Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 May 1939

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ’’.IL 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 115. Vol. XCVII. THURSDAY, MAY II), 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 960 1 BRITAIN’S NEW POLICY Government To Be Shared JEWS BITTER, AHABS DISAPPOINTED London, May 18, I lie hite Paper outlining the British Government's intentions regarding Palestine envisages the establishment of an independent Palestine state within a decade in treaty relation with Britain providing satisfactorily
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  • 1085 1 Their Majesties Touched Bv Welcome Quebec, May 17. Early in the morning till late tonight, thousands upon housands of Canadians cheered themselves hoarse in an enthusiastic welcome to Their Majesties. This afternoon thirty thousand school children singing: “God Save the King and Queen,” of Canada greeted
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  • 205 1 Reuter. FOREIGN TROOPS LAND ADM. NOBLE TO STAY BACK London, May 18. Reuter is informed by the Admiralty that parties of 42 marines each landed at Kulaingsu from British, American and French warships. The total number is said to be equal to Japanese forces on the
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  • 93 1 i. —Reuter Montreux Provisions Not Modified London, May 17. “The Anglo-Turkish declaration made on May 12 does not modify the .provisions of the Montreux Convention regarding Turkish guardianship of the Dardanelles, that agreement being one to which other countries besides the United Kingdom and Turkey are parties,” said
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  • 48 1 Page Latest Telegrams 1 Earlier Telegrams 2 Malayan News 3 Amusement Notices 4& 5 Australian News 6 Local News 7 Editorial 8 Local News 9 Correspondence 9 Financial News 10 It Radio News 12 Shipping News 13 Sports 14 15 Late Telegrams and Federal Council Meeting 16
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  • 718 2 Historic Royal Visit CHURCH BELLS PEAL AS “EMPRESS” iS SIGHTED Brilliant Weather Attends On Their Majesties Quebec, May 17. There was a deafening roar of motor horns as the “Empress of Australia” moved midstream from the Island of Orleans escorted by four warships. The weather
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  • 76 2 .—Reuter. Many Fatal Cases THOUSANDS INOCULATED Canton, May 17. Canton is threatened with a serious cholera epidemic. There arc two hundred and seventy cases of which 147 proved fatal up to May 14 at Fatshan, only 15 miles from here. Several cases were recorded in Canton
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  • 126 2 —Reuter. Mr. Lloyd George to Open Gommons Debate London, May 17. Mr. Lloyd George will open the Foreign Affairs debate in the Commons on ■Friday for the Liberal Opposition and Bir Archibald Sinclair will wind up for them. The Government will be questioned on the progress of the
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  • 27 2 .—Reuter Canberra, Maj’ 17. It is announced that the British Government has agreed to contribute the maximum sum of towards thf Onslow.—Membaza survey flight.—Reuter
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  • 193 2 —Reuter. Journalist’s Death Near Telaviv Jerusalem, May 17. A young London journalist was shot dead by an Arab sniper in an ambush while riding a motor cycle to Telaviv from Rehovoth where he was the guest of the son of Dr. Weizmann.The journalist was Mr. Michael
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  • 46 2 —Reuter. Accident On Board New British Destroyer London, May 17. One was killed and three were seriously injured when a gun exploded on board the new destroyer Eskimo, at Portland Harbour. It is understood that a gun was being cleaned when the accident occurred.
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  • 31 2 —Reuter. Berlin, May 17. The Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish Ministers have handed to the Foreign Office their countries’ replies to Herr Hitler's offer of non-aggression pacts.
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  • 175 2 —Reuter. Independence Of Trans-Jordan London, May 17. A communique on trans-Jordan states that the recent presence in London of Taufiq Pasha, Chief Minister, trans-. Jordan, afforded an opportunity for discussing the working of the Agreement governing relations between Britain and mandated territory in transJordon. The Government
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  • 99 2 clad and inaccessible.”—Reuter. Experts Fully Satisfied “COAST IS NOW INACCESSIIGN" Moscow, Max i. An extensive trial lias A:en given to a number of Sovietmilt warships during the Baltic Fleet manoeuvres which have just ended. The vessels, which include a battleship, are stated to have completely satisfied
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  • 40 2 Increase In Authorised Establishment Pretoria. May 17. The authorised establishment of the Union’s coast garrison, active citizen forces and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for 1939/40 has been increased by 5.000 to 1.402 officers and 20,465 other ranks.—
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  • 60 2 since November is the right one.- Reuter. Considerable Increase Announced Paris. May 17 A considerable increase in French production is shown in the Finance Minister's report on the first five months of his three-year financial and economic plan. The report concludes that there is no possible doubt that
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  • 842 2 Reuter. Peiping, May 17. Another .protest to Japan from America appears to be foreshadowed by the complete destruction on May 2 of the American Mission station at Tungpei on the Honan- Hupeh border by Japanese planes. The bombs completely destroyed the church and school and
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  • 504 3 omaii AITEAL FAILS X SHERING, a 25-year-old unsuccesf ully appealed mviction and death sen- by Mr. .Justice Gordon the last Assizes at the Court on Tuesday. Ap- < barged with the murder A.ii woman on January 16 I; Hibang, 67 miles from
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  • 766 3 ‘Leading Ihe State To Very Enhanced Expenditure” SPEECH AT COUNCIL MEETING att j Johore Bahru. 11l uesday s meeting of the Johore Council of State the Hon. Dato Roland Braddell drew the attention of members to the fact that the State’s military policy was
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  • 680 3 Man On Theft Charge Kuala Lumpur. A Chinese named Kwan Seng, who was arrested in Kuala Lumpur on April 29 for the theft of a cigarette case belonging to the wife of Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court
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  • 177 3 YOUNG MALAY CONVICTED Kuala Lumpur. A young Malay named Hiram bin Ibrahim was bound over on Monday morning in bis own recognizances by Mr. R. c. Redman, the First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur. Two constables had found the accused loitering at 12.40 am. on Sunday at 6?
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  • 80 3 Kuala Lumour. An unidentified Tamil, who fell unconscious with serious head injuries, was brought to the General Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday by an engine driver who stated that the man had been knocked down by the Kuala Lumpur to Port Swettenham train at Pantai.
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  • 281 3 Singapore Units Will Be “Mobilised” Singapore. ILIAN volunteer air raid wardens, ambulance men, firefighters, rescue squads and road repair parties will be “mobilised” on the night of June 13 for the most comprehensive A.R.P. trial yet staged. Men will run through darkened streets to
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  • 132 3 But Behaviour Was Suspicious Kuala Lumpur. Oci Kau Kia was coming down the gangway of a steamer at Port Swettenham, when a Malay, who is employed in looking after the gangway, saw accused behaving in a suspicious manner and attempting to cross the railway by getting
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  • 102 3 Kuala Lumpur. Burglars broke into the house of Mr. Gonzaga at 2% mile Sungei Besi Road, under cover of darkness, wrenching off four planks of one o fthe walls of the house, and getting away with cash and jewellery worth $9O without disturbing any of
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  • 118 3 Kuala Lumpur. The Kuala Lumpur police were busy over the week-end carrying out one of their periodic campaigns against hawkers, resulting in 108 persons being produced yesterday morning before the Third Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, Raja Abdul Hamid. Four police lorry loads of exhibits were brought
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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    • 318 5 jpMGIIT LADIES’ GUEST NIGHT WEMBLEY PARK Tonight Thursday, 18th May, 1939. c n sh Jgn Cantonese Opera: N ,n ~p AK min PAU KONG” Part 2. Nouran Opera: braf” ;ar request “KLUNGAUNG”. A Mystery of Bali. <n i I 'll I‘l SHOWS NIGHTLY AT 7.30 AND 9.30 P.M. \dventure Star
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    • 383 5 DUE HERE NEXT WEEK QUEEN’S Winner of the World Prize at the Paris Exposition in competing with the world’s leading studios The Cinematic feat that startled the world SEE:— The Great St. Petersburg flood SEE:— The Battles between the armies of Russia and Sweden SEE:— Huge Church Bells flung from
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  • 495 5 PRIVATE ROOM WITH UNLOCKED HOURS: NO MORE PRISONERS TO BE SENT .—Reuter. MOXH 11 arts, private rooms w uni h ler food are some of th Irtiuii voiu is M-bt to the settlemen De\ih> lsku.il. Paris. ith.l.Hirs that b. k from inside, tobacco eionilortxt.it
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  • 80 5 —Reuter. Warsaw Bakers To Buy Three Planes Warsaw. Arthur Rubinstein, the celebrated Polish pianist who lives in h{LS given 10,000 zlotys (about £400) to Poland’s national defence funds. Warsaw bakers have undertaken to purchase three aeroplanes for the army, and Katowice bakers are to pay
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  • 376 5 —Reuter. 18,000 To Sail From France PARTED FAMILIES REUISITED London. Eighteen thousand Spanish men, women and child refugees now in camp in France will leave Port Vendres shortly for Vera Cruz, Mexico. T’he Sinaia (8,000 tonsj, Hying the French hug, has been chartered for the purpose
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  • 135 5 As They Work In Fields Moscow. Over 4,500 short-wave broadcasting stations are now working in the fields of the U.S.S.R As collective farmers and workers of State farms cultivate their land they are given advice over the radio on agricultural problems. Tnese instructions are transmitted by
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  • 213 5 —Reuter. “Sense Of Fear Stalks The World” London. Herr Hitler’s lawful responsibility” was referred to by the Archbishop of Canterbury before a meeting of 4,0K1 people attending the anniversary meeting of the Church Missionary Society here. Describing how the whole world waited in apprehension of the
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  • 138 5 —Reuter. British Government 9 I Gift i London. Sir Haurice Peterson, the British Ambassador to Spain, has visited Bilbao, it is learned here, to superintend the handing over of 500 tons of .provisions and foodstuffs as a gift from the British to the Spanish
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  • 167 6 OFFERS OF MARRIAGE BY POST g TNMARKIKV male passengers aboard Australian ships touchU ing at Marseilles and Toulon will soon receive, by post, off era of introductions to marriageable girts in their own “social strata on arriving in Ixmdon. That is the plan of
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  • 195 6 Britain Spends At Same Rate As Australia Canberra. It has always been thought that Australia led, at any rate the Empire, in expenditure on social services. Professor Copland, of Melbourne University and a well-known economist, has however exploded the theory. In an extensive analysis of figures he finds
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  • 116 6 ,—Austral News. Refugee Industry In Australia Sydney. The complete personnel of a large Austrian firm of glove manufacturers will soon arrive in Australia. The migrants incidue the board of directors an t all the skilled technic ans. The firm will open a factory near Sydney and will use
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  • 187 6 Auckland. A Giltiertian situation arose in the Supreme Court when a young Maun, charged with thelt» said: ‘•I understood I was to come before. Judge Callan-” Judge Biair, who presided: You like him better than me?” When the Maori denied this, Judge Blair
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  • 320 6 Recruiting Records Shattered Mbmbera of the New South Wales Police force have broken all recruiting records. Although it is less than a fortnight since the call went out to enrol “reservists.” well over. 4,000 applications have already been received. It is expected that within a few
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  • 72 6 Claims 60 Rejuvenating Sydney. O’aiming 60 successful operations tn the last ten years. Dr. Jones. Austral'a’s onlv pm ct'sing rejuvenating specials!. has just relumed from a year's study under Sergo Von>noff. A F*v T 'Tne’d: ©f monk-vs frem Ind’S te~ use n th’s r^iuvmatinn surgery.
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  • 120 6 racing, nor has he owed a stable. —Austral News. Duke Of Kent May Race horses Sydney. The Duke of Kent is contemplating racing four or five horses in Australia. Finality, Frank Bullock and George Duller, both of whom are at present at Epsom. George Duller is
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  • 111 6 To Catch 40 Foot Sharks Sydney. The largest and most expensive fishing reel ever made has just been brought to Sydney by Zane Grey, the novelist and fisherman, who hopes to hook 40-foot sharks with it. The reel weighs 37 lb. is 15 inches in diameter, carries
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  • 237 6 Disappearance of the smart blue ard red uniforms of the technical units of the Australian militia forces is likely to follow issues of clothing now being made. New uniforms are coming forward in increasing quantities and a standard pattern jacket for all arms will
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  • 540 6 Melbourne. i That the Lyons tradition of homeliness in our leaders is safe rz'th the Menzies fuEn’iy is fully evidenced by a visit > a creeper-covered house in Howard-street, Kcw. Here Australia’s new Prime Minister and Mrs. Menzies
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  • 441 6 YOUTH IN NEW PLEA Fo (i NATIONAL LEADERSHIP rpHE time is ripe for a new conception of national i ship. The keynote of such leadership )e l <lder tralia above all party, sectional or persona! considerations” Youth is ready to respond to such an appeal. We
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  • 76 6 AUSTRALIA ENGLAND FORMATION FLIGHT Sydney. The longest-range formation flight ever made by cvl aircraft in the British Empire, and the first for any Australian organization, is being planned for next year. Three Tiger Moth aircraft from the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales will fly in formaton from Sydney
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  • 512 6 With the discovery of a sim p i e Vp effective, treatment for one form 0 venereal disease one of medicine's ma jor problems, has been solved Of particular importance, say health authorities, is the fact that the simple of the treatment should
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  • 64 6 ,—Austral News. wT DroaULaiw» hort \Vave The Australian Nationa Station (.-rv, broadcasts program l residents in the nort :> 1- 50 tralia. TOese pr<> times picked l 1 Australian Broadcis .in.- u p p astvs anyone who d P 1 jj e ibou-‘ write to theComn ission- of
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  • 34 6 trails s Australia» Mills Australian New Ltd., has placed r and for hy able a start to 1 than Rs. 42.(X)-'.k^; irp .v i will tons yearly of needs, now Imi c
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    • 254 7 r 1 v* f "ZI lUj So easy-so quick-with Brasso U METAL POLISH Agent: HARPER, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. M 3 NEW SHIPMENT —JUST RECEIVED British-make Raincoats At Greatly Reduced Prices “LEOPARD “TOPAZE BRAND” BRAND” MEN’S RAINCOATS MP MEN’S SHOWEB MADE FROM DOUBLE B I UM! W PRC>OF RAINCOATi LVr <
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  • 868 7 RURAL BOARD MEETING Butterworth. m|R. C» W. A. SENNEIIE, JVI speaking at yesterday’s meeJng of the Province W*dleslej Rural Board, urged the lacessity of a systematic Hcheme for re-assesment of houses at Butterworth, pointing out that some houses had not been re-assessed for ten to
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  • 114 7 EUROPEAN RESIDENCE ENTERED npHE seventh burglary com--1 mitted on a European residence in Penang within the period of one month has been reported. Jewellery worth about $4O, belonging to Mr. C. G. Barnes, of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd., was missing from 165, Western Road, about
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  • 385 7 BIG CONTINGENT LEAVING The fifth batch of drivers and mechanics for service at the China war fronts, comprising 181 persons, were i entertained to a tea-party at the Wem- bley Park at 1 o’clock yesterday after- noon. This mechanical unit, which is leaving Penang today for
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  • 78 7 But Woman Says She Bought It When charged with dishonestly retaining stolen property, namely, a turkey, valued $2.50, belonging to Govindan on Mav 15 in Kampong Dodai. an Indian woman, Latchmei, claimed trial before Mr. Lim Koon Teck, in the Middle Court yesterday. The
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  • 1134 7 MAGISTRATES DECISION IN SUMMONS CASE find that the first accused had acted in a high-handed manner by kicking the salt fish into the drain and then when the complainant protested he abused him, calling him a pig, and attempted to intimidate him into submission
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  • 137 7 Mysterious Death Of Squatter Mystery surrounds the death of an elderlv Chinese squatter, who passed away at his house on Penang Hill at 3 o’clock" on Tuesday afternoon. The squatter, whose name was given as Lee Ah Seang, aged 46 years, had a mark rcund his neck,
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  • 184 7 GIVES NOTICE OF APPEAL Yap Baba, a Chinese, who had described himself as a landowner and was convicted last week on a charge O; theft of a gold neck chain and a locket was this morning sentenced to one month s rigorous imprisonment by the Penang
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  • 47 7 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to 7.30 pm. March The Contemptible® Stanley Overture Spanish Comedy Bela Selection Son 0, O’My Heart Duthoit Waltz Stories Of The Vienna Forest Strauss Fox Trot You Leave Me Breathless Hollander 7, nal Savoy Medley Of Medleys Dliffe
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  • 535 8 npHE report of the General x Manager of the Penang Hill Railway which we published in our issue yesterday reveals that for 1938, there was a working loss of $lB5 as compared with the protit of $1,651 in 1937. Mr. Rogers explains this as due to the
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  • 559 8 SOCIAL PERSONAL The remains of the late Mr. E. Lj Hay will be interred at the Cheras Road Cemetery at 5 p.m. tomoirow. Mr. H. O. Mass and Mr. C. E. Richard left for Teluk Anson and Singapore respectively yesterday by the s.s. I'erak. Mr. I. Harpur, Settlement Engineer. Malacca,
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  • 553 8 If'ant 1 Walk? 'T’HE Editorial published in last x week’s “Sunday Gazette” has resulted in the following enthushistic letter to the Editor sent by one “Johnnie Walker “1 join issue with you in bemoaning the decadence of walking these days. The world has become unk-uely proficient in
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  • 470 8 Thursday, May 18. ‘ST'ROM early morning till late at night (says Reuter) thousands upon thousands of Canadians cheered themselves hoarse in extending an enthusiastic welcome to Their Majesties. The royal landing at Wolfe’s Cove was a truly historic occasion and the little ceremony
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    • 207 9 I Miff/ «r Wjj) o rV a b\e V»” .u» e* er!P ,vab' e .-ol A BB 21 [BY GEOftGC, HEUN. I'VE A IT'S NOT ME,TOMI IT'S THE NEW J NEVEB TASTED COFTEE/ IUOIANT ROAST MAXWELL HOUSE. SO Bf€H ANO A NEW BIENO THAT'S EXTRA RICH TUU-riAVOREO IN MY AND
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  • 328 9 STRICT WATCH KEPT Question Raised in Commons THE hostilities in China have forced numbers of Chinese boys to be sent over to Malaya, hut the authorities are keeping a strict watch with the view to preventing Mabuses, it was revealed on the
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  • Correspondence
    • 74 9 itor. "Pinang Gazette”) < across reports of ry day; yet, in apparently increasing h burglaries, there is lai k of information reie arrests of the culprits. ..H here have actually been n ist hate to say anything /efficient Police Force, but u .ta-matas” were to spend eeping
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    • 89 9 T) tl.t E'Ctor, "Pinang Gazette”) Sir I wish to endorse all the remarks a !l by "Face Fax” in reply to the views advanced by "Justice” in connection with the question of Chin shop assistants’ working hours. I think it is only humane to treat ♦ho
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  • 65 9 Chinese Removed To 1 lospital V.’hik unhiding cargo in one of the shi. s tn the roads yesterday at about midnight, a Chinese had a fall. he was brought to the pier in a s I"'! removed to the General Hospital in a Police van. His
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  • 206 9 Taiping I r d<cident which occurred at S..' in Rn.id on Tuesday afternoon t > Chinese, who were badly It nn d a tragic aspect with tue < .1 230 a.m. of one of them, L::ii 1 :i! i? in the Taiping Hospital dur man, Chan Hup
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  • 149 9 or. bin Khoong Liew Ipoh f v lonee.st and most impressive Ipoh for some time took afternoon when the reMr. Chin Khoong Liew, ■mof the local Chinese t, rr conveyed to the Kwang- r r for interment. jr (i;, d at his residence, 44 on
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  • 815 9 MALAYANS HACK FROM LEAVE ITSUALLY scheduled to arrive here Jon Thursday morning at about I six o’clock, the P. and O. liner s.s. “Ranpura” drew alongside the Swettennam Pier at about eleven o’clock last night with the English mails and Malayan passengers on board from London via
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  • 205 9 YOUTH’S PLEA Charge Of House Trespass 4£’\7OU have no business to go where 1 you are not wanted,” sa d Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court this morning to a young Chinese, Ng Ah Seng, who was charged with house trespass into tre Modern
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  • 145 9 Governor’s Remarks At K.L. Kuala, Lumpur. •‘The old order is changing, not only here but throughout the world, and women are taking more and more to their proper places in life. I have been in Malaya four years and a half and one of the most encouraging
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  • 78 9 Tragedy overtook a Chinese family who went to pray at the Kek Lok See Chinese Temple in Ayer Itam yesterday afternoon. A little boy of the family, Ong Ah Sim. aged five years, was suddenly taken ill. He was brought down from the Temple. The boy
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  • 95 9 Sentence of four months’ rigorous imprisonment, in addition to six months’ police supervision, was imjaosed by Mr. Lim Koon Teck. in the Middle Court, yesterday, on a Chinese Choo Boy Soong, who pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of a sarong, valued $1.50 belonging
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  • DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
    • 337 10 KENNEDY CO’s SHARE LIST Buyer» Seller» RUBBER. A. Malay 1-40 1.50 Ayer Hi tarn 95 1.05 Ayer Panas 1.05 1.12 i Bassett 52j 57| Batu Lintang 1.00 1.05 Bents 97) 1.05 Haytor 85 90 Indragiri. 1.15 1.20 Kedah 1.85 1.95 Kempas 1.67) 1.75 Kuala Sictm 2.021 2.15 Lunas 1.45 1.52)
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    • 177 10 Buyers Seilera RUBBERS. Ayer Panas 1.07) 1.15 Bassetts 52) 57) Batu Lintangs 1.02) 1.07) Bentas 1.00 1.05 Brogas 60 65 Indragiris 1.15 1.20 Kuala Siduns 2.05 2.15 Lunas 1.50 1.57) Malaka Pindas 1.15 1.22) Mentakabs 40 42) Pajams 1.65 1.75 Sungei Tukangs 1.00 1.05 Tapahs IA2)
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    • 255 10 SOON THEAM CO’s NOON QUOTATIONS Buyer» Sellers TIN. Ampats 3 A. Hitams 20/ 21 A. Wengs 68 71 Rangrins 19/3 20, B. Selangor» 1-24 1-27 Berjuntais 9/6 10/ Chenderiang» 11/ H/® Hong Fatts 59 61ex Kamras 1/5 1/7 Kamuntings 8/ 8 K. Lanjuts 14/6 15/ Kramats 9/ 8 8 Kuchais
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    • 168 10 LEAN CO’s QUOTATIONS Buy ex s Sellers MINING. Ampats 3/ 3/4) A. Amalgamated 4.6 4,9xd B. Selangors 1.20 1.25 Hong Fatts 60 62)xd Johans 23 26 Jelapangs 24 25/ Kamuntings 8/ 8 9 Kuchais 1.10 1.17) K. Lanjuts 14/ 14/6 Laruts 4/ 4/4) Pangnga Rivers 5 3 5/10) Pungahs 16/
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    • 35 10 RENONG CONSOLIDATED Dredge statistics for the first half of May, 1939: 292 hours, 124,000 c. yds, 517 piculs. RATRUT BASIN 272 hours, 28,300 c. yds, 261 piculs. SATUPUILO N.L. 290 piculs.
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    • 27 10 Dividend of 4.16 per cent., less tax (6% per cent.), payable May 5. Profit for 1938, before allocation of reserves, is £10,565 (£18,319).
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    • 198 10 A. A. ANTHONY COMPANY Buyers Sellers TIN. Ampat 3/1) 3/4) A. Amalgamated 4/9 5/ Ayer Weng 65 70 Bangrin 19/ 19/6 Batu Selangors 1.22 1.25 Hong Fatt 60 62ex Jelebu 52) 57) Kampong Lanjut 14/3 14/9 Kamra 1/4) 1/7) Kuchai Tin 1.12) 1.17) Kundang Tin 6/6 7/ Laruts 3/10) 4/1)
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    • 127 10 THURSDAY, MAY 18 Prev. Latest Paris 176 57/64 1.76 47/64 New York 4.68 3/16 4.68 5/32 Montreal 4.69 5/8 4.69 7/16 Brussels 27.51 27.50 1/2 Geneva 20 82 1/2 20.83 Amsterdam 8.71 1/4 8.72 1/4 Milan 88 15/1« 89 Berlin 11 66 3/4 11.67 Stockholm 19.42 19.41 Copenhagen
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    • 99 10 During the week ending May 6 1939, exports of final pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 101,188 cases, of which: 82,138 (81 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, 1,460 (2 per cent) cases to the Continent of Europe, 13,417 (13 per cent) cases to
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    • 38 10 7% Cumulative Preference StockBoard recommend (final) dividend in respect of last financial year of 7%, payable on June, 17 1939—T0 General Reserve £20.000 Carried forward, subject to audit and usual adjustments £30,009—T0 Depreciation Reserve £3,900.
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    • 67 10 Presiding; at the meeting of the Sungei Choh Rubber Co., Mr. Norman Dalrymple said that a certain amount of surplus labour had been employed by anticipating a part of the replanting programme. No further replanting would be done this year. A higher rate of release should be
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    • 28 10 Dividend on Ordinary stock, 1% per cent. (10 per cent.): net profits. £1,803 (£15,877, which included £4,842 profit on sale of investments). Meeting, May 19.
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  • 193 10 New YorkThe market performarce in view of yesterday’s a-tim credlta biQ tive of no major liquidation s** Buyers, however, were obvto gressive and highly selective Una ing on retail lines and (11>ai,t°nCentratstocks. imilty ‘«come DOW JONES AVERAGES. Prev. Latest n lpll 30 indus 120.86 129.0» 128 20
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  • 55 10 —Reuter. London. Wednesday. Despite quietness in the Stock Exchange, most groups tended to improve. Giltedged met with good inquiry, includine: buying on Scotch account. Indian loans sympathetically advanced. Industrials were encouraged by good business reports but Kaflirs finally tended to ease owing to lack of fresh buying interest.
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  • 437 10 Necessity Of Further Uses For Rubber The ordinary general meeting v f Grand Central (Ceylon I Rubber Estates Ltd. was held at Winchester House, Old Broad-street, London, E.C. Mr. J. T. Hayes, representing the agents and secretaries (The Ceylon and Eastern Agency Ltd.), having read the
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    • 144 11 The Mixed Committee of the League of Nation» in its report dealing with the Relation of Nutrition to Health states: fe i?* J ’I "Deficiency of Vitamin A This, the most authoritative com- VS is manifested by impairment mittee on nutrition in the world. J r of vision, which, in
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  • 1579 11 INCREASED DEPOSITS IN 1938 Growing Confidence Of Public The seventh annual general meetof the Oversea-Chinese Bank- Corporation. Limited. held at registered office, China Building, < ilia Street, Singapore, on Saturday, A]»i 1 29, 1939. at 12 noon, with Mr. Kong Chian, Cha’rman of the
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  • 742 11 $12,128 Profit For Year STRICT ECONOMY EXERCISED The nineteenth annual general meeting of Allenby Rubber Company Ltd., was held at the registered offices of the Company, Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, May 13, 1939, at 12 noon, Mr. J. Murray (Chairman), Mr. C. T. de B. Whitehouse,
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  • 1140 11 U.S. SECURITY COMMODITY MARKETS Levy’s -Weekly Review Singapore, May 13. Despite: the quieier poliucal atmosphere in Europe, it is impossible, at one time we had almost hoped, to issue this report without a reference to the situation. Since, however, events in Europe are the dominant factor in market considerations, we
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2803 12 •The Alchemists.” 7.35 Friday Midday Concert, 8.20 Sandy Macpherson. 8.35 f—v A f—x I The News. 8.50 More Food for Thought.” V IJ Illi 1 X Greenwich Time Signal at 9.05 p.m. 9.05 I J I < J sports News, Market Notes, and Next I I— Week’s Programmes. 9.15 {approx.)—
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    • 218 12 me First. 7) Zieefeld Follies of 1927: a. Shaking the Blues Away, b. Ooh! Maybe It’s You. 8) Music in the Air (8.8. C. Dance Orchestra). 9) Five O’clock Girl. 10) Love Lies (New Mayfair Orchestra). 8.50 Messrs. Kennedy <fc Co’s Share Market Report. 8.55 Strait? Echo News Bulletin. 9.00
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  • 555 12 £1,711,000 Credit To Producing Firms London, May 4. Sir Stafford Cripps, K.C., continued his opening speech before Mr. Justice Singleton in the King’s Bench Division, yesterday, in the lawsuit epncerning the financing of British films, brought by Westminister Bank against 15 insurance companies. At the end
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  • 266 12 A Footnote There has been all through this series a note of triumph, a hint of boasting. It has been as if the writer were declaring all the time: “See what great things men have done —how they have flown over oceans and mountains, how they have conquered
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  • 981 12 High Standard Of a Water Colours 8 London, May 1 0 The Royal Academy at Burlington House opens to the public today, writes T. W. d Earp in the “Daily Telegraph.” y While every Academy brings a demand s for the Picture of the Year,
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  • 270 12 Summonses Against Osteopath Fail London. May 4. Summonses against Francis D. Deacon, an osteopath and bio-psy-chologist, of Cambridge-road, Worthing; alleging that he falsely used the title of doctor and falsely implied registration under the Medical Act, were dismissed yestedray at Worthing. Mr. J, Amphlett. prosecuting
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  • 131 12 Freiburg. A search for gold in the Rhine near Karlsruhe is to be begun th s month with the help of a large dredger. It is to be installed at a spot which, it is claimed, has already yielded gold worth £2 per ton of cravel. Mining
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    • 549 13 SLUE FUNNEL LINE WEEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON A NORTH CONTINENT s'... 11 tt ii Leave* Penang Due London pHTLOCTETES Calls Hull M y r ie GLENAPP Calks Antwerp Middlesbaro May 22 June 20 MENESTHEUS Calls Marseilles Glasgow May 26 June 22 lh>N OAi SERVILE TO v*• IKPOOL VIA HaVRa Liverpool
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    • 641 13 P&O british'india (IncorpotEted in England), SiAGAPORE, CHLNA JAPAN S.S. RANPLRA” SAILING THURSDAY 18th 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 Service. ..t> TT r xt.. Ourw&rds from London
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    • 247 13 NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA LONDON SERVICE For Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Salo, Naples. MarspiDoo Gfhrn!*ar I-ODdOO, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Stonoiprs TERUKUNI MARU May 26 HAKUSAN MARU June 9 HARUNA MARU June 23 KATORI MARU July 7 YASUKUNI MARU July 2ft KASIMA MARU Aug. 4 FOR JAPAN FROM SINGAPORE For Hongkong,
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  • 205 13 latest Posting Times At KuaJa Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang UK MAILS* 1)1 TWA RD M HOPE \M) THE WEST ’’IAL (Emp're Air Mail): "f Burma (except Victoria Point), ‘Aden, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, n'/!, 1 an K an yika, Uganda, Zanzibar, rn and Southern Rhodesia, NyaI an S<)U^h Africa,
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  • 74 13 Mails for BANGKOK will leave Penang at &40 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays, and incoming -mails will arrive in Penang at 6.30 p.m. on Sundays and Thursdays. Mails for F. M. S-. SINGAPORE, etc., will leave Penang at 8.30 a.m. and 9 p.m.; Ipoh 1.36 p.m. and 2.10
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  • 1231 13 Arrivals TO-DAY, M/1Y 18. s.s. “Eeiiar” from London via ports. su>. “Philocteles" from Singapore. TO MORROW, MAY 19. s-s. "Lycaon’’ irom LivcrpooL s.s. “Van HeuLsz" irom Singapore, Hongkong, Sivatow. Amoy ami Lnuan ixicw. s.s. “D. v. r iwist” from Belawan-Deh, Asahan and Panah (Laboean-Bihk). s.s. •‘Mandar" irom
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  • 130 13 London, May 1. The Earl of Derby will travel in the fastest lift in England tomorrow when he opens Derby House the first section of the new Liverpool Exchange buildings. With a speed of 450 ft a minute, the lifts will reach the 10th floor in
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  • 8 14 See How He Completes The Swing
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  • 512 14 Prospects Claimed To Be Brightest Since 1919 A USTRALIA’S prospects of winning the Davis Cup this year are brighter than they have been at any stage since Australia last held the cup in 1919,” said Mr. T.E. Robinson, one of the Davis Cup selectors and
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  • 201 14 One Of Australia’s Earnest Milers King’s Head, one of the gamest and most honest milers to have raced in recent years, said his farewell to the Australian turf when he ran in the Flying Handicap at Randwick last month. King's Head will return to the Clarendon
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  • 135 14 Melbourne. Former heavyweight champion of Australia, Ambrose Palmer, was carried from a football ground on a stretcher with a broken jaw. In the first quarter of the EssendonFootscray Australian code game, Palmer and S. Qilson (Essendon), running in from opposite wings, collided almost head on
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  • 121 14 Colleague’s Tribute To Fames It was not so long ago that some of the English cricket critics were saying that Ken Fames, the English fast bowler, was the best since Harold Larwood. Fames was expensive in some games in South Africa, but he did not
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  • 596 14 Successively R.A.V.C. Major’s Feats Peshawar, April 26 What surely must be record golfing performance was accomplished on April 25 when a golfer holed out in one for the second time, and on successive days. This claim for record status is augmented by the fact that
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  • 92 14 You cannot monkey with the Rules of Golf, but if a monkey lifts your ball you can apparently replace it without penalty. The brothers Watermayer, famous South African golfers, while playing in a competition at Durban in connection with their championship, saw their ball picked up
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  • 878 14 How To Become Proficient In Short Pitches MUCH better progress, I am sure, would be made »y (he average beginner were he to devote himself to short pitch shots until he becomes fairly proficient in these, writes a famous American golfer in the “Sydney Ref.
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  • 169 14 Likely Visit By Wooderson A proposal that S. C. Wooderson the English holder of the world’s mile record, should fly out to Australia next summer and compete in special races, is before the Amateur Athletic Association of New South Wales. It is also proposed to invite the
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  • 85 14 Before And After Said Clarence (“Red”) Burman, protege of Jack Dempsey, before he went into the ring in London to fight Tommy Farr; “Farr is just a tough fella who can’t punch very hard. When I beat him in the United States he was sick. “I don’t like fellas who
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  • 101 14 The main reason for interference in races is not the carelessness of older jockeys or the inexperience of apprentices, declares one of Sydney’s veteran trainers. The trouble lies in the desire for jockeys drawn wide at the barrier to get across to the rails as quickly as
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  • 74 14 Lawyer’s Outburst Auckland. A “hypocritical and farcical state of affairs” regarding bookmakers in New Zealand was referred to by a leading lawyer when a bill ards saloon proprietor was fined £3O for bookmaking. Counsel said that the law was that bookmakers were illegal, but none
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  • 76 14 Ellsworth Vines, the famous professional tennis player, at present touring with Donald Budge, says that he plans to discontinue such tours after this year. “But don’t misunderstand me," Vines added. “I’m not quitting tennis entirely, but I am going to give up this touring kind
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  • 89 14 lUUiuvj on: anising Failing to persuade the >•_ at Committee of the Olymr i Helsinki to include Z a t:on Olympic programme the eJ Intemationalle of Hockey Jp to hold a World Hockey C at Amsterdam in 1940. aC(I The Championship wi... a!so from May
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    • 361 14 DIAMOND SHEET STEEL EQUIPMENT AMO 1 I i fesL i I M 1 > SF®’ T r HR Ilh V ;W HIO H i M hi -|Cd___j j STEEL SHELVING, STEEL CUPBOARDS, STEEL LOCKEES. Write for descriptive /older I to the Manufacturers:— DIAMOND METAL PRODUCTS CO.. LTD., SO J, Kam
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  • 493 15 liKliiii’; Check p. v N ir( /< SOCCER Jr cation Club rise on the Football 1 hey met in oi the terday on «round, hold- n) i one-all draw, an off day. the play but v Rahnia (full-back) and per) foiled „f tlKir efforts. The most
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  • 247 15 Whitsun Match With Selangor EH CHEOW TEIK ILL IN HOSPITAL 'JpHREE changes are conta hed in Penang’s team to play against Selangor in the inter-State cricket match at Kuala Lumpur during the Whitsun Holidays —May 27, 2 8 and 29, was chosen at a
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  • 396 15 Hamilton Lambert Victorious Four ties were played off in the Penang Lawn Tennis championships yesterday on the P. S. C. Esplanade courts. In the second round of the Penang Plate. Wat Swee easily disposed of Wagstaff in two sets. By defeating Tan Ah Choy in three sets.
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  • 95 15 Teachers Beat High School Party The Wellesley Primary School Teachers’ Association .played the Bukit Mertajani High School Party at tennis yesterday evening and beat them by three matches to nil. The games were played on the Wellesley Primary School court. The scores were as follows: Lim Cheng Soon
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  • 117 15 The Sporting Diamonds, Penang, beat the Bukit Mertajam Rubber Estate team at Kelang Bharu field on Sunday last by 3 goals to nil. J. Andres scored the first goal from a penalty and Bobby Yeoh and Ee Tc i added a goal each in the second
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  • 108 15 Reuter. Negro Retires LAST NIGHT’S FIGHT Cardiff, May 18. rpiIIRTY-FIVE thousand peopie, in open air, saw Tommy Farr defeat Larry Gains, who retired at the end of the fifth round in their twelve-round fight last night, owing to an injured right hand. Farr was superior in every
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  • 223 15 CHINA’S MATCH AGAINST FRANCE J 11. HO, former Penang tennis star, is to play for China in the Davis Cup against France at Paris today, tomorrow and Saturday, says a Reuter message from Paris. Ho, who was invited to take part some three months
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  • 94 15 —Reuter. London, May 18. The latest Derby call-over is: 75/20 Blue Peter taken and offered. 17/2 Hypnotist offered, 9/1 taken. 100/9 Admiral’s Walk offered, 100/8 taken. 100/8 Heliopolis taken and offered. 100/8 Fairstone offered, 13/1 taken. 13/1 Triguero offered. 100/7 Fox Cub taken and offered. 22/1 Casanova
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  • 54 15 The following are the results of the P.S.C. Bowls ties played on Tuesday, 16: Men’s Doubles Handicap: +2 D. Sturrock and A. Milne beat +2 J. A. McEvoy and R. H. Williams 13—11. Mixed Doubles Handicap: +6 Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Smith beat Scr. Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 579 16 Motion By Col. Rae At Federal Council WHITEHALL SENDS MESSAGE OE APPRECIATION (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Today. I TNANIMOUS approval was received from all sides of the House when the Hon. Col. Cecil Rae moved “that this Council gives hearty support to
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  • 227 16 Dr. French Oliver, the noted Biblical scholar, delivered an inspiring lecture on Tuesday evening at tlie Burmah Road Halt In the course of it, he said that all the known sciences have their existence predicted in the Bible. ‘Science” said Dr. Oliver, “makes its appeal to
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  • 82 16 Highly entertaining is the M.GJM. comedy romance ‘"The Girl Downstars," which began a season at the Queen’s last nigtiL The story, which concerns a man-about-town and a country girl working as a kitchen maid, is very simple, yet never devoid of interest. Franchot Tone and
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  • 47 16 DIVORCED AGAIN The film comedian, STAN LAUREL, Jui-s been divorced from his third ivifie. the Russian singer, Vera Henna, sags a Reuter*» message from ,Los Angeles. Laurel cited numerous occasions on which his vnfe left five home and became intoxicated. This, he said, interfered with his work.
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  • 319 16 Indian Fined STORY OF INSISTENT COOK AN Indian Mohammedan, Mydin Pitchay, was arraigned before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court this morning on a charge of selling lottery tic acts of Die Penang Turf Club at 112, Acheen Street, on May 17. The accused, in
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  • 96 16 Singapore. Major-General W G. S. Gobble, Gener|al Officer Comnu nc'ing Malaya, yesterda; evening declared open the new headquar ters of the Singapore Malay. Volunteers The building was quite imposing and the structure was put up at a cost of $l5O, 009 am? stands opposite the Rallies Hote!
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  • 126 16 A denial that he had assaulted the complainant was the defence made by the first accused, in the case in which four Indians, D. N Samy, V. Kuppusamy, M. Kuppusamy and Naraya.samy. were charged in the District Court before the District Judge, Mr. J. l
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  • 255 16 Sweden, Norway And Finland Prefer To Re Neutral Helsingfor, May 18. IT is «reported that Finland has declined Herr Hitler’s offer 1 of a non-aggression pact on the ground that northern countries have agreed to observe strict Neutrality. It is stated that Sweden and Norway
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  • 75 16 Official Training Begins Next Monday training for the Penang Turf Club’s opening meeting at the new racecourse is expected to begin on Monday, when horses working on the track will have numbers on their saddle cloths. The Penang strings have returned from Singapore and are startting track work
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  • 252 16 ‘‘Some Reflections on Indian Aspirations” formed the subject of an interesting talk by Mr. H. G. Sarawar to members of the Rotary Club of Penang yesterday. The news about India published -n Malayan and British newspapers is so meagre that it does not give
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  • 79 16 Thursday, May 18 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS. FIN Penang $ll4 03 Business 25 tons Singapore $114.00 RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 27 ic Singapore (Spot) 28c COPRA: Sundried $4.00 Black Pepper $9.00 TAPIOCA. Medium $3 35 Fair Seed $3.10 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6 60 No. 2 $6.50 Rangoon White
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    • 45 16 Dancing at the Ely see Cabaret tonight starts at eight o’clock II s T E E I I WINDOW FRAMES E FRENCH IMM Hi* etc. etc. ■s I Eijual to the best K i m rted rn ak en, I EASTERN MF8.60 K Penana. River
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    • 330 16 1 ‘pJne 6 Telegrams; Rates of Subscription f or p: n and Sunday Gaz «h Pinang Gazette L. Delivery S s Monthly n> d I c p Quarterly i/e 11-75 Half-Yearly m Yearly IS On o J 21 J 0 Sunday zette U» Quarterly it x 1 M S r
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