Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 February 1939

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE cSTAB. '833 PUBLISHED DAILY r'n vol. xcvn. AC. 1 1 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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    'We Are Not Frightened Of The Issue Of War
    215 1 .—Reuter. MINISTER’S CONFIDENCE An inspiriting Declaration London, Friday. 4t, 1l is not for a moment that we in this country have bared our teeth, but if we have not bared our teeth we have bared our upper lip and a warning
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    NO IMMEDIATE INDEPENDENCE
    266 1 Reuter. Palestine I Disorders One Reason jLondon, Friday. «hr •■mi?. that it was made UD'icJ egat’ons to the if the p# p c Une mb -tine the British Govern- their way to grant im .re proceeding h-xeen th- At ib delegatons and it is I X'-xl that
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    ARMS FOR YEMEN
    104 1 A RMS FOR YEMEN “i wnicii Reif r. Supplied IK Italy For Cash Rome, Friday. Rumours it v o id arms to Yehen ai c<fii ri.- i Gayda writing in He says that it ian firearm manu- H 11 quantities of arms tlJtl, Co ii Yeman against a r 11
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    RADIO MAN ACCUSED
    175 1 -Reuter. Some Extraordinary Allegations Moscow, Friday. Voznisinsky, chief wireless operator at Tikhaya Bay, Arctic Region, is to be tried at the Moscow Municipal Court on Feb. 25 for promalicious counter-revolu-tionary activity, including sabotage of the search for Levanevsky and his crew of five who perished while flying
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    ROME SHOOTING INCIDENT
    338 1 —Reuter. Leads To “•Fantastic’’ > Rumours i i Rome, Friday It is reported that a madman fired i two shots at a detective who asked to j see his papers outside the Villa Torlonia j Signor Mussolini’s residence, on Wednes- I day- 1 It is stated that
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    NO SINECURE!
    65 1 LOVvii vauouu ,—Beuter. Dr. Schacht’s Successor Breaks Down Berlin, Friday. The health of Herr Brinckmann. who was appointed deputy president of the Reichsbank when Dr. Schacht left, is apparently much worse. He went on holiday a week ago. It is now extremely doubtful whether he will return to
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    HOME MARKETS
    111 1 nrm m covering and speculative buy mg.-Reu-ter. Chancellor's Speech Inspires Confidence London, Friday. On the Stock Exchange, confidence inspired by the Chancellor’s optimistic speech at the Iron and Steel Federation annual dinner caused a general imprevenent together with increased activity particularly in home industrials, giltadged and foreign bonds.
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    GERMANS AND NORWAY
    32 1 -Reuter. Oslo, Friday. The German Government has informeo !x: n—th Many e No A rSan firms nave recently received questionnaires on the subject, which they refused to reply. -Reuter.
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    THEINDIA STATES CRISIS
    120 1 THE INDIA STATES CRISIS Bombay, Friday. 'lulhi is reported to be preoccupied with the si in the Indian states, particularly Rajkot and I ""is in conflict with the State a th ,C^*X s of y s'on <>! a more demoeratic re presentation ol P P lndian states. “Reuter th '<t
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    NO HASTY RECOGNITION
    408 1 —Reuter. A\ ashington Franco Government Washington, Friday. The Government is not contemplating a hasty decision regarding recognition of Franco, Mr. Summer Welles told a Press conference. He ruled out the possibility of pan-American unity on the question and said that Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia had already
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    RETURNED THE RANSOM
    132 1 Chinese Guerillas’ Gesture Peiping, Friday. Signor Frank Poletti, an Italian, who was kidnapped last month has been le leased by his captors and reached Peiping safe and well on Thursday forty days after his capture near the Ming Tomb For reasons not yet clear the captors returned
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    A BEAUTY SPOT
    48 1 )US IUI -British London, Friday.—The National for the preservation of places of beauty and historical interest has made provision for a permanent preservation of land at the mouth of the River Yealm, near Plymouth, which is famous for its beauty and quiet surroundings. —British Wireless.
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    11 MAJOR NAVAL & AIR BASES FOR AMERICA
    128 1 11 MAJOR NAVAL AIR BASES FOR AMERICA $52,000,000 Programme .—Reuter. Washington, Friday. The House Naval Committee finally approved a fifty-two million dollar naval and air base programme including a controversial five million dollars improvement to aviation facilities at Guam. The Authorisation Bill covers eleven major bases in the Pacific and
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    JAPAN BUYS ARMS
    78 1 iiracL>j iiu —Reuter. Orders Placed In Czechoslovakia Prague, Friday. It is learned from a reliable source that a Japanese mission composed of naval officers spent a week in Czechoslovakia and placed large orders with Czechoslovak, armament factories at Brno. The mission also propose! to purchas the surplus
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    Paris,
    28 1 Reuter. Paris, Friday. The death has occurred of M. Charles Laurent, Ambassador to Germany fro 1920 to 1922 and a director of the Sue Canal Company.— Reuter.
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    WEALTHY SOLDIERS
    67 1 Reuter Tried To Struggle £4,000,000 Perpignan, Friday. Seventy-six officers and two soldiers ot th! Republican Lister brigade were i oa -it Cerct today to terms of im n< mnt varying from two years to pnsonment xaiyi J ld jewe ls XsT frontL 8 valued at more than They
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    THE FRUITS OF CONQUEST
    180 1 Reuter. A Bigger Market To Serve Berlin, Friday. Herr Hitler, opening the annual motor show, said that in the creation of a greater Germany, they haa succeeded not only in increasing the might, but also in the consciousness of the might and thereby the power of
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    ROOSEVELT AT SEA
    24 1 —Reuter. Washington, Friday.—President Roosevelt is embarking on the cruiser Houston at Key West, Florida, today, to watch the Atlantic manoeuvres. —Reuter.
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    JAPANESE INSINCERITY
    1283 2 Hainan Occupied Despite Assurances To France From Our Own Corresponded. Hong Kong, Feb. 13. Japanese occupat on of Hainan Island last Friday J morning, g d not come as a surprise in Hong Kci?g. it had been expected for some time past, specially since Signor Mussoliai began frs
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    GERMAN MOUNTAIN TROOPS’ MANOEUVRES
    32 2 GERMAN MOUNTAIN TROOPS’ MANOEUVb tain chasseur's and engineers are taking part in Mittenwald. Here are troops and mules carrying yv H I narrow snow-covered mountain track while I
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    Mystery Plane For Chinese Air Force
    511 2 lFrom Our Own Correspondent). Hong Kong, Feb. 13. A. mystery aeroplane, known in aviation circles as the “Rocket Interceptor Fighter,” will shortly be delivered to the Chinese Air Forch in large numbers, j. learn from a reliable source. The plane, the product of the
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    HAINAN SEIZURE RESULT OF FASCIST PRESSURE?
    333 2 The Times On Japans “Defiant Gesture”' London, Friday. TT is no secret that Germany and Italy to hear on Japan such pressure .as ihey co e dn the Far East with the hope that Japan won 11 take mJ action calculated to further the
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    Brazil Minister Warning
    104 2 Reuter. Washington, Friday.] “The unj I nations cannot fail t< i now rampant thru:: 1 declared Dr A 1 Foreign Minister, in an addr'"'. National Press < I Dr. Aranha, who arrived earlyislß ruary, has had com I dent Roos I Administration, in v. ii<T md formation
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    JAPANESE OCCUPY NAMTAL
    17 2 Hong K It is officiall.v anese occupied >’ o.r British territory, thi- a. 'i 1
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    CUT NEIGHBOUR'S TREE
    201 3 iin\ fsed param; (r Vi AL\ j ’Hi vegetable gardener, t produced in the Ipoh J. I: Killin'- on Thursday on a hurt to an- .’getablc gardener at Gun- iry 24. Accused claimed accidentally struck com- ii hand while defending lur.isi if r •;>) < mef Court
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    TAIPING’S WATER SUPPLY
    1184 3 Plea For Reopening Of Standpipes /1 appeal lor the restoration of the taps which l ave 7 recently removed from the existing standpipes in th? T'r. Va O< and the removal of rental on water meters ’JUJ’ng was made by Mr. Toh Eng Hoe at the meeting
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    BRITAIN TO SEEK CLOSER TIES WITH SOVIET?
    100 3 —Reutei. London, Friday. The Manchester Guardian political correspondent reports a statement attributed to Lord Halifax when addressing the Conservative Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Commons last night that there must be no "cold-shouldering of Russia.” This is said to have been
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    RAUB GOLD MINING GO. SUED
    430 3 Ex-Manager Alleges Wrongfid Dismissal (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Friday. Har a company the right to decide arbitrarily or must they decide reasonably when terminating the services of a, employee This was one of the points at issue in a hearing before Mr. Justice
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    WOMAN DISTILLER PLEADS GUILTY
    107 3 Caught By Customs Officers Customs outdoor officers conducted a raid at Ulu Kapayang on Thursday and arrested a Chinese woman in possession of a complete still. Yesterday morning the woman, Khoo Ah Ying, was produced before the Ipoh magistrate by Mr. K. H. Cantrell on a
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    NEW CINEMA FOR TAIPING
    179 3 Opening March 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Friday. Built and furnished at a cost of about $70,000, Taiping’s new cinema. The Lido, is now ready and will be opened on March 1. Tiie building, one of the most modern in design, stands at the corner
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    PARTY DRESS FOR THE YOUNG
    77 3 A pretty yown of natural silk marquisetto net, zeith (in oeer-ail scroll design of gold sequins. The fullness of the bodice is shirred in at the centre 'while the shirt is full and circular. A triangular cccoli at the back con Act s the ll'atleau
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    LOOKING UP
    425 4 r J I HE decision of the International Rubber Regulation Committee to leave the quota release unchanged resulted in a firming in the price whirl the market has managed to hold. Th. present price, poor though it is wi f h I estates only permitted to produce hah
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    Montmartre Changes— Memories Of The Past
    1511 4  -  COSMOPOLITE GOSSIP By Rose Patterson —Copyright, THE many ghosts of old Montmartre. especially the great among them, like Ignatius Loyola and Saint Denis, who have so long haunted the Hill of the Martyrs, must be sad today. So little of old Montmartre is left,
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    THE WAY
    432 5 Traffic Indicators \i, motorists, as others here, arc making inof traffic indicators” creasing •> as a substitute for md the problem has ators which are thrust dropped again when served their purpose. ossible for a driver to indefinitely out of the tlimit knowing it is there, hanical indicator,
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    MALARIA “ON THE RUN” IN MALAYA
    434 5 Soon Becoming A Minor Disease, Says Sir M. Watson (From Our London Stall “■««•ANTtc London, February 7. <VJA a S anti-malarial ingenuity saved Port Swettenham from being closed in 1901, and made it possible to create the Singapore Naval Base without appalling, and probably
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    ASSIZE COURT TRIAL
    207 5 Muslim Sentenced For Causing Hurt At the Assize Court yesterday, after a vwo-day hearing, Mohamed Haniffa wh< stood charged -with culpable Homicide not amounting to murder or, alternatively, vith voluntarily causing grievous hurt on September 11. 1938 in front of house No. 45 Pattani Road, Penang, was
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    DISCUSSION OF COLONIAL PROBLEMS
    141 5 (From Our London Staff j London, Feb. 8. (CERTAIN M.P s are worried at the j lack of facilities afforded in the House of Commons for the discussion of Colonial problems. Mr. David Adams (Lab., Consett) t?day asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the
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    LONDON TO SINGAPORE IN 2 1/2 DAYS
    179 5 (From Our London Staff) London, Feb 10 HFIHE first of the six machines w’itii 1 X which the K.L.M. announced this week they hope to mainta n a twiceweekly 2 1 > day service from London to Singapore is due for delivery in
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    COLONIAL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS
    108 5 (From Our London Staff) London, Feb 10. The folio-wing Malayan appointments, most of which are already known ii Singapore, were announced by the Colo nial Office this morning: Mr. W. H. E Neil (Deputy Chief Surveyor) to be chief Surveyor. F.M.S. and S.S.; Mr. O. Watson (Senior
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    SINGAPORE YOUTHS CAN JOIN R A F.
    257 5 Colour Rule Is Not Lnb r eakable” (From Our London Staff) London, Feb. 9. SINGAPORE youths who are British subjects by birth can, under certain conditions, join the R.A.F. The colour bar mentioned in a letter published recently in the Straits Times is
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    COLONIAL DEPENDENCIES
    131 5 Defence Needs Under Constant Review (From Our London Staff) London, Feb. 8. L>efence measures taken by the more i important members of the Colonial Empire during the September crisis have been the subject of reports to the Colonial Office Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Colon’ai Secretary, conveyed this information to
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    SINGAPORE TRACTION PROSPECTS
    656 5 London, Feb. 8. (From Our Qw Correspondent.) /CONFIDENCE in the future of the Singapore Traction Co., Ltd. was expressed by Sir Thomas J. Strangman. K.C., when, in the absence through indisposition of the chairman, Mr. L. W. Hawkins, he presided today at the 13th annual general meeting
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      823 6 WISHING ALL OUR CHINESE PATRONS AND FRIENDS A HAPPY PROSPEROUSNEW YEAR FOLLOW THT4 CROWDS TO THE ONE BIG HOLIDAY SHOW TN TOWN Ni”ht Sh<>M S Co Hl 111 C LCC Next Week-end h J lesf you Hn < ET: TONIGHT AT 12 PM. MIDNIGHT PERFORMANCE (REDUCED PRICES) THE TOP OF
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    KUALA LUMPUR ROTARIANS SEE EVEREST FILM
    671 7 Taken Atm! Shown By Member Oi 1933 Expedition (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala L u mpur, Thursday. 1933 assault on Mount Everest, which failed owing to 1 weather conditions, was brought very close to Malayans last night, when Mr. E. 0. Shebbeare, Chief Game
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    CHIEFS TO ENTERTAIN PERAK SULTAN
    127 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Thursday. At a meeting of Larut Malays held here yesterday, presided over by Tengku Mentri Wan Ahmad Rasdi, M.S.C., it was decided to invite His Highness Sir Abdul Aziz to a function in this district after his installation. The proposal
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    NEWS IN BRIEF
    498 7 Corr. Paris. Thursday: It is learned that Senor Del Vayo is still here.—Reuter. Mr. Leong Sin Nam. 0.8. E. is confined to his house at Gopeng-road, Ipoh, with a slight illness. Mrs. Hereward Wagner has returned to Kuala Lumpur after several years in England. =l' 4: Mr.
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    ACTING RESIDENT OF SELANGOR
    107 7 Maj. Kidd Probable (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. I understand it is probable that Major G. N. Kid, Controller of Rubber, Malaya, may act as British Resident, Selangor, when Mr. S.W. Jones goes on 3ave at the beginning of May. Mr. Jones will be
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    INDIANS ON SERIOUS CHARGES
    83 7 Four Indians, Kristna, Letchiram Ramchand end Latto, were arraigned ■'•efore Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penan' Middle Court yesterday on two charge if voluntarily causing grievous hurt V 'lamsuddin bin Abdullah a.nd with com mitting mischief by damaging the shov L-ases and other property at
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    ANGLO – FRENCH – DUTCH CONFERENCE IN ORIENT ?
    684 8 ANGLO FRENCH DUTCH CONFERENCE IN ORIENT Japanese Forecast Sequel To Sir Shenton’s Tour GOVERNORS MAY MEET TO DISCUSS FAR EAST Singapore, Thursday. FALLOWING Sir Shenton Thomas’ return to Singapore yes terday from his visit to French Indo-China, where bs saw M. Jules Brevie, the Governor-General, at Hue. Japanese circles are
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    Taiping On Air Map Of Malaya
    105 8 (From Our Own Correspondent I Taiping, Friday. With the landing of the Governo taffies here this morning, inauguratin he new tor route of Wearne ’hr Services, Ltd., Taiping is now place jn the ait map. The decision of the company to mak jhis place
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    TOO FAR BACK TO REMEMBER
    114 8 Criminal Career Of Old Malay Lag’ Remarking that he did not believ accused’s story. Mr. Justice a’Becket Terrell dismissed the appeal of f Malay, Mat bin Ali, wno appealed again st a sentence of one years’ rigorous in~ prisonment for failing to report as a
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    BATU RURAL MURDER INQUIRY
    70 8 Tamil Husband Charged (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. Friday. Ponnusamy, an anti-malarial coolie, who is alleged to have recently hacked his young wife to death at Batu Kurau, and then tried to commit suicide by cutting his own throat, was this morning produced in the Taiping
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    STATUS OF FRENCH GOVERNOR-GENERAL
    51 8 —Aneta Domei IT is learned that the opinion voiced in Pari-’ and Hanoi is that the Governor oi French Indo-China should be 3 raised to the status of a State Minister and ested with powers to attend to diplomacy and defence at ins own discretion —Aneta
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    WAS FOWL TAKEN AS WELL AS EGGS?
    91 8 (LTom Our Own. Correspondent > Taiping, Friday. A Malay, Tajan bin Tapah, from Changkat Jering, was this morning produced before the Taiping Magistrate to answer the charge of dishonestly retaining ten eggs valued at 15 cents, alleged to have been stolen from one
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    Magistrate Misled By Pleadings
    430 8 “The pleadings do not, in my opinion set out the real issues betw’een the parties and in the circumstances it is not urprising that the learned magistrate was also misled,” stated the Hon. Mr. Justice A. K. a'Beckctt Terrell in delivering his written judgment in a
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    ABRUPT END TO PERAK MURDER TRIAL
    141 8 The trial of three Tamil labourers on a charge of murdei’ of a young compatriot on Nova Scotia Estate came to an abrupt end at the third day’s hearing when the judge stopped the further hearing and acquitted and discharged the ac cused. The
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    WHY HE MADE NO REPORT
    385 8 Feared Chief Might Abscond (biom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, I riday. He was afraid t'iat if he told th. police about the inc.dent the man who broke into his house would leave .he country, said Chin Chong Yet, a mining coolie, when he gave
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    STORY OF SAVAGE AXE ATTACK
    130 8 Cost Oi lnle rvtnin I IIJ How a p2tty qu;ir> tween two Turn; axe attack on ;in< dently inter Justice Murray-Aj: w Assizes yeste charged with <. Kalimuthu on Jen Anson, on August h Outlining th< Deputy Legal Adviser day in question quarrel started x
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    VILLAGE ALMOST WIPED OUT BY FIRE OUTBREAK
    186 9 Families Rendered Homeless POWER-STATION STAFF TO THE RESCUE E attap hauses are ueueved to na>e i>eea gutied in a fierce of fire at a small village between Nalim Nawai at i I anjong I ualang on Thursday night. Shortly before seven o clock
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    CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST
    502 9 Big Defalcations By Bill-collector That he navi tost tue muney was the defence put up by a zO year-oid Engiishpeakmg Chinese, Tan Eng Joo, formerly employed as bill-collector by Messrs. L. ,Swee Co. of Beach Street, Penang, at his trial yesterday before Air. A. V>. oellamy,
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    WANTED MAN CAUGHT AFTER THREE YEARS
    114 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ta-iping, Friday. Wanted in 1935 for committing crimminal intimidation by threatening a police sergeant with injury to his person, a Malay named Bakar bin Nsmin was only arrested yesterday. He was today produced before the Taiping magistrate and charged. Court
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    STORY OF CAR ON HIRE-PURCHASE
    554 9 lAlleges Hardship i hire-purchase system !y Mr. M. Saravanaions to the District 1, M Fall, in. the Penang v ter hay, at the resumed < I action in which he i I niversal Cars lor representing arrears of n one car and cost of fi
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    CHINESE NEW YEAR AT TAIPING
    34 9 •itiun Park, Taiping, has ar- II gala programme for to- r ’ill be a display of Adgci--L.ai— >- ’--iIT.. Special day shows have anged by all cinemas during Yea.’- holidavJ.
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    CAUGHT STEALING PLANKS
    415 9 —Reuter. Failed lo Get Away With Loot Before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in th Middle Court. Penang. yesterday diinese, Quah Ah Hong, wa<; charged rith the theft of 15 planks, the property ff a timber-yard in McCullum Street, and a. handcart, the rented property o. iamasamy. The
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    A Poltergeist ?
    83 9 A Poltergeist (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Friday. Strange happenings are occurring in a house near Upper Stephen-road. The European occupant is mystified. A hail of stones suddenly comes from nowhere every now and again. Despite a close watch, no clue is available, and Asiatic residents in the vicinity believe
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    CHINESE CHARGED
    396 9 Woman’s Suicide By Poison I Hearing was resumed yesterday, before i Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penang Middle j Court, of the case in which a Cninese Let Lian Kang, ts charged with outraging the i modesty of a Chinese woman, Lee Keah since dead, on October
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    CYCLIST COLLIDES WITH LORRY
    135 9 Sustains Broken Leg (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Friday. A Malay cyclist sustained a fracture of his right leg when he was knocked down by a lorry at the junction of Crichton-road and Taiping- road on Tuesday night. The unfortunate man was on his way
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    HIGHWAY ROBBERY ALLEGED
    192 9 Chinese Attacked On Lonelv Path (From u; Own Corr ?spond-nt) Kuala Kangsar, Friday. A lonely bridle-path between LuboMerbau and Padang Kenga.a was tL scene of a daring robbery on Tuesda tight when a Chinese tobacco-dealer w. cat ’’gon i.; two Malays armed wit dicks and lobbed of
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    FREE-FOR-ALL AT KUALA KANGSAR
    140 9 ’Jamils Clash With Chinese (From Cur Own Correspond*:’<t) Kuala Kangsar. Friday. As a result of a street light between party of Tamils ami Chinese which >ok piece at Jalan Kangsar on Tuesday ght, a Tamil and a Chinese are now ng in the District Hospital, Kuala
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    RUBBER MARKET TOPICS
    1072 10 More About The Quota Decision London, February 6. MOST of the heavy fall which occurred in rubber prices in anticipation of a bellicose speech by Herr Hitler was regained before the speech was delivered. The speech itself led to a further modest improvement, and prices are now
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    N.E.I. RUBBER EXPORTS
    146 10 Sharp Fall In December Batavia, February 4. Exports of crude rubber from the N.E.I. during December totalled 10,689 metric tons, compared with 19,432 tons I in the previous month. Exports from Java and Madoera were i 1,903 tons, against 4,039 tons in November; from East Coast Sumatra
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    BRITISH FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    258 10 Company Formation (By Robert Mackay) HPHE total capital of new commercial enterprises registered in England last year was £69f millions, and though this amount was less than in the preceding year, the number of companies (12,808) formed and registered was only one per cent lower than
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    PERAK RIVER VALLEY RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED
    663 10 Lower Working Profits Disclosed THE following Directors’ report of Perak River Vallex Rubber Co., Ltd., will be presented at the twenty* eighth annual general meeting to be held in Penan f February 25. on Area and Cultivation. There has been no change in the
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    BRITISH MALAYAN TIN
    202 10 Another Meeting To Be Held (From Our Own Correspondent) London, February fi. AS your Correspondent informed you on December 28, it was then pre- posed by the directors of British Malayan i Tin Syndicate, Ltd. to reduce the capital j from £25,000 to £4,924 14s. This reduction
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    147 11 (Above Two little singers in a i.. at exercise at Raffles VjirV School, w’here pupils take a very keen interest in musical studies. ?< i: ippreciation of music i> speech training is 'nt 1 vs at Outran! Road ‘■i'i'iol with radio-gramo-P > Here is Mr.
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    IPOH AMATEURS TO VISIT SINGAPORE
    114 12 Charity Performances By P.C.A.D.A. For the first time members of a Chinese Amateur Dramatic Troupe from Ipoh will travel down to Singapore during the Easter holidays to stage two charity performances in aid of the China Relief Fund, If plans materialise. It is understood that
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    CHURCH NOTICES
    794 12 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR QUINQUAGESLMA 7.15 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.00 a.m. MattinS and Litany Psalms 15. 20, 31. Hymn 255. 8.45 a.m. Holy Communion. 9.30 a.m. Mattins (Tamil). 10.30 a.m. Matting and Holy Communion (Chinese). 4.15 p.m. Sunday School (Parsonage) 6.00 p.m. Evensong and Sermon Psalms 30, 23.
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    World Achievement
    264 12 The Conquest Of Huaseamn The Germans, it seems, are winning fame as mountain climbers. In 1938 they achieved renown by climbing tv the summit of a peak in the Alps which ha d been disdainful till that hour, and in 1934 they conquered Peru's highest mountain, Huascaran, a
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    THE SIND CABINET TANGLE
    114 12 Three New Ministers r Appointed Karachi, Feb. 2. ’T’HE Governor of Sind is flying back to Karachi from his tour next week in connection with the oath-taking ceremony of the three new Ministers to be Included in the present Ministry, namely, Sir Ghulam Hussain Hidayatullah, Mir
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    "Better Half Of Mankind"
    501 12 Mr. Gandhi’s Warning lo Students WRITING in the Hari.ian <>t l-.m,. 4 under the capth m Girl,” Mahatma Gandhi “I have received a letter half of eleven girls we- addresses have been it below with change. readable without in any meaning: “‘Your comments on th lady
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      1219 12 fraaibradio radio radiz> radio T alrof® Siil^&ljv£ di i a radio rad!?-. ra&io radio radio radio PENANG SINGAPORE ZHJ 6.08 Mcjs (40.03 in.) ZHL 1,333 kc/S (225 m.) TODAY ZHP 9.69 mc/s (30.96 m.) P.M. 5 55 Chinese music. 7.00 Indian music. TODAY 8.00 Malay music. 9.00 Close down. P.M.
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      467 12 8.8. C, Service Schedule Lor Far East TRANSMISSION 2 6.02 p.m. to 9.15 p. m GSJ, GSG GSV and GSF. GSB 9.51 Mc/s (31.55 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (19.86 m.) GSP 15.31* Mc/s (19.60 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/s 1 25.53
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    The 'Mails
    497 13 Lited Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang MR MAILS OUTWARD El K PL v.X D THE WEST (Empire Air Mail): For •pt Victoria Point), India stine. Egypt. Sudan, Kenyi L’ganda, Zanzibar, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South 4 Britain, Ireland, Canada an Newfoundland. pur 7.30 a.m.; Ipoh 12.4;
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    MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS IN PENANG HARBOUR
    899 13 ARRIVALS Today: BEHAR ex Kobe via Shanghai, Hang Kong and Singapore. BENGLOE ex London. Monday, February 20: KEDAH ex Belawan-Deli. MENTOR ex Hamburg. TANGO MARU ex Japan via Singapore. lOEGH STL VERLIGHT ex Persian Gulf iorts via Bombay and Colombo. Tuesday, February 21: JUTLANDIA
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    SAFETY OF INDIANS IN BURMA
    196 13 By Premier la 1 Madras Assembly Madras, Jan. 27. IN the Madras Assembly the Premier making a statement said that on receipt of information of recrudescence of trouble in Burma the Madras Government got in touch with the Burma Government and received information that there
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    ANOTHER ARREST IN STABBING CASE
    55 13 Another Tamil, arrested in connection with the alleged stabbing case at Tambun, when a Tamil was wounded, was yesterday morning charged before the Ipoh magistrate with, voluntarily causing grievous hurt. Accused claimed trial and the cace was postponed to March 2Z, b-M 1 being allow*
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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. GREYSTOKE Mar. Apr. CASTLE 15 24 AGENTS TeL Nos. 563 559. Paterson Simons Co., Ltd.
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    SOCCER REFEREE CRITICISES THE PRESS
    360 14 “Reports 01 Rough P) av Exaggerated INCIDENTS ATTRIBI TED TO IGNORANCE IN attack on the local Press prefaced a talk given n Rl -1. feree and former Penang “Malaya Cup” goal-keeper M 6 E. Walker, to a class of soccer referees and woo M >
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    Programme For Today’s Singapore Races
    1092 14 JpOLLOWING is the programe for today’s races at Singapore: I. ICE 1— Horses, Class 3, Division 3, 7 Furlongs 01 3 KOH SABAH a 9.04 Mr. M. van Ereukelen Owner, 00 0 CARMTOP a 8.13 “Mr. Ranggi” Sherida I 30 0 ACHILLES 5 8.12 “Wearne
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    SOCCER FIXTURE
    83 14 The Penang Sports Club will play a friendly soccer match against a team from H.M. Navy on Friday, February 24. on the Esplanade at 5.20 p.m. The Club team, which will play in Club colours, will be: E. Walker; G. L. Littledyke and T. A. Maxwell; R P.
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    SOCCER GAMES IN IPOH
    83 14 AN uninteresting soccer match played yesterday between the Perak Chinese Recreation Club and the Ipoh Railways on the former’s ground resulted in a goal less draw. Both sides were weak in attack and their forwards missed many chances. Ramblers Win 4—o The Ipoh Ramblers beat the
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    TAIPING AND IPOH RACE MEETINGS
    265 14 Action By Stewards The following AcJon i,\ Sie ,ards at the 1 aiping k>k,vc Aievi»i',L i Ipoh rroifcsswnai m in me latesc issue oi l)Lo racing ziLssociaiioii calendar; TAIFING *****. MEETING First Day, January 20: Race 3, Th? Residency Stakes: The Stewards considered an objection
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    PERAK BOXING
    218 14 I The Perak Amateur Boxing I pionships will take place in Ipol- u I Park towards the end of Apr.!. I decision was arrived at during i" ee of the Perak Boxing Association he the Ipoh Jubilee Park on T 1 night. Several items of interest were ed
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    HONG KONG’S FASTER THREES BEAT MALAYA
    1060 15 Not Enough Dash In Visitors McLennan Plavs On With Fractured Arm (Hom Our Own Correspondent) Hong Kong, Feb. 13. JAV L‘ G v. their second match (against the Navy lasi Tues d?y) the Waiayan Rugby tourists concluded their Hon. Aong visit yesterday when they
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    KHO SIN KIE WINS AT CANNES
    188 15 avp A Second k .Marble Cannes, Feb. 8. or.' women’s match of was played yesterday 1 o the Gallia tourna iraeyn Whe lor. the '’lie Weivers, champion 'li."* American won 2 :.i t e first set i.v had three se' id set Mlle. Welver
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    FOOTBALL JUBILEE FUND
    152 15 ‘Jh’iude Toward: <h>ls Money London, February 5. i j thing recently in foot--21 changed attitude toi pools money. Everyone il lootbdl attitude, of ’y in the extreme. That is by circumstances. time of Charles Sutcliffe, much hope of the clubs or the Association accepting 'i ough Sutcliffe’s
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    DRESSED IN SMART UNIFORMS,
    50 15 1\ SMART UNIFORMS, children of Italians who are fighting in "»< I guard at the Palazzo Venezia, the Diice’s office in Rome. 111 :"ig guard with the regular sentries they did the “Roman Step’’ gentry duties,. Picture shows the march past during the changing of the
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    N.R.A. RIFLE SHOOT RESULTS
    104 15 Kenya Wins Duke Of Gloucester’s Cup The National Rifle Association an acunce the result of the Overseas’ .30.' rull range postal match for 1938 as 10l lows Kenya with 1,114 points won the Dukof Gloucester's challenge cup and Lore Wakefield silver medals; Johore score--1,090 points was
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    DEW R. C’S VISIT TO PENANG
    148 15 (From Our Own Correspondent). Teluk Anson, Friday. I"iHE Dew Recreation Club hocke» eleven will be definitely travelling down to Penang tomorrow. Owing to the Chinese New Year ano for other reasons some of the good play ers in the team arc unable to make
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    O.X.A. BEAT H.Y.S. AT BILLIARDS
    93 15 The Old Xe.verians’ Association met the Hu Yew Seah at billiards (four balls) on the C-.X.A. tables last night and won by three games to two. The results were as follows (0.X.A.) players mentioned first): Lee Soon Feng lost to Klioo Cheng Hiam 175-250; Lim
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    GERMANS WIN SKATING TITLE
    69 15 Reuter. Budapest, Friday. Ernst Bair and Fraulein Maxie Herber of Germany retained their world’s figure skating pairs’ championship with 81 5 points and 8 placements. The second and third places were also secured by Germany. Erik Fausin and Fraulein Use Pausin scored 79.8 points and 13
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    JOE LOUIS TO FIGHT “GRANDPA” ROPER
    153 15 INDIGNANT protests are ringing down Broadway at the admission by Mik lacobs that he has sanctioned a massacr. etween Joe Louis and Jack (Grandpa) L.oper for the heavyweight title. Roper is 38, he has been knocked out n one punch by Jim Braddock, and
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    DOROTHY ROUND’S COME BACK
    270 15 Tries Out Gaine With Bill I ilden London, Feb. 9. MRS. DOUGLAS LU TLE has return ed to the courts. That is big news in the. tennis world. For Mrs. Little is Miss Dorothy Round ex-Sunday school teacher, who, refusing to play on Sundays, nevertheless was
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    SPORTS CLUB TENNIS
    130 15 FOLLCWING are rhursd.yyA a;lts in the Penang Sports Club I unis tournament: Men's Singles Handicap: 30.2 J. H. Wagstaff beat IJ. E. Goodrich 6—4, 3—6, 6—2. Mixed Doubles Handicap: 10 Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton beat 15. iffhan and H. J. Paine 6—3. 6 2 Mixed Doubles Handle■
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    SOMERSET'S CRICKET PROFIT
    89 15 Somerset County C<’ macb- a profit ci £2,163 last year and the club’s financial’ position is more satisf:> t<>rv than for years past. E. F. Longrigg will again captain the side n xt season Warwickshire lost £1.343 on the year’s working, but the share of the Australian
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    FEARS FOR BRADMAN
    101 15 IJ. SIEDLE, former South African Test cricketer, thinks that Australian may be shcrten.ng Don Bradn in’s ■career by imakii’g him captain in Test games. “South Africans till tell you,’’ says Siedle, that a tour of England literally nuts years on them. I remember (’hat H. Deane i
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    LATE MARKET PRICES
    65 16 MORNING QUOTATIONS TIN LATEST Penang $106.87% Business 25 tons Singapore $106.87% COPRA Sundried $3.5» Black Pepper $8.75 RUBBER Penang (Spot) 27 %c Singapore (Spot) 27 %e TM’IOCA Fail Seed $3.00 Medium $3.37% BICE Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $5.80 No. 2 $5.70 White No. 1 $6.00 White No.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    104 16 Prev. Today Paris 176 6164 176 63'64 New York 4.68% 4.68 R Montreal 4.70% 4.71 Brussels 27.77 27.80% Geneva 20.63 20.65% Amsterdam 8.73% 8.74% Milan 89 jV Berlin 11.67% 11.68 Stockholm 19.42 19.42 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19 90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 137
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    A.A. ANTHONY & CO.
    136 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN: Buyer» Kellen» Ayer Weng .55 .60 Batu Selangor 1.20 1.25 Hong Fatt .67% .70 Kuchai 1.20 1.25 Nawng Pet .27% .30 Rahman Hyr. 1.02% 1.07% Rantau 1.25 1.30 Taiping Cons. 1.42% 1 47% Ampat 3'6 3]9 Kpg. Lan jut 16’0 1616 London Tin Corp. 2 9
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    UNITED TRADERS
    175 16 RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Ayer Panas 1.17% 1.25 Batu Lintangs 1.00 1.07% Bassetts .45 .50 Bentas .97% 1.05 Brogas .62% .67% Kuala Sidims 2.00 2.20 Indragiris 1.10 1.17% Lunas 1.45 1.55 Mentakabs 37 .42 Malaka Pindas 1.22% 1.30 Pa jams 1.65 1.75 Sungei Tukangs .92% 1.00 Tanahs 1.62% 1.72%
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    WALL STREET CABLE
    280 16 New York, Friday. There was a firmer tone in commodities on favourable industrial news, although Barrons’ index is off from 75.0 to 74.7. There are improved retail sales. February car sales are 28% above a year ago. There is a prospect of higher steel operations. The main
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    LEAN & CO.
    165 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampats 3 3 3 7% Bangrins 19 6 20 3 Hong Fatts .67 .70 Jelebus .55 .59 Johans .25 .27 Kramats 9 3 9 3 K. Lanjuts 16 0 16 6 Kundangs 6 6 6.9 Laruts 3 101 4 1 2 Nawng Pets .27 29
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    JAPANESE PRODUCTS FLOOD CANTON
    120 16 —Reuter. Canton, Friday. While foreign firms continue to mark time impatiently awaiting the reopening of the Pearl River for resumption of trading, Japanese goods are invading Canton with marked success. In all Chinese hotels and stores which have reopened only Japanese products are obtainable. Japanese beer,
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    DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HORTHY & IMREDY
    66 16 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HORTHY IMREDY Budapest. Friday. One of the reasons now given for the resignation of the Hungarian Premier, Dr. Bela Imredy, was the reported refusal of the Regent, Admiral Horthy, to agree with the anti-Jewish law proposed by the Government recently. Count Teleki, the new Premier, declared that the
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    KENNEDY & CO.
    198 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Indragiri 1.15 1.25 Mentakab .40 .45 TIN: Ampat 3|6 4 1) Ayer Weng .52% .57% Batu Selangor 1.22 1.27 Berjuntai 9 6 1013 Hong Fatt -67% .70 Jelebu .55 .60 Kpg. Kamunting 7|o 8 Oex Kpg. Lanjut 16 3 16]» Kundang 6 6 7 0
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    NEW ELYSEE CABARET OPENED
    244 16 Big Crowd But No “Crush 9 Specially flying from Singapore to witness the opening of the latest enterprise, Mr. Rumne Shaw, who was accompanied by his brother. Mr. Run Run Shaw, must have been gratified at the success of the opening night of the new Elysee
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    NEW BOOKS AT THE PENANG LIBRARY
    96 16 The following New Books have been received at the Library:— Blanche Fury, by Joseph Sheering. Chateaubriand, by Andre Maurois. Drop To His Death, by John Rhode and Carter Dickson. Flying Dutchman, by Michael Arlen. The Gallant Heart, by A. Eden PhilL potts. The Injured
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    Rotarians Leave For Bangkok
    124 16 The Chinese Consul-General, Malaya. Mr. Kao Ling-pai, accompanied by his wife, arrived from Singapore yesterday morning by the s.s. Kedah and left later in the morning for Bangkok for the Rotary Conference by the International Express. He was met on arrival by the Chinese Consul, Penang,
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    GOLDEN GATE EXHIBITION
    184 16 Reuter. Novel Arrangemen I For Switching On Light San Francisco. Friday. Saturday s noonday sunrays over Bomba v will activate a. radio signal switch- 10 30 Dm. Pacific Standard mg on at 10.« so p.inTime tonight the vast illuminated system of the fifty million dollar Golden Gate
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    BRUSSELS INCIDENT
    168 16 Reuter Rebel Sympathisers Seize •’Spain House 9 I Brussels, Friday. Sympathisers of General Franco today j seize the Republican Casa d’Espana j (Spain House). They raided the buildi ing at night time and locked up the j concierge and his wife and. when the secretary arrived, forced him
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    NO COMPROMISE
    118 16 Reuter. Ihe Principle Of National Socialism Prague, Friday. Dr. Kundt, leader of the Germans in Czechoslovakia, delivered a definite speech at the opening of a new German cultural centre in Prague declaring, “We will never be German-speaking Czechs. We are going to live as free Germans in the
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    CHARLES BEDAUX
    77 16 Reuter. Defendant In S. African Court Suit Johannesburg, Friday. A Court order has been Issued here attaching the person of Charles Bedaux, well-known American efficiency expert, on the urgent application of Robert McChesney, engineer, who is bringing an action against Bedaux the nature of which is not yet
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    U.S. AMBASSADOR
    40 16 British Wireless. London, Friday.-—Mr. J P. Mr. Kennedy, the American Ambassador who recently returned from the U.S A. called this morning at the Foreign Offic-v and later visited the Prime Minister at No. 10, Downing Street. British Wirele'ss.
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    NONE WHATEVER!
    40 16 t, Reuter. Washington, Friday. Japan has assured the United States through the American Ambassador in Tokio that she has no territorial ambitions in China and that the occupation of Hainan Island will not go beyond military necessities. Reuter.
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    MASS AT MOSCOW
    92 16 —Reuter Diplomatic Corps Mourn The Pope Moscow, Friday. A Requiem mass for the late Pope was held in the St. Louis church, the only Catholic Church in Moscow, today. An American priest, Father Brown, conducted the service. Members of the diplomatic corps in formal attire and several
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    JAMAICA STRIKE
    89 16 Reuter Governmenl I lumand* Siirrenhri’ Kingston, Friday. The strike leader Bu statement today declaring tha strike has been called U to structions issued to Ia X)U stand by. /.irrleo that It is understood in offlci rdered eV asive this statements is con^'.' n tleinan Jing and the Government
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