Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 May 1939

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 183.5 PUBLISHED DAILY v ios Vol. XCVII. IHIRSDAY. 'LAY 1, 1939. PIDCE ■> CENTS.
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  • 560 1 In Event of War Breaking Out. FRANCE 'WILL GO TO POLAND’S AID Paris. May 3. It is leavned from a semi-official quarter that the Government has affirmed that if Germany took action at Danzig and Poland resisted, I’ rance would go to Poland’s
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  • 226 1 Reuter. Direct German Reprisals \\l SHALL PAY BACK DOUBLY” Berlin, May 3. <i ßrit.'h subjects resident in Gerrv have received an order from the n Government to leave. The exarc direct reprisals for the v >, ision of six Germans from Great Britain The British Embassy havej
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  • 41 1 —Reuter. Plans For Improvement Of Roads Sofia, May 4. Eighty German engineers and specialist- have arrived by invitation to spend a fortnight in Bulgaria. The visit is connected with plans for improving Bulgaria’s roads and other communications.—Reuter.
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  • 33 1 Reuter. Sydney, May 3. Britain has ordered in Australia over 50.000 tons of steel plates and 10.000 tons of galvanised iron for air raid -■•■iters, according to the Daily Herald.
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  • 398 1 Reuter. London May 3. The House of Lords gave unanimous aploval of the motion moved by r nh< >, that an address be presented to Kin!' on the occasion of his deparCanada and the United States. G uv( tp e assurance of the loyal
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    127 1 ’I. LITVINOFF. Soi iet Foreigr Connnissar. hast been release' from h' hi* es at his ou-n request, says a Reuter's message from Moscow. The Premier. M. Molotov, has taken the post. Authentw information regarding the reasons ansi implications of M. Litvinoffs resignation are at present withheld. The following nen
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  • 155 1 Reuter. Action Worth More ANTHONY EDEN ON BRITISH POLICY London, May 3. Mr Anthony Eden in a Speech at Leamington said he was convinced the nation would wish to see Mr W instor Churchill’s “exceptional talents’’ employed in its service at this tiirte. He added that the
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  • 98 1 —Reuter. Liverpool, May 4. Fifiteen persons have been taken to hospital suffering from the effects of tear gas following explosions at two principal cinemas in the centre of Liverpool. A number of police who entered the cinema were overcome and received first aid treatment. The police
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  • 990 1 Happy Sentiments At China Society Banquet London, May 3. Speaking at the annual banquet nf the China Society last night, Vir. Quo Tai-chi paid a handsome tribute to the great neighourlines?” shown by Russia to China. It was tht arch, he said, uniting Europe to which
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  • 40 1 —Reuter. Copenhagen. May 3. It is confirmed here that the Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Finland. Norway and Sweden will meet at Stockholm on May 9 to discuss Germany's moves for non-aggression pacts with Northern countries. —Reuter.
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  • 923 2 VON RIBBENTROP TO VISIT ITALY Fuehrer Relying On Duce POLISH CLAIM ON DANZIG WILL BE REJECTED Berlin, May 3 It is announced that Herr von Ribbentrop is leaving for Italy tomorrow evening for a visit lasting several days. It is added that Herr von Ribbentrop
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  • 301 2 New British Battleship London, May 3. Thousands watched the launching of the 35,000-ton l.attleship, “Prince Of Wales,” sister ship to the "King George V” by the Princess Royal at Birkenhead. The main armament consists of ten 14-inch guns capable of firing a broadside of over 15,000
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  • 442 2 tion to Mr. Samson’s action. —Reuter Wireless. Chungking Also Bombed Chungking, May 3. The business section of Foochow has been reduced to ruins, while casualties totalled over 1,000 as a result of Japanese bombings on April 21 and 25 and May 1 and 2,
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  • 71 2 -B.OW. Given By Canadian High Commissioner Rugby, May 3. The King and Queen dined last night with Mr. Vincent Massey, Canadian High Commissioner m London, and Mrs. Massey at their home. The small gathering was in the nature of a farewell party before Their
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  • 322 2 Fear Of Shipping Dislocation In Wartime London, May 3 Commenting on the fact that Reuter’s United Kingdom staple commodity index is at present 141.8 compared with 135 1 a month ago, the Financial News points out that this is primarily due to
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  • 42 2 —Reuter. Vice-President Of 1935 Press Conference Bloemfontein, May 3. The death has occurred of Mr. Thomas William Mackenzie, managing editor, The Friend Newspapers, Ltd., and Vice-Presid-ent of the Imperial Press Conference in South Africa in 1935. —Reuter.
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  • 63 2 that the involves considerable risk. —Reuter. Further Resources To Aid German Exporters Berlin, May 3. The new Relchsbank measures to aid German exports include the extension of the period of advances on foreign bills of exchange from six months to a year, thus enabling exporters to give foreign
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  • 33 2 .—Reuter. Term As British Adviser In Palestine Ended Jerusalem, May 3. Sir Charles Tegart left Palestine on the completion of his appointment in 1937 as Adviser to the Palestine Government.—Reuter.
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  • 26 2 Paris, May 3. The agreement has been signed for the inauguration of a weekly air service between Hanoi and Saigon on July 1.
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  • 91 2 —Reuter. Sequel To Hammersmith Bridge Explosion London, May 3 As a sequel to the Hammersmith Bridge exptosion, Edward John Connell, aged 22, was sentenced to twenty years’ penal servitude at the Old Bailey and William Browne, aged 22, to ten years’ pena! servitude. Both refused “as soldiers >f
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  • 51 2 —Reuter. Two Belgians Detained By Tokyo Police Tokyo, May 3. Baron Marcel Baeyens, the correspondent of a French newspaper and Father Raphael Collard, both Belgians, have been detained by the police, charged with the alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Control Law, according to a semiofficial Domei announcement.
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  • 39 2 —Reuter. Tientsin, May 2. Tientsin, May 2 There was a slump in the Federal Reserve Bank notes the drop of one point today making the premium on the Chinese national dollar 34 per cent.—Reuter.
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  • 85 2 .—Hruter. Strong Measures Being Taken By Government The Hague, May 3 The Government has introduced a bill making anybody acting with the object of bringing Holland under foreign domination liable to imprisonment not exceeding five years and enabling th? prohibition of the publication of newspapers repeatedly infringing the
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  • 59 2 :.—Reuter. To Represent Britain At N.Y. Fair London, May 3. Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary, Department of Overseas Trade, has left for Ainerica to represent the Government at World’s Fair. He will be present at special “United Kingdom Day’’ on May 12 when the British pavilion will
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  • 176 2 Proper News Service In Wartime Essential, Says Hoare r.—Reuter London, May 2 It is essential that the Press should continue In wartime and steps would be taken to protect them from so great a withdrawal of trained workers as would interfere with the
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  • 196 3 "(.itv 01 Lincoln” On Maiden Voyage Another fast British cargo ship, buih by the builders of the nfW Mauretania, the recently-delivered aircraft carrier Ark R tvd also the battleship Prince of Wales, is expected to arrive Maiden voyage here today. 1 uer She is the 10,683-ton
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  • 107 3 Inaugural Meeting Held (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 3 lo safeguard their social and professional interests, local med’cal practitioners have decided to form their own society at an inaugural meeting convened by Dr. Goh Teik Wan and Dr. J. J. Samuel. The main objects of
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  • 113 3 Man Who Used Unfit Bullock Fined (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 3. Remarking that he was net impressed by accused’s attitude in the dock, Mr. F. Y. Radcliffe, the Ipch First Magistrate, today fined an old, sickly-looking Sikh cattle-owner, Gundar Smgh, $lO, in default two weeks’
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  • 104 3 Appeal Dismissed (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 3 Doi bin Suboh, a lance-corporal of the F.M.S. Police at Kampar, who was convicted on a charge of accepting an illegal gratification of 50 cents and was fined $2O, in default two weeks’ imprisonment, by the Kampar
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  • 101 3 Nine Months’ Gaol For Sikh (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 3. Before the Hon. Mr. Justice MurrayAynsley at the Perak Assizes today, Harbans Singh was sentenced to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment when he was convicted for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to one Merrhga Singh with
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  • 522 3 Mr. Mrs. Noor Hassan Hosts large and distinguished gaiher;n(r of over 500 guests was present a a sumptuous dinner given by Mr. Mrs. Noor Hassan ar their residence No. 24. Gaol Road, on Saturday last in connection with the eldest son, Noor Mohamed. Eh? house and
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  • 113 3 r V Kang Elected President Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 3 m presided at today’s Rotary meeting at the Eastern Hotel. °ne ci'N> aiinounce d that there were 14 r rtr! P p r cent, attendances during also that the Office for Asia Th < On
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  • 73 3 (From Our Own Corresp indent) K. Luinpur, May 3 A fatal accident occurred early (his morning in ipoh Road, Kuala Lumpur, when a car driven by a Ceylon Tamil, F. R. Stephen Ranasinga, crashed into a Sanitary Board lorry. The unfortunate victim was an
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  • 179 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 3 Frugtniet, Rodrigo and Williams this afternoon were convicted at the Singapore Assizes on a charge of forging with intent to cheat a document purporting to be an identification card issued by the Singapore Naval Base
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  • 117 3 Third Victim Succumbs At Hospital (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tapah, May 2. The deaths resulting from the accident yesterday at No. 3 dredge of the Ulu Kampar Tin Dredging now total three, the Malay who was badly injured having died at Tapah Hospital. Fuller information is now available
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  • 378 3 Rock Gets Loose, Falls On His Head N (I rom Out Own Correspondent) Batik Pulau. May 3. I E tragedj which took place on April 6at the granite quarry, Sungei Ara, recalled this morning at the Coroner’s Ccart, Bayan Lepas, when Mi. S. 1. Stewart,
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  • 73 3 'From Onr Own Correspondent) Taiping, May 3 A stabbing incident occurred this afternoon when Veeran, who was working as a cook at the Regimental Hospital, allegedly attacked by a compatriot dating a dispute. A big commotion was caused and a large crowd gathered. The Police were
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  • 38 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, May 3. The amount stolen from the safe at the Empire Theatre office on Sunday morning was $64 and not $53 as reported ifi yesterday’s LsiEjs of the "Fcbo.”
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  • 198 3 Case Dismissed (.From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 3. “During my 21 years” practice in ±is country, this is the first time J Save come across a case where the State appealed for the second time against the decision of the Magistrate. At the first hearing the
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  • 157 3 Bale Of Rubber Falls On Coolie A Chinese coolie, while working cn board the s.s. •’Kuala" in Penang Harbour yesterday morning, met with an accident, sustaining what is suspected to be a fracture of lhe leg. The man was engaged in carrying bales of rubber, when the
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  • 240 3 FINE INCKf iSED Possession Oi Stolen Goods .'From Our Own Correirpon ent., Sungei Patam. M. A y 3. A Tamil, Ayerkanu, who was fined $l5O and one day’s imprisonment or in default one month’s rigorous imprisonment by Tuan Syed Hussein Jamallulail, the First Magistrate, in the District
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  • 91 3 Charity Dance To Help Maternity Hospital (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 3 A charity dance is being arranged at the Ipoh Town Hall on Saturday, May 20, in aid of the Perak Chinese Maternity Association Hospital Building Fund. Elaborate arrangements are bein'4 made by prominent
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  • 72 3 Chinese Arrested On Taiping Charge A Taiping Chinese, Ang Say Theam, vas produced before Mr I,im Khoon Teck, m the Middle Court, yesterday, on a charge of cheating within the jurisductiqn of Taiping. The charge was explained to the accused, after which the case was postponed to May
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  • 410 4 r pO us in Malaya where there is comparative freedom of the press, the significance of the recent muddle over Lord Stanhope’s speech was, perhaps, not fully felt but that there was a muddle cannot be denied. What is the lesson to be learnt? The
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  • 639 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. H. B. Ejrmont Hake has been appointed a director of Hoscote Rubber Estates, Ltd. Miss K. Howard, Health Sister, has been transferred from Singapore to Taiping, where she will be stationed for the next four months. Mr. A. G. Robinson, Director of Drainage and Irrigation, Malaya, is
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  • 680 4 Match-Less Courtesy putting a cigarette in his mouth, a colleague realised that he had run out of matches; he turned round to a fellow passenger in the trolley bus, a wizened old man of about 70, and courteously requested a match. The old boy handed his box
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  • 395 4 Thursday, May 4. w AR clouds are gathering. Last night’s telegrams state that any Polish claim on Danzig will be rejected by Herr Hitler who is looking to Signor Mussolini to give the Reich full support. This morning, Reuter reports that the French
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  • 132 5 Agenda For Next Week’s Meeting MEETING of the Penang Rural A Board wall be held in the Land Office, Penang, on Thursday, May 11, 1939. at 11 a.m. AGENDA: To confirm the minutes of meeting held on February 28, 1939. 2. Layout of Low-lying area at Tanjong
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  • 185 5 ell-Known In Racing Circles Prom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, May 3. The death occurred at the Ipoh District Hospital this morning at 9.35 of Mr. D. An annas at the age of 53. Deceased was admitted into the hospital with chest complaints and died suddenly from
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  • 78 5 Balik Pulau, May 3. As a result of a raid carried out by une Customs Department, Balik Pulau, headed by the Assistant Supervisor Mr. J F. Carvalho, a Chinese who gave his name as Ng Voon Khim appeared before Mr. S. T. Stewart at the
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  • 80 5 Four Months For Incident At M aterfall Gardens ■sentence of four months' rigorous Imprisonment was passed by the District Judge, Mr. J. L. McFall, yesterday on a Malay, Che Din bin Mydinsah, who was "onvlcted on a charge of committing an act of gross indecency on a Chinese
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  • 49 5 The s.s, "Matang” brought the blowing passengers here this mornfrom the Siamese Ports. Mr. T. V. O’Hare, Mr. N. E. Nicholp° n Mr. p. g. Clark, Mrs. R. D. hymes and daughter, Mr. Chuah Peng v n Mr. Kong Tong Choy and Mr. Ye °h Kim Choo.
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  • 813 5 MA NY MALAYANS BACK FROM LEAVE Passengers By “Ranchi” M'V Malayans returned from Rome leave by the P. and O. “Ranchi,” which put into Penang this morning, the list of Malayan passengers is as follows: < Mrs. J. Alexander, No. 68, Perak Road. Penftng and three children. Mr. A. Aird,
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  • 243 5 jP lIR fifth annual general meeting of the Government Pensioners’ :tnd Evident Fund of Malaya of m! eld n Monday last at the office M. Secretar ies and Treasurers, Yiv n" Walter and Co., Kwong M r La k f hambers Kuala
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  • 88 5 Province Mechanic's Accident (From Our Own Correspondent) Bukit Mertajam. Today. a Chinese youth returning across the rice fields at Sungei Derhaka from a snipe shooting expedition yesterday evening accidentally blew up the middle finger of his left hand. He was carrying a loaded rifle across his
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  • 138 5 Mr. Ernest Hunter Singapore, May 2. A former Selangor planter, Mr. Ernest Hunter, died in Singapore early this morning at the age of 44 years. He had been in ill-health for the past few years. He was not married. A Surrey man, Mr. Hunter served throughout
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  • 548 5 Mohamed bin Pakir, a Malayalee appeared in the District Court before the District Judge, Mr. J. L McFall, yesterday on a charge of having committed an act of gross indecency on a young boy named Ramiah at the Sook On Lodging House at about
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  • 213 5 Sentence of one month’s rigorous im prisonment was imposed by Mr. Lim Koon Teck, in the Midle Court, yesterday on a Chinese, Tan Pek Chuan, who wut brought up for sentence on a charge ol theft of two jackets from a car, K.BOB in Penang Road
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  • 38 5 Mr. A. Keir, the retired Acting Director of Education, Straits Settlements, and Adviser of Education, Malay States arrived here today en route to Singapore by the P. and O. liner sjs. "Ranchi” from Marseilles.
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  • 222 5 Man Charged This Morning INJURED RICSHA-PULLER IN CRITICAL CONDITION As a sequel to the stabbing affray which took place at I» ricsha-pullers’ lodging house in Bridge Street yesterday at 4.30 p.m., a Chinese named Ong Chuan was charged in the Middle Court before Mr. Lim Koon
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  • 80 5 A Malay named Abdul Latiff was arrainged before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court this morning on the charge that, being the occupier or having the use temporarily of No. 56, Da to Kramat Road, he used the said premises as a common betting house
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  • 66 5 A young Punjabi, Seporan Singh was charged before Mr. Lim Koor Teck in the Middle Court this morning, with theft of a wallet containing $25.67, belonging to one Pall Singh, on May 3 about 9 p.m., in the Fun and Frolic Park. The accused claimed trial,
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  • 138 5 Two Special Classes Formed Two special ‘Tye Chee Chuan" classes have been formed, one at night on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. and the other in th? morning from 7 to 9 daily. So far about 25 members have enrolled in each
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  • 125 5 On the Esplanade from 830 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. March Punjaub Payne Overture The Calif Of Bagdad Boieldieu Descriptive Oriental Fantasia “YLsina El" Jaiowicz Lott er (God Has Heard) The desert with a caravan looming in the distance; gradually nearing the Oasis. The sun is setting—tents
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    • 303 5 Became Beautiful in a week WRINKLES CONE SOFT SMOOTH SKIN LOVELY COMPLEXION fear I II I QIB B jg ll Miss Drouet made this amazing change in her appearance in 8 days. Read below her personal letter in which she exolains exactly how she did it and how any woman
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 888 6 g pinang gazette and NEXT WEEK AT THE MAJESTIC The Year’s Academy Gohl Statuette Winner YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU AS SHOWN TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN AT SANDRINGHAM DIRECT FROM ITS TRIUMPHANT RECORD SEASON AT THE CAPITCfL THEATRE, SINGAPORE. T Gron d Opening of the Fantout,
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  • 757 7 But Cannot Get Divorce Because Wife Wa Certified Insane In 1936 Deserted by hi"? v.’i*" 1 D'cmoer, 1905. Mr. Len*y Wiilicm Bennett, aged 74, of Mel os'- Avemt?, Eur o ham Wood, Hertiordshire, unsuccessfully petitioned in the London Divorce j Court before Mr. Justice Bucknili f°
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  • 222 7 Fewer Nazi Students Oxford. An extraordinary' fall in the number of members of the Nazi party amongst German undergraduates was reported by Dr. Reinhold Schairer at the annual congress of the National Union of Students at New College. The Nazis, he said, had always been suspicious
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  • 133 7 Paris. A sum of fI.fiCO.OOO is to be spent in transforming 27 Paris Metro (underground railway) stations into air raid shelters. The Government and the city of Paris are to share the cost. Bomb shelters have already been completed in two Metro
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  • 104 7 Licences For Ira<| Petroleum Eleven oil prospecting licences »n* Palestine have been granted by the local Government to the Iraq Petroleum Company, operators of the leum pipe-line from the Mosul oilfields to Ha fa, for a period of four years from February 24, 1939. The area
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  • 160 7 SO many women are rushing join the Auxiliary Terri tor al Service that a woman is to be appointed as a full-time organiser, with headquarters at the War Office. Likeliest candidate is 60-year- Id Dame Hellen Gwynne--Vaughan, or of the five Chief Commandants of
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    • 203 7 .r II II I I II liwa MATINEES TODAY TOMORROW AT 3 P.M. Claudette Colbert —Gary Cooper IN ‘BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE’ Popular Prices Downstairs 15 30 cents. 6.15 OPENING TONIGHT 9.30 JUST THE RIGHT SHOW FOR. THE SINGAPORE GOVERNOR’S CUP RACE ON SATURDAY MICKEY ROCNEY and WALLACE BEERY WILL TELL
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  • 54 8 Auckland. While fly-fishing in Lake Rotorua, two anglers entered rhe water wearing rubber wading boots. Each got wet feet when a piece was bitten out of his waders below waterlevel by brown trout. One of the anglers said it was the second occasion on which he
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  • 254 8 .4 ir-Conditwned EQUIPMENTS TO COST ABOUT £500,000 Air conditioning of New South Wales hospitals, it is hoped, will be undertaken on a large scale after the return from abroad of Ihe .Minister for Health, Mr. FitzSimons./ This is one of the questions which the Minister will closely
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  • 142 8 Victorian Committee To Consider Action Necessary Melbourne. Consideration is being given by the State Emergency Committee to the legislation required to make legal the air-raid precautions now in view. All forms of lighting under the control of public bodies, such as street lamps and tramway and railway
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  • 273 8  -  ~-Mary Corringham. MARY CORRINGHAM in the “Sydney Sun” pays the following tribute to the late Mr. J. A. Lyons, Premier of Australia. Ko sacred mom bore ei’ur fairer face; Carol of birds and of skies Marked how earth still rolled on beneath God’s grace, Upon
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  • 85 8 Auckland. Ridicule has almost killed the nudist colonies which at one time threatened to flourish I’n several parts of Neu Zealartk I’nreasonable weather, too, helped to damp the enhiisrasni of the “colonists.” In Dunedin, however, one club still flourishes, and gatherings are held regularly. Seesaws
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  • 85 8 Lismore. Lismore may follow the lead of the Strathfield Municipal Council which declared racing greyhounds noxious animals and ordered their removal from the Municipality. At its last meeting the Lismore Municipal Council was asked by its health inspector i Mr. John Stewart) to define
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  • 393 8 Women Prepare To Drive Trucks No time has been lost in the organisation of the Women’s Auxiliary Transport Service. The Minister for Transport, xI Bruxner, who was responsible for the appeal for 4,000 women volunteers for the new service, said thot he was very pleased with
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  • 456 8 Melbourne. A 29-year-old man. who was “arrested” as “a criminal lunatic” when an 18 months old baby, and who has ever since been in asylums, has been released from the control of the Victorian Department of Mental Hygiene by order of the
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  • 339 8 HUGE LOSS TO INDUSTRY. COAL SUFFERS MOST Enormous losses in productive capacity caused by indusi r j disputes in New South Wales are indicated by figures the State Department of Labour and Industry. In this State last year 939,266 working days were lost as
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  • 118 8 A great part of a £70,000 fortune has been left by a Dulwich Hill woman for the purpose of establishing a convalescent children’s home at Kyle Bay. The gift is contained in the will of Mrs. Caroline Milne Williams, widow, who died in January
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  • 128 8 Accidentally killed while working on his farm, the late Sir Hussey Burgh Fairlie-Cuninghame, of Murrugul, Manilla, farmer-baronet, left an estate of £15,313. In his will, probate of which has been granted, he left a life interest in his estate to his wife, Dame Alice Mona Fairlie-Cuninghame,
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  • 124 8 r i ii While the use of fin er prillU an infallible test of identity coninim in criminal trials, Western Australia will shortly have an e x ample of their introduction to divorce proceedings. Their purpose will be l 0 establish that a mein now in
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  • 369 8 A New Field in Australian Manufacture A Government contract has been placed with Light Aircraft Pty. Ltd for the manufacture of parachutes in Australia. Initial production will be of pilot and gunner-tvpe dominion ‘chute 3 Most of the components are already being produced in Australia,
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  • 134 8 Melbourne. Miss Phyllis Lawson, of St. v,nCpnt place, Albert Park, a blind girl uh took her Bachelor of Arts deg cently, has had a career of whi girl would be proud. me Bom with normal sight, she totally blind at the age Bhnd she was
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  • 1618 9 rifboW is the monthly message of the Royal Society of St. 15 George, written by the Rt. Hon. Lord Queenborough, f B E chairman of council. Cltnie the three corners of the world in arms. i .ind we shall shock
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  • 65 9 Due In Penang Next Month 'i FT Bishop of Singapore, Rt. Rev. B. C. P. cherts, is shortly carrying out an extersive t cur of the North uV.il2.y2n parishes, r.n<l "Hl be in Penang jn June. The following are the provisional dates of visits: Sunday, May
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  • 195 9 Death Of K.L. “Bov" K. Lumpur. May 2. A Chinese fell from the roof-garden of a restaurant in Petaling Street on Saturday night about 10 p.m and died in hospital about half an hour later from the injurries he received. The restaurant in question is three storeys
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  • 249 9 MALARIOLOGY COURSE Kuala Lumpur, May 2. Medical students attending the sixth Internationa! Course in Malariology, which is being held at the Institute for Medical Research. Kuala Lumpur, yesterday were taken on a tour of the various divisions in the Institute other than the malarial and entomological section®, where
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  • 224 9 “MAJCI3R” WEE BOON TENG Singapore. May 2. “Majoor” Wee Boon Teng, a Straits-bom Chinese who was decorated by the Netherlands Indian Government with the colonial gold and silver medals, died at his residence, 5. Kim Yam Read, efi River Valley Road, this morning at the age
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  • 191 9 Japanese-owned Bauxite Mine CARRIED PISTOLS AND KNIVES (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. May 2. Damage amounting to several thousand dollars is alleged to have been caused to a Bauxite mine in Johore, owned and operated by Japanese, by a gang of Chinese who are suspected to have crossed
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  • 118 9 Trip Of K.L. Flying Club Members Kuala Lumpur. May 2. Six members of the Kuala Lumpur Fly- ing Club in two Club 'planes and a pri- vate 'plane flew on Sunday to Kaentan for a swim! They left Kuala Lumnvr aerodrome at 9.15 a.m. and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 219 9 f »UiT S p w i J '-“l Gwfz 1 i If I E15 U4l W Assortments iciSS i Each A Masterpiece The C oh f e c t ion e r S I WILLARD'S CHOCOLATES Agents:— JOSEPH TRAVERS SONS LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG—KUALA LUMPUR W.C. 2 f THIS IS THE
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  • 222 10 The principal transactions of the Consolidated Fund during the year ended March 31, 1938, are discussed by Sir Gerald Upcott, the Comptroller and Auditor-General, in a report attached to the abstract account of the Fund, issued on April 5. During the year the nominal amount of the
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  • 1177 10 Group’s Financial Requirements: Mr. A. A. Jamieson’s Address London, April 6. The seventy-second annual general meeting of Vickers Limited was held at the Hotel Victoria, London. Mr. A. A. Jamieson, the chairman, who presided, m the course of his address to the stockholders, said: In
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  • 1159 10  -  W W R London, April 6. “I propose to raise the duty on all tea—Empire and foreign—by 2d. a pound Why do Idoit I believe there is a willingness and even a pride in the humblest homes to take a share
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  • 522 10 “If The Demand Improves” SIR P. M. STEWART GiN CO-OPERATION London, April 6. Though Sir P. Malcolm Stewart, the chairman of the Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers, made only an indirect reference at yesterday’s meeting of the company to the new quota agreement w’hich is being negotiated
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    • 811 10 BANKS I THE MERCANTILE BANE SAFETY h.i? I OF INDIA, LTD. FREE y( I Incorporated in England) If H Capital Authorised I Capital Subscribed B Reserve Fund and Rest .247,m» l. B Capital Paid Up h Vepltlg y buf B BOARD OF DIRECTORS. VALUABI FS I Sir Charles Alexander Innes,
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  • 409 11 I/'M four pu t urr* .give you some idea of the atmosphere now prevailing in London. Everyone is happ> at the n< ws that there will he uo war dor some time to come. KMOHV OF GHFiTFST 4'OACIIMAX i c. ..«n ri (W> wairer tv
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  • 410 12 Sergeant’s Death On Ranges Southend-on-sea, April 7. A new tracer shell was being tested in a two-pounder grun when Sergeant William Cecil Luscombe, aged 37, of the Royal Artillery, was killed on the ranges at Shoeburyness. This was stated at the inquest here today, when a
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  • 219 12 From May 1, Delhi, Bombay, Lucknow, Lahore and Peshawar will broadcast their evening Erglish news bulletin at 9.15 p.m. instead of 9.30 p.m. The Hindustani bulletin which precedes it will begin at 9 p.m. says the Indian Listener. This arrangement has been made in response to a
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  • 264 12 The Universal Language Long ago it was prophesied that nation should speak peace unto nation. But how? How are a Hindu and a Welshman to carry on a peaceful conversation? We can hardly imagine a Frenchman and Chinaman quietly discussing the weather. Babel is not yet builded. The
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  • 754 12 Large Drop In Profits FINAL DIVIDEND OF 7 1/2 PER CENT. The twenty-fifth ordinary general meeting cf Sepang Valley Estate. Limited, was held at the Registered Office, 50/51, Birch Road. Seremban. on Monday. April 24. 1939 at 11 o’clock a.m.. Mr. A. E. Cross presiding. The representative
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  • 388 12 Nursing And Auxiliry Services Westminster, April IS. For nursing and nursing auxiliary services, 100,000 women now. Enforcing the urgency of that appeal tonight, the Minister of Health. Mr. Walter Elliot, pointed out the manifold need if war should come. The staff for 200,000 beds is almost completely
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2830 12 gian Trio.* 12.10 Sports News. Market N'jrs and Npxt Week’s Prorranrrrus 12.20 C’o c r down. BERLIN ;> A W*WV -*3 flrw DJA 9.56 me is (31.3 m.) DJB 15.20 mc/s (19.7 m.) DJQ 15.28 mc/s (19.6 m.) 6.50 Dana Perfumes Programme. 7.05 DJN 9 4 ®c/s (31.45 m.) •Lxjt\
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    • 180 12 in the Moon (G. Langan). 10) Love Walked In (Harmonica Solo). Aloha Oie. 8.00 Old Dance Tunes 1) The Darling of the Guards. 2) The Leader of the Band. 3) Isle of Capri. 4) Shadows on the Pavement. 5) Madam —ah! La Mar-quise-ah! 6» I Like Bananas. 7) You Must
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  • 852 13 Arrtiato TO-MORROW, MAY 5. m.s. "Alsia” from Singapore. Sa. “Oienaflaric*' irom Far vvSingapore. SATURDAY. MAY tn.T, “Talleyrand" from Far Mart Singapore. sa. “Canton” from Shanghai via. portas.s. “Achilles” from Liverpool. SUNDAY, MAY 7. m.v. “irisbank” from China via BWg* pore. MONDAY. MAY I. ss. “Hosang" from Calcutta.
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  • 223 13 Latest Posting Times At Kuala i Lumpur, Ipoli And Penang SEA MAILS OUTWARD For Southern and Western India close by the Ethispia at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 6. For Burma and Northern India close by the Karagola at 11 a.m. on Saturday. May 6. For Ceylon, Southern
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  • 81 13 Mails for BANGKOK will leave Penang at 9.40 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays, and incoming mails will arrive in Pena.ng at 6.30 p.m. on Sundays and Thursdays. Mails for F. M. S., SINGAPORE, etc., will leave Penang at 8.30 a.m. and 9 p.m.; Ipoh 1.36 p.m. and 2.10
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  • 592 13 PILOTS TRAINED IN HALF THE TIME An aeroplane so simple to Uy that a complete novice, following the instructors' directions, car. take it off the ground and land it safely, was demonstrated at Hanworth aerodrome yesterday, writes Major C. C. Turner in the “Daily Telegraph.” I
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 651 13 blue funnel line u EEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON A NORTH CONTINENT ri f.MAFFARIC Calls Antwerp Middlesboro Calls Marseilles Glasgow May 12 June 8 PHILOCTETES Calls Hull May 18 j rK > DAY SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE TANTALUS May 4 June** 0 i I rESIAS May 18 June 17 U’ENOK
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    • 812 13 i —i i P- 0 and Ot VZ BRITISH INDIA (Incorpozrted 1b Itaglaad£ SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. “RANCHI” SAILING THURSDAY, 4th May, 1939. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under For Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh, Port contract with His Majesty’s Government Swettenham. Malacca and Singapore London and Far East Mail
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  • 1093 14 Fighting Roderick This Month BIGGEST FISTIC ATTRACTION TO CROSS ATLANTIC VfOMICIDE HENRY ARMSTRONG, welter and lightweight champion of the world, who has punched hi> wav into a voting fortune ol £45 GOO and has come oiu i<> clear, up something like
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  • 77 14 Result Of Men’s April Medal The following is the result of the Kedal. Club Golf Men’s April Medal t Stapleford R. L. German (winner) 42$ G. B. Kellagher (runner-un) 37 W. L. Davision 36J; Wan Ibrahim 36J J. Scott 35; Che Azmi 32J; J. A. Tulloch 31?;
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  • 304 14 LOCAL TENNIS Lour Ties Yesterday The tit-bit in the match? P terday to the Penang Lawr. Pionships was provided bv k* a newcomer, who although losing?* l Wat Hun in straight X ?ood account of himself. At one stage In the second v 5-3 and had set
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 196 14 rosis) is a common danger to ivomanly charm. Mouth washes will do no good, r unless fhe cause lies in the mouth. Most cases of had breath are due to improper functioning of the i digestive tract. A constipated system is obstructed with digested food which may cause fetid odours.
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    • 45 14 ires hne s s /> urit y r > h Y ;.*j- -'x l SaMpL* I H K Jr B: g TIGER BEER M A n t F Rb M 111 E I I M E 5 T I malt hops yeast I rtiaribnted by Fraser Arnfi’
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  • 2175 15 Miss Zipp Pays $lO5 Dividend /7»/ 117 VVEK.S RIDDEN /H McLACHLAN (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday. IfISS Zipp* s surprise win. paying $lO5. the success of M k “p n a n Stable,” which had three firsts, and excellent Hl .rby McLachlan, who
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  • 110 15 Easy Victory For Winnebar Chester, May 3. Sir Frederick Eley’s Winnebar. starting at 100 to 8 and ridden by Gordon Richards, won the Chester Cup. covering the 21 miles in 4 minutes 3 3 5 seconds. Winnebar beat Miss Jameson’s Irish Stew (100 to 8) by three lengths
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  • 52 15 —Reuter Wireless. Mr. S. Christopherson FORMER STAR BOWLER OF KENT London. May 4. Mr. Stanley Christopherson has been elected president of the Marylebone Cricket Club in succession to Earl Baldwin. Mr. Christopherson, who was elected president against Australia in 1884 was Kent’s chief bowler for some
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  • 33 15 —Reuter. Plymouth’s Narrow Win London, May 4. In the Second Division of the English Football League yesterday, Plymouth beat Norwich one-nil. In the Third Division (Southern) Ipswich beat Reading 2—l.—Reuter.
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  • 77 15 —Reuter. Bournemouth, May 3. In the British hard courts championships men quarter-finals, Khc Sin-kie (China) beat Ronald Shakes (Great Britain) 5/7, 6/4, 6/1, 6/0, Donald McPhail (Great Britain) beat G. E. Godsell (Great Britain) 6/3, 6/1 retired; W. Choy (China) beat Laurence Shaffii (Great Britain) 6/3,
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  • 30 15 nerleyby frames to four.—Reuter Wireless. English Amateur Snooker Final London, May 4. In the English amateur snooker championship final Bendon beat Kennerleyby frames to four.—Reuter Wireless.
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  • 262 15 This Morning's Gallops At Bukit Timah (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. Governor’s Cup candidates with the exception of Sir Theobald, Bombus, Empiric and Aerial Post, appeared on the track this morning, and their workouts attracted keen attention. Stuart Tartan was the first of them
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  • 102 15 Veterans’ Doubles Final (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, May 3. After a hard contest in the final of the veterans’ handicap doubles in the North Perak Tennis Championships, the Hou. Mr. Marcus Rex and E. A. Moissinac defeated H.H. the Sultan of Perak and Capt. E. S.
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  • 50 15 A Ladies Six-a-Side soccer competition will be held on Saturday, May 20 at the Hutchings School ground in aid of the China Distress Relief Fund. As the cause is a good one, it is expected that) a big crowd will turn out tc watch this unique attraction.
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  • 898 15 Indians Win JAMAL SCORES TWO GOALS TAMAL. their outside-left, played a big part in the Indian Recreation Club’s 2—l victory over the Old Xaxerians’ Association in their First Division soccer encounter yesterday on the Dato Kramat ground. He scored the two goals his side registered late in
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  • 74 16 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS TIN LATEST Penang $114.87 J Business 25 tons Singapore $114,871 RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 27 5 8c Singaoore (Spot) 27 7 8c COPRA: Sundrled $3.80 Black Pepper $9.00 TAPIOCA: Medium $3.30 Fair Seed $3.05 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6.45 No. 2 $6.35 Rangoon White No.
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  • 132 16 Prev. Latest Paris 176 57/64 176 47 6New York 4.68 9 32 4.68 1 8 Montreal 4.70 1/4 4.70 3/16 Brussels 27.50 27.50 1/2 Geneva 20.85 1/2 20.85 Amsterdam 8.78 1/4 8.77 3 8 Milan 88 15/16 89 Berlin 11.66 3/4 11.67 Stockholm 19.42 19.41 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40
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  • 56 16 .—Reuter. London. May 3. On the Stock Exchange prices again advanced under the lead of gilt-edged which, stimulated by easier money conditions, consolidated yesterday's gains. Prices were higher in most markets with business showing signs of e mansion. Home rails responded to satisfactory weekly traffic returns. Wall Street
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  • 294 16 By courtesy oj Messrs. S. E. Levy <£■ Co., Singapore. New York. Wednesday. Rails responded to the indication of a sharp rise in carloadings plus rumours of a near-term compromise in the coal strike. Chemicals were strong on better than expected April sales. Individual issues responded to
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  • 24 16 The estimated export of dry rubber from Malaya. Brunei and Labuan for the month of April. 1©39. was 30,000 tons.
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  • 266 16 SOON THEAM CO's NOON QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers TINS. Ampats 3/ 3/4} A Hitams 18 6 19 6ex A. Wengs 85 68 Bangrins 18 9 19 6 B. Selangors 1.20 123 Berjuntais 9'3 9'9 Chendenangs 11/ 11 9 Hong Faits 59 61 Kamras 14 17 Kamuntings 7/9 8 6 K. Lan.iuts
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  • 140 16 ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Ampat 3/ 3/6 A. Amalgamated 4/9 5/3 Bangrins 18/6 19/ Batu Selangor 1.18 1.22 Berjuntai 9/3 9/9 Hong Fatt 57} 60 Kampong Lanjut 14/6 15/ Kamra Tin 1/4} 1/7} Kramar 9/ Kuchal -1 1.07} 1.12} Kundang 6 6/6 Larut Tin 3/9 4 'ex London Tin
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  • 221 16 KENNEDY CO's SHARE LIST Buyers Sellers TIN. Ampat 3/1} 3/6 Austral Amal. 4/9 5/c Ayer Weng 85 70 Ayer Hitam 18 6 19/6ex Batu Selangor 1.17} 1.22} Berjuntai ®/3 9/9 Hong Fatt 59 61c Hongkong Tin 17/ 18 ex Jelebu 55 60 Kpg. Lanjut 14/6 15/ Kamra Katu I® 9
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  • 154 16 LEAN CO's QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING. Ampata 3/ 3/4} A. Amalgamated 4/6 4/10}cd B. SeJangors 1.17} 1.22} Heng Fatts 59 62cd Jelebus 52} 57} Jelapangs 24/ 25/ K. Kampars 9/6 10/ K. Lanjuto 14/6 15/ Kuchais 1.07} 1.12} Killinghalls 11/ 11/9 Laruts 3/9 4/ Lukuts 45 50 Pungahs 15/6 16/
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  • 178 16 Buyers Sellers RUBBERS. Ayer Panas 1.00 1.10 Bassetts 45 50 Batu Lintangs 95 1.00 Bentas 92} 07} Brogan 67} 62} Indragiris 1.05 1.10 Kuala gidims 1.90 200 Lunas 1.40 1.50 Malaka Pindas 1.10 1.15 Mentakabs 35 37} Pajams 1.50 1.60 Sungei Tukangs 92} 97 j Tapahs
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  • 90 16 funeral notice The funeral of Mrs. I&gt; e n (nee Khoo Chye Suanj, the mother* Messrs. Lee Guan Khoon. Le e QuaChin, Lee Guan Chia and Lee c u t Cheng, will take place from her dence No. 133 Macalister Road at 10 Vj a.m. sharp on Sunday, 7th May
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    • 24 16 ARTICLES TO BEAUTIFY THE HOME ♦LAMPSHADES ♦CRETONNES ♦CURTAIN NETS ♦CARPETS, RUGS ♦UPHOLSTERY MATERIALS In Attractive Colours Designs Telephone: 3700 3788. A URORA SINGAPORE I
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    • 563 16 Ofi Rate* of Subscription P in “&lt;* Siuui*, PiUMg Local Delivery Q c o Monthly ti 2S s F.J[ c Quarterly /7; W-75 ■.'*«&lt;l Half-Yearly /3 5.25 Quarterly SI F.lf s v ftalf.YJriy Yearly 5.00 6 3 advertisement ra 'VERTilknients 51 are*™’ 25 cents per line ner in, Under:harge of
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 150 16 'niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllillilllllilliiiliilliiililiillilillilillllll lililllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllinilli ISAKO’S RUSSIAN CIRCUS AND BIG TRAVELLING ZOO Grand Opening Nig ht 6th MAY, 1939. PENANG ROAD AND MACALISTER ROAD, PENANG. NEW! GREAT!! SENSATIONAL!!! SEE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN S.S. The Human Cannon Ball The World’s Most Sensational Stunt! vl M| lII' IWII y HUMAN ROCKET DEFIES FIFC
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