Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 May 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 107. Vol. XCIV. MONDAY, MAY 11, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 244 1 League Council Meets Today SADOGLIO, VICEROY OF ABYSSINIA Frantic Enthusiasm In Rome Geneva. May 11. It is generally anticipated that the Abyssinian dispute and the Locarno question will both be adjourned until the middle of June. Such a decision would imply a refusal to recognise Italy's
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  • 49 1 Djibouti, May 5. j ious dispute is reported to have > ut between the Italians and the A.byrsinian railway administration the transport of troops and war, which is forbidden by the 1908 fcnient. ailed that this prohibition by the administration a'ways applied to an war supplie".—Reuter.
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  • 60 1 Capetown, May 11. Mollison started at 10.19 last night record flight attempt via the east ■oute to London. xpects to arrive at 11 p.m. on '’day Reuter. tOUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT London, May 11 Mollison stated today that he and, vould attempt the first round-the-H-ght following" the equator.
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  • 312 1 Italy Wants Peace For Herself Rome, May 10. The Fascist Grand Council met at 8 p.m. and rose at 10.10 p.m. yesterday after which the Cabinet met for three minutes and Mussolini then made a speech to 8 huge crowd. He announced that “an official decree
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  • 59 1 Copenhagen, Hay 11. It is understood the Foreign Ministers of Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and Holland, wll consider the question whether to remain in the League, at a meeting at Gereva this week. 1 Representatives of Switzerland and Spain will attend
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  • 86 1 Possible Cliaitge Of Policy I Berlin, May 11. The possibility of the resumption of airship construction by Britain was discussed with Dr. Eckener bv three of:icials of the British Air Ministry who were in Friedrichshaven at the weekend and inspected the zeppelin works. Dr. Eckener is said
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  • 69 1 (From Our Own Correspondent I Singapore, May 11. Domestic production of tin in April as represented by exports of tin and tin in ore at 75.5 per cent, totalled 5303 tons. F M.S. 5185, Johore 39. Kedah 9. Perils 27, Kelantan 1. Trengganu 41
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  • 178 1 Fundamental Of American Policy Washington, May 10. Little doubt is felt that the United States will adhere to the Stimson doctrine and decline to recognise the new situation brought about by force. The public generally now accept this as a fundamental of American policy. NEUTRAL
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  • 75 1 Chosen mount of the late King on all his shooting parties, whether at Balmoral. Scotland, or Sandringham, Jock was a familiar figure at the Royal “shoots”. On the Wednesday in January before
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  • 119 1 Late King Fuad s Estate BELIEF THAT HE LEFT NO WILL Cairo, May 11. It is not vet known whether King Fuad left a will. He had large personal possessions which included valuable estates in Egypt and considerable investments abroad. Persons in close contact with the Lite monarch believe that
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  • 64 1 APPEAL TO STATE COUNCIL From < )ur < Kvil Correspondent) Bangkok, May 11. i The police have declined to allow the, proposed Sun-Bathing Society to registe- under the Law of Associations. fhe promoters have accordingly ap- I pealed to the State Council against the police decision.
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  • 134 1 M. Rudolf, a French lawyer, and Fit.-Lt. I Corlier were killed when their private aero- plane crashed at Mulhouse, Eastern France. Two former members of the French Foreign Legion have sentenced at Hanover to
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  • 118 1 U. 3. Kidnapper Sentenced SEQUEL TO ARREST OF EX-CONVICT Washington, May 11. An ex-convict. William Mahan, was sentenced to 60 years' imprisonment on Saturday for his share in the kidnapping in May last year of George Weyerhauser, the nine-year-old son of the millionaire. He was also
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  • 49 1 News has just been received in Penang of the death in Scarborough of Mrs. Wright, widow of the late Mr. T.W.W. Wright. Mr. Wright w r as the Municipal Veterinary Surgeon in Penang up to his death in 1926. Mrs. Wright leaves a son eleven.
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    • 53 1 BUTTERWORTH t MURDER TRIAL —Se Page 9. sz%7 7&7 “First catch your hare then cook him? We catch 'em We sell 'em You buy 'em You cook 'em Everybody eats 'em Not only Hares, but Partridges, Pheasants, Grouse. Woodcock, Quail, Pigecns etc. ■r._II PENANG 1500 PHONE BUTTĔRWORTH 33 fc 'T
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  • 375 2 Britain Ready To Play Her Part BUT WILL INSIST ON COLLECTIVE ACTION SANCTIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE London, May 11. The Abyssinian situation is the principal subject on the agenda for the League Council meeting today at Geneva over which the British Foreign Secretary,
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  • 58 2 Jerusalem, May 8. It is stated that Dag-at T-aye, nephew of Emperor MeneKk, is marching on Addis Ababa from the south with a force of 120,000 men, intending to tight the Italians in a supreme effort to gain the Negus’ cgow for himself. Dagat
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  • 375 2 SMASHED OPEN STORE LICKED ARSENIC DRUMS A bull elephant which is presumed to have committed suicide by taking sodium arsenite, after having revenged itself on man for terrible sufferings has been found dead in the Sungei Lallang Forest Reserve, near Kuala Lumpur. The elephant smashed open a
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  • 137 2 According to the Straits Settlements Government Gazette the Government had revenue in. excess of expenditure to the extent of $922.572 for the month of January. The total revenue, including land sales, was $3,251,837. which compares with a twelfth of the yearly estimates of $2,791,814. and $3.245.926 for
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  • 328 2 Mrs. A S. Small, wife of the Officer Administering the Government, is believed to be the first Australian woman who has carried out vice-regal duties in a British Colony. Before her marriage Mrs. Small W’as Miss Hazel Stubbs, of Claremont, Perth. Her father was once Speaker
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  • 55 2 Washington, May 9. The death is announced of Senator Park Trammell, Chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, suddenly of cerebral haemorrhage. —Reuter. :o: Managua, May 9. Septuplets four girls and three boys were bom at Pozoaz’d. Four died and the remaining two girls and one boy
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 39 2 BROADCAST HINDUSTANI TAMIL RECORDS Are the out-coma of the HMdao Music Treasures of Eminent Musicians who wtn be the glory of India, nay, of the whole world. Latest Releases Just aiitvst. THE mDIAN FILM AGENCY, 130 Penang Road. Penang.
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  • STOP PRESS FORD V-8 MODELS FOR 1936 NOW ON DISPLAY.
    • 1307 3 pANDSOME NEW APPEARANCE. cw, modern beauty and graceful stream.ire expressed in every line of the new V-8. The hood is longer than before, c impression of length is increased by w Ford designing. The radiator grille i M shaped, and sharply pointed.
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  • 1034 4 Eminent Educationist’s Suggestions An eminent educationist, Dr. Harold Palmer, in an address on “Reformed English Teaching” in the Victoria School Hall, Singapore, week, discus ed inform-; atively a vexed subject in Malaya. He was speaking at a gathering organised by the Singapore Teachers’ Association, and
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  • 224 4 Manager Of Padang Estate LARGE ATTENDANCE AT FUNERAL The funeral took place on Saturday of Mr. G. H. Sargant, manager of the Padang Estate, Padang Serai, South Kedah, from the General Hospital Penang, for interment nt the Western Road Cemetery. Mr. Sargant, who was
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  • 99 4 Saturday's Funeral The funeral of Mrs. Sophia Parley. Government Health Nurse, who died at the Geneis) Hospital at 430 p.m. on Friday, took place on Saturday evening for interment at the Wes?rn Road Ceremony. Mra. Pasley had been ailing for roma time before her 1 death.
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  • 52 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, May 10. Herr Hitler has invited Siam to send i representative to a conference of local government to be held at Munich in June. He has particularly invited the present Minister of the Interior. The matter is under consideration by the
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  • 388 4 Chinese Censored NO BUSINESS TO SPEND MONEY "I consider his whole conduct has been thoroughly dishonest,” said Mr. Justice Adrian Clark, in the Bankruptcy Couii, Singapore, when he ordered Tan Hock Kec to pay to the Official Assignee $100 out of his commuted allowance and $2 a
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  • 71 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, ilay 10 When Mr. M. J. Kennaway, manager of Escot Estate, Tanjong Malim, received a registered packet from the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Chartered Bank this week he found that 210 dollars in five-dollar notes were missing.
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  • 64 4 Drennan Heytman (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. May 10. Miss Eileen Marie Heytman. fourth daughter of Mrs. Heytman and the late Mr. H. J. C. Heytman, of Singapore, was married at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd yesterday to Mr. Henry Herbert Drennan, of the Yukon Gold
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  • 57 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 10. Two new Japanese iron mines are being opened in Malaya, one at Kota Bahru and the other on the east coast of Johore. Mr. S. Lzuka is he*d of the companies operating the new mines. There are now
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  • 31 4 News has been received in Penang that Dr. G. K. Lim, M.B., B.S. has passed the D.T.M. H. (London) Examinations and is accordingly awarded the Diploma in Tropica! Medicine and Hygiene.
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    • 321 4 Conquer that Weakness after Malaria, Dysentery and other feverous diseases "Sanatogen has a most remarkable effect on the debilitated system." The Indian Medical Record, SANATOGEN is made specially to feed writing about the wonderi Sul effect of Sanatogen in the nerves, to strengthen the blood and Malaria, states: to recharge
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  • 419 5 Aloofness Charge Defuted EFFORTS TO BE UNDERSTOOD An important statement on relations between the Japanese community and other communities in Singapore was made to The Sunday Times by the Japanese ConsulGeneral at Singapore, Mr. Kuchi Gunji. Mr. Gunji, who by his liberal policy and outlook has already
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  • 512 5 Ceylon Doctors Should Come Here to Study” If Ceylon sent her health officers to Malaya to study modern methods of fighting 1 malaria, it would save the lives of many 1 Sinhalese people and help the progress of the country, according to the Rev. Basil
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  • 874 5 Large Gathering At Function The Ihm. Cant. X. M. Hashim, the new Mai**y Member on the Legislative Council, who is paying his first visit to Penang since his appointment, was entertained by the Malay Community of Penang and Province Wellesley at a tea party
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  • 294 5 SHOULD THE POOR MARRY THE RICH? “Should the poor marry the rich?” This oft-debated question formed the object of an impromptu speech made by a member of the Chinese Christian Association at a short-speech night held in the Institute Hail, Prinsep Street, Singapore, with Mr. C. D.
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  • 144 5 MALAYAN TIMBER FOR USE AT NAVAL BASE The Malayan timber industry benefited by £10,000 because of a decision of the Admiralty to use, Malayan wood for the dock blocks in the huge new graving dock at the Naval Base, Seletar. This is revealed in an article in
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 387 6 HELD OVER owing to sensational success*. TOMORROW! MLAST DAY! TONIGHT 6-15 9-30 the screen's perfect comedy team in an uproarious SAMUEL GOLDWYN'S RECORD-BREAKING COMEDY BEN TRAVERS COMEDY M tom WALLS RALPH LYNN j “Stormy e Weather’ 5 F U o Malaya's Own Film Star mnM fi i Il anf nr
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  • 1597 7 DIFFICULTIES OFFICERS AND MEN HAVE TO OVERCOME Illicit Distilleries Hidden In Caves SOME of the many difficulties which confront officers and men of the Customs and Excise Department, F.M.S., are referred to by Mr. J. THobbs. the acting Commissioner, Customs and Excise, F.M.S.
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  • 351 7 Man Who Ran Amok Among 'Bus Passengers GIRL CHASED WITH KNIFE IN HAND How a drunken ’bus passenger stabbed four fellow-passengers and tried to stab a girl who ran out of the bus was recalled when Mr. D. S. Jayawickreme, Crown Counsel, appeared last week, before Mr.
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  • 567 8 On June 12 the State of Kedah will undertakejdie staging of an exhibition on a larger scale than anything previously attempted by an individual state in this country. Kedah has awakened to the possibilities of the exhibition as a medium for making better known the products of the
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  • 247 8 On Tenth Trip To Europe With the object of travelling on the newgiant Cunard-White Star liner "Queen I Mary” on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic, Mr. and Mrs Lim Cheng Teik left Penang yesterday by the German mail I steamer Potsdam, en route to Europe. They
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  • 94 8 £130,000,000 For Britain's Five-Year-Plan London, May 10 The highway authorities in Great Britain have submitted plans under which £130.000,000 is to be spent on roads over the next five years in addition to many millions normally spent on maintenance The programme should elminate all weak bridges and provide
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  • 533 8 HOW many people know that marble figuies among the products of Malaya.' It is mined (or should I say quarried?) not for from Penang. On the Langkawi islands, to be precise. The group, which lie off the coast of north Kedah, and form a part of that
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  • 318 8 The presentation to the British Museum of a set of gramophone records of dialects made by the British Drama League does not mean that dialect in these islands is on the point of extinction. On the contrary, the society which undertook the valuable experiment of recording dialects, primarily
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  • 342 8 The pending separation of Burma from India will improve trade conditions in. Burma, according to Sir Hugh Stephenson, the retiring Governor of Burma. Sir Hugh I and Lady Stephenson parsed through Penang yesterday on the B.I. ship Elephanta. At Singapore they will take ship for Eng land
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  • 61 8 The awards for the Khoo Cheow Teong Khoo Heng Pan and Khoo Hun Yeong Scholarships m the Anglo-Chinese Schoo for are ns follows:— 1. Khoo Chew Teong—The best boy in Std. V 1935—Alfred Cabatit. 2. Khoo Heng Pan—Khoo Oon Teik, Khoo Cheng Teik, Khoo Boo Aik.
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    • 286 8 *5TjgJ’I A living tribute to TRUFOOD This young man is John Erich* another witness to the nourishing power of Humanised TRUFOOD. His mo'her writes 33. Gloucester Road, i Eiling, W.5 Dear Sirs, I ani enclosing photograph of Babu ‘John, ar 14 2 months, which I thought might interest you as
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  • 209 9 War On Mosquito Which Carries The Disease STRINGENT REGULATIONS Colombo, May 6. It is learned that with the aid of the Anti-Mosquito Ordinance which is to be presented to the State Council shortly, a campaign is to be launched in Ceylon not only against
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  • 469 9 ROBINSON CO., LTD. Less Of $18,467 For Year (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 9. Presiding at the meeting of Robinson Co. Ltd., today, Mr. W. H. Macgregor said J that during the first few months in 1935 j conditions were favourable and for the■ time had lived in the
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  • 506 9 "The Stamp of Christmas Island” was the subject of an interesting talk and dis- t play given by Mr. W.H. Kong at the weekly meeting of the Penang Stamp Club, held in the Chinese Merchants' Club. Penang, yesterday. Presided over by the President (Dr.
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  • 62 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, May 10 In the first round of the "Savi" Cup Soccer Competition, Taiping Police defeated Tpoh Police in a thrilling match by 2 goals to 1, at the Esplanade here on Saturday. Favoured by ideal weather, the match was played at a
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  • 109 9 Indian Coolie Take To The Wheel FINED $30 TODAY Ibraliimsah. an Indian coolie, war fined $10 or one week’s imprisonment for driving without a licence, and $20 or week’s imprisonment for rash driving, by Mr. H. A. Luckham in the police court. Penang, today. It was stated that
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  • 174 9 Chinee Woman Falls Into The Sea A middle-aged Chinese woman yesterday fell into the sea from the ferry steamer, "Tanjong.” when it was about 100 yards from the Railway pier. A sampan man rescued the woman. The launch’s lifeboat was rowed to the spot and the
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  • 118 9 Badminton At Taiping (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, May 10. In a friendly fixture today, the Lodge Badminton Party deefated the Malay Scholars in a series of doubles matches by 4 games to 1. Results as follows (Lodge players mentioned first i Cheah Eng Koo and Tan
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  • 702 9 ADDRESSES BY DEFENCE COUNSEL “This is the first occasion in my personal experience that I have had to appear for an accused person and to defend him against the Crown and against a co-accused who seems much more determined to bring him to the scaffold” declared Mr.
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  • 124 9 I IN London—(Spot) London —(3 months) Singapore Business Done Penang Business Done OOPRA.—(Sundrlod} BLACK PEPPER EUBBKK London New York Singapore —Spot May/June July/Sept, Oct/Dec Jam/Mar. TAPIOCA Fair Seed Medium RICE s— Rangoon—Parboiled No. 1 White No. 1 White No. 2 White No. 3 Local Rice Parboiled No. 1
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 53 9 NOTICE We beg to bring to the attention of our many patrons that ‘Captain Blood” and “Rose Marie” two of the greatest picture* now showing in Singapore will be coming to the Queen's. We advise them to read the reviews of these pictures by the Straits Times critic. The Management,
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    • 103 9 "E. O. Hotel PENANG. WEDNESDAY 13TH MAY DINNER. DANCE CABARET With LAURA GUERITE The Famous Entertainer and ZELMA WRIGHT The Top Tapper From Hollywood Dinner Cabaret $3.00 Non-Diners $1.00 LAURA GUERITE ZELMA WRIGHT will also appear at the Dinner Dances to be held on Thursday Saturday next. WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE
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  • 2359 10 Financial Commercial Section "WISE LONG-TERM RUBBER POLICY” LONDON RECONCILED TO NEW QUOTA DECISION (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 1. Speculators both in the commodity and in rubber shares have placed an unfavourable interpretation on the decision this week of the International Rubber Regulation Committee to fix the exportable percentage
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  • 461 10 ANNUAL MEETING Smaller (lift For Year Presiding at the 27th annual general meeting of the Semanggol Rubber Co. Ltd., on Saturday Mr. John McNeill said the lower profit for the year was due to the severely J restricted output and the higher costs which had resulted from
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  • 35 10 —Dredge Statistics for the month of I April 1936, Hours run 467, Cubic yards treated 180,000, Tin ore won—Pikula 585, Estimated Cost $13,000, Cost per cubic yard 7.22 cents.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 400 10 nederlandsche HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.) Established in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM WITH BRANCHES £N ROTTEaiDAM AND THE HAGUE HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST BATAVIA. Branches throughout the Dutch Eas 1 Indies and In the Straits Settlements, India China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON BANKERS: The National Provincial Bank,
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    • 542 10 banks. HONG KONG AN" SHANGHAI BANK!? CORPORATION (Tn-"rrporated in Hong Kong-) The Liability ot members is limited to hi extent and in manner prescribed tn f Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the > Colony. Head Office KONG KONG 1 Authorises Capital $50.0 ifm Issued and Fully paid up $20
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  • Latest London and Local Share and Commodity Market Quotations
    • 310 11 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations In MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s Share List today Saturday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Seller» TIN Ampat 5jl% 5(6 5 6 60 Ayer Hitam 14|7% 15,6ex 14 8 15 6ex Bangrin 18|3 19(3 179 19,0 Ipoh 32[0 33j0 316 32 6
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    • 117 11 London, May 9. I RUBBER Steady. Spot 7% buyers, 7? 5 sellers. July/Sept. 7 A buyers, 7% sellers. Oct./Dec. 7% buyers, 7?» sellers. J an./March 7 A buyers, 7% sellers. New York 15.27 cts. United Kingdom Stocks. London 68,362 tons Liverpool 71,388 tons COPRA Straits S.D. to
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    • 39 11 MONDAY, MAY 11 London Bank 214 1:82 4 m|st 2 4 3^ 2 Private 3 mist credit 2 I 4 3 Documentary 214 1|2 On New York Demand 58l<1 India T.T. 154 France T.T. J™ Hong Kong T.T.
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    • 338 11 The following are the changes in our quotations up to noon today Saturday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers TINS Ampats 5J3 5)9 53 59 Asams 28(9 29j9 28,9 29 9 Ayer Wengs 1.65 1.70 1.65 1.70 B. Selangors 86 88 86 88 Chenderiangs 13|9 14(3 13(9 14j3 Hi
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    • 118 11 London on Previously Latest Paris 75 39 64 75 39 64 New’ York 4.98% 4.97% Montreal 4.98% 4.97% Brussels 29.23% 29.26 Geneva 15.41 15.41 Amsterdam 7.38% 7.38 Milan 63% 63% Berlin 12.31 12.31 Prague •4 Copenhagen 22.39% 22.39% Oslo 19.90% 19.90% Vienna 26% 26% Madrid
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    • 153 11 LEAN CO. TODAY’S OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING Ampats 5 3 5 7 B. Selangors 85 90 Jelapangs 13- 13(6 Jelebus 90 95c K. Lanjuts 17 3 18 0 K. Kamuntings .7 0 7 4%c Kuchais 75 80 Lukuts 1.17 1.22c Pungahs 210 217% Rantau Prefs. 77 80 R. T.
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    • 192 11 TODAY’S OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers TINS Ampats 5 4% 5 9 Ayer Wengs 1.70 1.75 B. Selangors 85 90 Hitams 50 52 %c Hong Fatt 85 87% Jelapangs 13,3 13,9 Jelebus 92% 9T% Johan 25 JOex Kamunting 13 0 136 K. Kamunting 6 9 7(3 Katus 17 6
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    • 30 11 Crop returns for April:— Ayer Kuning 65,000 lb. Badek 22,293 Bradwall 38,000 Chersonese 76,575 Dennistown 35,000 Highlands 105,500 Klabang 83,000 Krian 52,000 Sungei Krian 90,079 Sungei Way 48,000
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    • 515 11 PROFIT HIT BY RISE IN RAW MATERIALS The full report of the Dunlop Rubber Co. for 1935, which is now available, shows that gross income has fallen from £2,230,861 to £1,853,822. The depreciation allowance is £386,459, against £396,322, leaving net profit, as already announced, £399,443 down
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    • 41 11 Duty On Native Exports Again Reduced Batavia. May ’0. From tomorrow the export duty on native rubber is fixed at 33 guilders per 100 kg dry. The duty was reduced from 35 to 34 guilders on May 8. Reuter.
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    • 564 11 DEMAND FOR LOANS AND DEBENTURES Penang, May 8. Fear that the franc might be devalued and consequently Holland forced off gold, coupled with uneasiness regarding the political situation in Europe, has led to furtner declines in the values of most rubber arid tin shares coinciding with fairly
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 48 11 HOE SENG MOTOR GARAGE 2021, Pier Foad, Bagan Luar. 1ST CLASS 2ND CLASS SBD CLASS CARS FOR HIRE DAY AND NIGHT TO ALL PARTS OF MALAYA SIAM. GARAGE FOR HIRE. DEALERS IN PETROL» MOTOR TYRES and MOTOR ACCESSORIES. FY>r particulars please apply personally or •PHONE NO. 7S BUTTERWORTH.
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    • 450 11 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NOTICE KEDAH GYMKHANA CLUB Tb t e Share Registration business of this Company has been transferred from 10, The 1936 Meeting will be held at Alor Church Street, Penang, to c/o Messrs. Star on Saturday, a-Yth. June, 1936. Evatt Co., Chartered Bank Chambers, Members are reminded that their
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  • 285 12 (From Our Own Correspondent) PROBABLY nothing on earth, e xcept whether your wife shall or shall j 1 not buy a new hat, arouses m ore frenzied argument than whether the famous Indian Rope Trick has, or has not ever been performed. Retired Indian Army
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  • 665 12 Tha following is a list of vessels arriving Mid sailing from Penang during the weet IN PORT J S.S. "OLDENBURG” from Bremen, Hamburg Antwerp, Rotterdam. Port Said and Colombo. Sails same day for Pori Swettenham, Singapore, Hongkong Shanghai, China and Japan. S.S. "OZARDA’’ from Bombay. Sails
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 658 12 RADIO NEWS AND PROGRAMMES B.B.C. i TODAY I TRANSMISSION 2 The following frequencies will be U£'eil:l CSH 21.47 Me s (13.97 m.). GSG 17.79 Mcjs (16.86 m). 6.20 p.m. —Big Ben. Haydn Heard and his band, from the West End Cinema, Birmingham. 6.35 —Reading. ‘‘English Humorists’’ 2. An extract from
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    • 991 12 yuj PENANG 8.25 —Call DJA and DJE (Germ., Engl.) German Folk Song. 8.30 —Greetings to our Listeners. 8.35—News and Economic Re7.00 Time Signa, 7,03 Announcemen.s J£)A DJE DJN pj B I for the week. 7.08 A Little of All Sort.. g 50 Braa? Band 9.20-News A verv mixed musical grill
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    • 609 12 cast. 11.15—Rates of exchange. 11.20 p.m. —End of broadcast. 25.23 m. —11.880 KC 11.35 p.m.—News in Arabic. 11.50 News in French and market prices. 12.20 a.m. —Concert Relay. 2 R O, ROME Wavelength25.4 metres TODAY 9.20 p.m. Opening announcement. News bulletin in English. STRING ORCHESTRA of Dopolavoro, Municipality of Rome.
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  • 726 13 Sir P. Bates Hopeful Liverpool, April 29. A >nfident prognostication as to the fu- '< f the “Queen Mary” was given by Sir Bates, the chairman, at the annual f the Cunard Steamship Com-, Liverpool today. know from her trials,” said r Percy, ..t s
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  • 206 13 FOUR P. O. LINERS TO BE LAID UP London, April 24. The P. and O. liner Bendigo arrives at Tilbury from Australia and will be laid up. She is the first of the four vessels of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s branch line to Australia to be affected under the
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  • 154 13 Fall In Coal Exports The Great Western Railway announce that, in view of the continued decline in coal exports, they are closing Penarth Dock on July 6 until further notice. A proposal to close the Dock in 1932 was deferred in response to the views expressed
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  • 316 13 How Holland Is Fighting Ocean 550,000 ACRES TO BE RECLAIMED Leeuwarden (Holland», Wednesday. I have just driven along probably the most remarkable road in the world. It is built across 20 miles of rea. A solid wall of rock, reared on foundations of wood,
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  • 206 13 1936 OUTPUT ALREADY OVER 1933 TOTAL Fifteen shipbuilding orders were assigned to Clyde shipbuilders during the month of April, aggregating over £3.000,000 in value. Launching activity on the Clyde is likely to exceed during the present year any year since 1930, and the productivity of the first
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  • 492 14 CRICKET CLUB DISMISSED FOR 136 Yesterday’s Match On Esplanade Rain saved the Penang Free School in its match against the F.C.C. on the Esplanade yesterday. The Club reached a total of 136 after having been 7 wickets down for 95. Jeans and Thompson dismissed
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  • 211 14 In a low scoring match the Bukit Mertajam High School teachers defeated the Westlands teachers on Saturday. The match was played at B.M. High School ground. Scores HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS Ong Chin Huat b A. Rahman 2, P. A. Aeria not out 15, Oh Boon Tat c
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  • 396 14 Weights For Second Day The following are the handicaps for the second day of vernor’s Cup Meeting to be run at Singapore on Wednesday. May 13 HORSES —Class 2—Division 5—About 7 Furlongs. ALUM ROCK 9.00 PAY OUT 8.11 HIGH DEGREE 8.10 PURE GOLD 8.09 LEDGER LINE 8.07 CHARLEY’S
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  • 189 14 EWE CHYE WINS SINGLES TITLE The finals of the junior badminton championships were played at the Volunteer Drill Hall, Penang, on Saturday and resulted in Lim Ewe Chye winning the singles title, Tan Kong Tat and Lee Ee Sin the doubles, and Miss Quah Kim Thoe the ladies
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  • 48 14 Whye Kee Wins Handicap Singles I (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, May 9. The final in the singles handicap in the Kedah Badminton Association tournament was played at Alor Star today and resulted in an easy win for Wong Whye Kee over Cheow Bean Chye.
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  • 71 14 C.R.C. Teem To Meet Indians The following will represent the Chinese Recreation Club at soccer against the Indian Recreation Club this evening on the Victoria Green: Cheong Foo n g Chin; Yeang Kah Cheng. Cheang Sek Nam: Ng Kam Thiong. Kan Tuck Fee, Ooi Seang Wah; Boey Guan Wah.
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  • 35 14 International Soccer Match Brussels, May 10. After leading by one goal to nil at halftime England was beaten by Belgium by three goals to two in the International soccer match played today.—Reuter.
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  • 389 14 Deadly bowling by D’Arcy-Irvine and Whitaker during the second inningr of the Spoiling Diamonds eleven enabled the Knan Ciub to force a win at Parit Buntar yesterday. The Club were 12 runs behind on the first innings but the Diamonds collapsed for 22 at their second venture.
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  • 20 14 Argentine Beat Greece Athens, May 10. In the Davis Cup, Argentine beat Greece by four matches to one.—Reuter.
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  • 81 14 Selangor Win Storch Cup (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 10. Thanks to the Selangor doubles champions, H. J. Sinclair and G. C. Hovil and to Selangor’s doubles second string, Ng Kok Thoy and Ho Chup Yoon for winning all their ties against the Perak and Negri
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  • 62 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, May 9. The Penang Trade School gave a disappointing display on Saturday evening and were defeated by two clear goals by Sir Abdul Hamid College on the latter’s ground. The winners dominated the exchanges throughout and deserved to have won
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  • 27 14 New York, May 9. Tony Canzoneri, the world’s lightweight''hamnion .Tf»wvr|v McL**m*n. former welterweight chamnion. in a ten- round contest at catch weights.—Reuter. 1
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  • 1396 15 J edas Wins Anniversary Cup SINGAPORE RACES Good Sport On Opening Day (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 9. Hie first day’s races in the Singapore Turf Club Summer crnor’s Cup) Meeting was hekl this afternoon under ideal her conditions. Owing to the recent* heavy
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  • 294 15 LaBrooy Bats Well A brilliant double performance by Douglas LaBrooy nearly accounted for the Butterworth Recreation Club being defeated on their own ground by a strong St. Xavier's Recreation Club cricket team on Saturday, time alone robbing the S.X.R.C. from an almost certain victory. The following
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  • 59 15 London, May 9. The Kempton Park Great Jubilee Handicap was run today and resulted as follows Inflation (Mr. C. Winn) C. Richards 1 His Reverence Burns 2 The Blue Boy (Lord Portal) Sirett 3 Sixteen ran. Won by a neck, 1J lengths between second and third. Betting:
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  • 62 15 Selangor Team To Meet Negri (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 9. The following Have been selected to represent Selangor in the Inter-state Soccer match against Negri Sembilan on May 16:—Kum Pak; See Hu, Khai Ban; Kim Wan, Taib, Jahn Mohamed; Yahaya, Ismail. Govindasamy, Soon Teck and
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  • 84 15 In a friendly game of soccer on the Virtoria Green yesterday, the Sepoy Lines Receation Club scored an unexpected pictory over the Chinese Recreation Club “A” by. the odd goal in three. The Chinese had the better of play but their forwards finished
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  • 148 16 A BIT OF RURAL LONDON Sheep grazing add a pastoral touch to this scene in Kensington Gardens, which is only a stone’s throw from where London traffic passes. HUMAN WHEEL Men of the R.A.F. physical training party of the Uxbridge depot, rehearsing drill for the
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