Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 January 1937

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 13. VoL XCV. SATURDAY. JANUARY 16, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 2616 1 Favourable Terms May Be Obtained PLANTERS’ MEETING AT KUALA LUMPUR TODAY (brom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 16. Il I the moment the important question of a pension fund for members is being inquired into. Various insurance companies have been'asked to put up
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  • 53 1 Tomorrow's issue of the Sunday Gazettee will contain a further article in the series by the well-known humorist, “O. B. H.” This week Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is the visitor.” The usual exclusive features will be included in the issue, and there will be special article on
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  • 65 1 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Worst For 15 Years Hong Kong, Jan 14. The worst shortage of rice for 15 years is causing much alarm among the populace of the Province of Kwangtung. Public and semi-G overnment departments have approached the provincial authorities to take steps to
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  • 218 1 Chang and Chiang In Conference Shanghai, Jan 11. The Sianfti revolt will be Settled by diplomatic means, according to an official report from Nanking which states that Gen. Chang Hsueh-liang is now in Fenghua, the native village of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, conferring with the Premier
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  • 133 1 .—Sin Chew Jit Poh. To Be Organised On National Scale Shanghai, Jan. 13. Gen. Pei Chung-hsi, the brain of the Kwangsi regulars find volunteers, will be offered a high military post shortly, according to information emanating from Nanking: which has proposed to create a hew post with
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  • 61 1 Some of the Hawker Demon two-seater fighter biplanes (Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine) of No. 604 (County of Middlesex) (Fighter) Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force shown flying past Worthing. These planes, which are capable of very considerable speed, will be used mainly for protecting the coasts of the
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  • 139 1 —Reuter. Spanish Women Demonstrate Marseilles, Jan 15. A vivid picture of the life in Madrid was described by a British woman refugee, when the British destroyer, Ardente, arrived with refugees of various nationalities She declared that the sh.-rtage of food in Madrid was the most serious, iind
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  • 79 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jlan. 16. The American questionnaire statistics for December last compared with November and December of 1935 are:— Arrivals, 57,049 tons, 44,296 tons awl 34,596 tons. Consumption, 49,626 tons, 50,303 tons and 42,942 tons. Manufacturers* Stocks, 147,874 tons, 142,416 tons and 166,000 tons.
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  • 20 1 Reuter. VINES BEATS FERRY Ellsworth Vines beat Fred Perry by 6- 3, 5—7, 6—4, 6—-1 at Pittsburg today.*-
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 1184 2 The Soul Of India “^^l what avail will superb new camera or an excellent sound effect be if the soul is non-existent in our film creation? The installation of that soul into our pictures is the greatest need of the hour,” said Mr. Devaki Rose, in
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  • 389 2 Commenting on the regeneration of Chinese nationalism, the China Times expresses disapproval of certain suggestions to affiliate China with one front or another in order to be more powerful in world affairs. Since the publication of the GermanJapanese pact which was later followed by an announcement
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  • 569 2 Strange Mingling Of Primitive Cultures Shanghai. A strange land where primitive cultures from many different parts of the earth seem to have mingled was des--1 < in bed to the l*o ii Asiatic Society by Mr. Clarence Griff u, noted authority < n aboriginal lite.
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  • 120 2 i Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance and Acting President of the Executive Yuan, has expressed his gratification at the unani- mous co-operation and support received from the foreign banks during the crisis arising out of Chang Hsueh-liang’s revolt !fci Shensi and the detention of General
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  • 190 2 Canton. Undaunted by the failure of the first Three-Year Plan introduced by the previous Southwest Government, the Kwangtung Provincial Government has completed another Three-Year Plan. The second plan includes education, agriculture, reconstruction, finance, civil affairs and kindred subjects. Like the previous project, the details and
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  • 138 2 To Be Introduced In Peiping Peipicg, The system of mass weddings which has proved so popular in other parts of China, will be shortly introduced in Peiping. I Regulations governing the celebration of these weddings have been approved by the Peiping Municipality and made public. These provide that
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  • 57 2 The Penarg Municipal Band will play at the Esplanade thia evening from 6.00 p.mto 7.30 p.m. Following is the programme:— March:—Great Big David: —Letter. Overture:—Tancredi: —Ros.sini: Selection: —Top Hat:—Berlin. Waltz:—Stories Of The Vienna Forest* —Straus.'. Cornet Solo:—A Garden In Brittany: —Gulliland. Selection: —Rome Marie:—Stothart. Fox Trot:—l’ve Got
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 433 2 Head Office 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams Gazette Penang. Singapore Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapore. Kuala Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. London Office 40. 43, Fleet Street, London E.C.4 Phone Central 3608—3609 Tel Leadmalaya London. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Penang Within
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  • 311 3 on the Queen’s dress and train. —British Wireless. Their Majesties To Entertain And Be Entertained London, Jan. 15. The programme of the Coronation celebrations shows that a series of important royal events have l>een arranged for the three months from May to July during
    on the Queen’s dress and train.—British Wireless.  -  311 words
  • 252 3 Mr. Hearst Heads The List With £lOO,OOO New York, Jan. 6. According to a report presented by the Treasury Department to Congress today Mr. William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper publisher, has retained his position as the earner of the largest salary in America with
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  • 40 3 SIAM BELGIUM SIGN EXTRADITION TREATY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Jan. 14. The Belgian Minister and the Siamese Minister for Foreign Affairs this moaning signed the extradition treaty between the two countries. This had been under negotiation for several years.
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  • 204 3 AUXILIARY FORCi COMMODORE First Prince To Serve With R. A. F, (From Our London Staff) London, Jan. 8. The Air Ministry ancounced that the King has assumed the appointment es Air Commodore-in-Chief of the squadrons comprising the Auxiliary Air Force. His Majesty, who as
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  • 128 3 Bishop's Punishment Of Pastors Rescinded Berlin. Jan. 11. As a result of the church conflict which broke out in Luebeck nine pastors who were members of the Confessional movement were removed from office by regional Bishop Eiilzer. Upon refusing to submit to the erders of the Bishop,
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  • 90 3 —Reuter. Negotiations Open On Monday New York, Jan. 15. The Governor of Michigan announced a truce in the motor strike. Negotiations for a permanent settlement will open in Detroit on Jan. 18. Lansing, (Michigan), Jan. 15. It is authoritatively learv.ed that G°neral Motors Corporation have agreed to
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  • 18 3 PRINCE CHARMING. Madge ElT.att, who played principal bay in the pantomime, “Cinderella," at the Coliseum, Landon.
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  • 110 3 Reuter Wireless. Saving $30,000,000 Annually Washington. Jan. 12. President Roosevelt has recommended to Congress a thorough reorganisation of the Government s administrative machine: y including the creation of two new cabinet posts, nunely Secretary f.r Social Welfare and Secretary for Public Works and the appointment of
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  • 126 3 Reuter Wireless. Sir Miles Lampson As First British Ambassador Cairo, Jan. 12. Egypt’s new status was marked today by the ceremonious presentation of his credentials as first British Ambassador by. Sir Miles Lampson who hitherto has been' High Commissioner. Sir Miles drove tc the Abdin Palace in
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  • 490 3 DINNER To Sir HUBERT GOUGH Distinguished List Of Supporters (From Our London Staff) ;London, Jan. 9. General Sir Hubert Gough is shortly to meet, at a London dinner in his honour, many of the officers who served under him in the Fifth Army during March, 1918. The
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  • 59 3 shipyards in the near future. —Reuter Wireless. Berlin, Jan. 12. The first of a series of 16 new destroyers claimed to be of the most modem construction will be launched at Kiel on Jan. 14. The destroyers are of 1,625 tons. Fifteen others are being
    shipyards in the near future.—Reuter Wireless.  -  59 words
  • 318 3 Big Flying Changes (From Our London Staff) London, Jan. 8. A complete Empire air service based on Southampton, with all rail links eliminated, is to begin much sooner than was expected. Wthin the next few months, all the Imperial Airways Empire services will fly
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  • 280 3 1000,000 Extra To Be Found London, Jan. 8. Parliament will probably be asked to vote more money for the unemployed this year. When the revised Unemployment Assistance Regulations were approved last summer, it was estimated that an additional £750,000 of public money would be distributed yearly
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  • 53 3 groat satisfaction in France.— Reuter Wireless. The French military attache at Tangier.-?, Captain Luiset, has been granted u safe conduct tc travel freety in Spanish Morocco including Melilla and Ceuta by Colonel Beigbeder, acting High Commissioner in Spanish Morocco. This decision h s given groat satisfaction in
    groat satisfaction in France.— Reuter Wireless.  -  53 words
  • 266 3 French War Office Decision Paris, Jan. 3. The French military authorities are takirf steps to conscript all young men of n». nationality who live in France into the arrj-y--for two years’ service. A census is being taken of men between the ages of 20 and 33
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    • 112 3 COULD HARDLY EAT for 29 YEARS** Stomach Sufferer’s amazing recovery. Here’s proof positive you can end stomach trouble Mr. H. P. Martin» Kelvedon, writes “I suffered for the Last 29 years and could hardly eat anything without pain until I bought ‘Bisurated* Magnesia. I was free from pain almost at
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  • 295 4 EUROPEAN FIRM'S CLAIM DISMISSED Singapore, Jan. 14. Tn a judgment which ran into 69 pages of typed foolscap and which took two nours to deliver, the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice P. A. McElwaine, dismissed the claim of Messrs. Stanton Nelson and Co., Ltd., In the case
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  • 151 4 Charge Of Receiving Bribe Before Mr H. A. Forrer in the Criminal District Court, Singapore on Tuesday, Lim Woe-Soon, a public servant in the Immigration Dept., was charged with having received an illegal gratification of $4 with tJ e motive of procuring a certificate of adjn ssion. Abu
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  • 1353 4 IPOH SWIMMING CLUB FUNCTION The Ipoh Swimming Club was “at home” to members and guests last night. There was sati supper and specially made pork pies from 8.30 to 9.00 p.m. Jonny’s Hungarian Band from the Kit Kat Restaurant played dance music from 9.45 onwards. The occasion
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  • 404 4 Story Of Quarrel Over Gambling Debt (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 14. “I staked 20 cents and won the money which I staked. 1 was not paid full amount but was given 4 cents, which I refused to accept, and the banker asked
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  • 68 4 —Reuter Wireless. Jerusalem, Jan. 12. Declaring for Arab national independence within Palestine the Mufti of Jerusalem officially opened the Arab case before the Royal Commission. The Mufti demanded abandenment of the Jewish national Home experiment and the immediate complete stoppage of Jewish immigration and land
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  • 217 4 Sikh Released Singapore, Jan. 14. Grey-bearded Jowand Singh, who stood his trial at the Singapcre Assizes, before Mr. Justice Adrian CHrke and a special jury, on a charge of having committed -he murder of a fellow Sikh, Natha Singh, seven years ago in Robinson Road,
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  • 232 4 DETAILS OF $250,000 STRUCTURE (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 14. Plans cf the new central markM which is to go up in Rodger Street at a cost of a quarter of a million dollars, which were shown to a Pinang Gazette representative, give a
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    • 618 4 ANOTHER STOMACH OPERATION AVOIDED by Maclean Brand Stomacii Powder “Round about the first week of February writes Mr. M. 8., “I became ill. The firr symptoms were that I was very weak could hardly walk, and could not eat because of terrible pain in the stomach, between the shoulders, and
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  • 650 5 TELLS OF AFTER-LIFE REUNION WITH HUSBAND Messages By Invisible Hand IN a darkened room at Bedford Park, West London, a ghostly hand is writing in letters of light a strange love story. The unseen hand, spiritualists say, is that of Lady Caillard, who, until
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  • 145 5 Details which have been received of commercial air progress in South America contain interesting particulars of the air-lines of Bolivia. For some of the airways of Bolivia it is claimed that they operate at the •highest altitudes, and under the most exacting conditions, of any
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  • 94 5 Coastal shipping on the East Coast of the Peninsula bias been seriously delayed in the past few days. In Singapore monscon rains have held up work on important defence and constructional undertakings. “It has been an exceptionally bad monsoon.” remarked a shipping official. All vessels
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  • 353 5 FAMILY BAH ENDS ROMANCE Cairo. Handsome thirty-four-year-old Prince Said Halim has renounced “the girl <rf his dreams,” a beautiful blende American, Miss Kyros McCullock, whom he met in Paris. For six years Prince Said Halim wandered over the Continent, running through a fortune of
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  • 517 5 “Prefects" For Work Parties Sir Curtis Lampson, explorer of African deserts, traveller in many lands, recently penetrated into a hinterland he never knew existed—a walled city only five miles or so from Piccadillycircus where 800 men live a modernised Robinson Crusoe existence.
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  • 667 5 “ROMANCES TO BLAME” Ashford, Middlesex. Comparatively penniless, a woman who once earned £lO,OOO a year as a worldfamous aviator, told a correspondent of The People of her regrets for the past and hopes for the future. She is the former Lady Heath, formerly Mrs.
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  • 193 5 Imperial Mail Plane Undamaged (From Our Own Correspondent.> Bangkok, Jan. 14. The westbound Imperial aircraft “Artemis” landed at Hua Hin for petrol at 10.45 last night. Owing to mist the aerodrome was difficult to pick tip and the pilot landed on a beach of white
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  • 703 6 The Veil May Be Abolished Baghdad. One of the first acts of the new Prime Minister, Hikmet Suleiman, bus been to follow the example of his idol, Kemal Ataturk, and put the male population of Iraq into European headgear. The East is very “hat-conscious,” and in
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  • 173 6 AIR MAIL A mail for Amsterdam and London by K.L.M. service will, close at 7 a.m. tomorrow. A mail for Java ar.d Southern Sumatra via Singapore and thence by K.L.M. service will close at 8 a.m. tomorrow. I A mail for Siam, Burma, India, Iraq, Egypt,
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  • 247 6 GUNMAN KILLED IN QUARREL OVER SHARE New York, Jan. 3. In a pnorly furnished flat here today police—seeking gunmen who had carrie 1, out an £B,OOO hold-up—found one of them, Fred Dunn, sprawled over a table with a bullet in his heart. Downstiairs sat Dunn’s young wife, Sally
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    • 197 6 IT WAS AGONY V. TO STOOP L V Backache Made Him Feel An Old Man at 31 Thi.’ man of 31 was prematurely aged by kidney trouble, when he should have b-en thp bpst vears of his Ixfe. ho tow B&lShen gave him back his h-.nh, ten weeks, owing to
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 196 6 BOSCO MATINEE TOMORROW AT 11.30 a.m. "MURDER BY AN ARISTOCRAT" Warner Bros., startling mystery thriller I ai TODAY3SHOWS 2.45 6.15 9.30 3 great stars in the sparkling drama of triangle love affairs! The story of two men in love with the same girl But each tries to give her up
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    • 184 6 11 4 NEXT CHANGE RIP-SNORTIN' drama! RED-BLOODED thrills! As only this six-shootin’ star of the West can provide them for you! bfJtißa fl A Univttial Picture wit» Oorathy R«vi«r P*S9Y C«mpb«M Leroy Mown Here’s Another Great Hit At Your Favourite Theatre g 4 WINDSOR < >* Ux THREE SHOWS TODAY
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    • 98 6 MMIW LAST 3 SHOWS TODAY: 2.45 6.15 9.30 ALEXANDER KORDA’S Magnificent Achievement? H. G. WELLS’ “The Man Wt Who Could jMK Work BmU Miracles” W ROLAND YOUNG JOAN GARDNER “The Best Possible Entertainment” Says “THE DAILY SKETCH.” OPENING TOMORROW 2.45 6.15 9.30 OXE OF THE TRULY GREAT PICTURES OF THE
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  • 2004 7 OUTSTANDING IMPROVEMENTS IN LATEST MODELS Broadcast Talk By Mr. L. Brent i C T K I may be forgiven if I again discuss some of the 1 more interesting and outstanding improvements in the newest models many of which are only recently to be
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  • 37 7 GETTING DOWN TO IT.—All set for the start of the model yacht race at Clapham Common. They had to break the ice before they could begin, but then everything was just—well, plain sailing.
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  • 251 7 Stallholder Pleads Guilty Some time in November last, a Chinese lady went to the Chowrasta Market and inadvertently left a pair of bracelets in one of the stalls. When she went back shortly after to look for it, she found it missing She made a report to
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  • 197 7 STRIKING TRIBUTE TO HIS WORK IN AFRICA (From Our London Staff.) London, Jan. 7. A striking tribute is paid in the current issue of “East Africa” to the work done in Kenya by Capt. A.T.A. Ritchie, who has recently been appointed Chief Game Warden of the
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  • 162 7 A Chinese youth, Tan Mah Guan, was yesterday sentenced to three months’ rigorous imprisonment in addition to six months’ police supervision, by Mr. H.A.L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court for theft of a bicycle valued $26 belonging to Ong Ah Khor. The complainant lost his bicycle
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  • 50 7 —Reuter Wireless. Stockholm, Jan. 12. The Speech from the Throne at the opening of Parliament emphasises the need for strengthening the defences, the cost of which will be 170,000,000 kroner but no fresh taxes are necessary as revenue has increased owing to the recovery from the economic depression.
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  • 26 7 —British Wireless. The King and Queen have sent congratulations to Prebendary Carlisle, founder of the Church Army, who today celebrated his 90th birthday.
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    • 428 7 UGLY LARGE PORES -BLACKHEADS Caused by Wrong face Rowder SSlh I Cl New Invention Makes Powder ’NON CLOGGING Dr. M. Catrin of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris says: Starchy powders enter the pores and swell, causing the pores to enlarge. Powders containing tiny particles of grit irritate the delicate'
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  • 552 8 MECCA, the sanctuary ol Islam, is once again in the limelight. During the past few'months pilgrims from many parts of the world,' and an unusually large number from 'Malaya this year, have travelled to, the Mohammedan holy city of Mecca to perform the annual pilgrimage which is
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  • 30 8 Owing to heavy pressure on space, Letters to the Editor submitted by “Dog Fan” and “A Non-Third Class Indian Citizen.” are unavoidably held over until Monday’s issue.
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  • 50 8 —Pinang Gazette Cable. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 16. The Gordon (Malaya) Rubber Elites, Ltd., are issuing 257,000 ordinary 2|- shares at par to shareholders, one for every ten held in Jan. 18, to provide funds for the requisition of 495 planted acres in Negri Sembilan.-
    —Pinang Gazette Cable.  -  50 words
  • 53 8 Mr. Arthur Newark, Chief Instructor of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club, is resigning his post with the Club next February, it was officially announced yesterday. It is understood that Mr. Newark will take up an important position at the new Singapore Civil Aerodrome, which will be opened
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  • 96 8 —Reuter. Detroit, Jah. 16. The truce in the Genend Motor strike was termed by Mr. John Lewis as eminently satisfactory’. Obviously the ensuing neg tiations will bring forth collective bargaining agreement between both sides.” The Labour Union r 'agi*eed tbnt the sit down strikers should evacuate
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  • 287 8 Medical Missionary's Claim Leprosy can no longer be classed as an incurable disease, according to Dr. T. Howard Somervell, the former Mount Everest climber, who has for more than thirteen years been a medical missionary at Neyyoor, in Travancore, Southern India. "At the present time,” Dr.
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  • 457 8 What is Trulh?-The Facts Speak for Themselves Also Ugures-Notes on Circulation /✓YYTHAT is truth?” said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. In this column yesterday we examined the claim of a Penang newspaper regarding its circulation. We said: 1 his newspaper sells nominally at
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  • 483 8 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) Sei vices for the week commencing Sunday. January 18, T 937. SUNDAY. JANUARY 18. 1937: 2ND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 8.00 a.m. Matins and Litany. Psatrn 27 Jubilate Deo Hyrrm 80. 8.45 a.m. Holy Communion. 10.30 a.m. Matin (Chinese), > 6.00
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    • 95 8 The Lovable Fragrance Its cool freshness and exquisite fragrance hag made Yardley Lavender the leading perfume of the day. For so many social and sporting activities of modern life when an assertive perfume could not be worn, the simple fragrance of the Yardley Lavender strikes just the right note of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 293 8 SATURDAY, I6th JANUARY, 1937. Chin Loo Magic Acrobatic Show CANTONESE OPERA: 161U37 “Tat Foo Wan San Hor” 17 1'37 "See Jin Kooi” Part 8. KHENGCHEW OPERA: 16 1[37 "Chak Chai Hong Ong” 17 1j 37 “The Story of Keat-Chai-Peng” OPEN-AIR CINEMA: 16 1 j3T "A Visit to Western World” 17
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  • 477 9 “IT MUST BE EQUAL” Conviction Against Malay Quashed (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 16. w T US'! ICE to be justice must be equal justice. If it is not equal I justice, then it is not justice at all,” remarked the Hon’-ble Mr. Justice Aitken
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  • 299 9 S.R.A. s TENTATIVE UST lII'- The tentative racing schedule for 1937 Issued by the Committee of the Straits «acing Association with the approval of the Committees of the Associated Clubs is es follows; PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS Perak Jan Feb. Meeting. Horses 2 and 3 and Pocies 1
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  • 49 9 Subject to the usual approval of His Majesty the King, the Honourable Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, J P, has been provisionally appointed an unofficial member of the Legislat ve Council for a further per.od of three years from Jan. 11, states the Government Gazette.
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  • 289 9 Meal Weather At Kuala Lumpur (From Our Own Correspondent» Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 16. The stage is set for today’s big rugger mtitch final between Selangor and the Army for the Malaya Cup. The weather this morning was ideal, with plenty of sunshine and no wind,
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  • 190 9 "NO MATERIAL DAMAGE TO REPUTATION" (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 15. Dr. Clyde Cornwall Fenton, Australia's Flying Doctor, was awarded $5OO damages out of his claim for $4,500 against the “Straits Times” Press Limited for libel. Dr. Fenton complained that the ’‘Straits Times,” in
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 504 9 NOTICES Under the distinguished patronage amt immediate presence of LIM CHENG EAN, Esq., 8.A., L.L.8., The Madras Premier' Amateurs, the picked actors of the wellknown Madras Secretariat and the Sugutuu Vilasa Sabah, will stage two Tamil plays. Rama, the Ideal son, and Nandanar <m Saturday, the 16th Jan., ’37 and
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous

  • 698 10 POTENTIAL DANGERS OF QUOTA SYSTEM There are certain innovations, both desirable and undesirable, in the Trade Agree•ateikt which has been concluded between Great Britain and Argentina, in the opinion Jrf the Empire Industries Association. Perhaps the most satisfactory feature '•f thia new agreement is the disappearance 1
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  • 121 10 Aneta-Trans Ocear. Basle, Jan. 12— The report of the Ba» k of International Settlements for the month of December was read at a meeting of the Board of Governors on Monday ard reveals that trans«ctions of the bank have increased. Medium term invest meets have increased
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  • 1274 10 Cargo, Hull Shipowners’ Liability Various functions of marine insurance were described by Mr. S.D. McComb, manager of the Marine Office of America, when he addressed a gathering at the Marine Exhibition in New York. “In considering what might be termed ‘wet’ marine insurance," he said, “the
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  • 124 10 —Aneta-Trans-Ocean. Paris, Jan. 11. The members of the Association of Paris Stockbrokers have addressed a memorandum to premier If. Blum and the Finance Minister, in which they draw attention to the inadvisibility of keeping the Bourse open on Saturdays. They state it is dangerous
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  • 329 10 The “rather serious” position of United Kingdom trade with Australia is discussed by Mr. R.W. Dalton, the British Senior Trade Commissioner in the Commonwealth in his report, dated last October, on the “Economic and Commercial Conditions in Australia,” published by the
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  • 497 10 Malaya Has Most Votes (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Jan. 7. Although a full draft of the new international Un restricUon agreement has not yet been published, information concerning the details of the scheme trickles through from the Dutch correspondents of London’s financial press. It
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  • 140 11 ATLANTIC GALE HITS SCOTLAND A I I Oh A hase Have wiut.» swep; ove. »ne Ayr < v-rl v V 2~\ A ILjJLv promenade scattcri.:®: pedestrians and swamp. j t rars. This part of the Scottish coast—already noted for its wild weather— has received full
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 92 11 Get Your Sales Message Home In all parts of the world the foundation cf every successful advertising campaign of any size —is newspaper advertising. Heads of big business everywhere constantly pay tribute to press advertising and its power to create and maintain demand for their products. Millions of pounds spent
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 797 12 Must Build Vessels Of Competitive Size And Speed SUBSIDIES WHICHI NEVER REACH SHIPOWNERS POINTING out that in South American and West Indian shipping, Ameri- can lines were out-numbered by foreign competitors who had speeda ™l»rn shins Mr C. H. C. Pearsall, president of the ier,
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    • 60 12 Plans of trans-Atlantic passenger lines to increase wrinter cruises to the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and northern ports of South America, have been approved by the U.S. Maritime Commission, states a New York message. All the carriers are foreign lines except the United States Lines, whose
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    • 41 12 King George VI., who, as Duke of York and heir to the throne, was president of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, has been pleased to become its patron. He is the seventh Sovereign to be its patron.
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    • 270 12 Liverpool. "The New Zealand Government is anxious to maintain the status o/ shipp Jnr in the Pacific. This statement was made by the Hon Walter Nash, the New Zealand Minister of Finance, who is on a visit to England when he was welcorhed by’the
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    • 304 12 S.S. “CLEAKAFFARIC” from Far East via Singapore. Sails same day for Colombo, Port Said. London, Rotterdam. Hamburg and Antwerp. M.S. “SAL’ERLAND” from China, Japan. Manila via Singapore. Sails same day for Colombo, Port Said. Genoa, Antwerp. Rotterdam and Hamburg. S.S. “NEUMARK” from Bremen, Hamburg. Rotterdam. Antwerp. Port
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    • 73 12 Anchor Line, Ltd., announces that Mr. H. Cowan-Douglas and Mr. J. G. Humble have been elected to the board. Mr. Cowan-Douglas is a member of the firm of Aitken, Mackenzie and Co., chartered accountants, and a director of Messrs. Alexander McDougall and Co. and Scottish Allied
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    • 45 12 Manchester Ship Canal receipts in November, 1936, totalled £92,433, a decrease of £13,335 on November, 1935. For the 11 months of last year the receipts total £1,155,730 compared with £1,140,558 in the corresponding period of 1935, showing an increase of £15,172.
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    • 131 12 Changes In Schedules The s.s. Krian commences her annual survey on Thursday, Feb. 11 and her sailings from that date will be taken by the s.s. Peiuk. She will resume her usual schedule commencing with the sailing to Teluk Anson and Bagan Datoh on Thursday, March 25.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1531 12 RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES B. B. C. EMPIRE STATION Ib.b.c. in time of war TODAY Studios That Could Be Tune in on the following wave- Bomb-Proof TRANSMISSION 2. lengths: I TRANSMISSION 2 IT was revealed recently that Lt.-Col. •.20 p.m.—Big Ben. Frederic Bayco, I Stafford late the Kind’s Ro«t the Organ
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 754 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE 1 Vessels. LONDON AND NOBTH CONTINENT Leave Due (Ln conjunction with Glen A Shire Line) Penang London GLENAFFARIC L’don, R’dam, H’burg, Antwerp Middlesbrough Jan. 16 Feb. 15 HECTOR Marseilles, London, Rotterdam Glasgow. Jan 22 Feb. 17 GLENSHIEL London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp
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    • 797 13 /a k vplnx '*a jr\ o and Gt VZ BRITISH INDIA Pentneular and Oriental B.N. Co., undei .Penang, Teluk Anson, Pert Swettenham, contract with His Majesty's Government Malacca and Singapore Service London and Far East Mail Service. s/S “BULAN” Jan. 22 Outwards from London for China Japan. due Penang 1936
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 1036 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES‘■ft; 1 fr" 8.46 ‘Two Romantics”f Chopin and 7.35 Concert of light music (contd.) Schumann. A short introductory 8. 15 Greetings to listeners in the Ne- talk followed by a recital of gratherlands Indies. mophone records 8.20 News acd economic review in 9.46 Time signal. Close down. German. Call
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  • 522 14 MAXIE BLUE KNOCKED OUT BY GABO (BY “SPECTATOR’’) For the first time in the history of Balik Pillau, that little suburb on the west coast of Penang, a boxing promotion was held at the Sin Kheng Theatre Hall last night. To some of the
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  • 322 14 VERY Hivn STANDARD INDccu' E. H. Bromley and J. Scaite, the two Australian cricketers who were engaged us coaches by the Maharajau oi Patiala, are returnivg to Australia in tue P. and O. Mvoltan. Taey passed tnreugh Colombo last week. They spent the last nine days of
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  • 60 14 Captains And Convenors Elected Cricket soccer members ol the Penfrug Sports duh met last evening at the Cricket Pavilion to elect cricke* and soccer captains ard convenors for tie current ytar. The election resulted as follows: Cricket—captain: Dr. H. O. Hopkins; convenor: Mr. J. E. Miller.
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  • 168 14 —Reuter. Centuries By Barnett And Hardstaff Hobart, Jan. 15. Tn a,three day match against a Combined Tasmanian Eleven the M.C.C., batting first, hit up 392 runs for 8 wickets till the close of play. They had 92 for one wicket at the lunch interval and 236
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  • 192 14 To Be Held At Ayer Itam j Tomorrow Following is the programme of the Rotary Boys’ Sports to be held tomorrow at the Boys’ Club, Ayer Itam, Penang:— 2.35 p.m. 100 Yards Race Class 1. 2.40 p.m. 100 Yards Race Class 2. 2.45 p.m. 100 Yards Race
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  • 311 14 MATCHES TO BE PLAYED AT HOME TODAY The third round ties in the F.A. Cup competition will be played at Home today, as follows: Manchester U. vs. Reading. Wolves vs. Middlesbro. Bradford vs. Derby. Cardiff vs. Grimsby. Brentford vs. Huddersfield. Crewe vs. Plymouth. Bury vs.
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  • 72 14 The following will represent the Butterworth Recreation Club in their hockey match against the Claeton Club on the B.R.C. Padang at 5.15 this evening: P. A. Aerie.; N. A. Pestana &d V. C. Westerhout; J Joshua, A. J. Williams and J. R. P. Soper; S. Maniam, S. T.
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  • 541 14 Success In Inter-State Matches (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. Jan. 9. The annual general meeting of the Malacca Lawn Tennis Association was held at the premises of the dub (town premises) yesterday. The election of Office-bearers resulted as follows: President, the Hon. Mr. G. R. Sykes;
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  • 34 14 Schoolboy Boxers.—London Schools championships took place at the Stadium Club, Holborn. recently. Here is Valentine Slade, the 13-year-old Fulham entrant, being chaired by his chums at St. Thomas of Canterbury School. Fulham.
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  • 595 14 Full Programme Of Meeting At Ipoh Nixt Month (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, J an 15 The Northern Malayan Amateur Golf Championship meeting, open o n h to members of recognised Golf Clubs in Penang, Province WeH cs l eVf Kedah and Perak, will be
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 75 14 V When a WOMAN w teils you that people often take her j I (or years younger than ——she is, that she puts this down to her white teeth, that P u ts those down to 1 I ie s h cs used nothing but Calvert’s Tooth Powder since she
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  • 253 15 TIME LIMIT CAMPAIGN The grateful thanks of all normal players ire due to Cyril Tolley for the campaign I tie is waging against the “go-slows” of golf. How many times, have you felt the urge to assassinate the man who is holding up your game by waggling
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  • 184 15 Fourth Round Knock Out In U.S. The American campaign of Maurice Strickland, New Zealand heavyweight received a set-back when he was knocked out in the fourth round of a ten-round contest in Chicago by Eddie Winston, American negro heavy-weight. Maurice had the negro down for two
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  • 1073 15 First Appearance As Pro. TERRIFIC FIGHT BEFORE CROWD OF 17,000 New York, Jan. 7. RAKING his first appearance as a professional, F. J. Perry defeated Ellsworth Vines in four sets by 7 —5, 3—6, 6—3, 6—4 in a match billed as “for the professional lawn
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  • 11 15 A DANIELL/ QUARTETTE, rained by Powell at Wembley.
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  • 147 15 Starter Not Seen Owing To Squint Tokyo. Women fainted and man rtormed the committee rooms at Kokura Racecourse to demand their money tack when Shime Cup, ridden by Takahashi Yo, a jockey with a squint was left 30 lengths in a hurdle race with a
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  • 70 15 At the epening of the Olympic Games in Berlin it was-announced by Herr Hitler that the names of all winners would be carved on a commemorative tablet to be placed in the Berlin Stadium. Two Olympic winners, E. Kabos and K. Karpati, representing Hungary, will
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  • 69 15 Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, the Polish girt lawn tennis star, has been awarded Poland’s “Prize of Honour” for the most meritorious performance of the year. The award usually goes to the leading athlete, but the Athletic Association of Poland has decided that no athletic performance in 1936 merited
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  • 302 15 ICE HOCKEY: WEMBLEY ALL-STARS, 6; EARLE’S COURT, ALL-STARS, 4 Six goals in the first thirteen minutes gave the Wembley versus Earl’s Court All- Star game e. fiery start at the Empire Pool recently. Wembley eventually ran out winners by six goals to four, and so avenged their
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  • 870 15 Nurmi v. Plato Flu Clouds Silver Lining—Turf Romance •HE recent remark of Nurmi, the famous I Finnish athlete, “Personally I cannot bear to watch a female contorting her body in the javelin contest, or convulsing her features in a race,” and his opinion > that women should
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  • 234 15 Cannot Play In Rider Cup Until 1941 |T seems harsh, now that Jack McLean has decided to abandon amateurism, that such a great golfer must serve five years as a “probationer professional” before being eligible to play for his country in the Ryder Cup. Former champion
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    41 15 THEIR COACH. The boys of Gatef orth-street (Marylebone) School, uaving won the cricket trophy for junior school» in Marylebone. are after football honauru They owe their success largely to their teacher, Mrs. Beveridge whe eoaehes them gtocs psnctieal imtraetina.
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  • LATEST SHARE AND COMMODITY NEWS
    • 309 16 Weak Tba Stack was quiet but tin was Loudon, Jan. IS. CM. 5 Yesterday Rise or Fall Mta, 4 px., IW* 7 i «tap WK S 4 11S Zu Cml W Am (Vteto) >4'lniiiliil *“A** Amcc. (Ma »A) CL Weaten Ord. Cba. Pec. ($25) «5* Arte I—Cpli
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    • 121 16 Loudon. Jan. 15. "RUBBER Firmer. Spot buyers 104 sellers. Jan./March 10J buyers 10? sellers. April/June lOg buyers 105 sellers. July/Sept. 10i B buyers 10H sellers. New York: 22.20 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 31.792 tons Liverpool 44,709 tons CPPRA Straits 8.0. Routuutt&i £24.10.0. PEPPER White Muntok in
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    • 121 16 Landon on Previously Latest Pkrfs 105 9’64 105 964 Blew York 4.91 4.91 A Montreal 4.91 J 4.91 J Mrusscls 29.11 29.11 J Geneva 21.38 21.38 J .Amsterdam 8.96$ 8.96$ «Mn 93$ 93A »etHn 12.21 12.20 J Wtsciiliola 19.39 H 19.39 H Cqrmhagen 22.40 22.40 4tato 19.90 10.90
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    • 222 16 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations m MESSRS. KENNEDY A Co.’4 SiM* Urt today tpjjQ Buyers SeUMBAmpat 5|3 5 I« Ayer Weng 180 190 Batu Selangor l-<® 150 Hong Fatt I- 54 IWi Jelapang 26 i 9 27 1 3 Johan 81 34 Jelebu 1.321 1-371 Kampong Lan
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    • 226 16 RUBBER: Buyers Seilers Allenbys 205 2.15 Ayer Panas 2.05 2.15 Bassetts -871 Batu Lin tangs 1.521 ***** Bedfords 1.375 1.42 J Bentas 1.45 1-50 Brogas 1.17 J 1-20 Indragiris I.7ZJ 1-80 Lunas 2.35 2.425 Mandai-Tekong» .225 -25 M. Pindas 1.92 1 2.00 Mentakabs .50 .521 N. Scudais 1.92
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    • 165 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. ■TIN:—- Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.45 1.50 Hong Fatt 1.55 1371 Jelebu 1.321 1.375 Kuchai IJO I.7scum Lukut 1 1-35 1.40 North Taiping 92 J 95 10.25 10.50 Rahman Hyd. 1.421 1.471 Rantau Ordy. 1.471 1321 Rantau Pref. 1.50 1.55 Sungei Luas 2.30 2.35 Sungei Ways 3.15
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    • 275 16 The following are the changes in our quotations up to noon today RUBBER:— Buyers Sellers Allanbys 2.05 2.15 Ayer Panas 2.05 2.15 Bassetts -9° 95 Batu Lintangs 132} 137} Bedfords *-40 *-4® Bentas Brogas 120 I s Indragirls 1.72} 1-77} Kempas 3.05 3.10 Lunas 2.40 230 Malaka Pindas
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    • 119 16 HN YESTERDAY TODAY London —(Spot) £231.10.0 £232.10.0 London —(S months) £232.10.0 £233. 5.0 Singapore $115.12} $115.50 Business Done Penang a Bualueas Dons COPRA.—(Sundrtsd) -$10.40... $10.45 BLACK PEPPER 3 $ll.OO $ll.OO RUBBER >— London 10f}d 10Hd Wow York 21Jc(G) 21$c(G) Singapore- Spot 37 2 c 37Jc Feb.|Mar 37gc 37g
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    • 150 16 LEAN CO. TODAY’S OPENING QDOTATION g TIN:— Buyers Sellers Asams 33|6 34|3 A. Wengs 1.75 1.85 B. Selangors 1.47} 1.55 Hong Fatts 1.52} 1.57} Katus 23[3 2413 K. Kampars 16|0 16|9 K. Lanjuts 26’9 27|6cd Kuchais 1.72} 1.77} Laruts 1419 1516 Lukuts 1.35 1.40 Nawng Pets 95 1,00 N. Taipings
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 129 16 banks. A NEW SAFE DEPOSIT SERVICE SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES for the *»fe keeping o$ valuables, Important documents, records, etc., etc., are available at OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED. Nos. 28 30, BEACH STREET, PENANG. The following are the important features of this service:— SECURITY—PRIVACY ACCESSIBILITY—SECRECY MODERATE FEES. Complete details obtainable upon
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    • 538 16 HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hong Kong) The Liability of members is limited to th» extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Cokmy. Office:— HONG KONO. Authorised Capital $50,000 00r Issued and Fully paid up $20,*****c Reserve Funds: Sterling 6,500 Silver
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