Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 September 1939

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY N( JM». Vol. XCVII. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 578 1 —8.0. W. roposals, Not Demands V INSFER REG A RDED AS REJECTION I •conditional Return Of Danzig H n ted LONDON, SEPTEMBER 1. 1 GERMAN SPOKESMAN IN LONDON. COMMI X UNG ON THE GERMAN PROPOSALS. SAYS TIM THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS NOW, V> J riNG A
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  • 145 1 .—Reuter. Summons For Writ Granted Tientsin, Sept. 1. The British Consulate-General has written to the Chinese Court (under the jurisdiction of the Japanese-spon-sored ‘‘provisional government" in Peiping), requesting it to present an official summons for the four Chinese prisoners. SI MMON’S GRANTED Shanghai. September 1. In Chambers
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  • 120 1 .—Reuter. Chungking Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is expected to curtail his stay in China in consequence of a telegram from the Indian National Congress urging him in view of the European crisis to return home as speedily as possible. No definite change in his plans have,
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  • 695 1 Censorship On Press Telegrams FRANCE TO KEEP ALL PLEDGES PARIS, SEPTEMBER 1. IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE COUNCIL OF Ministers which met at 6 p.m. yesterday under the (HAIRMANSHIP OF PRESIDENT LEBRUN WAS UNANIMOUS IN MAINTAINING FIRMLY ALL ENGAGEMENTS UNDERTAKEN BY FRANCE. A
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  • 21 1 —Reuter. Moscow, August 31. The Soviet Parliament has ratified the SovietG e r m a n non-aggression pact.—Reuter.
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  • 95 1 ARMY TO BE INCREASED Moscow, August 31. A considerable increase in the Soviet standing army is provided for in the Conscription Bill introduced in the Soviet Parliament this afternoon. Marshal Voroshilov, who introduced the Bill, said "Now that the entire world is preparing for war we shall
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  • 28 1 MARSHAL GRAZIANI hits been appointed one of the two Com-manders-in-Chief of the Italian Ai o f. snys Rf liter. The other Is the Crown Print e.
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    • 15 1 fed on I COW&GATE jaJiEK >■ r :h Malaya Penang:— DISPENSARY Li D._ nang and Ipoh.
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    • 100 1 COW GATE Aotntt for North Malaya PtnanasGEORGETOWN DISPENSARY LIDPenang and Ipoh. If We have a special Telephone Order Department controlled by competent (assistants who are always ready to i take down orders and instructions in detail. All you have to do is to phone Penang d 1500 and ask for
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  • 841 2 Situation Worse! In Past .24 Hours ARMY AND R.A.F. RESERVES ALSO CALLED UP WILL HITLER REPLY TO BRITAIN? LONDON, AUGUST 31. A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED FROM 10, DOWNING STREET SAYS THAT IN CONTINUATION OF THE MEASURES ALREADY ADOPTED IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO COMPLETE
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  • 61 2 Reuter. Between Italy And Germany London, August 31 It is reported from Rome that the train service between Italy and Germany has been stopped—Reuter. KING OF ITALY’S REPLY TO ROOSEVELT Washington, August 31. The King of Italy has cabled a reply to President Roosevelt’s appeal stating that
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  • 52 2 i.—Reuter. The Exchange Committee announced thta as the Government has ordered evacuation of London to commence tomorrow, the Strock Exchange will be closed tomorrow. The settlement of onen bargains is suspended. Members will be informed by broadcast of the date of the reopening of the
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  • 36 2 i.—Reuter. Sydney, Aug. 31 Next week s wool sales at Sydney and Adelaide have been indefinitely postponed. The Wool-Selling Brokers and Wool Growers’ Council will meet on September to consider the position.—Reuter.
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  • 41 2 M. Maisky, the Russian Ambassador, and his wife, accompanied by Lord Davies, on their way to the pithead at Nine Mile Point Colliery, near Newport, down which they were taken on a tour of inspection.
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  • 291 2 No Trace Of Nerves London, August 31 Britain has settled down to contemplate on the possibility of war in a spirit the like of which has never been seen in the country's history. A survey of the city’s streets, homes, factories and newspapers reveals that the whole
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  • 205 2 Reuter German Troops In Slovakia Berlin. August 31. German political circles accuse Poland of seizing on the presence of German troops in Slovakia, which they describe as ‘‘quite the natural thing.” as a pretext for her new military measures. Herr Forster retume dto Danzig after conversing
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  • 101 2 —Reuter. Canes, August 31. The Duke of Windsor has sent the King of Italy a personal message, asking him to intervene in the cause of peace. The Duke recalls that he fought side by side with Italian soldiers during the war and it is
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  • 45 2 .—Reuter. Anti-Aircraft Guns Mounted On Hills Budapest, August 31. Anti-aircraft guns have been mounted on bridges hete and surrounding hills but the Government continue to maintain its attitude of strict neutrality. The Press generally records the impression of hope for a peaceful settlement.—Reuter.
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  • 40 2 A CB A RMING VISITOR TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS RECENTLY WAS MISS NORAH WILERAN, BEAUTY QUEEN OF COALVILLE WHO BROUGHT HER RETINUE WITH HER IN ANSWER TO AN INITATION TO MEET MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
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  • 595 2 London, Augib The evacuation of school children and other prion! from London and large towns, which begins tomorrow i( J several days to complete, is being taken as a precaul Hea sure in view of the prolongation of the period of tensior An announcement
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  • 120 2 Paris View .--Reuter Paris, Au<g. 31. In appearance the situation has defew hours, says M. Kerillis, writing in finitely become tenser during the last the Epoque. Herr Hitler has not renounced his intention of destroying Poland and more than ever France and Britain are determined not
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  • 257 2 Lieu ter What Hitler’s Decree Means Berlin Aug 31 Herr Hitler’s latest decree means very considerable concentration of power for quick action Ihe new council has tie power to pass any law without cor ulting the Reich Cabinet or the Reichstag. Decrees can even be issued with
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  • 32 2 Reuter. No Action Hongkong V- To’uo, Au ‘‘Japan does not inti nil ever around Hongkong w Navy spokesman. is unchanged. She will friendly nations and avom the Powers.” —Reuter.
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  • 124 3 KNOCKED down by loaded LORRY Kuala Lumpur XL motor accident, resulting death of a 30-year-old in mg coolie, occurred at the f (’hm as Road and Peel Road non on Tuesday s that a lorry loaded with is coming into town from on of Kajang
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  • 113 3 i! ire Charge Against Policeman Singapore. >n policeman, E. N. Angus <2O) I; ire Mr. L. C. Goh, the Sin7 tth Police Magistrate, on Wedin 'tiling on a charge that at 12.55 Sunday at the railway bridge, mah Road. S.naapore. being a ice Police Officer of
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  • 290 3 Sikhs Produced In Court in m $75 each was allowed two S.tdis Baga Singh and Teja Singh, a en they were charged on Tuesday Homing before the First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. R.C. Redman, vuth v iluntai ly causing grievous hurt •1.- Pertap Singh at 8
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  • 68 3 Crowd- looking al the wrecked coaches after the crash in Blair-street, Poplar, where two motor-coaches collided, injur ng 13 people. Residents took cha rs and blankets into the street and turned it into a field dressing-station. Both coaches—one from South London for Southend. the
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  • 451 3 Important High Court Judgment LAWFUL WIDOWS OF TESTATOR Singapore. important decision affecting secondary wives was given by Mr. .Justice Manning, in the Singapore Supreme Court on Wednesday, when the three young Chinese women who claimed to be the secondary wives of Wee Thiam Kee in his
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  • 183 3 Bank Employee On Abetment Charge V? Singapore Further evidence into entative charges of cheating and abetment preferred against an elderly Chinese. Chan Tian Chye. and a young European b ank employee. Robin Aylmer EllicP. respectively was recorded by Mr J. Fletcher-Cooke, in the Singapore Third Police
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  • 213 3 Chinese Journalists Special Effort Kuala Lumpur. Today will be a day of significance to all Chinese pressmen in Malaya The day is being observed as the “Pressmen's Day.” and one of its aims is to collect funds in aid of the China Distress Relief Fund. In Kuala Lumpur,
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  • 130 3 VI ALAYA’S gross trade for the first seven months of the present year amounted to $719,684,000 compared with $672,057.000 for the same period last year, according to figures issued by the Registrar-Genera’ of Statistics issued recently. The monthly returns show that the figures for
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  • 861 3 S.S. (Singapore) Assn. Form SubCommittee To Take Up Matter Singapore r pHK question of working hours of Asiatic Shop Assistants was discussed by the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association, at a committee meeting held on Aug 18, when a sub-committee was formed to ask whether further
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  • DAILY INDIA PAGE
    • 162 4 German Paper’s Outburst Simla, Aug. 17 A STRONG attack on Indians in East Africa is made in an article in the German Deutscher Kolonialdientst, the official organ of the Colonial Departments of the National Socialist Party The ai tide charges Indians with acquiring the bulk of
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    • 463 4 “A MATTER OF GREAT JOY Mahatma Gandhi’s Opinion Bombay, Aug. 19. a IT is a matter of great joy to me personally the Arya struggle has ended in a friendly manner, says Mahatma Gandhi, commenting iml today’s Harijan on the termination of the Arya Satyagraha
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    • 137 4 Rar.ipet, Aug. 18. AT a meeting of the North Arcot District Congress Committee held yesterday at Arkonam, it was decided to hold the 19th District Congress Conference at Cheyyar. Mr. C. Perumalswami Reddiar, M.L.C., persided. A resulutioe was parsed that np Oengress-man in the district should
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    • 344 4 ACCUSED SENTENCED TO DEATH Cuddapah, Aug. 10. It JR. N.D. Krishna Rao, 1.C.5., Sessions Judge of Cuddapah, de- livered judgment on Monday last in the Chinnakomerlla murder case in which N. Chinna Sanjiva Reddi, a police constable attached to the Vampalli Police Station, and seven others
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    • 127 4 Demand For Charter Of Incorporation Simla, Aug. 14. Prominent members of the Hindu community tn Mauritius, recently assembled at Port Louis, to discuss the question of sending a petition to the Governor to take legal steps to permit the grant of a charter of incorporation to
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    • 146 4 Simla, Aug. 18. Very considerable structural extensions to military buildings in various parts of India are believed to be under consideration by Army Headquarters, and it is understood that a number of important business concerns connected with building and constructional work in general are
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    • 76 4 Palghat, Aug. 18. At a public meeting held recently at the travellers’ bungalow at Mannarghat, Mr. P. Crombie, Sub-Col-lector, Malappuram presented Rs 5 each to Messrs Raghava Ezhuthassan, Madhavan Nayar, Narayan a Moothan, Ramankutti Nayar and Kunjunni Moothan for having rescued two women from being
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    • 106 4 Large Damage To Crops Rangoon, Aug. 13. Upper Burma and the delta district are experiencing unprecedented floods this year. The rise of the Irrawaddy, Chindwin and Sittang rivers have caused damages flooding a large expanse of paddy fields and destroying huts and crops. A part of
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    • 67 4 Reuter. Nagpur. The international Aryan League whose 10,000 volunteers have courted imprisonment in Hyderabad (Deccan) for eight months, has called off the passive resistance campaign against the Nizam’s Government. The “crusade” was started on the ground that Hindus in Hyderabad State were subjected to various
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    • 197 4 MR. R.H. HUTCHINGS IN MADRAS Madras, Aug. 19. TVJR. R.H. HUTCHINGS, I.C. S., who has been appointed Agent to the Government of India in Burma, arrived in Madras this morning from Calcutta. Mr. Hutchings met the Prime Minister at the Secretariat and had a long talk
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    • 101 4 Poona Move Poona, Aug. 18. The citizens of Poona will be the first in India to pay a marriage tax if the resolution adopted yesterday by the Standing Committee of the Poona municipality is passed by the Municipality. The Standing Committee has proposed the levy of a
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    • 725 4 BIHAR. THE LAND OF THE BLESSED ONE: CALCUTTA, THE CITY OF PALACES; THE LAND OF THE FIVE RIVERS; AGRA AND THE TAJ MAHAL: All by C. A. Parkhurst. (Macmillan Co., Price 3 as. each.). These four booklets are of the Here and There in India’ series
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    • 96 4 —Reuter. Famine Acute In Indian States Ahmedabad. Mud is stated to have been found in the mouth of a man who had died from starvation near here. He had apparently tried to eat it in desperation. He was picked up by the police, who
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    • 148 4 Reuter. 150 Get Certificates Calcutta. One hundred and fifty prisoners of the Gaya Central Gaol, have been awarded certificates for upper and lower primary examinations. These examinations were the first to be held in pursuance of the “mass literacy campaign” launched by the Congress Government of
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    • 396 4 Begum’s Talk At Tinneveilv Tinnevelly, Aul TUBE seventh anniversa Palamcottah Ladic > ub was celebrated this ev u E.C. Wood, I S r J Tinnevelly, presiding After tea and tennis t number of games in v.! gentlemen took part chair, Mrs. David Micha< in the spoon
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 40 4 All in Day’» Work—fey Rick Elmes TAKEN FOR A RIDE X' ONJ EIBPhAmT Mdo stil l_ I (V AND I v VE. OKI /_—J y c x /N y il z' J i| I Z /> J' n- I AMfP biMLSiLIiS®
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  • DAILY CHINA PAGE
    • 297 5 pan May Seek New Ally ONE ANXIOUS FOR HER FRIENDSHIP -—Central News. Chungking, August 28. inevitable result.” declare <• observers, commenting !’>kio cabinet crisis. They that the Hiranuma Cabinet 1 with the explicit mission thening the Anti-Comintern t now the Axis Powers
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    • 97 5 of censorship. Chinese Ce il News. ipanese (Jordon ’ound Territory Hongkon August 28. •ino-British communication been completely cut off folio rdon thrown by the Japaes around the British leased Kowloon on the mainland landing of several hundred troops along the Chinese the northeast of Kowloon. the present
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    • 6 5 •Mr. C.C. HUANG,
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    • 166 5 Fresh Drives Launched Loyang, Aug. 9. The long lull on the West Shansi front has been broken by the lapanese at Lishih, who have commenced a four-column diive w r estw r ard again with Liulin and Kuntu, important Yellow River crossings, as their objectives. The
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    • 297 5 DEMAND FOR THEM TO BE HANDED OVER .—Chinese Central News. Hongkong, August 28. JUST after the tension over the West Shanghai shooting incident had died down, flurry was again caused by Japanese agitation over the ‘‘lone battalion” issue, according to a Shanghai dispatch. It may
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    • 1441 5 Acute Problems Facing Japan’s Army rpHE United States denunciation, just announced, of its Trade Treaty with Japan draws attention to that country’s military problem in China. A “Daily Telegraph” correspondent until recently resident in China indicates aspects of that problem. At a period when
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    • 22 5 Mr. C.C. HUANG, formerly Chinese consul in California, has arrived to take up his duties as Consul-General in India.
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    • 37 5 8088 Y... BEARS ADVENTURES: "ArHul f colour this. But—careless! He’s upset the glass. Hobby’s drawing’s looking fine. too marks now—can’t miss. He is dunce now of the class thinks Percy, "he gets mine.” He ll get top
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  • AUSTRALIAN NEWS & VIEWS
    • 377 6 Site Problem: Economy vs Strategy Sydney. npHE construction of a naval dry dock capable of taking the A largest battleship afloat will soon be decided by the Australian Cabinet. At present Sydney is the most favoured site, although Sir Leopold Savile, who is reporting
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    • 57 6 Brisbane. Nearly £4,000 in solid gold bars was contained in the luggage of a recently arrived Jewish refugee. In the same ship, says Austral News, were 54 other Jewish refugees whose aggregate capital was more than £lB,OOO. Their ages ranged from two to seventy, and
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    • 150 6 Melbourne. A BROWN, broody bantam hen is A now sitting on some of the most expensive pheasant eggs on record. The eggs have just arrived by flying-boat. They were consigned front Yorkshire to two members of the Ornamental Pheasant Society of England, in
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    • 117 6 .—“Austral News”. Sydney. MOTHER things being equal, victory in future wars will go to th«» population that loses least sleep. That is the opinion of the Australian controller-general of munitions (Mr. A. E. Leighton, who considers that the invention of a really
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    • 127 6 “No Fear Of Instability” Says British Expert Sydney. “No British investor need have any fear about Australia: I shall do all I can to dispel any doubt if it exists,” declared Lt.-Col. Eric Murray who. after 14 years as secretary to the British Empire League in London,
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    • 38 6 Something caught the eye of Prince lidivard and his sister, Princess Alexandra, children of the Duke and Duchess of Kent, as they walked down the beach at St. Margaret's Day near Dover.
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    • 72 6 Canberra. the latest figures dis- close, has a very sweet tooth. In the year just passed the confectionery industry there produced and consumed nearly 100,000,000 lbs. of chocolates and other szveets, or “lollies" as they are popularly called, quite apart from other things. The total output of
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    • 154 6 —Austral News. Brisbane. a box in the mail of the Chief Protector of Aborigines (Mr. J. W. Bleakley) was opened at Brisbane, a large valuable pearl rolled out on to the table. Powanga Savage, a diver at Badu Island, Torres Strait, had won it from the seabed
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    • 85 6 Austral News. Sydney. The announcement that the Duke of Kent will make his debut as racing owner in Australia while he is Governor-General has received prominence in the London newspapers. The Daily Sketch points out that the Duke, unlike his brothers, never registered his
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    • 118 6 ,—Austral News. Effect Of World Price Slump Canberra. The present wheat situation in which the lowest prices on record have obtained is expected to be reflected next season by the retirement of at least 600,000 acres from production in Australia. Present indications are that only
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    • Article, Illustration
      12 6 BEG!—A Queensland girl and her pet v.Re vnill Picture from Brisbane.
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    • 116 6 "Baseless Absurd” —Austral News. NAZI ACTIVITIES IN AUSTRALIA Canberra. NOT three per cent of the Germans in Australia would return to Germany if the way were open for them to do so,” declared Sir Henry Gullett, Minister for External Affairs in reply to the Berlin Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung’s statement that
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    • 83 6 Better Performance Than Existing Fighters Canberra. A secret number of extremely powerful fighter ’planes has been ordered in Great Britain for the Royal Australian Air Force. The machines, the make of which has not been disclosed, will be superior in performance to any existing fighters in the
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    • 76 6 Man Who Walked 4 Miles Amazes Doctors Melbourne. Doctors at the Royal Melbourne Hospital are amazed at the feat of James Cotter, aged 22. who walked four miles after his spine had been fractured in an accident. After having been knocked down by a bicycle he walked
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    • 58 6 GRACIE FIELDS FOR AUSTRALIA Revival Of English Music-hall Sydney. Besides George Robey, who is now here, the Mills Brothers, Stanley Holloway, Fats Wallor, Sandy Powell and probably Gracie Fields are among 200 well-known artists who will appear shortly on the Australian Trivoli Circuit. The typically English music hall entertainment is
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    • 62 6 HIAWATHA’S PRODUCER Melbourne. Mr. T. C. Fairbairn, who dramatised Coleridge-Taylor’s “Hiawatha” and who produces it each year at the Albert Hall, London, is to produce it during the November carnival here. Nearly 700 singers, a ballet of 100 and a symphony orchestra of 75 will take part. Several leading English
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    • 114 6 —Austral News. FATHER <X SON. MAKE £57,00(1 Perth. ONE of the i ever treated in Western Au> tralia was cleaned up on J Mi J. Carrott and son. of \U ,y, Find. Twelve hundredweig •,f yielded 1,727 oz. of gold, wi -h £15.000. They had already won
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    • 68 6 —Austral News. To Encourage Literature Canberra. To encourage the production nd an improvement in the standard nter> ture. the Australian federal c<>ven> ment has inaugurated a schen hereby pensions will be granted t authors. Standard Australian rks now out of print will be reprinted <..tstanding manuscript will
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    • 59 6 Duke’s First Visitor Will Be Dutch GovernorGeneral Canberra. Among the first oft u entertained by the Du ;of Kent at Canbet ra has assumed office as C lof Australia, will 1 General of the Netlr |jonkheer Tjarda Stachouwer I It will be a visit i t paid a year ago
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    • 48 6 Austr Notable Achiv--Svdney. wn ri A total mileage of r 4% years, without inj 9 or crew, is the proud Empire Airways Ltd ber, 1934, assumed all coincidental with Tee com* Sydney-Singapore pany has carried a to' of mails and freight of the service. Austr
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    • 54 6 Australia, the wot producer, is beginnir* of a rearming world <i t forms. The wot closed with a str( ii-' 1 j many months, ano A carry-over of v o< 1 Apart from Britt France and Japan ket. In three weel 10,000 bales,
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    • 464 6 MOTHERS-TO-BE WHO HAVE HEARTBURN Should Read this Nurse’s Letter Her is something of rea] interest to those mothers-to be who are suffering with indigestion in one or another of its various forms: flatulence, heart bum, sickness or acidity. Today it is no longer necessary to endure this penalty. Relief can
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  • 426 7 No Warning Notices RURAL BOARD’S PROBLEM RECOMMENDATION of the Municipal Commissioners, th*it the Rural Board also erect warning notices along dangerous beaches, was not given effect to at yesterday’s meeting of the Rural Board, held at the Land Office. °n behalf of the other members, Mr.
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  • 862 7 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES following candidates, sitting at Ipoh Kuala Lumpur and Kuala '■••ntres passed the City and Guilds Institute Examinations, 1939: I technical electricitygrade I Y Theng (2nd Class), Hoon Hunt «2nd Class), Lim Hock Thye .as Loke Kok Theen (Ist Class), idar Singh (2nd Class), C. Visu-
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  • 342 7 FOUND BELOW ROOM Parit Buntar. GpiIAT he had found the accused standing underneath some cracks in the floor of the room in which were his wife and ,grown-up daughter, was the allegation .made by the complainant in a case heard before Yang Mulia Raja Amor Shah in
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  • 634 7 The wedding of Mr. W.F.C. Grenier: and Miss Florence Wilson will take place on Saturday at the Venning Road Chapel, Kuala Lumpur, at 4 p.m. The engagement is announced between Daphne Denison, daughter cf Mrs. Keys, Tangier, Morocco, and John Edward Alan, son of Capt. and Mrs.
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  • 36 7 Miss Mary Carr, married at St James’s, PiccuKlly, to SquadronLeader J. R. Jones, gives a helping; hand to bridesmaid and page boy as they reach a step too high fcr little feet
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  • 559 7 Denies Quarrel Over “Lover” Ipoh. SENTENCE of three months’ imprisonment was passed on a Javanese woman, Mariam bt. Marjok, who was convicted by the Ipoh First Magistrate, Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe, yesterday on a charge of theft of certain articles of clothing from a Malay
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  • 72 7 Case Withdrawn The charge of having in his possession information in the form of plans, maps, notes and documents relating to prohibited areas in Malaya, on August 25, was withdrawn against a Japanese named Jiro Aoki. The case which was postponed till September was brought up yesterday,
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  • 117 7 Shortage Of $900 In Safe Ipoh The disappearance of a clerk to a local chettiar firm in Belfield Street with a sum of $900 in cash has been reported to the local police. It appears that on Wednesday afternoon the agent found the safe keys near the
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  • 347 7 Alleged Threat Of Assault Following information received by the Police that he had threatened to assault Rawther Gani, Sagil and Majid with a knife, and was therefore a dangerous character, a Tamil named Kannan appeared in the Penang Middle Court before Mr. Lim Koon Teck yesterday
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    • 128 7 Bad. gums, not bad teeth are at the root of most extractions. Preserve your teeth and keep your gums healthy with the tooth paste Dentists themselves use and prescribe for their patients use Gibbs “S.R.” Tooth Paste. Al Ths patient was sent to me to have 6 lower fronts removed
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  • 491 8 npHE draft report of the special sub-committee appointed to review and revise the existing Municipal Standing Orders, tabled at Tuesday’s meeting of the Commissioners, shows an appreciable advance in the duties and responsibilities of our City Fathers. There are altogether fifty recommendations the most interesting of which
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  • 36 8 MAJESTIC cinema Merle Oberon in “Wuthering Heights’’ WINDSOR. CINEMA "The Coffin Spirit” (Cantonese talkie) 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. ROYAL. CINEMA “Four’s a Crowd.” QUEEN’S CINEMA Myrna Boy and Robert Taylor in "Bucky Night.”
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  • 44 8 —Reuter Rolling Stock Required Eor Troop Movement The Hague, August 31. All tram services on Friday and Saturoay have been cancelled throughout Holland, rolling stock being needed for the movements of troops and military equipment following the general mobilisation.
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  • 63 8 .—Reuter. Trade With Britain Hit By Crisis Riga. August 31. Owing to the withdrawal of British ships, the Baltic States are finding difficulty with exports of butter, bacon and other products to Britain but are determined tc maintain (business with Britain. The Estonians are urgently equipping vessels with
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  • 522 8 FRIDAY, SEPT. 1. There is no disguising THE FACT NOW. WAR IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY. HITLER’S PROPOSALS FOR A SETTLEMENT OF THE POLISH DISPUTE HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AND THE VERY FIRST CONDITION—THE RETURN OF DANZIG TO GERMANY—IS ENOUGH TO PLUNGE EUROPE INTO A
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  • 628 8 The British Way TT'EW true Britons can read without a tremor of pride the story beneath the headline which calmly proclaimed—“ Rat Up Trouser Leg We are only too accustomed in these days to attacks on our national character, to derision of us as being decadent and
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  • 559 9 Announcement Of Further Emergency Measures Trom Our Own Correspondent) r- Singapore. four Government Gazettes Extraordinary publishe ast nig announcing! further emergency measures un er t e defence regulations. These measures include a ban on the purchase of petrol and oij| in excess
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  • 247 9 Sequel To Unusual Accident Kuala Lumpur How a wooden stake, a foot long and [one and one-third inches wide, had embedded itself in the left thigh of a Chinese named Tan Ah Choi as a result cf a collision tx'tween a bus and a lorry
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  • 148 9 Celebrations in Penang Cancelled Owing to the present tension, in Europe, all celebrations in Penang in honour of the birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland yesterday, were cancelled. Celebrations both in Holland and the Dutch East Indies were likewise cancelled A register was kept in the office
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  • 214 9 Padi Cultivation To Be Discussed (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. It is reliably learnt that Selangor Malays are making a vigorous protest against the Governor’s proposal to provide padi land for all Asiatics in the near future. A meeting is to be held on Sept.
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  • 30 9 ’While snow sjHirts enthusiasts are disporting themselves ii Hit. mountain areas lit Australian alips, this happy cininle are enjoying the surf and suiisiuno on a Queensland beach.
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  • 869 9 Mr. F.H. Grumitt On Need Of Complete Organisation should carry on with our A.R.P. measures—carry on until we have a complete organisation that can he put into operation no matter when it arises—this year, next year or even ten years hence.” This
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  • 261 9 Not To Apply To Stocks Of Estates And Mines 'T'HE Under Secretary to GovA ernment, Federated Malay States, has issued the Communique on food control: “Tn order to .allay any fears or misunderstanding that may possibly arise from the Notification published in the Gazette of 31st August,
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  • 155 9 Mr. And Mrs. M. J. 4 Thorpe To Cease Active Control Mr. M. J. Thorpe, President of the Penang Wireless Society since its inception, announces that on medical grounds he will cease active control <rf the Penang Wireless Society, but will be remaining in
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  • 59 9 A hanging tragedy occurred at No. 180, Carnarvon Street, a coffee-shop at 9 o’clock yesterday morning, when a Chinese was found dead with a rope tied round his neck. The man, whose name was given as Kim Hooi Tong aged 40 years, wAa for* merly the proprietor of
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    • 100 9 ogipy g Strong, sturdy limbs, sour,J bones, the happiness oi y fr Ik abounding health —these are some of the gifts bestowed by this famous English Food. Something a little better, something a little different, v® ir Jk 188/ have made Cow Gate pre*eminent. That is why Mothers say u
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  • 354 10 Highest Figures For Six Years New York, July 25. Tire shipments during June, 1939 rose to 5,7*3,216 units which is the highest single month’s shipments since June, 1933, when over 6,000,000 units were shipped, according to statistics released today by The Rubber Manufacturers Association, Inc. Largely
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  • 315 10 Heavier Shipments To Italy And Germany The last few months have seen a striking improvement in British coal exports. During the quarter ended June 30th last a total of 10 256,000 tons were sent abroad from the United Kingdom, compared with 8,225,000 tons in the first
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  • DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
    • 140 10 A. A. ANTHONY CO’s QUOTATIONS TIN Buyers Sellers Ampat 3/6 3/9 Batu Selangor LIO Lio Burma Malay 20/6 Hong Fatt 60 K. Kamunting 5/9 6/3 Kamra Kent 2/ /o Kinta Kellas 4/6 5/ Klang River i- 70 Kuchai Laruts 3/6 4/ Pattani 2/4 J 2/6 Petaling 6.30 6.50 Pungah 16
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    • 186 10 LEAN CO’s QUOTATIONS In view of prevailing conditions the following Quotations must be taken as nominal. MINING Buyers Sellers Ampats 3/6 3/10J A. Amalgamated 3/6 3/9cd Bangrms 17/ IT/fi Gopengs 6/9 7/3 Hong Fatts 58 61 Johans 24 27 Jelebus 47j 52i K. Kamuntmgs 6/ 6/6 Katus 20/ 20/9 K.
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    • 181 10 RUBBER Buyers Selleri Ayer Panas 1.00 1.10 Bassetts 40 45 Batu Lintangs 95 1.00 Bentas 92$ 97$ Brogas 47$ 52$ Indragiris 1.15 1.20 Kuala Sidims 2.00 2.10 Lunas 1.35 1.45 Malaka Pindas 1.05 1.15 Mentakabs 37 39 Pajams 1.60 1.70 Sungei Tukangs 90 95 Ta pahs
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    • 232 10 KENNEDY CO’s SHARE LIST MINING Buyers Sellers AmPat 3/9 3 4/c Austral Amal. 3/9 Austral Malay 3(/ Ayer Weng Ayer Hitam 18 18 9 Batu Selangor 1.12$ 1.15 Hitam 32 35 Hong Fatt 56 Johan 32$ 25 Jelebu 46 58 w K. Kamunting 6/ 6/3 Kampong Lanjut 13/3 13/9 Kamra
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    • 259 10 SOON THEAM CO’s QUOTATIONS TIN Buyers Seilers Ampats 3/6 3/9 A. Hitams 17/6 18/6 A. Weng 70 75 Bangrins 1 7 47 /9 B. Selangors 1.14 1-17 Berjuntais 8/ 8/6 Chenderiangs 11/ H/9 Hong Fatt 56 59 Kamras 1/3 1/6 Kamuntings 8/ 8/6 K. Lanjuts 13/3 13/9 Kramats 9/3 9/9
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  • 377 10 Sales Doubled Last Year London, Aug. 3, While Turkey doubled her purchases from Great Britain last year, sa! of Turkish goods to Britain were halved" The trade between Turkey and German on the other hand, increased substanti in both directions. These facts emerge from the econoir.
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  • 93 10 Penang. August 31, 1939. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). On London Bank Demand 2/4 1/16' On London Bank 4 months 2/4 3/33 Private O. D. 2/4 5/16 Private 3 m/s Documentary 2/4 5/8 On New York Demand 51 Canadian 51 3/4 On France Demand 2030 Lire 982
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  • 236 10 Ignorance “If she is brought up again 1 shal impose the maximum penalty”, remarked Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Pen si g Middle Court yesterday, in flnin a Chinese woman named Tan Swee Lar. $3O, in default 15 days’ rigorous imprisonment. The accused had pleaded guilty
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    • 777 10 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. iincorporated In England) <Ms*tal Authorised J si'mo<)4)() <W»I Subscribed ■wwrwr fund and Rest £1.2511 HO Oqgftal Paid Up £i.o&o,ow BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sir Charles Alexander Innes, OUR SERVICES ARE I AT your disposal j Ctifford Henry Figg, Esq < ffcn R H Vivian
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  • 614 11 General Reserve Figure Maintained \I FM. EDMONDS (chairman) presided at the annua] meeting 1 of New Scudai Ltd., which was held in Singapore on r riday, and in moving the adoption of the reports and accounts said:— Ihe profit for the year amounted to $11,924.02 which,
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  • 540 11 STATISTICS OFFICE NOTICE rpHE following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, SJS., F.M..5., during the period 21-26 August ’39 inclusive, and are available for public us» in tfir Refer* .ice Library, Fullerton Building, Singapore. Applications may be made by members of the
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  • 170 11  -  By By Stuart Fletcher disagreement has broken in the disputatious ballet world. Irina Baronova, onb of the two principal ballerinas in the Russian Ballet company now appearing at Covent Carden, has ann unced her intention of leaving it when the season ends. With her will go the
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    16 11 SIR BERNARD DOCKER, who has been elected a director of Birmingham Small Arms Company.
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  • 111 11 German Negotiations For Concessions Belgrade. Negotiations between the Yugoslav authorities and a German group for the prospecting and exploitation of Yugoslav oilfields are nearing completion. Already the rights of several Yugoslav oil comparv.es have been bought by German interests. When the new agreement with the Yugoslav
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  • 37 11 The local branch of Mercantile Bark of India inform us that they have received a cable from Head Office advis ng that th? Directors have declared an Interim Dividend less Income Tax. of 6%
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  • 250 11 Miss SHIRLEY JENNINGS, aged 22, the first woman ever to become a qualified gas engineer, could, if necessary, tell you how to lay a gas main or build a gas refrigerator. But put her in front of the gas cooker in her little Chelsea
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  • 321 11 r pELEV ISION will revolutionise the entertainment industry, said Mr. Robert Finnigan in his presidential address to the annual conference of the National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees, which was held in London. The theatre and the cinema should not be too severely criticised if.
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  • 247 11 Rio de Janeiro. VVTARS and rumours of wars have had the effect in stimulating Brazilian experts, notably cotton to Japan and China, and tinned meat to Europe. Raw 7 cotton shipped overseas during the four months under review (January-April) totalled 68,545 metric tons, or 40
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  • 1568 11 Government’s Order For Military Kit VfACHINERY activity throughout the wool textile industry is now as great as it was during the busy period of the Coronation year of 1937. This is mainly due to the home trade and particularly to the large supplies of various types
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  • 976 12 Difficult And Costly Pest To Combat Prospects for Grouse shooting are by now fairly well known, and under any circumstances tend rather to be a repetitive chant, so it should be sufficient if I summarise them in a few words, writes Martin Stephens in the “Daily
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  • 526 12 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang SEA MAILS Outward For Victoria Point, Mergui, Tavoy and Moulmein will close by Juna at 7 a.m. on September 1. For North North Eastern and North Western Sumatra will close by Kedah at 5 p.m. today. For Burma. Northern
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  • 219 12 A Ballet Programme The Production Club of the Royal Academy of Dancing gave a programme aS the Westminster Theatre writes Beryl de Zoete in the “Daily Telegraph” recently. The object of the club, which was formed about six months ago, is “to give its members the
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  • 133 12 News For Bird-Watcher Douglas, I O M Mr. R B Mitchell, bird-watcher on the Calf of Man, is to receive mail by motor-boat three times a week—the first postal service to the island, writes a correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” Mr. J. Jackson, who
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  • 186 12 Made First Night Flighi Paris. Among notable persons flying London, for the banquet to celeb the 30th anniversary of the cross-channel flight by Louis B will be M Robert Grandseigm helped to construct the pion« machine. M. Grandseigne, who still k<follows the latest development aviation, broke
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2549 12 BERLIN 17.76 me'» <16.89 m< Mg Mfcli tIMi BB l)l 1528 nb 'l9 6 A Vfl HH| igK WS fl fl X BB i A ‘Bflß lO m Eimfl^^J^^Jl^BßHßßJßL—^*" 1- lish 2.35 Topics (English). Weekly ,\rin/\iu Market Review. 3.05 Organ Music. 3.35 Wrx AV INIKUM The Vlltn Reich’s Meeting of
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  • 228 13 Seven “Zones** Of 50,000,000 People Lahore. An alternative federal scheme which he believes would solve all India’s political, communal and economic difficulties is envisaged by the Premier of the Punjab. Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan. He would divide India into seven zones based on linguistic affinity, common economic
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  • 37 13 DESIGNATE OF MADRAS Sir A. Hope To Take Charge In November Madras, Aug. 15. Captain Sir Arthur Hope, Gover- <>r-designate of Madras, is expectd to assume charge of his office in ‘he third week of November.
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  • 114 13 —Reuter. Spain Builds Largest Locomotive Barcelona. The first locomotive built in Spain since the end of the civil war has just been delivered to the Madrid-Saragos-sa Railway Company by a local engineering firm. With a horse-power of 3,000, it is the largest yet built in
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  • 109 13 Egyptian Division For Western Desert? Alexandria. Barracks to hold a full infantry division of the Egyptian army are now being constructed at Mersa Matrum,In the western desert near the frontier of Lybia, it is reported here. Mersa Matrum is a strategic post to the defence of
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  • 1151 13 Arrivals TODAY, SEPTEMBER 1. o.a. Y uciibang" num Calcutta. s.s. “Philoctetes” irom Hamburg. m.v. “Roseville” from U. b. A. Pacific Coast ports via smgapore. s.s. “Tosari" from Belawan-Deli. Asahan and Paneh (Laboean-Biiik >. s.s. "Mandar” from Belawan-Deli, Langsa, Simpang-Olim. Idi. Pg- Soesoe and Pangkalan-Hrandan. TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 2.
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  • 76 13 —Reuter. Commemorating Death Of Lance-Corporal Pans. France will commemorate the death of Lance-Corporal Peugeot—the first French victim of the Great War —with official ceremonies at Belfort on August 6. Peugeot was mortally wounded in French territory by a detachment of German troops 36 hours before war
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  • 90 13 Old Link Between England And Anjou Angers, France. Four-day festivities celebrating the period when Anjou was linked with the crown of England through its hereditary Dukes took place recently Geoffrey Le Bel, Duke of Anjou, was the ancestor and founder of the Plantagenets. A monument to
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    • 275 13 BLUE FUNNEL LINE WEEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT THESEUS Calls Glasgow MENELAUS Calls Hull Jeddah 8 4 GLENBEG Calls Antwerp Middleboro Sent 11 Oct 9 TEN DAY SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAW TEUCER Liverpool MENTOR calls Glasgow 2'?' TANTALUS Omits Havre Galls Jeddah S!# 2 I J? NEW YORK
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    • 611 13 Po A anc ot V BRITISH INDIA (Incorpotkted 1b Kngland) PORT SWETTENHAM. MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. “KHANDALLA” SAILING SUNDAY, 3rd SEPTEMBER,I939. JX“t^^S? d rI 2“S- 8 N^ 00 F <> r Malacca Singapore, contract with His Majesty s Government i— London and Far East Mail Service. Cailin,» Outwards trots London for
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  • 1678 14 More Upsets At S’pore Likely PROSPECTS DISCUSSED (By “EPSOM JEEP") M. van Breukelen is certainly a trainer well worth following at the present Singapore Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting and tomorrow at Bukit Timah his quartette, Pure Gold, Ganderdown, Rubber Queen and Golden Arrow have
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  • 419 14 Wins J n Derby Tennis Final London, Aug. 22. D. W. Butler and Miss G. C. Hoah ing won the Derbyshire championships at Ruxton. Butler defeated the Argentine player, A. D. Russell, by 9 —7, 3 —6, 6—4, in the final of the men’s singles and
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  • 367 14 The following are the English and Scottish League fixtures for tomorrow. FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v Sunderland Blackburn R. v Everton Blackpool v W’hampton W. Bolton W v Portsmouth Brentford v Huddersfield T. Charlton A v Manchester U. Derby C v Aston V. Grimsby T v Preston
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  • 275 14 Charles Whitcombe Withdraws London. Aug. 22. Charles Whitcombe, of the CrewS Hill Club. Enfield, one of the eight selected players for the British Ryder Cup team which meets America in Florida in November, lias withdrawn from the side. Having said cn a number of occasions that
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  • 884 14 London Soccer “"Festival'" Tomorrow On Games And Players Ih 4J4X rpIIERE will be a soccer feast for London tomorrow, no less than five First Division matches having been fixed to be played in the metropolis. Arsenal are at home to Sunderland, Bolton will entertain the
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  • Article, Illustration
    18 14 l.;vc Crowley, who is seeking ,i return TglK for the British lightweight title with Erie Boon.
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  • 1026 15 RACE 1 2.30 p.m. ONIES Class 1 Div. 3 —6 Furlongs i o SHEILA II 8y 904 Hon. Mr. S. B. Palmer Sillev 2 PHARioL 6y 9 02 Dr w H Brodie r b s LIMIT Uy 902 Messrs. Scott Logue Logue SYCILLIAN
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  • 286 15 Full List For September Below is the full list of revised League fixtures for this month:— Today —P.H.B.J.S.C. vs P.C.F.A. “B” —D. Kramat. Referee —A. i Rahman. P.S.C. vs P.M.R.C.—Western Road. Referee—Lieut. Lowe. C.R.C. vs C.A.C.—C.R.C. Referee —F. Reutens. Sept. 2—I.R.C. vs P.W.F.A. C.R.C. Referee —Sgt.
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  • 74 15 The G.C.D.S. beat the Penang Book Exchange Basket-ball Team in a match at Sin Kiang School court at 5.30 p.m. yesterday by 46 points to 33 The scores of the four quarters were 10—4, 12—11, 16—12. Mr. Yeoh Seng Huat refereed. “WHITE HORSE” vs “YOUNGSTERS” “White Horse” Basket-ball
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  • 148 15 —Reuter R. PEKKYAIAN who will ride Lord Derby’s Heliopolis, the Derby third, in the St. Leger Stake on September 6. Eleven Acceptors Left In London, August 30 The following are final acceptors for the St. Leger Stakes to be run at Doncaster on September 6 over 1
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  • 90 15 Mixed Foursomes Competition The following is the result of the P.S.C. Monthly Mixed Foursomes Competition played on August 30:— Miss Howes Roberts and Mr. R. H. Williams 41 —4J=363. Mrs. E. M. Scoular and Mr. J. M. Scoular 45—5i=39J. Miss Samuel and Mr. E. M. Scoular
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  • 539 15 GARRISON RESERVES BEATEN BY PENALTY GOAL 1 The Marines, champions of t he Second Division of the Penang* Football League this year, playe d their last league fixture at Glugor yesterday when they defeate d the Garrison Reserves by a solitary goal gained from
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    • 137 15 “You prefer them? So do <l Grand to you back so soon. I know what you'd like- you must be dying for a smoke. ■i”a Ihouglitfid soul you an-! .1.. Maurier, o) JRBBB tf You’re quite right. After all, there’s no other cigarette like them. The tobacco they use seems
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  • 622 16 Happy Sal And Madam In Good Form (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. YW7HILE few horses were out Y* for slow work this morning, a heavy downpour of rain interrupted the training, which was delayed until rain ceased. However, a few more horses went
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  • 43 16 RA CE I—PHARIOL DEVON KING RACE 2- -GOLDEN ARROW VEDAS RACE 3 —LISHEEN MISS WENDY RA< E 4—RUBBER QUEEN RAINBOROUGH RA( E S—TREDELLA INVENTORY RACE 6—PURE GOLD JACK DRUCE RA< E 7 GANDERDOWN STUART TARTAN RAI E X—LIBERTY FLEMING
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  • 59 16 A collision occurred between a motor-car and a Chinese cyclist at the junction of Penang Road and Leitn Street this morning at about nine o’clock Motor-car P. 1385, a Hillman Saloon, driven by a European, was entering Penang Road when the collision took .place with the
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  • 237 16 Reuter Wang To Head New Regime? London, August 31. The. Japanese Embassy has still no news that Mr. Shigemitsu will be the new Japanese Foreign Minister. Rumours of the impending Sino-Jap-ane.se peace continue to be current though nobody is able to say precisely on what basis. Japanese
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  • 111 16 Convincing 4-0 Victory In Junior League The Government Trade School scored a convincing 4 —o victory over the Malay Recreation Club in a Second Division League soccer match played yesterday on the G. T S. ground. The School led I—o in the first half
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  • 51 16 —REUTER. PEIPING, AUGUST 31. THE ANTICIPATED POSSIBILITY OF A SLACKENING IN THE ANTI-BRITISH MOVEMENT APPEARS UNJUSTIFIED. ANTI-BRITISH PARADES AND MEETINGS CONTINUE TO BE HELD WHILE THE JAPANESE-CONTROLLED PRESS DECLARES THAT CHINESE AND JAPANESE MUST OPPOSE BRITAIN AND RUSSIA WHICH REPRESENT TWO EVILS OF CAPITALISM AND
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  • 237 16 Half-yearly Meetings To Be Dispensed With (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. August 31. Half-yearly meetings of the Selangor Turf Club may. in future, be dispensed with if the suggestion put forward at this evening's half-yearly meeting held at the Selangor Club is adopted at the next
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  • 200 16 —Reuter. YY est Frontier Defences Impregnable Alexandria. August 31 "If war should come, it will not find Egypt unprepared,’’ Reuter was told jy a spokesman of the Council of Ministers after a day of unprecedented .activity in Government headquarters duiing which the Cabinet held a six-hour meeting on
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  • 32 16 Reuter Sofia. August 31 The Government is today calling up several new classes of reservists for three weeks’ military training The classes previously called up were dismissed.—
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  • 74 16 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. MIDDAY QUOTATIONS Penang Tin $116.50 Business done 25 tons, Singapore Tin $ll6 50 RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 29 l/4c Singapore (Spot) 2P I/2c COPRA: Sundried $3.40 Black Pepper $9.50 TAPIOCA: Medium $3.25 Fair Seed $2.80 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6 80 No. 2 $6.70 Rangoon
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  • 96 16 .—R.euter. Centuries By Robertson, Edrich And Singleton London,August 31. At Taunton Somerset won by an innings and 92 runs. Northamptonshire 138 (Andrews 4 for 23) and 150; Somerset 380 for 9 wickets declared (Timms 4 for 63): At Lord’s Middlesex wan by an innings and 200 runs. Middlesex
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  • 84 16 —Reuter. Spur* Hold Newport To A Draw London, August 31 The following are the results of the English League fixtures played today:— SECOND DIVISION Newport C. 1 Tottenham H. 1 Nottingham F. 2 Newcastle U. 0 THIRD DIVISION (Southern) Clapton Orient 0 Southend U. 0 The Third
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  • 98 16 Results Of P. S. C. August Competition The Penang Sports Club monthly mixed foursomes competition was played on the 30th ultimo and resulted as follows: Miss Howes Roberts and Mr. R H Williams 41 —4% 36% Mrs. E.M Scoular and Mr. J. M. Scoular 45 —5% 39% Miss
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  • 41 16 LESSONS OF THE CRISIS" “Lessons of the Crisis” will be the subject of a lecture at the Adventist Chapel, 140 Burmah Road, at 6 p.m. tomorrow. The speaker is Pastor V. E. Hendershot, M.A. All are cordially invited to be present
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  • 96 16 His Excellency the Governor has been notified by the Secretary of State for the Colonies that by reason of the dislocation of civil life which would be involved the Government has laid it down on principle that mobilisation of local territorial forces should not be ordered at present. The
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    • 35 16 MAN-POWER, PENANG The Public are informed that the Man-Power Bureau, Penang, has been transferred from the Office of the Municipal Engineer, Penang, to the Resident Councillor’s Office, Penang, where enquiries may be made. Telephone 451.
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    • 637 16 ,Head Telegrams: "Gazette" Pena,;.. Rates of Subscription for Pinang and Sunday Gazette. PINANG GAZETTE Local s.S. Monthly D( siir F sns Quarterly 3.75 5’95 Haly-Yearly 7.50 1'0.50 Yearly 15.00 21.00 SUNDAY GAZETTE Local s.S. Delivery F.M.S Quarterly ..$1.25 $1.50 Half-Yearly 2.50 3.00 Yearly 5.00 600 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and
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