Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 June 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAR. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 127. Vol. XCIV. THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 250 1 R. A. F. Programme And Export Contracts MAKERS WORKING AT HIGH PRESSURE Orders Worth Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds London. June 3. The total value of British aircraft exports for 1935 was £2.721.441, which is the highest on record and exceeded the figure for 1934
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  • 42 1 Mr. S. W. Nelson, who has been appointed Chairman of the Central Transport Board set up by the F.M.S. Government. Mr. Nelson is at present Clerk to the Traffic Commissioners and Licensing Authority, West Midlands Area. in Birmingham.
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  • 96 1 British Radio. London, June 3. In view of the Budget Tribunal’s repoit, Mr. Alfred Rates has returned to the •rokers cheques for the amount of claims paid him in connection with Budget inurances. At the same time Mr. Bates tates he adheres
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  • 70 1 British Radio. Generous Initial Subscriptions London. June 3. Lord Mayor of London on the occasion the anniversary of the birthday, of the ite King George launched an appeal for md? for the National memorial statue at stminister and playing fields throughout T country. —Reuter. Inscriptions include a thousand
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  • 18 1 1 ■'cut er. Pasadena, June 3. death has occurred of Arthur Amos international research chemist.
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  • 21 1 Reuter. Berlin, June 3. Chief of Air Staff. General Wever, has killed in an air crash at Dresden.
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  • 162 1 adjoining the Abyssinia Legation.—British Radio. Warm Welcome In England London, June 3. The Emperor of Ethiopia arrived in England today, accompanied by his two sons, the Crown Prince and the Duke of Harar, his daughter Princess Tshai, and a small suite including Ras Kassa. Both at
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  • 52 1 —Reuter. Emergency Regulations Enacted Jerusalem, June 3 With a view to breaking the Arab strike, the Government has enacted emergency regulations empowering district commissioners to order all classes of shops and business to reopen. Failure to comply will insolve penalties. The manufacture and import of explosives into Palestine is
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  • 6 1 Mr. S W. Nelson,
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  • 234 1 —Reuter. Sharp Rise In Sterling London, June 3. Pandemonium reigned in the offices of foreign exchange operators this morning when every available telephone line was taken up with Continental calls offering large amounts of every gold currency in all manner of languages in exchange for sterling which
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  • 164 1 Changes In P. o. Personnel Capt. W. A. Cotching, at present ir. command of the Rajputana, homeward bound from Japan and China, and due in London on June 19, is granted leave ot absence as from June 25, and Capt. H. Williams is appointed to command of the
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  • 53 1 —Reuter. Alleged Extensive Recruiting Campaign Windhoek, June 3. An extensive recruiting campaign for military service in Germany is being carried out in Mandated South West Africa. A continuous stream of young Germans attend a German doctor for medical examination. Orders are alleged- ly issued by
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  • 71 1 —British Radio. Arrival In England By Special Air Liner London, June 3. Herr von Ribbentrop and his wife arrived at Croydon yesterday by special German air liner from Northern Ire’and where they had spent the week-end as guests of the Marquess of Londonderry at Mount Stewart. Herr von
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  • 420 1 —Reuter. Shanghai, June 3. -pite conflicting reports regarding the >n Nanking situation, informed quaradmit a serious split has been loping in recent months. Fukien autonomy movement is held be not so serious as to warrant the ent huge concentrations on the Fukienangturg borders, both parties
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  • 145 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 21. Several Malayans were among the guests the wedding on May 16 of Mr. Jack W. M. Hipkin, Royal Artillery, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Hipkin, Three Gables, Limpsfield. Surrey, to Doreen Osborn, elder daughter of
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  • 85 2 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 27. The Hon. Fr anc 's Everett Foil ding, who «lied recently at the age of 68, left estate of £28,833 (net £25,786.) Mr. Feikling was chairman of many "Malayan rubber estates, including Bukit Pulai Rubber, Kuala Lumpur Rubber, the
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  • 945 2 Letters To The Editor To the Editor. Sir, —Your correspondents would have us believe that the Director of Education was i responsible for the wicked policy of effect- ing a saving by getting rid of experienced j teachers drawing high salaries by reason of their
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  • 139 2 Written When Bored With Training D M. De R. Winser stroked the Oxford crew in this year’s Boat-race. His efforts failed—but another effort he was working on has succeeded Winser has won the coveted Newdigate Prize for English Verse—the literary plum of the Oxford ye?r. The
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  • 95 2 Under the auspices of the Penang Tamils Reform Association, a public meeting was held at the Town Hall, Penang, yesterday with Mr. M. Saravanamuttu in the chair. Janab Badiuddin, Editor, Aligarh College Magazine. Aligarh University, Aligarh India, delivered an inaugural address welcoming the audience. Messrs. Lim
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  • Article, Illustration
    15 2 “Mussolini hyl to go to u.sr r.r burst” says Sir George Maxwell.—See Page 5.
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  • 676 2 Once "Good-Hecsrted Devil" In Johore (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 21. A remarkable man once well known in Singapore and as a rubber pioneer ir. Johore died yesterday in Paris, in the person of Col. Edward Bryce, D.S.O. Son of a Devonshire M.P. ard
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  • 1253 2 Effect On Village Life And Future Of Protectorate DISQUIETING STATEMENTS DISQUIETING statements are made in the report of a Committee appointed last year by I the Governor of the Nyasaland Protec- torate to inquire into the exodus of natives from the Protectorate for
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  • 248 2 A decree nisi, with costs, was granted by Mr. Justice Langton in the Divorce Court, London, last week to Mrs Amy Low. Vernon-mansions. London, W., on the ground of the adultery of her husband, Professor Archibald Montgomery Low, with Lady Cynthia Lettice Margaret Tothill. and a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 10 2 GUESTS; M house or at One s U depends on
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  • 231 3 Hopes Of Success From Further Experiments (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, June 3. Further experiments are being conducted £n Singapore with the object of discovering a practicable rubber road surface. One preparation laid on a stretch of road opposite John Little and Company proved a failure,
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  • 155 3 In the Penang Supreme Court yesterday Mr Justice Gordon Smith confirmed the conviction and sentence of six months’ rigorous imprisonment and 10 strokes of the rotan passed by the police magistrate on Lok Kee Sam on a charge of attempting to commit extortion from Thong Yin Theng,
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  • 197 3 —Reuter. Malayan Example Extolled London, June 3. The prospect of an early resumption of foreign lending on a large scale seems doubtful. Nevertheless, there is widespread discussion of a possibility of development in 1 various parts of the world and the prac ticability of securing men and
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  • 55 3 —British Radio. London, June 2. Informal Anglo-Polish naval conversations with a view to an extension by bilateral agreements of principles embodied in the recent London Naval Treaty were resumed at the Foreign Office this afternoon. Anglo-Russian talks of a similar character which were interrupted by the Whitsuntide holidays
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  • 69 3 London, June 2. The King received at Buckingham Palace this evening representatives of ex-service-rnenr organisations from Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany and Hungary, who have been attending as fraternal delegates at the annual conference of the British Legion which has just concluded.—British Radio. o Mr. K.
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  • 89 3 Reuter. Mr. Chou Lou’s View Singapore, June 3. Mr. Chou Lou, Chancellor of the Chung Shan University, interviewed while en route to Europe, said that his object was to arouse Western political leaders to the realisation of the need for resistance to Japan. He intends to
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  • 99 3 Briiisn ana ouier league Crovernments in due course by the Secretariat.—British Radio. A Early Summoning Of League Assembly London, June 2. The Foreign Secretary, who has been spending the week-end in the country, returned to the Foreign Office today. This morning he saw the Argentine Ambassador who gave
    Briiisn ana ouier league Crovernments in due course by the Secretariat.—British Radio. . A •  -  99 words
  • 106 3 The Maulad Festival was celebrated throughout the whole of Kedah. There were no public services and all the Muslim 1 shops, cafes and restaurants were closed. The Zarah Mosque was tastefully ilium inatl ed with coloured electric lights. About 40 gantangs of rice were cooked today
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  • 661 3 Budget Tribunal Report Radio.. London, June 3. The thoroughness and impartiality with which the Tribunal on the Budget leakage has conducted its investigations, and the precision with which its conclusions are xpressed in the report just issued, are reg irded by the
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  • 1926 4 “Not Edsy To Persuade Sultans To Join” SIR CECIL CLEMENTI IN EMPIRE SOCIETY DISCUSSION AN address by Sir Norman Angell on “Colonies, Defence and Peace,’’ at a meeting of the Royal Empire Society in London, was followed by a lively discussion in which Sir
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  • 749 4 E. A. M. PERAK MEETING POPULAR MALACCA TQWKAY DEAD The Engineering Association of Malaya i i (Perak Section) will hold a meeting :>t 7 p.m. tomorrow, at the Ipoh Club, Ipoh, when Messrs. W.J.D. Klaezeman and R. C. Williams will read a paper on "The Use of
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  • 1359 5 Johore Planters' War Against Evil MENACE OF ELEPHANTS ON ESTATES The problem of illicit samsu distilling in Johore and the menace of elephants, who cause considerable d.image to estates are some of the subjects dealt with in the annual report of the Johore Planters’ Association presented at
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 318 6 TOLLOWING THE GREAT SUCCESS ACHIEVED BY -CAPTAIN BLOOD" WARNER BROS. COME THROUGH OPENING TONIGHT fl fl A fl fl ITH fl WITH YET ANOTHER OUTSTANDING SCREEN HIT! 6 1 S 9 30 /fl I M I f/M P THE SCREEN'S GREATEST ACTOR IN A NEW AND DIFFERENT "ROTHSCHILD" CHARACTERISATION! L
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  • 1159 7 Beautiful Memorial Clock Tower TOWKAY LIM LEAN TENG’S GIFT Unveiling and Acceptance By Regent Of Kedah Sungei Patani, June 4. Jne of the most important functions in the annals of Sungei Patani will take place today. The occasion is the unveiling of the Sungei
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  • 109 7 Vincent Osborne Rice, a Euraaian ,6. l-orong Stangee, pleaded guilty th» week, in the second Singapore magis r court, to charges of cheating three men. tenants of Mr. S. O. Alsagoff. It was alleged that he represented himself as the rent collector for Mr.
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  • 64 7 Old Wellingtonians in Malaya will celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo on Thursday, June 18, with the usual dinner pt Arthur’s Restaurant Singapore. Captain L. E. C. M. Perowne, of the Royal Engineers, is organising the dinner. It is believed that there are 28 Old Wellingtonians
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  • 86 7 After A Year's Practical Training Eighteen former students of the Metropolitan Police College, Hendon, having completed a year’s practical training in the Force, are being drafted to duties as junior Station Inspectors. They are the first college-trainees to enter the Force One of them,
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  • 27 7 H E the Officer Administering the Gov ernment has appointed Wednesday JuW L to be a Bank Holiday. Government offices will not be closed.
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  • 133 7 Noticeable Reduction In Mortality In February the cholera deaths In Bangkok were 112. in March 44, in April 22 for the first three weeks in May nine, and for the week ending May 23 there was one case which did not prove fatal. In the provinces the
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  • 175 7 And Cigars For Her Husband A flower fund for her manager and a j cigar fund for her husband are left in the 'will of Wilhelmina Stitch (Mrs. Ruth Collie), the journalist. I The bulk of her £7,174 estate goes to her son Ralph Arakie. “In
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  • 227 7 H H. SULTAN OF PERAK PRESENT The marriage of Che Wan Nong Chik, youngest sister of Orang Kaya Tengku Mentri Wan Ahmad Ras di J.P., M.S.C. of Taiping, to Che Abdul Gani, the only son !of Dato Kaya of Klang, took place in Taiping on June
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 427 8 THERE are few possibilities so attractive as betting on a certainty. To the infinite regret of all punters, certainties are very far and few betwen. The result of a particular horse race is sometimes described as a certaintv, though even then the term is a misnomer, while
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  • 240 8 THE Girl Pat, a 25-ton Grimsby trawler, is believed to be on a treasure hunt in the South Atlantic instead of trawling for possibly less valuable but more materialistic treasure in the North Sea. The adventure of the Girl Pat is described as one of
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  • 203 8 Although the K.L.M. plane which left Calcutta yesterday morning with the object of bying from there to Singapore in one day to maintain the schedule, which had been upret by difficult flying conditions over India, arrived at Penang at 4.37 p.in. it flew on only as far
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  • 87 8 Lady Caldecott, wife of the former Colonial Secretary now Governor of Hong Kong, is travelling to Hong Kong on the Corfu which arrived in Penang this morning and was scheduled to sail about 3 p.m. Commander A. D. Merriman is proceeding with his wife and children
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  • 584 8  -  When Government Goes in l' l)r Business —Red Tape Should ik Cut —Services on Credit, but No Cheques DIOC'FS. IS the Malayan Post Office competing for business with such rivals as exist? Or is it content with its virtually monopolistic position? The questions are prompted by the
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  • 350 8 English Dance Band's Novel Holiday t With the object of acquiring the nautical > air appropriate to their name a well known 1 English dance band, “Earl Leslie and his > Middies,” obtained an engagement on board the P. and O. Corfu which arrived in Penang this
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  • 193 8 —British Radio. Brief Tour Of Duchy Estates London, June 3. The King received a very warm welcome on informal tour today of the Duchy of Cornwall Estate. Large crowds gathered all along the route followed by royal party and a number of impiomptu ceremonies were staged by local
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  • 105 8 ertormanee to tm British Radio On Last Lap Of Cape To England Flight London, June 3Squadron Leader Hilton who is dyn from the Cape in an aeroplane fitted wit a Wolseley engine, which is being tesf ‘> and who was reported to be attemptin'.: break Amy Mollison’s record
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 135 8 .Anew V fIK to 'A /3 The cook has not changed, nor has the recipe except that Maggi’s Seasoning is now used in the kitchen. A few drops work wonders if added, just before serving. to an insipid dish, weak soup, stew, gravy or sauce. Maggi’s Seasoning is’utterly different from
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  • 361 9 Finding Grazing Grounds For Cattle In Kuala Lumpur OFFICIAL DELAY SEVERELY CRITICISED (I' rorn Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 3. Not in accordance with British Colonial administration” was the criticism applied today by Mr. J. Hands, Unofficial member of the Kuala Lumpur
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  • 201 9 Large Influx Of Visitors HEAVY TRAFFIC BY ROAD AND RAIL Exceptionally heavy traffic, both by rail and road, was experienced during the week-end and Penang being the centre of many sport activities in the North there was a large influx of visitors to the Settlement There
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  • 109 9 German To Be Brought Back From Bangkok (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 3. Mr. K. F. Ridley, assistant 0.C.P.D., Central Police Station, Kuala Lumpur is leaving tonight by train for Bangkok to bring back W. O. Jahu, a German, who is wanted by the
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  • 99 9 Perak And Taiping Chinese In Final (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 3. The finalists in the Sultan’s Cup Tennis are the Perak Chinese Recreation Club and the Taiping Chinese Recreation Club. The two teams met in the final last year also, when the Ipoh team won.
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  • 73 9 Enticement Charge Withdrawn (From Our Own Correspondent,) Singapore, June 2. Clarence de Souza, a young Eurasian, who was charged with enticing away a married woman, was acquitted in the second Police Court this morning. Mr. D. G. Osborne Jones, for the prosecution, said his client had been
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  • 98 9 Chinese Tapper Fined DERANGED MIND PLEA (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 3. Seen disposing of the body of the newlyborn child in an estate in Sungei Rotan (Trong). with the intention to conceal birth, a Chinese rubber tapper, Fong Qui Seng, wan today fined $l5,
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  • 86 9 Date For Preliminary Inquiry Fixed (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, June 2 Further mention of the case against Fusilier Leonard Gourlay, and Fusilier Stuart Wilson of the Inniskillings. who are charged with robbery, was made in the second Police Court this morning The allegation against them
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  • 131 9 Chinese Defeat Europeans (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. June 3. In a dull game at the Esplanade today, the Chinese defeated the Europeans in a first division match by five goals to three The score was I—l at the interval The Chinese were better in attack in
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  • 118 9 s— YESTERDAY TODAY <Spoti £192.6.0 £185.15.0 London—<3 months! £189.0.0 £183.15.0 Singapore $91.12 $92.00 Business Done Petang $93.87’/2 Butfluess Done Buyers no sailers LXJPttA.—(Sundrted) $4.90 $5.00 RLACK PEFFER $9.00 $9.00 LUBBER London 7(4d 7*z£d New York ..1. 15%c(G) 15%c(G) Singapore—Spot 25^c 25-%c June 25%c July/Sept 26c 26 Oct/Dec 26%c
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Financial & Commercial Section
    • 1867 10 HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LIQUIDITY MAINTAINED The 4th annual general meeting of the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, limited was held at Singapore, on Wednesday, May 27, Mr. Chee Swee Cheng, presiding. The Chairman said: I think that we shall better appreciate the conditions under which the Bank operated during
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    • 112 10 Six Months' Preference Arrears The directors of London Tin Corporation announce that the dividend on the Seven and a-Half per Cent. Cumulative Participating Preference shares for the half-year from April 1 to Sept. 30, 1935, being 3% per cent, actual, less tax, has been declared. The dividend
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    • 62 10 Return To Dividends With 4 Per Cent The directors of Selangor Oil Palm Company recommend a dividend of 4 per cent., less tax, in respect of 1935. No dividend was declared in the preceding year. Issued capital stands at £150,140 in £1 shares. Mr. D. K. Michie
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    • 575 10 HALT IN POST-CRISIS RECOVERY (From Our Own Correspondent), t London, May 21. t Business has been very quiet in London 1 this week, partly in consequence of cont tinued fears for the franc and partly as a i tribute to the near approach of the Whitf
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    • 61 10 The following telegrams have been received from the Mines of Takuapa Valley Tin Dredging N.L. for May Dredge Takuapa No. 1, 669 hours 173,000 cubic yards, 420 piculs. Dredge Takuapa No. 2, 680 hours, 1G5.000 cubic yards, 630 piculs. Dredge Takuapa No. 3, 528 hours, 85,000 cubic yards,
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    • 16 10 The output of Rambun Tin Mines, Tanjong Rambutan, for May 1936 was 316 pikuls.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 920 10 BANKS. heoerlanosche the HANDEL MAATSCHAPPW (Incorporated hl England) Nm Capital Authorised £3,000,(XX. Capital Subscribed £1,800,000Reserve Fund and Rest £1,247,830 (NETHERLANDS TRADING Capital Paid Up H. 050.000 SOCIETY.) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Right Hpn. Lord Catto of Cairncatto. t .a-u Chairman Established in Amsterdam Sir Charles Alexander Innes, K.C.S.I. C.I E aa*
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  • Latest London and Local Share and Commodity Market Quotations
    • 368 11 The London Stock Exchange was steady yesterday though there was weakness in British Funds. Industrials, notably Rolls Royce, were firmer. ■were dull. Share of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or fall ■Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 117% Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90 116% War Loan,
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    • 117 11 London, June 3. RUBBER Quiet Spot 7% buyers, 7ft sellers. 7 uly/Sept. 7ft buyers, 7ft sellers. Oct/Dec. 7ft buyers, 7% Bellers. Jan./March 7% buyers, 7ft sellers. New York 15.60 cts. United Kingdom Stocks. London 61,356 tons Liverpool 69,204 tons OOPRA Straits S.D. to Rotterdam £13.7.6. KPPER White
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    • 108 11 London on Previously Latest Paris 75 61|64 76 ***** New York 5.00 ft 5.02% Montreal 5.01% 5.03% Brussels 29.58% 29.71 Geneva 1548% 15.55 Amsterdam 7.40% 7.43% Milan 63 63 Berlin 1242% 12.47 Prague 120% 121% Copenhagen 22.39% 22.39% Oslo 19W> 1990 Vienna 26% 26% Madrid
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    • 208 11 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’» Share List today Buyers Sellers MINING Ampat 4)3 4 [9c Hitam Tin 40 45 Hong Fatt 80 85 Jelapang 13[0 13|9 Jelebu 80 85 Klang River 1.80 1.90 Larut 8)6 9[o Mambau Tin 67% 72%
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    • 295 11 Report For 1935 i i The Net Premia for 1935, after deducting returns and Reinsurances, amount to Yen 20,278,715. Appropriations have been made'; for the Underwriting Reserve Fund and 1 Suspense Account and there remains a I balance of Yen 17,713,342, including the balance brought forward
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    • 303 11 The following are the changes in our quotations up to noon today Yesterday Today Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers TINS: Ampats 4]9 5|3 4[3 4)9 Ayer Wengs 1.55 1.60 1.55 1.60 B. Selangors 75 80 75 80 Chenderiangs 13|3 14 0 13 3 14[0 Hong Fatts 82% 85 82%
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    • 366 11 International Payment Difficulties Messrs. William Jacks Co in their “foresight saga”: No. 2,972, dated London, May 20, state: The persistence of the unsettled feeling in Europe has led to a general apathy in business, and because of that prices have tended lower during the past week. Copper—The
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    • 161 11 LEAN CO. TODAYS OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING Ampats 4 3 4 9 B. Selangors 70 77 Hitams 42 45 Hong Fatts 80 85 Johans 22 25 K. Kampars 10 9 11 1% K. Lanjuts 15,9 16 6 Laruts 8)6 9 0 N. Taipings 50 55 Raubs 5.85 6.00 c
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    • 92 11 We following outputs for the month of May, 1936: Alor Pongsu 53,579 lb. Bedong (Malaya) 53,684 lb. Temerloh 19.675 lb. Pattani Tin Ltd: Dredging—Output 502 piculs. Yardage treated 162.000 cubic yards. Hours worked 434 hours. Shut down last month on account of restriction. Hydraulicing 102 piculs. Kamra Tin
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    • 265 11 Yesterday Today Buyer» Sellers RUBBER: Allenbys 1.45 1.50 Ayer Panas 1.42% 1.47% Bassetts 55 60 B. Lintangs 1.10 1.15 Changkats 85 90c Mentakabs 37% 40 New Scudais 1.32% 137% Sungei Tukangs 1.02% 1 05ex Tapahs 1.82% J 90 TINS Ayer Wengs 1.55 1.60 c Chenderiangs 13 8 14(0
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  • 330 11 Details of refinements in Ford V-8 truck'; and commercial models recently announced, are now on display at Ford dealer premises. Although the outward appearance is similar to the 1935 commercial models, some improvements have been made. It is pointed out that
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  • 766 12 Nuptials Of The Emperor Moth (From Our Radio Correspondent) THE Emperor moths knew all about wireless long before Marconi. This is the time of year when it is possible to observe a practical manifestation of their knowledge. Towards the end of May and at the beginning of June
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  • 707 12 Tlvj following is a list of vessels arrlvinß UMI Mailing from Penang during the wees IN PORTS S.s. “HOSANG” from Japan via Singa pore. Sails same day for Calcutta direct. S.S. “CORFU” from Londdn via ports. Sails same day for Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe Yokohama.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 635 12 RADIO NEWS PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSION 2 <JSJ 21.53 Mc[«. (13.93 metres). OSG 17.79 Mc|s. (16.86 metres). 6.20 p.m.—Big Ben. “In Order of Appearance.”* A musical-comedy jig-saw, pieced together by John Pudney and Eric Fogg. The parts will be taken by: Olive droves (Soprano); Jan Van der
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    • 457 12 ton as first Bishop of Australia. 10.05 8.00 —Malay Music. 8.55 —Pinang Gazette A Recital by Olga Athaide (Goan Pianist,. News Bulletin. 9.oo—Close down. Three Studies: (1) in C sharp minor (2) in A flat (3) in F (Chopin). Twa Transcriptions: (1) Nuit de printemps (Spring Night) (2) Liebeslied (Devotion)
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    • 604 12 continued. 1.50 p.m.—Recorded music. Close down. 5.20 p.m. —Recorded music. 5.50 —Time signal. Talk for children by Miss J.G. de Vries. 6.05 —Concert. 6.50 —Nirom news bulletin. 7.lo—Classical music. 7.50 Wild West varieties. 8.20 —The 8.8. C. Dance Orchestra, conducted by Henry Hall. 8.50 —A radio play. 9.20 —Popular programme:—(l.)
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    • 343 12 —lnternational Talk, by Mr. Jacques Kay- portant courses of Contemporaneous r I ser. 8.30 —Musical Talk, by Mr. Oulmont. I Thoughts, by Mr. P. Descaves. 8.30 8.40 —Colonial market rates. B.so—Cesar I Humour of Today, by Mr. Dessoudeix Franck Festival, with the Benedetti Quar- 8.40 —Colonial market rates. 8.50 —Concert
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  • 807 13 QUARTERLY TOTALS Increase In Work Abroad Quarterly returns of Lloyd's Register show that on March 31 there were under construction in Great Britain and Ireland 220 merchant vessels, of 842 361 tons gross. This volume was greater by 992/5 tons than the amount being
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  • 238 13 1914 Class Reach Time For Their Retirement This year will see the parsing out of the Fleet of the greater part of the generation of men who were at sea with the Fleet on the outbreak of war in 1914. Very soon it I will be a rarity
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  • 229 13 Japanese Navy Receive Call From Hinode Maru Tokio, May 18. Naval authorities today were asked to aid in the rescue of the crew of the Hinode Ma.ru No. 5, 146-ton sailing trawler, belonging to the Eastern Sea Fishing Co., which was reported to have run on to
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    • 67 13 THE BW UNE Far East Service. United Kingdom and Continent. OUTWARDS HUAmsr For Date Due. BENLEDI— Port Swettenham, Singapore. Hongkong, Shanghai P 1 Nagasaki, Moji, Kobe, Osaka, and Yokohama. June sth. BENVORLICH Port Swettenham, Singapore, Manila, Hongkong, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Moji, Kobe, Osaka, aNA and Yokohama. JUne, AOrO. HOMEWARDS Loading Middlesbro’
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    • 260 13 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHAI LONDON SEK ICE Ports of Oaß For Colombo Aden, Suez, Port SaM, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London, r Antwerp and Rotterdam. (Steamers omit Naples until further Notice) Steamers. Sailing dateei •KATORI MARU June 12 j *KASHIMA MARU June 28 YASUKUNI MARU (calls Hamburg) July 1 HAKONE MARU July 28
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  • 1501 14 Track Notes By “Windsor Lad” QI TF.F.N OF HEARTS WALAU AND LEIGHTON HILL IMPRESS Kuala Lumpur, June 2. Most) of the locally-trained horses that have been entered for the Selangor Turf ■Club summer meeting which begins on Saturday, were given useful work on the outside track
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  • 109 14 The golf division of the Penang Sports Club will hold a tennis tournament next week. It is hoped to begin the tournament on Monday June 8. Play will com mence each day at 5.10 p.m. and should a player or players not be in readiness to
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  • 212 14 MATCH ENDS IN A DRAW (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 3. The inter-club golf match between the Perak Golf Club and the Ipoh Golf Club played at Taiping during the Whitsuntide holidays ended in a draw. Results are as follows: Ipoh Golf Chib Perak Golf
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  • 45 14 Results Of Tuesday's Tie The following is the result of Tuesday's tie in the Penang Sports Club American Bowls Tournament (sealed Handicap): Men’s Doubles: E. T. M. Lias and M. G. Calder beat J. H. Reid and E. R. Maples 17—14.
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  • 105 14 Open To All Clubs In Kedah (From Our Owu Correspondent.) Alor Star, June 2. j The Dinsmore Trophy Golf competiticn .is open to past and present members of all clubs in Kedah, and will be played oc i Friday and Saturday July 3 and 4. I A
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  • 88 14 Annual Mixed Doubles American Tourney (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, June 2. The annual Mixed Doubles American Tennig tournment will be held on June 7. Entries have been received from the following: Messrs. Watts, Ahmad bin Sheriff, W. N. Sands, Lancaster, P. A. J. Laville,
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  • 129 14 Tamilians Defeat Seaside Party The Seaside Badminton Party was again defeated during the week-end by the Tamilians Badminton Party, at the latter’s courts in Pahang Road, Penang. This was a return match and the Tamilians won four doubles and two singles games. RESULTS The results are as follows (T.B
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  • 34 14 Malay Schools Final On Saturday At the Francis Light Schoo] ground, Penang, on Saturday, at 3.30 p.m. will be held the final of the Malay Schools drill and game competition.
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  • 1768 15 OUTSTAYS ELMSTEAD AND OWERS IN TWO MILE PRINCE’S HANDICAP Owner Completes Double With Struggs Hill HOME RACING (From Our Own Correspondent) Fleet Street, May 22. The final day of the Gatwick Spring Meeting attracted a large crowd. The going was hard but in
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  • 962 15 SURPRISING COMPOSITION OF U.S. TEAM AUISON PAST HIS PRIME 4S SINGLES PLAYER BUDGE AND WIMBLEDON RACEHORSES WHICH PROVED BARGAINS The composition of the American Davis Cup team was somewhat surprising. For several seasons now Allison has been considered more of a doubles player than a singles player.
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  • 201 16 The gypsies, without whom no Derby would ever be complete, encamped early this year on' the famous Downs at Epsom in readiness for the year’si greatest classic race. Gypsy children are seen watching a basket-maker at work. THE GYPSIES AGAIN RETURN TO THE DOWNS Backs
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