Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 April 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. Ito. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 94. Vol. XCIV. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 217 1 PROTECTION FROM INFECTION Tests’ln Malaya SINGAPORE 'DISCUSSION NEXT WEEK 4» (From Our Own Correspondent» Singapore, April 25. Experiments carried out at Singapore I and other parts of the world to protect 1 people from malaria by dosing them u ith synthetic drugn will be discussed
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  • 171 1 risk of road accidents to children British Wireless. EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE TOLL Loudon. April 24. The inter-departmental committee which has reported on road safety among schoolchildren reveal" that one in five persons kiTed on the roads in Great Britain in 1933. the last year
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  • 202 1 —Reuter. Arsenal Favourites For North-South Duel London, April 24. Sunny and warm weather is anticipated for tomorrow’s Cup final at W embley for which there is the usual keenness, excitement and difficulty in obtaining tickets. The Sta um will be packed out to its full capacity of 39,000,
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  • 218 1 SELECTIONS BY TIC-TAC The going for the concluding day of the Penang Turf Club Extra Meeting today is expected to be good. As on the opening Saturday, there is a card of 9 events, the first starting at 2.30. There will be an interval of
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  • 342 1 COMMISSIONERS "CONVERTED For Films (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 25. Seldom has a meeting of the Singapore Commissioners held uch piquant interest as that which took place yesterday and resulted in an almost unprecedented number of “conversions" piacJcaEy the whole body of members agreeing to rescind, the motion passed
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    49 1 —Reuter. Cairo, April 25. The health of K’ng Fuad. Egypt’s first constitutional king, is causing grave anxiety. Seven doctors attending: him have L'fued a buPetin that the mouth trouble from which the king has been suffering has become infeciin js. Last njgh he suffered from haemorrhage.-
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  • 60 1 Laßrocy's XI. Te Meet P.C.C. The fo’lewing have been invited to play for Laßrcoy’s XI against the Penang Cricket Club this afternoon on the Esplanade J. Andres, W. A. Williams, L. Shori. Eu Cheow Teik, Eu Chec.w Hin Ten Ah Ee. Lim Cheng Hock, Lim Keng Hock,
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  • 1105 1 CRITICISM BY CHAIRMAN OF F. M. S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BRITISH TRADE INTERESTS NOT SERVED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 25. i A symptom of unhealthy trade competition—a tendency “to get behind the < ther fellow by introducing lower and still lower qualities”—was
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 13 1 I H. TOKISATSU ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS No. 68-70, Bishop Street, PENANG Telephone No. 772.
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    • 69 1 What you see on the groundglass screen, you get ta perfect detail with the ROLLEICORD V"v Z T Z “Don't spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar.” as this Old Salt is doing There's just that little something about i WILLIAMSON'S SMOKED FISH that makes all the difference. Kippers
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  • 867 2 IN COLONY LAST YEAR BUT LAW COMPLIED WITH The following axe extracts from the report on the working» of the Currency Department. S.S., for the period Oct. 1, 1934. to Sept. 30, 1935, by the Acting J Treasurer. Mr. G.L. Ham, S.S. The report was
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  • 522 2 Eight Annual Report Of Society The following is the eighth annual re- port of the Socitey of Yorkshiremen in Malaya to be presented at the general meeting to be held in the Adelphi Hotel on Thursday, April 30, at 5.30 p.m.:— Sixteen new annual members were enrolled
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  • 40 2 One of the Perak Flying Club’s planes has been assembled and given a trial flight. The test was eempietely successful. Mr. Wilson, chief instructor, piloted the machine and Mr. F. J. Morton, dub captain, was a passenger.
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  • 972 2 Questions About The Other Woman CITED AS CO-RESPONDENT A Birmingham doctor whose wife had taken a barbituric drug in a London hotel was questioned at length at the Westminster inquest on April 7 after he had stated that she had offered to stand by him
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  • 160 2 9 Chinese Arrested 8 Fined Yet another successful Police raid w? carried out on Thursday when nine Car tonese were arrested and produced in U Police Court yesterday morning to an surcharge of gambling in a common gam in house, No. 50, Cintra Street.
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  • 256 2 Taiping Renews Demand Agitation for a water-borne sewage system was renewed by the Taiping Sanitary Board at its monthly meeting. U Residents in Taiping, as well as in Ipoh, will read with interest the followingexcerpt from the official minutes of the meeting. SANITARY INSTALLATIONS Under By-law
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 782 2 HOVIS BREAD RHEUMATISM SPREAD Double food value of any bread. TO All MFR JOINTS» The L/incet Refuse substitutes ALL iTEIV JVllllO Order Hovis direct from VICTOR CO., LTD Sole Agent,, Q r< ere d to Bed After penang. Months of Suffering Here is a sad story of suffering, but It
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  • 1073 3 KENNEDY SHARE LIST. NAMES. t t g c 3 Jf RUBBER (Dollar). I AHeabr Rubber Co. 165 1 ?g%| -.lor Gai ah Rubber Estate 1 )0 j 14) 1 '.malgamated Malay Estates 330 j 340 j K/er Hitam Planting Syndicate 140 130 i Ayer Molek Rubber Co. 92%] 97% v»«r
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  • 707 3 CONTINUED SPECULATIVE INTEREST IN AUSTRALIAN TINS Messrs. Kennedy Company in their report dated Ppnang, April 24, state: The past week seen a’steady volume of business passing in the local share market, Speculative interest in Australian tin shares continued but the dollar issues were
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  • 157 3 Teams For North And South Although Perak’s first engagement in the “Malaya” Cup Soccer matches is tc be held some time in June, the State has been busily preparing to select her best football talent. The first State Trial will be held in Taiping on
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  • 135 3 Total Debit For Year Of £54.985 A preliminary statement issued by the I Indo-China Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. reveals a loss on working of steamers for the year ended December 31, 1935, of £27 348. To this is added debit balances in respect of general charges £7,638: Pensions
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  • 723 3 I DRAWING OF A LOITERY NUMER Hearing in the Chung Shan School Union lottery case was begun yesterday afternoon in the Police Court before Mr. H.A.L. Luckham, the charge against the two ac- cused, Chin Beow Hok and Lim Chaw Kai, being that: “On March 14,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 24 3 A product BRITISH MALAYAN COFFEE PLANTATIONS I Kuala FUah. Negri Seinbilan, F-M-S. HEHKY WAUGH 6* Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE F 4 PENANG IPOH KUALA LUMPUR
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    • 813 3 BANKS. HONG KONG AND THE MERCANTILE BANK SHANGHAI BANKING OF INDIA, LTD. J (Incorporated in England) CORPORATION Capital Authorised £3,000,000 (Incorooratfid in Wr«n<« Capital SulXicribed £1,800,006/ (incorporated tn Hong Kong.) Reserve Fund and Reot £1,247,83« The Uabtlity o£ member, t, itmlted to th. Up oo extent and In manner prescribed
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 530 4 See MICKEY MOUSE in Glorious Beautiful Colours OPENING for the First Time he WEDNESDAY JES I" I FRAn’k' BUCK’S TODAY: 2-45 4-15 »-30 TOD A Y 2-45 6-15 »-30 haik-kmsiso gift to a roslTlVEt y THE US T 3 PERFORMANCES BUCHANAN AT HIS VERY BEST! sensation-seeking Warner Bros. Thrilling Drama
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  • 1762 5 GOVERNMENT GRANT jubilee Camp To Be Erected That the Government has granted splendid camping site at Teluk i hang, Penang, for the use of Penig and Province Wellesley Scouts I as revealed by Mr. L. R. Wheeler, ■jit' assistant District Scout Commissioner. Penang, in
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  • 407 5 SWEEPING PLAN OF CO-ORDINATION A scheme for the organisation of a Postal Region in London is being considered by the Postmaster-General, Major Tryon. The plans have been prepared by the Departmental Committee which is con- j sidering the recommendations of Lord Bridgeman s Committee on
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  • 325 5 FIRST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Chinese Mutual Benefit Society held its first annual general meeting yesteruay at the Chinese Town Hall, Penang at 5.15 p. m, with Mr. Lim Joo Chong, its President, in the chair. The minutes of the last general meeting were read and
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  • 459 5 ST GEORGE’S CHURCH Penang 2nd Sunday after Easter. 8.00 a.m. Matins Litany. Hymn 197. 8.30 a.m. Holy Communion. 11.00 a.m. Ho'y Communion— Chinese. 6.00 p.m. Evensong. Magnificat 4 8. Nunc Dimittis 66. PG LXV 155. Hymns 209, 500. 217, 223. FRIDAY, MAY 1 S. Philip and S. James.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 344 5 ObllHH < lOseandd matter how severe W|| your stomach trouble, Bisurated Magnesia will always give you W|| quick relief by removing |j|l the cause. Try it now! 9 Don’t suffer another day. A& Bisurated Magnesia costs very little, from ahy good chemist or drug store, but always see the oval
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  • 793 6 That a fair measure of prosperity has returned to Malaya is proved in practically every direction today. There was a time when those employed in commercial and industrial undertakings and in other ways in this country faced the future with a spirit of resignation. Statesmen and certain
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  • 70 6 Reuter Wireless. Mogadiscio, April 21. The first Libyan column is reported to have reached Sagog, forty four miles nortn of Bircut, cutting off the right wing of the Abyssinian defenders from Sassabaneh. An Abyssinian counter-attack is stated to have been repulsed with heavy losses and it is
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  • 659 6 •’Local Rubber Companies.” A Comprehensive and complete Guide j for Investors in Local Rubber Companies Such was the title of a volume published by Davies and Co., brokers, in May, 1914. From the author’s preface, it is gathered that even in those (seemingly) far-off days, experts ir.
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  • 85 6 —British Wireless. Transfer Never Considered By Government London, April 23. Asked in the House of Commons whether the Dominions had been consulted regarding and had approved the Government’s policy respecting mandated territories and its willingness to consider the transfer of some of them on certain conditions, the Prime
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  • 56 6 British Wireless. London, April 23. Statistics issued by the Economic Intelligence Service of the League of Nations at Geneva show the gold value of wor d trade in February was eight per cent, higher than in February 1935. The trade of the United Kingdom represented 14
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  • 39 6 1 British Wireless. London, April 23. The Chamber of Shipping quarterly returns of idle tonnage show tonnage laid up lin Great Britain and Ireland on April 1 'was 32.8 per cent les' than a year ago.
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  • 94 6 of its last reported gold reserve'’. —Reuter Wireless. Crippling Etrear Of Sanctions Geneva. April 21 Further details of the effects of sanctions are given by Mr. Wes man, Presieient of the Sanctions Expert. Committee, at his final mee.ing. It is stated that during January 193& Italian exports decreas
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  • 35 6 Reuter. Paris, April 23. M. Flandin received Dr. Wellington Koo who handed the Foreign M'.nister a cop of his credentials. Formal presentation of credential will be made to President Le Brun later.-
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  • 64 6 British Wireless. In a Commons answer today, Lord Cranbome said the Italian al’egation of the use of dum-dum bullets by the Abys inian forces was being dealt with by the League. Suggestions about the supply by British firms either directly or indirectly of dumdum ammunition to the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 507 6 There’s a reason AB*s y) '•jr x X I r x/S/X-p > 6-4UW ’ĕ" CHILDREN- t Jffin Tek I £>’’ Eg Junior X. *«r- T"HE fronts of your teeth ere easy HIEBS3Q F* J enough to clean it s the curve lfiat Is apt lo b ne 9l« ck<< pl
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  • 343 7 Appeal To The Air Ministry lu the hope of securing a diminution of :h< n<>i e of aircraft. the /kiit' Noiec League lias lately been in communication with the Air Ministry and the Aeronautical liesearch Committee. M u st of the complaints received by the ig-ue
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  • 765 7 DEFENCE AUTHORITIES IN FAVOUR Plans for the construction of a big Thames tunnel at Charing Cross to accommodate all classes of road transport are now being closely considered by traffic authorities in Whitehall. The proposal may be adopted as an alternative to the Charing Cross
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  • 350 7 Fatality At New K.L. Cinema The story of how a Tamil, Kamalthan, et his death wail.» at work on the construction of the Pavilion Theatre in Bukit Bintarg Read was told to Che Maarof in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court today, who at the conclusion returned
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  • 152 7 Picturesque Ceremonies At Kuala Kangsar The wedding was celebrated at Kuala Kangsar of Raja Rugayah, daughter of Raja Razmen and grand-daughter of Sultan Idris, and Tungku Yahaya. scion of a form er ruler of the territory of Rahman, now part of Perak. Several kenduris were held
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  • 178 7 ONE HIT TO SINK BATTLESHIP The atest naval shell —which passes through armour plate 12 inches thick —was referred to by Sir Robert Hadfield, the eminent metallurgist. Sir Robert, presiding at the annual meeting of Hadfields Limited, engineers and steelmakers, at Sheffield, said that the latest
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  • 155 7 Twenty-four Nations To Meet Hundreds of famous scientists from all parts of the world will meet in London on July 25 for the second International Congress for Microbiology’. For a w'hole week they will talk of germs not merely in relation to disease, but as factors
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  • 210 7 MEETING FOREIGN COMPETITION lae Dahy Telegraph understands that representatives ot tne Governments ol threat Britain, Australia, Canada anl New Zealand have been discussing the possibility of subsidising British shipping m me Pacific. Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade; Mr. R. G. Menzies and
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 234 7 HOW I GOT RID OF WRINKLES AT 60 and made myself Look 20 Years 188 IK. wB I am 60 years of age, an age at which a woman so often no longer seeks to make herself attractive. But I felt a desire out of pure curiosity to try the
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    • 247 7 BEST FOR THE DOG IN HOT CLIMATES iicßisp HcmiNCHV’ I MEATY g MUNCHY kSHKksRMBm Trait enquiriet tor— P.O. Box 291, Bombay. ”E. O." Hotel PENANG. TONIGHT EXTENSION TO 1 AM. RACE DINNER DANCE FOR TABLE RESERVATIONS, ’PHONE 322. Sunday, 26th April ORCHESTRAL CONCERT 9-15 p.m. to 11-15 p.m. (On the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 95 7 BAND PROGRAMMES Today at "Esplanade” 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p. m. 1 March —Friend or Foe —Graham. 2 Overture —Land of the Mountain and the Flood —McCunn. 3 Selection—Tails up—Braham. 4 Waltz —Columbine —Gardener. 5 Selection- Roberta —Kern. 6 Intermezzo —The Love Dance —Hccchn'a. 7 Fox Trot—Everything stops for Tea
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  • 1120 8 PROGRAMME FOR TODAY AND ORDER OF RUNNING I Below will be found the full programme for the concluding day of the Penang Turf Club Extra Meeting to be run at Penang today. RACE 1 Horses, Class 4, Division 4, 5 l t 2 Furlongs. 0
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  • 296 8 Malays Not In Ferm An interesting soccer match was played yesterday on the St. Xavier s ground when the Old Xavierians defeated the Darul Aihsan Football Club by the oad goai in five. Som Boon, who made his soccer debut for the Xavierians was prominent throughout
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 225 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE An Ordinary’ Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office at 4 pm. on Tuesday, the 28th instant. (By Order) T W. DOUGLAS. Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. ORDINANCE NO. 155 (Companies) IN THE MATTER OF A. I. AERATED WATER COMPANY, LIMITED (In Voluntary
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    • 203 8 lO.M s I 1 FOl'R TJMSS A WEEK W o-tw AT J PENANG AERODROMF From 22nd APRIL. U».-n- E—tstun Mill!I «ra M < WAX-THE IDEAL I POLISH ifflt I JOHNSON'S j WAX perf^ t WAX POLISHING FLOORS FURNITURE AUTOMOBILE AND PIANO. EXCELLENT FOR DANCE FLOORS Distributors K. LEE SAN CO.,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 151 8 Saturday, 25th April, 1936. JPtin fir* FrolicFOR THE FIRST TIME IN PENANG 3 COMBINED CANTONESE OPERAS PENANG, ALOR STAR, TAIPING ‘KWAI LOOI HONG NGAN”—Part 1. With Messrs. Li Tai Hon, Mun Kok Fie, Worg Sze Kok Misses Chan Gim Loong Moay Lan Heong. Seats 60. 40 &20 cents. STRICTLY NO
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  • 261 9 Yesterday's Soccer On The Esplanade u friendly soccer match played yesterday on the Esplanade the Rambleis de- <: ated Petersen’s RI by three goals to one. flie winners were the better side and if r inside forwards had been a little more urate in their shooting
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  • 103 9 Reuter. Folly To Disregard Synthetic Rubber London, April 23. I. w; aid be folly to adopt an ostrichike atiitude and disregard the possibilities cf synthetic rubber in fu.ure, although its ccst was uneconomic when the exchanges between hte countries were free, declared Mr. Robert Stewart, pre iding at
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  • 42 9 —Reuter Wireless Hague, April 21 It is learned that the Dutch Red Cross has decided to irwtruct the Dutch Ambulance unit, now in Addis Ababa to proceed to Djibouti and take the first available boat home. —Reuter Wireless
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  • 544 9 Singles Duel Lasts 85 Minutes PENANG TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS In a long drawn out match Dr. N.H. Perera eliminated Che Adbul Rahim, the Kedah Champion, in the Second Round of the Penang Lawn Tennis Championships yesterday. This match, which was the firs* to start, was the last to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 27 9 ’PHONE 543. PENANG. TONIGHT RACE DINNER DANCE r ~—7 RUNNYMEDE TENNIS COURT CHARGES < $1.20 per hour, including Ball Boys. ACCOMMODATION for tennis tea parties at the court.
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    • 200 9 NIGHTS OF AWFUL STOMACH PAIN What a relief to be able to eat and deep normally after years of stomach trouble which caused nights of unbearable pain. No wonder Mr. T says he was fortunate when he tried Maclean Brand Stomach Powder. ‘‘Being a sufferer from stomach trouble for years,
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    • 334 9 **l*<2SS than fit” may mean THIN BLOOD Z B Jal Jy you find yourself standing aside whila 1 energy and vitality carry others on to suc'A T^ s cess in work and play, it is very probable that you are suffering from thin blood This condition is common in the
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  • 490 10 S H I P P I NG The following is a list of vessels arriving and sailing from Penang during the week IN PORT J S.S. “PERSEUS” from Liverpool sails for Hong Kon.t Shanghai and Japan. MS. RAMSES from Japan and China via Singapore. Sails same Jay for Colombo,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 153 10 UoumuiinotmM TICER Aeiiene you, me f —’b f S Always Samething 5 I EASTERN I 'l V a J ,i L ill hf i II I a ifi jll L Finest Value In Pure I !i? I /111 7 jH Ij 1 SILK UNDIES I l[9 I A w 1
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1197 10 RADIO PROGRAMMES AND NEWS DD Q Weekly News’etter. Sports Summary, and man, English). German Folk Son. Out TODA\ Announcements. 11.4G —Mantovani and standing Broadcasts of the Week. 8.30 TRANSMISSION 2 his Tipico Orchestra. Greenwich Time Greetings to our Listeners. 8.35 —Newc The following frequencies will be u,ed Signal at 11.50
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  • 388 11 New Record Of Continental Travellers The Southern Railway stated that 12.912 Continental passengers were handled on Thursday last week, the biggest number ever recorded from Victoria Station Change in Cast.—Mr Barry Jones is to join the cast of “Promise the Henri Bernstein play at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
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  • 306 11 Matthew, the Zoo emu, has been beaten at hie own game. Still sitting on his seven eggs, under the vigilant eye of his wife, who offer s him no help his fruitless, chickless' vigil continued while an ordinary incubator at Whipsnade produced five splendid emu chicks
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 854 11 3KBLBIK FUMMBK LIMB Verncta. LONDON) AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due in conjunction with Glen A Shire Line. Penang London '2 v R’*“, 4 May 1 May 27' C. ACHILLES L don, R'dam, H'burg Hull May 8 June 6 A. AENEAS H burg Glasgow May 15 June 14 CYCLOPS “EDmwUIANEAN AND
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    • 252 11 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailing by s.s. MARELLA (7,375 tons) and m.v. MERKUR (6,000 tons). Both vessels are fitted with cabins-de-luxe, single and double berth cabins, swimming bath and luxurious public rooms. NEXT SAILINGS FROM
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    • 592 11 Jx t Z •>«?’- -<r Wil» ■Wi L Pand BRITISH INDIA ihr mA Oriental S. If. Co., tariee > Penang, Teluk Anira», Pert DwettaßtaMfer oontiMß wttk HI» Majuty s Government Malacca and Stagapoie Sarrica, UmdM Md Far Eact Mail Service. s/S “M. HARI” May 1 tArtwaada tram London far Olna
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  • 153 12 Easter s Sunshine, Snow And Flowers NATURE’S HOLIDAY ATTRACTION. Despite Easter’s freakish weather, this wonderful display of daffodils in Trent Park Gardens, Cockfosters, near Barnet, which will be open to the public will make holidaymakers realise that spring really is here. Dancin'; for those less
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