Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 August 1939

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 50( is Vol. XCVII. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • Article
    Whole City Of London Shaken By Tremendous Gas Explosion
    430 1 O VER A HUNDRED CASUALTIES St. Pauls' Cathedral Saved From Flames JI HOLE SCENE RESEMBLES BATTLEFIELD London. August 4. rhe whole city of London was rocked by a tr niendoiis explosion w hich occurred this after»noon near St. Paul’s and behind
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    BRITISH FIRM ATTACKED
    572 1 Serious Riot In Tientsin Shanghai. August 4. A serious anti-Brit’sh riot occurred at the former Belgian Concession in Tientsin when about 200 Clrnese sudI renly attacked the Staff quarters and 1 offices of the International Export Company, one of the biggest British firms in Tientsin. The staff
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    EARL OF FEVERSHAM
    36 1 Reuter Resigns Official Post London, August 3 It is officially announced that Earl Feversham has resigned the Pat iamentary Secretaryship of the Ministty of Agriculture for reasons connected with his private affairs —Reuter
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    NO MALE HEIR TO DUTCH THRONE
    118 1 —Reuter. Daughter For Juliana Soestdijk, August 5. Princess Juliana gave birth to a daughter early* this morning at Soest-j dijk Palace. Thus the hopes of the nation for a male heir have been disappointed. A salute of 51 guns announced to the nation that
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    FOUR CHINESE IN TIENTSIN
    75 1 iter uieii. j ’—Reuter. Japanese Communicate Evidence To British In the House of Commons. Mr. NoelBaker asked whether the Japanese Government had yet furnished any evidence showing the guilt of the four Chinese who were alleged o have murdered a Je.panese agent at Tientsin. Mr Butler
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    “JAPAN THINKING TWICE”
    623 1 Reaction To Axis Pact Reports London, August 4. A headline ir a London evening paper, “Japan may be thinking twice about joining the axis ’pact,” appears to represent the general public impression here daspite the reports from Rome that Japan Blas decided to join the axis. Reuter
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    JULY WEATHER
    99 1 -row Deficiency Of Sunshine And Low Temperatures Rugby. August 4. A Juiy of very mixed weather with a deficiency of sunshine and temperatures below normal, though with less than the average rainfall, end d for Ixindor end much of South-East England with the heaviest day’s rainfall for many
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    NOTE CIRCULATION
    52 1 BOW New All-Time Record Of «570.600.000 Rugby. August 4. N* anticipated with the August Holiday demands, the note circulation ha' reached a new all-time record. With the rise last week of JS9 700.000 it touched £570,600,000. It is expected still to ris further before falling after the bolide'
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    A.R.P. SHELTER AT FINSBURY
    81 1 snener i —BOW To Be Uned As Car Park In Peace Time Rugby, August 4 The firm of contractors responsible for the new Waterloo Brid<>*p s starting work next week on the first ARP deep she’ter to ne constructed In Inndon II is for Finsbury and
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    RESTRICTIONS AT TIENTSIN
    65 1 press ior Reuter Sir R. Craigie Pressing For Removal London, August 4. In the House of Commons, asked whether the Government in view of the adoption of the Anglo-Japanese formula, was reauesting the suspension of the blockade of the British Concession in Tientsin. Mr Butler replied: “Sir
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    FURTHER BOMB OUTRAGES
    88 1 —Reuter. London, August 4. Bomb outrages are reported from Blackburn, Preston, Bradford, and Halifax today. Several postal packets were damaged and a Blackburn postman was slightly injured. Pour more Irishmen against whom expulsion orders zecrc made, left Birmingham tonight under Police escort for Liverpool to join the
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    BRITAIN: 1914 AND NOW
    295 1 Difference In State Of Preparedness London. August 4. The difference between Britain’s situation in 1914 and now is emphasised by the newspapers in editorials on the 25th anniversary of Britain’s entry in the G reat War. The papers stress Britain’s uncompromising attitude towards aggression and her
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    JAPANESE AMBASSADORS CONFER AT COMO
    939 2 Proposal ji Wired To I Tokio TO JOIN AXIS MILITA KY ALLIANCE Paris, August 4. The Japanese Ambassadors at Rome and Bei hn decided at yesterday’s conference at Como to submit a proposal to the Japanese Government for the Japanese adherence to the Italo-German political
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    SECOND BABY EXPECTED
    184 2 —Reuter. Holland Awaiting Happy Event I Soestdijk. August 4 The Gynaecologist Dr. De Jong, left The Hague for Soestdijk Palace to attend to Princess Juliana, the birth of whose baby seems imminent. Queen Wilhelmina, who intended to return to The Hague this morning after spending the night
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    ON POLISH BORDER
    121 2 Reuter. Extensive German Fortifications London. August 4. Visitors to Prague from Moravia and Slovakia report extensive fortifications along the whole Polish border, states the Daily Telegraph Prague correspcndt nt. Barbed wire, twelve feet high, has been erected at the frontier while abr-ut five miles behind the frontier
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    DANZIG ACTIVITY
    55 2 —Reuter. On Increase In Recent Weeks London. August 4 “There has been increased military activity in Danzig in recent weeks." Mr. Butler stated in the House of Commons at question time. He added that the situation was being carefully watched and the Polish Government was maintaining close touch
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    WHY BRITAIN ENDURES INSULTS
    1606 2 Mr. Chamberlain Defends Far East Policy Rondon, August 4. In reply to the debate on the Far East in the House of Commons, Mr. Chamberlain said:—“l do not seek to minimise the Government’s strong objections to many incidents in which the Japanese have been concerned in
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    Mediterranean To Be Closed In Wartime
    80 2 —Reuter. London, August 4. Anglo-French military discussions of great importance zuill be held in London today between the French General Huntzinger and Lord Gort. Iccording to a report in the Daily Sketch, General Huntzinger, who headed the recent French mission to Turkey, is sent
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    Another Big Explosion In London
    56 2 Reuter. London, lugust A heavy'explosion occurred at .f.yo p in. lI.S T. in a large building between St I’aid’s and the River Thames, dense clouds of smoke rising. The sound of the explosion zvas heard over a large area in London. The cause and consequences
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    MALAYAN RELIEF FUNDS
    708 3 i Chairman’s Petition To Governor EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION Singapore. Ls understood that a petition has been sent to the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, by Mr. lan Kah Kee, chairman of the Singapore and Central China Relief Fund committees, asking that relief fund societies be exempt from registration.
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    MAN FATALLY STABBED IN FOOTPATH
    399 3 1 -Witness Testifies At Inquiry hminary inquiry into a charge of .preferred against two Chinese, abetment of the crime preainst a third man, was held by rad Oldham, Second Magistrate triet Judge on Thursday. (■used are Chua Thow Seng and Kee who face the murder
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    Bank Case Adjourned
    57 3 Singapore. The preliminary inquiry in which Chan Tian Chye is accused of cheating the Local branch of The Mercantile Hank, and a European employee of the Hank, Robin \ylmer Elliot, is accused of abetting him, was adjourned till \ug. 22, after the Court had recorded depositions from
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    VERRDICT OF SUICIDE
    210 3 Body Found Hanging In A i of suicide was returned Fy &gt; 1 ing Coroner yesterday, at n of an inquiry held into &gt;! a Chinese, Cheafi Mah body had beer, discoverin a public latrine at Bridj.. Street, Penang. municipal coolie, said he t&lt;&gt; the public latrine
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    MUNICIPAL ENGINEER SUMMONED
    209 3 Alleged Light During Black-Out Malacca. Mr. D. I. Todman. Municipal Engineer, appeared on a summons before Mr. J. G. Rappoport. Police Magistrate, ia the Police Court on Wednesday on chargas of allowing light from his house to le plainly visible from outside on the night of July
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    PLEA FOR UNFORTUNATE HAWKERS
    584 3 Sanitary Board Meeting Seremban. A MEETING of the Seremban Sanitary Board took place in the Council Chamber at 10 a m on Wednesday, there being present:—Mr. N. Coulson (Chairman), Dr. B.A. Taylor Mr. H G Moles, Mr. AH W. Lilly. Mr E.B. Nisbet. Mr. B. F
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    £2,000 Broken Ankle
    87 3 yjARY MAGUIRE, 19-year-old Australian film actress, danced gaily on to a ballroom floor at the Denham studios, tripped against the edge of carpet and fell heavily, breaking a bone i»i her ankle. Result loss of two thousand pounds on the film “An Englishman's Hom e,” in which
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    FATAL FALL FROM ROOF
    190 3 Coolie Dies Three Vieeks Later Malacca. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by Mr. J. G. Rappoport, the Coroner, on Tuesday, in the Coroner's Court, at an inquiry, conducted by Inspector C. H. Giam. into the death of a Chinese named Tee Keow, who
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    Official Assignee’s “Act Of Grave Discourtesy”
    388 3 COUNSEL’S PROTEST IN COURT Kuala Lumpur. A PROTEST against the Official Assignee asking for the production of a medical certificate when counsel applied for the adjournment of a case was made by Mr. G.W. de Silva, when he appeared before Raja Ayoub, the Third
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    M.A.H.A. EXHIBITS DESTROYED
    132 3 Disappointment For The Teniiars Kuala Lumpur A party of Temiars in Jalong who had been looking forward to exhibiting their woodcraft and weaving at the M. A. H. A Exhibition are keenly disappointed as their exhibits have been destroyed in the jungle. Four months ago a Temiar
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    CASE OVER USED GOVT. STAMPS
    115 3 Malacca. Aug. 14 has been fixed by Mr. Rappoport, Police Magistrate, for the hearing cf the cases in which Abu bin Daud and Jar.tan bin Manap, of Ihe Treasury, are charged with fraudulently using used Government stamps. Chief Detective-Inspector Uphill wall conduct the cases for
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  • DAILY INDIA PAGE
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      Indian Minister For Burma?
      255 4 Suggestion Being Considered Rangoon. A LTHOUGII no confirmation is available in Ministerial quarters, Burmese newspapers state that the Premier. U Pu. is considering the question of includ* ing a European and an Indian in the Cabinet. A Burmese newspaper, the organ of Dr. Ba Maw’s Party,
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      TOWARDS A BASIC HINDUSTANI
      254 4 Expert For Simla Mr. Adolph Myers, Special Basic English Representative for India, returned from Hyderabad and left Bombay for Simla. Interviewed in Bombay, Mr. Myers foreshadowed important developments in the creation of a Basic Hindustani evolved by the same technique, though not necessarily with parallel results,
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      What NEHRU Wanted to tell CEYLON
      1292 4 we shook hands, Pandit Nehru gave me a quizzical look, then—“ Don’t say you’ve come to ask me for a farewell message, will you?’’ he pleaded raising eyebrows in mock horror, writes Peter Batten, in the “Times of Ceylon.” “I have been giving nothing
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      NEHRU BIDS LANKA GOODBYE
      620 4 Little Girl Has Garland As Souvenir UQOODBYE to Lanka and herpeople; may wisdom and good fortune attend them, said Pandit Nehru, before he entered the Tata ’plane which flew him to Madras. Pandit Nehru was walking to his ’plane in the company of Sir Wilfred de
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      SCENE IN STORES
      175 4 Man “Thrown Across Room” By Woman A woman who was stopped in Harrods stores became violent when taken to the office, and threw Mr. Hall, the chief inquiry officer, “from one end of the room to the other.” This was stated, at Westminster 1 recently, when the
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      BAN ON KISAN LEADER
      35 4 New Delhi. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, the Bihar kisan leader has been served with an order by the Punjab Government prohibiting his entry into the Punjab for a period of one year.
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      EDUCATION IN HYDERABAD
      242 4 Five-year Scheme Sanctioned Hyderabad (Dn.)., July 16. A five-year plan for the improvement and expansion of primary education in the Hyderabad State, involving the construction of 520 new schools in villages where none exist at present and extensions and enlargements to be carried out at one thousand
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      BANGALORE VICTORIA HOSPITAL
      108 4 X-Ray Therapy Installed Bangalore. July 17. At a cost of about Rs. 75,000, Deep X-Ray Therapy has been installed in the Radiology Block of the Victoria Hospital,, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Y. N. Krishnamurthi. The amount towards the cost of this valuable apparatus has come
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      BIHAR LITERACY CAMPAIGN
      112 4 Government’s Grant Patna, July 18. The Government have made a total grant of Rs. 2 lakhs with a view to placing the mass literacy movement on a permanent basis. Under this scheme the main agency for instruction remains the same as before, namely, the voluntary work of
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      Mr. Bose Threatens A “Great Revolt"
      305 4 Congress Ministries Criticised Poona. A NEW Congress is being born today with a new mentality, a new basis and a new outlook,” said Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose, leader of the Forward Bloc, addressing a large gathering at the Vijayanand Theatre. Senapati Bapat presided. Mr.
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      MEETING AIR RAID EMERGENCIES
      245 4 Bombay Government’s Scheme WAR will find Bombay prepared for all air raid terrors, for the Government of Bombay will soon have a concrete A. R. p. scheme ready, embracing all fields of precautionary measures for the protection of the civil population of the city. Government have
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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  • DAILY CHINA PAGE
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      JAPANESE SUFFER HEAVY CASUALTIES
      214 5 Repeated Defeats On Ail Fronts CHINESE CAPTURE ARMS AND WAR HORSES Hongkong, August 1. to a report from Shanghai the infiltration of large number» of uniformed and well equipped Chingueriilas 'nto the western suburbs of Shanghai from wns north of the Shanghai-Nanking railway line, which is
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      SOOCHOW GUERILLAS
      167 5 rney nave now o sent to fight the Japanese.—Central News. Japanese Troops Said Killed In Fire ADVISERS EXECUTED Tunki, Anhwei. July 12. More than 30 Japanese soldiers were burned to death in a fire set by guerillas during an attack on the Ja panese guard house at Hsusukwan
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      HUPEH-HUNAN
      89 5 -—Central News. Hundreds Of Japanese Reported Killed VILLAGES DESTROYED Hunan, July 13. Four hundred Japanese were slain as a result of Chinese attacks or Chungfang and Peikang, w^ s Yoyang in northern Hunan, yesterday. The Japanese set fire to more than twenty villages between Yoyang ard Chungfang and allegedly
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      FIRST AID UNIT
      56 5 Central News. Kunming. July 11A first aid unit organised by the pharmaceutical circles ir, Shanghai to assist the China Red Cross Society in its medical work left here for Kweiyang yesterday after a brie: 1 stay following its arrival from Shanghai recently. From Kweiyang. it will be
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      NEHRU TO VISIT CHINA
      159 5 momic ana comi .—Central News. PREPARATIONS FOR WELCOME Chungking, August 1, yr A RIOUS public and cultural organisations in Chungking have sent a joint cable to Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, President of the All India National Congress, extending welcome to the Indian leader who is expected to
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      LEAVE FOR CONSUL
      56 5 Canton. July 13. It is learned that Mr. A. P. Blunt, the British Consul General in Shameen, who has remained in Canton throughout the most critical periods of the war in South China. ha s been granted special Home furlough. Mr. Blunt will leave Hongjcong by the
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      CHEKIANG FIGHTING
      87 5 jack with severe losses. —Centr; 'Jews. Fuyang Attacked By Chinese Forces Kinhwa. July 13. Covered, by an artillery barrage. Chinese units launched an attack on the Japanese at Fuyang. battle-torn tewr. about 20 miles south-west of Hangchow, in north Chekiang, a few days ago. They inflicted a number
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      NIGHT AIR RAID ON CHUNGKING
      144 5 Invaders Fail To Cause Much Damage Chungking, August 1. JHGHTEEN Japanese planes invaded China’s wartime capital last night amid the second full moonlight of the month. The first batch of nine mac hines broke through the cordon of C hinese pursuits and unloaded 50 odd
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      YUNNAN PROGRESS
      230 5 Government Plans To Increase Production SUPPRESSION OF OPIUM Chungking. July 14. Mr. Chang Ni-ling, Yunnan province reconstruction commissioner. stated yesterday that it was intended to raise Yunnan’s production to $100,000,000 a year. A committee had been appointed which was charged with the tasks of i eseai ch and
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      Attention Now Focussed On Canton Delta
      163 5 BIRTHPLACE OF DR. SVN YAT SEN Chungking, August 1. qpHE attention of South China is at present focussed on the Chungshan district in the Canton delta, into which the Japanese navy commenced their invasion last week. and economic significance.- Central Nt ws. 267 Chinese
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      SIAN I.P.C. URGES BRITAIN TO ABIDE LEAGUE RESOLUTION
      50 5 Central News. Sian, August 1. The newly inaugurated Sian Branch cf thp China Section of the International Peace Campaign has passed a resolution at a meeting urging the British Government to abide by the Nine-Power Treaty and the League resolutions Central News.
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      KOWLOON SECURITY THREATENED
      78 5 —Central News. Three Cities Bombed Hongkong, August 1. Once again threatening the security in the New Territories, in Kowloon opposite Hongkong, five Japanese planes indiscriminately bombed Shumchun, Lowu and Shatoukok, on the Sino-British border at 9 p.m. on July 30. It is revealed that the raiders dropped
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      NANKING’S PUPPET MAYOR USES ARMOURED CAR
      51 5 Central News. Hongkong, August 1. The Japanese-controlled Nanking Mayor. Kao Kwan-Wu who recently twice escaped death from the hands of would-be assassins is at present travelling by an armoured car whenever out in the streets in Nanking, according to a foreign report received here.—Central
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      No Fear For Japanese
      97 5 Central News. Aircraft 111 NGKING WELL PREPARED Chungking, August 1. EXERAL Liu Shih, the 9 Chungking Garrison Coniander, in a statement issued to press, declared that the “Ja.aiese bombers cannot destroy Chinese will to tight though e may destroy a few houses .id kill a few
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      FOOD PROFITEERS
      66 5 Chungking, July 11. Dia.-4ic Government action against food profiteers is under way at preThe continued rise in prices of rice well as other commodities has made the municipal authorities take di;.&lt;tic measures and strict control. The sum of $5,000,000 has been appropriated for the Government purchase c.f rice,
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      LUNGHAI PROGRESS
      69 5 •ntral News. Mining Town Attacked By Chinese Loyang, July 13. Xfter dynamiting the stone bridge n the Tsiaotgo-Lifeng highway in north Honan, a Chinese unit made a forced march to Tsiaotso, the coalmining town, and made a sudden attack on the Japanese garrison on inly 10. Caught napping,
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      JAPANESE SHIPS CAPTURE COASTAL TRADE
      74 5 uinig me penou, me toucii uvubeing 5,708,598 tons. —Central Hongkong, August 1. Shipping statistics for the first six &gt;nths this year bear out the motive ♦he Japanese blockade of the Chinr&lt;»ast, monopolising the coastal •shipping. statistics reveal that during the I Japanese shipping jumped to
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      U.S. NAVAL C-IN-C LEAVES SHANGHAI
      35 5 Hongkong, August 1. t&lt;il Harry Yarnell, the out-going mder-in-Chief of the American Fiet t, is scheduled to leave hai for the United States on t 2 aboard the s.s. President
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      482 5 STOMACH PAIN Eased at Once Alter weeks on milk and soda Have you ever had to choose between semi-starvat cn and sickness? How depressing it is, for week after week, to have barely enough nourishm *nt to keep life together. What a joy when this nightmare is suddenly banished, and
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      51 5 BOBBY BEAR'S ADVENTURES: Fire-Fighters (2) v i 1 -Tv?,-’ 1 w -■4 .3 K' &gt; y v r trouble though .4 loud bou-wowThis man is friendly, he admires and sticks they set about Passers ga’.la i: bear, who puts out Area. and soon the fire is out. Sets tre y
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  • News And Views From Australia
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      20,000 MILES IN 15 DAYS
      226 6 i Letter’s Fast Journey A cross World I)ROBABLY no other letter has travelled so far in so short a time as one which was delivered in Sydney recently. In 15 days it was carried by air over 20,000 miles from Jamaica to Sydney by three
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      "WHY DO WE CHARM” ASK PUBLIC SERVANTS
      213 6 Glamour Clerks Make Debs". Hearts Flutter Melbourne. Clerical officers of the Victorian Public Service must have lure, because. now that the social season is in full swing, the debutantes are rushirg them. “What peculiar glamour have these cfficers in the eyes of the
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      George Robey
      399 6 Spreads Nazi Gospel WHEN the Stratltalian reached Australia, the comedian, Geor.ge Robey, had converted most of the giassengers to his outlook on Nazism. Before he left England he said that lie would spend much of his time aboard starting discussions in which he would tell the passengers what
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      CONSTABLE AND BRIDE DEFY FATE
      201 6 WEDDING IN HOSPITAL Sydney. ¥N a small ward in a wooden cottage at Prince Henry Hospital, Constable Douglas Nicholas Lechleitner. 25. of the Safety Squad, was married to Miss Joy Gladys Cha ter. 23. of East wood. Til us did the &lt;ouple defy ui apparently
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      A "Cinema Church” For Sydney
      127 6 Bourke-street Methodist Church. Darlinghurst, will be the first church in New South Wales regularly to screen films in religious services. The church, built in 1847. has a seating capacity for 1.000 worshippers. The church executive was impressed with the fact that many churches in England
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      WAR ACE SCRATCHES DIRT
      486 6 Can’t Fly Now; Is A Prospector In Islands DISTINGUISHED Australian war-time flying ace, with a “bag” of about 30 enemy aircraft to his credit; a pioneei of commercial flying between State capi tals, and a pioneer of air transport in New Guinea, “Jerry” Pentland is now
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      LEMPERS IN TEARS AT 10s AN HOUR
      83 6 Perth. A tearful scene was witnessed at Fremantle the other day when lumpers had to unload rotten onions from the freighter. Algenib. The stench from onions, which came from Egypt, could be detected hundred of yards away from the vessel’s berth. One lumper
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      ‘CLERGY MEN CANT AFFORD WIVES’
      127 6 Auckland. “The whole Anglican community of New Zealand is asking for a celibate clergy, because it cannot afford to pay married men adequate stipends.” Bishop Cherrington made this statement in an appeal to th? Waikato Synod to increase the "miserable pittance on which clergymen are
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      Australia To Stand By Britain
      406 6 EVEN IF IT W Ms WAR SAYS PREMIER &lt;.-■ do not hesitate to say that hi the pursuit of its inteniational police, Australia stands with Great Brit ihi, and if the pursuit of that polit y means trouble, or even if it means war, there
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      DEMAND FOR EDUCATED GIRLS
      432 6 “Not Too Old At 20” Soys College Head HFHEKE’S a let of talk about the head of one of the leai doesn’t agree. The girl of 18 or 19. better educated, and with more poise, has greater opportunities generally for forging ahead than the girl of
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      99 6 PAIN AFTER MEALS By Dr. F. B. Scott, M.I). p ar j s Of all the aches and p, patients come and tell nu- ab&lt; pain after meals is probtb common. “I get such stab) pains after meals,” thn my meals give me such a hot feeling.” Well, it doesn’t
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    The Long Farewell
    52 7 Whfii the Duke and Duchess of Kent left for Florence to attend tho wedding of tl Duchess’ cousin, the children waved good-bye from the step ot No. 3, Bel,grave-square. Then Prince Edward was carried protesting int&lt;&gt; tin- bouse by a .manservant, ahile his sister shouted a cheerful
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    K.L. PREPARES FOR A HECTIC WEEK-END
    214 7 M.A.H.A. Exhibition Opens Today Kuala Lumpur. vjqiE stage is ncr.v Met for the s‘.x- teen th M.A.H.A. Exhibit on. which Mill be &lt; jened by 14 s Excellency the Governor today, ;&gt;rr everyth.ng po.nts to a bigger and better show this year. A tour
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    Yesterdays Fashionable Wedding
    490 7 (A MPBELL-SPENCER Yesterday evening, at the St. George’s Church, Penang, Mr. Percy Robert Campbell was married to Miss Joan Brotherton Spencer. The bride, who is the daughter of Mr. Geoffrey Siren' er of Fort Wilhmn. Ontario. and the late Mrs. Sp r ncer, entered the flower-decked Church
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    PROMOTING FRIENDSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING
    1534 7 Ladies Aid Society’s Novel Dinner MISS V. PONNUDURAI ON THE EMANCIPATION OF WOMEN primary aim of this function is to have a good time in happy fellowship as hristians and friends. I think that the friendship and understanding that it promotes is greater and is of
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    393 7 Mr. George Terrell, the Ipoh lawyer, is r,n inmate of the Batu Gajah Hospital. Mrs. T. J. Thomas of Alor Star is leaving for Home by the “Canton’’ at the end of this month. Dr. (Mrs.) M. G. Brodie, Lady Medical Officer, Kedah, has proceeded to Cameron
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    Trial of Hazara Singh
    432 7 JURY TO HEAR DEFENCE After Mr. B E. Ross. Counsel for Hazara Singh, had outlined the case for the defence, further hearing of the Penang Hill Murder case was adjourned by the Hon. Mr. Justice Aitkin to Tuesday At yesterdiy’s resumed hearing, the jury retired to
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    LEGAL AND ILLEGAL BETTING
    571 8 TT is opportune on the opening day of the Penang Gold Cup Meeting to return to a topic which has been the subject of widespread discussion in racing circles. The licensing of bookmakers in Malaya was in practice many years ago but was later discontinued. Since
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    NEW SUBMARINE
    54 8 —8.0. W. M.P.s Visit Sister-Ship Of “Thetis” Rugby, August 4 A hundred and ten Members from both Houses of Parliament yesterday visited Portsmouth at the invitation of the First Lord cf the Admiralty and inspected a suomanne, the sister-ship of the Thetis. They also saw a demonstration of
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    MOSCOW TALKS
    61 8 —8.0. W. Sir W. Seeds’ Report I nder Consideration Rugby, August 4 A report has been received in London from Sir William Seeds on the conversation which with the French Ambassador and Mr. William Strang, he had at the Kremlin on Wednesday afternoon with MM. Molotov and Potemkin.
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    By The Way
    548 8 1 he Little Things In Life &gt;T is the trifles of life that are its bores after all. Most men can, and do, meet ruin calmly, for instance, or laugh when they are in a real spot of bother; but it is the few seconds by which
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    Diary of a Foreign News Editor
    567 8 Saturday, August 5. VK7AR will be averted in Europe. T This was the tone adopted by London newspapers in their editorials yesterday on the 25th anniversary of Britain’s entry into the Great War. TVTAIX cause for this optimism is Britain’s uncompromising attitude towards aggression
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    I.C.C. EXAMINATION RESULTS
    1872 9 Of Successful Penang Stuck M nts tesuhsofthe London Chamber of Commerce initiation held in May, 1939, have just been &lt;-iineed and are a* follows: R CERTIFICATE AMINATION .nercial Day School arithmetic —OncTing Beng Phoon Hoon Tung (D&gt;, SaD), Quail Heat Aun. Ng ~.mad B Hussain Khoo Ee
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    BIG IPOH CIVIL SLIT
    209 9 Claim (Her Loan For Mining Ipoh An important civil suit claiming &gt;177 608.73 mining inbute and deficient t amount due was continued before- the I Hen. Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley in the Perak Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. Loci Guan Kway. the plaintiff, who was represented by Messrs.
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    REPEAT PERFORMANCE OF “LADY PRECIOUS STREAM”
    404 9 II armly Received By Full House A very large and appreciative audience was present last night at the Royal Theatre for the repeat performance of “Lady Precious Stream by (he Penang Chinese Amateurs and thoroughly enjoyed the proceedings which was their best rendering. Indeed,
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    BAND PROGRAMME
    101 9 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. March The Men Of Mons Marechai Selection Lumber Love Adam Waltz Comedie D'Amour Colin Overture Merry Wives Of Windsor Nicolai Romance Underneath The Stars Spencer Selection Welsh Hare Fox Tret On A Little Bamboo Bridge Warren TO-MORROW 1.
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    6 Women, 3 Men Fined For Gambling
    315 9 Six women and three men formed a party of alleged gamblers who were produced before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court yesterday on a charge of playing in a common gaming house in 25, Patani Road on August 3. The accused
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    FORGERY CHARGE
    82 9 Signature On Cheque For $1,500 A Tamil Islam, Saiiad bin Pakir Mohammed, who was charged with cheating, appeared before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court yesterday, on an amended charge of forging a cheque, P.E.*****4 for $1,500. purporting to be signed by cne Ibrahim Issa on
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    Sad End To Love Affair Of Tapah Girl
    210 9 Tapah. A di.strc.&gt;sing tragedy occurred here cn Wednesday night at about 9 p.m in a shop house at Station Road, Tapah, when a young Chinese girl, named Yue Soo Hah. aged about 18 years, was found hanging from a tvam in her
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    WELD QUAY ACCIDENT
    56 9 The ambulance was called out at aboat 6.30 yesterday evening to attend to an Indian loading coolie, who slipped and fell headlong into a tongkang while working at, the Waterfront at Weld Quay. The man was removed to the General Hospital with some head injuries. His condition
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    Meeting Of Anglo-Dutch Plantations Of Java
    1832 10 CHAIRMAN’S REVIEW Position Of Tea, Rubber And Other Products The 29th ordinary general meeting of the Anglo-Dutch Plantations of Java Ltd. was held recently at 19. Fenchurch-street. E.C. Mr. W. H. Daukes (chairman and managing director), in the course of his speech, said: Ladies
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    LATEST TIN STATISTICS
    586 10 Innovation In Bulletin In the July issue of the Statistical Bulletin, just published by the Hague Office of the International Tin Research and Development Council, the tables on tin stocks has undergone a very material change. The tables now includes, in addition to the figures for the
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    TIN OUTPUTS FOR JULY
    63 10 Rahman Hydraulic Tin Limited 500 piculs. Satupulo No Liability output 843 piculs, yardage 139,0 X) cubic yards,, hours run 670 hours. Rambun Mines, Tanjong Rambutan, 264 piculs. Nawng Pet Tin Limited piculs 275. Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. 1159 piculs and Southern Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd 2075.
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    A.A. ANTHONY & COMPANY
    459 10 A.A. ANTHONY COMPANY Weekly &gt;h are Market Report The local quietly steadj passing. Quota! mostly imchoi In are a shade easier London and N RlJbl&gt; r quoted 8 7/16d. m selectively whi t midday today Rubber shar market and quotatu are mostly noi as follows: Amalgamated Ma $j 42 er
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    TIN AND TIN ORE EXPORT
    24 10 The estimated total export* J Malaya, of tin, and an assay value of &lt;;&gt; •&gt;/&lt;, of July, 1939. ire approxima tons.
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    LARGEST TROLLEY BUS ORDER
    66 10 The G.E.C. have M the Belfast Corporation ley Bus order ever pla« g z The order covers 11 p each equipped v. 'th a ;tr &gt;' Motor and type Control G ranged lor Battery u et CK' aft( r t This order ah-- l ,k,c poration
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    DRY RUBBER EXPORT
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    RUBBER CROPS FOR JULY
    62 10 |li.A Alor P 29.543; U 73,051; J'27.659 The PCX I 242.500 I 100.01'0 I 153.000; Th ‘7 p.ub r I 74 ,00; ;7r.«--;;’h 58.000; rm BilW t 5; Ltd. 25.0»c The EstaU I r b,l 000. s I Estate I rlu (&lt;a- jB Ltd. 29.50- a
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      768 10 BANKS THE MERCANTILE EEE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. iincorporated in England; rrii w £3 000.000 Ihe Indian Overseas Capital Authorised £1 gOO.OOO Bank, Ltd., Capital Paid Up 7 7 (lncorporated in British India) board of directors elr Charles Atesanrter Innes. Si,?=-So.s..°s.” ENTRUST p R. Chalm&lt;rs. Esq. Sir C. C. Barrie.
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    215 11 King Reviews Defence Volunteers Th- King, acct rpa nit by the Queen and Queen Mary, sts.J at a saluting base ii? Hyde Park to review the largest parade of National Defence vt lunteers ever staged in Britain. Barrage balloons floating majestically over the Park were
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    Church Notices
    668 12 ST. GEORGE HIE MARTYR 9TH SI NDAY AFTER TRINITY. TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD. 7.00 a.m Hulj- Communion. 8.00 a.m. Choral Eucharist. 8.45 a.m. Mattins and Litany. 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil). 10.30 a.m. Alattins Holy Communion (Chinese). 4.15 p.m. Sunday School (Parsonage). 6.00 p.m. Evensong Sermon. Psalm 45.
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    The Mails
    460 12 Latest Posting Timo Vua Lumpur, Ipoh And &gt; eil ll(r AIR MAILS Outward EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For Burma (except Victoria Point)), India, Aden, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Northeim and Southern Rhodesia. Nyasaland, South Africa, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland.
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    DOCTOR'S 150 FT MOUNTAIN FALL
    316 12 Rope Snaps Break» irl’s Arm Dr. John Aspin, &lt;&gt;l Blackburn. Lancs, who fell 150 ft fi im the top of Scale]], Cumberland. wa&gt; i i orted recently at Whitehaven 11 '.al •;&gt; b&lt; fairly comfortable.” He has seven injuries to the head an* his pelvis
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    NEW PLAY BY SIR JOHN POLLOCK
    77 12 Charles 11. In Rye Hou* The first P r ,(il ction th °e was given a Edwa rd i torian and dramatist. The play. which C Lstoried J/Z B of I meats, House Flo P)S3 k bei z pUce at R again/- n J
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      2724 12 MWj» 11 I z 1111 nußWMti hj. &gt;' Berlin. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 Music from Berlin (contd.) 820 News and Rek WMI WF Y vW| v.ew oi the Week in German. 835 GereM? Kv A WHHm 9hLn9K jKgSf naa Ach.evements. 8.50 «Concert Hour fflSjjffi J& Mu |gg%s WH with
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    WHY BYRON WAS LAME
    309 13 Statement By Vicar Who Opened Tomb in I v. here Byron is nan ierdny with the only have seen the poet’s family entombment in the lt, s a special corresdly Telegraph.” xiv visit was made anniversary of the J uiy 16, 1824. rber. who has been
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    PENANG SHIPPING NEWS
    1141 13 Arrivals &gt; IODAY, HOI ST 5 1 a«c. L-t.-.aAoi uuin Hongkong via oingapui e. s.s. “Gienauanc” from LuiteQ KingCom via Suez. m.v. “Kola Kadja from Java Ports via Singapore. TOMORROW, AUG VST 6. sj&gt;. “Kasima Maru'' from Japan via Singapore. MONDAY’, AUGUST 7. in.v. “Eskbank” irom China
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    ROPE SEES BISHOP FROM BRENNER
    66 13 Discussion On Tyrol Vatican City. The Pope recently received Mgr. Geisler, Bishop of Bressanone, the episcopal See of the Brenner province. Special interest is attached to this audience because of the recent ban on foreigners in South Tyrol. Several foreign monks, including 16 Swiss Benedictine
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    PATAUDI OR NAYUDU?
    278 14 India’s Test Captain Bombay. TORISK canvassing is going on in cricket circles here for choosing the Nawab of I'ataudi as Captain of the Indian Cricket XI, against the M.C.C. tourists in Test matches. It is argued that the Nawab of Pataudi has good experience of English cricket,
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    Wooderson's New Bid
    160 14 SYDNEY WOODERSON, world’s mile and half- j mile record holder, will at- tack D.G.A. Lowe’s 1926 world record of 1 min. 10 4-5 I sec. for 600 yards at Chiches- ter, Sussex, on August 12. lhe 600 yards distance, however, is no longer officially recognised for record
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    LAWSON LITTLE £390 DOWN Trip To England
    180 14 AMERICAN Golfer. W. Lawson Little, only man to win the British and American amateur titles in the same year, has left London after his first trip to England as a professional. £390 down. There is only £lO on the credit side, half the
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    MALAYAN “TEST” AT SINGAPORE
    718 14 Colony To Rely On Spin Attack PER a lapse of four years, the annual Malayan “Test” between the Colony and the Malay States is being played on the Singapore padang, starting today and continuing tomorrow and Monday. Since the announcement, of the teams there have been
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    NEW ZEALAND HORSES SET STIFF TASKS
    782 14 Australian Cup Races /CONSIDERABLE interest has been taken in the dominion in the handicaps for the big spring meetings in Australia and now that these have been released one is able to realise that the l&gt;est of the New Zealand horses have a formidable
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    DIPLOMAT JOINS IN RUGBY MOVE
    59 14 M. Edmond t French Rugb England is to ham next Febr f inie b&lt; This will be the countri*‘s broken off sev- 1 t &lt; however, will a rr-a-Frenchmen as iV Paris on New The Paris IT- 4 decision of th* Board to resun One
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    DANAHAR AS A WELTER
    384 14 Contests Ba,, Several v tests ar hl for Arthur It ,lrr ln S«l meramat™ pion, who is n n(f h 1"» dance of the Ns J shall soon be ,1/ i 1 prospects in the wdterweitrl.; cha»? of the world. lon 'l&gt;ip The N.B.A of w-
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    ACCEPTANCES FOR TODAY
    890 15 P( ung Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting d ;k Horses Class 3 Div. 4 —6 Furs. —2.30 p.m. SAW 4 9.90 “Mining Kongsi” Van Breukelen; MOON 5y 810 Mr .Teoh Cheow Ghee Van Breukelen WARRIOR 11 810 Miss C. R. Noordin O’Neill' HI ME DE MENTHE Cy
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    SELECTIONS AT A GLANCE
    274 15 I HI. RIDING BOY’ TRESPASSER” I “MAN-ON THE- I “EPSOM JEEP” i El REKA” I THE MAJOR” '.\p r. DASH” Penan? Penang i SPOT” Ijxrh I Ipoh Kuala Lumpur Singapore 1 Singapore I I I z 1 I Race 1 Ciscara Creme de Menthe j Gliding
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    Statistics For Professional Race Meetings
    362 15 The following are the lists of winning jockeys and trainers for all professional meetings this year to date: JOCKEYS Ist 2nd 3rd 1. Dodd, S. J. 30t 32* 20 2. Donnelly, J. F. 27* 21 14’ 3. Bagby, W. S. 17 6 16 4. White,
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    MALAYAN TENNIS TOURNEY AT IPOH
    450 15 No Upsets In First Round Ipoh. 4 HEAVY down pour which fell at 3 p.m. marred what would have been a perfect day’s sport when the Malayan tennis championships opened here yesterday, on the Ipoh Club courts. Play was resumed at 3.45 when the courts
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    League Champions Again Beat C.R.C.
    360 15 Penang Soccer ODHE Province Wellesley Football &lt; Association again defeated the! Chinese Recreation Club when they met in the second round of the P.F.A. First Division League on Victoria Green yesterday, the score being 4—2.1 Both teams are in the running for the championship and
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    P.S.C. Tennis Fixtures For Tuesday
    88 15 The following are Tuesday’s fixtures in the P.S.C. tennis tournament: Men’s Singles A: Scr. J B. Pickering v. —15.4 W\ T. Francis. Mixed Doubles Heap: -—l5 4 Mrs. E. M. Scoular and E. D. Rush worth v. —3O Mrs. D H. Palmer and D V
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    Glamorgan Go Down To Yorkshire
    143 15 COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS London, Aug. 4. At Cardiff Yorkshire won by 86 rims. Yorkshire 234 and 186 for 6 wickets declared (Jones 5 for 60); Glamorgan 194 (Robinson 5 for 60) and 140 (Robinson 5 for 59). At Chesterfield Gloucestershire won on the first innings.
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      151 15 NOTICE WEARNES AIR SERVICES Alteration To Kuala Lumpirr Singapore Kuala Lumpur Service This Service will be discontinued from and including the Bth August until further notice. Schedule from date as follows: TILL THE STH AUGUST. Leave Kuala Lumpur 7.30 a.m. 6th August Arrive Singapore 9.30 a.m. Leave Singapore 4.15 p.m.
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    COOLTIPT & PLAYBOY BEST BETS
    407 16 COOLTIPT PLAYBOY BEST BETS Going Greek A Strong Course Tip (By “TRESPASSER”) r fTJRTHER rain has rendered the going) extremely heavy for this afternoon’s (faces. I still expect Van Breukelen to have a good day, although several hpsets are generally expected. Cooltipt and Playboy, both belonging to “Mining Kongsi,” are
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    Wall Street Cable
    506 16 SUPPLIED BY MESSRS. ANTHONY &lt;£• CO. New York Aug. 4. The following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed to-day. DOW-JONES AVERAGES. Yesterday’s To-day's 30 Industrials 144.24 141.73 20 Rails 29.64 28.97 15 Utilities 27.07 26.50 New York Stock Exchange, business done, total volume 900,0&lt;&gt;0
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    100 16 Penang, August 4, 1939. IBy courtesy of the Chartered Bank!. On London Bank Demand 2/4 On London Bank 4 months 2/4 1/32 Private O. D. 2/4 1/4 Private 3 m/s Documentary 2/4 5/16 On New York Demand 54 9/16 Canadian 54 9/16 On France Demand 2055 1034 Swiss
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    HOCKEY SEASON OPENS
    234 16 Sporting Diamonds Beat O.X.A. The hockey season in Penang was ushered in yesterday with a match on the S.X.I. ground in which the Sporting Diamonds beat the Old Xaverians’ Association by three goals to one. Excepting for a few spasmodic breakaways b.; the Xaverians. the first half
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    45 16 Reuter London, Friday. Holiday influences restricted trading but the undertone remained steady. Gild-Edged improve slightly whilst Kaffils was firm on small Paris buying. Elsewhere, changes were very small. COFMMODITIES: Lead was strong with good consumer demand for small offerings. Wall Street was easier.—Reuter.
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    TAMIL GIRL'S DEATH
    573 16 Alleged Attempted Abortion The adjourned Coroner’s inquiry into J the death of a 15-year-old Tamil girl, j Muniammal, who died on July 6 at the! Mission Clinic, where she had been admitted following complications after an alleged attempt to cause an abortion. was continued yesterday before Mr.
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    NEW SUPREME COURT
    130 16 Opening of Judicial Work Singapore. By a curious coincidence. three judges, the Chief Justice, Sir Percy McElwaine, Mr. Justice Pedlow and ■Mr. Justice Manning, who opened the judicial work in the new Supreme Court yesterday morning and both consel appearing before them, were all Irishmen. The matter
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    “ROMANCE OF TAK KEE”
    56 16 Midnight Screening At Majestic To cope with the popularity with the Ch'nese section of picturegoers of the Cantonese h-storical hit, “The Romance Of Tak Kee,” which is booked for showing at the Windsor Cinema at the next change, these will be a prescreen:ng at the special
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    TRIANGULAR AQUATIC MEET
    833 16 Chances Of Penang Team Analysed who have been selected have sat up a certain standard of performance which we hope will bring credit to Penang in general and to the Chinese Swimming Club in particular,” summed up Mr. Lee Yoon Thean, the Hon. Secretary, when asked about
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    BRICKS FROM ALL DIRECTIONS
    329 16 Tamil Fined For Theft How bricks came flying frem different directions ultimately resulting in one catching the complainant on the left cheek this causing him to fal down, was heard in the evidence of the prosecution, in the case in which a Tamil Karupaya was charged
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    TODAY’S RACE BROADCAST
    69 16 Commentary On Senior Event A running commentary on the sixth race (Class 1 Division 1 Horses) will be broadcast from the Penang Race Course through Station Z. H. J at 5 o’clock today. The Station will commence broadcasting at 4.30 p.m. The results from Race 1 to
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