Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 October 1936

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  • 19 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 229. Vol. XCIV. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1936. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 328 1 ALMOST THE SOLE SURVIVOR Dismal Tale of Crashes En Route To Johannesburg CW. A. SCOTT, the hero of the Melbourne Centenary air race, is a likely winner of the £IO,OCX) Portsmouth- Johannesburg race which began two days ago. Yesterday fears were entertained for
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  • 160 1 Mines Discovered in Nick Of Time Jerusalem, Sept. 30. A carefully planned attempt to blow up British military column by means of land 'lines was discovered in the nick of time y a transport belonging to the King’s Royal Rifles and Wiltshires who disembarked from the Neuralia
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  • 13 1 RACK TO SERVlCE.—Reservists of thv Wiltshire Regiment arriving at Aldershot
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  • 162 1 TO VISIT CHINA AND JAPAN Mr. Lam Lean Teng, J.P., who is leaving for China and Japan to study trade and industrial conditions, was entertained to a dinner by the Teochew Hoay Kuan, Penang, last night. Mr. Lim Lean Teng is President of the Society. General
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  • 22 1 LETITIA PARKER, of Oxford, is only three years old, but can recite 160 lines of Matthew Arnold’» poem, Scholar Gypsy.”
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  • 228 1 PROGRESS ON HAINAN ISLAND General Chen Hun Kong, ex-commander of the Chinese National Army 160th Division, and Dr. Yao Wan Nion, a member •of the staff of the Chung Sun University, Canton, who arrived by Imperial Airways J plane in Penang on Sunday, on their way
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  • 80 1 The P-nang Gazette understands that A. S Kuppusamy of the Indian Rear eat on Club has been suspended by the Penang Football Association for the rest of the 1936 socc&r season and for one month from the commencemc it of the 1937 season. The suspension is a
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  • 32 1 .—REUTER. London. October 1SCOTT HAS TAKEN OFF FROM ABERCORN TO FLY NON-STOP TO JOHANNESBURG. FINDLAY ARRIVED AT JUBA AND TOOK OFF AT 'MIDNIGHT. LLEWEL- LYN IS STILL MI SSI NG.-
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  • 66 1 ‘From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Oct. 1. A fiie occurred last right at the Federal Home for Women at Ipoh shortly after 7 o'clock when smoke was seen emerging from the matron’s room. The Brigade was called out and soon extinguished the fire. It was found
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  • 62 1 Official Opening Today The Saigon-Hanoi railway, just completed, will be officially today. A train from Saigon to Hanoi will cot er the distance of 1 090 m les in 40 hours, an average speed of 27 miles per hour. On the occasion of the opening ceremony, the Government
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  • 29 1 —Reuter. Duty Raised To 47 Guilders Batavia, Sept. 30. The export duty on native rubber is today raised to 47 guilders per 100 kilograms dry weight.-
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  • 175 1 Reuter. Madrid, Oct. 1. The Government have decided to introduce a food ration system to avoid the daily lengthening queues of people who, in any case, are only able to get half of their requirements. Stringent action is foreshadowed to check militia requisitions which
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  • 283 1 MARINE REINFORCEMENTS LANDED AT HANKOW Crisis In China the manoeuvres at Kokkaido.—TSin Chew' Jit Poh. Shanghai, Oct. 1. Japanese war preparations are being speeded up in China, and arrangements have been concluded for the instant evacuation of Japanese nationals from interior cities to coastal cities
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  • 37 1 —Reuter. Paris, Sept. 30. The Chamber readopted the Devaluation Bill by 351 votes to 217. There is talk in the lobbies of the possibility of M. Blum dissolving Parliament if the Senate remains obdurate.
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    • 82 1 FREE TRADE IN MALAYA —See Page 7. S WETTE N QBB B I R M i M G 11 II |U| e 7 nAIVI .1 jwWI I THERE ARE LOTS OF HAMS all over THE WORLD BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE “PINEAPPLE” HAM A CHOICE AND SPECIALLY CURED BRAND ABSOLUTELY
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  • 225 2 U.S. Legssl Conundrum New Ycrk, Sept. 20. A decision that may materially affect tlie American “gold clause’’ should it be substantiated by the higher courts has been given at Kansas City, Missouri. The case involves a lease signed in 1890 requiring a realty company
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  • 104 2 Hocked By Umbrella Furs intended for Coronation robes and valued at approximately £5OO were stolen last week by car bandits from the window of Furrier Jovce. Ttd manufacturing furriers, of Hay Hill, W. The thieves, after breaking the window, used an umbrella tied on the end of
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  • 945 2 Malta lo Be Strengthened And Modernised CYPRUS MAY BECOME NEW NAVAL BASE First Lord Reviews Position: No Danger From The Air BRITAIN is determined to maintain at all costs her position in W*.. Si to modernise and consolidate her naval,AntaCa- <le.fences between Gibraltar and
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  • 53 2 Reuter. Shanghai, September 29. I Hr. J panese destroyers are reported to have put into Shanghai in the past 36 hours, nd a'.so the transport Shiretogo with 600 enforcements for the marine garrison v’..ose normal strength is estimated to have been increased by 1,500 since
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  • 179 2 Problem For Norway Government Oslo, Sept. 23 It is feared that further difficulties between Russia and Norway will follow a libel action which Trotsky, the exiled Bolshevik leader, is bringing aga nst the Norwegian Nazi and Communist parties. During} the recent Moscow trial of Zinovieff, Kameneff
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  • 194 2 Berlin, Sept. 23. Sir Samuel Hoare’s statement on British policy in the Mediterranean is reproduced with great prominence in the German I Press this morning; writes a Daily Tele-, graph correspondent. The “Berliner Tageblatt” writes: “Sir Samuel Hoare’s measured words arc; a good lesson for
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  • 93 2 Estate Valued At £30,700 New Orleans, Sept. 25. The estate of Senator Huey Long, who was assassinated a year ago, has now been valued at approximately £3O 700 This is considered surprisingly small, as during his life-time Huey Long always had unlimited resources at his command through
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  • 164 2 MR. ROOSEVELT’S FIGHTING ELECTION SPEECH —Reuter. CTOUT defence of his policy as the Mr. Roosevelt in a fighting elec Democratic Party Convention. He issues” into the election campaign by the allegation of the Hearst Press Communist Party in America. Mr.. Roosevelt declared, “I
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  • 146 2 Mountain Top Like Refuse Dump Mountaineers and residents are indignant at acts of vandalism committed at the 4,406 ft summit of Ben Nevis, in Invernessshire. Recently concrete pillars were constructed on the mountain top by Ordnance Survey engineers for the new survey in Britain The concrete,
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  • 26 2 Reuter. Denvers, Sept. 29. Eleven are dead and $1.000,(100 damage* was caused in Colorado by -he worst September snow term ever know a locally.-
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  • 71 2 .—Reuter. Plans To Establish Regular Service Moscow, Sept. 29 Measures to establish a regular Soviet* American airiine via Krasnoyark, Yakutsk, Anadir, Nome, Fairbanks and Seattle, were adopted at a conference of leading Arctic fliers. It was proposed to spend £1,500,000 for the building cf airports and metoerological stations.
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  • 29 2 —Reuter New York, Sept. 29. The death is announced of Rear-Admiral William Sims who commanded the American naval forces in Europe during war time.—Reuter
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  • 135 3 Statement at Geneva SACRIFICE OF RIGHTS Geneva, Sept. 30. A crvptic statement made by M. Taezaz, tbe Abyssinian delegate to the Assembly, appears to suggest the impending abdication of the M. Taezaz, after referring to the impending renewal of the Italian attack, said that in order
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  • 266 3 —British Radio. London, Sept. 30. Total ordinary revenue of the United Kingdom in the quarter ended today exreeded figure for the corresponding period of lest year by £5.918,065 and amounted to £163.462,059. This is one of the interesting facta revealed by the Exchequer
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  • 220 3 SAW MARGATE LAND’S END with All-British equipment. —British Radio. Experiences 46,000 Feet Up London, Sept 30. A dramatic story was told of his expei riences iri the uppec air by Squadron-Lead-er Swain, the test pilot of the experimental .section of the Royal Air Force EstablishIment at Farnborough who has been
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  • 100 3 ment was 2.5 per cent, greater.—British Radio. Purchasing Power Up Retail trade continues to expand, showing the growth of purchasing power among all clases as the result of the great recovery in British trade and industry. Sales in August were 7.4 per cent greater in value than
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  • 102 3 .—British Radio. Sir Edwiit Harding To Visit Australia London, Sept. 30. With the Secretary of State’s approval. Sir Edwin Harding, Permanent Undersecretary for Dominions Affairs, has accepted an invitation from the Government of South Australia to attend the centenary celebrations at Adelaide in December. Arrangements have also been
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  • 77 3 .—Reuter. Another Job For Mr. Sean Lester Geneva. Sept. 30. A settlement has been reached in the Danzig problem arising from the hostility of the local Nazi Government to the High Commissioner, Mr. Sean Lester. Mr. Lester has been appointed Under-Secretary-Genera, of the League. The name of his
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  • 237 3 70 More Recruited London, Sept. 24. It was officially announced last night that the strength of the women police force in the Metropolitan area is to be more than doubled. Seventy women are to be recruited in the next two years. The existing strength is 60.
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  • 174 3 —Reuter. But Quickly Withdraws Shanghai, Sept. 30. A sensation has been caused by a report from usually reliable sources that China has presented four demands to Japan. (1) a guarantee that Japanese forces will not trespass in future on Chinese territory. (2) the withdrawal of Japanese troops
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  • 246 3 T. F. Powys To Retire From Literary Work Dorchester, Sept. 25. Persuaded by what he regards as significant signs that he should lay aside his writing, Mr. Theodore F. Powys, the 61-year-old member of the famous literary family of Powys brothers and an acknowledged master
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  • 208 3 A Diet Of Mixed Hardware An X-ray exam nation in a Trieste hospital revealed in the stomach of a 17-year-old labourer 11 pencils, three fountain pens, a fork, a screw, several coinr, and five keys. Two more pencils had been painfully ejected by the patient as he
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  • 415 4 WHAT EARLY FINDS REVEAL ■■■yHERE was a time when Adam and Eve, or some kindred story was almost universally believed in as the explanation of the origin of man. But a little calculation and thought easily shows tlhat it is mathematically and biologically impossible tor all the
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  • 272 4 Four Months’ R.L For Snateh Thief A Chinese girl of 11, who was given a picket of 14 cne-dollar notes by her mother to cake to her father, met with an unpleasant experience on Sept. 5 in a lane in Sin gap re. Gn her
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  • 1108 4 JOHORE APPOINTMENTS i It is announced in the Johore Government Gazette that Dr. E. W. Martindeli, I of the Malayan Medical Service, has been i seconded for service as a medical cflicer, j Johore Bahru. Dr. D.M.*McSwan haz> been seconded for service as medical officer in charge,
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  • 223 4 Trespass Charge Fails Surp.ise wa,i caused in the Kuala Lumpur Police Court or. Monday when the husband of a Tamil wtman complainant contained her statement that the accused man was her younger brother. The man, Chelliah, was charged with trespass but he denied the
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  • 97 4 Two ambitious young men, Mohd. Isak and James Deudroff, who left Singapore on September 12 on a cycling tour of Ma•aya, arrived in Penang at the week-end. They we~t through Johore Bharu, Batu Pahat, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Taiping and will scon be leaving for Alor Star
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  • 194 4 Deliberate Attempt To Smuggle Rubber Arrested off Changi Point, at sea in a motor sampan which was coming into the Straits of Jchore on Sept. 26, three Chinese named Gwee Tiam Hock, Lim Teck Seng and Ong Chwee Yue were produced before Mr. E. E. Colman in
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  • 107 4 Csi. Cocll Elected Chairman A public meeting in connection with Ipoh’s -narguments for Poppy Day, 1936, was held last week at the Ipch Town Hall. The meeting was convened by the hor. o.ganiser for Ipoh, Mrs. Clifford Ogilvie. The Hon. Cel. Cecil Rae, J.P.., M.S.C.,
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  • 1014 5 Man, 32 Years Blind, Sees Again FOR nearly 32 years of his lonely life, Mr. Aubney Turle, aged 62, of Waverly Hoad, Bristol, had been practically blind -and stone deaf. Now, by a miracle of modern surgery, by Mr. Tudor Thomas, the sur-geon-oculist, his sight has
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  • 108 5 Claim After Country House Party Damages for alleged libel are claimed by the wife of a millionaire in an action likely to be heard in the High Court, London, shortly. The suiti arises out of a party given by The millionaire’s wife at her country house. Hundreds
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  • 308 5 Russian Waiter's Adventures i At the East Ham Police Court last week. Vladimir Kottka, 25. a Russian, giving his address as Little Goodge Street, Tottenham Court Road, was charged as a stowaway found on bdard the P. O. steamer Cathay, and he pleaded “Guilty.” Mr. A.
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  • 303 5 Worse Since Recent Executions SECRET RETREAT NEAR MOSCOW ■OSEF STALIN, mighty Red Dictator of Soviet Russia, is lying seriously ill in a secret retreat near Moscow. He is suffering from angina pectoris, a disease of the heart. He has suffered from this complaint for several
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  • 270 5 Youth's "Undesirable" Romance Ended The romance of a wealthy youth and a much older woman, described by his coun- sei as “wholly undesirable” was ended as a result of police action at Bow Street, last j week. The youth, Giovanni Melia, aged 18, an Italian student,
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  • 300 5 new home at Hampton Court has been placed by King Edward at the disposal of the Grand Duchess Xenia, sister of the late Czar of Russia. Since 1917, when she escaped frem the Bolshevik terror this shy, white-haired woman of 62 has been living
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  • 363 5 Surplus Of Moneys For Ethiopia DONORS MAY BE CONSULTED London, Sept. 24. Seme £20,000 raised on behalf of ambulance units sent from Britain to Abyssinia during the war is still on deposit in this country. Nobody can .cay what is to become of it. The
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  • 185 5 THE Pepe’s doctors are trying to reassure him about h.’s health. He has referred to the possibility of big imminent death in conversations with his intimates and in talks with groups in audiences. While he suffers from i.-firmities lu.u condition is n:t one to
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  • PERAK IN THE NEWS
    • 508 6 Triple Tragedy At Parit Tengah Recalled (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Sept. 30. I The second case taken up for hearing at the Perak Assizes, before the Hon. Mr. Justice Aitken, this afternoon, was one in which two Malays, Abas bin Haji Hassan and Mat
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    • 199 6 Old Georgians To Visit Ipoh (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Sept. 30. The Old Georgians of Taiping will be visiting Ipoh this week-end to engage the Old Michaelians there in a series of sporting events viz. Football, badminton, tennis, ping-pong,, billiards, hockey, etc. This friendly rivalry of
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    • 185 6 Aged Malay Sentenced To Death RECOMMENDED FOR MERCY I (From Our Own Correspondent) I Ipoh, Sept. 30. i J The Assessors having returned a unanimous verdict of guilty of murder with a recommendation for mercy Ahmat bin Musa, an aged Malay who was charged at
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    • 58 6 NOTICE TO PUBLIC MALAYAN BREWERIES LTD. A.i from the Ist October. 1936, empty Tiger Beer hotties in goof condition mav b? returned to anv dealer or direct to Frase- Neave Ltd.. Penang when the following credits will be allowed: 2 cents for each Pint bottle 3 cents for each Quart
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 10 6 0 IfS iD ijgEi mil ifciamiw CHmESEmMBER |f Com|| —lV
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    • 99 6 MAJESTIC LAST NIGHT 6-15 9-30 CHARLIE CHAN'S MOST EXCITING PICTURE “CHARLIE CHAN AT THE CIRCUS” See Chan escape from death from the rage of a gorilla, from the tangs of a cobra! A TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX THRILLER TOMORROW! AMERICA’S GLORIOUS DANCING STARS IN A TIDAL WAVE OF RHYTHMIC JOY .WITH A
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    • 184 6 WINDSOR 6.30 TONIGHT 9-30 d Special Chtawe MMjAutam. 5 TON GHT 9 30 The Latest Uproarious Universal’s Super Double Feature CANTONESE TALKIE Attraction China’s Greatest Comedy King. I RICHARD TALMADGE CHEE CHOW CHAT JN "MODEL WIFE" "FIGHTING PILOT" Together with MISS LAM MUI MUI "ARE YOU A MASON" Comedy Drama
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  • 907 7 Malaya Realising Fallacy Of Free 1 rade LOSING BATTLE AGAINST JAPANESE COMPETITION TRENCHANT criticism of the free trade policy pursued in the Straits Settlements was voiced by Mr. L. E. Slowe, managing director of Henry Waugh and Co., Ltd., in the course of an
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  • 294 7 Maintenance Case Still Unsettled i The maintenance case in which Cheng*Chek Loong, a teacher, was summoned for neglectirg to maintain hir lawful wife. Foki Quai Ying, and to show cause why he! should mi be ordered to pay a monthly» allowance to her was again
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  • 86 7 Today on the Esplanade from 8.30 p.m.‘ to 10.30 p.m. March. Stars Stripes For Ever. Sousa. Overture. William Tell. Rossini. Selection. Top Hat. Berlin. Introducing:— “No Strings,” “Isn't This' A Lovely Day?” “Top Hat, White Tie and; Tails” ‘‘CHEEK TO CHEEK” and “The! Piccol'no.” Med'-ey. Hu garian
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  • 337 7 MYSTERY surrounds the recent visits to Europe of Dr. Chow Lu, one of the leading figures behind the troubled scenes in China, and Dr. Tai Chi Tao, a member cf the rtandir.g Executive Comm'.ttee of the Kuomintang and of the PoliI tical
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  • 112 7 The case in which two Chi ese, Khoo Beow Hock and Lim Chau Kai, are charged with cheating by attempting to induce th© Committee members of the Chung Shan, School Union, Pena’g, to deliver to th© holder of a sweeprtake ticket the first prize
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  • 14 7 Sir Thomas Beecham on the H.M.V. stand when he visited Radiolympia.
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  • 691 8 MUCH of the present outcry against the flood of Japani ese imports arises from the fact that Japan is too voracious. The Malayan commercial mentality, so far as can be judged, favours free trade. Malayan manufacturing industry being lin its infancy, there is practically nothing to protect.
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  • 165 8 A READER CONGRATULATES US To. The Editor. Dear Sir, —To those City Fathers of ours who are successful in converting the slaughtering hour back to the old days, allow me, an ordinary man in the street, to tender my grateful 'thanks. To me, and I believe
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  • 511 8 “Coasla/” Shipping Commissioners Coin Half-Cents—A Great Night In Campbell Street pVERYONE appears to have ao opinion on the correct hour for pig slaughter, but I have yet to hear that anyone has’ canvassed the opinion of the individual most concerned! i There appears to have been some
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  • 208 8 "San Francisco" Opens To Good Houses SAN FRANCISCO. With Clarke Gable Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt, Ted Healy, and a large cast. M.G.M. Picture. Directed by .S. van Dyke. At the Queen’s. Drama, music, comeCy and spectacle are exquisitely blended to make "San Francisco.’’ likely
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  • 40 8 —Reuter. Relief Plane Leaves Delhi Delhi, Sept. 30. The relief plane replacing the Athena has departed for the East carrying the two Athena’s passengers, Captain Patrick and Hr. F. G. Lundon, and also a quantity of salvaged mails-
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  • 141 8 Six Months' Gaol And Police Supervision A Malay, Idris bin Man, who said that he came from Malacca, was convicted and sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment with a further six months’ police supervision by Air. H. A. L Luckham in the Police Court, Penang, this morning.
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  • 104 8 I While engaged in cutting down a coconut tree with two companions, In a kampong at Jelutong yesterday afternoon, a Tamil i coolie fell from a height of 30 feet and died instantly. I A report of the tragedy was made at the I Jelutong Police
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  • 380 9 THEOSOPHIST'S VIEWS i HIDDEN LIFE IN NATURE 4 i (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, September 30. “Malayan folk lore, though mixed with n great deal of superstition and imagination, is based on fact so said Mr. Geoffrey Hodson, the international lecturer for
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  • 378 9 i Mr. Stripes Visits K.L. Suburb SHOT BY POLICE (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, September 30. A full-grown male tiger was shot in the i suburb of Kuala Lumpur, within a mile i from the Pavilion Theatre in Pudu Road, I early this morning.
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  • 46 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October 1. The Japanese Olympic men swimmers will give a swimming exhibition here today. The team chosen to represent Singapore against the Japanese swimmers in races, diving and water polo, are all Chinese except for one Japanese.
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  • 62 9 R.A.F. Beaten At Hockey From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, October 1. The Singapore Cricket Club, playing brilliantly, in their opening hockey match, beat the Royal Air Force by four goals to two. yesterday. The Club forwards were more effective. T. A. D. Hewan, formerly of
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  • 300 9 Singapore Turf Club Winter Meeting TWO RUNS FOR EACH HORSE The official programme for the Singapore Turf Club Winter meeting, to be run on Nov. 21, 25 and 28 shews that the Club will be catering for Class 2 and 3 horses and Class 2 ponies. In
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  • 137 9 Rugby Match On Saturday The Perak Asiatics will be coming to Penang on Saturday to play Rugby Football against a Penang “A" XV on the Esplanade at 5 p.m. The fcilowing are the teams PENANG “A” PERAK ASIATICS Foong Chin Lee Mun Yui (Capt.)
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  • 89 9 Another Penang “A” Rugby Football team will be travelling to Alor Star on Saturday to play against the Sultan Abdul Hamid College team. Following will play for Penang “A” H. Bracegirdle K. A. G. Hague, G. T. Cameron, L. Morgan and H. E. Tether; J. H.
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  • 122 9 Beat Police By Three Goals To One (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Sept. 30. The I|2 Punjab Regiment mado the r debut in local hockey this evening. Although they beat the Police by three goals to one, the Punjabi soldiers did not impress. Exchanges were fast
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  • 237 9 Singapore Divorce Suit Judgment CO-RESPONDENT'S ADMISSION (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 30. Damages of ten cents were awarded to Leo Albert Symons, late of the Department of Public Works, Singapore, in the divorce suit judgment given by Mr. Justice Mills at the High Court
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  • 75 9 Inniskillings Have Most Finalists 1 (From Our Own Correspox *ent) Singapore October 1. j Good fights were seen in the semi-finals of the Singapore boxing championships. The Inniskillings have the most finalists fo; Saturday and should win the Tolley Cup. At present the Inniskillings are on
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  • 26 9 FIRST FOOTPLATE RlDE.—Miss Irene Easton, of King’s Queen of Great Britain for 1937, getting used to the feeling of riding on the tootplate.
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  • 41 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. October 1 The Royal Air Force Rugby Football team paid a visit to Bangkok, and, in a match with the Bangkok Sports Club, were surprisingly beaten by 30 points to nil.
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  • 111 9 riN YESTERDAY TODAY London—(Spot) £200.10.0 £204.5.0 London—(3 months) £197.15.0 £200.15.0 Singapore $100.50 Business Done Penang Business Done Buyers no sellers COPRA. —(Suncjried) $5.40 $5.30 BLACK PEPPER $B.OO $B.OO RUBBER London 7%d 7}gd New York 16%c(G) IS&cfG) Singapore- Spot 2 7c 27c Oct./Dec 27V4c 27 >4c Jan./Mar 2 7y
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  • 134 9 Stones thrown by spectators at the Br sol City match with Notts County at Ashton Gate last week had to be cleared from the p;tch by the players before the game could proceed. They were thrown after a penalty had 3een given against the City
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 62 9 Sun Life Assurance Co. Of Canada. Did you say “Partnership Assurance”? Yes, of course we provide for all the partners in a firm. It is the best and only reliable safeguard to each partner and Tiis relatives. It has the advantage of being an investment instead of an expense. Call
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    • 109 9 "E. O.‘ Hotel PENANG. TONIGHT DINNER DANCE J Saturday, 3rd October DINNER DANCE WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT RAFFLES HOTEL. fl A I “THE MARCH OF THE CHILDREN” Let your Baby, too, join this joyous company and march to Health and Happiness on COW GATE I 5 From all over
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  • Financial & Commercial Section
    • 694 10 The foikiwing publications were issued or received by the Department cf Statistics. S.S. A F M S. during the period of Sept. 19 to 25. 1936 inclusive and are available for public use in the Reference .Library. Fullerton Building Singapore. Applications may be made by members of
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    • 1100 10 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST. ■AMES. I i J. I i RLBBE.X (IMfarj. > 1 AJ-es&y Bakker Ca. 150 1 Ax»r Ui;.4.x Rct-Ser EtiM* 1 X >-t ji’eri iLt-ij Emaxzs 3 3 J f Ayer Hrzasi Pbnc=g Si—isriie 1 35 5 Ayer Moiek R=kber Ca. ..1 1 I \yez Bebber Estates
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    • 483 10 REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION AGAINST FOREIGNERS In the House of Commons of July 9 Captain Cazalet asked the Secretary’ cf State for the Colonies whether his attention been called to the Petroleum i Production Regulations. 1935. dated May 15. 193-5. made under the Petroleum (Production Regulation*. 1935,
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    • 176 10 3 Per Cent. Extra On Ordinary The Board of the India Rubber Gutta Percha and Telegraph Works Company has decided to pay on Sept. 30 tae following dividends:— On the Five and a-Half per Cent. Preference shares, the half-yearly dividend of 2% per cent., less tax,
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    • 758 10 EFFECT OF CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN 1 British imports and exports in Aug’iJt were lower than jjj July, which was tee best month for six years, but higher t.sar in August. 1935. According to Board of Trade returns, exports were £4.827.907 less than in Ju’y which
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 253 10 BANKS. NEDERLANOSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPU N. V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.) Established in Amsterdam 1&24. HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM WITH BRANCHES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST BATAVIA Branches throughout the Dutch £>ast Indies and in the Straits Settlements. India, China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON BANKER* The National Prcvineia]
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    • 552 10 riONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION L*>. t-**! a» Hong Koa g ’uabC.ty of tcenioert 4 tr eaKtea’- to manner presort. -.7 OrdmaDce No. 5 of 1.2Z9 of ld* Coz-n.y. Office HONG KONG AuU.orii»ec Cap;’.a. S&GjATiJM» Fully pud op Begerve Funds B’ertmz 6J/ZIOOC Su’ver Eeserve LaabfUty Proprietors t2OXRMj <XC BOARD
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  • Latest London and Local Share and Commodity Market Quotations
    • 345 11 London, September 30. j Stock markets were steady. Yesterday Rise or fall fgharv of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 117% Funding Loan, 4 p.c,, 1960-90 116% War Loan, 3% p.c 107% traits 6 p.c., 1936-51 102% Oom. Union Assce. (Units) 11% Prudential
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    • 108 11 London, September 30. RUBBER Firm. Spot 7H buyers 7 sellers. Nov./Dec. 7}g buyers 7% sellers. Jan./March 7% buyers 8 sellers. April/June 7J3 buyers Si’s sellers. New York: 16.43 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 43,993 tons Liverpool 59,791 tons COPRA Straits S O. Rotterdam. £14.12.6. PEPPER White Muntok
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    • 112 11 London on Previously Late»* Paris 76 37(64 no dealings New York 4.95% 4.94% Montreal 4.95% 4.94% Brussels 29.27 29.30 Geneva 21.46 21.51% Amsterdam 8.86 8.98 Milan 64% no dealings Berlin 12.60 12.57% Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Prague 119% 122 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna
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    • 851 11 FOR SHIPMENT OVER 1937 Messrs. Symington and Wilson in their report dated London, Sept. 23 state. Since our last report the rubber market has been steady but somewhat inactive. The official buyers’ price of ribbed smoked sheet on the spot has been fixed at 7iJd.
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    • 221 11 BROKERS' LISTS CURRENT KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations ,in MESSRS. KENNEDY A Co.’s Shara I List today Buyers Seller* j RUBBER Batu Lintang 117% 1.22% Broga 87% 92% I Indragiri 1.25 1.30 i Nyalas 96 1.02% I i MINING i Ampat 4(4% 4|9 1 Ayer Weng 1.75
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    • 31 11 Karmen Rubber Limited board recommend (final) dividend in respect of last financial year of 4 per cent, payable Oct. 29 carrying forward subject to audit and usual adjustments £10,26d.
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    • 251 11 RUBBER Buyers SeUem Allenbys 1.52% 1.60 Ayer Panas 1.52% 1.60 Bassetts 60 62% B. Lin tangs 1.17% 1.20 Bentas 95 97% Brogas 87% 90 M. Pindas 1.37% 1.45 Mentakabs 40 42 N. Scudais 1.42% 1.47% Pajams 1.80 1.87% Teluk Anson 1.22% 1.27% Sungei Tukangs 115 1.17% Tapahs 1.80
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    • 50 11 The following telegram hag been received from the Takuapa Mine for September Dredge Takuapa No. 1 658 hours 160,000 cubic yards, 420 piculs. Dredge Takuapa No. 2 667 hours, 180,000 cubic yards, 1,058 piculs. Estimated value of output $9O 000. Mine working costs $37,000 including Ban Pru Expenditure.
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    • 45 11 Output figures of the various dredges of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., N.L. for the week ended at 7 a.m. on Sept. 28. No. 5 Dredge 33.60 piculs, No. 7 Dredge 84.00 piculs. No. 8 Dredge 188.52 piculs, Ronpibon Dredge 128.00 piculs.
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    • 158 11 LEAN CO. TODAY’S OPENING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers MINING A. Wengn 1.75 1.80 B. Selangors 88 92 1 Hitams 49 52 Jelebus 87 92 K. Lanjuts 18|9 19|3 Kundangs 813 8(9 I Laruts 9(1% 9|6 I Lukuts 1.12 1.16 Pangnga Rivers B|lo% 9(1% Pungahs 21(6 22 0 R. T. Fields 7|1%
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    • 215 11 Improved Outlook The twenty-fourth annual ordinary general meeting of the Pahang Para Rubber Syndicate, Ltd., was held in London, on Sept. 23. I Mr. Cyril Hughes (the chairman) said that the net result of the year’s wvrking. including profit on realisation of investments, was a profit of
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  • 144 11 Suspected Hiding-Place For Fascist Arms Paris, Sept. 23. In the belief that. Fascist and other Right groups had been allowed to hide arms in the convent at Venissieux, near Lyons, supporters of the Left yesterday attacked it. Four men drove up in a car and fired
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  • 110 11 C.B.E. And War Medals oonden, Sept. 22. Lady Mooie-Guggisberg —founder of tne Women’s Emergency Corps in 1914, ard formerly Miss Decima Moore, the actress—has been, robbed of all her War decorations and .souvenirs, including her C.8.E.,. hundreds of letters of sentimental value, and about
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 260 11 THURSDAY. IST OCTOBER, 1936 WEMBLEY MAIN GATE- Gents 20 Cents; Ladies 10 Cents ROYAL RUBY’S OPERA —‘T>an Dan Stia”—Part 4 SEATS :—5O, 40. 30 20 Cents No Free Lists The New Star Dancing and Dramatic Troupe of Shanghai "SILVER GODDESS" The firs- of its kind in. Malaya Showing latest Shanghai
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 638 12 FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO STABILISATION COMMENT upon the recent firmer tendency of the freight markets is made in the current issue of the monthly circu-1 lar issued by the Baltic and International Maritime Conference. Following are extracts from the article. “Possibly with some isolated exceptions, an upward
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    • 89 12 Contract For Southampton Firm I The contract for the conversion cf the former Cunard White Star liner Majestic into a -aval training rhip has been secured by Messrs. John I. Thornycroft and Cu., Ltd., cf Southampton. The firm have received instructions to commence the operation of
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    • 168 12 PENANG ARRIVALS DEPARTURES In Port Today S S “SUMATRA MARU” from Japan via Singapore and Belawan sails same day for Rangoon and Calcutta. S S “PATROCLUS” from Liverpool sails for Hongkong, Shanghai, 1 aku x and Dairen. M S “LALANDIA” from Singapore via Malacca and Port Swettenham. Sails same day
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    • 211 12 New Steamer Mui Hock Built By Norwegian Firm The steamer Mui Hock, which has been built by the Nylands Verksted to the order of A .S. Arne Sveers Rederi, Hvalstad, near Oslo, ran successful trials in June, prior to her departure for the Far East
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    • 174 12 Proposed Re-Establishment On New Basis Reports are circulating in Denmark which credit the United Steamship Co. with the intention of re-establishing the service to the United States. One is that a proposal has been made by United States interests to co-operate with the company fcr the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 95 12 j Automatic Record-Changing Plus Marconiphone Brilliance I Kl f g 5 iMMIIiMW/ I ul I THE LAST WORD IN COMPLETE AND LUXURIOUS ENTERTAINMENT. JUST THINK WHAT IT OFFERS YOU FIRST AND S I FOREMOST A FIDELITY OF TONE WHICH MUST BE t' HEARD TO BE APPRECIATED AND AN AUTOMATIC S
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1875 12 RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES —1 'I JACK PAYNE AND RADIO THE PICK OF THE HIS "BOYS" I PERSONaLiT.ES-81 PROGRAMMES i That well-known signature tune "Say it Tonight’s programme from Station ZHJ, 1 with Music,” with its forecasts of good cn- Penang, includes Prose reading (a story of tertainment, id once again
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  • 293 13 Contract For Dartmouth Firm The contiret for a non-magnetic ship] which, is to be ccnstiucted by the Admiralty for the purpose of compiling magnetic data at sea, has been placed with Messrs. Philip and Son. shipbuilders, of Dartmouth, i The vessel will be called the Research and
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  • 258 13 Damage By Fire Washington, Sept. 12. j It was officially revealed today that fires due to sabotage had occurred in three United States warships—the new battleships Quincy and Vincennes, and the bat- tie-cruiser Indianapolis. The statement followed a report of sabotage in the Indianapolis while she
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 838 13 joy T 1 3lm i 1 W?F£l&g SEEfeBEgI 3MZBI.II* FUMMSU LIMB Vessels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Doe (in conjunction with Gian Shire Line) Penang London AENEAS Marseilles, L’don, R’dam and Glasgow. Oct, 2 Oct. 31 GLENGARRY London, Rotterdam, Hamburg Antwerp Middlesborough. Oct. 9 Nov. 10 0. AGAMEMNON Marseilles, London,
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    • 744 13 Mr -’i®' I PO and Gt VZ BRITISH INDIA Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swettenham, contract with His Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail Service. “BULAN” Oct. 2 S/S “MATA HARI” Oct. 9 Outwards from London for China Japan.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 581 13 RADIO BERLIN Mcjs. (19.74 ra.) DJN 9.1 Me;» (81.45 m.). DJA 9.57 Mc|s. (31.38 m.). DJB 15.20 TODAY 6.15 p. m—Call DJE and DJB. German folk song. 6.20 —Concert of light music. 7.20 News in English. 7.35 —Greetings to Listeners in the “Far East.” Call DJQ 7.40 —Concert of light
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    • 264 13 cial news in Bengali. 6.ll—Weather reports and commercial news in English. 6. 3l —lndian theatrical night. 9.3l —News bulletin in English. 9.3l—Time signal. Close down. 2RO ROME Wavelength: 11.81 Mc|s (25.4 tn.) TODAY 9.20 p.m. -—Opening announcement. News in English. News in Japanese. Broadcast of operatic music. News in Italian.
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  • 715 14 COMPANY VOLUNTEERS Hague, West And Bevis In Form Splendid understanding between Hague and West, and good goal-kicking by Bevis were the features of the rugby match on the Esp anade yesterday between the Penang Sports Club and the B. Company, Penang Volunteers. The Volunteers secured
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  • 725 14 THE HOME TURF EIGHT HORSES IN CLOSE FINISH London, Sept, 19. In recent years the Ayr Gold Cup has provided races comparable with any sprint, handicaps in the “Calendar.” We have had many fine finishes for events of this type during the past few months,
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  • 22 14 VICTOR’S REWARD.—Miss- Mabel Hamblen, winner of the Maurice Salmon Cup for “Nippies,” being congratulated by the runner-up, Miss M. Taylor.
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  • 531 14 i First State Trial KENG HOCK SCORES FIVE GOALS i The first State hockey trial of the sea- son, played yesterday at the Hutchings School ground, proved to be of a poor ■standard, the Colours beating the Whites by seven goals to two. i The Colours
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  • 385 14 Fenong Football Assn. Cup-Tie P.W.F.A. BEATEN YESTERDAY After holding their own for about threequarters of the game, the Province Wellesley Football Association were beaten by the Old Xavierians’ Association in the semi-final of the Penang Football Association Cup competition yesterday on the Victoria Green
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 120 14 THE LEADING MEDICINE FOR ni SKIN DISEASES, ULCERS, /jjgjah SORES, ENLARGED GLANDS, BOILS, and BAD LEGS, PSgf-J RHEUMATIC COMPLAINTS, PAINFUL JOINTS, Jlllgl LOSS OF VIGOUR. I Clarke’s Blood Mixture Is the direct I wa X to as removes t^,e CAUSE k of the disease from the blood and restores health
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  • 720 15 TO MEET WINNER OF FOORD—NEUSEL CONTEST JOE LOUIS, the Detroit negro heavyweight, will almost certainly be seen in a contest in London some time next year; writes Joe Bromley in the “Sporting Life.” Mr. Sydney Hulls, who is staging the Ben Foord-Walter Neusel
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  • 379 15 Question Of Size U.S. Type Not The Solution During the numerous discussions of the past year concerning the ideal size and weight of the golf ball, it has often been .suggested that the entire problem could be solved by the adoption of the ball
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  • 67 15 ROWING Open Pairs Race Won By Vesta The 46th Invitation Regatta of Ibis R.C., the house club of Prudential Assurance Co., took place at Grove Park, Chiswick. A new event —an Open Pairs race—attracted three crews. Vesta won from Thames. Over 70 oarsmen competed in the scratch
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  • 336 15 Gruelling Six-Day Test In Germany TWO TROPHIES WON Garmisch (Bavaria), Sept. 23. The British team secured a great triumph m the international six-day motor-cycle reliability trial concluded here today. It won the International Trophy and the Silver Vase. The International Trophy was won by Mr. Vic Brittain,
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  • 139 15 MISS PAGET'S DECISION The Hon. Dorothy Paget announced last 1 week that the colt by Fairway —Golden Hair, for which she gave the record auction price of 15,000 guineas at the recent Doncaster Sales, would be trained next season by Mr. Frank Butters at Newmarket.
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  • 94 15 Quintin And Metropolitan Police Successful j The annual Thames Long-Distance Championship Skiff Marathons were decided over a course of about eight and a-half miles I from Putney Bridge to St. Margaret’s Boathouse, Isleworth. The race for A.R.A. oarsmen for the Heldmann Cup was again won by the QuinI
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  • 491 15 CYCLING SPEEDS SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL AMAZED LIZANA'S TENNIS GOOD AS LENGLEN? a recent luncheon in England Sir Malcolm Campbell, the fastest man on earth, got up and said “Nothing would induce me to travel at 46 miles an hour on a push bike.” He was surrounded by
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 204 15 J fhG moNt QGtfraUy _/m4^/benuinie- V* A I Them 1« i I iki 1,0 Sutetituta. Acts Ilka a eharm In Chaeke and arrests DIARRHOEA and CROUP, ague. STOMACH B Tha reliable Family remedy far and Is the only speetfle In INFLUENZA, COUGHS, COLDS I CHOLERA a7d MTliiH, AITIMA, BRONeaiTIL j
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  • 160 16 WHAT FASCISM IS DOING FOR SPAIN The-e rrcturrs dfrom Madrid show more graphically then c'uld any words, th** destruction and misery which is being inflicted on Spain by the insurgents. The p.ctures bring to mird similar scenes in London during the war years. Refugees, some
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