Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 March 1936
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section20 1936-03-23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY. No. bb. Vol. XCIV. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.20 words
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793 1936-03-23 1 blem on Tuesday.—Reuter and Rugby Radio Service. CONSIDERATION BY LEAGUE COUNCIL TODAY PLANS DISCUSSED IN GERMANY AT MIDNIGHT CONFERENCE London, March 22. 1 he three draft resolutions drawn up by the Locarno Powers will be laid before the League Council tomorrow dealing with the sanctityblem on Tuesday.—Reuter and Rugby Radio Service. - 793 words
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Article761 1936-03-23 1 —Siam se Government Publicity Bureau. ARRIVAL IN BANGKOK I ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION ACCORDED I Bangkok, March 21. 1 An enthusiastic national reception mark- i ed the arrival in Bangkok last week of the I first two of the nine torpedo boats ordered by the Royal Siamese Navy—Siam se Government Publicity Bureau. - 761 words
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Article93 1936-03-23 1 —Reuter. THOUSANDS OF BOMBS DROPPED BRITISH STORE ONE OF FIRST TO BE HIT Addis Ababa, March 22. Appearing suddenly in a bright blue sky at 7 30 am, nineteen big Caproni bombers, flying high over Jijiga, rained thousands of incendiary bombs on the town. Considerable damage—Reuter. - 93 words
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Article48 1936-03-23 1 Transformation To Specific Dufies (Froni Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, March 22. The customs tariff has been transformed from ad valorem to specific duties mostly. Now there are 167 main items with only about 20 remaining ad valorem. This change was made owing to extensive evasions.48 words
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1166 1936-03-23 1 VIVID DESCRIPTION BY SINGAPORE DOCTOR RUSTICS WHO NEARLY RUN AMOK IN THEIR ENTHUSIASM An account of remarkable scenes during the recent election time in Ceylon, when eight people were killed, was given by Dr. Arthur Weerekoon, of Singapore, on his return from Ceylon, where he1,166 words
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Advertisement14 1936-03-23 1 H. TOKISATSU ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS No. 65-70, Bishop Street, PENANG. I Telephone No, 771 I14 words
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Advertisement99 1936-03-23 1 Lw i B s Wj J| ||M New Way To Wo END hair The latest discovery of science. A perfumed toilet cream which ends superfluous hair in three minutes. Razors only make the hair grow /aster and thicker. The old fashioned depilatories are evil-smelling and dangerous. This new beauty cream,99 words
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Advertisement20 1936-03-23 1 I g KEY M «E EQ I IfeS Pure, Cool LvSli Refreshing Sole Distributors N. V. Straits Java Trading Co20 words
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Advertisement2084 1936-03-23 2 RATES FOR CASUAlI notice of sale of -j^ N p ON s leading HH use these BANKS. ADVERTISEMENTS I LAND property° USE make a H LS oe these B®) AT 8 a m. T’. j ADDRESSES FOR YOURSELF Im I I HONG KONG AND I THE MERCANTILE BANK and your2,084 words
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Article, Illustration549 1936-03-23 3 Mr. William E. Rootes CHAIRMAN HEAD OF GROUP OF COMPANIES Among th*, passengers to arrive at Penuig on Sat. a ne Blue w unnel s Aeneas was Nr. W-E- Rootes, Chairman and head of the Rootes Group of Companies, which constitutes one of the most important549 words
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Article293 1936-03-23 3 Woman Thrown Out Of Car BOYANESE DRIVER CHARGED A motor collision, which occurred in Northam Read on Sat. night at 7 o’clock >n front of the Penang Club, nearly resulted I in a fatality. One Chinese woman was thrown out of one of the oars and293 words
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Article129 1936-03-23 3 Sinks With Cargo Of Sugar Shortly after noon yesterday, a bad squall was experienced in the Penang Harbour, resulting in a number of incidents, one of which was the sinking of a tongkang which was being towed by a launch. The tongkang, bringing a cargo129 words
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Article100 1936-03-23 3 Body Of Missing "Taikong" Recovered While working on board his tongkang near the Quarantine Station on Thursday, a “taikong” named Ng Neoh Soo, fell overboard and efforts to recover his body failed. A report was made at the Marino Police Station. On Sat. at about 11.30 a.m.,100 words
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Article56 1936-03-23 3 Rally At St. George’s I School Next Saturday I The Girl Guides of Penang and Province Wellesley are holding a Rally and Sale of Work at the St. George’s Girls’ School from 4.30 p.m. 7.00 p.m. on Saturday, March 28. I There will be a short entertainment56 words
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Article1277 1936-03-23 3 Deliberately Threw Himself In Front Of Car BUT DIED FROM POISONING The death of a male Tamil, Vengadasamy, who died in hospital cn February 19 of poisoning, foEov/iirg an accident at Kelawei Road on February 14, formed the subject of ar. inquiry by the Perang Coroner,1,277 words
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Advertisement91 1936-03-23 3 YOUR'HOME LEAVE'CAR FORD 1QH<DE LUXE' You will enjoy irhe most economicol. trouble-free leave possible by seeing England in a Ford r excels -naMy roomy Car, with smart bod* lines ar, d thoroughly eguipped. The lOh.p. "De Luxe" is British, built at Dagenham, England, from British materials and with British labour.91 words
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Article1382 1936-03-23 4 Sequel To Accident Which Caused Doctor’s "COULD VERY EASILY HAVE AVOIDED COLLISION t The Tamil bus driver, Sing ar am, with whose vehicle the car driven by the late Dr. A. S. Muthu collided on the night of March 7, resulting in Dr. Muthu’s death, was1,382 words
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Article792 1936-03-23 4 Not Guilty I t TAMIL GARDENER ACQUITTED Rengasamy, e, middle aged Tamil gardener, heaved a deep sigh of relief from the dock of the Singapore Assize Court, when the unanimous “Not Guilty” verdict of a .special European jury, which was reached after a deliberation of ten792 words
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Article121 1936-03-23 4 Chinese Serving Seventh Conviction ABUSE» FRIEND'S HOSPITALITY (From Our Perak Representative* Ipoh, Saturday. A regular bad hat with the notoriety of having six previous convictions, Tan Hock Chai, a young local Chinese who had defied the Police locally and at Taipeng for four years, was today121 words
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Article140 1936-03-23 4 Man In Court After Ponqqol Watch I A haul of two cars* $2,200 worth of jtobacco and cigarettes, and a sampan was made by the Department of Excise, Singapore, early on Thursday morning after a long wait by the seashore at Ponggol. I Cheong See, a140 words
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Article212 1936-03-23 4 Discovery By Constable At Esplanade While strolling on his beat in Esplanade j Road at about 7-30 am. on March 1, a j police constable, saw the gruesome sight of a corpse floating in the sea. He brought the corpse to the shore and saw that212 words
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Article137 1936-03-23 4 i CO-OPERATIVE BETTER LIVING SOCIETY A general meeting of the Penang Malays Co-operative Better Living Society will Ac held .on Saturday, March 28, a A p.m. tat the Malay Volunteer Club, Peel i Avenue, Penang. j > The Committee hope that e\ ci y member will make it137 words
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Advertisement143 1936-03-23 4 K J IB 1,36 «MW MDEL I I The WOLSELEY WASP enter t modern four-cylinder I field as a new leader. No mere new model this- —but an enI tirelv fresh development. It provides more room, more comI fort, greater range of performance, is easier to drive and is I143 words
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Miscellaneous36 1936-03-23 4 T rw -e P' r> I THE best film cf THE YEAR! $2,000,000 SENSATION is TRUE! E W f I V M Cmjghtow FRANCHOT toneTT A FRANK LLOYD ProdoctiM |l ncTUM An COMING TO Of Course36 words
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Article404 1936-03-23 5 Methodist Minister At Teluk Anson FUNERAL AT PENANG YESTERDAY The funeral of the Re v V.E. Devasaiyan, Minister of the Methodist Church, felok Anson, who passed away at Telok Anson on Saturday after a long illness, took place yesterday at the Western Road Cemetery. The404 words
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Article334 1936-03-23 5 JOURNEYS IN DEAD OF NIGHT Singapore, March 21. Curious eyes have been cast by Singa- poreans passing along Connaught Drive at two huge steel tanks lying on the foreshore of the Esplanade. 1 These tanks have been deposited there in the dead of night, and this morning334 words
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Article80 1936-03-23 5 Rope Suspended From Railway Signal A Chinese leper, who absconded three days ago from the Leper Settlement at Sungei Buloh, was found dead on Friday hanging from a railway signal a half mile north of Kepdng Railway Station The discovery was made by a railway mandor,80 words
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Article891 1936-03-23 5 Judge's Comments THE UNDESIRABILITY OF EXCESSIVE FINES A former Malay police constable, Ma amor bin Abdul Kadir, who was found i guilty of desertion and fined $100 with I an alternative of three months’ imprisonment by Mr. J. Calder (First Magistrate) last month, made an application before891 words
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Article157 1936-03-23 5 Seriously Hurt BULL FIGHT NEAR SUNGEI SIPUT I Kuala Kangsar, March 21. At about eight this morning, when a Chinese was leading a buffalo in the village of Sungei 1’uloh a mile away from Sungei Siput, another buffalo suddenly cut across > a garden and attacked157 words
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Advertisement157 1936-03-23 5 I I I a jA 1 When Distance Lends Enchantment j Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Rills will Help. i THE old saying that "Distance lends enchantment 1 1S never more apt or to the point than when applied to people whose breath is laden with eviismelling odours. No matter how157 words
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Advertisement428 1936-03-23 5 WHITE AWATS. SAXONE SHOES I I FOR I QUALITY, STYLE COMFORT 1 xrx a ?'<* Wfc 'J li g if 1 i. Vi Hal j Jl 1 fwl /•>* V.W ■> I p, S\ F M .-I '3 I 1 I si 1 fa tc-il SKf w w \j j428 words
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Article, Illustration214 1936-03-23 6 LiZ. 129 —largest airship in the world, made her first trial flight before her maiden voyage to New York. Built at Friedrichshafen for the Atlantic air service, the dirigible has luxurious accommodation for 50 passengers, a crew of 35, and is capable of carrying 10214 words
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1649 1936-03-23 7 SELANGOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPORT MARKET FOR CHINESE GOODS IN MALAYA PRICES MUST COME DOWN AND QUALITY GO UP The hope that the Government will see its way to remove the food xl'S is expressed by the Ilonble Air. Lai let Loke, President1,649 words
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Article569 1936-03-23 7 Badminton Tan Ah Fee Beats Beh Ewe Soon EXCITING GAME LASTS NEARLY AN HOUR i There were some good matches at the Volunteer Drill Hall on Sat. in the Penang Badminton Junior League. Of these the most exciting was the last one, a singles between Tan Ah569 words
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Article530 1936-03-23 7 —Reuter, Nine Points To Eight i I ALL SCORING IN FIRST HALF London, March 21. In brilliant feather and in the presence of a crowd of 60,000 England defeated Scotland in the international i rugger match at Twickenham for the -Jul1 cutta Cup, by nine points to—Reuter, - 530 words
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Article102 1936-03-23 7 Reuter, Heathens Beaten At Home London, March 21. The following are the results of prin-: cipal Rugby Union matches played today Blackheath 17 Birkenhead P. 25 Gloucester 13 Newport 3 Leicester 5 Bath 0 Northampton 8 Neath 8 Nuneaton 9 Mosley 11 Penarth 11 London W. 11— Reuter, - 102 words
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Article204 1936-03-23 7 "Skins" Draw Witi] 1 Chinese AFTER BEING BEHIND AT i INTERVAL f I (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, March 21. i 1 he Inniskillings played their first J League Game this afternoon and drew one all with the Chinese. The ground was heavy and slippery and204 words
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Advertisement362 1936-03-23 7 Doctors soy\ BUILD UP YOUR STRENGTH ESSENCE of CHICKEN DOCTORS everyvhere, have proved the value of Brand’s Essence of Chicken. j They find that patients put on weight, regain their strength, health and full vigour far more quickly with the aid of Brand's Essence of Chicken. They know that the362 words
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Article, Illustration70 1936-03-23 8 U't'M ANTHONY’ WHO EARNED A PAIR OF SPECTACLES IN ACTION. C. N. REED DISPATCHES ONE TO THE BOUNDARY WITH A DRIVE THROUGH THE COVERS. HE SCOR ED 49 AND 40 NOT OUT.70 words
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Article857 1936-03-23 8 EXCITING FINISH TO MATCH WITH CHINESE BRILUANT BATTING BY REED AND CAMERON In one but the last over of the match yesterday the Cricket Club obtained victory over the Chinese in their first fixture this season. The victory was a convincing one, by 8857 words
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Article378 1936-03-23 8 Yahaya's XI Beaten INNINGS VICTORY IN I I LOW SCORING MATCH I In a low’ scoring match on the Dato I Kramat ground the Sporting Diamonds defeated Yahaya’s XI by an innings and 12 runs. The following are the scores: YAHAYA’S XI—FIRST INNINGS A. M. Zain b378 words
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Article259 1936-03-23 8 Saravanamuttu's Seven For Nine VICTORY BY 94 RUNS The Indian Association defeated the Penang Free School by 94 runs On the School ground yesterday. The feature of the match was the fine bowling of Saravanamuttu who captured seven wickets for pine runs. The following are the259 words
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Article238 1936-03-23 8 B.R.C. Defeats Alor Star I Ramblers i I In a match played at Butterworth on Saturday, the Butterworth Recreation Club defeated the Alor Star Ramblers by four wicketsThe following are the scores:— ALOR STAR RAMBLERS L’m Sim Chaw C Pestana b D. R. Shori 3 J-F- Augustin238 words
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Article126 1936-03-23 8 Handicaps For Second Day I The following handicaps (two races qnly) are announced for the second day of the Selangor Turf Club Spring Meeting to be run at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, .April 1: I RACE 4 PONIES—Class 1—Div. 2—5J Furlongs '4 30 p• m TINY BELLE 9-00126 words
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Article370 1936-03-23 8 Annual General Meeting MR. J. L. WOODS ELECTED PRESIDENT (From Our Perak Representative) Ipoh, March 22. At an annual general meeting of the Perak Badminton Association held last night at the Y-M-C-A- Hal! and presided over by Mr- C H. Yin, Mr. J.L. Woods., a former president370 words
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Article170 1936-03-23 8 New Viceroy Buys A i Horse The four-year-old colt Ishmael, by Bold Archer out of Lot’s Wife, which was pur chased out of 8- Darling’s Newmarket 'stable by The Anglo-Irish Agency Ltd-. <» f 27 Old Bond Street, London, W-1-. an i exported to India last month,170 words
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Article1359 1936-03-23 9 BRENTFORD'S FINE WIN MANCHESTER SCORES SEVEN AGAINST BOLTON WANDERERS QUEEN OF SOUTH HOLDS ABERDEEN London, March 21. The following are the results of matches played today in the English and Scottish Leagues:— j DIVISION I Birmingham 2 Derby C. 31 Blackburn R. 2 Middlesbro’ 21,359 words
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Article54 1936-03-23 9 REUTER. Semi-Final Matches ARSENAL AND SHEFFIELD UNITED IN FINAL LONDON, MARCH 21. THE SEMI-FINALS IN THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION' CUP WERE PLAYED TODAY AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS:— ARSENAL DEFEATED GRIMSBY TOWN AT HUDDERSFIELD BY ONE GOAL TO NIL. I SHEFFIELD UNITED DEFEATED FULHAM AT I WOLVERHAMPTON B YREUTER. - 54 words
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Article573 1936-03-23 9 Easter Meeting At Kuala Lumpur DETAILS OF PROGRAMME The following is the programme for the Malayan Amateur Golf Championship Meeting at Kuala Lumpur (by courtesy of the Selangor Golf Club) over the Easter Holidays FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Morning Afternoon. —Medal Play' Competition, 18 holes under lowest club573 words
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742 1936-03-23 9 Weights For First Day CARD OF 8 EVENTS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, March 21. The following are the handicaps for the first day of the Selangor Turf Club Spring Meeting to be run at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, March 28:— RACE 1 Horses.742 words
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Advertisement209 1936-03-23 9 Doubled up with Stomach Wy pains»—► nj /U minutes //va later One minute you are doubled up with pain, due to bloating gas and burning add In your stomach. Take two or three Chardox tablets, and two minutes later the pain has gone. Chardox is not a drug, it is209 words
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Article726 1936-03-23 10 In the Sunday Gazette reference was made to the forging of another link in the chain of great Imperial Air routes by the departure of the “Dorado” to Hong Kong. The “Dorado” arrived at the Bayan Lepas aerodrome at 9.21 yesterday morning from Singapore and although it726 words
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Article165 1936-03-23 10 To Entertain Captain Hashim At the annual general meeting of the I Young Muslim Union, Malacca, the follow- mg were elected office-bearers for the en- suing year:—President, Enche Hashim bin Haji Abdul Ghani; vice-president, Enche Baba bin Jaudin; honorary secretary, Enche i Omar b Haji Abdul Rahman;165 words
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Article338 1936-03-23 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL All the bungalows at Maxwell’s Hill nave been booked for the Easter holidays. Mr. J. McLeod, Manager, Guthrie and Co., Ipoh, is shortly proceeding Home on furlough. I The North Perak Tennis Championships will, this year, be held on 29th May till the 2nd June. The engagement is338 words
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Article206 1936-03-23 10 Aviation Officer, Public Works Department i The following appointments are notified in the S.S. Government Gazette I Captain Herbert Walter Chattaway to be Aviation Officer, Public Works Department, S.S. Major K. S. Morgan to be an Assistant Superintendent of Excise, S.S. Mr. T. D. Hughes, M.C.S., to act206 words
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Article508 1936-03-23 10 INTERESTING DISPLAY OF BRITISH EMPIRE STAMPS An interesting display of British Empire stamps was given at the weekly meeting of the Penang Stamp Club, held by kind courtesy of the Penang Mutual Improvement Association, at their premises at Chulia Street, on Sunday. In the absence of the508 words
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Article173 1936-03-23 10 700 Telephones Put Out Of Order (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, March 23. Approximately 700 telephones were put out of order during a terrific rain storm which broke in Singapore yesterday afternoon. The damage caused a serious dislocation of telephone service and the Oriental Telephone173 words
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Advertisement290 1936-03-23 10 A good JpTJFv game l/\ and then V t a Carlsberg. B B B7I BB M H W a J W w 35 Once fasfea a beer beer beer SOLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY LIMITED. Singapore PENANG Kuala Lumpur ’PHONE 543. PENANG. THURSDAY DINNER, DANCE CABARET WITH HONA LEON290 words
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Advertisement83 1936-03-23 10 YARDLEY BRILLIANTINE The Yardley Brilliantines are the finest quality made; they stimulate the growth of the hair and kee P W’® and glossy. Lavender Solid Brilliantine in glass jar. Keeps the hair healthy and neat ALSO ir W < Compact Travelling Tin. Wi m Lavender Liquid Brilliantine. A refreshing compound83 words
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Article170 1936-03-23 11 European Patient’s Fatal Fall FOUND DEAD UNDER BALCONY (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, March 23. A European patient in the General Hospital was found dead on Saturday night on the ground beneath the balcony of the ward in which he was staying. He is believed to have170 words
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Article240 1936-03-23 11 Sungei Patani Celebrations Sungei Patani, March 22. The 74th birthday’ of His Highness the Sultan of Kedah, Sir Abdul Hamid Halimshah. K-C-M-G-, falls today. The school children of the schools in Sungei Patani and a party of Boy Scouts assembled at 8 -30 am. in a240 words
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Article200 1936-03-23 11 Fa-ter Camp At Baling I At a meeting in the Rovers Den on: March 19 three hiking expeditions were de--ded upon. On March 29, the Rovers will row over Pulau Tikus Island from Tanjong To1 mg and snend the whole day there. There wTl be games, rambles, swimming200 words
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Article138 1936-03-23 11 Chinese Car Owner's Morning Surprise While looking out of his window into the garage early yesterday morning, a Chinese car owner, was surprised to gee a Chinese go inside his car, raise the front seat and take out the spanners and other tools under if. The138 words
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Article51 1936-03-23 11 Opening Penang Hong Kong Air Service The Penang—Hong Kong air service started this morning when the Imperial Airways liner, “Dorado.” which arrived from Singapore yesterday morning, took off at 6 o'clock with mails and one passenger, Mr. Ee Lim of Kuala Lumpur, who has booked a return51 words
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Article181 1936-03-23 11 Steel Tanks Rolled Into Sea With a mighty splash two steel tanks, weighing 1D/2 tong each, were dropped into the gea off the Singapore Padang Friday morning. Since Thursday morning these tanks have been objects of curiosity. They were constructed at the sixth milestone, Bukit Timah Road181 words
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Article561 1936-03-23 11 PADRE CAN'T RESIST CALL OF AFRICA -< STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN IN HIS GREAT DIOCESE W/TTH his long, sensitive fingers, the “hiking bishop” tapped w rhythmically upon the desk before him. “They start softly —gently—just like that, the voodoo drums of Africa,” he said. “Sometimes the beatens561 words
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Article112 1936-03-23 11 Sleeper's Lucky Escape' The Chinese occupier of 178 High Street, a rotan chair shop, had an amazing escape from being burnt to death during the early hours of Saturday morning when he woke up to find his bed a mass of flames. It appears that he112 words
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Article151 1936-03-23 11 A Very Bad Case Of l Rash Driving BOYANESE DRIVER FINED $50 Ali bin Sulaiman, the Boyanese driver of the Standard car, which was involved in an accident on Saturday evening, an account of which is reported elsewhere in this issue, was produced in the Police151 words
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Article126 1936-03-23 11 To Start Cold Storage Business In an exclusive interview with a prominent Kuala Lumpur Chinese, who visited Penang during the week-end but who does not desire his name to be disclosed at the present, a Pinarg Gazette reporter was told that a number of Selangor Chinese126 words
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Advertisement141 1936-03-23 11 asfe <*. phi ere "ce when Y U Us the SSCSgj 9enuin nd Otwli bes/ a DIAhJSJUk ULJJaaaH fiwh ■RM ft— W/ A 1 t T j AMON IE® DIAMOND Brand bedstead A* E Contftirtalle, Durable and Handeome. The owineAhip of "DIAMOND" bedstead brings .luting satisfaction:— It ia designed in141 words
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Advertisement142 1936-03-23 11 LES PARFUMS CHANEL EXTRAITS No. 5 No. 22 GARDENIA IVO [RE I J ASM IN 1940 GLAMOUR BOIS DES ILES. POUDRES Rachel Clair, Rachel Fonce, Naturelle Ochre. STOCKISTS I THE LEADING MEDICINE SFOR IN DISEASES, ULCERS, IORES, ENLARGED GLANDS, BOILS, and BAD LEGS, RHEUMATIC COMPLAINTS, PAINFUL JOINTS, LOSS OF VIGOUR.142 words
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Article1529 1936-03-23 12 Review Of Position WHAT THE DISTRICTS ARE DOING The following information compiled by the Chief Field Officer, Department of Agriculture, from monthly reports submitted by Field Officers in Malaya, discloses some interesting facts, at is published in the March issue of the Agriculture Journal February was, on1,529 words
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Article296 1936-03-23 12 DIVIDEND OF 3 PER CENT. RECOMMENDED The report of the directors of Radella Rubber Estate, Ltd., for the year ended Dec. 31, 1935 states: The year’s working resulted in a profit of $6,§75.21 HELP AT LAST The balance brought forw’ard from last year was $9,403.28 Making an296 words
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Article449 1936-03-23 12 Scheme For Funding Arrears Of Preference Dividend The Preference and Ordinary stockholders of the Singapore Traction Company have I been notified of proposals by the company for the funding of the arrears of dividend on the Preference stock. It is pointed out in a statement issued by the449 words
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Article793 1936-03-23 12 Goodyear-Dunlop Arrangements NATIVE EXPORTS There have lately been some important developments with regard to the activities of the Goodyear Company and of the Dunlop Rubber Tyre Company in Batavia. The establishment of an industry for motor-car tyres was obliously carried out in full accord, and the793 words
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Article174 1936-03-23 12 Sir W. Firth Gives £25.000 Swansea, March 6Details of the Welsh Tinplaters’ superannuation scheme will be considered at a special meeting of the workmen’s section of the Welsh Sheet and Tinplate Joint Industrial Council on Tuesday. Under it, the male indiviual member who on 1st July174 words
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Article270 1936-03-23 12 Rept of Trolak Estates (rubber) to 30th Nov. states that before close of year resoluj tions for reduction of capital became effective and arrangements for acquisition of i Sungei Bil Estate were completed. Sum of £67>348 was written off old issued capital and was utilised to extent of270 words
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Article273 1936-03-23 12 i New Concession To Be Granted I LARGE AREA IN I EAST BORNEO I Amsterdam, March 8. I The Batavian Pctro’eum Comp; ly, the operating unit of the Royal Dutch, will shortly obtain a concession fc- oil explora- tion in the Barite district or Eastern Borneo. The273 words
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Article74 1936-03-23 12 Net profit of Pataling Royalties (tin) for 1935 was £12,501' (agst. £13,638), plus £4,527 brought in, to taxation reserve £1,500 (£2,000), to div. equaln. reserve £3,000 (nil) Final div. 25 p c., mkg. 45 p m-, less tax (50 p.c.), fwd. £4,681 (£4,528). Mtg. 1-4, Gt. Tower-st., E.C.,74 words
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Article30 1936-03-23 12 u ffby Rpdio Service. London, March 21. Sterling on New York was 4.96 and Paris 74 15|16. Gold was 140|lld. Silver: Spot 19 13|15; Forward 19 3 4.uffby Rpdio Service. - 30 words
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Advertisement93 1936-03-23 12 «JOHNNIE Q) i WAfaKER A is the whisky UK whose biggest re- vW commendation is /Y\'\ found inside the ly bottle Born I 820 —still going strong. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Companies’ Ordinances of Hongkong.) (Incorporated in Shanghai.) PENANG Singapore Kuala Lumpur SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA. Kill93 words
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583 1936-03-23 13 Reuter and Rugby Radio Service. EXPECTED IN LONDON DURING WEEK-END IF UNILATERAL ZONE IS SOLE OBSTACLE ’OWERS WILLING TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS London, March 21. lc ply oi the (icinian Government to proposals contained in the hour Power Agreement will, it is expected, beReuter and Rugby Radio Service. - 583 words
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Article128 1936-03-23 13 -—Reuter Wireless. On Dividends Distributed To Foreign Shareholders Washington, March 22. President Roosevelt’s new taxes on dividends distributed to foreign shareholders may be collected for the Treasury by the American companies concerned, according to the reported Intention of the Ways and Means committee. A.A.A. RE-ORGANISATION Re-organisation of-—Reuter Wireless. - 128 words
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Article54 1936-03-23 13 Office research station. —Rugby Radio Service. Correct Time For London Telephone Subscribers London, March 22. The talking clock system by which London telephone subscribers will, after July 1, be able to hear the correct time announced, automatically by dialling certain letters was demonstrated yesterday ®t the Post OfficeOffice research station.—Rugby Radio Service. - 54 words
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Article90 1936-03-23 13 —Reuter. SEVENTH CASE iN FEW MONTHS PIECES OF METAL IN MACHINERY On New Destroyer H.M.S. Griffin London, March 22. The seventh case of suspected sabotage in the navy within the last few months is reported. It is learned in official quarters in London that a suspected case—Reuter. - 90 words
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Article271 1936-03-23 13 —Reuter. Pact Now Completed TO BE SIGNED BY BRITAIN, U.S. AND FRANCE London. March 22. The new Naval Pact is now completca ajid will be signed by Great Britain, the United States and France at the plenary session of the Naval Conference on March 25. It—Reuter. - 271 words
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Article25 1936-03-23 13 .—Reuter. Well-Known Author Dead London, March 22. A ‘TJie death is announced of Mr. Justin McCarthy, the well-known dramatist. novelist and historian..—Reuter. - 25 words
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Article67 1936-03-23 13 —Reuter. Harrisburg, March 21. The Governor of Pennsylvania has appealed to President Roosevelt for the immediate emergency appropriation cf £2,000,000 in view of the critical [flood situation. The entire relief staff of the National Red Cross of New York has been mobilised to cope with the—Reuter. - 67 words
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Article175 1936-03-23 13 prizes from £100 to £30,000. —International Press Bureau. Preparations For Draw MIXING OF TICKETS STARTED I Dublin, March 21. 1‘inal preparations began today for the draw on the Grand National, i brilliant sunshine lit the Irish capital as the procession, headed by the vast model of theprizes from £100 to £30,000.—International Press Bureau. - 175 words
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Article32 1936-03-23 13 Rugby Radio Service. Death Of Well-Known Writer London, March 21. Mr. R. B. Cunninghame Graham, the distinguished traveller and writer, died today in Buenos Aires aged 84 years.—Rugby Radio Service. - 32 words
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Advertisement133 1936-03-23 13 LAWN MOWERS “S MUTOR MOWERS Sizes from 14 ins. IT'> t\Jrf I Z MMlaw requirements application. RANSOMES GANG —rs. TriPI e, MiaiKOmeS Quintuple, Septuple. P ri ee LAWN MOWERS Any tvpe of Lawn Mower can be supplied, from motor driven to the small hand mower. The name of Ransomes is133 words
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Article678 1936-03-23 14 NOTICE The Air Mails despatched from Penang 1 on March 12 per the Imperial Airways were delivered in London on March 20. OUTWARD NETHERLANDS AIR MAIL The Outward Netherlands Aircraft is expected to arrive at Alor Star on schedule today. AIR MAILS A mail for Java and678 words
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Article656 1936-03-23 14 SHIPPING ARRIVALS DEPARTURES Schedule Of Principal Lines The following is a list of vessels andvint and sailing from Penang during the week IN PORT TODAY S.S. LAOMEDON from Liverpool. Sails for Japan. M.V. TANIMBAR from Java ports via Singapore. Sails same day for Boston and New York via Cape of656 words
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Advertisement94 1936-03-23 14 IFOR YOUR FILES I USE BLACK DIAMOND HALF RO. CABINET RASP HALF RO. WOOD PASP ■-> HALF ROUND ***** I I QUALITY TEMPER ta I UNEXCELLED. i y g Sole Agents: NICHOLSONS "BLACK DIAMOND" FILES I' r I UNITED ENGINEERS LTD., t PENANG I I 1 BROADCAST J HINDUSTANI TAMIL94 words
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Miscellaneous1755 1936-03-23 14 Wireless Programmes I n j* A radio play about the German non-stop j leas. Song Recital—(1) Th B.B.C. flight from Germany to Australia tin gry Storm” Uuinu. Bennet) W O SSI 1 English. 7.35 Concert of light music (1) The Piggte ZZ 1 q fl v-Sonho-(contd). ’8.20 Close DJB, DJN.1,755 words
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Advertisement1767 1936-03-23 15 JI'?> ■/,Vc L BLUK FUNNEL LIMB Aij 1 "T" London AN» north «“"/lL »u. FORTHCOMING SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE LfckL 4I V uue Mar. 27 m.v. “CHRISTIAAN HUYGENS’ N.L. 17.000 tons ta oonjuucwm with Glen Shlre r.™»g Umdon Apr.» m.v. “SIBAJAK” R.L. 13.000 tons C OT7. L ’4™, R’dam, H’burg t1,767 words
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Miscellaneous825 1936-03-23 16 The Author of "THE THIN MAN" Gives The NEXT CHANGE OPENING THURSDAY! World Another Thrill! PARAMOUNT’S GRANDEST MUSICAL SHOW I Y tJ Df Pf V R/8 A IC CTIf"' OPENING TONIGHT NOTHING LIKE it has been seen ITaxbiJILO 1 V/ 6-15 9-30 Since the Days of "King Of Jazz" and825 words
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2295 1936-03-23 17 BATANG PADANG D.P.A. ANNUAL MEETING CO-OPERATION WITH U.P.A.M. PROTEST AGAINST SUGGESTION TO STOP LABOUR IMMIGRATION '1 he need for collaboration among the three planting bodies of Perak, comments on the U.P.A.M., were among sentiments voiced at the .b.nual meeting ol the Batang Padang District2,295 words
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Advertisement253 1936-03-23 17 I kJ I A Social Asset A B 1 at any Time A B //eights of charm hours when 5=1 H personality and poise mean so 11 £1 6# L J Q much when the glorious but V\it J subtle fragrance of "4711” casts its M|i v'" magic spell. "47//”253 words
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331 1936-03-23 18 FIVE HELPERS GIVE BLOOD NEWS TO WIDOW BY RADIO •ou.'.deiiui new apparatus, which gives continuous blood transfusion, was u-ed in a 30-hour unsuccessful fight for a man’s lite in a-West-End hotel on Mirch 7. The patient was Mr. J. Mitten, an executive331 words
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Article339 1936-03-23 18 Status Of Personnel Paris. Ti Chambc of Deputies have passed; a Bill to regulate the status and condi-J tionsi of employment of pi'ots and crews in the commercial air services. The Bill is a comprehensive measure of, 30 article® which satisfies many longfeV needs. Airmen are339 words
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Article717 1936-03-23 18 Hitler's Rise To Power CHARACTER STUDY BY A’ COMPATRIOT i I The publication on March 10 of "Hitler, a new biography by Konrad Heiden (Con-j stable 10s.), coincides with its subject's latest coup. Just as one cannot understand Hitlerism without its historical background, so it is717 words
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Article205 1936-03-23 18 To Sail Whatever The I Weather I WIND TESTS Clydebank. To counte.act the action of strong winds when the Cunard-White Star liner Queen’ Mary is being towed down the narrow Clyde straits to the sea, experiments have been completed in the Clydebank test tanK. Weather difficulties likely205 words
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Article173 1936-03-23 18 28 "C" Class Aircraft A new system of naming aircraft is to b? adopted by Imperial Airways for the fleet of 41 flying-beats and air liners nowbeing built tor use on the Empire air 1outes Hitherto Imperial Airways have giver, their aircraft names which began with173 words
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Article220 1936-03-23 18 Anxiety was felt on March 7 for the health of Professor J. S. Haldane, who has been seriously ill for some time. He is 76 years old. His d’s.overies in human physiology and their application to medicine, mining and engineering have earned him a high220 words
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Article870 1936-03-23 18 Lessons Of 1917 I I 1 PARTIAL RELIANCE ON NEUTRALS I Mr- E H. Watts, chairman of the Bri-■ tain Steamship CoTnpany, read a paper be- fore the Institute of Transport on March; 9 on the Decline of the British Mercantile Marine in which he said870 words
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Advertisement460 1936-03-23 18 SPRATT'S DOG Wgt APPLIANCES I j I MEDICINES for all types of Dogs. I PENETRATING WHALEBONE DRY-CLEANING POWDER I brushes S F° r Eong3 H,i,ed j Mi isM I ll iffl MB Whi I 00 J 4eta I .2 ,n a ;ner fitted B Dandy UElsk For all breeds. 5?460 words
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238 1936-03-23 19 INVESTIGATORS WILL GO TO HONG-KONG Mr. J. h. Thomas, Colonial Secretary I S a committee of inquiry to go .to Hong-kong to obtain first-hand informa- tion of the Mui Tsai syste m, under which 1 oG 6 Ch nese girls are b °ught and238 words
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Article73 1936-03-23 19 Rome, March 3. The Pope has appointed as one of his Chamberlains of the Cloak and Sword Mr. Lo Pa-hong, a leading Chinese industrialist well-known for his philanthropic work in Shanghai. This, is the first occasion on which a man not of the white races73 words
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Article190 1936-03-23 19 Commonwealth Can Put I 180,000 In The Field Australia is now spending 21 10d- peihead of the population on defence, in accord with an Imperial defence plan. This is the most for any Dominion. New Zealand is spending 12 7d., the Irish Free State 10]-, Canada 5 7d.190 words
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Article510 1936-03-23 19 WHAT CHINA IS AND WANTS i utang. London: Heinemann. 15. s I earl Buck in an introduction to book says that it is “the truest, the t complete, the most important book t written about China.” ?he book is certainly of extraordinary reri. One cannot read510 words
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Article659 1936-03-23 19 COMMUNISTS IN A VILLAGE First-hand glimpses of life in the isolated parts of China, where the towns and i villages are open to attack by free lance (Communist armies, have been given to friends by an English woman teacher. She is living in the small town of659 words
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Article86 1936-03-23 19 Women Travel H b 000 Miles Would you travel from London to Loa Angeles to see the work of an English master painter, a Turner or a Gainsborough? Perhaps you would, perhaps you would not, but in either case you will be thrilled by the86 words
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Article143 1936-03-23 19 Larger Japanese Exports To British Countries In a survey of world export trade in cotton piece goods, the bulletin of the Joint Committee of Cotton Trade Organisations states that the fourth quarter of 1936 showed a further slight increase in world exports. Shipments from the United Kingdom143 words
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Advertisement31 1936-03-23 19 BOON HAK CO. 25, BISHOP STREET. PENANG. I LARGE SHIPMENT OF I CAMPHORWOOD CHESTS AND PORCELAIN WARES JUST UNPACKED. I CALL NOW AND SEE OUR NEW LOW PRICE *-n.m i. ■■!■■■■■—n31 words
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Advertisement400 1936-03-23 19 Back to health and strength HORUOCS Jr W When illness has left yon weak and limp. L, z 'riW your body’s great need is nourishment VI' nourishment that wilt rebuild wasted tissues 7 V1 Z «G a "d bring energy flooding back, yet placing no M I strain on digestion.400 words
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Article543 1936-03-23 20 Junior Badminton Kok Choo's Great Bulk Proves Handicap RESULT OF YESTERDAY'S PLAY For the first time in the F.B.A. Junior Badminton Tournaments, the Penang Free School Hall was used as a venue of play yesterday. The matches started at 10.00 and only concluded at about 6543 words
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Article100 1936-03-23 20 Merry Novices’ B. P. Beat Gleam B.P. In a return match between the Merry Novices and the Gleam B. P. played on Sunday at the former's court, the Gleamsters were defeated by 4 games to nil. The following were the results (Merry Novices mentiond first) Singles :—Ooi Phee Keat100 words
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Article1420 1936-03-23 20 I ULU BENUT CO.'S ANNUAL 1 MEETING Messrs. A. M. Macphail and F. N. Riley, shareholders, made reference to the high all-in cost of production at the annual meeting of Ulu Benut Consolidated Rubber Co., Ltd., held in the registered office of the company, Hong1,420 words
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Article184 1936-03-23 20 Europeans Win First Division Soccer Fixture (From Our Own Correrpondent) Taiping, March 22. i he Taiping Europeans made their debut in local soccer on Saturday, in a first Division fixture against a strong Selama XI, and did well to win by two clear goalsIt was a well-co184 words
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Article360 1936-03-23 20 A.A. ANTHONY CO.'S QUOTATIONS Saturday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers TIN Ayer Weng 1-72% 1.77% 1.70 1.75 Batu Selangor 90 95 90 95 Hitam 43 45 43 45 Hong Fatt 97% 1.02% 97% 1.02% jelebu 95 1.00 95 1.00 Johan 30 31% 30 32% Klang River 2.12 2.17 2.12 2.17360 words
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Article40 1936-03-23 20 Monday, March 28 London Bank 2|4 1|32 4 m|st 2|4 3j32 Private 3 m[st credit 2|4 3!S 3 Documentary 2|4 1|2 On New York Demand 57 11 16 India T.T. 154% France T.T, $60 Hong Kong,, T.T. 43% dis.40 words
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Article96 1936-03-23 20 lFN SATURDAY TODAY London—(Spot) £213.17.6 No market London— (3 months) £205 ft ...ao market Siugapora Iwtin N Business Done b““s, d ;„s’ »»3 87 .r'':' Vm'. 87 Ready COPRA.-, Sundried) Buyer nO Sell<!rs BLACK PEPPER «.-m nn $5 4 HUEBER:— $y 7 7 6d 7 7 New York96 words
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Article305 1936-03-23 20 KENNEDY COMPANY i TODAY’S PRICES i The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s Share List today:— Saturday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Seller, TIN Amapt 5,6 5,9 5 3 5 9 Ayer Weng 1.70 1.77% 1.70 1.77% Hitam 43 46 43 46 Jelebu 96305 words
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Article118 1936-03-23 20 Latest Quotations Saturday Friday Paris 74 59 64 74 59 64 New York 4.96 13 16 4.96 7 16 Montreal 4.97% 4.97Vi Brussels 29.29 29.29 Geneva 15.15 Amsterdam 7.27 7.26% Milan 62% 62% Berlin 12.28 12.27 Prague 119% 119% Copenhagen Oslo 19.90V4 19.90V4 Stockholm 19.39% 19.39%118 words
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Article1108 1936-03-23 20 KENNEDY CO. SHARE LIST. NAMES. i 4 5 <- 4 RUBBER (Dollar). I I Allenby Rubber Co. 1 65 1 72;. Alor Gajah Rubber Estate 1 05 t io Amalgamated Malay Estates 3 30 3 4-> Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 1 40 j 1 -u Ayer Molck Rubber Co. 901,108 words
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Miscellaneous36 1936-03-23 20 WEATHER report Temperature Wind Rainfall 6 a.m. 78 N.E. Noon 82 S. TIDE TABLE TODAY High Water Low Watei 12.21 a.m 6.54 a.m. 12.51 p.m 7.18 p.m. TOMORROW 1.00 a. m 7.30a.m. 1.30 p.m 7.58 p.m.36 words
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