Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 June 1939

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 137. Vol. XCVII. TUESDAY, JUNE 13. 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 1975 1 AS REPRISAL FOR BLOCKADE Suggestion In Lords Debate PREMIER IN SCENE IN COMMONS London, June 13. Both the Prime Minister (in the Commons) and the Foreign Secretary (in the Lords) were under heavy fire yesterday. Mr. Chamberlain jumped to his feet and ex‘l:
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  • 371 1 —Reuter. Public Company To Be Formed London, June 13. The British Overseas Airways Bill to establish a public corporation to acquire and operate Imperial Airways and British Airways is published tonight. The new Corporation will be called the British Overseas Airways Corporation under which national interest and
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  • 190 1 Salvage Operations To Recommence London, June 12. Replying to a question on the Thetis, the Premier mentioned that salvage operations would recommence in two or three weeks. Lt.-Com. Fletcher, amidst Opposition cheers, asked the Premier whether he was aware that public opinion expected the vessel to be
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  • 67 1 Reuter. Follcunntf the receipt of information by ir British authorities from a reliable source that an attempt against the life of the British Ambassador, 'Sir A. Clark-Kerr has been planned, strong guards are placed at the British Embassy and the Ambassador’s residence. Other precautions include the
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  • 158 1 Reuter. “No Peace On Earth Unless They Are Returned” Berlin, June 13. “Our war cry is unless you give us our Colonies back, unless you give German people the living space they need, there will be no peace on earth” declared Senator Von Allwoerden, Regional
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  • 48 1 —Reuter. Calcutta, June 12. The Imperial Airways flying-boat, Centurion, is reported to have sunk while being berthed at the Bally air base in the Hoogly River, eight miles from Calcutta. The four passengers and crew of five were saved. Salvage operations have started. —Reuter.
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  • 230 2 Reuter. Better Statis ical Position IMPORTANT MEETING TOMORROW London, June 12. The controlling bodies of two important commodities are meeting this week. I'he Intel national Sugar Council meets Jn London on Tuesday with two important items on the agenda: first, the Council has to
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  • 102 2 Reuter. DAM iGE TO AMERICAN PROPERTY Shanghai. Jun? 12. The Japanese Consul-General called on ihe American Consul-General. Mr Gau’s, end verbally expressed his regrets at the damaging of eno of the buildings of the American-owned Wert China Union University at during an air raid last night. The
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  • 104 2 —Reuter. Speech Welcomed By Australian Premier Canberra. Jun? 12 ‘T welcome Mr. Chamberlain statement. If Germany is ready to negotiate in a peaceful spirit, there will be a ready response from Britain." declared Mr. Menzies who added: ‘‘lf we are to return to mere peaceful days and
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  • 149 2 .—Reuter. CONFERENCE HELD AT NO. 10 London. June 12 Conferences were held at the Foreign Office and No. 10 Downing Street this morning before the departure of Mr. William Strane for Moscow to assist Sit William Seeds in the Anglo-Scxiet res fiations. Mr. Strang
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  • 193 2 —Reuter. M. Gafencu In Ankara Ankara. June 12 M. Gafencu arrived today on an official visit. He was received by the President and the Foreign Minister and is expected to discuss proposals for a pact and also the possibility of drawing Bulgaria into the body ofd
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  • 72 2 Reuter. To Maintain Strict Neutrality Kaunas. June 12 M. Bizauskas. the Deputy Prime Minister of Lithunia. declared ar the Baltic Congress here that the Baltic Spates wculd maintain strict neutrality in the event of war but any attempt against their independence wculd be repelled by force of arms.
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  • 174 2 ir Hinuci -Reuter. Polish Customs Official PROTEST MADE TO FREE CITY Warsaw, June 12. The Polish Con missioner-General of Danzig has lodged a vigorous protest with the Senate of the Free City over a new incident in which a Polish customs official named Lipinski was alleged
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  • 112 2 —Reuter. Rome Impressed By Goodwill Speeches Rome, June 11. While expressing appreciation of last week’s statements by Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax, the newspapers declare that proof of Britain’s goodwill is awaited. Signor Gayda in the “Voce d'ltalia’’ writes: "The new words uttered by the British Ministers leave
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  • 47 2 —Reuter. Awarded Order Of Lenin Moscow, Jure 12 The Soviet fliers Kokkinaki and Gordianko have been awarded thp order of Lenin and medals "for their courage” in undertaking their flight from Moscow to North America. They will also be given prizes of 20.000 roubles each.—Reuter.
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  • 1303 2 Vivid details of the “Thetis” disaster are given by W. A. Dixon, Daily Herald special correspondent who was on hoard the tug “Troon.” This is his report written on Friday, June 2. “Four men have been saved. Two are already on board
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  • 677 2 President Roosevelt Bids Their Majesties Good-bye Rouse Point. Xew York, June 12. Their Majesties re-entered Canada when the nn-?; train crossed the border here this morning. After a brief service halt at Delson, Quebec, the train continued M St. John’s. Quebec, where a crowd
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  • 1595 3 Report Of Settlement Battalion R.C.S CO-OPERATION IN SECURING SITE A SIAR I has been made in the construction of a permanent camp at Telok Bahang, Penang, according to the annual report of the Straits Settlements \olunteer force for 1938 laid on the
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  • 112 3 Taiping. A pretty Hindu wedding was solemnised on Sunday night when Mr. A. Subramaniam of the State Medical and Health Office, Taiping, was married to Miss T. Sinnathangachy Animal, daughter of MT. and Mrs. V. N. Thamboo of Kanderodai, Jafina, Ceylon. A very large number of guests
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  • 411 3 KLANG DRIVER CONVICTED Klang 7 17" WAN CHOON HIN, a driv- er employed hy the Kuala Selangor Omnibus Co., was charged before ('he Meg at Yunus, the Klang magistrate, with causing the death of Tong Kim Swee, a boy aged. 11 years and his
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  • 58 3 script ion”— read posters carried by 200 youths of conscript age. who marched at the head of an a n t i-conscription demount ration of 2,000 men a id women through London recently. Three R. A. F. bombers flew above them in. Piccadilly Circus as women
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  • 94 3 SULTAN TO PERFORM OPENING CEREMONY Bentong. Mr. Tan Choo, who has lived in Bentong for the last 20 years, has built a cinema and dance hall there. The opening ceremony will be perform ed by H H. the Saltan of Pahang on July 1
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  • 153 3 Singapore. The following are the minutes of a meeting of the Elected Committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association he'd at the Exchange Room, Singapore, on Monday, June 5, 1939. to comply with the provisions of Rule (12) of the Association. Present: Mr. K. K. O’Connor (President*
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  • 467 4 Luise Rainer’s Problem By JEANETTE REX SITTING in the commissary at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, my eye catches the face of a pale young lady. She smiles. Her eyes are block and deep. Her wind-blown coiffure seems to be a part of her personality, sort of care-free
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  • 863 4 56,500,000 People Say They May See The Film J y Hpnhum. 14 ner cent. FILM NOTES SCEPTICS are silenced. After three years’ preparations, set-backs and cynical wisecracks. David Selznick has engaged Sidney Howard to rewrite the retakes of the working final script, and I
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  • 725 4 David Selznick, the producer, hopes to sign up Vivien Leigh, Hie British film actress, for the part of Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wine.” of America. Another 30,600,C?0 aren’t interested in this film, and 5C,0C.,0uU (including the blind, bed-ridden and babies)
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  • 78 4 Miss Teddie St. Denis, known in imnacn for her perfoinih i?e in the “Limbeth Walk." seen to have progressed a stage farther into th,Lambeth Yell. Or maybe she was just yelling in sympathy with the babies, wh< n -Im had •issed in review while ju-.ging
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  • 980 4 Hollywood's Revolting 'Trend IN their efforts to introduce realism into gargster films and to pio vide a new angle. Hollywood producers have of late, been going in io the element of brutality. In the fol lowing outspoken article, Mr. Richar Mainwrir.g enters a strong- protes against
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    • 58 4 WEMBLEY CABARET THE CABARET THAT IS CONSISTENTLY GOOD Today Tea Dance 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Tonight Dancing 9.30 p.m. —l2 Midnight. DANCE TO MORALES HIS SWING BOYS Acclaimed The Hottest Swing Band In Town. Watch For Coming Attraction INTER-CABARET DANCING COMPETITION Eastern Hotel (K.L.) vs. We bley Cabaret IN THE
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 317 4 WEMBLEY PARK Tonight Tuesday, 13th June, 1939, Sun See Toy Cantonese Opera “LORE KOK TAI FONG SEONG” “REW YEW GAT FOO WAI” Starring Miss Lee Fee Yin. Seats JO. 20 <Br 30 Cents. Nooran Opera of Malacca C. A. Bakar’s Production “ABDULLAH MUZAMBIK” Starring Miss Fatimah Jasmaj> and I. M.
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  • 396 5 \ew Arctic Race Will Replace Them yllE Eskimo as known at present i s doomed to disappear •eeontaV to M r Richard Finnie the Arctic has made live trips into the Eas tern Arctic He believes a new Arctic race will deve|op f om a fusj<>n
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  • 179 5 A Coventry postman carried a ib. I.R.A. bomb around with him for half an hour without knowing it. The bomb was disguised as an innocent brown paper parcel and “posted’’ in a pillar-box in BroadgaU in the centre of the town. But there
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  • 155 5 I ■’OR the first time in history a worn»» h«I b't i appointed Bursar of a men’s college at Oxford. The college is Ballioi, and the won nis Miss A. Bradbury, wlO for fve years has been st?wa,ideat Cpius (Allege, Cambridge. But she will not be.-o n?
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  • 163 5 Cnee a Lancashire miner, now one of the world’s lea di.’ g breeders of lay ing hens, Dick Rodwell, of Kenyon Ch ugh, Helmshore, near Manchester, is heating all England and Scotland this year. His laying pullets, Rhode Island Reds, White Wyandottes and White Leghorns,
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  • 393 5 —Says Judge London. When Mr, Justice Charles learned that the. charge for a bottle of whisky supplied to a “bottle party” was 235., he remarked, “When I find myself induced to pay 235. for a bottle of whisky, I shall go into a lunatic
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  • 265 5 Brussels. Mademoiselle irene tassiGNON, as president of the Eauss.ns Lalaings Society of Girl Suitors, was the busiest girl in Belgium last week. She had to ask 600 bachelors their intentions towards the local belles on view at the country town’s marriage fair. The
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  • 261 5 ASKS GOSSIPS TO SIGN THEIR LIES ,^A KlfjHiON’EKS who repeat harm- iul gossip to the lie/. A. •S l.x.i for «dear ci' North Sheen iircy, are silenced by their own m-dlee. hen he leaves home for his parish visits, he always carries a little" notebook.
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  • 299 5 THE secrets of Sir Park Goff, a Kir.gV Messenger during the war, who arranged Kitchener’s trip to Russia ur.d instigated the blowing up of the Rumanian oil wells, may never be published. Sir Park died eight weeks ago. In his will, just published, he asks
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  • 109 5 Paris. Twenty French girls are not happy at the moment. Unless French red tape relents, at the request of the Mayor of Villefranche, they will not be allowed to marry their 20 American sailor sweethearts. For 12 months the American cruiser Omaha has been in
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 196 5 Here's Something Different In Motion Picture Entertainment OOQQI OPENING TONIGHT 6.15 9.30 The Fi mi Smashed rerang HuLu»*' Atv-iuh*>■ Records in java, Sumatra and Singapore THE STARS OF ‘TERANG BULAN” IN A GREATER. MORE BEAUTIFUL ALL-MALAY PICTURE FATIMA’ with 'Wj MISS »'OEKIA and RADEN MOCHTAR Wi W Let Miss Annie
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  • 974 6 THE PROBLEM OF TIPS AMERICAN visitors are baffled by the English system of tipping, but a Britisher going to the New York World’s Fair may be equally bewildered, writes M. T. Brown in the “Manchester Guardian.” “Do I tip when I get a shampoo?” one friend
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  • 1392 6  -  BY DOUGLAS JAY ]VAZI Germany and Fascist Italy are economically much iess able to tight a long war than eithei Britain. France. Russ.a or the United States. Wc must not count cn Fascist finance predueng sudden “collapse” or “bankruptcy” during peace time. “Bankruptcy” in the
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  • 343 6 M.A.E. America the of Policewoman 1 carries a starting salary t a year which rises to £6OO in five v The exceptionally good pay ()f f, attracting all sorts and conditior? women. The announcement that 29 -icsts women police had to be filled re j l.n 5,000 applications
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  • 187 6 The march of science is admirably illustrated by the exhibits at the Irish Medical Exhibition at Dublin now attracting medical visitors from all over Eire. Among the many interesting items to be seen in the Burroughs Wellcome Co., Exhibit is a recently made artificial hormone or chemical
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    • 33 6 EASTERN BAZAAR (THE BLUE SHOP) ANNOUNCE THEIR STORE WIDE C A I I CLEARANCE 3H L V NOW PROCEEDING Generous reductions and outstanding bargain* 1,1 every department. Come Early And Secure The Best
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  • 992 7 Rules For Securing Safetv Of Public Passed Sing-a pore. qpHI- rules prepared by the General Officer Commanding, Malaya, under the Military Manoeuvres Ordinance lor securing the safety of the public during the use oi the several firing grounds in Penang for military purposes were approved, on
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  • 184 7 Mr. Ng Mun Yin And Miss Liew Eng Lan A pretty Chinese wedding was solemnised at the Penang Buddhist Association, Anson Road, at noon yesterday, the contracting part’es being Mr. Ng Mun Yin, second son of Mr. and Mrs. Ng Saik Sum, and Miss Liew Eng Lan, second
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  • 30 7 The meeting of the Penang Rural Board will be held at 10 am. on Thursday, June 15, 1939, instead of at 11 a.m. u > previously notified.
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  • 298 7 The Hon. Mr C. R. Cherry and th? Hen. Mr. C. H. da Siva took th?ir oaths as new Unofficial Members of the Legislative Cour.hl at yesterday’s meeting. The Council then proceeded to deal with the motions which were augmented by three more appearing in the
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  • 60 7 The r* -e was fixed for hearing on Tune m which an Indian, Munasamy, was arraigned before the District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrcr, in .he District Court yesterday on a charge of failing to notify the Police .of his change of residence, while being a
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  • 86 7 Prof. T. B. Lam, Palmist and Astrologer, of Madras, is at present in Penang and will give readings at 1, Green Hall He has been very successful in Singapore where he stayed for a year and a half. I during which time he was consulted
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  • 47 7 rjEORGE ARLISS appeared *it. secondary role, recently, when be (gave away the bride at a wedding at St. James’s, Piccadilly. She was Miss Katherine Ames, daughter of the late Winthrop Ames, the American producer. The 'bridegroom was Mr. W. Goodden.
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  • 388 7 Echo Of Famous “Mentaloon Case” Alor Star. TAAFAR B. TAHA, who was convicted and sentenced to •J five years’ rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by one year’s police supervision in connection with the famous “Mentaloon Case” was successful in his appeal to the First Division
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  • 102 7 A 19-vear-old Hckkicn, Lee Beng Hoo, appeared before the District Judge, Mr. H A. Fbrrer, yesterday on a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a compatriot, Tan Choc Han, on April 3. 1939. at Belong Village, Ealik Pulau. by stabbing him with a knife. After
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  • 168 7 Singapore. Noticed by two police constables on special duty to be looking through a window of a lighted room in the nurses’ quarters of the Singapore General Hospital in the early hours of May 31, Mohamed Musim, a 30-year-old Tamil, was charged with wilful
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  • 432 7 MORE THAN 400 PRESENT r Jp'HE death occurred of Mr. Mohamed Hussain, father of Mr. Mohamed Ghouse, Laboratory Assistant, General Hospital, at his residence No. S 3, Kedah Road at 3.30 a.m. yesterday after a long illness. The deceased, who was 85 tears of age,
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  • 41 7 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. March Sylvia Vlach Overture Soir D’Automne Bouillon Selection Jill Darling Ellis Waltz Thoughts Alford Intermezzo The Valley Of Poppies Ancliffe Selection Please Teacher Turnbridge Fox Trot Rosalie Porter
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  • 117 7 Sentence was deferred by Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court yesterday morning on a young Chinese, Tar Ah Suan, who pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of a bicycle, value! at $9, belonging to Jimmy Ong, at about 6 a.m.
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  • 146 7 THE Rural Lecture Caravan which arrived in Ayer Itam Village on Sunday afternoon attracted nc fewer i than 3,000 people, mostly hill cultivators, who turned up cn v isse to view the exhibits specially put up on display, namely copra, model copra kilns, rubber
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    • 510 7 Spy Learns Secret! Ji Ml i “Aha!” CYRILLA exclaimed. “N ,w I know—it’s Jcll-O Freezing Mix that makes Nellie’s ice cream so marvelous!” Here at last is the secret of maxing creamy-smooth, old-fashioned ice cream at home. And so easy, too —just add milk and cream (or evaporated milk) and
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  • 440 8 CONSCRIPTION AFTER SIX WEEKS QIX weeks have elapsed since Conscription was announced in Britain. Looking back on those six weeks, we can only draw one conclusion: the whole country is solidly backing this measure. True, the Opposition did make an attempt to have it rejected but it was a feeble
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  • 606 8 Mr. R. C. S. Harris, M. C. S. has been seconded for service under the Government of Trengganu. :jj •!< After having passed his intermediate examination for Science at the Rangoon University, Mr. Cheah Sein Liat, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cheah Seng Yean of Penang left
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  • 542 8 My Neighbour 9 s Cat QTOP PRESS: My neighbours have decided that the garden s cat defences should be strengthened. So a ’quantity of wire-netting was bought and put up. When 1 pointed out that various strategic points remained nothing like catproof, T was told, oh, yes,
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  • 408 8 Tuesday, June 13. JT is significant that in the House of Lords debate on foreign I affairs yesterday, questions on the Far East crisis claimed equal prominence with the general international situation. Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, was asked for an assurance that
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  • 464 9 Criticism Oi Colonial Office Adviser considering the instruction given at the School of Agriculture, Serdang, to be good. Sir Frank Stockdale. Agricultural Adviser to the Colonial Office, says, in his report on .his Malayan tour, that the courses suffet from a serious drawback in that
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  • 555 9 Charge Of Receiving Bribe HEARING RESUMED TODAY THE case in which detective Thean Foh Puw is charged with receiving illegal gratification on April 15, was continued this morning, after being partly heard last week, before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court. The accused was alleged
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  • 108 9 Joe- Kearns, Marcus Show electrician, is missing according to rep l from Manila, where the company is playing. The efforts of both the polic and the constabulary have failed tc locate Lim. He was reported to have left the Luneta Hotel, where he ww staying, ten
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  • 55 9 Slate Footballer INJURED IN K. L. MATCH t>OEY GUAN WAH, Penang’s out £> side-right, who was injured in th. Malava Cup match against Selangc at Kuala Lumpur last Saturday, wai admitted into the General Hospita Penang, on Sunday morning. He is progressing satisfactorily. I is
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  • 134 9 The annual general meeting of t. Junior Civil Service Association Penang, will be held at the Clubhouse 423. Dato Kramat Road, on Saturday June 17, at 5 p.m. The agenda are: 1. To read and confirm the minutes of the last general meeting; 2 to
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  • 97 9 A very interesting game of basket-bal’ was witnessed on the Argyll Road ground between the "Youngsters B B. Team' and the Penang Epworth League 8.8 Team. The Leaguers lost the game by 53 points to 33. -Youngsters’’ 8.8. Team—Cheong Teik Kooi, Wong Hai Choy, Gob Kheng Swee.
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  • 60 9 Mr. Choong Eng Chuan, of Pinang Gazette Printers, Ltd., and Miss Lim Choei Ngoh, who were married at the Buddhist Association. The bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. a nd Mrs. Choong Ch wee Choe while the bride is the eldest daughter of the
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  • 540 9 INHERE was a large and representative gathering at the funeral-yes-erday of Mr. V. Arumugam, 1.5. M., etireu Station Superintendent, F.M.S. Railways, Kuala Lumpur, who d’ed in '‘enang last Sunday after a short 511- > less. The cremation took place at Batu anchang
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  • 29 9 The fifteenth anniversary of the Penang Chinese Ladies’ Chin Woo Athletic Association will be celebrated at 39, Road, on Sunday, June 18, at 3 p.m.
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  • 32 9 Annual Meeting The z twenty-third annual general meeting of the F.M.S. Benefit Society will be held at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday, June 27, at 5 p.m.
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  • 515 9 Woman Says She Was Molested And Struck With Stick rpilE District Judge, Mr. 11. A. Forrer, yesterday acquitted A and discharged all the defendants in the summons case in which three Indians, Govindasamy, Veylayutham and Kareem, were charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to
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  • 140 9 Mr. Ssii Tu DEMONSTRATION ON SATURDAY ITNDER the auspices of the Penang J Teachers’ Association a demonstration of the technique in portral painting j(n oil will be given by Mr. Ssu Tu in the Mortimer Hall at Hutchings School on Saturday, June 17, at 9a '.lii
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  • 130 9 46 We Are Home-Sick” “We are vagrants. We arrived ii Singapore about a few months ag< vying to get employment, but we hai failed and we are at present stranded Ve have no friends, no place of abou xnd we are home-sick. Wc wish t> go back
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  • 122 9 Kulim. Cn 18.4.58 at about 6.30 p.in. when a motor lorry, P. 6714, loaded with rice and vegetable knocked down a Chinese cyclist named Tan Swee Leong at Merbau Village. He was thrown down from the bicycle and was picked up unconcious. Khor Chin Pou. the
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  • 252 9 Appeal Of Alilk Finn Ex-Employee Fails Singapore. Sentenced to 18 months rigorous imprisonment on each of three charges of falsification of accounts and criminal breach of trust, Mohanir t Shah, a former employee of the Nestle Anglo-Swiss Milk Co., on Friday, unsuccessfully appealed against the
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  • 71 9 The weekly cooking demonstration Qf the Y.W.C.A. will be held tomorrow at their Rest Room in Dowr,;ng Street, Penang, when Mrs. Wilson will demonstrlate the c< oking ot a Light Luncheon, Grilled Fish, Chicken Casserole and Gold Oran<re Souffle. DEVOTIONAL 'I E E'Tl NG The monthly D» votion.pl meeting
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  • DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
    • 171 10 A.A. ANTHONY COMPANY Buyers Sellers TIN. Ampat 4/ 4/3 A. Amalgamated 4/9 5/ Ayer Weng 70 72| Batu Selangors 1.25 1.27£ Ber junta! 9/6 10/ Hitam 23 30 Hong Fatt 67 69 Kam pong Lanjut 14/10J 15/3 Kamra Tin 1/7| l/10£ Klang River 1-80 1.85 Kramat 9/6 10/ Kuchai 1-25
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    • 186 10 KENNEDY CO's SHARE LIST Buyers Sellers RUBBER Broga 65 70c MINING Ampat 4 4/4| A. Amalgamated 4/9 5/l| Ayer Weng 70 75 Batu Selangor 1.25 1.27| Berjuntai 9/6 10/ Hong Fatt 67 j 70 Jclebu 55 60 K. Kamunting 6/1J 6/6 Kampong Lanjut 14/10| 15/6 Kamra 1/6 1/9 Klang River
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    • 165 10 LEAN CO's QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING Ampats 3/10i 4/3 A. Wengs 70 75 B. Selangors 1.22 J 1.27| Hong Fatts 67 70 Hi tarns 27 3led Johans 23 26 K. Kampars 10/ 10/9 K. Lanjuts 14/10J 15/4J Kramats 9/6 10/ Kuchais 1.22 J 1.27| Kundangs 7/3 7/9 Laruts 4/1J 4/4J
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    • 216 10 SOON THEAM CO's NOON QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers TIN. 4/ 4/3 A Weng 19 9 20/6 Bangims 2? B. Selangors 12 Berjimtais Chenderiang» 11 Hong Fatts J’ 9 K W Kundang» Laruts Pahang Consols 12/3 Petalings Pungahs 6/3 17/ Rahmans J- J 5 Rantaus Rawang ConceW 1»/ Rawang Tins 6/ Siamese
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    • 185 10 Buyers Sellers RUBBER. Ayer Panas 1.174 I- 25 Bassetts 524 57| Batu Lintangs 107 1.10 Bentas LO7 1-10 Brogas 63 65c Indragiris 1.224 1.274 Kuala Sidims 2.35 2.50 Lunas 1.624 1-70 Malaka Pindas 1.224 1.274 Mentakabs 41 43 Pajams 1-80 1-90 Sungei Tukangs 106 1.09 c
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  • 1712 10 PROFIT OF $222,456: DIVIDENDS OF 10 PER CENT PAID •The profit for the year amounted to $121,478.40 which, when added to the balance brought forward from the last account together with a small profit on sale of Investments, gives a total of $222,456.31. From this
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  • 230 10 New York, Monday Steel news was about in line pectations. A major recovery of carloadings was indicated but action in this group de- < pot yet suggest that a major resumption of the market advance is imminent The technical action of the market favourable with weakness acc^mpan'"■
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  • 63 10 —Reuter. London, June 12. International uncertainty resulted in a general downdrift of prices, but declines were due more to precautionary marking down than to any pressure to sell. Publication of the Anglo-Iranian total distribution for the year (20% compared to 25% previously) imparted easiness on Cape and continental
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  • 128 10 TUESDAY, JUNE 13. Prev. Latest Paris 176 4 9/64 176 47/G4 New’ York 468 13/32 4.68 15 32 Montreal 4.69 1 16 4.69 5 16 Brussels 27.51 27.52 Geneva 20.76 1/2 20.77 1 2 Amsterdam 8.80 1/4 8.81 1 4 Milan 89 1/16 99 1 16 Berlin 11.68
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    • 839 10 BANKS THE CHARTERED (safety boxes BANK TREE yourself from the of india, Australia and china nunrr iDC (Incorporated in England by feOTS Of oUKtrLtAKS Royal Charter 1853) Paid-up Capital £3 000,000 Reserve Fund £3,000,000 by Keeping yOUr Reserve Liability of Pronrietors £3,000.000 VALUABLES Head office f Jewellery and other No.
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  • 2126 11 Morgenthau Flatly Rejects Any Change n/HAT does America really mean to do aoout gold? Is there any chance that she will stop buying or will buy only at a lower price. For years the central question of American gold pclicv has been an emgma for gold
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  • 24 11 One wheelers, two wheelers, three wheelers and even four wheelers took part in the 13th Wheelers’ Cycling Club’s “Mystery Run” in London.
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  • 249 11 Profit Of $13,966 .For Year The annual general meeting of Ulu Fandan (Singapore) Rubber Estates, Limited, will be held at the registered office of the company. French Bank Building, Singapore, on Monday, June 19, 1939, at 12 noon. The directors’ report for the year ended April
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  • 247 11 Ottawa, Canada. The famed Klondike placer fields of Yukon continue to be an important source of gold, producing some $2,000,000 worth of the precious metal annually, according to the Department of Mines and Resources, Ottawa. Chief Canadian source of placer gold, the Klondure contains sufficient
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  • 101 11 During the week ending June 3, 1939, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to H 0,466 cases, of which: 84,594 (8.2 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, 2,025 2 per cent) cases to the Continent of Europe, 13.217 (13 per cent) cases
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  • 152 11 A law issue caused by an action over the payment for Coronation seats following the cancelling of King Edward Vll.’s Coronation procession —due to the King’s illness—has been settled. The Law Revision Committee, in a report, reco'mmend a reform of the contract law. They
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  • 1576 11 Smaller Quotas Affect Results: Success Of Replan tings: Mr. E. I) Hewan On The Outlook HCHE nineteenth annual general meet ing of the United Patani (Malaya Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on Ma; 31 at the registered office of the com pany, 149 Leadenhall-street, London.
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    • 127 11 IF YOUR BREATH HAS A SMELL YOU CANT FEEL WELL Unless 2 pints of bile juice flow from our liver into our bowels every day, our movements Ret hard and constipated and our food decays unnaturally in our 28 feet of bowels. This decay Bends poison all over our body
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  • 323 12 Marriage Pretence After Visit To Church Passing sentence of two years’ imprisonment with hard labour on an engineer at Manchester Assizes, Mr. Justice Stable told him he had practised about as wicked a fraud on a girl as it was possible to contemplate. In the dock
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  • 284 12 Re-employment In Emergency London. A circular has been issued by the Treasury setting out the conditions I under which former established Civil I servants who have retired on pension or, in the case of women, have resigned on marriage, should be reemployed in a national emergency. Pensions
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  • 155 12 Man’s Death In Canoe: Accident Presumed After a girl student had described how she had to swim for &V 2 hours following a fatal canoe accident, Lord Russell, in the Edinburgh Court of Session, recently, granted leave to presume the death of Dennis Haden Caffin, a
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  • 287 12 The Ergograph Not all the coal in the world comes from Newcastle, and in the same way we must realise that not all the good things of our time come from Great Britain and America. The Dominions are often found leading the w’ay. Barton Junior School at Adelaide,
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  • 424 12 Every Available Man To Be Employed Madrid, May 29. With the departure of the Germans last Monday, the Italians leaving on Wednesday, and the Spanish 1931. military class, affecting 2£-year-old men, being demobilised between next Thursday and June 7, the Spanish Government is, states the corr
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  • 443 12 Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang AIR MAILS OUTWARD EUROPE AND FHE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For Burma (except Victoria Point), India. Aden, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland. Kuala Lumpur
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2821 12 Report. 12.23 Zarah Leander (Vocal) and Barnabas von Geczy and His Orchestra. 12.50 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather W H| W Forecast and Announcements. 1.05 BeetM hoven—Trio in D Major, OP. 70, No. 1— W Hophzibah and Yehudi Menuhin and M. AMI* Eisenberg. 1.35 Close down. 5.20 Relay—Dance Orchestra from
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  • 30 13 Miss Pam Barton, former British champion, won the scratch Gold Medal in the Women’s Spring Meeting at the Rcyal Mid-Surrey Golf Club with a score of 74
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  • 1171 13 Arrivals TODAY. JUNE 13. s.s. “Tinomoo” from Belawan-Deli. s.s. “Buijskes” from Belawan-Deli, LhoSeumawe, Sigli, Sabang, Olehleh. Tjalang, Meulaboh, Tapatoean, Sinabang, Banjak-eil, Singkel, Sibolga and Padang. TOMORROW, JUNE 14. m.T. 44 Bengalen" from Calcutta m.v. “Penrith Castle’’ from Singapore. s.s. “Bulan” from Singapore via ports s.s. “Atlas Mara”
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  • 100 13 Husband “Had No Brains” Says Wife Mrs. Julie Luise Baxter, of Bird-hurst-road, South Croydon, was asked in Croydon Bankruptcy Court why she had not sought advice from her husband on her financial matters. She replied. “I found I had married a man with no brains and
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    • 564 13 BLUE FUNNEL LINE FEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON A NORTH CONTINENT DIOMED calls Hull Le* T p en»np Due bond' I GLENSHIEL Calls Antwerp Middlesborn t J? July 13 AGAMEMNON Calls Marseillesi Glasgow ’J ***** H July 22 FEN MAY SERVICE TO VIA PYRRHUS btverrx» AOMEDON Omits Havre Calls Glasgow June
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    • 99 13 SILVER JAVA PACIFIC LINE Joint Service of Java Pacific Line and Silver Line, Limited FOR San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and North Pacific Ports, (via Java and Manila) “BENGALEN” (P) June 14 “SILVER AY” June 16 also loading for Gulf Ports VESSELS FROM PACIFIC COAST mv “HOEGH SILVERLIGHT” June 22
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    • 985 13 O a,ld VZ BRITISH INDIA (IncorpotKted In England), SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. “CHITRAL” SAILING THURSDAY, 15th JUNE, 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. S/S ‘BULAN” June 16
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  • 729 14 Sequel To Recent Unruly Demonstration HARING and drastic experiment of abolishing all appeals 1 against the light may be made in first-class cricket next season. This may Drove to be a sequel to the unruly demonstration at the Essex v. Yorkshire match recently, writes
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  • 544 14 ITS CAUSE AND CURE the tennis season in full VT swing, a certain number of players may find themselves handicapped or even unable to .play, owing to the condition known as “tennis elbow,' writes the medical correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” In its typical form it
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  • 161 14 pRICKET POSER, No. 4.—A bowler, running up to deliver the ball, catches his' hand in part of his apparel, or allows the ball to slip out of his hand in such a fashion that instead of a proper delivery the ball trickles towards cover-point and stops before
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  • 353 14 I MPORTANT changes are to be made in the constitution of the Scottish League. A meeting held recently in Glasgow' of all the chairmen of the First Division clubs decided that the First and Second Divisions should continue in their present form during season
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  • 37 14 Former British amateur cycling sprint champion, Charlie Helps, bids goodbye to his wife and four-year-old daughter, as he leaves for Brussels to train for the Six Days Cycle Race at Wembley.
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  • 424 14 “True Tempe,Goli lounie, Burton, tw„ famousi d nat.onal players, uh(lse Dined ages are 85 year, the first prize of 2 W) “True Temper” £l,OOO to", ment hereon the Sandwell course. They had tied with Henrv Cno Bas’l Shepard, 25-year-old fessional, and Reginald Cox of pt? pool,
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  • 295 14 Many New Records Set Iji Although many of Englands athletes, such as SC. do-.--D.O. Finlay, C.B. Holmes, and f Webster were missing, the fifth A. indoor championship meeting Empire Pool, Wembley, was a Many records were brokenl 1 the men’s and womens f p porsseveral equalled, two
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    • 323 14 A 5|X > /Z X x JpA z Ifi f s I r|6 g X Ml f ADEQUATE” INSURANCE t used to he anxious about the future Two questions were always troubling me: what should I have to live on if i retired at, say age 55, and what would
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  • 461 15 POINTERS FROM K. L. COURSE Candidates From Van Breukelen’s Stable Out On Track (By “CAPT. DASH”) Kuala Lumpur, Today. 'pHERE was a good crowd to watch the training at the Kuala Lumpur racecourse this morning. Trainers Van Breukelen. Hobbs. Duval and Orchard had their
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  • 187 15 12 Leading Professionals Taking Part a London. June 12. i the Little Aston course, Sutton Coldfield, the Penfold £l,OOO league tournament, in which the twelve leading prctfessionals with the best averages in the major golf events of last season arc competing, in eighicen hole matches, began
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  • 80 15 —Reuter. Wood Beaten In Second Replay Philadelphia, June 12. BYRON NELSON, returning 70 against Craig Wood’s 73 won the American Open Golf Championship cp the second play-off. Tn the outward half Nelson returned 33 and Wood 36. Nelson took the lead at the third hole, and
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  • 67 15 —Reuter. Results Of Women’s Quarter-Finals Paris, Jur,?' 12. In the French Lawn Tennis Championships women’s quarter-finals Mme. Mathieu (France) beat Mlle. Weavers (Luxembourg) 6 —3, 6 —3; Mlle. Jedrzejewska (Poland) beat Mme. Halff (France) 4—6, 6 —2, 6 —4; Mlle. Pannetier (France) beat Miss Hardwick (Britain)
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  • 51 15 Len Harvey, who fights Jock McAvoa for the world’s light-heavyweight championship in opt r air at White Cay on July 10 over fifteen round's according to a Rentier telegram from London received this morning. Jn the same pt ogramme Jack Doyle opposes Eddie Phillips over tern
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  • 171 15 Good Display In Cup Soccer COMMENTS BY K.L READER k EUROPEAN reader in Kuala Lumpur, signing himself “Observer” writes praising Penang for the hard struggle they put up against Selangor last Saturday in their Malaya up soccer encounter at the Federal Capital, which Selangor won 2—l. “Observer”
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  • 59 15 Match On Friday (From Our Own Correspondent.') Alor Star, June 12. The following will represent Kedah in the “Malaya'' Cup match against Perak to be played at Alor Star on Friday, June 16:—■ KOK HTN SALIM OMAR MUSTAPHA MAB KASSIM SALLEH HUSSEIN OSMAN ALI KUPPUSAMY
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  • 180 15 Teams For Esplanade Game Today At the Esplanade today at 5.20 p.m. P.S.C. (in club colours) T. Rafferty; W. G. Cooil. T. A Maxwell; E. C. Tokeley, F. Buchanan, D. Mclntosh; T. M. Clark, H. P. Wales, G. L. Littledyke. W. G. Colebcck and D. Wark. O. from
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  • 380 15 Helen Khong In Form THERE was no surprise in the opening day’s play in the Perak Lawn Tennis Open Championships on the Ipoh Club courts yesterday. Ideal weather enabled a good crowd to witness sparkling tennis, the mixed doublestie between Miss Helen Khong and Lincoln Leong and
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  • 90 15 Reuter. Douglas, Isle Of Man, June 12. The Irishman. Stanley Woods, driving a Velocette, won the Motor Cycling Junior Tourist Trophy, covering 264 miles in 3 hours 10 minutes 30 seconds at an average speed of 83.192 miles an hour. H. L Daniel riding a
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  • 251 15 YESTERDAY’S MATCHES Kuala Lumpur. LEONG HOE YENu and Hoh Chup Yoon entered the semi-final of the Men’s Open Doubles when they defeated San Kwok Thye and Loke Yaik Heng yesterday evening in the Selangor Tennis Championships. Suppiah and Dureiratnam also found a place in the semi-final by
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  • 43 15 Results Of Monday’s Ties Tang Gooi Fook and Chong Ah Har beat Koay Teik Swee and Lim Choon Ghee 6—l, 6—3. Tan Boon Piew beat Choong Gim Seong 7—5, 6—l. TIES FOR TOMORROW Tang Gooi Fook v. Lin Hock San (semi-fipal)
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  • 34 15 P. S. C. Bowls Singles Final In the Men’s Singles (final) of the P.S.C. Bowls tournament played on Friday, June 9, —5 G. C. Miller beat —5 J. H. Reid 21—14.
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  • 296 15 -Reuter. Going Perfect their majesties MISSED London, June 12. 4 SCOT will have lost much glamour when the meeting opens tomorrow with the absence of the King and Queen which is all the more regretable because His Majesty runs six horses of which Great Truth is a
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  • 134 16 Strengthening Air Force TO MEET CHALLENGE OF GERMAN PLANES WASHINGTON, JUNE 13. A DEMAND FOR EXTRA WAR EXPENDITURE OF OVER $292,000,000 HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AFTER THE COMMITTEE HAD HEARD GENERAL ARNOLD. CHIEF
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  • 94 16 —Reuter. Gloucester And Y ork*diire Win By Innings London, June 12. At Lord’s, Yorkshire defeated Middlesex by an innings and 246 runs. Yorkshire declared at 430 for 5 wickets. Sutcliffe scoring 175 and Leyland 180 not out. Middlesex were bundled out for 62 runs in the first innings,
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  • 68 16 —Reuter. Jerusalem, June 13. Life imprisonment has been passed on a pretty young Jewish girl known as Rachel Hovatammi by the Military Court for carrying “infernal machine of a dangerous type” outside the central prison. Although she is liable to death sentence, the extreme penalty
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  • 108 16 Reuter. Question Of Appointing oinniittee London. June 12. Lt.-Com. Fletcher called the Premier’s attention to tne recommendation by Lord Hailey that a standing Parliamentary committee for colonial affairs should be established and asked Mr. Chamberlain whether he would constitute such a committee. Mr. Chamberlain said that the Colonial
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  • 69 16 —Reuter. Not Being Devalued Hongkong, June 13. The Financial Secretary has issued the following statement in connection with the Hongkong dollar: “In order to allay any uncertainty caused by recent movements on the Chinese Exchange, 1 am authorised to state that the Hongkong Government has no intention of
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  • 83 16 —Reuter. Britain Aware From The Beginning London, June 12. Arising out of the recent, statements in oerlin and Rome regarding tne participation of Germans and Italians in the Spanish Civil War. a number of questions were directed at Mr. Butler who declared how tne British government was
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  • 73 16 Tuesday, June 13. MIDDAY QUOTATIONS. Penang Tin 8113 00 Business 25 tons Singapore Tin $113.00 RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 28 l/2c Singapore (Spot) 28 11 16c COPRA: Sundried $3.95 Black Pepper $lO.OO TAPIOCA: Medium $3.15 Fair Seed $2.75 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6.60 No. 2 $6.50 Rangoon White
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  • 112 16 Reuter. Campaign In Shanghai Japanese Press Shanghai. June .13. The anti-British campaign in the Japanese-controlled Chinese newspapers here has not diminished in intensity despite the British ConsulGeneral, Mr. Phillips’ protest lodged on June 10 in which he requested the Japanese Consul-General jnteralia to suppress the anti-British
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    • 293 16 BROGA RUBBER ESTATES LIMITED (Incorporated In The F.M.S.) Notice of General Meeting 1 and Closing of 'Transfer Books. “NOTICE is hereby given that the 19th. Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, Anglo-Oriental Building, 16, Barrack Road, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday 1st.
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