Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 August 1939

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 HIBIJSHEI) IMII.V 5 <7. Vol. XCVII. TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • PARLIAMENT MAY BE RECALLED
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      London Calm In Face Of Tension
      431 1 >LI( UNCHANGED Ministers Return For Meeting London, August 22. he position remains one of increased tension inte-nationally but of complete calm and unabated fin, m in London, states Reuter’s lobby correspondent. here have been no indications of any exceptional <!< opments. Among many matters
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      Crisis Over The Week-End?
      1239 1 POLAND PREPARED Hitler’s Speech Expected To Be Sensational Warsaw, August 21. Well-inforined circles declare that the situation has increased in gravity and a crisis might be expected towards the end of the week, the Polish pvess especially considering the virulence of German propaganda remarkably restrained. The
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    PERTH ARREST
    53 1 —Reuter. Charge Under Official Secrets Act London, August 21 William Brand, a 28-vear-old rad.o engineer, was charged at Perth Police Court with an offence under the Official Secrets Acts Brand was remitted to the sheriff. He was unwell and spent the night in the local infirmary with detectives
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    In Paris Yesterday
    51 1 British War LESLIE HO 'iE-BEL(SHA ond Foreif/n Minister GEORGES BONNET <Ls( usst/x/ Arcjix-Frcnch military questions in Paris. It is learnt, Reuter says, that M. Daladier, the Fretuh Premier, has acacepted Mr. Hore-Belisha’s invAtatvjn to {.-'.'eut.' the peak period of the British Army manoeuvres from Septmber H to
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    GERMANY AND RUSSIA
    162 1 —Reuter. Nowaggression Pact Sensation MOSCOW, AUGUST 22. THE OFFICIAL “TASS AGENCY” CONFIRMS THAT HERR VON RIBBENTROP WILL ARRIVE IN A FEW DAYS FOR NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE CONCLUSION OF A NON-AGGRES-SION PACT. THE AGENCY SAYS THAT AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS, FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRADE AND CREDIT
    —Reuter.  -  162 words
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    36 Japanese Bombers Raid Kating
    131 1 Chungking, August 22. Five Britons, including three Australians and a Canadian fthree of them women) and an American woman had a narrow during a raid by 36 Japanese bombers on Rating last Saturday according to foreign reports received here. One foreign report estimates the casualties
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    Flood Causes A Further Drop In Dollar
    134 1 Reuter. Peiping, August 21. Trade in North China is virtually at a standstill as a result of the disastrous Tientsin floods which caused a drop in the local exchange value of the Chinese national dollar from 4d. to 3d. The railway service has
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    Shanghai Faced With New Crisis Following Shooting
    839 2 Japanese take GRAVE VIEW Emergency Meeting On Flagship Shanghai, Aug. 21. A critical situation promises to develop in Shanghai as a result of the shooting incident in which twio members of the Japanese fostered Chinese Police were killed and two others wounded. The
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    STATE OF EMERGENCY IN TIENTSIN
    348 2 .—Reuter. Result Of Heavy Floods Tientsin Aug. 21 A state of emergency is expected to be proclaimed today in consequence of floods which inundated parts of Tientsin. The whole surrounding countryside is converted into a vast lake. An endless procession of Chinese fleeing from flood
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    STOCK MARKETS DEPRESSED
    59 2 —Reuter. Due To International Uncertainties London, August 21 International uncertainties have depressed the stock markets, dealers marking down prices severely to discourage selling of which there is little evidence. Gilt-edged led the fall, War Loan 31 per cent, at 89 reaching the lowest level in its present
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    FRENCH PRISONERS
    51 2 —Reuter. All To Be Released By Spanish Government Paris, August 21. Following the personal intervention of M. Bonnet and the demarche by M. Petain to the Spanish Foreign Ministry confirmed here, the Spanish Govern-, ment has decided to release all French prisoners of war now in Spanish concentration
    —Reuter.  -  51 words
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    FOUNT CIANO
    33 2 —Reuter. Returning To, Rome From Albania Tirana, August 21. Oount Ciano who arrived on Sunday morning lor a lightning tour of Albania left Durazzo in the afternoon for Rome by air.—Reuter.
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    GERMAN CREDITS FOR RUSSIA
    141 2 .—Reuter. Signing Of New Trade Pact Moscow, Au<g. 20. It is officially announced that the Soviet-German trade and credit agreement was signed in Berlin yesterday, (providing German credit to Russia for 200,000,000 Reichs marks for seven years at five per cent interest for the purchase of
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    ZIONISTS URGE MODERATION
    163 2 .—Reuter. Jewish Terrorism Condemned Geneva, August 21. The idea of Jewish, terrorism was condemned by speakers at the Zionist Congress. Berl Katznelson, one of the most influential Jewish Labour leaders, declared that spiritual and moral submission to the Mufti would be sheer folly and anyhow, would have
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    MOSCOW STAFF TALKS
    23 2 Reuter. Moscow, August 21. The staff talks between. the British Flench and Russian delegations were resumed after a three-day interval.—
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    SOLUTION NO NEARER IN DANZIG
    557 2 War Likely If Nazis Continue Metho London, A; j. t 21 A week of hurried comings and goings on the C 1114 nl h brought the solution of immediate problems no neao rJ Times. The whole British people realise that ent, vs if ahead. They
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    SHE LOST BOWER TO SMILE
    394 2 Paid £2lo—lo BE Made Young JUSTICE CASSELS awarded £7BB damages and costs in the 1 11 King’s Bench Division to a 51-years-old widow, Mrs. Mabel Stafford Shallard, of Downside-crescent, N.W., who was induced to enter a “Natural Health Clinic” in Knightsbridge, S.W., for rejuvenation, and
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    POLAND & HUNGARY
    92 2 POLAND HUNGARY Reuter V/ireks* Traditional I ri< lul-Jiip* Stressed By Press Budapest, August 21 The Press is discussing Hungary’s tra ditional friendship with Poland and how this can be reconcJ'-d with -h». foreign policy which ca only harmony with the Axis. The newspaper A- m > '<n friendsnip with Poland
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    FIRTH OF CLYDE
    74 2 Reuter Navigation \Var« ?ng Hf New Obstrin T n l 't 20 t thf" A navigational wan BBC. tonight disclot would be placed at Fir y day between the Clocii shire coast and Dunoo* The announcer expl > short buoy painted in red blat)( flashes and a
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    CANAL ZONE
    54 2 Reuter. Egvpt Not With Barra< Cairo. f(f (h 9 It is understood international situ of economy, the 1 cided not to P> f l .h< present, with the n of the Canal zon It is recalled tl intended for the Bi i j when it was to move
    _ Reuter.  -  54 words
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    FORMER MALAYAN DOCTOR FACES BIGAMY CHARGE
    487 3 Marriage In Belgrade To j Servant Girl “THIS LADY KNEW I WAS MARRIED” J) R ROBERT ALBERT MOSTYN HOOPS, 63, described as formerly of Malaya, whose address was given as the Overseas luh, Park-place, St. James. S.W., was, in London on Aug. 9. committed
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    INQUIRY INTO OFFICER'S DEATH
    139 3 h|b«t E. Bateman s IMdriice I Singapore. I in. Miss Elizat l; t ,:i on Saturday I resumed inquiry I r, the Singapore I of Lieut. M:cI who died from motor accident on K?. .n no the morning of Epst j I which took a few
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    "This Is 1939 And Not 1800, Says Magistrate
    93 3 it kn w that there is 1 order to teach it can even be is 1339 and not t P.i. 1 A the Third Ma- 1.'.!.'. ;r Ahen he convictwoman named >r causing hurt < led Subrama- aas a relative of P'
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    S'PORE WEDDING
    81 3 4nd Miss I. Bohn l(r Singapore. il year student 1 pita! and son of Singapore, k. zabeth Theresa and Mrs. Andre R?*,,, “ganore, at the 1 ><i Shepherd on Maun took the ither, the bride Ith long sleeves I Hit headdress, I me by a wreath arried a
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    HEAD BOY TO BE TRIED AT ASSIZES
    165 3 No Signs Of Mental Derangement Singapore. “The medical report shows that accused has been kept under observation. The doctor thinks there is no symptom of mental derangement and in his opmion the accused is of sound mind and fit to stand his trial.”
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    WARY MAGGIRE
    13 3 iO-year-old r< .->3, photolb Capt. /,of the I I (X (A
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    SOLDIERS FROM INDIA
    264 3 Singapore Plans Big Tea-Partv MR. ABDOOLCADER TO PRESIDE Singapore. JJRITISH and Indian officers of the Indian forces now stat oned in Singapore, are to be entertained at a tea party organised by Indians of Singapore who are proud of the fact that soldiers from their country have
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    BRITISH BEAUTY TEAM OFF TO SWEDEN
    48 3 EARL DE LA WARR, President of the Board of Education, shaking hands •with Lady David DouglasHamilton at Liverpool Street Station, before she left with a team of Health and Beauty teachers for Sweden-, to take part in the Lvngiad Festival at Stockholm.
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    GUARDSMAN WAS AFRAID—
    90 3 Begin? 1 Frank Thorne, aged 23 joined the Grenadier Guards. He enjoyed his training, and appeared to be making good progress. Then he was moved to London. But he was “genuinely frightened at having to wear a tunic and bearskin," and took a job as an Army
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    MALAYAN ESTATE OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION
    618 3 Deficit Shown In Annual Report Kuala Lumpur. THE eighth annual report of the Malayan Estate Owners’ Association, which will be presented at the annual meeting of the association in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, Aug. 26, states: “The accounts for the year under review show an excess
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    PUNCHED WAITRESS AT MARKET
    359 3 Magistrate’s Difficulty In Assault Case ■ulf Singapore. A FINE of $25, in default one month’s imprisonment, was passed by Mr. L.C. Goh, in the Singapore Fifth Police Court on Saturday, on a young Cantonese, Wong Leung, alias Sa Lai Chua, who had pleaded guilty to a
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    ALLEGED ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF RUBBER COUPONS
    525 3 Charge Against Malays Fails Seremban. TN the Rembau pol ce court, before Inche Osman bin Haji Sa’at ADO., Rembau. two Malays were charged b> th? 0.C.P.D., Tampin. Inche Abdul Jalil, with having been found in illegal possession of rubber coupons. Tengku Ismail defended the
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      123 3 Any soreness, bleeding or sponginess of the gums means that they are unhealthy. 11 ou are urged to use Gibbs “SR? without delay. Most Dentists now prescribe Gibbs “S.R.” both for the treatment and prellJjXrni vention of bad gums. j* M “I came across a patient, to whom I had
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  • DAILY INDIA PAGE
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      750 Emigrants To Ceylon Detained
      315 4 GOVERNMENT BAN AT WORK Itamnad, Aug. 3. A S the result of the prohibition of the emigration of unskilled labour to Ceylon from India, about 300 unskilled labourers, who were ready to be sent to Ceylon by the Ceylon Labour Commissioner, at the Mandapam Quarantine
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      Calcutta's Urgent Call For Iron Lung
      125 4 PLANE NOT BIG ENOUGH TO CONVEY IT Colombo. A N urgent ’phone message from Calcutta was received in Colombo asking whether it was possible to lend the iron lung now at the General Hospital. The lung was wanted for a patient in Calcutta who
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      INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION
      473 4 Revised Draft Held Satisfactory Simla, August 10. r pHAT His Excellency the Viceroy has summoned several Princes to Simla in the third week of August for final discussion on points of difference in the revised draft Instrunent of Accession is denied here as absolutely incorrect. It is
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      A.R.P. OFFICER FOR EVERY PROVINCE
      96 4 Nation-Wide Civil Defence Scheme Simla. A. R. P. officers who will work under an all-Indian co-ordinating officer at the centre are to be appointed for each province under a scheme drawn up by the Govern ment cf India. In the provinces, area committee 0 will
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      FAMINE THREAT IN KATHIAWAR
      224 4 Sequel To Failure Of Rains Abmedaoad Gujarat art! Kathiawar are threatened with serious famine if the present drought continues more. Disquieting reports regard ng the failure of rains are pouring in at Congress and district officers’ headquarters. The situation in some parts of Gujarat, especially in
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      COTTAGE INDUSTRIES IN MYSORE
      156 4 Three-year Development Scheme Bangalore, Aug. 3. According to the three-year plan of development of rural and cottage industries in Mysore; recently sanctioned by the Mysore Government, a sum of Rs. 50.000 has been set apart for the cuiTent year for demonstrations and other developmer.t work in
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      Plan To End Congress Dictatorship
      345 4 ATTEMPT TO UNITE NONCONGRESS GROUPS Poona, Aug. 5. A N appeal to non-Congress groups, both in the legislatures and outside to rally together to break “the tyranny of the Congress Dictatorship” and to devise a genuine programme of mass welfare, without prejudice to their individual
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      ABERDARE
      22 4 ABERDARE cables being shipped for transport to Norway etie of the 14 countries to which this firm is exporting its products.
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      DISCONTINUANCE OF SATYAGRAHA Mr. Nehru On Hyderabad Settlement
      373 4 Nagpur, Aug. 9. am giad to learn that the long and distressing episode of Arya > Samaj Satyagraha in Hyderabad has come to an end,” said Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru in an interview when the news of the calling off of the movement
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      RELEASE OF SETH JAMNALAL BAJAJ
      136 4 Jaipur Citizens Organist- Public Reception r™, Jaipur, August 9 The release ord, i lni to Seth Jamnalal Baj i Inspector-Gener il > Soon after hi leaders met Seth Jamnalal garlanded him. Seth Jamnalal Bajaj u city tomorrow evening, when h be accorded a public >■<■
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      CADETS FOR DEBRA DUN ACADEMY
      223 4 Number To Be Increased Simla, August 1. In order to increase the number of cadets from the Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun, who are qualified for commissions in the Indian Artillery, Indian Engineers and Indian Corps of Signals, it has been decided, announces a communique,
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      500 CHOLERA DEATHS A WEEK
      64 4 AH abaiL .1 haw Half a million ibo already b en ma'le I of the Unite I Prov i *0 check the epide» which has been sw < plan. The epidemic, wr two months ago, 1 <-ver ‘he Provi’.ces hilly districts. «h Its toll, which
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      127 4 IFe’re Got To lie Prepared SEE THE BRITISH A.R.P. FILM “THE WARNING 5 Paused Uncut by The Cinema Appeal Board The Most Realistic Picture of This War-Scared Era. The First Film. Ever Made in which all Branches of the Services Civilian A.R.P. have participated. SCREENING TOGETHER WITH Columbia’s Timely Thrilling
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      88 4 NOTICE Owing to the Half of theatires in ®saBin» the Municipid e with theatre will be tomorrow. '‘Y arw} QUEEN’S Opening 's IRENE DIJNNIk Extend you an inviti In Then ‘INVITATION T(i HAPPI The Finest PicturThe Scr A Paramon with CHARLIE RUGGLr T COLLIER, sr COOK All in a Day’s
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  • DAILY CHINA PAGE
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      Ironsides’ Commanders Retort To Wangs Appeal
      384 5 HINESE CAN NEVER BE DECEIVED Nation Solidly Behind Generalissimo Hongkong, August 14. E recent broadcast speech made in Canton by Wang Ching-wei, the deposed Party leader, who it present leading the Japanese-sponsored “peace” vement, drawn forth a chorus nf condemnation ,c rebuff. It may
      i y the puppet organs.—Central News  -  384 words
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      CHINESE TENNIS CHAMPIONS
      44 5 il News. \X ithdrawal From Games Hcngkong, August 14. i protest to the anti-Chinese tit in Siam, Chinese tennis mis have dec ded to withdraw Hongkong exhibition games visiting Siamese team this hile the Chinese community led to boycott the matches.
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      TUNGSTEN OUTPUT
      44 5 U News. ’♦cord Production Expected Its believe that Chma will be maintain a high output record because the important producit res of tungsten are in south province, north Kwangtung and south Hunan province, i the Chinese control and retrain the actual warfronts.
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      SOVIET PLANES VISIT TOKIO
      49 5 < Central News Hongkong, A ugust 14 ii ntsin dispatch states that a i of Soviet scouting planes on 11 reconnoitered over Tokio for iur without dropping any bombs, ily 17. the message adds, Soviet icconno’tered Changchun, the houkuo” capital, for half an r Central News
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      Attention!
      15 5 Attention! soldier .gives the salute as General Chiang passes by on his morning stroll.
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      SURRENDERING OF THE FOUR CHINESE
      270 5 Chinese Press Criticise London’s Wisdom Chungking, August 14. T h e local press editorially questioned London’s wisdom in surrendering the four Chinese .to the “local court” in Tientsin and London’s general tendency to submit to Japan during the Tokyo negotiations. .—Central News The “Sin Hua
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      3-DAY BATTLE IN N. HUNAN
      155 5 Chinese Attack In South Shansi Milo, Hunan, August 8 (Central). A three-day battle was fought between Chinese and Japanese troops which met, by chance, south of Yanglowsze and Chaolichiao, in North Hunan. The Japanese were routed on the morning of August 6. They left more
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      FLOOD WATERS REACH SIUWU
      38 5 Loyang, August 7 (Central). Flood waters of the Tsin River, a tributary of the Yellow River, in North Honan, which overflowed its banks recently, have now reached Siuwu, important town in the Tao-kow-Chinyhua Railway.
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      CHUNGKING-MANILAHONG KONG RADIOPHONE
      287 5 CHUNGKING-MANILA-HONG KONG RADIOPHONE Chinese Premier Inaugurates Service Chungking, August 15. a new milestone of China’s international communication, the radiophone service between Chungking and Hongkong arid between Chungking and Manila was ’naugurated today. The occasion was marked by a brief ceremony in which Dr. H. FL Kung, the Premier, talked with
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      AMERICAN LADY INSULTED
      79 5 —Central News. Immediate Apology By Jap. Consul Hongkong, August 15. A Tientsin message states that the mother of one unnamed staff member of the American Consulate in Tientsin suffered insulting treatment in the hands of the Japanese gendarmes at a search station on the Asahi Roar! in
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      MR. NI KWANG-YEN
      56 5 Central News Returning To Bangkok Kunming, August 15. Mr. Ni Kwang-yen, Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Siam, left Kunming by train for Haiphong en route to Bangkok via Saigon after over one month’s travel to the southwestern provinces to explore the poss-’bil’ties of investments
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      BRITISH STEAMERS HELD UP BY JAPAN
      89 5 foreign passengers aboard. —Central News. Hongkong, August 14. Dispatches from Tientsin reveal that the Japanese military authorities have purposely delayed incoming Brit’sh steamers to enter the Tients’n harbour under the pretext of health examinations, apparently synchronizing the anti-British movement. The B. S. steamer “Shuntien”
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      JAPANESE IN LOUTIEN
      83 5 Central News. Villagers Massacred Chungking, August 14. Reports received from Kiangsi Province reveal that the Japanese troops recently massacred the people in Loutien village, southeast of Nanchang, ard then burned down the village. Details state that twice before, thn Japanese had visited Lout’en and asked the local
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      JAPANESE MAJOR KILLED
      70 5 Central News. Commander Of 58th Regiment Chungk ng. August 14. A throng of Chinese guerilla units attacked a town southwest of Nanking on August 11, resulting in a threehour severe battle and killing over 170 Japanese soldiers. Another war message says that Major Shibata. of the 58th
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      CHINESE MILITARY STRENGTH
      119 5 —Central News. Expansion In Manchuria Hongkong, August 14. Recent arrivals in Hongkong report that the gradual exnans’on of Chinese mil’tary strength n as well as the mounting of anti-Jananese sentiments among the readmits t’ ere ha”e caused the Japanese Kwantung Army much worry. Many meetings have been
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      JAPANESE WAR PRISONERS IN CHINA
      186 5 Urge Chinese To Continue Resistance i Chungking, August 14. JAPANESE prisoners interned in Sian, the capital of Shensi province in Northwest China, on August 12 addressed a telegram to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek paying deep respects and also sent another cable to the Japanese people urging
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      36 5 BOBBY BEAR'S ADVENTURES: Midnight Feast e rir&lt; lh their least then io A Onllia’it flash or lightning came. w «2iiu r Wk!re. astl Dud! Lie low, then, he won’t Know. Ah. that reveals the reasters game!
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    SECRET HEADQUARTERS FOR 'ORDERS'
    704 6 THEY SAY FIGHI WILL GO ON Dublin. Vf/HEN an Irish terrorist, deported from England, reaches DubW lin, he goes at once to a “secret address” in the Irish capital. The reason every deported I.R.A. man goes there on arrival Where Deported I.R.A Men Meet in Dublin
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    WHO ARE THEY?
    35 6 You would have difficulty in recognising the King, as he leaned casually against the stable door, watching his horse Great Truth being saddled when he and the Queen visited Sandown Park Racecourse.
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    Penniless, Wed In Cathedral
    214 6 London. Alderman pat cx&gt;llins, 81-year-old Mayor of Walsall and “King of Showland,’’ is to have the freedom of the borough conferred on him. Over 55 years in the show business, he has had an amazing career. As a child he often almost starved as he wandered
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    Vital Clue’ In Murder Of 1928
    396 6 Brighton. A BRIGHTON chimney sweep who has spent 11 years trying to prove the innocence of three men convicted of murder, believes that he has discovered a vital clue. SWEEP BELIEVES HE HAS FOUND- He hopes soon to get the whole case reonened. It
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    SHORT CUTS TO GOOD ENGLISH
    475 6 Crossword Puzzles d P, G. Wodehouse qpilE 250 foreign students who are attending- the Course .in English at the University of London by Professor Sir Denison Ross, in his inaugural add-, the crossword puzzles in “The Ti mes” and to read t P. G. Wodehouse.
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    Boys Told To Steal
    110 6 J.NLYING SQUAD men have been r drafted to Ilford and Becontree, Essex, to search for a man who has organised a gang of juvenile cycle-thieves. For some time over 50 cycles a week have been stolen tn the are:u Lnxnps and pumps have also been taken
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    WIVES GO BACK TO SCHOOL
    180 6 THREE months’ coins,has bee* instituted at Bexlej, Kent, u teach wives and mothers Cooking, marketing, food ritlue.’i kitchen economy, storage of prmisvtn.% serving of medals for invalids and children. Surrey County Council i s just completing at Marder. Park a school specially designed to train
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    "KILLING BY KINDNESS" MOTHER
    139 6 Reunion With Son Tealby, Lincolnshire. The mother whose 11-year-old son was taken from her a year ago because she was said to be “killing him by kindness” has found a way of seeing him outside official hours. She is Mrs. Rebecca Burman, a 47-year-old widow’ of
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    Tired by his long journey,
    39 6 n hi» Tired by his long journey, one of th sc little J v.isi&gt; 11 ,-&lt;1 luggage at Liverpool Street Station while waiting &gt;•’ him. He was one of 255 ciiildren who arrived in L‘&gt;nd&lt;
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    EFFICIENCY OF LOCAL A.R.P. ORGANISATION
    733 7 progressive Work At New Headquarters ECOND BLACK-OUT TEST IN SEPTEMBER &lt; 1 lON has been made to stage a second hlack-out for nang island during when it Is hoped to test furlit. A.R.I organisation, and the new sector posts recently .is a result of the
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    Wardens And Registration
    86 7 Wardens who have yet tx&gt; register their sectors are requested to do so without delay to enable registration to be completed before the end of the month. Senior Wardens rand Wardens of Pulau Tikus area are requested to attend Headquarters at 6 p.m„ Thursday, August 24. ■Senior
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    Chinese Counsellor
    416 7 Sir A. D. Blackburn For Shanghai A distinguished passenger in the person of Sir Arthur Dickinson Blackbum, K.C.M.G., C.8.E., Chinese Ooiftisellor, British Embassy, China, is due to pass through Penang on Tnursdai morning by the P. O. liner s.s. ‘Ranchi’ en route to Shanghai from London accompanied b*
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    Penang Ambulance Brigade
    501 7 J’l’Ll CATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP spon.se was received for the |orn ni the SC John Ambulance Rn g;i&lt;i hen enrolment took place jestvni-' «'venin® at 115, Anson Koad (th, pr&lt; lately occupied by the l.K.r ih&lt;e) when no fewer than 00 ,iii ms were made. Bovd-Walkcr. the local
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    "JEALOUS" LOVER ON MURDER CHARGE
    395 7 Sleeping Woman Stabbed x Kuexfc Lumpur. Jealousy was the m&lt;/tive submitted by Mr. A. J. Grattan. Bellew, D.P.P.. when lie arraigned Yu Kuan, a mid-dle-aged Caiinese, Uefore Mr. Justice Cussen and tvv»&gt; assessors, Messrs. F. Owen and Gwxa laiy Teik, at the Fourth Selangor Assizes
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    Social and Personal
    528 7 Rev. Fr. Louis Ashness of Sungei Patani has returned from a month’s holiday. Che Bahadun, Commandant. Kedah Police Depot, is in Alor Star Hospital with pneumonia. Dr. P. T. Nayar, Assistant Medical Officer. Alor Star, has gone to Singapore on leave and will be away for about
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    Volunteers Stricken Ill On Road To China
    271 7 SCARCITY OF WATER AND UNBEARABLE CLIMATE 'T'HAT some of their men were stricken ill owing to the unsuitable climate in Burma was re vealed in a letter received by the Perak Overseas Chinese in aid of the China Distress Fund from Hon Tung
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    "A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES" SAYS COUNSEL
    485 7 Court Warns Lorry Owner Believing that it was the custom to give “coffee-money” to have his vehicle passed, a lorry owner offered a sum of $2 to the Assistant Inspector of Vehicles and 20 cents to a peon in the Vehicles Office. This was
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    ANNIVERSARY OF MUKDEN INCIDENT
    46 7 Perak's Flower-Selling Campaign Ipoh. Subject to the approval of the authorities, the Pferhk Overseas Chinese in aid of the China Distress Relief Fund will launch another flower selling campaign on the occasion of the anniversary of he Mukden Incident on September 18.
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    PERAK ASSIZES OPEN
    196 7 Returned Banishee Sentenced Ipoh. The Fourth Perak Assizes commenced yesterday morning before the Hon. Mr. Justice C. M. Miuray-Aynsley when all accused were called up and tin u pleadings recorded. In the absence of Mr. T. V. A. Brodie, Assistant Legal Adviser, Perak, Mr. J. L. Woods
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      270 7 Spp Learns Secret! HW'i “Ahal” CYRILLA exclaimed. “Now I know—it’s Jcll-O Freezing Mix t hat 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 freeze. Each
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    DOING IT NOW
    443 8 QINGATORE —in other words, Malaya—is immensely strong. She is getting stronger every month. But she is highly vulnerable on the food front. That the Government realises this only too well is indicated in Sir Shenton Thomas’ recent speeches. No more announcement could have been more timely or
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    Around The Town
    101 8 WINDSOR CINEMA “Thoong Mong Chen” (Cantonese talkie) 6.30 and 930 p.m. ROYAL CINEMA “We’re Going to be Rich” 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITAL TALKIES “Hua Muk Lan” (Chinese talkie) 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. LIBERTY TALKIES “Hua Muk Lan” (Chinese talkie) 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. WEMBLEY PARK Ladies’
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    BRITISH RAILS
    77 8 —Reuter. Order By Chinese Government London, August 21. The Chinese Government Purchasing Commission has ordered from a number of British rail makers £250,000 worth ol steel rails for the Chungking-Kwen-ming Railway. The first consignment is being shipped within six weeks and other orders are being negotiated. It is
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    COUNT CSAKY BACK AT BUDAPEST
    17 8 .—Rev ter Budapest, August 21 Count Csaky returned to Budapest this morning.—Renter
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    By The Way
    471 8 Lovers 9 Lane pOURTING couples in Penang will be glad to hear that the old folk of Tver, Buckinghamshire, have won—Love-lane E to stay Love-lane.’ The Eton Rural Council wished to merge it with Swallow-street. But Love-lane holds many happy memories for the older villagers; 50 years
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    Diary of a Foreign News Editor
    524 8 Tuesday, Aug. 22. I TNDOUBTEDLY the biggest sensation this year has been provided by the news received today of negotiations for a Ger-man-Soviet non-aggression pact. The news is officially confirmed in Moscow but pending further details, the announcement should be treated with reserve. CORDING
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    Malaya Should Join Next Tin Control Scheme
    840 9 Recommendation Of Sir Lewis Fermor INVESTIGATIONS INTO MINING INDUSTRY Report Tabled At Today’s Federal Council Meeting rpilAl MALAYA should be prepared to participate O rth ,nterna *&gt;onal Tin Control Scheme in IS e ~f tl,e recommendations submitted by) &gt;ir Lewis Leigh Fermor, Kt.,
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    TUBERCULOSIS IN MALAYA
    123 9 Federal Councillor Suggests Commission Kuala Lumpur, Today. The suggestion for the appointment of a commission, composed of medical men who are in direct touch with the tuberculosis problem under the chairmanship of the Director of Medical Research, was made by the Hon. Mr. A. Arbuthnott in an
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    PLEA FOR CREATION OF DISTRICT FOOD PRODUCTION COMMITTEES
    1013 9 Hon. Mr. Yong Shook Lin’s Maiden Speech At Federal Council Kuala Lumpur. A PLEA for the formation of district, committees in connection with the Government’s measures to encourage the cultivation of foodstuffs in Malaya was made by the Hon. Mr. Yong Shc/&gt;k
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    Skoda Works Executive In Singapore
    230 9 EXTENSION OF ACTIVITIES IN FAR EAST Singapore. THE Skoda Works in the German Protectorate of Bohemia, formerly Czechoslovakia, have decided to extend their activities in the East, especially in Malaya, Thailand and Netherlands East Indies. This was revealed by Mr. C. J. Geldens, an executive
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    OFFICIAL DENIAL OF ANTI-CHINESE MOVEMENT IN THAILAND
    512 9 BELOW is a further statement denying reports to the effect that an anti-Chinese movement is proceeding in Thailand, issued today by His Thai Majesty’s Vice-Consul in Penang:— It appears from foreign reports that there is still a great deal of misunderstanding in regard
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    Wall Street Cable
    550 10 SUPPLIED BY MESSRS. ANTHONY CO. New York. August 21. The following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed to-day. DOW-JONES AVERAGES. Yesterday’s To-day’s 30 Industrials 135.11 132.81 20 Rails 26.96 26.36 15 Utilities 25.20 24.45 New York Stock Exchange, business done, total volume 850,000 shares.
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    134 10 MONDAY. AUGUST 21 Prev. Latest Paris 176 23/32 176 45/64 New York 4.68 1/16 4.68 1/8 Montreal 4.68 1/16 4.68 1/8 Brussels 27.55 3/4 27.55 3/4 Geneva 20.72 1/2 20 73 Amsterdam 8.71 1/4 872 7 8 Milan 89 I'B 89 Berlin 11.67 11.66 1,2 Stockholm 19.31 1/2
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    86 10 r.—Reuter. London, Monday. Prices were generally marked down as a (precautionary measure in view of the international situation. Selling pressure however, was only small and a steadier tone was visible near the close. International political considerations were mainly responsible for the increased buying of certain commodities including wheat
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    THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
    1829 10 Rubber Murket Shows Signs Of Animation (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, August 11. On Tuesday, only 4,972 bargains were recorded on the Stock Exchange. Immediately after an August bank holiday, it is not usual to find a great deal of business, but Tuesday’s was smaller than
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    GUTHRIE AND CO. LIMITED
    250 10 Rubber Market Report Singapore, Thursda Small factory interest in New Y &gt;rk reported during the week which ed for what little movement ther been in the market. It is reported i that the next meeting of the Intenia’. Rubber Regulation Committee wii: place on 7th September,
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    STANTON NELSON & COMPANY
    331 10 STANTON NELSON COMPANY Weekly Rubber Review Singapore, Aug. 17 The market stands stead*, as Gibraltar, unperturbed by war threats, and unmoved by peace talk. It is, unhappily, also tin moved by the strength of the statistical position, and under quiet conditions prices have fluctuated only fractionally. The physical market has
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    Girl Holds Party On Mountain Top
    181 11 Llanberis, (Carnarvonshire&gt; A coming-of-age party—with 21 guests—was held on the summit of Snowdon, highest mountain in England or Wales. Twenty-one guests drank the health of Miss Christine Gwyer, Manchester University student and daughter of Mr. A. G. C. Gwyer, of Keate House, Lymm, Cheshire.
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    MORE SHIPS, CARS, MONEY
    152 11 Britain’s idle shipping is going back &gt; use at the rate of nearly 100,DOO is a month. Britain is using and n more cars. Britain is giving e credits abroad now to the Empire. Shipping.— Idle tonnage in British rts on July Ist was 123,135 gross
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    RUBBER STOCKS
    102 11 Colony Rubber Dealers’ Stocks in tons at close ot business month ot 1939, Singapore Dry Rubber Wet Rubber 492; Total All Grades Penang Dry Rubber 3019, Wet Ix r 220; Total All Grades 3239. icua, Province Wellesley, Dindings Labuan Dry Rubber 2389, Wet &lt;ber 358; Total All Grades
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    THOMAS TOLD TO 'JUMP TO IT!'
    643 11 Sergeant Says A Thing Or Two yHOMAS ATKINSON is a little dizzy. He has just polished a floor, scrubbed a table, been told how to clean a rifle, done some drill, eaten ‘char and whads,” handled a light machine-gun, doubled round a gymnasium, listened
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    WHERE CANADA’S GOLD COMES FROM
    486 11 Ottawa, Canada. ONTARIO continues to be Canada’s principal gold producer, about fifty per cent of the Dom nlon’s production coming from the mines of the Porcup’ne and Kirkland Lake areas, accord’ng to the Department of Mines ar.d Resources, Ottawa. Other mportant gold-producing reg’ons in Ontario
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    MEBGLEMBU LODE MINING COMPANY LTD.
    359 11 Directors’ And General Managers’ Reports FOLLOWING Directors’ report of the Menglembu Lode Mining Co., Ltd., for the year ended March 31, 1931, is to be presented at the fifteenth annual general meeting at Penang on August 26: Area.— There has been no change in the
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    Green And Collier's Weekly Rubber Review
    443 11 Singapore, Friday. TLHE demand for rubber continues to he strong, but nervous forward selling is counteracting the tendency foi prices to advance. The natural strength of the commodity is, for the time being, overlooked on account of the uncertainty governing World Market conditions brought
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    HIM CHIEF’S LONELY DAUGHTER
    115 11 ATHERINA Curtiz, daughter of the noted Hungarian film director, Michael Curtiz, was found in a Hollywood hotel with her wrists slashed by a razor. Miss Curtiz, who is 24, told the police that she attempted suicide, because of her loneliness and d fficulties in a school
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    Elephant Charges Camera
    71 11 An elephant which did not want its photograph taken nearly killed Professor Geeves, a South African geologist, who is now in Nairobi Hospital. Professor Geevers was campirg in the Lake Kivu area of the Eastern Congo with a party of students when one of them tried to
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    R.A.F. MAN DECAPITATED IN PLANE
    96 11 Sergeant Ronald Jeffries Williams, an observer in a Royal Air Force bomber squadron stationed at Benson, Oxfordshire, was decapitated tn an accident at. Nottingham. While two machines were flying over the Meadows district a wing of the uppermost machine struck the cockpit of the lower
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    GENERAL MANAGERS’ REPORT
    537 11 Messrs. Osborne Chappel, Genera» Managers’ report on the mining operations carried out at Menglembu Ixxte during the year under review is as follows: The following returns from tribute operations were obtained; Company’s Leases:— Month. Output. 1938/39 Piculs. VALUE. TItIBUTE. April 55.76 2,795.4 R 979.60 May 44 17
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    THE UNHEATED GREENHOUSE
    438 12 Flowers That Will Do Well How the possessor of a cold green house must envy those who are able to provide a litt’.e heat” in then glasshouses, writes H. H. Thom's h 1 the ‘‘Daffy Telegitar/h. “A little heat” may mean a great deal more than the
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    The Mails
    464 12 Latest Posting Times Al Kua] :i Lumpur, Ipoh And Pena/. CP A U I AIR MAILS Outward EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empre Air Mail): Fu Burma (except Victoria Point)), Ir dia, Aden, Palestine, Egypt, Sudai Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanz bar, Northern and Southern Rhodesis Nyasaland, South Africa,
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    TURKEY BLAMED FOR FOOD POISONING
    184 12 Malaria Symptoms I x&gt;nd on. Dr. Stephen Rowland. Northampton Medical Officer of Health, reporting on the food poisoning of 68 men at the town’s police dinner, says the cause was imported turkev. Specimens of blood sent to the Ministry of Health Laboratory revealed an infecting
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    THOMAS TOMPION’S 300 YEARS OF FAME
    355 12 First To Make A Flat Watch 4 Fket-stieet ought to be but is not—the tercentenaiy o Tompion the father of Engj.-r masaag, writes a special corn pondent of the “Daily Telegraph July 26. His birthday is unknown t.&lt; was baptised on July 25, 1639
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    HELD UP THE HONEYMOON
    133 12 Because he "didn't want to see sister go away after her ni-irriig'-, John. Daniel Hillery, aged Penge, S.E., went av motor-cycle on which she husbard were to start on t' moon. He appeared at Court accused of drivingcycle While under th.- n drink, taking it away
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    LORD BALDWIN'S FREAK MARROW
    32 12 Lord Baldwin won 1 Astley Horticultural S' grounds of his Wore» cently. The prize was for a i"' Lord Baldwin also w&lt; for an exhibition of and fruit.
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      2790 12 in English. 2.35 Topics (English). 3.05 Pres.s Review. 3.20 The Happv Fatnih BiSg WwHMmk V-stens to hunter’s yarns. 3.35 Onward to SSE 81 wmSKS y/Kg Wm Waiareki. 3.50 A Rec. la! of Wagnerian Jr A Mraß ISS& Operas. 4.50 News and Economic Review &lt;mH SHh Wra SSUSS&%sBi WB in German.
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      366 12 the Guardsman Started Crooning on Parade, b. Everything Stops For Tea. 6) Eddie Cantor: a. What A Perfect Combination, b. Look What You've Done. 7) Gracie Fields: a. The Clockwork Courtship, b. Pass, Shoot, Goal! 8) Norman Long: a. The Single Man and the Married Man, b. She Does It
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    PENANG SHIPPING NEWS
    1484 13 Arrivals TODAY, AUGUST 22. s.s. “Tango iviaru” irom Singapore. a.a. “ut ween" irom j&ciawan-Deh, Liio-beumawe. bign, ouuun fe oienten, ijaiang, ivieuiaOon, luean, SlUauang, UanjaK-eil. bnigkel, barub, toiuulga ouU UaUaiife. s.s. “liangaiure" num ixiuaon via pons. TOMORROW, AUGUST 23. s.s. “Lima Maru’’ irom Singapore. .S.S. “Himalaya” from Colomoo.
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      577 13 BLUE FUNNEL LINE WEEKEY SERVICE TO EONoON 4 CO NT bLhNROY Calls Mars., Antwerp l&lt;« wet&gt; i'enaiig Due London ANTKNOR Calls Marseilles Aug 24 Se P l 20 MENELAUS Hull 1 1 Sept. 27 M&gt; S-...1CE TO EIVEKI-OOE VIA MYRMIDON UJ| Calls Jeddah. Omits Havre Liverpool' TEUCtL.it Ita Havr e
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      701 13 P JP T A and I Ct V BRITISH INDIA (Incorpozrted In England) SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. RANCHI” SAILING THLRSDAV, 24th AUGUST, 19.39. Penlnsular anJ Oriental S. N. Co, under For Teluk Anson. Baran Datoh. PoK. contract with His Majesty’s Government Swettrnbam Malarra and Bmaanora London and Far East Mail
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    Germany’s Smashing Win Over Britain In Athletics Contest
    679 14 The overwhelming defeat of Great Britain at the hands of Germany in their athletics contest at Cologne during the week-end is evidence that Germany continues to make big strides in the field of sport and will make a big bid for honours
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    DAY’S GOLF IN FIVE COUNTRIES
    76 14 THE TWO GOLFERS whom you see walking from their plane at Blackpool played, golf in five countries in one daM for wagers of nearly £lOO. They are Sidney Gleave (left), who piloted the plane, and Ernest Smith, a Manchester professional. They played matches of 18
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    NO NEWCOMER, BUT SEVERAL DEPARTURES
    647 14 Penang’s Hockey Strength This Season CHONG JIN’S RETURN (By “Alaska”) is to be no reinforcement of Penang’s hockey strength this season; we shall have the services of Wee Chong Jin, who won Crusaders’ colours at Cambridge, but, strictly speaking, this cannot be said to be
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    FIRST CLASS AVERAGES
    474 14 Home Cricket London, Aug. 7. BELOW are the first-class cricket averages:— Batting Not Highest Inns. Out Runs Score Aver. G. Headley 27 6 1635 234* 77.85 Compton (D 37 5 2125 214* 66.40 W.R. Hammond 34 5 183 2 302 63.1 t Hutton 38 3 2085 280*
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    Locke Again Beats Burton
    404 14 CHALLENGE GOLF MATCH DOBBY LOCKE, the 5,., African, again beat I hard Burton, Open golf ch pion, when they met ove holes at Selsdon Park. time they met, over 72 ho Mere, Locke won by 11 ar. this time he won by 5 and Burton made
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    RACEHORSE DEAD IN PADDOCK
    161 14 Lord Derby’s Caerleon Newmarket, August 7. Caerleon. the Earl of Derby’s 12-year-old stallion, who wan the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown in 1931, was found dead in a paddock at his owner’s Side Hill stud at Newmarket this morning. He had been removed from his night quarters
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    ALICE CROONS GOOD-BYE
    39 14 Mi ss Alice Mar ble, Wimbledon champion, intf before camera at Alexandra Fab’ when she to&lt; part in the t vision p 1 gramme. ‘W light She ed for t h Ur the follow in day.
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    Brilliant Century By Weekes
    616 15 I,—Reuter. FINAL TEST AT OVAL West Indies 395 For 6 At Close London, August 21. "PI IL West Indies did well to score 395 for six in it ply to England’s total of L&gt;2 in the second day of the Pinal Test at the Oval toda\.
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    PROGRAMME FOR FIRST DAY OF SINGAPORE RACES
    1392 15 Below is the programme for the first day’s races of the Singapore Gold Cup Meeting next Saturday. HORSES —Class I—Division1 —Division I —6 Furlongs 22 1 Royal HAMPTON 5y 9.07 "Mr. Cheah” Van Breukelen 4 0 0 EASTERN KNIGHT 8y 813 "Wearne Kongsi”
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    Blue Bird II
    198 15 ’—B.O.W. Novel Departure In Design Rugby, August 21. The most significant feature of Sir Malcolm Campbell’s new .speed record of 1412 m.p.h. is the success of the novel departure in design. The increase of speed was not gained by the piling on of horsepower. The engine was
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    FIRST ALL-AUSTRALIAN FINAL AT AMERICAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    109 15 Brooklines (Mass.), Aug. 21. JN the first All-Australian final since the inauguration of the American national lawn Tennis championships in 1881. Adrian Quist and John Bromwich beat Jack Crawford and H. C. Hopman B—6-1, 6—4. Reuter. Quist and Bromwich reached the final by
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    RYDER CUP GOLF
    52 15 Reuter. British Team Against U.S.A. London, August 21. The fallowing goffers have been chosen to play in {he Ryder Cup match against America at Ponte Vedra, Florida, on November 18 and 19 Henry cotton, James Adams. Richard Burton, Sam King Alfred Padgham, Dai Rees, Charles Whitcombe and
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    TODAY’S SPORTS DIARY
    56 15 SOCCER: P.F.A. League, Div. 2 Garrison “B“ v. M.R.C., Glugor; I.R.C. “B” v. G.T.S., Hospital ground; M.D. S.C. v. P.C.F.A. “B,” Renong ground; E.S.C. v. M.S.S., Dato Kramat ground. TENNIS: P.S.C. tournament. BADM I ATON: A C.S. Union tournament. RUGGER: C.R.C. .practice game, Victoria Green, 5.15 p.m.
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    TABLE-TENNIS
    87 15 Min Sin Seah “B’*’ Beat A. C. S. U. Juniors Playing the A.C.S. Union Juniors at their premises on Sunday, the Min Sin Seah “B”, defeated them by 4 ties to 1 in a match consisting of 5 singles. Results (Min Sin Seah players mentioned first): Chan Slew Chong
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      196 15 have YOU t* TODAY the welfare of your family seems secure. You have a good job, good health, and are able to provide your wife and children with all the comforts of life. But is their welfare really secure? Remember it all depends on you. Why not obtain real family
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    ARTFUL SAILOR AND WAETERE IN GREAT FORM
    317 16 Fast Work On Bukit Timah Course LOGUE’S HORSES IN GOOD CONDITION (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. r J I HERE was quite a large crowd present this morning at Bukit Timah racecourse to watch the training in ’preparation for the Singapore Autumn
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    From Frying Pan Into Fire
    90 16 A CHINESE, while cycling alon g Macalister Road at 11 o'clock last night, \\as chased by a barking dog which had sudden- i ly emerged from a house. He lifted his leg to kick at the beast, I but in doing so he veer- cd
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    PENANG HOCKEY
    64 16 Old Xaverians v. Indian Association Oil the S.X.I. field on August 27 at 5.15 f».tn. sharp:— O.X.A. -Georgie Lim; Lim Cheng Hoe, "V. R ‘.mu; Beok Eye, Frank Lopez, Anthony Muthu; Toh Ch’n Guan, «Joseph Head. Chris Danker, Dr. N. A. I’orera and George Dai ng. Reserves—L. Lopez,
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    P.S.C. Tennis Fixtures For Today
    54 16 Mixed Doubles —4O Mrs. Purcell and Huarko v. —3O Mrs. Palmer and Perry. Men’s Doubles —l5 4 Francis and Wraight v. 4-2 Willson and Rapkin. Men’s Singles “B”: 4-15 J. E. Miller v Scr. F. j. McAra. Men’s Singles “A”: —30.5 T. W Hickey v.
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    REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS
    178 16 Bill Read Second Time At Federal Council (Prom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Today. Unanimous support was received from all sides of the house when the Business Registration I Bill was read a second time at the meeting of the Pcderal Council this morning. The Hon. Mr.
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    PENANG SPORTS CLUB GOLF
    117 16 Result Of August Men’s Medal The August Men’s Medal (Staple ford) competition of the Penang Sports Club, played on Aug. 19 and 20. resulted as follows: G. Halliday 34 scr. =34 R. H. Williams 264-6% =32% D. P. White 27-4-5% =32% T. E. Hastie 27-4-4% =31%
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    CALL-OVER FOR ST. LEGER
    72 16 -—Reuter. Blue Peter 11 To 8 Favourite London, August 21. Tonight’s call-over for the St. Leger is as follows: 1118 Blue Peter taken and offered. 914 Pharis II offered, 5(2 taken. 10|l Heliopolis offered, 100]9 taken. 10] 1 A tout Maitre offered. 100!6 Quick Ray, Galatea
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    "Hungary Not Asked For Anything---" -COUNT CSAKY
    97 16 —Reuter. Budapest, August 22. “Neither in Germany nor in Italy has any one demanded or asked anything from the Hungarian Government or its Foreign Minister,” declared Count Csaky tonight. In Brussels it is considered certain that the proposed conference will he entirely devoted
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      113 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO's QUOTATIONS TIN BU &gt; erS S WS Ampat d 3/S 4/ A. Amalgamated «&gt;/» Batu Selangor Berjuntjai Hitam 32 Jelebu 48 K. Kamunting W l Kamra r 4 J Kramat 9/8 J Kuchai 112 Laruts Pangnga River 5/9 6/3 Petalings 6.40 6.50 Rahman Hyd. 99 Rantau 122
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