Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 August 1939

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY V, -I Vol. XCVIL THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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    TERMS OF SOVIET-GERMAN PACT
    339 1 .—Reuter. To Be In Force For Ten Years NO ATTACK ON EACH OTHER Nor Support For Third Power BERLIN, AUGUST 24. THE RUSSO-GERMAN PACT OF NON-AGGRES-SION, TO REMAIN IN FORCE FOR TEN YEARS, WAS SIGNED IN MOSCOW' LAST NIGHT BY HERR VON RIBBENTROP AND M. MOLOTOV
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    HITLER'S REPLY TO BRITISH NOTE
    691 1 many Will Stand Up For Her Rights 11 ELL-INFORMED CIRCLES OPTIMISTIC No Panic At All In Poland Berlin. August 24. he official German News Agency has issued a »taimeiit as follows: “The Fuehrer left the British te Meador in no doubt that the obligations entered
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    PRECAUTIONS IN HONGKONG
    70 1 Renter. Hongkong, August 24. As a further precautionary measure, foreign worn' i rnd Children living in Stone Cutters and Stanley have been requested to move to town while it is learned that the families of Army and Navy personnel have been ordered to hold their baggage tn
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    Seven Neutral Powers Appeal For Peace
    117 1 Reuter. Brussels, Aug. 24. An appeal to all nations to submit their differences to conciliation was made by King Leopold broadcasting ,from the Royal Palace a joint state- ment on behalf of himself, the Queen of Holland, the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg, the Kings
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    SALVATION ARMY
    67 1 Reul er. Several Nominations Accepted London. Aug. 23 The Salvation Army High Council is meeting at Clapton to elect a new General to replace General Evangeline Booth who is retiring. After several days’ discussion the following have accepted nomination: Commissioner Catherine Bramwell Booth, Commissioner George Carpenter (Canada), Lieut.-Commissioner
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    PREMIER TO MAKE STATEMENT
    262 1 —Reuter. Today s Meeting Of Parliament London, August 24. I The House of Commons will meet at I 2.45 p m. today; when the Prime MinisI ter is expected to make a compreheni sive statement on the international situation last ng about an hour in pro-
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    OSLO POWERS
    63 1 s.—Reuter. Opening Of Conference At Brussels Brussels, August 23. Switzerland has declined to participate in the Oslo Powers Conference opening here today.The Oslo Powers conference began this morning under the presidency of Prime Minister Pierlot. The international sitwa tion was discussed. The Oslo Conference adjourned until 4 p.m
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    CRISIS NEWS FROM VARIOUS CENTRES
    353 1 .—Reuter. PARIS Posters informing citizens that the 1 right of requisitioning begins at mid- I night appear at the outdoor offices and wireless stations. —Reuter. ROME Newspapers today continue to devote much comment to the visit of Herr von Ribbentrop to Moscow and forecast grand
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    BRITISH AMBASSADOR FLIES TO SEE HITLER
    701 2 intimation Of Firm Attitude GERMANY NOT IMPRESSED .Will Not Let British Pledge Affect Her “Rights” Berlin, August 23. The British Cabinet’s announcement that the impending Berlin-Moscow pact' will have no influence on its attitude towards Poland does not perturb Germany, it is declared in
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    ON KOWLOON BORDER
    107 2 Reuter. Bridges To Be Dismantled Hongkong, Aug. 23. Reuter learns that orders have been given for the dismantling of all bridges leading from the Chinese into British territory. New interest is imparted to the Japanese military concentration on the Chinese side of the border by the arrival
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    I.R.A. BILL IN EIRE
    131 2 Reuer. Special Courts 1 o Be Set Up Dublin, August 23. A proclamation issued by the Government last night biings into force the remaining parts of the Offences against the State Act passed early this year under which already the IRA. has been declared illegal. The
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    SHANGHAI INCIDENT
    75 2 —Reuter. Municipal Conn cil's Reply To Japanese Shanghai. August 23. The Shanghai Municipal Council has replied to Mr. Fu Siao-ens protest saying that the responsibility for the shooting incident rests with his regime and no blame can be attached to -Sergeant Kinloch who. it is contended, was fired
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    SLOVAK DEMAND
    69 2 1. —Reuter. For Return Of Ceded Territories Prague, August 23. About 100,000 people, it is estimated, were present at a mass meeting at Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, to demand the return to Slovakia of territories ceded to Poland last autumn. Two Jewish synagogues were wrecked at the
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    GREEK RESERVE OFFICERS
    33 2 .—Reuter. Athens, August 23. The War Ministry announced that reserve officers who have finished training will be released simultaneously with the calling up of the 1935 and 1936 classes. —Reuter.
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    MOSCOW STAFF TALKS
    64 2 —Reuter. Not To Be Broken Off Paris, Aug. 23. According to “L’lntransigeant,” it has been decided by Paris and London, working in complete agreement to interrupt but not to break off the staff talks at Moscow. A Moscow message states that it is revealed today that the
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    CO-OPERATION OF EMPIRE
    198 2 '—Reuter. Assurance To Britain Canberra. August 23 Britain will have our fullest co-oper-ation in her magnificent efforts to avoid insanity and injustice,"' declared the Prime Minister. Mr. Menzies, in a statement to the press. He added that it was a cardinal error for any other country to
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    TIENTSIN FLOODS RISING
    128 2 —Reuter. Japanese Blockade Maintained Tientsin, August 23. Tientsin is now completely’ under flood waters which in some places are seven feet deep. The water is steadily rising. There is no electric power in the British Concession but water is still available. Communication is only possible by boats
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    MALTA MEASURES
    33 2 .—Reuter. Barbed Wire Defences Electrified Malta, August 23. Barbed wire defences on the coast have been electrified as part of the military precautions. All personnel are fully prepared for any emergency.—Reuter.
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    PEACE FRONT "NOT FRIGHTENED"
    804 2 Reuter. Calm Reiteratio of gin Pledge To Pola d London. 9 The calm reiteration of Britain’s pledge to {j n Germany’s startling tactical manoeuvre is a feat the headlines. At the same time much space is devot. t atl P to assess the exact implication of
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    ANOTHER INCIDENT ON POLISH FRONTIER
    101 2 —Reuter. Warsaw, August 23. FRONTIER incident is reported from Polish sources at Czonstochowa where it is stated that three German soldiers crossed the frontier seeking German deserters. The Polish guard ordered the Germans back. The Germans refused and the Poles fired. Tt is believed that
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    LABOUR ATTITUDE
    44 2 Reuter. No Weakening Of Polity Of Resistance London. Aiieu-t 23 The National Council < a communique ing the internal ion > again declared its < peaceful settlemi nt ot disputes but rep< of the Labour m be no weakening resistance to any fur Germany. —Reuter.
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    SOUTH RHODESIA
    34 2 ,—Reuter. Emergency •’<>"< r Legislation Bui;' ntn The Southern Rm ~i been summoned for ;mj[ar to August 28 to < i gjj] In the. Emergency I Britain. The enr fence volunteers b< morrow. —Reuter.
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    COLONEL BECK
    21 2 —Reuter. Conh‘ r< ,l< "d' Anibas<ul‘' Amoa^ dors Col. Beck o to Britain, France terday and conferi considerable tinn
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    LORD HALIFAX
    28 2 Reuter. i j v :;.30 To Broadcast G.M.T- ioi' l 1 jroa<F Lord Halifax cast at 8.30 p.m < Downing Stre< laved throughout United SUatcß.— R‘ J
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    KING RETURNING TO LONDON
    39 2 .—Reuter. Privy Council Today London, August 23. It is officially announced that the King is returning to London from Balmoral and is travelling south tonight. He will hold a Privy Council at Buckingham Palace tomorrow.—Reuter.
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    PROTECTING SINGAPORE BASE FROM "BACK DOOR" ATTACK
    207 3 Chain Of R.A.F. Stations In Malaya 12 AERODROMES READY FOR USE Singapore. i is believed that R.A.F. planes will henceforth be stationed at aerodromes other than those of Singapore, with the aim of establishing a chain of R.A.F. stations linked with the Singapore
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    MR. LAI TET LOKE
    176 3 Tribute In Federal Council Kuala Lumpur FITTING tribute to Mr. Lai Tct Loke who had s nee the last meeting of the Federal Council retired, was paid- by Mr. Hugh Fraser, the Federal S» cretary. on Tuesday. He said, “Mr. Lai Tet Loke has o rved
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    NEW VENTURE TO MALAYA
    342 3 Services Club Opened Singapore A venture entirely new to Malaya came to fruition with the official opening at Changi of the Garden Club, a social and recreational centre for the junior N.C.O. s and Gunners of the 3rd A.A. Regiment. RA. The garden club owes its
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    Important Rubber Case
    367 3 EXCESS STOCK ALLEGED Singapore. FWNHE summons case against Aik Hoe -I and 'Ltd., in which the firni is alleged to have stocked nearly 3,000 piculs of rubber in, excess of the amounts shown in the ledgers of the <Controller of Rubber, occupied ,a full •day’s hearing before
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    TAMIL CLAIMS TRIAL
    127 3 Kuala Lumpur. Charged with dishonestly inducing one W'. Appacutty to deliver to him $l5, a Tamil named Muragesu claimed trial before Mr. R. C Redman, the First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. C. S. K. Bovell, the prosecuting officer, stated that it was alleged that on Aug. 2
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    TRIAL OF NINE COOLIES
    376 3 Alleged Rioting On Estate Klang. f "tHE defence in the case in which I ten Tamil labourers of North Hammock Estate are being charged with rioting and voluntarily causing hurt to the manager, Mr. F. S. Thompson,. the assistant manager, Mr. J. C. C. Moss, .and
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    HIRE PURCHASE BREACH
    191 3 Car Sold Before Full Payment Was Made Kuala Lumpur. A fine of $35 was imposed on a Chinese hamed Lim Choon Bo>, w’ho pleaded guilty on Tuesday afternoon before Mr. R C. Redman, the First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, in the Police Court, to criminal breach of trust
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    Londoners Spent £225,000 On Tim
    82 3 E the TIM telephone time service was bePfun in London on July 24, 1936, there have been 54,000,000 occasions on which the public thought it worth a penny to find out the exact *ime. Reporting this in a Parliamentary answer, the Postmaster-General said there were
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    Boy Fatally Bitten By Snake
    201 3 Malacca H°r an 18-months-old Malay child died as a result of snake bite was related at an inquiry before Mr. J. G. Rappoport in the Coroner’s Court on Saturday. Ali bin Ja’aafar said that on July 28, his son, the deceased, was in the compound
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    DOUBT IN BLACK-OUT CASE
    393 3 Question Of Whose Watch Was Right Singapore. T HE question as to what time the air raid sirens were sounded during the last Singapore black-out was an important point in a case in the Singapore Second Court when A.E. Beavis, a European, was acquitted on a
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    COOLIE CRUSHED TO DEATH
    278 3 No One To Blame, Says Coroner Singapore IN an effort to stop a heavy laden truck that was moving down a slight gradient in the Singapore Harbour Board wharves on the morning of Aug. 18, a Harbour Board coolie, K. Nallaya, was crushed to death between
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  • DAILY INDIA PAGE
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      Japanese Attitude Towards Indians
      315 4 London. to a recent statement made by General Sir Hubert Gough G.C.8., that Japan aims at the conquest of India, Sir Philip Hartog, K.B.E in a letter to the Sunday Times,’ London., recalls a conversation that he had at the Darjeeling I'lub m the summer of
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      INDIA REVIEWS WAR-TIME RESERVES
      246 4 Special Committee Appointed t 7r time ’■*T irements and the resources av™lable to composed ofTeads of The'"wef" Speclal Commit tee ches of Armv n„L f consumm and supplying branvernmentXdia" 1 Depart a of the Go- n-n e is engaged in comP mg the requirements of such
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      Who Was The Founder Of Madras?
      1771 4 AN HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION Tercentenary Celeb rated jyjADRAS celebrated this month the tercentenary of the founding and the following article will be of interest to our readers:— AN a day in the August of the year 1639, three centuries back, a document was handed over
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      "Iron Lungs" For
      353 4 "Iron Lungs For Indian Hospitals LORD NUFFIELD’S GIFT QIX hospitals in centrally administered areas which are considered suitable for the supply will benefit from Lord Nuffield’s offer of “Iron Lungs” or respirators to hospitals in the British Empire about which an announcement was made some time ago. These hospitals are
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      COST OF LIVING IN MADRAS CITY
      131 4 Slight Fall In July Madras, Aug. 7. The cost of living index number for the working classes in Madras city works out to 98 for July 1939 and is one point lower than the index for the previous month, says a communique issued by
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      INDIA’S CHECK ON ALIENS
      305 4 British Subjects Also Affected Simla. A LIENS entering and living in India will be subjected to a close check on their movements under the new Registration of Foreigners Act which came into force recently. Hitherto they have had practically free access, but now every foreigner who
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      Radio Listeners' Troubles
      102 4 50 TIMES WORSE THAN IN BRITAIN Simla TIADIO listeners in England whose reception is marred by atmospherics can derive some comfort from the knowledge that they are 50 times better off than listeners in India. Measurements taken by the Indian wireless authorities have revealed that the magnitude
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      INDIANS OFFER HELP IN WAR
      47 4 MADRAS THE HONORARY SECRETARY OF THE INDIAN MILITARY ASSOCIATION OF MADRAS. HAS TELEGRAPHED OFFERING THE SERVICES OF LOCAL EX-ARMY OFFICERS AND MEN IN THE EVENT OF WAR GENERAL SIR ROBERT CASSELS THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN INDIA. HAS REPLIED THANKING THEM FOR THEIR OFFER
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      INDIAN BANKING LEGISLATION
      217 4 BUI May Be Introduced In 1940 Bombay, Aug. 10. Enquiries in banking circles reveal that the Reserve Bank Central Board’s draft Bill to regulate Indian banking along with an explanatory memorandum, has just been circulated to Provincial Boards for their consideration. Their views and recommendations, as also
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      TRIBAL OUTRAGE IN FRONTIER
      69 4 Lambardar Shot And Family Kidnapped Peshawar, August 9 OVER twenty Afridi tribesmen, ail of whom were armed with !and rifles, raided the house of a L" bardar of a village near the Masou’ Pass (tribal territory), shot dou'i Lambardar, looted the property •< < kidnapped his
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      129 4 TODAY AT THE MAJESTIC 3 SHOWS DAILY 3.00 6.15 9 30 P.M. Matinee At Reduced Prices. THE BIGGEST DOUBLE EVENT OF THIS WAR-SCARED ERA Now passed UNCUT by the Appeal Board Shown to record attendance in Singapore K. Lumpur. Presented under The Auspices of the NATIONAL DEFENCE SERVICES of GREAT
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      106 4 We serve you with the “BEST’’ in Screen Entertainment QUEEN'S OPENING TODAY WITH 3 SHOW DAILY AT 3 PM., 6.15 P.M 9.30 P.M. 3 P.M. PRICES:— Downstairs 15, 30 50 cents Theodora Goes Wild Over Handsoe n Fred In Paramount’s Newest Smash H A Picture the whole family will enjoy.
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  • DAILY CHINA PAGE
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      BRITISH INTERESTS IN SHANGHAI
      274 5 Campaign Of Violence Contemplated INDICATIONS August 18, NDICATIONS are increasing that the Japanese military authorities m China are contemplating a ampaign of violence and blackmail against the British mterests m Shanghai similar to that in North China according to reports received here. -Central News. -nsion is
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      JAPAN’S UNREASONABLE DEMANDS
      159 5 Central News China I.P.C. Warns British Branch Chungking, August IS. Britain’s acceptance of the unreasonable Japanese demands will certainly aggravate the situation of lawlessness, declare the China Branch of the International Peace Campaign, tfie "hinese People’s Foreign Relations As.ociation and the Chinese League of Nations Union in
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      THREE FISHERMEN RESCUED
      78 5 Central News. On Face Of Japanese Firing Hongkong, August 18. According to a belated report, Capain Eugene Layallee of the French ner “Dupuis” heroically rescued three rvivors of over 100 Chinese fishermen aboard fourteen fishing boats which were intercepted and fired on by a Japanese destroyer and
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      CHINESE IN BURMA
      115 5 —Central News Remit Lottery Proceeds To China Chungking. August 18. According tc a report just received, six Chinese employees of an egg factory in Rangoon have contributed 1.000 Burmese rupees to the CTiinese Government, which represent the sum they received for winning in the Burmese state lottery.
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      HARBIN WHITE RUSSIANS
      49 5 Central News Compelled Military Service Hongkong, August 15. Messages reaching here state that White Russians in Harbin aged between 18 and 48 have been compelled to undertake military labour service for the Japanese, building fortifications and highways, etc., since the outbreak of the Outer-Mongolian border fighting
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      SOVIET CONSUL AT SHANGHAI
      38 5 France en route to Moscow.—Centra News. Recalled To Moscow Hongkong, August 17. The Soviet Acting Consul-General in Shanghai. M.B M. Simnsky, has been recalled, leaving Shanghai today for France en route to Moscow.—Centra News.
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      JAPANESE WARNING TO CHINESE TRAITORS
      158 5 Puppet C.-In-C. Shot At Headquarters Hongkong, August 18. REEVING as a grim warning to the Chinese traitors of what the Japanese invaders might do to them. Chin Lung-chang, the Japanese-appointed “Commander-in-Chief of the Hupeh provincial army,” was secretly shot at the Nanking Japanese headquarters on
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      148 Army And Civil Officials Reply To Wang
      178 5 Central News. MESSAGE SENT 1 TO PRESIDENT Chungking, August 18. POXSTITUTING an effective reply to Wang Ching-wei’s attempt to secede the Cantonese and Kwangsi military commanders from the Central Government, 118 army commanders and civil officials of the Kwangtung and Kwangsi provinces
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      BOMBAY LEADERS MESSAGE
      79 5 .—Central News. Sympathy With Chinese Chungking. August 18. The Chinese People’s Foreign Relations Association has received a message from Mohammedan leaders in Bombay expressing sympathy with China's resistance and readiness of the Mohammedans in India to protest against the Japanese invasion. The message is in reply to
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      EARLY TRAINING OF CHINA’S DIPLOMATS
      831 5 Part Played By F oreign Universities ER I CAN universities have contributed immensely toward the training of China’s diplomatic personnel. Fifty per cent, of the active Chinese diplomats today' are their graduates. French and English of higher learning have played an equally useful role- The
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      CHINESE CURRENCY
      53 5 Central News. RUMOURS DENIED Chungking, August 18. Questioned regarding the rumours that the Chinese Government is considering the issuance of new Chinese currency, a spokesman of the Ministry of Finance stated that the rumours are without foundation. He em.pasized that the Chinese Government’s policy of maintaining the national
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      55 5 BOBBY BEAR'S ADVENTURES: Troublesome Class I V kts, V In 1 Iff it Niall "C. vPWftwr J < 1— Wirll teacher dreads a row None for that truant class," said he. '■’>bby, left in charge—Hoorayl ourput strawberries) now I Well, all the more for you and mef They tnook at
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  • WEEKLY FILM PAGE
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      MARGARET DOCKWOOD,
      27 6 MARGARET LOCKWOOD, who appears with Shirley Temple in "Susannah of the Mounties, gives interesting sidelights on Shirley in n interview Mr. Newnham had with her.
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      Actor Wins Race With Mustache
      164 6 TIONALD BRIGGS won a “different’’ race against time recently. The screen actor, who has the romantic lead opposite Sigrid Gurie in Universal’s production tentatively titled "Forgotten Women,’’ was notified that his role of district attorney in the film called for him to wear a mustache.
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      Accident Gives Realism to Film
      167 6 4 well-timed kick one day "made” a scene for John M. Stahl, who is directing Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer at Universal in "The Modern Cinderella.’’ The kick was delivered by Delmar Watson, one of the boy-actors swimming in a tank of water near a
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      HOLLYWOOD’S BUSIEST ACTRESS
      897 6  -  SIDELIGHTS OIV SHIRLEY TEMPLE By JOHN K. NEWNHAM TAO you envy Shirley Temple? U She is rich. She has fame. She need never worry about her future. "But,” said Margaret Lock wood, when I was talking to her the other day, "I most certainly don’t envy her.
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      It Happened In Hollywood
      693 6  -  By LEROY MARCH PAUL MUNI, who wins an Academy Awart* in Hollywood .almost every time lie appears before the cameras, is returning to his first love—the stage —when he completes his current role in the drama, “We Are Not Alone.” Piaui has been begging every year
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      Deanna’s Producer Signs 20 Girls For "The Underpup"
      148 6 J Ever since Joe Pastern came identified with the .mod “Three Smart Girls” and with four other Deanna D meeting with the. product the aim of every dotim Hollywood. For that reason test girls’ roles in Pasternak tion, “The Underpup,’’ ha.ducted secretly
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      BRITISH FILM BALLOT
      234 6 Best Perform,; < By Wench H t r '■pHE best Britisi A during 1938 lion.” The best i,e an actor in a British of Ralph Richard. Riding.” The b» by an actress in a was that of We “Pygmalion. These are the st Weekly” readers in.t: nual
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    A MALAYAN SEES EUROPE
    1228 7 Fateful Days During Munich Crisis IMPRESSIONS OF MR. C. O. LIM x \NG ROTARIANS yesterday listened to Mr. C. O. Lim when recounted to them his experiences in Europe when he went i study leave. •L Lim found himself in the thick of the September crisis
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    CHRISTMAS DAY MURDER
    178 7 Man Sentenced To Death Kuala Lumpur. Sentence of death was passed by Mr. Justice Cussen at the Assize Court yesterday on a nuddle-aged Chinese. Yu Kuan, when the assessors r .-furred a verdict of guilty, with which the judee concurred, at the conclusion of the Fearing in
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    IPOH MINER'S SON WEDS
    107 7 Mr. Chong Sin Seong And Miss Lee Lan Ying Ipoh. Two well-known Chinese families in Perak were united by the marriage of Mr. Chong Sin Seong, a son of Mr. Chong Sik Chong, a prominent miner of Menglembu, and Mrs. Chong Sik Chong, to Miss Lee
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    Betrayed Old Woman’s Trust
    314 7 HEAD ASSISTANT CONVICTED Having betrayed the trust reposed in him by an old woman who had left him in charge of her broth stall from which he had purloined a sum of $lB, a Chinese, Nui Ah Keat, was yesterday convicted in the Penang Police Court
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    DEATH OF MRS. KHOO KENG HEAN
    117 7 The death took place yesterday at 203, Dato Kramat Road. Penang, of Mrs. .Khoo Keng Hean (nee Lim Swee Eng), formerly of Taiping, at the age of 58 The deceased is survived by her five sons Messrs. Khoo Kai Soon, Khoo Kai Hock. Khoo
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    FOR CHINA FUND
    50 7 For the purpose of clarifying the tone of speeches at public addresses, one G.E.C. Horn-speaker, purchased from Messrs. Kyle Palmer Co., Ltd., has been donated by Messrs. Lim Teng Hin, Lee Gnoh Heong and Lee Hong Chian to the Jelutong Section of the China Distress Relief Fund.
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    70-YEAR-OLD TAMIL ACQUITTED
    1185 7 Housebreaking Charge WIFE'S STORY OF IMPROPER SUGGESTION k 70-YEAR-OLD Tamil, Kuppusamy, stood his trial before the District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, in the Penang District Court yesterday on a charge of having committed housebreaking in order to commit theft at No. 37, Batu Lanchang Road, Penang,
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    Social and Personal
    583 7 Mr. H. N. Yahaya, Inspector of Police, Balik Pulau, who had been ill for the last few days, is now an inmate of the General Hospital, Penang. Dr. E. B. Murrell, Medical Officer. Batu Gajah, left Batu Gajah on Tuesday for Singapore en route to England on
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    NEW CHINESE BANK IN ALOR STAR
    103 7 Alor Star Extensive renwirs are being earned out by Mr. Keng Yin. the Penang contractor, at the new premises of the local branch of the Oversea Chine»' Banking Corporation Ltd., which Is opposite the Government Rest House, Jalan Raja, Alor Star. The work Is
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    MOONLIGHT BAND
    25 7 There will be Moonlight Band performances on the Esplanade Bandstand on August 29 and 30 from 8.30 to 10.30 p m., weather permitting
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    A SETBACK TO JAPAN
    445 8 JAPAN is reported to be very worried at the moment. And she has every reason to be worried. The new situation created’ by the Soviet-German pact move fairly bristles with possibilities. One is that Russia, free from any German threat, will now have a free hand
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    Around The Town
    102 8 QUEEN*S CINEMA ‘‘lnvitation to Happiness’’ 3.00, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA “The Warning’’ “Smashing the Spy Ring” 3.00. 6.15 9.30 p.m. ROYAL C INEMA “Rifle Girl” (Hindustani Talkie) 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. WINDSOR CINEMA “Thoong Mong Chen” (Can- tonese talkie) 6.30 and 9.30 j p.m. CAPITAL
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    RAILWAY STRIKE DECISION
    75 8 .—Reuter Ministry Of Labour Calls >■ For > Conference 1 Loudon, -Aiigust 23 The Ministry oi Labour has asked the officials of tiie Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen to go to the Ministry to discuss the strike decision. Date Not To Be Deferred Tne executive
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    By The Way
    563 8 War Scare TAON’T believe those grim moralists who say that human beings are not put into the world to enjoy themselves. That’s arrant nonsense. As R. L. Stevenson ,said: "If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong.” Human beings are meant to be
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    Diary of a Foreign News Editor
    532 8 fhursday, August 24. eagerly-awaited text of the Soviet-German pact of nonaggression, which has just been published, conveniently avoids reference to calling off the pact in the event of one party turning aggressor against a third power. Provision is however, for the two parties not
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY
    928 9 Questions By Mr. Abdookader And Capt. Hashim <JEVERAL questions will be asked by the Hon. Mr. H.H. Abdoolcader and the Hon. Capt. N.M. Hashim at the meeting of the Legislative Council in Singapore on Monday, Aug. 28, at 10.30 a.m. The following are the orders
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    BRITISH PEOPLE READY
    196 9 Interview With Sir Arthur Blackburn •The situation in Europe is grave at the moment but the British people have, decided to adhere t<> the position which they have taken up m regard to any aggressive arts wtuen may be taken against Poland or Ita.mi,? declared Sir Arthur
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    No Foundation For Alarmist Rumours
    223 9 rpHE “Pinang Gazette” is able to state on the, highest ate J itv that there is no truth whatever m the rumours U- uh. Keen circulating in Penang during the past tew which have the coincidence of the days. to W J^Elusion of the Soviet-German
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    Rumours In Town
    61 9 rjMIERE were rumours in town yesterday that trouble had broken out in Siam but all efforts to obtain official confirmation both in Singapore and in Ptnahg have failed. A Penang resident who returned from Siam by ear yesterday evening stated that there was no sign of any
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    CIVIL AVIATION IN MALAYA
    208 9 Major Nunn’s Report For 1938 i "The air-mail is rapidly becoming a commonplace in the lives of Malayans, and the fact that England is now within seven days, and Sydney within three days of Singapore, is no longer a cause for wonder,’’ says the Hon. Major
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    PASSENGERS BY "RANCHI"
    352 9 Malayans Back From Home The following is the full list -of Malayan passengers who arrived here this morning by th»' P and O. liner S;S-. "Ranchi.’’ from londOn and via Ports Mr and Mrs. Banks, Mr and Mrs R. Clem»ins and child, Mr. C. ifrowthenSmith, Mr. and
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    ARMED POLICE GUARD SINGAPORE’S VITAL POINTS
    227 9 Precautionary Measure Against Possible Sabotage (From Our Own Correspondent) i Singapore, Today. ’J’HE city’s vital points, suefr as the power statioii?., the Broadcasting Station, the General Post Office, the telephone exchange, the Keppel Harbour, gas works, the petrol and oil tanks and important bridges,
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    Penang’s New Maternity Hospital
    120 9 With the acquisition of the Sepoy Lines Recreation Club Ground by the Public Works Department, ground work has now commenced in the building of another imposing structure under the Penang Rebuilding Scheme. The building adjoining the three-stuney-ed Sisters’ and Nurses’ Quarters, when completed, will be the
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      199 9 Mxjntffin ft “It’s Great After A Shave! Men prefer K.W.V. Eau De Cologne after shaving. It freshens the face, softly tightens the skin, acts as an effective antiseptic and leaves justi sufficient perfume to please the most fastidious. Many a man uses K.W.V. to sponge the body after a shower.
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    Wall Street Cable
    515 10 SUPPLIED BY MESSRS. ANTHONY CO.. New York, August 23. The following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed to-day. DOW-JONES AVERAGES, t Yesterday’s To-day’s 31) Industrials 135.07 131.82 20 Rails 26 25 71 15 Utilities 24*84 24.00 New York Stock Exchange, business done, total volume
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    LOCAL EXCHANGE
    98 10 Penang. August 23, 1939 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). On London Bank Demand 2/4 1/32 On London Bank 4 months 2/4 1/16 Private O. D. 2/4 1/4 Private 3 m/s Documentary 2/4 5/16 On New York Demand 54 5/8 Canadian 0 4 8 On France Demand 2060
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    131 10 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23. Prev. Latest Paris 176 45/64 176 23/32 New York 4.68 1/16 4.68 1/8 Montreal 4-68 1/8 4.68 1/16 Brussels 27.55 3/4 27 65 1/2 Geneva 20.73 20.72 1/2 Amsterdam 8.73 1/2 8.72 1/4 Milan 89 1/8 89 Berlin 11.66 1/2 11.67 1/2 Stockholm 19.40 19.39
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    KEDAH RUBBER COMPANY LIMITED
    1546 10 Chairman On Upward Tendency Of Market Price “It is a long while since the. outlook for rubber was as bullish as it is today. The market price has remained extraordinarily steady since July last year, and shows an upward ten dency.” Thus declared Mr. H. E.
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    WORLD’S LONGEST PHONE
    162 10 Moscow Linked With Khabarovsk London. The last consignment of equipment for the world’s longest carrier telephone system. which will run for nearly 9,000 kilometres (about 5,625 miles), crossing Siberia and covering practically the entire breadth of the U.S.S.R., has just been shipped to Russia by a British
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    NEW INDUSTRIES FOR CEYLON
    426 10 Govt. Credits And Technical Aid The progress of a State-sponsor for the industrialisation of Ce\ lo viewed in the current issue o: th on Trade Journal. A Bureau of Industry and rce was created in 1932, and was fo'u the appointment of a Technical Ae Industries
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    JAPANESE PEAS AS BRITISH
    285 10 Import May End This Season London, August 12 The wholesale importation of dried pea.s from Japan which are either marketed by British firms in packet form, or revived and their greenness restored so that they can be used in our home cannlr factories and sold as
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    LOVE WINS
    75 11 i !E old folk of I ver, Buckinghamshire, have won—Loveis to stay Love-lane. ,e Eton Rural Council wished erge it with Swallow-street, it Love-lane holds many happy ries for the older villagers; 50 r ago it was a courting spot. Also, Mr. Turbervxlle-Smith (Lovesolicitor) told the Slough Bench
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    Pantomime Cat Had Stage Fright
    502 11 Concert parties which are broadcasting every U<e*,da\ and Friday by 8.1J.C. are described bj Stuart Fletcher, who is continuing his tour of seaside resorts. PIERROT PARADE I I erne Bay. r J'iIE funniest comedian I have seen round the coast so far is small, dark,
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    AN EMPIRE’S LABORATORY
    795 11 How The Imperial Institute Assists Industry IN the heart of London’s fashionable Kensington district stands an Empire's laboratory—the Imperial Institute. Hither comes from every corner of the British Imperial territories a constant stream of raw material—gum arabic from Somaliland, coffee from Nigeria, geranium oil from Cyprus, toxic
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    CHRISTIAN PROFESSOR DEFENDS JEW
    116 11 —Reuter. No Offence In Yiddish Poem Bucharest. A Rumanian Jew charged with committing an offence against the Christian religion, has been acquitted here on the evidence of an Orthodox priest. The Jew is Aaran Ocnitzer, a writer in Yiddish, among whose works is a poem entitled
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    FRANCE AND SPAIN
    139 11 ’—Reuter. A German Warning Berlin (By Air). While Dr. Wohltat, Field-Marshal Goering’s assistant in the four years’ plan, is inspecting the possibilities of German economic activity in Spain reports of an improvement in relations between Spain and France have apparently caused uneasiness in Wilhelmstrasse circles. In a
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    LOCUSTS INVADE RUMANIA
    62 11 —Reuter. Bucharest Swarms of locusts have descended on three countries in the north east of Rumania —Orhei, Falciu and Botosani, while others have begun to appear in surrounding regions. Flame-throwers and other aids m dealing with the insects have been brought to these areas as rapidly as
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    LAND SALES IN WESTERN DESERT BANNED
    42 11 .—Reuter. Alexandria, (By Air) Owing to the strategic importance of the western desert, a ministerial decree has been issued by Hussein Sirry Pasha, the Minister for National Defence, banning the sale of land in that region.—Reuter.
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    MILITIA NOT BEING NURSED
    613 11 HEN i homas Atkinson wrote home to his lather and his five brothers and sisters in Landseer-street, Battersea Park, S.W., he had a great many things to tell them. Atkins At Camp Lut one thing he couldn't tell them because he didn’t know it. He didn’t
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    LAWN TENNIS
    126 11 Tilden Beats Budge At Southport South-port, August 7. W. T. Tilden, at the age of fortyseven gained a remarkable victory over J. D. Budge, twenty-four years his junior, in the semi-final of the Southport professional competition. He won in straight sets (6 —3, 7 —5, 6 4). It
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    BRITISH AIRCRAFT EXPORTS CLIMB
    1665 11 Evidence Of Productive Capacity UNITED Kingdom exports of ai rC raft material continue to rise, in spite of the tremendous demands on industry of the Royal Air Force expansion programme. Value of last year’s exports, which do not include "government owned stores” sent overseas to United
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    The Mails
    407 12 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang SEA MAILS Outward i For Mergui. Moulmein and Tavoy will close by Kuala at 9 a.m. on August 26. For Ceylon. Southern and Western India, Aden. Egypt, Canada, Europe and U.S.A, will close by Canton at 6 p.m. on
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    TRAIN MAILS
    84 12 Mails for BANGKOK will leave Penang at 9.40 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays, and incoming mails will arrive in Penang at 6. 30 p.m. on Sundays and Thursdays. Mails for F.M.S.. SINGAPORE, etc. will leave Penang at 8.30 a.m. and 9 p.m.; Ipoh 1.36 p.m. and 2.10 a.m;
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    DEAN TO PLAY IN CHESHIRE LEAGUE
    91 12 W. R. Dean w’ill be in Cheshire County League football as he has signed on for Hurst, one of the oldest clubs in the country. Dean, a former Everton and English international centre-forward. w 7 as with Notts County and Sligo Rovers last season.
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    WOMEN’S ATHLETICS
    218 12 Mile Record Set I p At White City Fastest mile ever run by a womanon the track was that by M > Forster, Civil Service champion, .‘-be won the event in 5 min. 15.3 .»e' at the Women’s Amateur Atht t pionships at the White City Fiss Forster’s
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      2821 12 BERLIN ■R ~-£2.'z:' L'JE 17 76 mc /s (16.89 m.) «&SE ag 3MMr Wfa DJQ 15.28 mc/s (19.6 m.) A ■BjK» W$ ag&s DJN 9.54 mc/s (31.45 m.) J jM X vBBB att? bH HOfo Fsj 12 25 p.m. Call (German. English) GerHi X WE E&R man Folk Song. 12.30
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      303 12 PENANG ZHJ 6.08 mc/s (49.3 m.) P.M. 5.55 Chinese Music. 7.00 For the Childreb. 7.30 Pianoforte Recital by Mark Hambourg (Recorded). Vocalist: Elisabeth Schumann, Soprano. D Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt. 2) La Campanella (Paganim-Liszt). 3) Aufschwung (Schumann). 4) Elisabeth Schumann: a. Where the Bee Sucks, b. The Earlv Morning,
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    SPAIN AFTER THE WAR
    368 13 ’’colilemOf Gibraltar And Tangier >ney is urgently needed today e reconstruction of Spain. But the influence of Senor Suner mpts to enlist the aid of foreign •'lists have failed. The Foreign e i*. General Jordana, is pre--1 to accept foreign help, but the Generals are opposed
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    PENANG SHIPPING NEWS
    1287 13 Arrivals TODAY, AUGUST 24. s.s. "Ranchi” irom London via ports. TOMORROW AgGUST 25. ur.v. "Micnroy” iroui ruu. East via Singapore. sx. ’Myniiidon” from Singapore. s.s. “Eurybates” from Liverpool. t>.s. losari" from j*eia.wan-L>eii, Asa nan and Paneh (Laboean-Bilik). s.s. ’Mandar” irom Belawan-Deh Langsa, Simpang-Olim. Idi au<-PangKaian-m anaan. SATURUAk
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    LITERATE INDIANS TO BE GIVEN BOOKS
    109 13 Simla. Every villager in the United Provinces who learns to read and write is to be presented by the Provincial Government with a book in order that he may not forget what he has learnt. This scheme is part of the successful Anti-Illiteracy Campaign
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    VULTURE CAUSES LORRY SMASH
    80 13 Royal Mail Van Turns Turtle Simla. A bird was responsible for a serious accident to the lorry carrying the Royal Mail to Srinagar, Kashmir. When the lorry was running at full speed, a vulture swooped down and struck the driver, who lost control of the vehicle,
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    SIGN OF WEAKNESS
    96 13 Reuter. Polish Circles Not Impressed Warsaw, Aug. 28. Authoritative Polish circles tonight indicate that they view the GermanSoviet pact as a tactical manoeuvre ofc the part of Germany to throw dust into the eyes of her adversaries and that it constitutes an idealog;cal reversal. It is regarded
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      571 13 PO O and U BRITISH INDIA (Incorpozrted la England) SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. “RANCHI” SAILING THURSDAY, 24th AUGUST, 1939. ronSXiS Datoh, Po« London and Far S^ ap °i‘ Outwards fror“ London for China Japan s/s sipL l S/S "RANCHI” dUe jTu^ a 24 filing Of Steamers Or The Bntißl s/e
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    35 HORSES IN ONE STRING
    911 14 Suggestion Of Australian Owner A SUGGESTION, THAT Till] NUMBER OF RACEHORSES A ix CHARGE OF INDIVIDUAL TRAINERS SHOULD EH LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 35 ANIMALS HAS SEEN Pirr FORWARD BY A VERY WELL-KNOWN AUSTRALIAN RACEHORSE OWNER WHO RECENTLY VISITED CEYLON. He writes as follows
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    DOUG WELLS
    26 14 DOuS. WELLS (on cycle), the Hackney Wick speedway star, who runs a dance band in his spare time, practises with some of his trys”
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    SCOTTISH FOOTBALL PROSPECTS
    270 14 football season opened eleven days ago with enthusiasts wondering if the League challenge to Rangers and Celtic is to be wider and more sustained. Only Motherwell have broken the long sequence of championship wins by these big Glasgow clubs, who are again well stocked with the class
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    ARMSTRONG MEETS HIS WATERLOO
    812 14 Whirlwind Style Causes Too Many Fouls IJENRY Armstrong’s whirlwind style won him three world titles but it proved to be his undoing when he met Lou Ambers at the Yankee Stadium, New York, on Tuesday night. Followers of boxing are familiar with the Negro’s tactics. He
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    Passing Of Huddersfield Rugby Star
    516 14 TRIBUTE O 11. WAGSTAFF TIAROLD WAGSTx. in England last the most complete, the cd and greatest of all tre three-quarters in e I have seen, write “'I the Sydney “Referee As is the case v great footballers, hi skill were match manship. I never saw
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      127 14 AND now The Incomparable 7// O new i WW*!H AUSTIN i o Ais 1A JW an Jg EBI 11H 1 o X :?<<■.: «^M^^B^lllllii »gTv*<K|k' ••-<:®®jL 3 v;« wl ”«M Bfer It' MRjLZgfl ®L> Jr z yA 'X To many thousands of motorists the car for business and pleasure must
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    PROGRAMME FOR SECOND DAY OF SINGAPORE RACES
    1152 15 Class 2 Division I—71 —7 Furlonys ARLET TIGER 5y 9.04 Mr. cheah Breukel n H-.PJ) GOING 5y 8.13 -Fifth Avenue Kongsi” Turlev 5y 81? Van Breukelen HIVI Y mv; 6y Kongsi” \\Y. van’ BrTuSen 6y 8.08 ’.7"---DEFPDENE 7y 8.G5 Mr. A. Van Tooren
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    REGINALD WHITCOMBE,
    22 15 REGINALD WHITCOMBE, who b* among those chosen to represent Great Britain in the coming Ryder Cup golf confcM against America..
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    EXTRA MEET AT S'PORE
    317 15 72 Entries 55 FROM CLASS 4 HORSES Below are the entries for the Singapore Autumn Extra Professional Meeting to be held on Wednesday, Sept. 13, and Saturday. Sept. 16. Fifty-five Class 4 horses and 17 Class 2 ponies have been entered. The entries are:— HORSES—CLASS 4
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    PENANG BILLIARDS
    72 15 Harbour Board v. C. A. D. A. Tomorrow The P.H B. Junior Service Club is having a friendly game of billiards with the Chinese Amateur Dramatic Association at the latter’s premises. Transfer Road tonight and tomorrow night. The following have been chosen to play for the 1 P.H.B.
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    Past Performances Of New Horses
    1984 15 FIRST RUNS AT SINGAPORE horses and two ponies will make their first appearances on the Malayan turf at the coming Singapore Gold Cup Meeting. They are Hartowe, Hengist, Funny Lad, Lady Warrior, First Ra, Brownhill 11, Strathmore an d Teddy Boy. Brownhill II was entered
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      32 15 —Wwil NEW SPRINGTIDE HOTEL PHONE N®. 60, TANJONG BUNGAH, PENANG. For vour pleasure we have erected a diving stage complete with spring board Rates Moderate. The best place for your holiday» r
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    ROUSING GALLOPS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    615 16 Madam And Fhariol In Great Form FLEMING CONTINUES TO IMPRESS (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. SjEVERAL rousing gallops were seen this morning at the Singapore racecourse when candidates for the Gold Cup meeting were given winding-up \gadops on the second track. All outstation strings
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    DEATH OF MASTER LIM KEAN HOON
    46 16 2-Year4)ld Son Of Mr. Lim Cheng. Ean The death took place at the General Hospital at two o’clock this morning of Master Lim Kea.n Hoon, 12-year-old son of Mr. Lim Cheng Ean. He had !>een ill for ever a fortnight.
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    P.C.F.A. Beat P.W.F.A.
    289 16 LEAGUE SOCCER Champions Not At Their Best JIVING a splendid display, the Penang Chinese Football Association defeated the Province Wellesley Football Association, the League champions, 2—l in their First Division fixture yesterday on Victoria Green. Play was fast and exciting. The P, W.F.A. only showed glimpses of
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    COBB SMASHES RECORD
    87 16 Reuter. Average Speed Of 368.85 Miles An Hour Salt Lake City, Aug. 23. John Cobb, the British .motorist, broke Captain Eyston’s world land speed record of 357.5 miles an hour by covering the mile in each direction at an average speed of 368.85 miles an hour in
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE SOCCER
    61 16 -Reuter, Results Of First Division Games London, August 24. The following are the results of yesterday’s fixtures in the First Division of the Scottish Football League:— Arbroath 2 Hamilton 0 -Ay 1 2 Albion 1 Celtic 1 Aberdeen 3 Falkirk 4 Clyde 2 Hibernian 3 Queen of
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    Gordon Highlander Killed
    100 16 Singapore. Lance Coiporal Tevendale of the Second Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, was fatally injured when the car in which he and three others of the same regiment were travelling, ran over the embankment at Tempinis Road and overturned into the drain on Tuesday night. Tevendale died yesterday morning
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    Today’s Sports Diary
    35 16 SOCCER. P.F.A. League, Div. 2: “C” Coy, Volunteers v. Trade School. Renong ground: M.R.C. v. Police, Dato Kramat ground. Annual General Meeting of Penang Ladies’ Hockey Club, Hutchings School. 7 p.m. J.
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    APPLICATION FOR WRIT REJECTED
    416 16 LONDON, AUGUST 23. MR. JUSTICE CASSELS TODAY DISMISSED THE APPLI CATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS IN THE CASE OF THE FOUR TIENTSIN CHINESE. Tientsin Prisoners —Reuter. Sir Terence O. Connor, resuming the argument .handed the judge a very rare copy obtained from the Foreign
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      KENNEDY & CO's SHARE LIST
      228 16 KENNEDY CO's SHARE LIST rubber Buyers Seilers Mentakab 36 f 9 Sungei Tukang 92J 97i Telok Anson l- 20 Ulu Benut 25 27 MINING. Austral Amal. 3/9 4/1$ Ayer Weng B. Selangor I- 3 I.l7Jex Hitam 324 35 Hong Fatt Johan 224 25ex Jelebu 47 32f K. Kamunting 6/ 6/3
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      A.A. ANTHONY & CO's QUOTATIONS
      115 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO's QUOTATIONS TIN Buyers Sellers Ampat 3/7$ 3/9 A. Amalgamated 3/9 4/ Batu Selangor 113 1.16 ex Hong Fatt 38 Jelebu 48 50 Kampong Kamunting 6, 6/3 Kramat 9/3 9/9ex Kuchai I- 13 3 3 Laruts 3/9 4/ Nawng Pet 21 23 Pattani 2 4 i 2 7
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      UNITED TRADERS LTD. QUOTATIONS
      189 16 RUBBER Buyers Sefien Ayer Panas 1.07 J 1.12$ Bassetts 43 3 9 Batu Lin tangs 100 1.03 Bentas 99 1.02 Brogas 50 55 Indragiris 1.17$ 1 22$ Kuala Sidims 2-10 2.20 Lunas 1.42$ 1.50 Malaka Pindas 1.124 117$ Mentakabs 38 40 Pajams 167 J 175 S.
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      SOON THEAM & CO's NOON QUOTATIONS
      261 16 SOON THEAM CO's NOON QUOTATIONS TIX Buyers Seilers Ampats 3/6 3/9 A. Hitams I®. 19/ A. Weng 70 75 Bangrins 17/ 17/9 B Selangors 1.15 1.20 Berjuntais 8/ 8/6 Chenderiangs H/ H/ 9 Hong Fatt 58 60 Kamras 1/3 1/6 Kamuntings 8/ 8/6 K. Lanjuts 13/3 13/9 Kramats 9/3 9/9
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      LEAN & CO's QUOTATIONS
      163 16 LEAN CO's QUOTATIONS MINING Buyers Seller» Ampats 3/6 3/10$ A. Amalgamated 4/ 4/3 Bangrins 17/ 17/6 Gopengs 6/9 7/3 Hong Fatts '5B 60 Johans 24 27cd Jelebus 47$ 52$ K. Kamuntings 6/ 6/6 Katus 20/ 20/9 K. Lanjuts 13/3 13/9 Laruts 3/9 4/ Lukuts 42$ 45 Pungahs 15/9 16/3 Petaling.s
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      MARKET PRICES
      76 16 THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS. Penang Tin $114.00 Business done 50 tons Singapore Tin $114.00 RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 28 1 /8c Singapore (Spot) 28 l/2c COPRA: Sundried $3.50 Black Pepper $9.50 TAPIOCA: Medium $320 Fair Seed $2 75 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6.60 No. 2 $6.50 Rangoon
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