Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 April 1936

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 91. Vol. XCIV. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    JAPANESE PROSPECTY TRADE EXPANSION IN SIAM
    398 1 Economic Mission Completes Tour NOT INTERESTED IN TIN OR RUBBER CONCESSIONS (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 21. After three weeks in Siam, Mr. Yunosuke Yasukawa, chairman, a former managing director of the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, and other members of the Japanese Economic Goodwill
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    SIAMESE QUEEN GRANDMOTHER
    52 1 (From Cur Own Co-respondent.) Bangkok, April 21 The Queen Grandmother is making a health trip by the Ea t Asiatic motorsnip Erria, leaving here on Thursday for Saigon. Thence .the will travel to Singapore where she wi’l board the outward bound ship Lalandia of the same company
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    EUROPEAN HURT IN CAR CRASH
    175 1 Head On Collision With Lorry In Johore WELL-KNOWN STORE ENGINEER From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. April 22. In a head on collision between his car and a lorry in Johore, Mr. Frederick George Ritchie, partner of he Singapore firm of Messrs. Ritch’e and Bisset col
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    GOLD MINE TRAGEDY
    105 1 Re*euers Delayed By Further Fall Of Rock Afoose River (Nova Scotia), April 21. Re cuers after eight days’ drilling of the so’id rock reached three men entomlsed in the Moose River gold mine. Mr. Magill, a Toronto lawyer and part owner of the mine, has already succumbed.
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    DR. WELLINGTON KOO
    103 1 Paris, April 20. Dr. Wellington Koo has arrived from China as the first Chinese Ambassador to France. From today the Chinese Legation in Paris will become the de facto Embassy as it was aleady de jure since last year. Dr Koo, w’ho is accompanied by his wife,
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    DR. ECKENER
    69 1 —Reuter Wireless. Berlin, April 21. Dr. Eckener has returned to Friedrichshafen from Berlin disappointed that Dr. Goebbels’ ban on the press mentioning his name has not been lifted. No statement has been issued by General Goering but it is beliewd that Dr. Eckener will not command the “Hindenburg”
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    Rome, April 21.
    66 1 British Wireless. The death is announced of the composer, Signor Ottorino Respighi.—Reuter Wireless. Queen Mary has sent a personal message of congratulation on the successful trials of the liner, “Queen Mary.’* Her Majesty’s message was in reply to a telegram from Lord Aberconway, Chairman of the builders’
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    SUPREME APPEAL TO ITALY
    191 1 ..Reuter Wireless. London, April 21. The meeting of the League Council at Geneva concluded last night after the failure of efforts at conciliation in the passing of a resolution regretting the Italo-Ethiopian conflict and making a supreme appeal to Italy to bring about a settlement in
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    CHINA PROTESTS TO THE SOVIET
    144 1 Against Pact With Outer Mongolia Nanking, April 7. China has made a vigorous protest r o Soviet Russia against the conclusion of a mutual assistance pact between the Soviet and Outer Mongolia, rtated to have been signed in March. The Chinese Government claims that the
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    London, April 21.
    31 1 —Berlin Wireless. The Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived at Croydon from. Paris tty air thia morning on their reUm from their Easter holiday I o® te* YugOrSlavia.-
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    P. & O. SERVICE TO FAR EAST
    202 1 P. O. SERVICE TO FAR EAST STRATHMORE CLASS MAY CALL HERE (From Our Own Correspondent) London, April 21. An official of the Peninsular and Orienta’ Steam Navigation Co. yesterday confirmed the possibility of changes in the Far East service. He intimated the possibility of the use of the new Strathmore
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    NO SLICING OF COLONIAL MELON
    165 1 But No Specific Pledge By Government MANDATE RECESSION &OT DOMESTIC ISSUE London, April 21. In the House of Commons, replying t«» a demand for a Government p'edge not to consider recession of mandates, Mr. J. H. Thomas said recent statements on thiy matter by himself
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    U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS
    135 1 Reuter. Strength To Be More Thon Doubled April 21. The Ragers Bill au.horis'ng an increase of the army Air Co.. strength from the pre ent 1.800 plafies to 4,000 witliin five years was passer’ Ijy Hcrnsg of P.ep.’e- Bill for the organ' aticn cf an air
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    TIENTSIN AN OPEN PORT
    89 1 Powerless To Stop Japanese Smuggling Tientsin, April 22. The Customs have withdrawn two-thirds of the local outdoor staff, which is regarded as a tacit admission by the Customs of their inability to check smuggling. Thus Tientsin is now virtually an open port- All untenanted houses in
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    Ras Nasibu
    22 1 RM wfeo is reported to be making feveriafe effort» to hold the Italians in the l l rtcaaity of Jijiff*-
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    Estate Asiatic Staffs Association Meeting
    2377 2 Mr. R. S. Chantier And Mr. V- F. C Meyrick As Guests TWO SIDES TO THE FORMATION OF SOCIETY* Sungei Patani. April 19 The annual general meeting of the Estate Asiatic Staffs' Association was held on Sunday at Sungei Patani. A group photo was taken
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    SOVIET AMBASSADOR AND WAR DANGER
    163 2 For "Peae Fronl" M.T. Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador, in a letter explaining h:.s inability to att-T.d the dinner of the Shop Assistants' Union in London last week, wrote: r “I am certain that it is no exaggeration to say that unless advantage is taken cf
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    MEN TRAPPED IN GOLD MINE
    113 2 Doctor-Owner And Lawyer Entombed Moose River (Novia Scotia), April 13. Rercuers are tonight blasting through reck in a desperate attempt to save three men (doctor, lawyer and mine official), who are believed to be buried alive as the result of a cave-in in the Moose
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    JEW CLAIMS £20,000 FROM GERMANY
    117 2 Suit Begun In America New York. April 19. An action w’hich, if successful, will open the way for scores of similar suits by refugees fxom Germany against Germ n enterprise, is now pendnig in the New’ York Supreme Cour t. Mr. Marcel Holzer, a German
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    ELEPHANT BORN IN BERLIN ZOO
    98 2 Beriin, April S A bull elephant w’as born this morning in the Berlin Zoo. The new arrival, who ha. r teen given the name of Orje (Berlin fcr “George”), stands about 3ft. in height—he was walking about the cage ha'f an hour after birth and
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    MELROSE’S NEW PLANE
    764 2 Aviation Notai HESTON PHCENU Low-Powered Crji' Transport Machine The new plane which C. J. Melros the Australian aviator, is flying- to Australia from England—he left Penang on Monday morning—is a most attractive and .serviceable looking type. It is “Heston Phoentx’’. The “Heston Phoenix” (says Shell Aviation News)
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    Egypt’s Oldest Tomb Identified: 2,000 Years Before "Tut"
    444 3 Egypt’s most ancient tomo, discovered by a young English Egyptologist, on April 6, wa 3 identified as that of the Grand Vizier (or Premier, as w’e should say today) of King Den, of the First Dynasty- —about 3,200 B.C. It is thus
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    CRICKET CLUB WIN
    412 3 Narrow Victory Over Smelters BAKER SCORES TWO GOALS The Penang Cricket Club registered their first soccer win this season when they defeated the Eastern Smelting Co. by th*e odd goal in three on the Esplanade yesterday. The display was poor but the Club fully deserved their victory.
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    SELANGOR TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    226 3 Mired Derbies Champions Extended From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 22. Further matches in ths Selangor Tennis Championships were played yesterday evening The unfir shed singles match between Loke Yaik Heng and L. M. Loh was won oy the former after a protracted three-set duel Th?
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    R.A.F. DEFEATED
    76 3 Singaorre Football Surprise (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 22. The Royal Artillery beat the Royal Air For e yesterday by three goa’s to one. The R. A. scored twice in the first half through Pond and Knight. In the second half Steer netted for the Air Force,
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    BRITISH INTERESTS IN CHINA
    189 3 To Be Discussed With Japan British interests in China are to form the main subject of conversations which Sir Alexander Cadogan, the retiring Ambassador in China, is to have with Mr. Hirota, the Japanese Prime Minister, and Mr. Arita, the Japanese Foreign Minister. Sir Alexander, who
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    CITY AND SUBURBAN
    151 3 —Reuter. Pampas Grass And O'Grady Not Accepting ALTERATIONS IN JOCKEYS London, April 21. Pampas Grass and O’Grady will not be running in the City and Suburban at Epsom tomorrow’. There are also a few changes in the jockeys. The latest probables, with jockeys, are as follows FINALIST
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    DEAD HEAT IN METROPOLITAN STAKES
    78 3 Quashed And Jack Tar London, April 21. The following was the result of the Great Metropolitan Stakes (Handicap) run at Epsom today, distance about 2’ miles: Quashed 1 Jack Tar 1 Corona Corona 3 Nineteen ran. Dead heat; three lengths. Betting: 7 2 Quashed; 100
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    KING’S HORSE WINS
    148 3 First Victory Ov The “Flat" Season Ftola* a three-year aid owned by the King and leased to the Eal of Derby the Easter Plate, at Kemp'on Park on Apr.l 13, starling at oad~ of 100 to 8 against. This is the ii st time this season a
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    NORTH PERAK SOCCER TRIAL
    204 3 Former Penang Player Shines (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. April 21. The second North Perak soccer trial between Laru and Kua'a Kangsar was played in Taiping today and resulted in a win for the former team by 3 goals to 2. The football seen was mediocre.
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      342 3 ■H USE THESE —i^—Ma fa 8 5 ”E. O." Hotel 111 9 I a SIIS I PEN ANG. Otjce you have put a little Anzora on your •air and combed and brushed it—you have Ikniahed with your hair for that day. Be- If I/» U T «■tue Anzora keep* hair
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    London Comment: Likely Changes At Sandringham
    2338 4 CHANGES IN R.A.F. UNIFORM NEW POLICE RADIO STATIONS "ADMIRALS ALL" EXHIBITION A THE NEW ROYAL j CYPHER (From Our Own Correspondent) Y 1 4 ondon, April 11. KING EDWARD’S new cypher will shortly be substituted for the interwoven “G.R.” which at pre- sent occupies
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    U.S. DEFENCE
    84 4 Reuter. Expansion Of Dockyards Urged Washington, April 20An expansion of naval dockyards so as to permit Governmental construction of all United States naval vessels is recommended by a majority report of the Senate Munitions Committee signed by Senators, Pope, Clark and Bone Other recommendations include the i nationalisation
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    $310,000,000 Smuggled Japanese Goods To China
    65 4 ’o decrease her import tariffs.—Sm Chew Jit Poh, Shanghai, April 21. Staggering figures are given out by the Chinese Customs regarding smuggling of Japanese goods to China. It is es'imatcd that $310,000,000 contraband has entered China in the past fifteen months. Observers declare that
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    WATCHED HER FAT MELT AWAY
    192 4 Moro than Two Stone Vanished in Four Months This woman Is only 5 feet tall and <? weighed 11 stone 4 lbs. Then she foui a simple, safe method of reducing, and stuck to It faithfully for four months, s. mW turns the scale at
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    JAPANESE ARMADA
    62 4 Sin Chew Jit Poh. Portion Tu VisiF Fyic! Islands Shanghai, Ami’ ?i A portion of the Japanese An.: i, due at Shanghai tomG.r.w, led l,y i Takahashi. Thence it v.i’l leav? f r t mosa for manoeuvres off the Chinese i:: land. The other portion departed far Chih.
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    MALAY THIEF CONVICTED
    182 4 Stole C eusin’s Jewellery And Clothing (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 20. Sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. J Calder in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today, on a Malay, Mohamed bin Jaafar, who pleaded guilty to housebreaking and theft of
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    MALTA TO BECOME A CROWN COLONY
    272 4 Impossible To Continue Constitution The Constitution of Malta will shortly be revoked and in future the island will have the status and adminirtratiop of a Crown Colony. The Government have decided to take this step because of the political anl strategical position which has
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    FATAL AIR CRASH
    48 4 -P'-ittr Wire’ess Berlin, April 18. Three of the of five were kill? when a three-engined German military plane crashed in Swiss territory near B a It is explained that the m?‘ h’ne w*■ o’ Switzerland as it had lost its way owin to compass trouble,-
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    China Off Silver
    1873 5 SIR F. LEITH-ROSS'S MISSION JAPANESE MISTRUST Tne foreign banks in China having handed over their silver t 0 the Chinese Government in full suppoit of the currency scheme announced on November 4 the course of events leading to that decision may be usefully reviewed; writes “The Times
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    GRAVER THAN 1914
    139 5 —Reuter. 1 The European situation was described 1 by the Secretary for War, as graver than in 1914. Mr. A. Duff-Cooper was addressI ing a Territorial Army demonstration at Manchester. He added that the stakes were higher and there was more to lose. The only direction in
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    BIGGER ARMY AND NAVY FOR JAPAN
    189 5 Possible increases in the Japanese army end wavy are foreshadwed in messages received from Tokyo by Havas Agency. Admiral Nagano, the Japanese Minister of Marine, is reported to have informed the Press that Japan will have to consider seriously the Question of increasing her
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    GAVE FALSE INFORMATION
    310 5 Constable Fined $5O OBSTINATE WITNESS SENTENCED (From Our Perak Representative) Ipch, April 21. A former police ccnstable attached to the Ipoh Police Department waf yesterday found guilty of giving false information, intending thereby to cause injury or annoyance to a compatriot. He was convicted by Che Osman,
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    CYCLIST RODE WITH UMBRELLA UP
    170 5 Killed In Collision (From Our Own Correspondent) Kua’a Lumpur April 20. How a cyclirt who carried an umbrcjla over his head was killed, wa: described before Che Maar of in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today. Che Maarof was enquiring into the death of a
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    WINDSOR CASTLE ALTERATIONS
    91 5 Golf Course Extension I.ie routine repair and decorative work at Windsor Castle is in progress. Certain other alterations which the King has decided upon are being put in hand. His Majesty is unlikely to be in residence at the Castle until later in the yea r although
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    MISHAPS AT FLYING FLEA RALLY
    98 5 'Plane In Flames The first rally of miniature home-made aeroplanes, built on the I nes of the famous Flying Flea, attracted people from many parts of the country to Ashingdon aerodrome, near Southend on-Sea on April 14. Only eight machines arrived, though 25 were expected.
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      632 6 TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AT LAST NIGHT'S OPENING! I 1 OPENING TONIGHT Alt Seats So!d Out Long Before Start Of Shows I C.Jr ww ly' 6-15 9-30 ■•'Vi ANOTHER GREAT ENTERTAINMENT GRAND RACE-WEEK ATTRACTION H I r t"-""' M A PICTURE ■<' AU THE ACTION YOU’D EXPECT WHEN BUT MORE THRILLING, MORE
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    MONEYLENDING TO MALAYS
    567 7 Revision Of Laws Urged CHETTIARS' PETITION From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 20. x petition for the revision of the laws it rolling the lending of money by Chet- to Malays on Malay land reserva,ns, with the land as security, has been •to the High Commissioner
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    BAIL REDUCED
    160 7 Charge Against Chinese In consequence of an arrest effected by ‘he Detective Department, two Chinese, Sim Khoon and Tan Choon. were produced before the Penang District Judge on Monday < harged with possession of non-Govemment chandu and possession of Indian hemp. Mr. T. E. Conaghan appeared for the
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    TENDER
    32 7 Tenders for the conversion of the Contact i Ward at the Quarantine Station Pulau Jere- jak, into a non-infectious disease ward closed at the Resident Councillor’s Office, Penang, at noon today.
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    CHINESE CHARGED WITH CAUSING DEATH OF
    1577 7 MUI TSAI SEQUEL TO CORONER'S FINDING INSPECTOR'S EVIDENCE ON "DYING HOUSES" AND CANTONESE CUSTOMS I In the Penang District Court yesterday a Chinese woman Wong Kim Hee and her husband Lim Fook stood their trial on several counts including that of having caused the
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    SMUGGLER'S RUSE FAILS
    287 7 How a Chinese attempted to cross ovex lg Butterworth with a quantity of non-Gc,<.u-ixitnc chandu conceaieu in ms shoe v/«b Uisclosid yesterday at the trial of Cheah Kheng Khoo who was charged in the District Court with possession of nonGovernment Chandu. Bishan Singh, a revenue officer of
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    UNCLAIMED DEPOSITS
    79 7 Ten dollars are awaiting “B. Walker, Penang” in the Posts and Telegraph Department. Straits Settlements, being an unclaimed post office key deposit. The deposit was made on August 31, 1934. and if not claimed within three months will be transferred to Government Revenue, announces the Government Gazette. Smaller
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    MAHARAJAH OF COOCH BEHAR
    336 7 Investiture As Ruling Prince Sir John Anderson, the Governor of Bengal, on April 6 invested the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, who has just come of age, with his powers, as a Ruling Chief. His Excellency, who was escorted by a bril- liant company of officials of
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    30 YEARS' SUFFERING WITH DILATED STOMACH
    207 7 Here is a case of intense interest to al! sufferers from indigestion and stomach trouble. Even if you have been in pain i for years and have tried all sorts of medicines without relief, you can still be cured if you will only do
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    DEFENCE MEASURES IN GREAT BRITAIN
    662 8 Contrary to expectations that Mr. Neville Chamberlain would introduce a “No-change” Budget yesterday, the Chancellor intimated inter alia an increase in income tax of threepence in the and an increase of twopence on each pound of tea. The British public, while not anticipating the imposition
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    BOYS BURNED TO DEATH
    92 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 21. Two Chinese boys living near Parit, aged ■five and one respectively, were burned to 'death last night when the attap hut in which they were sleeping caught fire and they were trapped. The outbreak was so sudden that neighbours
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    ROOSEVELT TO VISIT CANADA
    29 8 —Reuter. Ottawa, April 21. President Roosevelt has provisionally accepted an invitation to visit Canada as the guest of the Governor General, pro- bably this summer.
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    Nanking, April 21.
    21 8 —Reuter. The Government approved the appointment of Mr. Kawagoe, the Japanese Con-sul-General at Tientsin, as Ambassador in ’hina-
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    London, April 21.
    36 8 —British Wireless. The following bulletin was issued today from Harewood House. “Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal and her younger son are suffering from measles. The complaint is taking its nor- mal course.
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    BY THE WAY
    658 8 TEN years ago, the appearance 1 of a Chinese girl upon a bicycle w’ould have caused a sensation and might have resulted in > demands for a protest meeting at the Chinese Town Hall. Today, the event is a commonplace. To cycle in the great cities of
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    ABYSSINIA ABANDONED
    446 8 Writing under the nom-de-plume of Glencairn,” a reader commentson our leading article of yesterday relative to the crisis in Europe. I agree entirely with your conclusions,” he remarks, and I enclose an excerpt on the same theme from Truth which you may find interesting.’* The comment by Truth
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    BRITAIN’S "ARMAMENT" BUDGET
    1615 9 Threepence On Income Tax: Twopence On Tea Key Industries Duties For Another Ten Years London, April 21. In the House of Commons this afternoon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, opened his fifth Budget. All parts of the House were crowded. In a speech lasting
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    LAMBERT APPEAL DISMISSED
    497 9 Mr. Justice Clarke’s Judgment .From Our Own Correspondent. I Singapore, April 21 .delivering judgment in the Lambert ,peal. Mr. Justice Clarke said: I haev ven very careful consideration to every ament advanced on beha’f of appellant, when the circumstances are considerwhich sworn statements were made, remains no
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    ASCOT RATES GO UP
    151 9 Due To Popularity Of Race Week The disappearance of many big houses in Ascot district, owing to old mansions; mg pulled down and the sites converted -to car parks which are used only once year during Race Week, is given as the ason for the heavy
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    DAILY MAIL LIST
    507 9 NOTICE The air mails despatched from Penang on April 15 per the Netherlands Aircraft, via Alor Star-Amsterdam w’ere delivered m London on April 21. OUTWARD MAILS A mail for Burma (excepting Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy) and Northern India by the s.s. “Sir dhan a” will close
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    PRODUCE MARKET
    113 9 lIN YESTERDAY TODAY London —(Spot) £207.17.6 £207.0.0 London—(3 months) £203.12.6 .J £202.15.0 Singapore $102.62% $102.62% Business Done Penang $102.62% $102.62% Business Done 25 tons Buyers no sellers COPRA.— (Sundried» $5.16 $5.05 BLACK PEPPER $9.00 $9.00 SUBBEB Loodon 7^d 79 16d New York 16c(G) 15%c(G) Singapore—Spot 26%c 26%c May/June
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      FULL LIST OF LONDON TIN & RUBBER SHARE PRICES
      1392 10 FULL LIST OF LONDON TIN RUBBER SHARE PRICES The following were the closing prices the date of despatch of the latest air mail The figures in the left-hand column «hares are of £1 denomination, fully paid. TINS S’O Ampat (4|o) 5 3 519 14j9 Anglo-Burma (5 I) 14 6 15
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      THE DRAIN ON STOCKS
      709 10 SYMINGTON AND WILSON'S REVIEW Messrs. Symingon Wilson in the Weekly Market Report dated London, April 8 state: Since our last report the market has been steady to firm with very little change in price. Business was done in ribbed smoked on the spot on Wednesday evening
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      UTAN SIMPAN RUBBER
      400 10 AVERAGE SALE PRICE OF 17.48 CENTS Utan Simpan Rubber Company Limited report for the year ended December 31, state: The profit for the year amounted to $7,581 to which has to be added $18,391 brought forward from 1934 making a balance available of $25,972 which your directors
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      CLUNY RUBBER
      189 10 Dividend Of 2 Per Cenf. Recommended The report of Cluny Rubber Estates Ltd. for the year ended Dec. 31, 1935, states that the crop of rubber harvested was 349,400 lb. of which 323,672 lb. is accounted for, the balance being carried forward at cost of production. The average
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      RUBBER IN THE CAR INDUSTRY
      225 10 160 Parts In Assembly i Of One Model How important rubber has become in the economy of the motor car industry, is illustrated by the fact that 103.8 pounds of rubber are used in the assemblv of the Ford v-Bcar. Th.-e figure given is for
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      BATU TIGA
      27 10 A dividend of six-and-a-quarter per cent, (less tax) for the year ended Dec. 31 1935, has been recommended by Batu Tiga (Selangor) Rubber Co. Ltd.
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      807 10 BANKS. HONG KONG AND THE SHANGHAI BANKING (Incorporated in England) CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hong Kong.) Reserve Fund and Rest Capital Paid Up £l,osd,ofe. The Liability of members is limited to th< dtrfctors extent and in manner prescribed by BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Ordinance No. 6of 1929 of the Right Hon. Lord
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      Stock Exchange Undecided
      363 11 Markets were unsettled, awaiting the Budget statement. Movements in the ndustrial action were generally downwards, but did not as a rule exceed a few ’.hare of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or fall iversation Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 118% i ig Loan, b p.c., 1960-90
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      COMMODITIES
      121 11 BEER steady. Spot 7 9T6 buyers, 7%d sellers. Sept. 7%d buyers, 7%d sellers. Dec. 7% buyers, 7%d sellers. T an Mar. 713 16d buyers, 7 15]16 sellers. >w York 15.97 cts. •d Kingdom Stocks. London 71,303 tons Liverpool 72,034 tons OPRA Straits S.D. to Rotterdam £13.17.6. I‘l'ER Whit Muntok
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      EXCHANGE RATES AT A GLANCE
      123 11 London on Previously Latest Paris 74 59 64 74 61 64 New York 4.94jV 4.94 Montreal 4.96% 4.96% Brussels 29.20% 29.21 Geneva 15.16 15.16 Amsterdam 7.28% 7.28 Milan 62% 62% Berlin 12 28% 12.28% Prague 119% 119 7,16 Copenhagen 22.39% 22.39% Oslo 19.90% 19.90% Vienna
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      BROKERS' LISTS CURRENT
      345 11 KENNEDY CO. The following were the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s Share List today Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Seller* RUBBER: Mentakab 40 45 40 45 N. Scudai 1.45 1.55 1.45 155 Parit Perak 2.40 2.50 2.35 2.45 S. Tukang 1.02% 1.07% 1.05 1.10 Ulu Benut
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      UNITED TRADERS
      194 11 TODAY S OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers TINS Ayer Wengs 1-72% 1.77% B. Selangors 92 94c Hitams 51 53c Hong Fatt 90 92 Jelapangs 12.10% 13 3 Jelebus 95 97% Johan 30 32 Kamunting 12 9 13 3 K. Kamunting 6 9 7 3 Klang River 1-90 2.00 K.
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      EXCHANGE
      41 11 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 (xmdon Bank 2|4 1j32 4 mist 2|4 3)32 Private 3 mjat credit 2|4 318 3 Documentary 2|4 U 2 On New York Demand 57 9116 India T.T. 154 K France T.T. 865 Hong Kong T.T. 43%% di».
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      SOON THEAM
      428 11 The following are the changes in cutquotations up to noon today Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers TINS 1 Asftms 29 0 30 0 29 0 30 Oex lAsams 29 0 03;0 29 0 29 0 30 Oex Ayer Wengs 1.70 1.75 1.70 1.75 B. Selangors 89 92
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      RUBBER QUOTA
      166 11 .—Reuter. I.R.R.C. Unlikely To Revise Quota London, April 21. No fireworks in the form of quota revi- sion is like’y to result from the meeting of I the International Rubber Regulation Committee Meeting scheduled to take place in Umdon on April 28. This is the general belief of
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      TEA RESTRICTION
      147 11 Big Reduction In U. K. London, April 21. Further evidence of the satisfactory working of tea restriction is r hewn by Lloyd, Matheson and Carritt’s March statistics giving stocks in United Kingdom warehouses as 249.300.000 lbs —a reduction of just over 40,000,026 lbs compared with last year—while consumption
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      LEAN & CO.
      183 11 LEAN CO. TODAYS OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING Ampats 5,6 5|10% A. Hitams 14J6 15 0 B. Selangors 90 94 Jelebus 94 98 Jelapangs 12 6 13 3 K. Kampars H;7% 1210 K. Lanjuts 17 6 18 0 Larut Tin Fields 9j7% 10 0c Puchongs 14 3 14 9 Pungahs
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      REMBAU JELEI
      23 11 Rembau Jelei Rubber recommends a dividend in respect of the last financial year of 5 per cent, payable on May 21.
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      JUGRA LAND AND CAREY
      310 11 TEA AREA PRODUCES REVENUE At the annual general meeting of Jugra Land and Carey Limited held in Glasgow recently, the chairman said that the tea. area had reached a stage at which it liadt proved to be of advantage to the company.. The loss on the
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      26 11 'PHONE 543. PENANG. TONIGHT RACE DINNER DANCE RUNNYMEDE TENNIS COURT CHARGES I $1.20 per hour, including Ball Boys. ACCOMMODATION FOR TENNIS TEA PARTIES AT THE COURT.
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      164 11 Wednesday, 22nd April, 1936. Fun F rolic FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PENANG 3 COMBINED CANTONESE OPERAS PENANG, ALOR STAR, TAIPING "CHUMM LOONG HOOI SIN" —Part 2. With Messrs. Li Tai Hon, Mun Kok Fie, Wong Sze Kok Misses Chan Gim Loong Moay Lan Heong. Seats 70, 40 &20 cents.
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    SHIPPING
    768 12 ARRIVALS ATN’O DEPARTURES Th* following is a list of vessels arriving sailing from Penang during the week IN I*o RT J 48.5. "BULAN” from Singapore via ports. SS. SILVERAY from San Francisco via Singapore and Belawan. Sails the same day for Colombo and Bombay. M.V. “SILVERAY” from Bombay via
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    The Decay Of Tipping
    667 12 ANXIOUS TAXIDRIVERS THAT LITTLE EXTRA To tip or not to tip,—that is the question. "Where cabs are concerned, it appears to be answered by increasing" default. A taxidriver, giving evidence in court the other day, attributed his inability to pay his way to the decline in
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    LIFE OF A SLUM CHILD
    231 12 Never Saw A Cow Or Patch Of Grass Public schoolboys who devoted part of their Easter holidays to the study of local government work in London toured a number of L.C.C. schools and learned seme surprising facts. They met at the County Hall, Westminster where
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    FOREIGN SHIPS IN COASTAL TRADE
    296 12 Recent Sharp Increase The Coastal Trade Development Council states that British coastal shipowners are much concerned about a sudden increase in the number of foreign ships trading on the coasts of the United Kingdom During the first two months of this year the net tonnage
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      1859 12 RADIO PROGRAMMES AND NEWS BBC. B.B.C. APOLOGISE FOR "TRAVESTY" TODAY OF CHURCH BELLS TRANSMISSION 2 (By Our Radio Correspondent) The following frequencies will be used d r> a: i GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.), GSF 15.14 A PARI from the many difficulties which confront b.B.C. officials in arMc/s (19.82 m.)
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    LIFEBOAT DRAMA IN SNOWSTORM
    210 13 Yachtsmen Rescued Twice In Two Days CLOTHING BURNED AS DISTRESS SIGNAL Shoreham, Sussex, April 12. Twice at the mercy of the waves in their tiny boat, twice in peril of losing their lives, and twice rescued by lifeboats —that has been the experience of two men
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    HAS THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS FAILED?
    955 13 PROBLEM OF NATIONAL PRESTIGE The following article is published by the London Observer from its Geneva correspondent “The League of Nations i s a failure.” This is now a cry re-echoed from capital to capital throughout Europe and the other continents. At this critical
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      675 13 w 1 TT' l 4 3 M 1 j sS bluk funnel limb x Vemeta. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due la conjunction with Glen A Shire Line. »*eaan< London GLENGARRY L’don, Antwerp, R’dam, H’bprg Al'borough Apr. 24 May 27 I C. MENESTHEUS Mara., L’don, R’dam H’burg Glasgow Ma y
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      636 13 f FORTHCOMING SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE LUu Apr 24 m.V. “DEMPO” R.L. 17,000 tons May 8 S.S. “JOHAN DE WITT” N.L. 10,000 tons --1 Mf Tj—■ May 15 mv. “INDRAPOERA” R.L. 12,000 tons May 29 m.v. “MARNIX VAN ST. “ALDEGONDE” N.L. 20,600 tons n"»»* di r June 5 mv. “BALOERAN” RL.
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    OHTA'S PLUCKY DISPLAY
    467 14 Penang Tennis Championships CHINESE SWEEP THE BOARD Four more matches in the first round vf "the Penang Lawn Tennis Championships •were played yesterday, and two Europeans and two Japanese were eliminated by four Ohinese. The Chinese players, as anticipated, are sweeping the board. Pride of place was
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    A DRAWN GAME
    148 14 Municipal XI And Penang Young Rovers i Despite playing with only ten men in the second half, the Municipal XI managed to hold the Penang Rovers to a draw yesterday evening on the Dato Kramat ground, two goals being shared. Play was of a dull nature. Both
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    Full Programme For Today’s Races
    1188 14 SCRATCHINGS AND ORDER OF RUNNING SELECTIONS BY TIC TAC Below will be found the full programme for today s races at 1 enang, the second day of the Penang Turf Club Extra Meeting, togehter, with scratchings and selections by Tic-Tac: RACE 1 Horses, Class 3,
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      120 14 LANDS AT XT PENANG J TN 'V REGULAR SERVICE FROM 22nd APRIL. j A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY WHICH IS GETTING MORE AND MORE VISITED by THE ELITE OF PEOPLE INDOCHINA IS CALLING YOU! Be One of Its Happy Admirers Very Soon SCORES OF FEATURES TO PLEASE EVERYBODY Get informations trom Successors
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      46 14 BOON HAK CO. 25. BISHOP STREET, PENANG. j LARGE SHIPMENT I OF CAMPHORWCOD CHESTS AND j PORCELAIN JUST UNPACKED. g CALL NOW AND SEE OUR NEW LOW PRICE 1 «I j I M Agents for Malaya HENRY WAUGH CO., LTD., i PENANG. SINGAPORE, IPOH KUALA LUMPUR.
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    NO SURPRISES IN PENANG TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS EXPECTED
    917 15 GOON KOK YING MAY WIN AGAIN Cheah Wat Hun And Goon Kok Lam Only Rivals (By Our Tennis Correspondent). Will Goon Kok Ying, Penang Champion, <vin the Open Singles in the Penang 1936 i'hampionships now being played and beome Champion for the fourth
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    CRUCIAL DAYS FOR ENGLISH CRICKET
    609 15 BUILDING FUTURE TEST ELEVENS Young Players Knocking At Door For Recognition London, April 14. With a chill-North-easter blowing, it is difficult to realise that we are within two weeks of the commencement of the cricket season. Preparations are m tu swing on the county grounds,
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    A TEN-MILE RECORD
    551 15 ATHLETICS W. E. Eaton's Great Win SHRUBB'S TIME BEATEN AT LAST A landmark in British athletic annals was reached in the A.A.A. 10 miles championI ship at the White City last week. When W. E. Eaton, of Salford Harriers, beat Alfred Shrubb’s thirty-two-year-o’d British record by ten
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    KID BERG DISLIKES THE THREATENING FINGER!
    241 15 Kid Berg is hurt by the ultimatum which has been sent to him by the B. B. B. C. ordering him to fight Walsh, of Liverpool, for the light-weight title by April 24. “I am not complaining, b?c?.use complaining gets one nowhere,’’ he remarked.
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB SUMMER MEETING
    255 15 June 6, 10 And 13 TO BE FOLLOWED BY SKYE MEETING The official programme for the Selangor Turf Club Summer Meeting has been issued. The racing daes will be Saturday, June 6, Wednesday June 10 and Saturday June 13. There will be two runs for
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    STATE SOCCER TRIAL
    104 15 Teams For Thursday The following have been selected to play in the first Malaya Cup Soccer Trial on Thursday at the Victoria Green. WHITES COLOURS Cheong Foong Chin Sookieman I. Rashid Ngiam Ah Kooi S. Mohamed C. Wat Gark C. Danker Yeang Kah Chong A. Rahman Kan
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    ST. GEORGE'S DAY SOCCER
    134 15 "England" v. "The Rest" The annual Penang Cricket Club soccer matsh between “England” and "The Rest” wjll be held next Thursday. St. George's Day. A keen game is assured as the Rest are anxious to avenge their defeat by three goals to one in last year’s
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    SPOTLIGHT ON SPORT
    990 15 The Swedes have not had many striking, lawn tennis players, though their King is 1 an ardent votary. In a player named Carl Schroeder however they have a real cham- pion. Carl Schroeder has concluded two months impressive play on the Continent by de- feating J. Borotra
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    133 16 SIGHTSEERS FLOCK TO CLYDESIDE MISS KAY STAMMERS (right) being congratulated by Mrs. Wills Moody after she had beaten the American etar at Beckenham VISITORS SEE QUEEN MARY FROM LAND, RIVER Thousands of people from a’l parts of the wir’d visited Glasgow to inspect the giart
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