Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 August 1936

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 180. Vol. XCIV. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 217 1 of taxation and death duties. —British Radio. Historic North Country Estate London, August 4. AN intvresting scheme extending the scope of the work of the national Trust for Preservation of Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty is announced. It results from an arrangement reached between
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  • 42 1 Reuter Wireless. Cairo August 4. With the initialling of the draft text of the Sudan provisions of the proposed AngloEgyptian Treaty, two big obstacles in the ty of settlement are removed as agreent on military provisions has already n reached.
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  • 102 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, August 4. 11 over 500 people including visitors in outstations were present at the openng of the new ballroom of the Eastern Hotel last Saturday night. The floor, v ueh is perhaps one of the finest in Ma- •a, was specially made
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  • 602 1 JULY RAINFALL A THIRD OF NORMAL U.S. Drought Threatens World Wheat Supplies (Lroin Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, August 5. THE drought which has gripped Kuala Lumpur and surrounding districts since the beginning of July was partially broken last night when 0.3 inches of
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  • 54 1 .—Reuter. Msrtial Law Throughout Country Athens. August 5. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout Greece following a general strike. The Government, finding itself confronted with a grave movement by Communists threatening bloodshed, obtained the assent of the King thereto. The i Chamber dissolved without a date being
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  • 82 1 VS hen the King Street murder trial was resumed this morning, accused was subjected to a. lengthy cross-examination by the D.P.P. There was no re-examination and Mr. Samuel closed his case for the defence without calling any witnesses. At 12 noon Mr Samuel began his address
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  • 50 1 One man was missing and flour worth $1(1,000 was lost when a tongkang was wrecked in a storm near Pulau Jerejak last week. The remaining members of the crew, were picked up by a passing fishing beat. The cargo on board the tongkang was not covered by insurance.
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  • 17 1 --Reuter. Batavia. August 4. The native rubber duty will be 37 guild- ers forthwith.-
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  • 564 1 SPANISH, CIVIL WAR —Reuter Wireless. a Paris, August 5. FRANCE has now received favourable replies to her Spanish ■s neutrality pact appeal from Britain, Belgium and Germany, though Germany’s acceptance is conditional on Soviet approval. Ihe Italian reply is still awaited. France is eager for a
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  • 17 1 QaMaie Durham, this year’s beauty (Mtn at Croydon, Surrey, oMef airpiMC in the Empire.
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  • 60 1 THE Eastbound Dutch aircraft which was delayed at Gaya, India, for two days, left Rangoon for Bangkok at 6.18 this morning and is due to arrive at Penang at 1.15 p.m. today. Mails from Europe (London mails despatched on July 16 > are expected to arrive
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  • 50 1 the corresponding date of 1935.—British Radio. London, August 4 The Exchequer returns snow that total ordinary revenue excluding self-balancing items amounts to £184.473.589 compared with £192 <38,184 at the corresponding date last year Total ordinary expenditure is £266.346.746 compared with £257,947,452 at the corresponding date of 1935 —British
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  • 116 1 British Radio. London, August 4. AS forecast by the Ministei of Labour in the House of Cotnmons last week, the numbers of unemployed last month were down by 50,000. The Ministry of Labour estimates thaf! at July 20 the number of insured periODH in employment in
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  • 53 1 Reuter. NonagcraHan tnrhs; River London, August 4 Accidents have claimed two distinguished victims. The 22-year-old Duke of Gratton died of burns as a result of hig car crashing vzhile competing in the motor races at Limerick. The nonagenarian Lord T’evclhin v/as drowned, falling into the River Wyt
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 18 1 H. TOKISATSU ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS No. 68-70, Bishop Street, PENANG Telephone No. 772. k t-« —if i t>j ,-w
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    • 69 1 CHINA AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES —Pffce I iMWI ■t illlt tjou off fo fhe COLD STORAGE, toof A wide choice of POULTRY GAME Australian Turkeys, English Ducks, English Chickens, English and Australian Capons, Australian Geese. Scotch Grouse, English Pigeons, Continental Teal, Woodcock, Pi g eon s. Wild Duck, Pheasants, Quail
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  • 688 2 WANT WORLD CONFERENCE TO SECURE JUSTICE HOI.!•:-hearted condemi y nation of the “National” (lovcrnnient for its re- armament policy was voiced at ■the omen's Co-operative Guild Congress at Bristol last week. The speeehes .ere .ore effete than many platform appeals of practised p 'hicians.
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  • Article, Illustration
    30 2 A :n;'list t<>r 3t> years, head of the largest motoring organisation in Britain an i. one of the men who made motoring possi l le tor the million.
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  • 568 2 HE HOUSED 1,500 REFUGE ES NEW hero of the Addis Ababa A rioting is revealed in a Government White I’aper, issue last week. He is Co’onel R. J. Stordy, ar. official of the R. S. P. C. A., who was in charge of the refugee
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  • 40 2 i The heat of the sun is believed Io have [caused a fire at St Peter’s Roman Catholie Church, Woolwich. One of the candles on a stand mtdted and fell, setting fire to a rig.
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  • 271 2 Right To Grandchild UpheTd A complaint again?? Prince- Louis Monaco, alleging that he took part in rlie abduction of his grandchild, wets dL~mifj»eu by a Paris otnirt. The magistrate, s-ay’ Reuter, uphehi rije claim that the statutes of the hfewaco reigning family giv? Prince Louis.
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  • 217 2 Declines On Dominion-* CommiAen t Mr. <le Valera has. diec’ded that the ■lrish free State can take no official 'jpart in the Coronation. He Ims therefore declined the invitation to .-ipixnnt a representative on the- Dominions Coronation Comniissiovu, formation of which was announce*!! recently. The
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 612 2 PENANG HILL RAILWAY r 1 J V il x z. -ft. 1 st1 w -**£«3l B Delightful days will be yours if you visit Penang Hill. Excursion tickets are cheap. TIME TABLE LT TRAINS. MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS: -’.30 a.m. to 8.00 a.m. every 30 mlnu«.e» > 00 a.m. to 10.00
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    • 114 2 NOTICE NOTICE is he-ebv given that the power of attorney dated the 11th day of March, 1926 granted by K.V. A.L. A.L.R.M. Alagappa Chettiar to K.V.A.L.A.L. Alagappa Chettiar with reference to the management of the moueylending business of the firm of "KV.ALAL” in Penang, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and Muar has
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    • 750 2 Nothing ages a man or /1 woman quicker than stomach trouble. When ||r you dare not face a hearty F JM; f meal because of acidity, F |||||F .E heartburn,* biliousness, k etc., your spirits droop jasw».™ mm and you begin to feel twice your age. The deadly nagging ache
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  • 249 3 Coal To Be Mechanically Discharged HARBOUR BOARD ISSUES STATEMENT (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, August 5. A 1.1, coal arriving at Singapore wharves is. from the.end ofj 1937, to be mechanically discharged, plant tor the purpose' having just been ordered. i It is not
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  • 230 3 Large Window Smashed (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Aug. 4. An exemplary sentence was asked for by the Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. E.N. Taylor, in the case in which Fusiliers Robert Whitmore and James Gray this morning pleaded guilty before the Criminal District Judge, Mr. L.D. Gibson
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  • 311 3 Offer To British Museum London. July 28 Sir Frederic Kenyon, presiding at tne annual meeting of the Friends: of the National Libraries held in the rooms of the British Academy. Eutl ngton Gardens, said that though the society had continued to assist libraries throughout
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  • 46 3 Mr. Douglas Andrew Kendrew, the ■'irny and England Rugby captain. last ‘‘■ith married Miss Nora Elizabeth Har'V of Malin Hall. Co. Donegal, at Clonca ’nh Church, Co. Donegal. The best man, Mr. A.L. Novis, is also an Army a d England player.
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  • 175 3 Trial In Herefordshire London, August 2. Poison gas is to be used in an effort to exterminate the many thousands of rabbits which threaten farmerr’ crops in Herefordshire. At a meeting of Herefordshire Agricultural Committee the Chairman (Aiderman J.E. Cooke) announced that a demonstration of the
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  • 173 3 Berlin. July 24. I The “Rhine-Main Aerodrome and Zeppelin Port” war officially opened at Frankfurt today in the presence of General Milch, Secretary of State at the Air Mimstry. and Herr Sprenger, the local Governor. General Milch announced that a construction programme had been prepared
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  • 281 3 Nations Divided Spiritually London, July 20. The World Congress of Faiths again met in the Great Hall University College, Gower Street. London, yesterday. M Denis Saurat read a brief paper on “Love the basis of Fellowship.” which was to have been submitted by Professor Louis Massignon
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  • 35 3 Gibraltar, July 24. H.M. cruiser Cornwall arrived here on Tuesday evening bound for England from the China Station, conveying a crocodile which is to be presented to the London Zoo.
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  • 44 3 The cost of the damage by fire in Great Britain and Ireland during the first six months of this year is estimated at £5,811,1)00. The total exceeds the corresponding estimate for the flirt six months of last year by £974,000.
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  • 307 3 ROBBED BY TWO EUROPEANS Believed To Be Soldiers (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Aug. 4. Carrying several pieces of ripped sarong, and out of breath after a hurried walk of several miles, a Chinese taxi driver entered Joo Chiat police station at three i o’clock this
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  • 83 3 European Woman Discharged t From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore Aug. 4. Before Mr. E.E. Coleman in the Fifth Court today Mrs. T.H. Payne, a European woman was charged with driving a motor car without a licence at the junction of North Bridge Road and Stamford Road on
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  • 109 3 >vas able to re-visit Canada. Reuter Wireless. Enthusiastic Reception At Quebec Quebec, July 31. President Roosevelt was accorded an enthusiastic reception on his arrival to visit Lord Tweedsmuir who, in a speech dwelling on American-Canadian friendship said he earnestly hoped for a still closer understanding He
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  • 221 3 A Vision And A Child Darjeeling, July 28. In connection with the vision which the Regent of Tibet claims I<> have had recently at the Holy Lake Kali, news have now reached here fron. Lhasa of a letter w’hich the Tashi Lama has written
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 114 3 ALL AT SALE PRICE NEW SHIPMENT OF Thick j-* T China Grass Mats ARTISTIC AND EXTRA STRONG I As used by the Leading Hotels in HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE. OBLONGS —SQUARES—OVALS ‘I COLOURS—BLUE—GREEN AND BROWN TWELVE DIFFERENT DESIGNS j CDtriA- Knrmur ANNUAL SPECIAI I DURING Sizes£,? ES > SALE 3
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  • 394 4 Sentences *4 /Aon And Women INSURANCE F^.A S ’2s Mr. Justice Lawrence, at Leeds Assizes last week, sentenced 14 Leeds people found piilty of false pretenc s. conspiracy and orgery in claims for msu ance under newspaper schemes. One woman, Winnie Nolan, 28, of Torrei<rove, was acquitted,
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  • 114 4 Miss Alice Clive Greathed. of Crantock. •ttvquay, Cornwall, gave this instruction Ji her will. ,T direct that my old horse and old cow iiall not be sold but shall be destroyed, old I direct my trustee to make sure as to <uis being humanely
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  • 52 4 Vienna. In one cf v :enna s le .ng iailv papers following advertisement ppears: ‘Couple without children may take as heir own my unborn baby the child-to- •> cf sober healthy parent.?. Price 5X)00 hillings.” Five thousand schillings l 3 about £2OO far no offers
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  • 74 4 te en< .t has en announced if, vir. Ecnja-n n G e Pos'c-~d. the pom- noccr of Good Night Vienna.” who is to r.'.ry Msu li>me I.’h- fi Cheese, daughter f Mr. A. E. Crease. ..'.•.•am Surrey. M-. Porford Is 31. >ad WO rk is
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  • 199 4 Neighbours <»f a babies’ home in Fitzjohns-avenuc, Hampstead. N.S.. sought an injunction in the Chancery Division to restrain officials from conducting the home in such a way as to cause a nuisance by noise. Eor the defendants. Mrs. Elsie M. i Mever and Mrs. Mabel
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  • 1152 4 DETECTIVE ENGAGED The engagement is announced between Mi. Goh Kcng Beng. Detective Inspevio». Perak, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Goh Cheng Chye of Kuala Lumpur, and M Yap Foorg Sccng, fourth daughter of Mr., and the late Mrs. Yap Thai Cheong, < Kuala Lumpur. Dr. J.
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  • 83 4 Mr. Frank Hunt, valuer to the L.C.C., who is considered to know more about London prperty and its value than anyone else, should have retired last year under the agelimit of 65. Th? Council then decided to retain his services until this menth, but
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 912 5 NEW HANDBOOK ON GERMANY REVISED EDITION CAREFULLY HITLERISED BAEDEKER’S new Handbook for Germany, recently published to take the place of Baedeker’s “Northern Germany” (1925) and ‘‘Southern Germane” (1929) has been brought up iodate in rather more than the unusual sense of the phase. It has. in fact,
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 5 one of the directors of Tophams Ltd lessees and managers of A>ntree Racecourse, who were ordered to pay Mr Douglas Wood heavy damages for wrongful dismissal or breach of contract from the company.
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  • 142 5 New York. Mr. Marion Zioncheck, America’s "whoopee Congressman.” was brought to a halt in his eccentric career last week. He. was arrested on a charge of insanity and taken to a W ashington mental hospital for observation. Air. Zioncheck had been previously detained by
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  • 174 5 How many’ Londoners realise that there are more life-boats is London than in any other town in the United Kingdom? Few would believe it, but it is a fact. For hidden in a store-yard in the heart of East India Docks is the
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  • 170 5 The recent conferment by the Grand Duke Cyril of Russia of the title of Princess Donskaia on Lady (Lydia) Deterding j<- by no means unique. There have ‘>e<n at least three other cases of these p st-war and not universally recognised elevations. The best known in England
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  • 77 5 Los Angeles (California). Dr. Max Reinhardt, the well-known film director, will leave Hollywood shortly for Paris, where he will have a conference with M. Romain Rolland, with a view to the production of a film drama entitled Danten—Terror of France.” The screen play is
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  • 190 5 Lord Bledisloe. formerly Governor-Gene-ral of New Zealand, told a conference of Empire fruit producers at the Horticultural Hall, Westminster, that he was growing mere and more convinced that the Empire was in the future to ’oe cur productive and industrial unit. “If
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  • 54 5 A manufacturer of marshmallows, asked at Shoreditch County Court by Judge Komtam what they were made of, mentioned sugar, glucose, gelatine and oth?r ingredients. Judge Konstam. —Is there no marshmallow in them? —No; it’s just the same as “bull’s eyer,” which aren’t bull’s eyes, and "brandy ball,” which haven’t
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  • 54 5 Buffalo (New York). Ernest Biegazski, an American exserviceman, is going to try to cross the Atlantic in a barrel. He is spending his£2oo bonus money on building the barrel, which will be 9ft. by 6ft. Bin., with a 6001 b. curved lead keel 20ft. long. It will
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  • 48 5 Tottenham police are trying to identify a man. aged about 60. whose body was found on the L. N. E. R. line near West Green station. The letters E. C. I. L. Y. tattooed on one arm are the only clue to his identity, I
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  • 33 5 Mr. Stephen Thomas Whiffen. who has died in the County Hospital. Dartforl, aged 82. enlisted in 1914 at 60. giving air age as 45. He lived at Old-road West. Gravesend.
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  • 71 5 A biography of another well-known Arabian travel'er. Mr. Marmaduke Pick- thal’, who died a few weeks ago, is being prepared by Mr. Christopher Fremantle. Mr. Pickthall travelled extensively in the East and wrete an English translation jof the Koran. He was one of the rare 1 Europeans
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 358 5 FORTY POUNDS OF FAT WENT LIKE MAGIC Young Woman’s Success in Reducing Seven months ego, this young woma-j received a nasty shock. She discovered that, her weight was 13 st. 8 Ibr.—find she war only twenty-five Her discovery ot a reducing treatment that worked like Is best told in her
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  • 542 6 Proposed Club Profits Tax Criticised YIELD VERY LIMITED: OF LITTLE USE I.\ the Malayan Law Journal the proposal to introduce in the Colony a lax on club “profits is discussed, and the conclusion is reached that the yield of the tax would tar
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  • 125 6 No Evasion Of New Zealand Act Requests from eight industries for the extension of working hours beyond 40 a week have ro far been refused by the New Zealand Arbitration Court, which considers such applications from employers. Industries concerned were: footwear, I ammunition manufacture, saw
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  • 589 6 Accused Retracts Confession 30 WITNESSES CALLED YESTERDAY Alleging that he had been kicked by a Police Inspector and that he w-as not in his I right swnses when he was taken before tne Police Magistrate, to whom he made a con- i fession admitting that he
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  • 118 6 “For thy sake we are killed all the day long,” read Mr. F.J. Marsh, from Romans VIII, from the pulpit at the Baptist Mission Hall, Longfellow-road, Worcester Park, Surrey. Immediately he faltered, and then collapsed and died. Mr. Mason who was 64, and lived at Caverley
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  • 500 6 SINGAPORE SCHEME EXISTS MORE ON PAPER The question as to whether the Singapore Municipal Commissioners are applying the policy, decided upon some time ago. in the matter of appointments for local-born men, was raised by Mr. G.E.N. Oehlers at the meeting of the Singapore Commissioners
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  • 43 6 BEHN MEYER CO., LTD. it is announced in the Government Gazette that Notification No, 1047 in the Gazette of April 17. 193 H, stating that Behn Meyer and Company, Limited, was struct off the Register of Ompanies on April 8, 1936 is cancelled.
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  • 319 6 CIVIL SERVANTS' PENSIONS I I In the S.S. Government Gazette appears a Bill, about to be introduced in the Legis- lative Council, to amend the Pensions Ordinance. I ims Government, it is explained, is deI sired by the Secretary of State to give i effect to the policy
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  • 128 6 Man Alleged To Have* Pointed It At Wife Said to have pointed at bis wife a re--, i volver be took from a German; prisoner at 1 Cambrai during the war. Hunry Charles Swift, aged 38. a packer of Blythe-road, West Kensington, was at West Lomion
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  • 83 6 But Police Could Not Arrest Them A swarm of bees settled on a small tree near some tennis courts at Southchurch, Southend, and after many people had been stung police were summoned. i Four officers drove to the spot in a Black .Maria, but they felt
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  • 29 6 For the seventh su?cessive quarter, there were no cases to be heard by the borough recorder, Mr. W. Monckton, K.C., at Hythe. Kent, Quarter Sessions.
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  • 41 6 Nearly 500 employees of Needier s Ltd., the chocolate makers, attended the distu '1 bution of bonus under tl’e f. ri’ prosper sharing scheme in connection with trad for the year 1935. The amount distributed was £3,300.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 20 6 /A ]\EW FILM tiff ..-fl GERTRUDE MICHAEL, who appears in Till We Meet Again,” a new film, with Herbert Marshall.
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    • 173 6 OPENING ArnFai TONIGHT M-G-M's BRILLIANT ADAPTATION OF PETER B. KYNE'S GREAT NOVEL THE BLACKEST ROGUES THAT EVER LIVED became the whitest guys that ever died! THREE yJ Godfathers STONE 1 kf. Produced ME UA opening I TONIGHT! JM|M|HM The Tenderest Of Love Stories The Most Stirring Of Speci acles 1
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  • 275 7 $lO FINE IMPOSED ON CHINESE FIRST CASE IN PENANG The first wireles" prosecution by the Posts and Telegraphs Department» Penang, was concluded in the Pclice Court yesterday before Mr. H.A.L. Lucknam, when an English-Speaking Chinese. Yeoh Gu;m Chye war fined $lO on h s pleading
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  • 170 7 Chinese Fined: Cloth Returned Pleading guilty to a charge of having mported regulated textiles into Penang without a license, Ma Chong Yok, a recent arrival from Hong Kong, w’as fined S5O by Mr. M.C. Hay, District Judge, Penang, yesterday. Mr. V.N. Wade, Deputy Registrar of textiles, w’ho
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  • 157 7 List Of Subscribers—No. 11 Hogan, Adams Allan S 25,00 Ban Hong Aun 2.00 A.l Aerated Water Co. (Malaya) Ltd. 1.00 International Hotel 2.00 Seng Dee Co. 2.00 Sun Wo Loong Oil Mill Co. 5.00 Mr. Low Geok Sw’ee 100.00 Mr. D.M. Evans 10.00 Capt. D.P. White
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  • 285 7 DR. ONG HUCK CHYE ELECTED PRESIDENT Dr. Ong Huck Chye, J.P., was elected President at the |annual general meeting of the Penang Medical Practitioners I Society, which was held on August 2 at the Elysee Hotel. I I Office-bearers were: Dr. Lee Tiang Keng (vice .president), Dr.
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  • 814 7 A Study Cf The Different Issues There was a record gathering of members and their guests at the meeting of the Penang Stamp Club which took place at the premises of the Chinese Merchants’ Club yesterday at 10.30 a m. The meeting was presided over by the
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  • 341 7 First Reunion Dinner Their love tor their State was stressed by Luc speakers at the first annual dinner oi the Jouoie Students’ Union, held at the Sea View Hotel uuring tne week-end About 30 people were present, most of them representing tne two
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  • 113 7 Two ycung men who stopped r. 17-year-cld girl in the street at Highgate get more than they bargained for. The girl told the Highgate magistrate: "When I tried to break free, one of them slapped my face, and so I slapped his face, hard. Then the
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  • 353 7 Keng Kwee Street Affray Recalled CHINESE FINED $2O In the Penang Police Court yesterday, Mr H.A.L. Luckham convicted and sentenced a Teochew. Tang Teng Lam for I having caused grevious hurt to Eng Lai Lok with a knife at 9 am. on May 3 at Keng
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  • 233 7 An Indian youth. Soosey. was yesterday produced in the Penang District Court, before Mr. M.C. Hay. on three charges of housebreaking or alternatively with dishonestly receiving s'-Oien property. The accused claimed trial on all three charges and the ci r e was postponed till September
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 576 8 AN important issue was raised at a meeting of the Singapore i Municipal Commissioners al dav or two ago when Dr. G. E. X Oehlers discussed the proposed recruit ment of a new officer from England. Dr. Oehlers asked the Deputy President if, in the filling
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  • 103 8 Chinese Suspect Arrested At Kuala Lumper I From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala ETimpur. August 4. Early this morning at the Tailway station. Kuala Lumpur the detective branch of the Kuala Lumpur Police, arrested a Chinese named La: Seng Chong, on suspicion in connection with the murder of
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  • 83 8 Following are members of the various committees of the Penang Rotary Club for the year 1937:—Editor of Bulletin: Gurcharan Singh. Programme: N. Raghavan. N. K. Menon and Ong Chong Keng. Fellowship: J. S. de Villiers with powers to Membership and Classification: F. H. Grumitt and H.
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  • 52 8 Hoi Poon, a Cantonese, pleaded guilty id the Penang Police Court before Mr. H.A. L. Luckham yesterday, with having committed extortion by putting Lei Lai Hong in fear of assault and thereby dishonestly induced him to deliver tp accused >5. Sentence was deferred till Aug. 8 bail of $5OO
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  • 43 8 The Penang Library wrill be closed on Tuesday August 11, a public holiday, OThe funeral took place this morning of Mrs. Ng Sen Fatt (nee Lim Saw Boey), who died on July 30, from her rertdonce, ’•Millview,” No. 140 Prangin Road.
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  • 774 8 China At The Olympics- -Penang s Interest —Fa Ise Ch a rges Blood Bal No Injuries PENANG Chinese are keenly following the fate of the Chinese competitors in the BerJii. Olympics. Naturally, there is a hit’e disappointment at the poor shcuingj made in the beats, but it
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  • 106 8 s.s. Klang, Kinta Ipoh To Be Surveyed Owing to annual survey of the s.s. Kinti, ,s. Ipoh and s.s. Klang, the following alterations in sailings are announced S.S. Perak instead of Kinta, will sail &n August 6 for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Kinta will resume her usual
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  • 55 8 A Tamil Hindu, Retmasamy Pillay, claimed trial in the Penang Police Court before Mr. H.A.L. Luckham yesterday, when he was charged with having committed theft of one wallet containing 68 cents and two Indian coins, valued at $1.50. The case was postponed to Aug. 12 for hearing and
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  • 108 8 Royal Yacht Squadron's Decision The Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowe.% I this afternoon .sent a challenge for th»* i America’s Cup to the New York Yacht Club. j The challenger will be Mr. Tom Sopwith’s cutter Endeavour 11, of 76 feet ra ing. It is
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  • 58 8 Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. A total of 46,914 people passed through the turnstiles at the M.A.H.A. show which finished yesterday in Kuala l in> pur. This in 11,878 people more than last year’s total, but is not a record, figures for the three days of
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    • 141 8 ylnew cook?- < wSI Z 11 s •Vi. •*^T > iri»i .1 -T'- T* "OEH The cook lias 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,
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  • 780 9 12TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TODAY The twelfth annual general meeting of shareholders of the Menglembu Lode Mining Company, Limited, was held today a: the registered offices of the company. Mr. J. G. Brown presided, and the others personally present were: Mr. J.
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  • 39 9 The Iskander Polo Club team won the Spooner Cup competition at Kuala Lumpur, beating Penang by 3 —o in the fin.'-k Left to right: Dato Paduka, Che Hashim Che Itam Mjid and Toh Sri.
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  • 90 9 Kuala Lumpur Y.M.C.A. Tennis Championship (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, August 3. Ong Ee Kong, who had previously won 1 the Kuala Lumpur Y.M.C.A. lawn tennis championship for eleven years in succes- sipn, and did not defend his title last year, was again successful
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  • 59 9 Members of the Penang Sports Club (Golf Section) are reminded that the August Monthly Medal (Stroke) will be played for during the week-end, Aug. 15 and 16. SYDNEY CUP Entries for the Sydney Cup competition will close on Sunday, Aug. 16. The entry list and particulars
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  • 165 9 ARRANGEMENTS FOR NEXT YEAR (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, August 4. A meeting of the delegates to the Malayan Lawn Tennis Association was held at Ipoh. with Mr. Chung Ah Ming in the chair. The honorary treasurer reported that the financial position wag good. It was decided that
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  • 299 9 Miss Hardouin and Dr. Perera In the final of the Penang Recreation Club Mixed Doubler Handicap played yesterday afternocn cn the Club Courts. Miss Hardouin and Dr. N. H. Perera —l5 bent Miss A. Lopez and L. I. Robless —3O 6- 4, 3—6. 6—3. The
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  • 86 9 BASKET VOLLEY BALL TOURNAMENTS A meeting will be held at the Li Tek Seah premises at 8 p.m. on August 8 to consider a programme for this y-sar’s All Penang Basket and Volley Ball Tournaments. The?e tournaments were organised by the Li Tek Seah in 1932, and has been successfully
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  • 32 9 H. H. the Sult an of Pahang’, captain of the Pahang Polo Club, was the outstanding player in a match against Selangor for the Spooner Cup.
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  • 647 9 Selangor Champion's Feat WINS ALL SIX OPEN EVENTS Hug? crowds were present at the M.A. I H A stadium during the exhibition to wit- ness the third All-Malayan Amateur Cyc- ling Carnival organised under the auspices •f the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association. ihe crowd was so defise on
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  • 118 9 fIN 5 YESTERDAY TODAY London—(Spot) £184.15.0 £185.5.0 London—(3 months) £181.10.0 £182.5.0 Singapore $90.87% $90.50 Buataeas Done Penang $90.87 v 2 Euatneaa Done Buyers no sellers COPRA.—(Sundried) $5.25 $5.35 BLACK PEPPER $9.30 $9.30 RUBBER Loudon No market 7%d New York 16%c(G) 16%c(G) Singapore—Spot 26 %c 26% c Aug./Sept. 27c
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    • 149 9 "E. O." Hotel PENANu. Tonight DINNER. DANCE CABARET WITH THE j COWAN BAILEY REVUE (IN A CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.) Dinner Cabaret $3/- —Non-Diners $l/Thursday, 6th August DINNER. DANCE CABARET Saturday, Bth August Extension /to 1 A.M. DINNER. DANCE CABARET WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT RAFFLES HOTEL. COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY With a
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  • Financial & Commercial Section
    • 648 10 World Carry Over Expected To Decline In spite of the release cf nearly 1.000.009 £>ales of the cotton held as security tor 12■cent loans, and in spite of the sale of a considerable quantity of cotton from the Producers’ Pool, the spot position in the
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    • 762 10 Board's Dividend Policy While the results of the year have not come up to those of last year. I think they may be regarded on the whole as satisfactory. Our principal cultivation is rubber and it is to this that we look for the greater part of our
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    • 389 10 Tennis Balls, Bread And Bulbs Next I On July 3. 440 cans of British beer left, Liverpool for the United States, and another triumph for the British canning industry was achieved. Nearly 20.000,000 cans of American beer 1 are sold every week in the United States.
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    • 42 10 The following information has been supplied by the Satupulo No Liability mine Office in respect of operations for the month of July, 1936: Output 819 piculs. Yardage 146,000 cu yards. Hours Run 608 hours, Remarks Stopped for boiler cleaning 3% days.
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    • 19 10 July 1936 Outputs are: Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. 2,350 piculs. Southern Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd. 3,780 piculs.
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    • 13 10 The output for the menth of July was piculs 231.
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    • 1095 10 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST. NAMES. I j RUBBER (Dollar). I AMenby Rubbar Co. 1 £9 J i AJor Gajah Rubber Estate 95 I 10? I j Main -’“"'-J I Ayer Hitam Planting Syndicate 135 140 Ay-r Mokx Co 1 02U- 1 12« Ayar Pana* Rubber Estates 1?? 1 Ra<wtt Rubber
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    • 175 10 Staton Nelson Co., Ltd. in their report dated, Singapore, July 31, state: I After fluctuating within narnow limits, market prices are on balance slightly above last w.eek’s values. The volume of business passing continues to be below normal even allowing for the usual seasonal inactivity. Official
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    • 834 10 BANKS. NEDERLANDSCHE CHARTERED BANK HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ {lncorporated in England by |li if Ray'll Charter 1853) Paid-up Capital £3.OOO,tM>C Reserve Fund £3,ooo,’>or< (NETHERLANDS TRADING Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,00< HEAD OFFICE:— SOCIETY.) 38. Bishopsg-ate London, E.C. Agencies Branches-. Established in Amsterdam 1824. Alor Star Hong K; ng Rangoon Amritsar Iloilo Saigon
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  • Latest London and Local Share and Commodity Market Quotations
    • 347 11 London, August 4. Stare of £1 denomination unless Yesterday Rise or fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 118% Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90 117% War Loan, 3% p c 106 102% Straits 6 p.c., 1936-51 O>m. Union Assce. (Units) 3 i '~x Prudential Assce. “A"
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    • 110 11 London, August 4. RUBBER Dull. Spot 7% buyers 7% sellers. Oct. Dec. 7H buyers, 7}2 sellers. J an. [March 7% buyers, 713 sellers. April June 713 buyers. 7% sellers. New York 16.35 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 49.568 tons Liverpool 63,744 COPRA Straits S.O. Rotterdam. £14.12.6 PEPPER
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    • 103 11 London on Previously Latest Paris 76 964 76 964 New York 5.01 5.01% Montreal 5.01% 5.01% Brussels 29.75% 29.77 Geneva 15.37% 15.38 Amsterdam 7.38% 7.38 2 Milan 63% 63% Berlin 1246 12.47 Prague 121 121% (Vpenhitgen 22.39% 22.39% Oslo 19 96 19.90 Vienna 26% 26%
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    • 176 11 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s Share List today Buyers Sellers MINING Ampat 3 9 4(3 Ayer Weng 1.50 1.57% Batu Selangor 80 85c Hitam 42% 47% Hong Fatt 77% 82% Hongkong 15 0 16 0 Jelebu 77% 82% Klang 1-75
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    • 231 11 Buyers Sellers RUBBER Allenbys 1.57% 1.65 Ayer Wengs 1.55 1.62% Bassetts 60 62% B. Lintangs 1-12% 1.15 Bentas 92% 95 Brogas 87 90 I Indragiris 1.15 1.17% >M. Pindas 1.40 1-47% I Mentakabs 40 42% I New Scudais 1.50 1.57% Pajams 1-77%. 1.85 Telok Ansons 1.25 1.30 Sungei
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    • 394 11 The following are the in out quotations up to noon today Yesterday Today Buyers Sellem Buyers Sellers TINS Ampats 3 9 4(3 3 9 4 3 l Asams 28 0 29:0 28[0 29,0 Ayer Hitams 14 6 15|3 14[6 15 3 Ayer Wengs 1.55 1.60 1.52% 1.57% Bangrins
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    • 36 11 Dredge statistics of Katu Tin Dredging for the month of July, 1936 hrs. run 545, c. yards treated 133.000, Tin ore won pikuls 520. estimated cost $13,000, cost per cubic yard 9.8 cents.
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    • 28 11 Summary of Kuala Lumpur Tin N.L. dredging operations at Kalumpang for the month of July, 1936 —No. 2 Dredge—hours 597. yards 134,918. output 797 piculs.
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    • 34 11 Dredge statistics of Renong Consolidated for the month of July, 1936 —hours run 436, cubic yards treated 78,500, Tin ore won pikuls 1,256. estimated cost $13,000, cost per cubic yard 16.6 cents.
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    • 135 11 A.A. ANTHONY CO. Buyers SeUecw TIN B. Selangor 80 85c Hong Fatt 77% 82% Jelebu 77% 82% Kuchai 67% 72% Lukut 97% 1.02% North Taiping 55 57% Rahman Hyd. 95 1.00 Raub Gold 6.25 6.35 Rantau Ordy. 70 75 Rantau Pref. 72% 77% Sungei Luas 1.30 1.35 Talam 1.47% 1.52%
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    • 28 11 Output from Kramat Pulai Mine for the month of July, 1936 was ar follows :—fin ore—From the Mine 259 piculs. From Tributors—22 piculs. Total —281 piculs.
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    • 161 11 LEAN CO. TODAY’S OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING Ampats 3|9 4|1% Ayer Wengs 1.40 1.50 Jelebus 77 82 Johans 24 28 K. Lanjuts 16,0 16 9 Katus 18,6 19(3 Kramats 48 0 50!0 Laruts 9(1% 9;6 Pungahs 216 22 3 Rantau Ordy. 72 77 Raubs 6.25 6.35 R. T. Fields
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 83 11 BAND PROGRAMMES Today at “Waterfall’s” 5.30 p.m.— 6.30 p.m. 1 March —Right Left. —Sousa. 2 Selection —Merry Widow. —Lehar. 3 Japo Niaserie —Ke-Sa-Ko. —Chapius. 4 Two Fox Trots, (a) —I Want Tp Dance.—Jones. (b) —Roll Out Of Bed With A SmileYoung. 5 Overture —Rosamunde. —Schubert. Tomorrow at "Esplanade” 6.00 p.m.—
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    • 187 11 TONIGHT EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT NIGHT Half Price To All Seats AW Shows FUN FROLIC MAIN GATE 10 CENTS ONLY Wednesday, sth August, 1936. TAN HONG SEAH AMOY OPERA- “Tan Sam Chong Choot Saye”—Last Part. Seats 15 10 cents. NAM SENG KHENGCHEW OPERA— “Ai Chee Fah” No Free Lists. Seats 20, 15
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 953 12 Slight Decline In Arrivals And Departures POSITION AT THE PRINCIPAL CENTRES ARRIVALS at ports in the United Kingdom during May, with cargo fc.r discharge, amounted to 7,143,000 tons, or 39.000 tons (0.5 per 1 cent less than in May, 1935 1 Decreases were recorded for
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    • 354 12 PENANG ARRIVALS DEPARTURES In Port Today S.S. ‘‘I!EXEI S” from London via Suez —sails same day for Port Swettenhan:. Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai and Dairen. TOMORROW M V “TAYBANK” from China via Singapore sails same day for Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore via Cape of Good Hope. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7
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    • 449 12 South Africa’s Largest Lighthouse —The construction has been completed at Cape Columbine of the largest lighthouse !in South Africa—there are few more powerful in the world —and it is expected that it will come into operation at the 'end of September. j SPANIARD (ex John, ex Gonerly, ex
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1727 12 RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES 1 icrlit RADIO 1 Wonder PERSON ALITIES-31 Melodics Child Pianist .--a From Station VUC, Calcutta, tonight -'J Lea Cartaimo is a twelve-year-old «t 7.16 will be broadcast a number of 3 Italian child wonder pianist. She has light melodies played by the well > delighted large audiences
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 750 13 V 1 J I M 1 1 ->:BLU& rUHMEK B.IMK Vessels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due L in con j unction w »th Glen Shire Line) p Pn ang London ANTENOR Marseilles, London, Rotterdam Glasgow. Au 7 Sept 3 GLENAPP L’don, R’dam, H’burg, Antwerp and Mid- 0 delsborough Au<r
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    • 708 13 I TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. /<7ll VteEO-LtKJv I From Arrive Arrive I 5- '4' Penann Marseilles New York Aug. u 9 sept. 22 c Aug. 2- V T T Sept. 23 Oct. 6 Sept. 10 CONROE Oct. 7 Oct. 20 i •■w Liner»» 'resident Hoover and President Coolidge 18 days
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    • 1117 13 RADIO I I News in English. 6.35 —Continuation of a musical programme. By the Members of I concert relay. 7.os—News in French. 7.35 the Basanti Vidyabithee. 7.01 —News Me s (19 74 ni.) DJN 9.1 Me s (31.45 ni.).' —Continuation of concert relay. 8.20 bulletin in English. 7.16 —The Calcutta
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  • 884 14 SPECIAL SPORTS SECTION c b^ C tac Poor Place Betting During Penang Races SMALL FIELDS TO BLAME VAN BREUKELEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TRAINER By Tic-Tac. AT first glance .'.t the figures I thought that the retting on the totalisator on Monday was the heaviest for the meeting
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  • 281 14 SELANGOR AND NEGRI CUSTOMS WIN By five matches to four the Selangor and Negri Customs and Excise Department defeated the Perak Customs In two and four ball matches over the Ipoh Golf Club Course during the week-end. This was the first meeting for the Cup
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  • 147 14 To F!ay Agcsnst Lees! Indians (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. August 4. The following players have been selected to represent the 1 2 Punjab Regiment against the Indian Recreation Club. Penang, in a soccer match at Penang tomorrow on the S.X.I. ground:— Nagar Singh; Lachman Singh
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  • 403 14 OWENS BREAKS LONG JUMP RECORD OLYMPIC GAMES AT BERLIN Berlin, August 4. Chinese athletes again fared badly at the Olympics. In the first round of the 200 metres, Chen was outclassed and ran last throughout his heat, the winner of which was Humber (Canada) who
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  • 179 14 Women's International Golf st. Cloud. Great Britain beat France by five matches to two, with two halved, in the women s international golf match here France won the foursomes by two matches to one. but Great Britain took four of the six singles and the other two
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  • 282 14 —Reuter. Innings Victory For Glamorgan BOWLERS IN FORM IN COUNTY CRICKET London. August 4. At Swansea, the Indian tourists were beaten by Glamorgan by an innings and 12 runs. The Indians totalled 112 Mercer 7 for 48) and 114 < Clay 8 for 43). Glamorgan whos- position
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    • 49 14 Rust costs millions per year* Norusto prevents rust I —1 I I HAS A COVERING 4# A CAPACITY OF mlMhl 700—1000 SQ. FT. IwHM per gallon. fmfflhfla InZMMfIM Bill lIWvA si SOLIGNUM gif PRODUCT /VfJ f F PAINT- prevents J corrosion on Iron Steel Work Sime, Darby Co., Ltd.
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  • 70 15 —Reuter. HENRY COTTON WINS ITALIAN TITLE Returns: 68, 67, 67, 66 IN the Italian Open Golf Championship here yesterday, Henry Cotton "(Great Britain) won the title with four amazing rounds. He aggregated 268 with the following returns: 68,67. 67,66. Joe Ezar (United States) was second
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  • 1165 15 ANOTHER SIGHT OF JF. T. TILDEN International Professional Lawn Tennis Championship THE international professional lawn tennis championship of Great Britain has begun at Southport. The entry was not I large, but it was strong and of an inter- national flavour. It would have
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  • 712 15 Amateurs’ Close Match In Cheshire Final Delamere Forest. In the 36-hole final of the Cheshire mateur championship on the course 01 the Delamere Forest Club, W. Sutttcn. of Mere, the winner in 1926 and 1927, beat £>. Eadie, of Wilmslow, the winner in 1925. by one hole.
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  • 80 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 23. A message from New York yesterday states that Max Schmefing has officially challenged James J. Braddock (holder) for the world heavyweight championship. The New York Athletic Commission has sanctioned the fight, and at the same time announces its
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  • 705 15  -  THE BOXING WORLD BROWN WENT OUT "AS IF HE WERE TIRED”— HYPODERMIC CHARGE RIDICULED GARRICK Everything about Joe Louis, the "Brown i< Bomber” who was so sensationally knocked' out by Max Schmeling is read with such avidity that it is interesting to note what an expert English
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    • 117 15 FRASER NEAVE’S, PENANG E as v Voting Competition i OPEN TO ALL From 24th July Until 19th Sept., 1936. 1 $5OO in Prizes I ALL YOU HAVE TO DO: 1 1 1 k VOTE ON AN OFFICIAL COUPON FOR THE SIX F. N. DRINKS b WHICH YOU MOST PREFER AND
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  • 158 16 The Clergy All Out-At University .Match Does the Church appreciate cricket This “bag” secured by a Press photographer at Lord s suggests an affirmative answer. Fred Bower, the author of an unusual autobiography. Rolling Stonemason. < Published by Cape’s.) Miss Joy Wadman and her horse
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