrome buildings, no planes will be kept in the hangars at Hendon. The message was phoned at midnight by an unknown caller. using the public callbox
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  • 83 3 RUSSIA POLAND GET TOGETHER —Reuter. Series Of Trade Talks In Moscow Moscow. Thursday. Rapprochment of Soviet-Polish relations advanced another step with the arrival here of a Polish delegation of thirteen for a series of trade talks. The delegation, composed of represntatives of the Polish Government. industry and commerce, is headed
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  • 157 3 Manila. Friday. A Japanese-Filipino incident occurred yesterday afternoon at Lauyen Ikbayat.. on Luzon Island, when twenty-six Japanese subjects. probably from Formosa, alleged to have been pirating lumber, were fired on by Filipino military. One Japanese was wounoed and captured, while the others escaped to the ship, where they
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  • 169 3 London, Friday. The reply of the German Government on the su -ject Of German submarine construction has now reached London and is under examination. During the recent consultations, at which Germany intimated her intention to increase her submarine tonnage, Britain was also notified of her
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  • 461 3 Republicans INow Fighting On More Equal Terms Barcelona, Friday. A communique issued here today adlits that, the Nationalists have succeedd in advancing their lines in certain arts of the centre of the Catalan front, ut it is claimed here that they are still welve and a haltf
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  • 500 4 PUNDIT Hridayanath Kunzru has obviously been the victim of considerable misrepresentation so tar as the lot of his countrymen in Malaya is concerned. His speech at tne Town Hall last night provided clear evidence of this. This is unfortunate from several aspects not the least of which
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  • 1243 4  - An American Looks At The Challenge To Britain France BY WALTER LIPPMANN THIS article, which was written primarily for readers in f/ie United States, is reprinted from the New York Herald Tribtme ft expresses the views of an influential American observer on aspects cf the present European situation. Mr. Lippmann
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 545 5 Collection t> iORE the introduction of pnvate dust bins, two gangs of Vi .!.pal refuse collectors went r .nd the town every morning at ,k nt hours. The first gang ,u;i]|> began work at about o’clock and removed refuse I the old tubs which are still found
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  • 2081 5 Two Hour Speech At Town Hall we feel we have grievances, that is the time we; must control ourselves and realise our responsibilities, thundered Dr. Hridayanath Kunzru, Indian Liberal leader and President of the Servants of India Society, from the steps of the
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  • 637 5 HEARING was concluded yesterday in the Penang Police Court, before Mr. A. W’ Bellamy, of the preliminary inquiry into a charge of attempted robbery against two Chinese, Tan Looi and Tan Cheng Huat, who were alleged to have been two of a party of four Chinese
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  • 172 5 Mr. T.W. Carey Miss G.M. Grieve The wedding took place this morning at St. George’s Church, Penang, of Mr. Thomas William Carey, of Buntar Estate, Serdang, Kedah, eldest son of Mr. Thomas William Carey and of the late Mrs. Carey of St. Leonards, Sussex, and
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  • 207 5 Ship’s Master To Pay Heavy Fine For having given false information to the Immigration Officer regarding the strength of his crew’, N. Kalterborn, the European master of the S.S. “Fuigal,” was fined $lOO by the Penang Third Magistrate. Mr. Lim Koon Teck, in the Middle Court yesterday.
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  • 482 5 Collections To Be Made For “Dollar Debt” Fund A joint meeting of the Supervising and Executive Committees of the Penang China Distress Relief Fund, was held at 2 p..m. yesterday, at the premises of the Philomathic Union, in Acheen Street, with the President, Mr. Lau Geok
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  • 243 5 Discharge Granted But... On the application of Mr. Lim Cheng Ean before Mr. Justice Howes in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, Cheah Boon Chin, a bankrupt, was granted his discharge subject to a judgment being entered against him in the sum of $lBO. Mr. Cheng Ban said this
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  • 139 7 Revival In Migration To Australia Canberra, January, 8. Five tnousand migrants have been officially approved, since March for assisted passages from Britain to Australia. So far nearly 700 have arrived, compared with 141 for 1937. Only five per cent, however, of the applications by European
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  • 116 7 Bengal Coalition Party’s Resolution Calcutta, January 1. At the resumed meeting of the Miniserial Coalition Party today, a resolution vas adopted, reiterating the Party’s “abolute confidence in its Leader, after the Mr. A.K. Fazlul Huq. Premier, after the elusion of the two new Ministers in
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  • 239 7 j Sydney. TTALiiAN poisan g~s attacks during the Abyssinian campaign killed so many monkeys that there is a shortage of rejuvenation glands, according to a well-known Australian doctor. He is Dr. H» Leighton-Jones, who has returned here after spending nearly a year studying the
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  • 120 7 Sydney, January 8. rdty envelopes last financial year in New South Wales were £23.000,000 heavier than during the previous 12 months. According to figures issued by the Labour and Industry Department £178,--000,000 was paid in wages in 1937-38 compared with £155,000.000 in 1936-37.
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  • 115 7 Slashed By Wild Boar Brisbane, (Queensland! January <J. When he was attacked by a wild boar, which he had wounded, Apgust Taipate, 52. a Finn, of Dimulah. North Queensland, was severely injured. A cohipanion saved his life by shoot Ing the boar as it
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  • 128 7 Auckland, January 6. Baby Connell of Great Barrier (iNew Zealand) can claim the distinction of being one of the youngest fliers in the world. A few’ hours after he was born, prematurely, he was rushed to Auckland by aeroplane and placed in a temperaturecontrolled
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  • 91 7 Two Bills To Come Vp In Bihar Council Patna. Two Bills seeking the prevention of unequal marriages and Hindu bigamous marriages' respectively are likely to be moved in the ensuing session of the Bihar Legislative Council. The Bill against unequal marriages seeks to make marriages between men of
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  • 99 7 Canberra, January 8. At least £25,000 is to be spent on icniodelling and adding to “Yarralumla”, the official government house, at the capital, before the Duke and Duchess of Kent take up residence therearraiumla”, is one of the old station homes. It was converted at
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  • 110 7 Blacks Increase In Australia Canberra, January 8. Australia’s aboriginal population one of the oldest and most interesting in the world, has increased from 49,376 in 1927 to 52,835. The aborigines have been long thought a gradually disappearing race. Half-castes, one of Australia’s sociological problems, have increased from
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  • 161 7 WELLINGTON. The adoption of Thomas Bracken’s “God Defend New Zealand” as the national song of the Dominion has been recommended to the New Zealand Government by the National Centennial Council.' Thomas Bracken was a famous New Zealand poet who is best known for his poem "Not
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  • 88 7 Manuscript Given By Widow Canberra, January 8. Mrs. Rudyard Kipling has presented her late husband’s manuscript of "Five Nations” to the Australian National Library here. The work was first published in The Times in 1897, on the occasion of Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee, and includes the
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  • 617 7 Merchant Ships To Be Strengthened UNS for Australian merchant ships, new heavy coastal defence batteries and the merchanisation of the Australian Army were amongst the defence plans outlined in the House of Representatives here by the Minister for Defence, Mr. Street. A sum of £lO,OOO is
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  • 242 7 Pandit Nehru’s Address Calcutta, January 2. “I have not the shadow of a doubt that British Imperialism cannot kept us down from achieving independence today. From the long point of view of history, British Imperialism is dead.” declared Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, while addressing the All-India Students’ Conference,
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    • 110 7 Royal lieatre •r Box No. 5 A LOR STAR ’Phone 77. "mmeneing on Sunday, 22nd January Nightly Two Performance 7.00 p. m. and 9.30 p. m. Brought at Great Expense for Your Entertainment. Till. CHINA -TRAVEL CREAT OPERA OF SHANGHAI For a short season only. and see the one and
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  • 1011 8 Dr. Kunzru On Value Of Unity To Secure Right COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF LABOURERS’ PROBEMS 4 comprehensive survey of the problems of the Indian labour/v er in particular and the Indian community in general in Malaya was given by Pandit H. N. Kunzru, president
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  • 110 8 i From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. Crashing with his car into a bus while negotiating a tend 1 Il’s miles ou‘ of Kuala Lumpur, near Kajang, a young Malay, nephew of the A.D.0., Kajang. was killed instantly this
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  • 52 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Friday. A Malay woman living in Haji Kampong was struck by a falling coconut on the head when she went into her compound during the heavy rain last evening. She was picked up unconscious and removed to the hospital
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  • 211 8 An action fcr the specific performance cf an agreement cam? up for heai ng in the Perak Supreme Court yesteray before the Hon. Mr. Justice Mur-ay-Aynsiey in which the parties were first cousins. The plaintiff was Tan Yeun Guan administrator of the estate of Tan Khip 3wce,
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  • 49 8 M. Daladier’s tour of Tunisia took him to the edge of the Sahara to inspect the Mareth Line. He is with General Vuillemin (right) and General Georges, taking the .salute at the march past of troops salute at the march past of troops at Gabes.
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  • 840 8 F. M. S. Road Traffic Laws Not Fair, Says Speaker (Fron Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. ATO stone has been left unturned to suppress road transport* in 1 the Traffic Courts where the Railway administration has had the slightest possible locus,” declared Mr- E.
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  • 87 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Gajah, Thursday. A bottle of milk sold to the Sanitary Inspector resulted in Suppiah, an Indian, being charged in the Batu Gajah court this morning with having sold adulterated milk. Mr Ng Teik Swee, Sanitary Inspector, prosecuted, and stated that the milk had
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  • 241 8 280 m.p.h. Planes l n No. 36 Squad lOh (From Our Own Correspondent. Singapore Frid av Bristol Blenheim bombe r < Y bably the fastest planes of type in the world, will replace vi Vildebeeste torpedo bombe r rs Squadron at the Seletar Royal a station
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  • 117 8 Only Few Months Out Of Gaol (From Our Own Correspond nt.i Taiping, Friday. Released only a few months ago after serving a sentence for an offence against the Excise Enactment, a middle-aged Chinese named Lee Sang again took to distilling and was caught On his
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  • 112 8 Whole Work Placed On Few People (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday ■The desirability of spreading the duties of jurors over as large a number citizens as possible was stressed by Justice Horne in the Singapore Assiw Court, yesterday, when he was inform, that only 14
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  • 115 8 (From Our Own Correspouuen-) Kuala Kangsar. V ednesd “I am known to everyone m m, as a car-clean-r and (•>< and have been a resident for said Muthu, a Tamil, when chai Kua |a fore Che Ahmad bin Mahmud, u. Kangsar magistrate, with 1 !1
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  • 60 8 (From Our Own Cori’ -’P''- 11 Batu Gajah, Ow Kong, an aged iaS t pleaded guilty on M" 1 pr v a charge of theft ot m m tV duced again yesterday Batu Gajah Court before ua Razalli. thl accused His Worship sentence r go pay
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    • 419 8 STOMACHS BURNED WITH ACID —the result of neglected indigestion Nobody should neglect indigestion pains. For indigestion is a sign that, alter eating, too much acid is being made in your stomach. If you allow this to continue, more and more of this acid will be produced, more than can usefully
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  • 438 9 Need For |h |< itoiH Sentence ,(.!<> Our Own Correspondent) Singap e, Friday. '•'l'hi.s kind of offence seems to be in- and the only thing for me to pose a sentence which will be t i lent to others as well as youriared Mr. Justice Horne
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  • 227 9 Said To Have Keceived Illegal Gratification Our Own Correspondent.) Kampar, Friday. in which Doi Malay police sergeant Kampar, who was previously by the Kampar Magistrate on a an ill'gal gratification by Datoh Muda Special Magistrate at file Kampar Court. M O ’omarasamy appeared for and Mr. Devonshire,
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  • 126 9 Joss-Stick Dealer The Victim A case of armed robbery is reported to have occurred at Herriot-street, Brick Kiln-road, Penang, on Thursday night, when a Chinese joss-stick dealer, Lim Keat Hock, was the victim. At 11.30 that night, three Chinese approached him at his house stating that
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  • 157 9 Ipoh Candidates Following are the results of the Theory examination of the Trinity College of Music, London, held in Ipoh on December 3, passes being with honours unless otherwise stated:— Pupils of Mrs. D. Munro.—Higher Local: Lucy Au. 79, merit. Senior: Rita Chong; Rosemary i.un, 86;
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  • 183 9 Application For Bail Refused (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. Friday. When, the case was mentioned in which two Malay youths, Hashim and Mat Noor, were charged with robbery at Batu Kurau, Court Inspector Mohd. stated that the charge against the accused might be altered. The complainant,
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  • 97 9 Commander Alexander Due Next Month (From Our Own Correspondent) London, January 18. Commander C. C. Alexander, R. N., retired, has been appointed Commanding Officer of the Straits Settlements Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Penang Division). He has already left England by P. and O. liner and is
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  • 96 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Friday. After a lengthy hearing, a Malay named Aminuddin bin Khams, a former Government chandu clerk, was today committed by the Taiping magistrate to stand his trial at the next Perak Assizes on a charge of perjury. The accused, in the
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  • 26 9 THE DUKE D'ALBA, Franco's representative in England photographed with his daughter Tana at St. Moritz, where they are spending a winter sports holiday.
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  • 194 9 Bankruptcy Application ithonl Precedent “There has been no precedent for this application,” said Mr. T. L. Tan, Assistant Official Assignee f in the Bankruptcy Court, Penang, yesterday when making an application, before Mr. Justice Howes, for the transfer of a public examination to
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  • 371 9 Teluk Anson Court Episode (brom Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson. Thursday. An Indian labourer named Erasan was charged before Che Osman bin Ta’at, the Teluk Anson First Magistrate, yesterday morning with attempting to commit suicide on December 24. The accused was taken into custody and sent
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  • 198 9 Was It For Relief Of War V ictims Wl*ie a large crewd of Chinese were enjoying a Chinese" "play at Seh Tan-court, Penang, on Thursday night, a mild sensation was caused by the arrival of two police officers. Assistant Superintendent of Police Mr. Wiltshire and Inspector Chin
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  • 57 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batu Gajah, Thursday. Two Tamils, Rengasamy and Fonnusamy, pleaded guilty in the Batu Gajah Court this morning when charged with possession of toddy without a licence. Both the accused stated that they wanted to take the toddy home and drink at
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  • 121 9 Prague, Friday. Demonstrations have broken out in Carpatho-Ukraine (Ruthenia) against the appointment of a Czech, General Prchala, as a member of the CarpathoUkraine Cabinet. It is announced that the Ukranian Government intends to appeal to the Czech supreme constitutional court if the General is not removed, but
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  • 197 9 4 Chinese Youths Charged Raids conducted by tiie Detective Branch, Penang, in the early hours of yesterday resulted in the seizure of a large number of documents. Four young Chinese, all between the ages of 21 and 23, were taken into custody, and were produced before
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  • 175 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Friday. Mat Zaman bin Haji Mohamed Pesak, Hitam Saidin bin Mohamed and Ngah Kechik bin Uda, three Malayas who described themselves as bendang owners, appeared before Che. Ahmad bin Mahmud, the Kuala Kangsar magistrate, charged with gaming in public.
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  • 30 9 Lorida, Friday.—Calef, described as a vital junction in the Republican first line of defence before Barcelona, fell to the Natioanalist at midday today, reports Reuter.
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  • 670 10 Indo-China's Increased Rubber Producing Capacity London, January IL npVX O extremely interesting articles appear in the current issue of the Rubber Growers’ Association Bulletin one describing the prolonged negotiations which were necessary before agreement could be reached on the basic quotas incorporated in the
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  • 104 10 Decrease Exceeds Estimate London, January 10. A further fall occurred in U.K. stock; of crude rubber last week, the total of 86,205 tons being down by 483 tons. Th-’ fall is satisfactory, since it had been estimated that stocks would show only a small
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  • 63 10 Briseis Consolidated 53 *ons •59.00»! c.yds. 538 hrs.) Estimated cost £3,438, cost per c..yd. 13.98 d. (Australian currency; Ayer Weng (Rahman) Development 130 piculs: Satupulo N.L. 146 piculs; Siamese Tin Synd. Ngow Estate (three dredges) 1,462.66 piculs, (342.100 c.yds. 1,985% hrs.); Takuapa (two dredges) 689.01 piculs, (241,900 c.yds.
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  • 321 10 Peureula (Sumatra) ■yH KEI LA (Sumatra) Rubber Esl tate> j. roposi.-» a cut >u Issued e-jutal of £36,597 ami a new issue of sha res.. A circular to shareholders stat.s that as indicated by Mr. E. F. Slade (chairman) at the meetins un 22nd December,
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  • 217 10 I he New Quota Bangkok, January 12. N conformity with the international rubber restriction scheme to whic.n the Government of Siam is a party, Siam is entitled to export dry rubber to an amount of not less than 41,000 tons in the fifth quota period, running from the
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  • 369 10 Excess Of Demand Over Supply London. January 9. C NON.SIDERING the close watch now a Lein j kept by shareholders and others on rubber supply and demand the official figures for November have received less than the at’ention they dpserve. The significant point is that
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  • 495 10 Debtor Countries’ Investments OUT of a recorded inflow into the United States of sho lt term capital amounting to $1,665,000.000 dining th three years 1935-37 about a third was accounted fOl- areas —Canada, Latin America, Germany and the i East. This is shown in
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  • 387 10 Signs 01' Rising Consumption London, January u THE fifth annual genera, Kali Glagah Rubber < ornp Ltd., was held yesterday at House,. King William-st reel. EC Mr John Hall (the chairman) that since the last m.. t had suffered a severe loss by the death of Mr.
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  • 221 10 “Should Now Return To Normal” (From Our Own Correspondent), London, January 1-' As your Correspondent telegraph'd J you last night, the Singapore Tracti® Co., Ltd., has declared a dividend of J per cent., less tax, on its Ordinary for the year ended September 1 This is a
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  • 66 10 111 —Router. London, 1 ht r It is learned that the sugar ma turers of Jamaica have < <* gj lonial Office stating that the p gravely concerned at M 1 a Donald’s statement that he w to increase the sugar q uOtaS t 0 pel'
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    • 846 10 B INKS HONG KONG AM» NEDERLANSCHE i SHANGHAI BANKING lIANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ CORPORATION. N. V. (Incorporated Ln the Colony of Hongkong) r lne Liability of members is limited to co* zwirvumi ANinc TDAHINr extent and in manner prescnfied t (NETHERLANDS TRADING Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Cokmj SOCIETY.) Head Office:—HONG
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  • 216 11 SARAWAK DYAKS SEE WEARNES AT KUCHING Dur ii- 1h flight fror.i Ku?hn?g to Singapore ilie Ranee spoke I;;, i" those l J s ii’ng in in Sarawak. "Rare- speaking.” she r\l RING last week-end a Wearnes’ Air Services’ four-engined DHB6 aircraft, at the invitation of
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    • 36 11 MINE and ESTATE ENGINEERING STORES I*l MPS. TOOLS. BELTING, OIL GREASE FEEDERS. PACKINGS, BOLTS. NI TS. STEEL SECTIONS. LIGHT RAILWAY MATERIALS. LARGE STOCKS LOW PRICES huttenbachs ltd. (INCORPORATED IN S.S. ENGINEERS and CONTRACTORS IV.P.S 2.1 I
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  • 67 12 New Scheme For N.S.W. Sydney, January 8. TRAINED domestics are now being sent, free of charge, to homes where women are too ill to look after their families, and too poor to afford help. The scheme has just been launched by the philanthropical society
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  • 58 12 Llsmord, January 6. MR. THOMAS FANNIN, a Londonborn man, has died here within a few weeks of his 104th birthday. He was Lismore’s oldest resident. Mr. Fannin was born in Whitechapel in 1835 and had had an adventurous career. He sailed in windjammers for many years
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  • 97 12 Sydney, January 8. COLOURED shirts are beginning to flower in Sydney, not for political, but for physical movements. Taxi-drivers are to wear them for coolness in summer, and to match the brightly coloured taxis for which the city is well known, says Austral News. Yellow
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  • 628 12 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR Thiii’ Surd ay After Epiphany. 7.15 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.00 a.m. Mattins and Litany Psalm 42, 43. Hymn 78. 8.45 a.m. Holy Communion. 9.30 a.m. Mattins (Tamil). 10.30 a.m. Mattins and Holy Cbmmunicn (Chinese). 6.00 p.m. Evensong and Sermon Psalm 33, Magnificat. Nunc Dinuttis.
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  • 297 12 The Robots Wherever we go there are mechanical guards responsible for our safety. There has never ben such an age as ours for the number of unerring gadgets which protect us and help us aWd serve us. We think at once of the traffic signals which tell us
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  • 348 12 ENGLAND AND WALES MEET AT TWICKENHAM IV|ALAYA’S rugby football enthusiasts will be able to (ollom 1»* the 8.8. C. commentary by Capt. H. B. T. Wakelam on today s international match between England and Wales at Twickenham, which will be heard in Malaya at
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1300 12 radio radio radio radio radio radio- radio ra<Bfr ra BV IWrSWJVJIL fWfVi E iSlio radio radio radio radio radio radio radio PENANG SINGAPORE TODAY ZHP 3.69 mc/s (30.96 m.) PM TODAY 6.00 Chinese Music. 7.00 Indian P.M. Music. 8.00 Malay Music. 8.55 Pinang 12.45 Light Orchestral Music by RelGazette N<ws
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    • 557 12 8.8. C. Service Schedule For Far East London, Jan. 13. Following is the probable BBC Service Schedule for the Far East in Malayan standard time for week beginning Jan. 15: TRANI |YHSSION 2 6.02 p.m. to 9.15 p.m.: GSJ, GSG GSV and GSF TRANSMISSION 3 9.20 p.m. to 12.20 a.m.
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  • 1063 13 ARRIVAIS Today: KOTA TJANDI ex Java pores via Singapore. KRIAN ex Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. RHEINLAND ex Hamburg via ports. Tomorrow: SEROOSKERK ex Far East via Singapore. SUISANG ex Calcutta. HAKUSAN MARU ex Japan via Singapore. Monday, January 23: GEN. VERSPIJCK ex Sabang.
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  • 565 13 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang AIR MAILS OUTWARD EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For Surma (except Victoria Point). India Xcien, Palestine, Egypt. Sudan, Kenya Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Northerr •.nd Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and <ewfoundland. Kuala
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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 Penajig at 8.30 a.m. and 9 p.m.; Ipoh 1.36 p.m. and 2.10 a.m.; md
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 517 13 blue funnel line EEK IA SERVICE TO LONDON St NORTH CONTINENT ACHILLES Calls Hull Gdynia U 2«'” Feb''22 GLENSHIEL Calls Antwerp Middlesboro Jan’ 27 Feb 27 MIAMI MNON Calls Marseilles Glasgow Feb o S TEN DAY SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE MEDON Jan 24 antilochus h '"»ni' < Si K
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    • 743 13 P&O BRITISH IND A (Incorporated In England) PORT SWETTENHAM, MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. “KHANDALLA” SAILING SUNDAY, 22nd JANUARY, 1939. c > oM^t a Lth ld H? rl o t 2! S N^ Co unde For Te!uk Anson Bagan Datoh, Port s Bovernmen’ Swettenham, Malacca and Singapore. Far Ea 3t Mo Service
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  • 1971 14 Jackie Mac Pays $74 In Seventh *Race OBJECTION AGAINSTJ HILARITY DISMISSED (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Friday. rpHe heavf going Mas probably responsible tor the upsets I at ths opening day’s races of the Taiping Turf Club’s January Skye Meeting here this afternoon.
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  • 176 14 Hockey Today On Esplanade 'The hockey match between the State side and the* Rest will be played on the Hutchings School ground 'oaay at 5.15 p.m. The State side will play in colours ana the Rest in whites. With the exception of C. W. Lyle, who
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  • 828 14 FULL PROGRAMME FOR TODA Y 11ACE I—Ponies,1 —Ponies, Class 3, Div. 2, Abt. 6 Furs.. 2.30 p.m, 10 G PHAR PAR 1012 Mr H S Kirwan Logue 00 0 LVSSA a 1011 Ma j° r Lindsa y Vear s 13 3 ANACONDA a 10.08 Mrs. F. L. Harding Capt. Hardin»
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    • 215 14 c £even different -flavouß Beat that it you're able II ache*! of Mixed Ora's SPRATTS is on the label.' to begin witk The tasty MEAT-and FISH A very wholesome dish T Ulen ifierei (Htf)t with BUTTER (Of goodness there's no lack > T WP lie WHOItMMI-tfie brown one Vlhile CHARCOAL
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    • 244 14 Yeast-Vite LIFE! > C 7 Vite!Seehow uL K I a matter AJI Ik minutes r 1 > th® world’s **7 Z f F f record quick !A f FLOPPED-OUT i tonic seems 1 FULL OF ENERGY Just can’t carry on I Too tired tO infuse Simply bubbling over »1’ to
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  • 636 15 Paynter 197, Hammond 99, Both Not Out RAIN FALLS BEFORE CLOSE OF PLAY Durban, Friday. (lie ass yci ln Hiird Test here today, Hammond sent his men in Io hat on a perfect wicket and at -tamos England had the excellent score
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  • 1177 15 purlieu lars Of Their Past Performances r ,iew importations are making their debut on the an Turf ar the Perak Turf Club January-Feb-lueting which begins on Saturday next. They are I Heroic Star, Scarlet Tiger (late Transport), (h ie Bravado), Greypion, Hurricane, Patrambie
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  • 429 15 Kedah Visitors Score Six Goals Without Reply TROUNCING their Penang compatriots by a half dozen goals, the Kedah Malays annexed the Ham Cup, presented by Mr. G. L. Ham for annual competition between the Malay footballers of the Northern Settlements and Kedah. The
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    • 164 15 GO L F in aid of St. Nicholas Home WE DN ES DA Y Al TE RNO ON February Bth, at 4.30 p.m. MIXED FOURS Nine Holes Stroke Play (each team must have at least one lady) Each Member of the team to carry full set of Clubs, but shots
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  • 68 16 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS TIN LATEST Penang $110.12 Business 25 tons Singapore $110.12% COPRA Sunoried $3. -w Black Pepper $8.50 RUBBER Penang (Spot) 27% Singapore (Spot) r 27% TAPIOCA Fair Seed $3. TO Medium $3.40 RICE Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $5.90 No. 2 $5.70 I White No. 1 $6.00
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  • 101 16 Prev. Today Paris l/fft 177 ft New York 4.68,*« 4.GBft Montreal 4.70 4.71%' Brussels 27.68 27.70 Geneva 20.73 Amsterdam 8.61% 8.62 Milan 88% 89 Berlin 11.68% 11.70 Stockholm 19.42% 19.42% Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 136% 136% Madrid 55.00 nominal
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  • 354 16 LONDON, January 19 Following are today’s closirg middle prices on the London Stock Exchange: Shares of £1 demonination unless otherwise stated. Today Rises or Fall Con-«T-qion fjoan 5 p.c. 1944-64 109$ Funding Loan 4 p.c« 1960-90 107 g War Loan 3J p.c. 97g —J Com. Union Assc.
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  • 247 16 New York. Friday: Contrary to expectations the market has not attempted to resume rally and showed a small loss at negligible volume. Utilities, Stocks and Bonds continued firm, as did high grade Industrials. Anaconda was worst acting of metals. On current business and prospects, department stores continue
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  • 118 16 LONDON. January 20. Buyers Seilers RUBBER: Dull. London 7ifd. Bftd. February 7Hd. Bftd. April/June Bftd. B%d. July/September B%d. Bftd. New York: (opening) 16.05 cts. Jnited Kingdom Stocks:— London 53,528 tons Liverpool 29,883 tons COPRA: Straits S. D. Rotterdam. Jan. £10.12.6 PEPPER: White Muntok: in bond. 3%d.
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  • 145 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers A. Wengs ,60 .62% B. Selangors 1.30 1.35 Burma Malays 2113 2210 Hong Fatts .66 .68 Jelebus .60 .65 Johans .26 .28 K. Kamuntings 8!3 B|9cd K. Lanjuts 1613 169 Laruts 83 819 Lukuts .55 .60 Petalings 6.50 6.75cd Pungahs 176 18l3cd Rahmans 1.07% 1.12%
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  • 204 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Alor Gajah 85 95ex Amal. Ma|r 145 2 5g Batu Lintang 97% nealy 1 55ex Jeram 75 Kem P aS l"70 I RA Pajam ’-70 177% Sungei Tukang .95 1-70 JBO Temerloh .35 TIN: Ampat 3)9 4!l iz, Ayer Weng .57% Bangnn 210 219 Hong
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  • 169 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TlNBayers Seller» Ayer Weng .57% .60 Batu Selangor 1.27% 1.32% Hong Fatt .65 .67 Johan .26 .28 Kuchai 1.22% 1.27 Lukut .52% .57%. Mambau .47% .52% ‘1 Petalings 6.50 6.75 Rahman Hyd. 1.07% 1.12% Rantau 1.37% 1.42% Taiping Consolidated 1.55 1.60 Teluk Kruins .62% .67% Ampat 3
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  • 176 16 RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Ayer Panas 1.25 1.30 Batu Lintangs 1.07% 1.12% Bassetts .46 .49 Bentas 1.02% 1.07% Brogas .66 .69 Kuala Siims 2.12% 2.22% Indragiris 1.12% 1.17% Lunas 1.55 1.65 Mentakabs .39 .41 Malaka Pindas 1.30 1.35 Pajams 1.70 1.77 Sungei Tukangs .97% 1.02% Tapahs 1.67% 1.77% Telok
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  • 158 16 SPECIAL ARTICLE IN "SUNDAY GAZETTE” A MAJOR problem confronting the Penang police is the menace of gambling and book-making organisations, responsible for many of the violent crimes committed recently. In an effort to put an end to this, a police officer explains for the first
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  • 42 16 Wins 15,000-Rupee Race On Bangor A private cable received in Penang yesterday states that D A McPherson, former Malayan jockey, rode Bangor to win the Ronald Shaye Cup at Calcutta last Wednesday. The race is worth 15,000 rupees.
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  • 101 16 London. Friday: A broadcast by the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, will be heard from Daventry on January 23. at 9 25 p.m. GMT on GSO, GSD, GSC, GSB and GSA. Recordings will be heard on January 24, at 3.50 a.m. GMT on GSC,
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  • 51 16 —Reuter. London, Friday. Mr. Chamberlain will broadcast from Downing Street on Monday night in connection with the National Service Campaign. Schedules of reserved occupations will be made known to public on Tuesday and deliveries of the Government’s National Service handbook will begin throughout the country on vT
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  • 89 16 —Reuter. London. Friday: The half-yearly housing return published by the Health Minister shows that good progress is being made in the final—and effective—stages of the Government’s slum clearance campaign. Up to the end of September last. 231. 206 houses with accommodation for 1.087,792 persons have been provided for
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  • 402 16 Alleged Affray At iVlalacca Street The story of an alleged biutal assault on a Siamese by five Chinese which »e suited in the former sustaining serious injuries was related to Mr. J. L. McFall, District Judge, Penang, yesterday when three Chinese, Teh Swee Kim,
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  • 172 16 Seven teams have entered for the seven-a-side rugby tournament to be played today at 5 p.m. on the Esplanade. Players should be at the Penangi Sports Club by 4.45 p.m. to enable a prompt start, bringing both colour and white shirts. Boots and rubber shoes
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  • 196 16 Despite the rain which had fallen earlier in the evening, there was an excellent crowd last night at the Wembley Park, where another of Speedy Hassan’s boxing promotions was staged. All the bouts were keenly contested. In the main event over ten two-minute rounds, Tiger Aman
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    • 529 16 I Head Office: 12, Bishop .Street p. Phone 1477 n/. Te 1 egrams: ('.a zet te' ''"1» I Singapore Office: Cecil Street 5471. Tel: “Times” Singapore k W T e f’hott. 9?? ce; r S J ava Street. Pi Ud Office Brewster Road. J»}.,,,, IrA Office: 40. 43, Fleet Street
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