Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 February 1939

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 26. Vol. XCVII. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 1679 1 Commons Debate l)n Spanish War GROWING FEELING OF DISGUST London. Tuesday, In the House of Commons, Mr. C. R. Itller, the Opposition leader, initiated the discussion on Spain, stating that when the Prime Minister spoke of Mussolini s des re fur peace, the people of this
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  • 549 1 ROME TOKIO LIKE SPEECH .—Reuter. "East Asia For The Asiatics It i.' officially stated that Herr Hitler s spei h has created the best impression both in Government circles and among the Italian people, confirming the unshakable nature of the ties which bind Italv and Germany. It is reported from
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  • 203 1 -British Wireless. London, Tuesday. 1 ■>'■ -secretariats of the British Governo' 1 1 delegation which will take part in forthcoming discussions on Palestine MB been established at St. James' Palm e I it was in consulation with the secreiiiats of visiting delegations on proce- u
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  • 84 1 Reuter. Only Significant 1 levelopment Loii -cn. Tuesday— In the Commons M’ CI- übc-.lain questioned on the si- C hina replied that the only leant development of recent weeks hi s been the announcement by the Japanese Government on Dec. 22 of -.he revised peace terms they
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  • 299 1 —British Wireless. lens Of Thousands Still In Pyrenees Perpignan, Tuesday. W.tn a van filled with medical supplies attached to their train MM Sarraot and Rucard arrived here today. They propose to visit various frontier towns where refugees are congregating Afterwards conference will be held in the evening
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  • 79 1 —Reuter. Suicide’s Evidence To Be Read New York, Tuesday—The testimony of Weinberg at the first Hines trial will be allowed to be read into the current trial under the ruling of Judge Nott after Mr. Dewey testified that Weinberg shot himself because he. was depressed as a result
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  • 44 1 —Reuter. London, Tuesday. The House of Commons reassembled this afternoon after the Christmas recess. Sir Thomas Inskip was given a warm cheer when he answered a question regarding relations between Britain and Eire. He said: “There are no new developments to report.”—Reuter.
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  • 154 1 W ants Reul Power And A Chinese Army .—Remer. Peiping, Tuesday.—Wu Pei-fu received foreign correspondents at his house, strongly guarded by Chinese and Japanese guards, but failed to make his position clear. He urged the benefits of peace and went on to say that
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  • 56 1 —Reuter. London, Tuesday. Th* tU Office announces that truing to an overwhelming response to the call in the National Service Booklet to join as officers in the Emergency Reserve, more than sufficient application have'been received to cover immediate requirements in the event of an emergency and the
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  • 59 1 Reuter. London, Tuesday. Hundreds oi extra police were drafted ito Tottenham court Road where thousands participated in an “arms for Spain” demonstrations at the War Memorial and listened to speeches criticising the Government’s foreign policy, particularly regarding Spain. Fifty members of the International Brigade who have just returned
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  • 36 1 Reuter. The. Marquess of Zetland a speech at Cambridge said no ao* ''t 'Parliament v.ouM grant a 'credit t-> China, adding' that they had under consideration further methods for granting China assistance. Reuter.
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  • 480 2 Government Policy London, Tuesday. QIR John Simon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a statement in the House oi Commons today on war risks, said that the Government’s conclusions and principles which should be applied respecting war risks was
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  • 127 2 i -Reuter. \ppreciation Expressed In Kuoiniulang Manifesto Chungking. Tuesday. China not only supports the policy of the “open door” and also equal opportunity in China, but desires under the principles of equality and mutual assistance to participate in any international peace or mutual assistance in alliances
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  • 186 2 5. —Reuter. Hitler’s Support For Duce Rome, Tuesday. HERR HITLER’S categorical assurances to support Italy in the event of war were received with great approval here. It is thought that they should dissipate any illusion that may exist in other countries about the military solidarity of the
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  • 339 2 Reuter. London. Tuesday. FULL approval of the Prime Minister’s foreign policy was expressed last night by Lord Baldwin who, in a speech at Worcester said that before he retired from the Premiership he had several conversations with Mr. Camberlain buih on the past and on
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  • 42 2 A n gio- J o panese I «sues To Be Studied Tientsin, Tuesday. rpHE British Amnassador, Sir Archibald ClarkKerr, arrived here fixini Shanghai today on a visit of inspection, it is believed to study at first-hand Anglo-Japanese issues.
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  • 120 2 i.—Reuter. japan Bites Off More Than She Can Chew Chungking Tuesday. Seven hundred thousand Japanese officers and men had been killed or wounded in hostilities, so far. said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, addressing the central commtttee of the Kuomintang today. He said it was a well-known fact
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  • 85 2 CLARENCE HATRY REPRIEVED —Reuter. don. Tuesday. it. is learned fiom a i authoritative source that Clarence d ti the former well-knowi Citv financier, was reprieved from .Maidstone prison last week. Since his reprieve Hatry has been staying in a flat at Maideville. Hatry was required to serve fourteen years* penal
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  • 60 2 Reuter. Police Use Tear-gas And Buckshot Rangoon, Tuesday. Felice used tear-gas. buckshot and batons to disperse a crowd attempting to prevent Burmese-owned motor-buses plyng in the streets in east Rangoon today. Nine persons were injured by tear-gas and three others in the baton charge, while Aw
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  • 57 2 Y Vz HQ CUI IUMt —British Wireless. urntion. Tuesday. There is a further improvement in most pans of England in the flood situation but levels are still very high in the Fens and the position is being watched with the greatest care. In the Thames valley yesterday there
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  • 849 2 Stock Exchange Anri Rubber Prices Advance London, Tuesdav THE eager discussion >\hich Hei r Hitler’s speec in world capitals appears to be marked hi an tion of the moderate tone the Fuehrer adopte t whole. The Press of many countries, while expressing curj relief
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  • 278 2 Japanese Warships Believed To Be Responsible TOKIO THREAT TO FOREIGN AIRCRAFT yHE imperial Airways plane Oelia/X.'flred ■of Waichow Island, in the Gulf of Tongking, today, according to signals from the pilot. Captain Wilson. The plane wa apparently undamaged and arrived at and departed
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  • 29 2 i.—Reuter. Gibraltar. Tuesday. It is learned from a very reliable source that the Spanish Government flee< left Cartagena yesterday for an un disclosed destination. —Reuter
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  • 47 2 —Reuter London. Tuesday:—Askeu in the House oi Commons today if he had any statement to make in reference to the Palestine conference, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald said he anticipated that all the delegates would arrive in London in time for formal discussions to be opened next Tuesday.—Reuter
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  • 56 2 Reuter. London, Tuesday. A number of British subjects from Gi raltar have been arrested by tht Nati |!i! alists in Lalinea. believedly as u repi M for a demonstration outside the lh:r. Government’s Agency in G bra!’ m MFriday when a large crowd, im iudr: Britons,
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  • 51 2 British V.’ireles'- London. MondaySeven hundred and s>-v*"jy-t” 1 cruits joined the R.A.F. du; n Hie pa--week compared with 284 in th* coi)'--ponding week last year Tis I; n s tietotal acceptance of pilot r men and boys since April 1. 1 ■ompared with 12,106 r eriod last year
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  • 223 3 Keport Guises Grave Concern I'i Perak ort published in the Chinese pa- ini.ntr the a’leged massacre of 200 M.ih/on Chinese by Japanese on j„ i;ir <] '.he t< irner Sui ing is causing Per,J; Chinese much concern. p,. j t ‘■toted that the Japanese ;ed
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  • 306 3 SOCIAL PERSONAL L>( Singapore by the Rawalpindi o •> ji. 10. :t: All Government Offices in close esterday fo l thi riai i R ‘.y ho., day and reopened th nwrn ne. Mr. F. V. Duckworth, M.C. een appointed to be a Dtpntj C ntiollei af Labour. The Rev. Milton
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  • 447 3 i 1 Jem Cur Cwn Correspondent) Bangkok, Tuesday. ln g are extracts nvn the omcia issued by the Bangkok ■'rnm.nt regarding the recent atvunpi to overthrow the Government: I'L (Sunday) morning at 4.30 an cider was issued for certain inmviduals io be taken into
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  • 380 4 r J'O the best of our belief, the present visit of His Excellency th< Governor and High Commissioner t< Siam is the first such official visit eve undertaken by the administrative hea< of Malaya. His arrival in the Siamese capital coincides with another political incident in Bangkok
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  • 1141 4  -  THIS is the fifth of a series of articles, disclosing inA side facts about conditions in Soviet Russia, written on the basis of information supplied by an American engineer who was employed for eight years in many of Russia’s key industries. Bv
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  • 375 4 ’THE solar system, the most ancient and intriguing of mysteries, and the key to many of our chemical and commercial as well as astronomical interests, will soon give up many of its hidden secrets. At the end of this year the huge £1.250.000 reflecting, telescope on top
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  • 537 5 B Y THE WAY postal (M er Reform «v i H A are the Postal authorities t’ ng to produce an Up-to-postal order with the of King George VI f he three-year-old memory ’’7..., George V? There can b( an y excuse in the way oi sto be used up.
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  • 1756 5 Interesting Talk To Penang Rotarians AN interesting address on air-condi- I tioning as an aid to health in the tropics was given at today’s tiffin i meeting of the Penang Rotary Club by Mr. R. J. de Touche, representative in i Malaya of the Carrier
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  • 114 5 An extraordinary accident occurred at the Penang Flying luh yesterday morning, when Major Vetch, the Club instructor, had a very narrow escape when the plane which he was attempting to start suddenly moved forward on its own accord. Major Vetch had taken up the plane
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  • 315 5 A Wonderful Insecticide (f rom Our Own Correspond* nt)• Kvala Lumpm, Jan. 31. Derris is a plant with roots of a high toxic content. It is a wonderful insecticide, and the plant grows wonderfully in Malaya. But there is a lack of interest in it
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    • 274 5 SHE HAD BUNDING HEADACHES Kmschen Got at the Cause This woman’s headaches were of the black, bund.ng kind that reduce the sufferer to something like helplessness. She tried tablets. She tried pills. But the cause lay too deep for such treatment. Where t.iey failed, Kruschen succeeded. “I used co get
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    • 39 6 MATINEES at MAJESTIC Today al 3 p.m. Al Jolson in ‘‘SINGING KH)> PRICES: 15 &30 CENTS DOWNSTAIRS COMING YI AT INEES Dick Powell in ”FLIKTATION VtAIK" Shirley Temple in ’’CAPTAIN JANp Vi arren William in “DRAGON Ml R|)|<j> CASE’’
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    • 401 6 W < < OPENING TONIGHT IVi A J CdD 11V ONE SHOV GHILY AT 8 P.M. WHOLE SERIAL OF ®sfe r “The Vigilantes ggg® Are Coming With 808 LIVINGSTONE KAY HUGHES ami a mighty east! i RIDE WITH THE UNKNOWN AVENGER-LEADER OF A SWORN-TO-DIE BAND OF RECKLESS HEROES j -Ytriir
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  • 456 7 Revenue-Expenditure Position In November U'XPENDITURE by the F.M.S. Government in November last totalled $9,502,867 and exceed the revenue collected by $5,292,081, revenue being $4,210,786. The general surplus in the balance sheet has been reduced from $59,092,747 at the end of October to $53,800,666 at the end
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  • 108 7 Hari Raya Haji Thousands of Malays and Indian Mohammedans attended the three leading mosques in Ipoh yesterday morning at 9.30 for worship as a preliminary to the celebration of the Hari Raya Haji festival. All Mohammedan places of business were closed for the day and the
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  • 271 7 RECORD HUMIDITY IN IPOH A miximum temperature of 94 and a minimum! of 65. degrees with a relative humidity of 59 constitutes a record for Ipoh which occurred during December last when Ipoh residents slept under blankets, the humidity of 59 at 1 p.m. being the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 548 7 Wishing All Our Mohammedan Patrons Friends A Slamat Hari Raya Haji WEMBLEY PARK Wednesday, Ist. February 1939. Sun See Toy Cantonese Opera:— 1 In conjunction with the ever popular MAN NEAN CHENG Tonight the company will stage “NEE YEE HEONG” Starring 1 Mr. Lee Chooi Fong, Lew Kum the’famous female
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    • 104 7 E.&O. Dance Hall NIGHTLY 9.30 till midnight SATURDAY 9.30 till 1 a.m. 1 MUSIC BY I TEDDY LONG HIS BAND SPECIALLY SELECTED HOSTESSES ADMISSION FREE. Coupons 4 for 1 9 for 2 After you have enjoyed the Show may we suggest a visit to the ‘SWISS CAFE’ I AND ENJOY
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    • 546 7 F M P T R F SLAMAT HARI RAJA HAJI Box No. 5 ALOR STAR ’Phone 77 COROIV A TICbM TONIGHT-LAST. NIGHT r!\ ,3 1* IVFII At 6.45 p.m. 9.30 p n>. 1 ALKIES Another Double Feature Attraction Kill IM They fling life in the balance of a s;>?eding w'heel
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    • 75 7 SLAMAT HARI RAYA HADJI Royal Theatre ALOR STAR Box No. 5. Phone 77. TONIGHT—LAST NIGHT At 6.30 p.m. 9.30 p.m.i Grand —Double Attraction. CORONATION OF KING FAROUK 3 Reels Full Record Of Ceremony And Celebration. ABDUL GHANI, New Egyptian Singing Sensation. Supported by Egypt’s Famous Stage Radio Stars. in “BEHIND
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  • 472 8 Malayan’s Graphic Description ‘T applied for enlistment in the Chinese Air Force at Canton, was tested in the morning with three other foreigners, and was told to come hack in the afternoon. At 2 p.m. I returned but by then there was no longer any Chinese
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  • 33 8 MR. CHAMBERLAIN WITH MUSSOLINI and behind is Lord Halifax with Count < «ano was hing the display at youth at the Mussolini Forum during the British Ministers’ visit to Rome.
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  • 272 8 CHINESE INDIAN RICKSHA-PULLERS CLASH IN IPOH STRAINED RELATIONS CAUSED BY HARD TIMES Trouble which has been brewing* for some time between the Chinese and Indian ricksha-pullers in Ipoh has now resulted in open fights and on Monday two incidents occurred resulting, in one case, in a few being treated in
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  • 25 8 —Reuter Manila. Tuesday:—Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble’s visit concluded today. H .M. ships Falmouth and Kent left for Singapore this morning ßeuter
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  • 21 8 —Reuter. When the Repulse sails for Canada with the King and Queen she will carryfull complement of armaments. Reuter.
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  • 301 8 Mr. J. Hands’ Eatest Suggestion (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Monday. TJhe establishment of a central office foi dealing with work for the unemployed of Selangor is a suggestion made by Mr. John Hands in his current frank report of the work of the Selangor
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  • 188 8 Four Men Believed Involved (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Tuesday. Four men are now known to have been involved in the shooting on Friday night of a young Kheh coolie outside a kongsi house of tin tailings at Simpah, near the Selangor Golf Club. The
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  • 545 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) yHE eight-mile stretch ot road leading from Kuala Lumpur to Batu Caves will be trod by hundreds of Indian Hindu ot all classes, on Friday when they practise self-torture in tulh went of vows made during the year. On this
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  • 379 8 RI BBED ClUHiis IN GIRL S IN iis (From Our Own Con Johore Bahru m,..\ How a Malay won thrashed her eight- ed Chinese daughter r and eyes with chillies. u to a dark room until rein,. r pean. was told today t< E, i 1 gistrate,
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    • 227 8 Stomach Ulcers Cause Hunger Pains Are you hungry an hour or r.i. als? Doee your o between meals? Do you i. I fstomaeh and f<-el lilo v< .-sweat easily, have h .u weak and nervous? Tin y rials of Stomach U’cers i remedied by ordinal? >t< and may lead to
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 855 9 WHEN IPOH FIRST SHI MEETING OF THE MAILS npHIR fy-four years ago today the express day mail service between Kuala Lumpur and Penang was inaugurated. I hirty-four years ago tomorrow, the first train ran in the reverse direction and Ipoh
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  • 133 9 Sikhs Consider Estab lishing Own Schools A public meeting of educated Sikhs from a’l parts of Ptrak was held at the Town Hall. Ipoh yesterday, with Kehar Singh of Tailing as ch.-.innan. *o discuss whether the community should have a central secondary school to impart Ifaglish education and Gurrnukhi or
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  • 163 9 Sequel To Action Of Special Branch (.From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Tuesday. The return of documents seized bj Special Branch police in Singapore from Japanese residents and travellers has been requested by the Japanese Consul-General. Mr. I. Okamoto, it is understood. Meanwhile the Dornei news agency reports
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  • 89 9 Chinese War Film For Taiping (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Tuesday. A picture of immense interest to all Chinese “Fight to the Last,” is to be shown at the Sun Cinema. Taiping, from February 10 to February 12 inclusive. This picture, filmed to the order
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  • 436 9 I <>ria-driver < In Serious Charge i im out <>f the accident at the Cm ti"U of Tek Soon-street and et "n December 27 last, when ruling in the body of a lorry w. re thr< ii out as it negotiated the cor,n ill four
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  • 303 9 Manager Of Uniled Chinese Bank thiom <mr Own Correspondent) Singapore. Tuesday. -lw death occurred suddenly ‘on Saturday of Mr. Chua Keh Hai. manxgei D- the United Chinese Bank. Ltd cm* a member of the Singapore Municipal Commission Mj Keh Hai had attended a meeting of
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  • 87 9 (From Our Own Correspondent} Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 30. Miss Barbara Brown, nursing sistei attached to the F.M.S. Medical Service was married on Saturday at St. AL rx Church to Air. R. L. N. Harward, of the Customs and Excise Deparimem Selangor. The Rev. J. G. Hall
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  • 53 9 H Cantrell and other Customs night conducted a raid caves near the third mile 1 nd arrested two Chinese w r< alleged to have been in the IL .ding samsu. articles seized were a large '"1 quantity of liquor. 11 d men will be produced be--I<J,c ia
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  • 47 9 i ici ai red on Monday, at at 13 Brewster-road. Mi Goon Ah Tong at the age I used was the father of fv>k Ying and Goon Kok veil-known Pen'ang tennis pki.vcrs il' take place on Friday, 1 ""y t 10.30 a.m.
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  • 192 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, T uesday. the present methods of examining Chinese immigrants al the wharves is unsatisfactory is stressed in a statement by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commeice to f J :i "lion Department at Singapore. I’presentations have been made 1
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    • 261 9 zw?, etc s CO®<®ON W Co A ARRESTS CORROSION ATTACK OF OXYGEN m a I e, CT AS, 'X' SWk if A I 0 or illoW 3, etciW ’.svsi—Evrrv Comfort Obtainable at RAJDHANI HOTEL Siam Premier Hotel at Moderate Terms. DOUBLE ROOM Baht 11.00 Inclusive food SINGLE ROOM Baht 6.00
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  • 235 10 Sanctions A Failure Tokio, January 25. THE strongest possible step which would be taken by Great Britain and America in connection with economic pressure on Japan would be enforcement of high farms against Japanese goods exported to those two countries, the Nichi-Nichi, popular and
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  • 334 10 New Increase In Japan’s Share rpHE Chinese trade returns for NoI veniber show a contraction compared With the previous month. Imports fell from $78.431,000 to $75.400,000, and exports from $76,255,00j to $67,163,000. For the first eleven months the decline is substantial, the import total in 1938 being
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  • 121 10 books $300,000 International News Agency. More Than A Million Volumes Chungking, January 27. In the areas now under Japanese occupation China has lost 2,118 libraries and 825 reading centres, according to a report issued here. Assuming, declares this report, that the average number of books in each
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  • 224 10 Many U.K. Products Penalised London, January 10. The issue of licences under the New Zealand import control scheme reveals reductions in import allowances far exceeding general expectations. The Government declines to disclose the basis followed in making the changes, but generally speaking the allowances in respect of
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  • 60 10 coal and coke shipments from Humber ports, Hull, Inuningham and Grimsby, declined by 1*,052,540 tons last year. Total exports were 5,180,776 tons. The principle causes of the decline have been the difference in prices ruling on the Humber and those of the Tyne and Scotland, undercutting Dy
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  • 368 10 Weekly Rubber Market Report London, January 17. PLANTATION.— The Market lias shown /signs of improvement but there is still cosiderable nervousness and missiving in the European Political situation. This hangs over all maikets and damps down initiative. The statistical position of Rubber is showing marked improvement
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  • 581 10 Weekly Market R eport MARKETS generally h exceedingly quki e past week, an occasion ,‘he improve not being mainia e C} Business is still over-sh political uncertainties, and 1 b y been under-current O f e h iS which acte a, a deterrent In, l iT’
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    • 815 10 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK SAFETY BOXES OF INDIA, i-TD. pugg yourself from the j, lncorporated in England) I f fklsLs j t i Capital Authorised £3,000,<»,| fears of BURGLARS Capital Subscribed £1,800,001 .Reserve Fund and Rest £1,247,830 IceeninS! VOltr Capital Paid Up £1,050,000 Dy Keeping BOARD OF DIRECTORS. VALUABLES Sir
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    • 21 10 Decarbonize Whilst You Drivel vse TRITON j MOTOR OIL KIUW PREVENTS PINKING. MOTOR f 0/£ SIME, DARBY CO., LTD., SOLE AGENTS.
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  • 514 11 a LITTLE BOY WALKS AGAIN /1< <> yearn ago 8-year-old Philip Corish, of Holloway, N. 9 fell 40 feet from a window and broke his thigh. Now with the aid of a "walking caliper 9 he can walk across a ward of the Royal Northern
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  • 42 12 This evening at the “Waterfall’s” from 5.15 p.m. to 6.45 p.m.: March: Ever Forward: Dobson. Overture: Poet and Peasant: Suppe. Selection: Chep: Smith: Waltz; Flirtation: Steck. Intermezzo: Lancashire Clogs: Grimshaw. Sclction: Lumber Love: Adam. Fox Trot: Pennies from Heaven: Johnston.
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  • 273 12 The preparation of a draft plan for th redistribution of wavelengths among Europe’s broadcasting organisations was among the technical matters that provided the main items on the agenda of a conference of the International Broadcasting Union (U.1.R.) held recently in Brussels under the chairmanship of Monsieur A.
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  • 677 12 Review Of Progress And Programmes The addition of a second mobile unit, which h?s almost double outside broadcasting facilities, and the introduction of better studio equipment, better cameras, and improved control systems are among the developments that helped to make 1938 p, highly successful
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  • 215 12 Flying Fanners We have already seen how electricity is being used to aid the farmer to produce larger and bett r crops. Another modern invention which has been adapted and applied to farming is that of aviation. There will be those who recall how in the old days
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  • 983 12 1,920-Ton Vessels With Sixmt! Of 36 1/2 Knots Bigger destroyers than ever are idu bein-; L <H| nr Royal Navy. These are the ships of the new Lightning 1 which have just been laid down. They are to be of 1,920 tons and will have a
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    • 691 12 ~adio radio radio radio radio radio radio raflro IWI W’lil ITIJyJ :E ic i i. actio radio radio radio radio radio radio PENANG ZHJ 6.08 Mc[s (49.03 m.) TODAY I’.M. 5.55 Malay Music. 7.00 SPELLING BEE. Public Services v. The Rest. Interrogator Mr. J. A. Black. 7.30 Recorded Orchestral Concert:
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    • 658 12 SINGAPORE ZHL 133, Kes (225 m.) ZHP 9.69 mc/s (30.96 m.) TODAY P.M. 1.00 Miscellaneous Programme of New Gramophone Records. 1.30 Mid-day Rubber Prices. 1.32 Miscellaneous Programme continued. 2.00 Interval. 5.00 Hokkien Amoy Music.f “Kua Lu Heng Gee.’’ Sung by Kim Kee. “Sum Liow Pooi Sze." Sung by Chai Hari.
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    • 649 12 8.8. C. Service t Schedule For Far East TODAY London, Jan. 27: Following is the probable BBC Service Schedule for the Far East in Malayan standard time for week beginning Jan. 29: TRANSMISSION 2 6.02 p.m. to 9.15 p.m. GSJ, GSG GSV and GSF. TRANSMISSION 3 9.20 p.m. to 12.20
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  • 434 13 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh And Penang SEA MAILS I OUTWARD North Borneo 1 12.45 p.m. Fridaj; I n mr 7 p.m. Friday. frorthern Sumatra ■ig 11 a. m. today by Iso 11 a.m. today by Py< k for Sabang. ui’iifnpore J i eiiang 4 p.m.
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  • 563 13 AKRIVAIS Today: BENRINNES ex London KLANG ex Singapore via Port Swettenham. BULAN ex Singapore via pci is. MEMNON ex Liverpool. PRES. HARRISON ex San Francisco via port Tomorrow: MATANG ex Viet' ’l3 Point, Renong, Kopeh Tongkah. KRIAN ex Belawan-Deli Friday’, February’ 3: KEDAH ex
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  • 182 13 FRIDAY. FEBRI ARY 3 Post Office Hours At Penang G.P.O. Registration. Parcels, Tele .rams, Sale of stamps etc. 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (except parcels). Savings Bank and Money Orde; Branches closed. Sub. P.O.’s Registration. Parcels Telegrams, Sale of stamps etc. 8
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  • 113 13 The Ipoh Post Office will open for business as under:— Windcv Delivery and Poste Restante S. 00 a.m. 10.00 a.m. Parcel 8.00 a.m. —lO.OO a m. Registration 8.00 a.m. —10.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m.—5.00 p.m. Savings Bank and Money Orders Closed. Sale of Stamps 8.00 a.m. 10.00
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 428 13 BLUE funnel line W KLY SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT Leaves ”-->anp Due Tondnn calls Marseilles Glasgow Feb. 3 Feb. 28 .LEN.I Calls Antwerp Middlesboro Feb. 10 Mar 12 oV Gall; Marseilles Glasgow Feb. 17 Mar 15 s DAY HEKV K lu ia»tKl*OOL VIA HAVRE Liverpool i Hl’S Feb. 5
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    • 110 13 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Leave Arrive Arrive Penang Marseilles New York Pres. HARRISON Feb 2 Mar. 1 Miar. 14 Pres. HAYES Feb. 16' Mar 15 Mar. 28 Pres. POLK Mar. 2 Mar. 29 Apr. 11 Pres. GARHI LD Mar. 30 Apr. 26 May 9 PACIFIC SERVICE
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    • 715 13 D an d F ftU BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated In England) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. “RAJULA” SAILING THURSDAY, 2nd. FEBRUARY, 1939. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under contract with His Majesty’s Government, London and Far East Mail Service. Outwards from London tor China Japan Homewards for Colombo, Aden, Port due
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • 228 14 RACE 1: Climats, Davies; Fifty-Three, Martin; Young Ginger, Tankard; Patience, J. Donnelly; Peneaton. McLachlan; Meg, Mayo; New Cello, Ardagh; Stroll Along, Bagby. RACE 2: Selangor n, Dodd; First Bid, Martin; Lady Lavinia; Spencer; Patroleah, Davies; Wait-A-Bit. Whalan; Princess Prim, Bagby; Cosmetic, Dawson; Gracedieu, Woods; Pretty Quiet, White; Willie
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  • 118 14 Programme For This Month i From Our Own Correspondent» Batu Gajah, Tuesday. The following is the programme of the Kinta Golf Club for the month of February: Saturdav. February 4. and Sunday. February 5: Men’s Golf Medal (Stroke). Tuesday. February 7: Golf Mixed Foursomes. Saturday. February 11:
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  • 1272 14 i Second Day of Perak T. C. Meeting Programme tor today s Ipoh r aces as follovvs RACE I—Horses, Class 4, Division 3, 6 Furlongs, 2.4» p.m. f 1.10» CLIMATS a 9.04 Hon. Mr. C. L. Green bogne •> 00 0 FIFTY-THREE a 9.03
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  • 103 14 (From Our Own Correspondent, Kuala Lumpur, Mondi» Entries for the Football AssociJ of Selangor Leagues will clO' p 13. The fees are $5 a term and competing club is requested to .'en complete list of players signed h e player. The same conditions of as
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 190 14 f Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day? f r •i 1 f i You can bank on it Macleans© So/ej Aapretentoti'e PER CJ X I D E Macleans patented A. T. Gillespie pure white nozzle tooth PAST? Singapore. ,/16» viean trom tlr;>t squeeze to last. If you use a sobd
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    • 83 14 SAFELY •gj At the first signs ot a cold or chi j thick feeling in your head, aches in Genasprm tablets in Your temperature will f n in a few hours you iL >■ —‘Genasprin’ is i<»% upset the That is why recommend it J tr> j Sold in WAUGH
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  • 362 15 |o///e Coming Events In I Home Boxing I London. Jan. 20. I r.irt cimhibuCa io hgiiis but gain in popularity l<‘ niannei in America, the situation among the vW(; I’' hnnu has ,)ecome hardly less extraordinary. I if Phillips and the othei sounder men
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  • 319 15 A Disappointing Fight (BY -SPECTATOR’ L ist night's boxing at the Wembley l\irk arena tinned out to be disappointing. In the main event, two newcomers to the Penang ring made their debut, but their performances were spoilt by Loo much holding. Buddy Annon, the Selangor Malay fei.iherweight,
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  • 325 15 P. B. A. Annual Meeting The annual general met ting of the Penang Badminton Association was hel< at the Anglo-Chinese School L’nion las night. Mi. J. A. Montano was in the •hair, and others present were Messrs. Goh Teik 800 (hon. secretary), Kho. Kok Meng (hon. treasurer),
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  • 324 15 Hollywood has gone racetrack i ad. Il has reached such prJpNruons that, in a number of major studios, production was affected. Officials were forced to take drastic measures to curb it. Employee.- of al. ranks were neglecting their work to sc;-: tip sheets, talk horses, and
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 141 15 I GOLF I in aid of St. Nicholas Home I' I WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON February Bth, at 4,30 p.m. I MIX! I) FOl RS Nine Holes Stroke Play (each I team must have al least one lady) B Each Member of the team to carry full B .•<•! of Clubs, but
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    • 205 15 ST. NICHOLAS’ HOME BUY A FLAG On Saturday February 4th AND Please support our CONCERT by the Runnymede Orchestra on Sunday. February sth. fit 9.30 p.m. AT THE E. O. HOTEL Tickets on Sale al the Hotel Price SI THIS SPACE IS KINDLY GIVEN BY HENRY WAUGH CO. <... A
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  • 63 16 MORNING QUOTATIONS TIN LATEST Penang $107.37$ Business 25 tons Singapore $107.37A COPRA Sundried $3.50 Bhrk Pepper $9.00 RUBBER Penang (Spot) 25%ic Singapore (Spot) 25%c TAPIOCA Fair Seed $2.95 Medium $3.30 RICE Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $5.90 No. 2 $5.70 White No. 1 $6.00 White No. 2 $5.75
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  • 104 16 Prev. Today Paris 176 63 64 176 63 64 New York 4.67 H 4.6713 Montreal 4.70% 4.70% Brussels 27.66 27.66% Geneva 20.71% 20.71% Amsterdam 8.68% 8.69% Milan 88% 88% Berlin 11.66% 11.66 Stockholm 19.40 19.41 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19 90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226%
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  • 121 16 Four Charged After Pusing Raid (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Gajah, Monday. As a result of a raid made by the Pusing police yesterday morning four Chinese women. Lee Mooi, Chow Moor. Wong and Kuang Mee. were produced before Datoh Ibrahim, in the Batu Gajan Court this
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  • 232 16 Some hesitancy developed after sharp early session strength but no important liquidation appearing, the market showed a tendency to rise towards the close There was a better tone in rails than Utilities. which latter apparently were subject to some doubts attributable to second thoughts on the T.
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  • 138 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN: Buyers Seller* Ampat 3 6 4 0 Hong Fatt .65 .70 Klang River 1.67*2 1.80 Kuchai Ordy. 1.17% 1.25 Malayan Tin 29 0 30 0 Pangnga 5 I*2 6 0 Pahang Consol 110 12 0 Petaling 6.25 6. 65 ex Pungah 16 0 16 9ex Rahman 1.10
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  • 164 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampats 3 3 3:6 Bangrins 19 9 20 6 Burma Malays 20 0 20,9 Hong Fatts .63 .67 Jelebus -57 .60 Johans -25 .27 Kamuntings 7 6 Kur.dangs 6 7*2 6 Kuchais 1.17% 1.22% K. Lan juts 16 0 16 6 London Tins 3 0
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  • 152 16 Two new members of the staff of the Anglo-Chinese School, Ipoh, in the I person of Mrs. Grace Tong and Mr. Phoy Choy Wan, were introduced at the Teachers’ Union monthly meeting held at the School on Monday evening, with Mr. Yong Chong Yoon,
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  • 576 16 Arrival By R. A. F. Flying-boat (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Tuesday. His Excellency the Governor of the Straits Settlements and High Commissioner to the Malay States (Sir Shenton Thomas) with Lady Thomas arrived in Bangkok early this afternoon by an R A.F. Short Sunderland
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  • 154 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN i Bayers Seller* Batu Selangor 1.22% 1.27% Hong Fatt .62% .67% Kuchai 1.22% 127% Mambau .47% .50 Petalings 6.10 6.30 Rahman Hyd. 1.10 1.15 Rantau 1.22% 1.27% Taiping Cons. 1.50 1.55 Talam 125 1.30 Ulu Klang .65 .70 Ampat 3 6 4 0 Ayer Hi tarn
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  • 69 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Tuesday. The new Central Battery system of the Taiping telephone exchange has now been completed and telephone users in this district are enjoying the improved service provided. The old type receivers have been removed, and replaced with others of the Gecophone type,
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  • 95 16 The Hindu. Thaipusam festival, the celeb, ition of which will extend over four days, starts to-morrow. The absence of firevvoixs will be the most noticeable feature of the local celebrations this year, as it is understood that there hau been difficulty over the obtaining of a
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  • 133 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsar, Tuesday. The firing of nine guns from the police compound this morning announced the commencement ot the Hari Raya Haji festivities in Perak’s royal capital. The streets presented an animated scene with their crowds of gaily-dressed Malays. Relations
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 128 16 THE BEST DIET DURING CONVALESCENCE After operations, or wasting and other «diseases, you feel so weak and exhausted that you wonder whether you’ll ever feel really well again Everyone urges you to eat. Yet food nauseates you. But you simply must eat. Doctors all over the world have found that
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    • 326 16 1 F. M. S. R. BAR, RESTAURANT GRILL ROOM HIGH CLASS FOOD. MEALS AT ANY HOUK. Oud--.r the personal supervision t»f our new Ch f from Singapore SERVICE* UNDER IDEAL CONDITIONS. ENTIRELY UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT MODERATE TERMS. NOTICE Ol SALE Offers are invited for the following properties belonging to N.
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    • 558 16 r de«ran-, s; "G az Singapore Office- 7 5471. Tel- ‘‘Ti, 25, Rates of Subscr.pdnn f'p. J •na Sunday k Local M." 8 S G Monthly jj S.b. 4 j >, Quarterly fl.// 5 MaJfAcarJy 7; 0 5.25 8 Yearly 15 w Local D. U ldaj J Quarterly ry Half-Yearly
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