Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 May 1939

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY tso, 120. Vol. xcvn. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 454 1 —Reuter. U. S. Ships To he Rescue NEW HAMPSHIRE COAST DRAMA President Roosevelt’s Anxiety Portsmouth, New Hampshire, May 24. The United Slates submarine “Squalus” with 62 men aboard is reported Co have “submerged and in trouble” off White Island. The “Sculpin” which was directly above
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  • 213 1 Official French I )cnial Shanghai, May 24. Tl..> ifrenjch Ambassador, M. Hann 00a ne has authorised a flat denial o" the J 1 j inese press allegation that the FnaiQi Government had placed a military mission at the disposal of t e Chinese Government. “He
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  • 110 1 .—Reuter. British Cotton Interests To Be Consulted London, May 23. In the House of Commons, asked what »leps bad been taken to advance further proposals for the direct exchange of cotton. rubber and tin between the British Empire and the United States, Mr. Stanley declared that he had
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  • 348 1 Paris, May 23. Satisfaction is expressed in authoritative French circles at the very definite reports from French sources in Geneva that an a'freement in principle has been reached between Lord Halifax and ’’l. Maisky regarding an Anglo-Soviet mutual assistance pact. It is realised, however, that final
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  • 70 1 —Reuter. Geneva, May 23. The committee given the task of drafting the text of the resolution in answer to Dr. Wellington Koo’s appeal to th a Council yesterday, met today. The resolution will reaffirm the League’s recommendation to member states to give what assistance is
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    7 1 B!ie will be on Friday
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  • 136 1 Reuter. Mutual Pact To Be Extended London, May 23. Poland and Rumania have agreed to extend the long-standing mutual assistance pact originally directed against Russia to cover attacks from elsewhere, Reuter learns. Foreign circles in London stated that Staff talks have been held in Warsaw to settie
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  • 41 1 ,—Reuter. To Become Law In Erie Tomorrow Dublin, May 23 The Dail passed the Treason Bi’l under v’’’mh the death nenelty may be indicted for treason. The Bill will become law wiien signed by President Hyde on May 2o.—Reuter.
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  • 581 1 Car Overturns ROYAL TRAIN STOPPED AND' KING INFORMED OF ACCIDENT London, May 23. Qu€en s Mary was involved a motor accident at Wimbledom this afternoon, but according to a statement made at Marlborough House, Her Majesty was not hurt. The motor-car im‘which Queen Mary
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    • 45 1 CONTENTS Page Latest Telegrams 1 16 Earlier Telegrams 2 Malayan News 3 Amusement Notices 4& 5 Indian News 6 Local News 7 Editorial 3 Local News 9 Financial News 10 Empire Day Celebrations 11 Radio News 12 Shipping News 13 Sports 14 15 Miscellaneous 16
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  • 838 2 MOVEMENT BEHIND THE SCENES For A Return To The Democratic Fold NOTHING STARTLING IN NEW AXIS ALLIANCE London, May 23. The Japanese rejection of th e military alliance between Italy and Germany is expected in official circles here despite the recognised strength of the Japanese
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  • 252 2 .—8.0. W. Strong Pressure On London Ijondon, May 22. The statement made in the Home of Commons yesterday is taken by several newspapers as a confirmation that Czech gold, amounting to five or six million sterling;, held in London under the name of bank international settlements
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  • 48 2 Reuter. Bomb Thrown Through Barracks Window London. Mav 23. A bomb consisting of twenty sticks of gelignite was thrown through a window of the King’s Liverpool Regiment gymnasium at the Seaforth barracks The bomb was immediately plunged into a bucket of water and did not explode.—
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  • 230 2 8.0. W. Sir F. Leith-Ross Returns Rugby, May 22 During the past week Sir F. Leith-Ross has had a number of meetings in Athens with the Greek President of the Council and the Minister of Finance and with i the Governor of the Bank of j
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  • 74 2 Reuter. Seven Mongolian Planes Shot Down By Japanese Tokyo, May 23. Seven Ovter-Moncolian aeroplanes were shot down in “regular air combats” while reconnoitring over Manchukuo during the past three days, according to a Japanese despatch from Hsmking. The despatch says that the Japanese machines challengd the Outer Mongolian
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  • 552 2 Peiping, May 23. According to the semi-official press in Tientsin, the Japanese authorities have delivered new demands on the British Council at Tientsin including' the engagement of Japanese advisers 1 by the Council, joint search by British Police and Japanese gendarmes for terrorists and the
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  • 125 2 Anglo-Soviet Talks Reuter. Being Conveyed To Both Parties Paris, May 23. Le Matin’s Geneva correspondent says that the French plan to solve the Anglo-French-Soviet negotiations is broadly as follows: The three countries to guarantee each other mutual assistance in the event of one being the victim
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  • 95 2 Reuter. Presenting Report On Talks At Geneva London, May 23. The Cabinet held a special meeting this morning in order to clear off domestic tusiness .so that Wednesday’s Cabinet may be devoted to the consideration of the Anglo-Soviet negotiations. Among the important business discussed today
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  • 116 2 —Reuter. Firm Adherence To Alliance Lisbon, May 21 M. Salazar stressing Portugal's firn® adherence to the Anglo-Portuguese alliance at the Assembly declared: I know I am speaking for my country when I say that we are wholly determined to fu’fll faithfully our obligations to the
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  • 1049 3 gelangor Property Owners’ Annual Meeting YEAR’S WORK REVIEWED RY CHAIRMAN to the proposal of a Municipality for h t 1 Mrnpwr at the eighth annual genral meetT? r Selangor Owners’ and Ratepayers’ sriC i on, Mr. E. A. S. Wagner, the president, said
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  • 104 3 Other Babies Still In Federal Home One of Kuala Lumpur s Chinese triplets is dead. The baby in question was rather sickly from birth, and the Infant Welfare Centre is surprised that it lived so long. The other two babies, however, are in a fairly
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  • 250 3 MR. NEAVE ON LEAVE Klang. Government officers and prominent residents of the town v/ere present at the Railway Station on Friday night to bid farewell to Mr. J. R Neave, who was leaving Klang on home leave. A guard of honour of 28 boy scouts
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  • 186 3 List Of Enrolled Members Below is the list of members who to be held at the Chinese Recreation Club premises beginning from June. It is proposed, if possible, to have the lecture on Mondays at 6.30 p.m., and confirmation will be circulaiised in due course. Members
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  • 103 3 Tli rough Traffic Breach Kuala Lumpur. A traffic breach in Malacca, has led to thr recovery of the Ford ten saloon belonging to Mr. R. V. Karlakandan, principal of the Prince of Wales Institution Kuala Lumpur. The car was reported missing on Saturday night and has
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  • 341 3 Singapore. Eight months rigorous imprisonment and a fine of $5O, in default of payment a further two months’ imprisonment, was passed on a Chinese, Cheong Leong, who aas described in the Singapore Criminal District Court on Monday as “an undesirable character and a leading
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  • 614 3 Wife A Penang Woman MARRIED LIFE A SERIES' OF QUARRELS Singapore. jVfR. JUSTICE WORLEY granted a decree nisi to Patrick E. Cooke in the Singapore High Court against his wife, Josephine Agnes Cooke, who, he alleged, left him and went to stay with a European
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 811 4 MAP ISTIC ro totol C«J 1 1 6.00 9.45 P.M. t T®?- 1 LAST NIGHT TONIGHT! oriental song dance entertainment! I Murder in The ADe Luxe Eye Ear Stage Show! Movie Colony !|pggKi| drying ORIENTAL ARTS TO THE GLORY OF I store in y 'H I dStfA-XLWI "TIP TOP REVUE"
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  • 385 5 Reuter. Famous Actor’s Appeal To “Roll Up” London. Bobby Howes, the well-known mus cal comedy actor and film star, performed the opening ceremony at the inauguration here of te new Territorial Army Central Recruitirg Ogee at Convtau ,ht Place, Marble Arch. Speaking into twin microphones
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  • 314 5 —Reuter. Students Flock To Military Schools HIGH EDUCATION REQUIRED Moscow. rjTHE increase in the number of etuI dents trained in Russia’s military schools to become officers in the Red Army has been so big during the last five years that there are now usually
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  • 793 5 Courses In New York School IS a means of developing a critical, inquiring mind imong students, course in the Analysis of various propaganda levices have been introduced in ahe New York City public school system. Boys and girls of high school age are
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  • 227 5 —Reuter. Several Families In One Flat Berlin. Jewish families who have noc succeeded in emigrating —and their number -S sail great—are now tacmg tne prospect of uerng forced out of their flats and shifteu to other and more crowded quarters wholly separate Lorn Aryans, tne
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  • 153 5 —Reuter. In Support Of New German Empire Berlin. A new centre of colonial propaganda has been created with the opening of the new Colonial Institute in Hamburg.. Addressing represertatives of the States, party, the armed forces, colonial organisations, and science and commerce, at a banquent
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  • 197 5 —Reuter. Films And Propaganda In Big “Push” Durban. A public health “push,” organised to reach every sect'on of the community—European and non-European is to be launched shortly in South Africa. The campaign is to nationalise the d stribution of health propaganda to local authorit’es
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  • 257 5 To Be Built In Britain Britain leads the world in thf production of high speed moto torpedo boats. The Norwegian Government wh e’ is to have eight built, has place! the contract for the first with The British Power Boat Company Limited of Hylhe, Southampton.
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  • 362 5 Result Of British Voting HOW would you start your boy in life? To test the public’s reaction to this question the British Institute of Public Opinion put this question to a representat ve sample of British opinion (according to a report in The News Chronicle). "If
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  • 334 5 BRILLIANT REVIVAL AT SADLER’S WELLS London, May 4. The revival of "Hugh the Drover” at Sadler’s Wells deserves to attract large audiences. Last night’s performance had all the expected qualities—tremendous gusto, a happy sense of laughter, a ve n of tenderness and an ineradicable suggestion of national character. Dr.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 372 5 TONIGHT LADIES’ GUEST NIGHT WEMBLEY PARK Tonight Wednesday, 24th May,, 1939. Sun See Toy Cantonese Opera: “IJVU KAM TENG” Part 1. Cran' 1 Noeran Opera: an interesting story. Capital Talkies: 1 Two Shows Nightly At 7.30 9.30 p.m. Brought Back By Popular Demand. George O'Brien in a stirring tale of
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    • 85 5 QUEEN’S 6.15 LAST 2 SHOWS TONIGHT 9.30 B Awarded First Prize At the Paris Exposition ALEXEI TOLSTOY’S FAMOUS BOOK COMES TO.LIFE ON THE SCREEN “PETER THE FIRST” 3 TO A pROmJC M A E OVER 5,000. (With full English sub-titles) SEE The great St. Petersberg Flood awe^ns f Rattles between
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  • INDIAN NEWS AND VIEWS
    • 394 6 GOVT.’S INSTRUCTIONS TO INDIAN BODIES Madras. FTTHE Government have issued m- struct ons to the C ty Corporation and Municipal Councils to realise their responsibility in the work of prevention and suppression of immoral traffic in women and children and in the provision of help
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    • 353 6 A suggested change to the law with regard to Ind’an princes was made by J. Ch’nna Durai in a letter to the “Manchester Guardian” in which he says:—■ “The law as it stands at present in India with regard to a British subject having a
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    • 25 6 Recruits to the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Army being put through their first paces at the Duke of York’s headquarters, Chelsea.
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    • 541 6 No Equality Of Citizenship ‘Second Class’ Status Resented WRITING on the deterioration of yV the status of Indians in the Commonwelath tn a letter to The Manchester Guardian, Mr. H. 8. L. Polak, Honorary Secretary, Irdians Overseas Association, says: “I recall listening at a public meeting
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    • 64 6 Bombay. npHAT "Adhikar”, the Now Theatres’ film, directed by P. C. Barua and Narring Barua, Jamuna and Mcnaka, is the best Indian film of 1938, is the verdict of ballot held by the Film JournaNsts’, Association of India. Only members of the Association, all
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    • 287 6 Bombay Governor’s Tribute PLEA FOR GREATER CO OPERATION Bom 1 ay. r JpHE great influence of the screen as a powerful medium of educating the people and instructing the Illiterate and the consequent responsibility on those who control and d rect the industry was stressed by H.
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    • 75 6 Ahmedabad. Two armed sentries were shot dead in a scuffle between the prisoners in the Jafrabad State jail and the sentries guarding the jail. An armed police force was requisitioned and help also arrived from Bhavnagar State and the prisoners, who had escaped with the guns
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    • 123 6 ,—Reuter. Bombay. r pHE battle of clocks in Bombay, which baffles newcomers, parti- cularly foreigners, will derrt’’ if |a rtesnnutfon tabled by a <X>ngre*s councillor in the Bombay unmJcflpal ertrnoration I'l passed The resolution urges the corporation to adopt
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    • 82 6 —Reuter. Bombay. HHHE two-million: dollar HollyA wood film Din,” a story of the north-west frontier, has been banned by the Bombay film censors. “Guuga Din”, which took two years to complete, w described by the exhibitors as “Hollywoods most spectacular adventure-ro-mance.” The plot is based
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    • 229 6 Deportations Galore SURRENDER OF PROPERTY ORDERED Simla. J£XPLUSIONS from Sinkiang have recently been as numerous and continuous as from Germany. British Indian and Afghan subjects seem to have been marked out for special attention. Speeches are being made to incite anti-Indian feeling, according to reports from Yarkand.
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    • 152 6 Lu<k«‘ nv QOME 500 mourners, including 300 women, attended th“ 1 a stray bull here, after a service lasting three duys li-nl reaxL much The bull used to saunter through the streets of the city and in demand for breeding purposes.
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    • 122 6 TO DEAL K(S4 agitation The tart batch ot e been reennted ac a tsure to deal with the Su-.ya-,ah?T Kisan women. b Dressed in Punjabi costume <S haL war, shirt and a sheet r J* head) and holding bators hands, they reported for duty aTZ Central
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    • 323 6 Durbar Considering Proposals Indore. The general question of pi son reform, including the problem of overcrowding in most of the jails and lockups in the State, has been receiving the earnest attention of the Hoikaur Government for some time. The daily average number of prisoners is
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    • 203 6 Treasure Trove Near Kumbakonam Kumbakonam. News reaches here of the find of a treasure trove in the Kamai asavalli Village in Odayarpalayam stated that during the recent downpour <rt rain, a wall in the house col! epaed revealing the existence of treasure The villagers are stated to
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  • 142 7 CHINESE YOUTH CHARGED IN COURT 4 daring attempt to burgle the house of a European at No. 7, Burnett Road, in the early hours of yesterday iting was reported to the Police yesterday. The house u IS that occupied by Mr. Yanus De Johanas
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  • 603 7 annual report FOR 1938 inual general meeting of the Suburb Civil Service Benefit Fund will jv i at.Westlands School hall on Ft May 26 at 5 p.m. 1 ioilowing are excerpts from the Committee’s report: ship:- The number of applicai r ivt'd during the year
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  • 124 7 A grand variety entertainment will he < d at th/? ACS. H-H at W p stlands Avenue on Saturday, May 27 from 7 30 p m. am bv the youthful members of the *4>warth Leagues of Penang, Bukit Metta’JuU. luixe r,uiu<-r ana The Concert will be a
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  • 270 7 Charge Of Using Forged Blocks An order for the acquittal and discharge of a Hokkien, Ng Fu Aun, who was charged with fraudulently and dishonestly using as genuine certain forged documents, namely, printing blocks for the Selangor Buddhist Association sweepstake tickets on April 9, 1939, was made
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  • 116 7 Ribs Fractured An Indian coolie, while at the quarry at Baut Gantong near the new racecourse, at about 3 o clock yesterday afternoon, was accidentally struck by a huge piece of granite. The man, Kootayan, was brought to the General Hospital the same afternoon suffering from
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  • 140 7 Pleads G ii ty To Traffic Breaches Fines totalling $6 were imposedl by Mr Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court yesterday on a European, J. H. who was summoned for thi-tl traffic charges, namely, that he failed to stop at the stop line while driving his car
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  • 16 7 The Penang Library will be closed on Monday, May 29, being a public holiday.
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  • 86 7 Singapore. A most distressing accident occurred yesterday morning at Paya Lebar, where sewage work is in progress, resulting in the death of two Tamil coolies. It would appear that while they were working in a trench, the shoring at the side collapsed, and both
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  • 304 7 Alleged Deposit Of $695 A sum of $695, stated ~y the plaintiff to be money left on deposit with the defendant, and alleged by the defendant to be payment of rent, formed the subject matter of a civil suit in the Penang Supreme Court before the Hon.
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  • 75 7 Shocking Dis zo very By Son The decomposed body of an old Ch nese vegetable gardener, Ng Ah Chin, was found hanging in his house at Sungei Derhaka by his son yesterday. The deceased was said to have been mentally depressed by the news of the death
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  • 907 7 Instructions For Their Construction TPIIE Air Raid Precautions Department, Straits Settlements, has just issued a pamphlet on garden trenches, giving simple instructions with regard to their construction, which are reproduced below together with diagrams. Where space is available as in a compound or garden,
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  • 144 7 Mr. Lee Kim Swee, local agent for the Isia Insurance Company, will be donating l sum of $2OO in Chinese currency to the Thina Distress Relief Fund in coinmemo ation of the marriage of his second laughter. Miss Lee Suan Kim to Mr. Lim *Tng Keat, e.dest
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  • 78 7 The Penang Gansing Orchestra will broadcast the following Chinese Studio Programme from the Penang Station ZHJ today from 6 pun. to 7 p.m. 1. Mad Joy (foxtrot). 2. Mai Li (waltz). 3. Fah Yoot Lau Hun (sung by Miss Bessie Khong). 4. Dragon Boat (foxtrot). 5. When
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  • 496 8 fT'ODAY millions of school child- ren throughout the Empire are gathered to celebrate one of the greatest events in history, the founding of a commonwealth of nations, spread out in all corners of the globe and yet united by one common bond, constituting an impregnable bulwark for freedom
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  • 591 8 SOCIAL PERSONAL Dr. S. Rasanayagam, Port Health Officer, Penang, is leaving lor Ceyion on a mo’ntiis vacation leave at the end of this week. A meeting of the Selangor State Council will be held at the Astana Mffiikota, Klang, on June 15, at 10 a.m. The piize-giving and social to
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  • 597 8 Snakes SNAKES have a knack of insinuating themselves into unexpected situations and schoolboy affections. Anyway, that was the way it was when we were very, very young. Then it was nothing to include a snake (a “pocketable” one) among the paraphernalia of strings, nails, an ancient tooth,
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  • 437 8 Wednesday, May 24. OUEEN MARY was badly shaken in a motor crash at Wimbledon yesterday afternoon when the car in which she was travelling overturned. The accident, according to reports, is not serious and beyond receiving some bruises, the Queen Mother was unhurt.
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  • 134 9 R. A.F. NIGHT EXERCISES OVER PENANG Bombers Fly Low departure TODAY tv HILE Penang residents sk pt last night, four R.A.F. bombers from Singap(,.t c t ried out annual exercises <♦ er t ,,e town. Early risers were surprised to find pi in- 1 Lines flying low overhead ii the
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  • 433 9 1.000 Cadets And Scouts Participate J-JELD on the Esplanade in ideal weather this morning, the Lmpire Day parade of Cadets and Scouts of the local schools! was a smart and impressive affair. 1 here was a record turn-out no fewer than 1 ,000 taking part. The
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  • 79 9 R. C. AT FREE SCHOOL British subjects, Chinese, Indians, Malays, must do your share: war has never come to Penang but it might come and .you must be ready,” said the Resident Councillor, the Hon. Mr. A. M. Goodman when addressing the students
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  • 91 9 f'T'HE State Council of Perlis, on the suggestion of H.H. the Raja has given $23,000 for Imperial defence as a token of loyalty and appreciation of the benefits which the State has enjoyed for many years under British protection. At the request of
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  • 168 9 “Attention Of Public Should Be Drawn’" "Warn the accused that he is liable to a fine of $3,000, or imprisonment for one year and the case is much worse because the 1,500 sweepstake tickets are genuine ones but iorget ones. These cases are getting more and more,
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  • 796 9 THE St. Xavier’s Institution celebrated Empire Day yesterday afternoon. Master Collin de Cruz of the Kindergarten Class held aloft a large Union Jack flag, whereupon the whole school sang with great enthusiasm and expression "Raise the Flag on High” and ‘‘God Save the King.” Captain
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  • 97 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Today. rpHE Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the Chinese Assembly Hall and the China Relief Committee of Selangor have jointly sent a telegram to the Secretary General of the League of Nations at Geneva in which they “express abhorrence of
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  • 100 9 Taiping. ‘iy tragedy occurred yesteraay morning when a i’ann s killed by the train r :l- g. Death must have u ntaneous, judging i mdition of the corpse after the accident. s that the train, leaving Tai- it 6.30 in tiie morning, Campong Boyan gate when
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  • 149 9 Took Off 28 lbs. With Kruschen Stout about 11 months ago," t "that I became a burden >’Ln muscular rheumatism joints, and I had to go on e time. Then I started to hen Salts, and I am overjoyed Hts I have derived
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  • DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
    • 173 10 KENNEDY CO's SHARE LIST Buyers Sellers TIN. Ampat 3/1$ 3/6 Amalgamated 4/6 5/ uyer Weng 68 75 Bangrin 19/6 20/3 Batu Selangor 1.20 1.221 Hong Fatt 60 63 Johan 23 28 K. Kamunting 5/9 6/ K. Lanjut 14/6 14/9 Kamra 1/5 1/74 Killinghall 13/3 14/ Kramat 9/ 9/6 Kuchai OrcL
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    • 256 10 SOON THEAM CO's NOON QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers TIN. Ampats 3/14 3'4| A. Hitams 21/ 22/ A. Wengs 68 71 Bangrins 19/4J 20/ B. Seiangora 1.21 1.24 Berjuntais 9/6 10/ Chendertangs 11/ 11/9 Hong Fatts 59 61e: Kaniras 1/5 1/7 Kamuntings 8/6 9/ K. Lanjuts 14/6 15/ Kramats 9/3 9/6 Kuchais
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    • 54 10 —Reuter. Australian Trade Unions Decide On Boycott Melbourne, May 23 A mass boycott of the national reejistff questionaire is Peins’ organised by r hc Australian Council of Trade Unions. The executive, in deciding this course, expresses the fear that the register mav lead to the industrial and military
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    • 182 10 Buyers Sellers RUBBER Ayer Panas 1.074 1.171 Bassetts 53 Batu Lintangs 1.00 I<(>6 Bentas 1,06 Brogas 574 624 Indragiris 1.124 1.20 Kuala Sidims 2 -05 2.15 Lunas I’so 1.574 Malaka Pindas 112| 1.20 Mentakabs 39 42 Pajams 1-65 1.75 Sungei Tukangs 1.00 105 Tapahs 1-50 1-60
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    • 103 10 .—Reuter. Negotiations On Barter Plans Proceeding London, May 22 Negotiations are proceeding between Britain and the United States regard ng the baiter transaction though authoritative circles in London have no knowledge of any tentative agreement reached as reported from New York for a baxtei of approximately one
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    • 108 10 —Reuter. German Barter Offer To Egypt Cairo, May 11. The German Government is ready to conclude a barter agreement with Egypt whereby Germany would exchange coal for a million bales of cotton, according to a report received by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry from the Egyptian
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    • 168 10 LEAN CO's QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING. Ampats 3/ 3/44 A. Amalgamated 4/6 4/9 Bangrins 19/6 20/3 Burma Malays 19/9 20/3 Hong Fatts 59 62xd Johans 23 26 Klang Rivers 1.70 1.80 Kramats 9/ 9/6 Kuchais 1.124 1.174 K. Lanjuts 14/3 14/74 Laruts 4/ 4/4j Lukuts 474 524 Pungalis 16/3 16/9
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    • 178 10 A.A. ANTHONY COMPANY Buyers Sellers TIN. Ampat 3/14 3/44 Ayer Weng 674 72j Bangrin 19/3 20/ Batu Selangor 1.20 1.224 Ber junta! 9/6 10/ Hong Fatt 59 61 Jelebu 55 60 Klang River 1.70 1.75 Kramat 9/3 9/9 Kuchai Tin 1.124 1.174 Laruts 4/ 4/3 Pattani 2/74 2/104 Pungah 16/3
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    • 217 10 The prospect ot lurlh spending was the only stimulant In President The strike at Brigg, weekness of motors 10 the The attempt of aircrafts to attact following was unsuccessful 1 RUBBER.— The volume was neniiTihi and chartists infer that 16.20 would carry it matJ.aiiy fX? The trade
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    • 132 10 WEDNESDAY, MAY 24. Prev. Latest < Paris 176 23/32 176 47/64 New York 4.68 5/32 4.68,7/32 Montreal 4.69 1/2 4.69 3'4 Brussels 27.50 27.50 1/| Geneva 20.79 1/2 20.77 1/2 Amsterdam 8.72 5/8 8.71 1/4 Milan 88 15/16 89 Berlin 11.67 11.66 3/4 Stockholm 19.11 19.41 1/2 Copenhagen
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 948 10 RANKS BONG KONG AND OVERSEA-CHINESE SHANGHAI BANKING BANKING CORPORATION CORPORATION. LIMITED. /{lncorporated in the Colony of Hongkong (Incorporated in the 8.3.) *Bm liability of members la limited to th THIS CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK MKtent and in manner prescribed b LIMITED Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony THE HO
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    • 53 10 TANGYE PUMPS For All Purposes 2? TANGYES LTD. MANUFACTURE A COMPLETE RANGE OF CENTRIFUGAL AND REIIPROCATING PUMPS. Wh STOCK THE FORMER IN SI. ES 2" TO 6" AND VERTKAJSINGLE RAM PUMPS 150 FT. SERIES UP TO 3" PIPE SIZE. FURTHER PARTICULARS UPON REQUEST HUTTENBACHS LTD. (INCORPORATED IN S. S.) ENGINEERS
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  • 4153 11 addresses to STUDENTS Convent Girls Stage Pageant IjfNANG’S English schools celebrated Empire Day this Arning in the traditional manner. The message from Viscount Bledisloe was read, after which prominent local citizens addressed the students, stressing the significance of the occasion and the ideals upon
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  • 65 11 Today’s band programme at thn- ‘waterfalls,” Penang, from 5.15 p.m to 6.45 p.m. is: March—Entry Of the Gladiator»— Facik. Overture— Morimo— Williams. Selection —2nd Selection Of Wilfrid Sanderson’s Songs— Duthoii. Intermezzo —Bells Across the Meadows Waltz- Some Day My Prince Will Come —Chui-chill Selection— The Emerald Isle German
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  • 413 12 No unfavourable deve.opments have occurred this week, and ih view of the conclusion, of the Turkish agreement prospects foi peace may be considered somewhat brighter, state Stanton, Nelsen and Company, Singapore, in the’r weekly rffbber report dated May 19. Markets are weary on words wthout
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  • 112 12 R.S.P.CA. To Sell Animals Disqualification from holding a dog licence for five years was imposed by the Worthing magistrates yesterday when they fined George Richard Redman and Ada Redman, of Pavilionroad, Worthing, £1 each for causing unnecessary suffering to six dogs. The magistrate further directed
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  • 262 12 'A /Veto Power After the invention of the steam engine, the most important source of power which has come into tae world is the internal combustion engine—the energy-unit of the. motor-car and aeroplane. The steam-engine was a wonderful discovery. But for it there could have been no Industrial
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  • 277 12 Trading Profit Of Si. »6, 096 The sixth annual general meeting of Raffles Hotel Limited, will be held at the registered office, French Bank Building, Singapore, on Saturday, May 27, 1939, at 12 noon for the following business. 1 To receive the directors’ report and accounts for
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  • 268 12 Plan To Combat Competition London, May 4. Disappointment that “nothing use ful has been proposed for helping thf coastal trade” is expressed by th< Council of the Mercantile Marine Service Association in its annual report issued today. The council suggests a defenc r fund to combat
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  • 219 12 Placefl Under Waterloo IJridge J 111 *1 Ji London Newspapers and fash on papers, coins and stamps, have been placed in a copper cylinder which has been deposited in the northern abutment of the new Waterloo Bridge now under construction. There was no formal ceremony, but
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  • 270 12 £2O Secrets Act Fine London, May 4 On the ground that the of certain facts would he 1 to the national interest, Mr. v Snell, the Marylebone magistrate, yeterday, heard a summons under Official Secrets Act in camera Harold Robert Mayes, dra^ htS and designer,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2647 12 Signal at 11.35 p.m, 11.35 ‘Scatters of Moment.’ 11.50 ‘Aunt Jeannie’ 12.15 a.m A I aMMMMMH* Sports News and Market Notes. 12.20 Clot* r\ A LJ I BERLIN DJA 9.56 mc/s (31.3 ml DJQ 15.28 mc/B (19.6 m.) DJB 15.2 G mc/6 <19.7 m) DJN 9.54 mc/s (31.45 m) r\
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    • 288 12 2) Serenade (Widor). 3) Extase (Thome). 4) Zainpa—Overture (Organ Solo). 5) Evensong (Organ Solo). 6) Solemn Melody (Organ Solo). 7) Good Old Vienna. 8) L’entente Cor diale. 8.40 Messrs. Anthony Co’s Share Market Report. 8.45 Pinang Gazette News Bulletin. 8.50 “World Affairs” by H. Wickham Steed. (8.8. C. Rcbroadcast). 9.05
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  • 303 13 i-atest Posting Tinies At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang Alli MAIL? »1 TW a HI I EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empre Air Mail) For Burma (except V’ctoria Point», India, Aden, Palestine, Egypt. Sudan. Kenya Tanganyika. Uganda. Zanzibar. Northern and Southern Rhodes's, Nya«aland, South Africa, Great Britain, Ireland,
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  • 1140 13 Arrivals TO-DAY, MAY 24. s.s. “Bangxa" irom Taudjong-Poera and iselawan-Deli. s.s. “Pres. Harrison" from San Francisot via Ports. m.s “AiriKa' from Europe. TO-MORROW, MAY 25. sjs. “Paiehleh” irom Singapore, Cheribon, Semarang and Soerabia. 8.8. “Coouxg train fcAu-upr ms. “Kina" from Singapore. s.s. “Mata Hail” from Singapore via
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  • 154 13 Thought To Be In Bed London, May 4. While the parents of a 16-year-old boy thought that he was asleep in bed, he crept out, stole a woman’s car and drove through the streets of Liverpool, reaching a speed of 75 I m.p.h. in
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 412 13 BLUE FUNNEL LINE WEEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON A NORTH CONTINENT MENESTHEUS Calls Marseilles Glasgow Leave» Penan» Due Londe* GLENIFFER Calls Antwerp A Middlesboro iLne “k“ ,T GIaaSOW 8 lift 9 IKN UA» SLKVILL It) I.mmu’VOL VIA HAVKE AOAPENOR Omits Havre, sails Glasgow Mav 25 jSTS? PROTESTLAUS -May o V? PYRRHUS
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    • 569 13 P O BRITISH d |KDIA (Incorporated m Kngiaad) PORT bWEIJENKAM SINGAPORE S.S. “RAJULA” SAILING THURSDAY, 25th MAY, 1939. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under contract with Ilis Majesty s Government, London and Far East Mail Service. Outwards from London for China Xr Japan Homewards for Colombo. Aden, Port q«j
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    • 178 13 Geueiai Hussenger Agents for Cunard White Star Lira Ltd. HOLIDAY THU* ro JAPAM ngapor**m.v. “YASUKUNI MARU” May 26 s.s. “KASIMA MARU” June 12 s.s. “HAKONE MARU” June 25 •tun iicrteto in Hong Kung, Shanghai Japan, available for 2 month*» TO First class Second class Hongkong $137 $lO3 Shanghai igq IS7
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  • 1264 14 Classic Encounter Between Capablanca And Sir G. Thomas rpHE ideal game of chess, like any other work of art, must appeal both to the intellect and to the aesthetic sense. There are many kinds of beauty to be found in chess. Ihe most obvious is that
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  • 189 14 India’s Chance To Win Rubber “India has a good chance of winning the rubber this time against the M. C. C., provided better teams work prevails,” observed M. R. E. Grant Govan, Vice-President of the Cricket' Board of Control, who passed through Karachi this m'm’ng by
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  • 167 14 Cannot Ride In The Derby rp. WESTON, the jockey, was suspended from riding for a month by the Stewards of the Jockey Club. The decision is a sequel to his ridirg in the Chester Vase, which he won on the Earl of Derby’s Heliopolis at Chester. The
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  • 154 14 Calcutta, May 15 Several important decisions were reached at a meeting of the Finance Committee of the All-India Boodoall Federation held in Calcutta yesterday, Professor Momulhuq (Bihar) presided and the others present wepe Mr. M..K. Anver Indian Football Association, and Mr. P. Gupta, honorary
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  • 42 14 Attitude Gtf* English Jockey Club London. The Stewards of the Jockey Club have riven notice to owners and trainers that they forbid tubing of a horse on the day on which it is proposed to run him.
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  • 141 14 English Horses To Run A BIG effort is being made by German board of trustees of the “Brown Ribbon of Germany’’ to attract English-owned horses to tt\ race meeting which will ba held at Munich on several days during- July. The most important race to be de2
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  • 57 14 Mahomed Nissar’s Feat Mahomed Nissar, India’s Test bowler displayed magnificent form whdf playing for the Bareilly Selected who* defeated the Settlement Club by eight wickets in a single-inning match. TFssar, in one spell, captured four wickets with successive balls, and later hit up 39 runs
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  • 30 14 Southern Hero, owned by Mr. James V. Rank, won the Scottish Grand National Handicap, from Glen Leven by eight lengths, with Rocfcquilla a short head away third.
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  • 151 14 Recovery From (jit Injuries London. A. H. Bakewell, the form ar England player, took a bat in hand the other day for the first time since he received head injuries and a broken arm in a motor-car accident nearly three years ago. Facing ast and slow bowlers
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  • 63 14 Mr. W. J. Dees, a former president of the Amateur Boxing Association, is to take over the honorary secretaryship of the Association in secession to Mr. H. W. Fowler, wh> han been appointed boxing organizer to the National Fitness Council. Mr. Decs won the Amateur Boxing
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  • 348 14 jC’NGLISHMEN will receive from Australia in 1939 th' strongest Rugby Union team that has ever left oiu shores. It is after viewing the position from all angles that one comes to that conclusion. For the past three years Australia has been developing various departments of
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  • 210 15 Jlixed Doubles Quarter-final a? 1 Mrs. Hamilton enthe mixed doubles file Penang Lawn ■f enl -ships yesters of an easy vicT. W. Hickey and Miss Howes-Roberts. P' tie. L I. Robless and red the semi-finals, him and Tang Gooi re in straight sets. the results of yester(£v's
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  • 165 15 Ipoli Tennis Ipoh. The women’s singles tennis final ii. the Itch > i- t «urnament has always and this year’s event ion In yesterday’s final had*the better of Mrs. J L. Woods, beating her 6—l, 6—l Condith )f the match were ideal. 1 actually gave
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  • 32 15 .—Reuter. Soccer Encounter Bremen, May 24. tl soccer match terday Germany drew G :i (ne al1 ne-nil at half-time, E r t re-forward, scoring. Irish centre-forward, second half.—Reuter.
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  • 30 15 TOURNAMENT.—Miss Z. Kormoczy, the new whn £i\ ar> MtSS P Morri action:’ The Hungarian yul, f years of age, is being hailed as a second Suzanne Lenglen.”
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  • 876 15 Late Goal Decides Second Division Game rjpHE Min Sin Seah managed to defeat the Malay Recreation Club in their Second Division soccer match on the Renong ground by a goal scored five minutes before the final whistle. 1 esterday’ 1 Soccer The Malays
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  • 486 15 Slow Workouts This Morning DUCHESS H LIKELY TO SCORE (By "TRESPASSER”) HOUGH slow work was done, this morning’s workouts at the racecourse were highly interest>ng by reason of the fact that the strings tf Logue and Bowden came out for the first time. Almost
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  • 126 15 .—Reuter. Boy Prodigies Enter Third Round Hoylake, May 23. Two boy prodigies cornered the limelight in the second round of the Amateur Goll Championship. The 17-year-old Kenneth G. Them of Thorpe Hall beat S. E. Banks of Hal amshire. runner-up in last year’s English championship, oy 2
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  • 344 15 -Reuter. HOME CRICKET RESULTS London, May 23. The West Indies suffered their second defeat of the tour when they went down to Surrey at the Oval by the big margin of seven wickets. The tourists, batting first, totalled 224, Brown taking 8 wickets for 94.
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  • 45 15 The following were the results ot the P.S.C. Monthly May Competition (Staple* ford): G. C. C. Blakstad (winner) 27J; R Thomson 24; J. W. Cole 20£; H. D. Black 19; A. C. Baxter 182; C. N. Maxwell 174; C. Murray 15j.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 157 15 K aeij Restores Youth In 24 Hours rom loss of vigour, nervous impure blood, failing Old and worn-out ■a will be delighted to learn d discovery by an American Thi B r >very makes it possible to ‘ly restore vigour to your .tn build rich, pure blood, ur mind and
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    • 227 15 COl/PLE talß SEPARATE? C j, 1 L W CYOU'LL HAVE TO GO HOmA?. Fqh GEORGE, I CAN'T C- 1 THIS HOT WEATHER, BETTY.. J I LEAVE YOU ALONE THIS WAKING TIRED CLEARLY Al l C S£E DR WEST TOPAY J A HERE, BUT ITS TRUE/ INDICATES THAT YOU'RE NOT RE-|
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  • 814 16 Government Motion Carried NO DIVISION IN LORDS Scanty Justice For Jews, Says Primate LONDON, MAY 23. THE OPPOSITION AMENDMENT ON PALESTINE WAS DEFEATED BY 281 VOTES TO 187 AND THE GOVERNMENT’S MOTION WAS CARRIED BY A MAJORITY OF 268 TO J 79. IN THE HOUSE OF
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  • 29 16 The grand Indian revue, Tip Top Revue, was greeted with packed houses when it made its local debut at the Royal Theatre last night.
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  • 27 16 The Grand Nooran Opera will stage a variety programme at the Wembley Park tonight. Miss Lily Toh, the wellknown artiste and dancer will perform.
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  • 59 16 With reference to the caption "Theft Charge” published yesterday, in which .t was stated a Chinese, Ang Peng Koon, was charged with theft of cash of ?2, the property of Lim Kim Hee in Pitt Street, this man is not and has no connections whatever with
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  • 763 16 Final Call-Over For The Derby London, May 24. BLUE PETER is now 4 to 1 favourite for today’s Epsom Clas- < sic. Large crowds are thronging the Downs, many camping over l night. The final call-over is; 4/1 Blue Peter taken and offered. 8/1
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  • 75 16 Wednesday, May 24. MIDDAY QUOTATIONS. FIN Penang Business 50 tons Singapore $114.62$ RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 28 l/4c Sngapore (Spot) 28 l/8c COPRA Sundried $3.90 Black Pepper <9 00 TAPIOCA: Medium $3.30 Fair Seed $3.05 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No 1 «n No. 2 $6 50 Rangoon White No.
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  • 95 16 Cup Soccer Match Against Kedah iTHE Penang team to meet Kedah in A the opening Malaya Cup matches of the season, as selected, is a very weak one and local soccer circles are of the opinion that it needs improvement either by the inclusion of other players
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    • 296 16 r elegrams- lh Rates of Subscription fi )r p» n and Sunday CazH t^ 8 i inang Gazette Monthly S •‘■l M S F Quarterly P £«l» Half-Yearly '7 Veady 10 J Local ndaT Gaze X D p" V >sry5 ry J M.S. Half-Yearly 2 .50 L fl® '«rly 5.00
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