Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 January 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 16. Vol. XCIV. MONDAY. JANUARY 20, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 1202 1 PRIVY COUNCIL MEETING AT SANDRINGHAM HOUSE To Appoint Council Of State STRENGTH MAINTAINED IN SPITE OF RESTLESS NIGHT Prayers Said In All Churches London. January 19. he Privy Council has been summoned to meet at Sandringham ise tomorrow morning to appoint a Council of
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  • 157 1 l —Reuter. Independence Announced INCREASING JAPANESE PRESSURE ALLEGED Peiping, Jan. 19. Reliable sources state that Prince Teh, head of the Inner Mongolian autonomy Council and General Tso, Shih-hai, Comrrumder of the Mongol militia, signed and issued a circulai telegram to the country on January' 16, announcing their
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  • 771 1 DR. WU LIEN-TEH IN SPECIAL IPOH INTERVIEW Views On Far Eastern Health Problems MALARIA MENACE ONLY TEMPORARY (From Our Perak Representative) Ipoh, January 20. “The council meeting of the Health Advisory Board of the League of Nations Bureau was successfully concluded in
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  • 319 1 British Arms Speed-Up CALL FOR WOMEN AS NURSES Rome, Jan. 18 Marked uneasiness is displayed here at the news that three more British regiments have arrived in Egypt, bringing the total number of British troops there to 74,000, while Italy in Libya has about 100,000.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 37 1 loyal devotion Touching Incident Outside Palace One of the most touching incidents during a day marked by loyal devotion outside the Palace was the singing of the National Anthem outside the gates by three small girls.— Reuter.
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    • 74 1 HHnMIIIIISO A WORD TO BEEFEATERS BR You are sure of freshness, tenderness j||| yh and the best quality in beef, if you buy 111 it at the COLD STORAGE. iffl I X Finest selections from Australia and the twLx/ 1 0 Argentine. tffl Wvxy f i I SIRLOIN 11 FILLET
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    • 11 1 CHANGE OVER TO ROLLEIFLEX 1 and you will change no more.
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    • 1546 2 RATES FOR CASUAL, WV BANKS. I ADVERTISEMENTS d On <l2-1"°1 I MANDERS j Consignees of cargo per the above HONG KONG AND THE MERCANTILE BANK |1 All communications relating to!SSToeX,SS SHANGHAI BANKING OF INDIA. LIMITED. k. 1 "advertisements should be addressed to in a damaged condition will be held in
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  • 161 3 Discovery Off Swettenham Pier NQUIRY INTO CHILD'S DEATH discovery of the highly decomposed ly >f a female infant in the sea off tb nham Pier on January’ 5, formed the of an inquiry before Mr. H A L. kkam, the Coroner, in the Police Court on
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  • 235 3 3cy Drowned In Sea Off Transfer Road i >* ath by misadventure” was the verdict ‘--urned by the Coroner Mr. H-A-L- a kham, in the Police Court on Sat. at conclusion of the inquiry into the death a 12 year old Cantonese boy, Cheong Ah who was
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  • 775 3 Inspection By Assistant Scout Commissioner INFORMATIVE TALK GIVEN i An inspection of the Ist Penang- Rover Crew was held at the 1,2 mile, Tanjong Bungah, on Saturday evening, by Mr. L,.R. Wheeler, the Assistant Commisisioner for Malaya. The weather pxas fine though the sky was cloudy.
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  • 554 3 Taiping Magistrate's Ruling ABRUPT END TO CASE (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, January 18. The Taiping Mahjong Case which has been attracting a great deal of public attention, was brought to an abrupt finish today, when the Magistrate, Che Mohamed Salleh M.C.S. without calling
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  • 185 3 Gruesome Find At Night Soil Depot OPEN VERDICT RETURNED An open verdict was returned at an inquiry held before Mr. H-A-L- Luckham, the Penang Coroner, on Sat. into the death of an unknown female infant, whose decomposed body was found in the tank at the night
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  • 201 3 Varied Excuses Given By Accused Penang, Jan. 19 Varied were the statements made by unregistered chandu smokers when brought up before Mr. H-A-L- Luckham in the police court yesterday on a charge of possession of chandu. One accused, Leong Yin Sun, said that he took some chandu
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  • 139 3 STOWAWAY ON S.S. KARAGOLA Story Of Seeing A Friend Off That the ship sailed, without his knowledge while he was on board seeing a friend off, was the story put forward by Abdul Ferid, a Bengali,.- when charged in the police court on Sat. with being a stowaway on the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 186 3 aL Ejlllir I 1 MmJ J corns removed in 10 minutes It took this gentleman just 10 minutes with his feet in a Radox footbath—then his corn could be lifted out by the fingers. In a very short time your corns will surrender to Radox this pleasant way. Read the
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    • 53 3 IN EXCHANGE For 200 used Stamps of Straits Settle merits, Malay States, Siam, Hong Kong, Java and the surrounding countries will give PICTURE POST CARDS OF English Scenery Photographed from Aeroplanes. MISS TEE “KIA ORA,” Stockwell, London, England ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW At the EASTERN BAZAAR With COMPETITIVE PRICES. 8, Bishop
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    • 218 3 I ANOTHER CAMERA?— Yes, but this is a RECORD camera j SPEEDEX AL RECORD A sound camera at a low price. i PRICES with f/8.8 anastigmat lens $14.00 I 3 with f/7.7 -do.- $16.80 as above, with self-timer $19.80 I s with f/6.3 anastigmat lens and special device for i
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  • 1715 4 PERAK SECTION'S GOOD WORK DURING YEAR MORE MINERS WANTED Meeting Of All-Malayan Body May Be Held In Ipoh Ipoh, Jan. 18. Presiding over the annual general meeting of the Perak Section of the Engineering Association of Malaya at the Ipoh Club last night, Mr. P. A. Molloy,
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    • 432 4 MORRIS FT“ I SPECIALISATION JelL Jill .m» XrtMk ...all big car values upsef rj 1 I Vi MORRIS BIG SIXES (SERIES II) q Cars that UiJgi gjC are destined for big car field 1.... 'TI m nJXi Thes? two new Morris sixes come into a category I I A of
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  • 346 5 70 Much Gun-Play Still The Main Reason TEN MINUTE ALIBI" xMONG THE REJECTED of gun-play, torture, immorality, ■n< s and other features that he objectionable, the Colony Film Mr T M. Hussey, banned fourteen including the M.G M. success, ,na Seas during the last quarter
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  • 227 5 Japanese On Bail Of $3,000 Singapore, Jan. 18. alleged attempt to smuggle well r $4,000 worth of rubber into the "ny, was frustrated by the police who on patrol duty in a launch cruising ’he Straits of Johore in the early hours, this morning. a hearing the
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  • 1768 5 Unanimous Decision By Court Of Appeal Singapore, Jan. 19. The appeal of Mr. Ahamad Angullia, who is well known in Singapore, against the decision of Mr. Justice Burton disallowing his claim! for $17,276 plus interest, which represented the money expended by him in completing the erection
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  • 197 5 No Breeding Of i Ludlowi i i Singapore, Jan. 18. Quick action has been taken by the Municipal Health Department to carry out the scheme for the abolition of the fish I ponds in the Kallang Basin in which breed the dangerous ludlowi mosquito which have now
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    • 289 5 WHITEAWAYS j IgjSil EXCESS STOCKS IN S-Eg? PERFECT CONDITION i ill jjMy hWKWfe HEAVY AND FLORAL HARDWEARING ABSORBENT DESIGNS nbn A BENI check SIZE 30 x 56. FUL L SIZE. Q UALITY COTTON SaU ci B Special Sale Price Sale Price Sale Price Oo? YELLOW POLISHERS 75c. each. $235 Doz.
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  • 239 6 GARDENS UNDER WATER Floods in the Thames Valley assumed serious dimensions following further rains. This aerial picture of Walton show s it has become under-Thames instead of on-Thames. Water here is more than a quarter of a mile wide, and the river is only distinguishable
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  • 311 7 Mr. E. Bomphrey And Miss E. C. Lomas The marriage was solemnized at St. M trj’a Church, Kuala Lumpur on Friday ween Mr. Edward Bomphrey, of Brunei, Borneo, elder son of Mrs. Bomphrey and late Mr. A. M. Bomphrey of Bajsset, Southampton, England, and Miss Edith are
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  • 1090 7 Misappropriation Charge USE OF MONIES BELONGING TO SISTER AND BROTHERS ALLEGED Singapore, Jan. 18 Allegations that he had appropriated to his own use monies belonging to his younger sister and two brothers, which monies came into his hands as an executor of the will
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  • 336 7 Slight Decrease In Infant Mortality A slight decrease in the birth rate as well as in infant mortality was revealed by the Municipal Health Statement for the month of December, 1935. The death rate was 20.61 as compared with 20.63 for the previous month and 28.42
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  • 167 7 Perak Civil Suit LENGTHY PROCEEDINGS CONCLUDE The hearing of an important civil action, arising cut cf the administration of an estate in Taiping', valued in the region of $300,00C, was concluded before the Hr.o’ble Mr. Justice Hower at the Perak Supreme Court on Friday when His
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  • 157 7 Chinese Who Attempted To Smuggle Hearing the splash of oars on the seafront at the sixth mile, Pasir Panjang, at 12.45 a.m. on Friday officers of the Singapore Preventive Service noticed a sampan about to put to shore. On going up, they saw two Chinese jump out
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  • 168 7 Trouble Over Goods Worth $433 Singapore, Jan. 18. The third court Singapore, was packed yesterday when a Bengali named Raj j Kishore Rai appeared before Mr. M.H. Blacker on a charged of dishonestly in j ducing Amar Jit Singh an empoyee cf i Bnchoor Singh to part with
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  • 700 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL The funeral of the late Madam Lim Saw Kepk, who passed away peacefully in the early hours of Saturday morning, will take place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, the 22nd instant, from her residence, No. 5 Hargreaves Road. Mr. A. Wales, Overseer, P.W.D., Sitia-; wan, has been transferred
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 218 7 LONDON'S LEADING HOTELS MAKE A NOTE OF THESE ADDRESSES FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FRIENDS. Within 3 minutes Hyde Park and Tube. Daily terms as required. Passenger lifts. Garages, Central heating, Hot and Cold running water. Exchange telephone and gas fires in all bedrooms. Vegetarians catered for if desired. BRIDGE. BILLIARDS,
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  • 505 8 Familiar Mark For Nearly 100 Years WORKMEN FIND A PYTHON Mount Faber signal station, a familiar mark since 1845, is being pulled down to be re-erected on another knoll 300 yards to the south. Signalling from the station was discontinued on Jan. 11. Singapore merchants
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  • 135 8 —Reuter. Second Unofficial Test M.C.C. DISMISSED FOR 156 I Wellington, Jan. 18. i The second unofficial test between New Zealand and the M.C.C. was continued today .when the New Zealand first innings was brought to a close with the score at 242. Roberts batted freely for
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  • 204 8 Smooth Proceedings Officers Elected En Bloc (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 19. Annual general meetings of the Selangor Football Association usually are very lively j affairs due, principally, to the election of 1 officers, but Saturday’s assembly at the YMCA, was the exact opposite and
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  • 200 8 Straits Police I Defeated BY 4 GOALS TO 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. Playing confidently the F.M.S. Police Hoc- key team defeated the Straits Settlements I Police yesterday evening here by the wide margin of four goals to one. F.M.S. for-i wards
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  • 63 8 Lawn Tennis Tournament The following ties have been arranged for Thursday Championship—Singles. L. R. Wheeler v. A. W. Wallich Court No. 2 C. H. Roger!? v. J. E. A. Clark Court No. 1 R. W. Scarlett v. C. M. J. Kirke Court No. 4. MEN’S SINGLES HANDICAP
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  • 381 8 Satisfactory Tests Of Hornet Moth Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 18. The Kuala Lumpur Flying Club’s new plane, a De Havilland Hornet Moth, which arrived from home on Wednesday, was assembled by Mr. Langford, the ground engineer, and given its first flight tests by Mr. A.
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  • 689 8 Go/f To Be Held At Ipoh DURING CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS Malayan Open Golf Championship will be held this year on the Selangor Golf Club I course during the Easter holidays. It is reported that representatives of the Senior golf clubs of Malaya, who recently inspect--1 ed
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 129 8 ■PHONE L 43. PL lANS TONIGHT COCKTAIL DANCE 7 to 10 p.m. RUNNYMEDE TENNIS COURT NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Subscriptions Monthly $5. —per person or By the hour sl.—per hour. The best hours for play are between 4.30 p.m. and 6 30 p.m. Courts reserved at hotel office. JL Hhe
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  • 1369 9 WEST BROWICH'S EIGHT AGAINST BLACKBURN ABERDEEN HELD TO A DRAW AT HOME London, January 18. i following are the results of matches > today in the English and Scottish it ties DIVISION 1 iningham 0 Manchester C 1 Litford 1 Middlesbro’ 0 1 „.,I )V
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  • 164 9 .—Reuter. One Round Victory Over Retzlaff 17.000 SEE FIGHT Chicago, January 18. Seventeen thousand saw Joe Louis knock out the lantern-jawed GermanAmerican. Charles Retzlaff from Dakota, in the first round of a scheduled 15 rounder. The negro floored Retzlaff for a count of seven with a
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  • 190 9 Convincing Win For Chinese KINTA INDIANS BEATEN BY 9 GOALS (From Our Perak Representative) Ipoh, January 18. The Perak Chinese Recreation Club opened their soccer season with an overwhelming victory over the Kinta Indian Association on the P.C.R.C. ground this evening by nine clear goals. Play
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  • 229 9 Selangor Surprised NEGRI MALAYS WIN 4 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 18. Lor the first time an all-Malay Inter-State Hockey match was played here today between Selangor Malays and Negri Sembilan Malays and the visitors won by 4 goals to 1. This was a
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  • 127 9 Inter-State Hockey MALACCA BEATEN BY ODD GOAL (From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, January 18. In the last Inter-State hockey match of the season Selangor beat Malacca by 2 goals to 1. Selangor scored early in the first half when Koelmeyer accepting an excellent pass from
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  • 153 9 F.M.S. Lose To Straits AFTER LEADING IN FIRST HALF (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, January 18. The annual Rugby encounter between the Straits and F.M.S. Police watched by a very large crowd resulted in a win for the Straits Police by nine points to three.
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  • 382 9 —Reuter. International Rugger GAME NOT UP TO EXPECTATIONS 50,000 Witness Match Swansea, Jan. 18. In cold but otherwise ideal weather and on a heavy ground, a crowd of ;50,000 saw England held to a pointless draw by Wales in the International Rugger match at Swansea today.
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  • 54 9 Reuter. Plymouth Swamps Exeter London, January 18. The following are the results of the principal Rugby Union matches played today Bath 14 Leicester 0 Bristol 14 Gloucester 3 Devonport Ser. 8 Aberavon 0 Old Paulines 6 Neath 5 Plymouth 27 Exeter 6 Other fixtures were postponed, the grounds
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  • 228 9 Soldiers' Improved Display (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, January 18. In the return hockey match between Perak and the 2/20th Burma Rifles this evening, Perak won convincingly by four goals to nil. The exchanges were fast and the soldiers gave a much improved display than in
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 82 9 I"new springtTde hotell )I •Phone No. 60! TANJONG BUNGAH, PENANG J 1 ,<• M Z I <fl < ■•A a a a i if, 1 I l||K I A j 1 S'- B (■ly t ’x Pl#' 1 i i 1 i > 1 FOR TOUR PLEASURE WE HAVE ERECTED
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    • 286 9 Flatulence gone in 2 minutes There are many remedies that relieve» flatulence —after an hour or two. Now there is one that will completely banish that distressing condition in two minutes. This new remedy is Chardox -a highly-ac-tivated charcoal —fifty times more effective in its action than ordinary medicinal charcoal.
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  • 672 10 1 he whole of England was bowed in prayer yesterday and the whole nation, in fact, will pray during the next few days for the complete restoration to health of His Majesty the King, whose illness though not serious for the time being is regarded with anxiety
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  • 227 10 Chinese Who Possessed Two Fined For possessing two chandu registration cards issued to himself, one at Ipoh and the other in Penang, Ooi Khye Chong was produced before the District Judge, Mr. B. F. Bridge, today. At the conclusion of the case a fine of $7, or
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  • 1048 10 A New Bill PROVISION FOR REGISTRATION A new bill is to be introduced to the Legislative Council shortly to provide for the registration of marriages contracted in the Colony by persons other than persons professing the Christian or the i Mohammedan religion. j The Bill is
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  • 205 10 Recruits Break Da* And Weep Innsbrueck, Jan The recent flood O f rumours ol unrest in South Tyrol and vehemen cial demals were investigated on t by Reuter’s special correspondent Passing through barbed wire ent ments on the Brenner frontier h,. secret police trailing
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  • 154 10 The above Society was registered und the Co-operative Societies Ordinance 22nd November 1935. The Soc ety had their first Committet Meeting on Saturday the 18th instant Among other things it was decided to have a list cf all Malay cus.oms pievalent Penang and Province Wellesley
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • 161 11 Buddhist Association Generosity OVER $3,000 DISTRIBUTED The I’enang Buddhist Association yesterday distributed a sum of $3,000 to over 400 destitute Chinese families in Penang in order to help them to celebrate the Chinese New Year which falls on Friday this week. This is the second dis'ribution of
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  • 174 11 Fixed Hours For Cracker-Firing The following ordinance appears in the iaits Settlements Government Gazette published on Friday:— The Chief Police Officer, Penang, authos the letting off of fireworks on the ~"\ving fixed days and hours during Chinese New Year: From 11 30 p.m. 23-1-36 to 1.30 a
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  • 273 11 Interesting Lecture By Mr. C. E. Evans interesting lecture on “Hints on p Collecting” was given by Mr. C. Evans of the Malayan Stamp Agency n tubers of the Penang Stamp Club at nang Mutual Improvement Associan. Chulia Street, yesterday. Victor F. T. Chan, the president of
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  • 614 11 Important Talks ON YELLOW FEVER RISKS Singapore, Jan. 18. reXd’to vti diS T iOUS f the 81tuatl oW fever and the risks of th* being transmitted to Asia in future occupied the delegates of the CouneU or the Far Extern Health day 6 r flna) deliberations
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  • 25 11 Reuter. LONDON JAN. 20. IT IS LEARNT UNOFFICIALLY AT 2.00 A.M. THAT THE KING HAS HAD A LITTLE SLEEP. HIS CONDITION IS UNCHANGED.—
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  • 612 11 Teo Hoo Lye Estate Litigation HIGH COURT JUDGMENT Singapore, Jan. 18 An interesting point as to whether a grandson born after the death of the testator was entitled to share in the residue of the estate was raised in the matter of the estate of the
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  • 70 11 Tamil Fined For Possession Mydin Pitchay, a Tamil Mohamedan, pleaded guilty in the District Court today when charged with possession of Indian hemp, at the junction of Transfer and Sri Bahari Roads on January 13. Accused admitted possession of a very small quantity which he said was intended
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  • 123 11 Fatal Fall From Bridge MISSED PLANKS (From Our Perak Representative) Ipoh, January 20. Another mining tragedy was reported from Batu Gajah yesterday resulting in the death of a Chinese coolie at the same spot at Tanjong Tuallang where seven Chinese met their death when a boat they
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  • 98 11 Alleged Sequel To Hot Words (From Our Perak Representative) Ipoh, Jan. 20. An aged Tamil coolie is lying in the Batu Gajah hospital suffering from a serious stab wound just under the heart following an alleged attack by a compatriot yesterday. From information available, the two were
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  • 281 11 Alleged Theft Of Money By Malay Aludin b. Shaik Ahmad, a Malay, was charged in the Police Court this morning with theft of one wallet, on January 18, at Campbell Street, and $8.30 cash, the property of Wong Peng Now’. He was also found in possession
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  • 84 11 Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, who is to take the place of Mr. Justice N. H. P. Whitley at Penang, arrived from Singapore this morning accompanied by Mrs. Gordon Smith. They were met by Mr. Justice Whitley. Mr. Gordon Smith later went to the Supreme Court and was
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 169 11 Every Week is RAT week IN PENANG AND Common Sense RAT EXTERMINATOR is THE ONLY EFFECTIVE REMEDY TO USE AGAINST THESE PESTS. 75 Cents per tube. From "E. O." Hotel PENANG. OPENING Wednesday, 22nd. January AT THE DINNER DANCE ILONA AND ANDREE A PARTICULARLY CLEVER DANCE TEAM IN CLASSICAL, ECCENTRIC
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  • 1720 12 CHAIRMAN EXPLAINS REPLANTING POLICY Sound Financial Position The annual general meeting of Lunas Rubber Estates Ltd., was held at the Com-, pany’s registered office, French Bank Building, Singapore, on January 16, Mr.j G. A. Potts presided. The chairman said: < The company has row completed its]
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  • 564 12 IMPROVING OUTLOOK FOR EFFICIENT PRODUCERS The seventeenth ordinary general meeting of the Bukit Palong Syndicate Limited was held on Jan. 7. at Seremban. The chairman, Mr. W. H. W. Gubbins, I said: The profit for the year to Sept. 30, j 1935, the period now under consideration,
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  • 342 12 6% Dividend Repeated The United Serdang (Sumatra) Rubber Plantations, a member of the Harrisons and Crosfield group, reports a net trading profit of £98,566 for the year to August 31 last. This is within £4OO of the previous year’s balance. Recepits from interest were £915 lower
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  • 45 12 Dinner By Siamese Navy (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, January 18. Speaking at a dinner tendered by the Siamese Navy to the British naval visitors Captain Benson said the Siamese who were trained under his command were first class officers.
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  • 144 12 —Reuter. Governor Hoffman Defends His Action Trenton, Jan. 18 Governor Hoffman has staunchly deu n ded the respite of Hauptmann in a 10-v statement in which he directly attack the prosecution. “I question the truthf ness and the mental competence of s' of the chief witnesses and I
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  • 18 12 Sterling on New York was 4.95 Paris 75. Gold was 140 10d.- Rugby Radio t .’ice.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 198 12 I -----zz I i I I FOR ENGINEERING PURPOSES. i WRIGHTS have given particular attention in recent years to the development of more efficient Steel Ropes for engineering I purposes. They have introduced many new constructions that -a their experience has shown to be necessary to give the I satisfactory
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  • 42 13 he above fleet of Ford 10 h.p. Tourers, manufactured in England, was recently exported to the Netherlands Indies by the Ford Motor Company of Malaya, Limited, Singapore. This Ford fleet will operate as a taxi service in the Indies.
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  • 117 13 Utterly Fantastic" COUNTRY LIGHTLY HELD BY ABYSSINIANS Addis Ababa, Jan. 18. "Utterly fantastic” is the description given in official Ethiopian circles to the Italian claim that Ras Desta’s forces near Dolo were routed with a loss of 4,000 killed. It is claimed that the country over which
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  • 87 13 —Reuter. U.S. Government Claim SETTLEMENT FOR $325,000 New York, January 18. Federal Judge Bondy signed an order approving the settlement for $325,000 in the United States Government’s claim for $500,000 against the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company in connection with the sinking of the Nantucket Lightship by the
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  • 166 13 .—Reuter. Won Time Policy NOT INFLUENCED BY MORGAN BANKING i Washington. January 17. Epithets of “coward” and “infamous 1: bel” were hurled freely at Mr. Nye by Senator Carter Glass during a vigorous defence of President Woodrow Wilson at the session of the Senate on the arms
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  • 253 13 —Reuter. Must Demand Colonies Back "I PREFER TO RELY ON GUNS —Dr. Goebbels Berlin, January 17. Speaking on the unexpected increase in unemployment by 500,000 Dr. Goebbels, addressing 20,000 Nazis last night, said this was due to the weather, lack of raw materials and foreign exchange
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  • 183 13 —Reuter. Rudyard Kipling GREATEST FIGURE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE Well Deserved Tributes London, Jan. 19. Kipling will be buried in the Poet’s Comer at Westminster Abbey at noon on Thursday. STORY-TELLER OF GENIUS New York, Jan. 18. The Poet, John Masefield, who is on a visit to
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  • 131 13 —Reuter May Be Dissolved TO FORESTALL MOTION OF NON-CONFIDENCE Tokio, January 18. After the speeches on policy by the Premier and the Foreign and Finance ministers it is virtually certain that the Premier will dissolve the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon forestalling a motion of
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  • 76 13 Rugby Radio Service. Roads Icebound WEEK-END SPORT SPOILT London, January 18. Roads all over Great Britain were icebound early this morning as a result of a sharp frost following yesterday’s snow. In many parts of Southern England a thaw set in later in the day but
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  • 199 13 enough for all that has been done.—Rugby Radio Service. Discovery Committee Thanked ELLSWORTH AND PILOT WELL London, January 18. A radio message this morning from the master of .the Royal Research Ship Discovery 11, which effected the rescue yesterday of the American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and
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    • 152 13 aw t Kjgw MAKES TEETH WHITE A C L E A N S W whitens and polishes the teeth and keeps the mouth W fresh and healthy. Sales Representative «8 W A. T. GILLESPIE, P-O Box 217, z SS SINGAPORE. POPULARBWw ALL OVER THE WORLD Fresh English Fruits, gathered and
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  • 655 14 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule Of Principal Lines The following is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during the week IN PORT TODAY 5.5. MEERKERK from Far East via Singapore. Sails same day for Colombo, Port Said, Jaffa, Marseilles, Rotterdam and Hamburg. 5.5. TANTALUS from Singapore. Sails for
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  • 372 14 NOTICE OUTWARD NETHERLANDS AIR M UL The Outward Netherlands Aircraft left jßangocn at 6.20 a.m. for Bangkok today. AH? MAILS A mail for Java and Southern Sumatra, by route to Sing?;?ere and .thence by KN. I I.L.M. Service, will close at 7.00 p.m. to I day. j
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 41 14 BROADCAST HINDUSTANI TAMIL RECORDS Are the out-come of the Hidden Music TreaenrM of Ehnteeot Musicians who win be the glory of India, nay, of the whole world. Latest Releases just arrived. Sole Agents THE INDIAN FILM AGENCY, 130, Penang Road, Penang.
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    • 344 14 His Own Years' RHEUMATISM Banished His 2 Relatives’ -cSSr HEADACHE NEURALGIA Daur Sirs —/have been a sufferer from Rheumatism for /A-My the past six-and-a-half years, being troubled mainly in 1| ‘V/ J the hips, thighs, knees and occasionally in the shoulders. jl l/ I have tried almost everything, have been
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 1326 14 Wireless Programmes Bq 7.35 —Messrs. Lean and Company’s Mar-1 ket Report. 7.40 Asiatic Music. 8.00 Weekly Sports Talk by Mr. M. Saravanamuttu. 8.20 Asiatic Music. 8.45 “Pinang Gazette” News Bulletin. 8.50 Asiatic MuTransmission 5 sic. 9.00 Close down. Two of the following frequencies will be ufdx'FSDAY JANUARY 22 ■red: GSC
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    • 458 14 derzini—Giuseppe Veghi—Address by H. E. Senator G. Gentili on “The Fundamental Idea of the State in the West and the East.” SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 9.20 p.m. —Opening announcement. News bulletin in English Concert of folksongs; Summary of news for the week in Hindustani (this summary of news will be given
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    • 1891 15 h' o 4- ■<-£. i k w> L*? nmswm HAMBURG- AMERIKA LINIE l >BLUB FUMMBL LIMB Hamburg. Far Eastern Mail Passenger and Freight Service w.. Vessel*. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave d» lOTa OUTWARDS > ta with Glen 41 Shire Une. > T .J For Port Swettenham, Singapore, Manila, Hongkong,
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 254 16 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBHBBBBBBBBBBBBBB' BBBBBBBBBBBBBSISSBaBBBEi B B B B B B B TONIGHT LADIES GUEST NIGHT FUN FROLIC WEMBLEY PARKS CANTONESE, AMOY, KHENG CHIEW and KIAH OPERAS ANY SEAT 20 CENTS ANY SEAT IST COME IST SERVED HENG HWA THEAN TEOCHEW OPERA SEATS 30 and 20 cents. NEW ACTORS ACTRESSES With over $20,000
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 181 16 El B 6-15 OPENING TONIGHT 9-30 The Screen's Most Thrilling Detective Story! THE SEARCH IS ON FOR ANN GRAY! Watch All Cars! She's A Beauty... But Don't Be Fooled She's DYNAMITE I She's Wanted For Murder By The Police The Underworld Wants Her For Reasons Of Its Own But A
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    • 79 16 A Sparkling Gaumont-British Comedy with CARL BRISSON As A Singing Prince! Miom OPENING TONIGHT 6-15 9-30 THE FAMOUS SINGING STAR OF "MURDER AT THE VANITIES'" Carl Brisson WITH IDA LUPINO MARGOT GRAHAME IX “Prince of Arcadia” A Delightful S Cocktail of 9 J-"o t eK Gaiety, Music (■MN*" i l
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    • 156 16 feOZffißi® 6-30 TONIGHT —9-3 C THE UPROARIOUS COMEDY SUCCESS OF THE TAMIL STAGE NOW A SENSATIONAL HILARIOUS TAMIL TALKIE MR. C. V. V. PANTHULU (OF “KRISHNA LEELA” FAME) in THE COMEDY OF COMEDIES 6 Thooku -Thooki with MISS M. R. KAMALAVENI—MISS K. T. RUKMAN MISS DEVAKI BAI SUNDARAM. 58 SWEETEST
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  • 2002 17 A Times" Controversy SIR EVELYN WRENCH AND SIR GEORGE MAXWELL DISAGREE l he following correspondence between Sir Evelyn Wrench and George Maxwell, which appeared in “The Times” recently, was nspired by the League proposal to hand over 150,000 square miles African territory for European
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 33 17 YOUR DOG MUST HAVE MEAT IN CORRECT FORM He gets it in really wholesome form in combination with finest wheatmeals in—y Trade enquiries to fi //’A’P.O. Bex 291, "v. BOMBAY. SPRATTS L-OVALS J
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    • 218 17 Back to health and strength -with HORLICK’S When illness has left yo we»k and limp. your body’s great need is nourishment Al 1 nourishment that will rebuild wasted tissues y,\\ and bring energy flooding back, yet placing no strain on digestion Doctors recognise that Horlick’s is invaluable ’JI for this
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  • 666 18 "Cheerful" Letter To Hospital Sister Rochester, January. 6. A young doctor, sitting dead for nearly 24 hours in the heart of a busy hospital where he was just starting work an examination of the body and the room yielding no clue to the
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  • 210 18 1 Indicting Justice In i Australia I Australian Aborigines arrested for alleged crimes are urged to plead guilty without understanding the consequences and risks of the plea. This is one of the grave accusations brought against the Commonwealth by the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection
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  • 345 18 Hollywood, Jan. 4 1 Marlene Dietrich, the film actress, is planning to leave the United States, per- haps for good, because of the high cost of living in Hollywood, say reports. She is reported to have said that she is going to
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  • 187 18 Meeting Demands Of Television SEQUEL TO BAN The 8.8. C. is considering a plan to make its own news films for television. This follows the decision of the British film industry not to permit the televising of films until three months after the last date
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  • 203 18 Expense And Shortage Of Supply It is highly improbable that the 8.8. C. will compete w’ith commercial film producers in the making of ordinary fictional stories. The cost alone would make such an enterprise impracticable. Apart from this, there is the question of supply. To find a
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  • 279 18 World Under Snow. By D.K. Broster and G. Forester. (Heinemann, 216). Recent weather conditions add interest to this attractive story, the prime incident of which is the murder of a village postman during a snowstorm in the Cotswolds. I The joint authors have made a splendid I
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  • 347 18 Admiralty Interest In Development CO-OPERATION WITH NAVY Great efforts are now being made to recover the lead Britain possessed in flying boats for many years. The Admiralty is taking a keen interest in the development of boats towards increased range, accommodation and seaworthiness, and the
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  • 200 18 Miss Betty Millar’s novel, Portrait of the Bride (Gollancz, 7s. 6d is, in its first half, excellent. The portrait is that of the young wife who glories still in her girlishness and is yet complacent in her newfound dignity as a married woman. Full of the
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 16 18 WwVWAWAM When SHOPPING Always REMEM BEL EASTERN BAZAAR For VELVET ANGLESKIN -LAME" LACES FLORAL CHIFFON .WMWMW.
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    • 653 18 Kidney Trouble Cured Quick By New Discover Doctors Praise Cystex— Works in IS Minute Cleans Out Acids and Poisons- AMK Purifies Blood-Brines New Vigour in 48 Hours 3m °,L coming' a frequent < There are 9 million tiny, delicate of burning, itching tubes or filters in your Kidneys which ting
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  • 172 19 Rounds Of Cheering At Calcutta Calcutta, Jan. 3 Amid the strains of “Auld Lang Syne,” wed by rounds of cheering, the Viceroy ind Lady Willingdon bade farewell to Calcutta on Jan 3. F.,y a fid! half-hour before the train left t,. >’ roda. where their Excellencies
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  • 253 19 The Silver Fountain. By Celcilia Willoughby. (Cape. 7s. 6d.) i Although we have Hardy for r Sheila Kaye-Smith for Sussex and M Webb for Shropshire, England is far less rich in regional novelists than is, for instance, France. Celcilia Willoughby, with her truly indigenous stories of Yorkshire, helps
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  • 174 19 My Bandit Hosts By Tinko Pawley, as told to Joy Packer. (Stanley Paul. 165.) Mrs. Pawley was very much m the news about three years back. With two friends she was riding just outside the Newchwang oncesfiion and was kidnapped by bandits. One of
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  • 1081 19 Trend of Sino-Japanese Relationships TTTF c t t t t n a 1 XT ITu ATION in China at the moment is in such a j-rz- s ate of flux that it is difficult at this distance to write about it and not risk being-
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  • 272 19 Bi ow tor Balloons. By W. J. Turner. (Dent. 7s. 6d) Mr W J- Turner, poet and music critic has written his first novel, which reminds one that he once wrote a play. T Man Who Ate the Potomak. That fac more illuminative of his newest crea tion
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  • 189 19 With his second novel Girl of Good Family (Seeker, 75.6 d.) Mr. Lucian Wainwright rings up the curtain on a wedding, scene, and the reader soon discovers how the whole story is to be cen-, tred around people’s marriages, about < marriages which might have been, about j the
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  • 325 19 Two Walk Together By Barbara Cooper. (Nelson. 7s. 6d.) The “good” book, common in Victorian times, has suffered a period of oblivion. “Two Walk Together” may, however, be the vanguard of a movement towards a type of novel which is good in the sense that an intelligent
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 89 19 DDD prescription Eg MB If you are a sufferer from O Kf Eczema, Ringworm, Dhobien B Itch, Salt Rheum, Prickly Heat, Psoriasis, Singapore Foot, ItchB W Eruptions and Raahes, use Ing D.D.D. Prescription. Just a few drops of this marvellous lotion and 3 you have instant relief. Irritation and pain
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    • 417 19 SPRATT’S /O\ j t z DOG g APPLIANCES I J I MEDICINES 81 for all types of Dogs. i I PENETRATING WHALEBONE DRY-CLEANING POWDER I BRUSHES t KI Fc” LongI Haired Dogs I J m WIW W Xi ‘l 0- M eta l .9 Onta j ner filted Dandy 5
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  • 317 20 Second Annual Sports A Success LARGE GATHERING PRESENT The Second Annual Rotary Boys' Sports, organised by the Penang Rotary Club, was held yesterday evening at the Rotary Boys Club grounds, Kampong Bahru. The sports proved to be a success and at the conclusion tea, buns, cakes, ice
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  • 160 20 The Nanodaya Buddhist Association held a pleasant function yesterday afternoon at Mahirdarama Buddhist Temple, Caunter Hall Penang, when prizes were distributed to the Sanputta School students who successfully passed the examination in religious knowledge. Ven. Bhikkhu K. Gunaratana the incumbent of the Temple presided. The Ven:
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  • 81 20 Cancellations On December 31 LAW MUCH BETTER UNDERSTOOD The following export credits unused on December 31, 1935, have been cancelled. It will be seen that, now that the law is better understood, the amount cancelled is much less than the amount, (136,835 lbs.), cancelled on September 30, 1935.
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  • 218 20 Latest Quotations Saturday Friday Paris 74 6i;64 74 61‘64 New York 4.95fV 4.95 9,16 Montreal 4.9514 4.95% Brussels 29.31% 29.3 iy 2 Geneva 15.19 15.19 Amsterdam 7.27% 7.27% Milan 61% 61% Berlin 12.28% 12.28% Prague 119% 119% Copenhagen Oslo 19.90% 19.90% Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Vienna 26%
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  • 280 20 A. A. ANTHONY CO.’S QUOTATIONS Saturday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellerr TIN Ayer Weng 1.82% 1.87% 1.82% 1.87% B. Selangor 96 98 96 98 Hitam 46 48 46 48 Jelebu 97% 1.02% 97% 1.02% Klang River 1.92% 1.97% 1.92% 1.97% Lukut 1.27% 1.30 1.27% 1.30 North Taiping 65 67% 65
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  • 147 20 The following are the latest quotation* for today Buyers Sellers TINS Ampats 59 63 Ayer Wengs 1.82% 1.87% B. Selangors 95 97% Heng Fatts 88 90 Jelapangs 11 9 12 3 Johans 26 28 Kamuntings 13 0 13 6 K. Lan juts 17 6 18 3 K.
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  • 117 20 nN SATURDAY TODAY London—(Spot) £211.7.6 No market London—(3 months) £203.5.0 No market Singapore $102.75 $102.37% Business Done Penang Business Done COPRA.— (Sundrled) $6.35 $6.35 BLACK PEPPER $ll.OO $ll.OO RUBBER London 6%d 6 13 16d New York l< T s ff c(G) 14%c(G) Singapore—Spot 23 %c 23 %c Feb./Mar
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  • 385 20 KENNEDY COMPANY TODAY’S PRICES The following are the Latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Ca’s SharList today Saturday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers SellerRUBBER: Alor Gajah 92% 1.00 1.02 1.10 Batu Lintang 1.10 1.15 1.11 1.15 Benta 95 1.00 97 1.02% Broga 92% 97% 92% 95 Glenealy 1.80
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  • 91 20 MONDAY, JANUARY 20 London Bank 2|4 1,32 4 m]st 2|4 3|32 Private 3 m[st credit 2|4 318 3 Documentary 2|4 112 On New York Demand 57% India T.T. 154% France T.T. 860 Hong Kong,, T.T. 43% Shanghai T.T. 47% dis Arrivals from Singapore by the s.s. Klang this morning
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  • 819 20 KENNEDY CO SHARE LIST. NAMES. i RUBBER (Dollar). Allenby Rubber Co. i 62 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 U~ Amalgamated Malay (.states 3 Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 1 4/ Ayer Molek Rubber Co. 80 Ayer I’anas Rubber Estates 1 _u Bassett Rubber Co. t, Batu Lintang Rubber Co. in Bedford
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 226 20 BRITISH SECURITY FOUR ENGINES Every air liner of these great companies employed on the main routes has four engines RIGOROUS FLYING TESTS are applied to every type of air liner of these companies, not only by them but by the Air Ministry as well AFTER EACH FLIGHT every air liner
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    • 9 20 When Shopping Always REMEMBER EASTERN BAZAAR For DAINTY "UNDIES"
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 37 20 WEATHER REPORT Temperatures Wind Rainfall 6 a m. 78 N. Noon 81 E. TIDE TABLE HIGH WATER LOW WATER TODAY 9.35 a.m 4.03 a.m. 9.55 p.m 3.10 p.m. TOMORROW 10.42 a.m 5.06 a.m. 10.50 p.m 4.44 p.m.
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