Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 February 1937

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 42. Vol. XCV. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 188 1 .—Reuter. 100 Deputy Sheriffs Join In “Battle” GRAVE SITUATION DEVELOPS Waukegan, (Ill.), Feb. 20. HE success of General Motors stay-in strikers defiance of the injunction against them has brought a wave of sit-down strikers throughout the whole countrv. Six persons were injured in a violent clash
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  • 95 1 ■Reuter. Spanish Government Successes FRANCO PREPARES NEW OFFENSIVE Madrid, Feb. 20. Government forces have improved their position in the area north-eejst of the capital and have occupied an important line of tranches along Corunna Road and also occupied the heights around the village of laplantia commanding the
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  • 74 1 —British Wireless. Soviet Governmenr Fob's Into Line London, Feb. 19. The Soviet Government has sent a note Y» the Brit sh Government signifying their adherence to the Protocol of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 with regard to Submarine warfare. Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy,
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  • 41 1 —Reuter. Moscow, Feb. 19. The death has taker, place, from heart tsflune, of Grigory Orjonikidze, Commissar tfnr heavy industries. He was a lifelong •fWend of M. Stalin and one of the ablest Members of the Political Bureau.-
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  • 59 1 The local authorities are giving them facilities bo familiarise themselves wit h airplanes and they hare made a number of model aircraft in their spare time. It was on
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  • 100 1 ANOTHER OPTIMISTIC FORECAST Berlin, Feb. 20. Officials announce today that the first factory on a commercial scale wi|» >e ..ready at the end of 1937 and will be n production in the spring of 1938. Buna ■s a substitute for rubber. Other factories are planned and it
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  • 49 1 Braddock To Defend Title Against Louis Jimmy Braddock, the world’s heavyweight champion, who, according to a Reuter's message from Chicago, has signed articles with Joe Louis, negro challenger, to meet in a title fight on June 22 over 15 rounds at the Comiskey Park Baseball Stadium.
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  • 80 1 ,—Reuter Wireless Each Dominion To Be SpecFcally Mentioned London, Feb. 20Slight changes appear in the new Coronation Oath which has been approved after discussions with the Dominions. Instead of the words “United Kingdom and Dominions” whose peoples His Majesty swears to govern according to the
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  • 80 1 With Those Who Repudiated Debts Washington, Feb. 19. The proposal that no reciprocal trade treaty should be made with any nation which repudiated or refused to pay or adjust its debt to the U.S.A, was made in a resolution and introduced to the Senate by Mr.
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  • 57 1 —Reuter. Government To Subsidise Scheme Washington, Feb. 19. An appropriation bill for 1,501 miMion dollars to meet the expenses of the Post Office and Treasury Department during the next fiscal year was passed by the House of Representatives. The bill carries an appropriation of 90D?000 dollars
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  • 87 1 —Reuter. Rome, Feb. 19. The Italian ban on volunteers for Spain, in accordance with the decision of the London Non-Intervention Committee, is announced with penalties for infringement. The ban becomes effective from tomorrow. Prague. Feb. 19. The Czecho-Siovak Government has prohibited recruiting the passage through and departure
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  • 45 1 The following are the results of ties played yesterday:— FRIDAY Champ Singles Semi Final: —J. Macintosh beat L. J. J. Schofaerts 6—2, 7—5, Mixed Doubles Final:—Miss Whittington A. J. L. Donaldson beat Mrs. J. W. Clark J. E. A. Clark, 8-4. 6 3.
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  • 16 1 REUTER. MELBOURNE. FEB. 20. M.O C. 187. AMES 84 VICTORIA 59 FOB ONE. LUNCH
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  • 55 1 Reuter. DAUGHTER OF RETIRED U,S. COLONEL Hong Kong. Feb. 20. Mi<s Ruth Elizabeth Claire Gregg, daughter of a retired American Colonel, who now resident in Los Angeks, wafownd dc:ui m a. hotel here last night. A bottle of disinfectant was at her side An. inquest
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  • 39 1 British Wireless. Lunch At Buckingham Palace London, Feb. 19. Lord Wakehurst, the Governor-elect of New South Wales And Lady Wakehurst were the guests of the King and Queen at luncheon at Buckingham Palace today.—
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  • 59 1 —Reuter. Two British Constables Injured Jerusalem. Feb. 20. Two British corstables, 30 Arabs and 30 Jews were injured in yesterday’s rioting in Tiberias. British trodps had to be called In to quell the riots between the Jewish Revisionists ar.d Arabs in Tiberias. The Police fired on the
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  • 216 1 Government Compensates Mr- ng Lim Court Suggestion Acted Upon <F oni Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumnur, Feb. 20 The 1 inan Gaze f ?e understands that ’the Gov< rin-om of t>w Federated Malny States, withe.: r ?ny legal lability. h ve no ne Jm,
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  • 165 1 Result Of Competition in Tomorrow's Gazette CHEQUES TO WINNERS ON MONDAY Fne names of winners of the Gazttte $250 Racing Competition wilt be announced in the Sunday Gazette tom rrcnv morning, and cheques to the value of $250 will be posted to them ori Monday. The
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 16 1 All CITONC. No. 47, BISHOP STREET. PENANG. Tailor and Outfitter. All kinds of materials in s’ock.
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    • 78 1 LOOK FOR "Lektrolite Sell Cigarette Lighters 11 Newly imported from U.S A Distributor BROADWAY CO., 489, Penang Road, Penang, (Windsor Building.) .r Wi W zo SJ ft' Is' Keep tllem >rig^ lt a dai >y pi* 1 nature’s perfect diet— P/iLK THE COMPLETE FOOD Milk contains all the strength building
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  • 780 2 Sir T. Inskip On Britain s [Future NO SLACKENING WITH DEFENCES The view that the international outlook was brighter than it had been was expressed by Sir Thomas Inskirp, Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, last week. He was addressing the Fareham (South Hants) Conservative Association
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  • 760 2 REAL DANGER TO WORLD PEACE The Bishop of London. Dr. Winnington Ingram, gave his view on pacifism at the n Church Assembly, presided over by the Archibishop of Canterbury, Dr. Lang, at Central Hall, Westminster, recently. Dr. Ingram said: “The real danger to the peace
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  • 201 2 Lord Chief Justice's Opinion Lord Hewart. the Lord Chief Justice, opening Tottenham's new £20,000 police court recently, said:— “I am very far from thinking that Utopia will be found in a State where everybody has paid for his funeral before he is 21. or where you
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  • 255 2 Error Costs Newspaper £4OO Mr. Hessein Kamill, until last year a student at Reading University, was awarded £4OO damages with costs for libel against Reading Press, Limited, proprietors of the "Reading Evening Gazette," by a special jury sitting with Lord Hewart in the King’s Bench Division
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  • 466 2 SEPARATE TREATMENT PROPOSED New Bill Welcomed London. The text of a bill which aims at securing more sympathetic treatment of domestic cases in the police courts was issued recently. It is the Summary Procedure (Matrimonial and Other Matters) Bill, and it is based on the recommendations
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    • 479 2 lie A Office 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams Gazette Penang. Singapore Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapore. Kuan Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. Tax -ion Office 40. 43, Fleet Street, London E.C. 4 Phone Central 3608 —3609 Tel: Leadmalaya London.
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    • 152 2 SOUTHERN KINTA CONSOLIDATED. LIMITED (Incorporated in England) LOST SCRIP Whereas Share Certificate No. M 114 for 4,000 shares of Five Shillings each fully paid numbered *****1 to *****0 inclusive in the name of H.H. Tungku Ibrahim, nowdeceased, of Alor Star, Kedah, has been mislaid, lost or destroyed, and an application
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    • 297 2 A CAREFREE VISIT TO ENGLAND Our Services are available for evenrth;». CAMS SUPPLIED SEATS BOOKED for THe\trfc u p leading eVent’? ALL Obtain our informalvtT literature*! U8 «r oaper, and 'phone or visit l rOm ofllce th England. If you woukl Eke us en you arrive arrival, please «end a
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  • 247 3 —Reuter. Survey Of Dockyards To Be Undertaken SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF STEEL Washington, Feb. 20. A warning that the Government might be forced to act soon was made by President Roosevelt yesterday in referring to the naval steel shortage in the United States. The President added
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  • 30 3 Reuter. FURTHER INCREASE CONSIDERED New York. Feb. 19. A further small increase in tyre prices, is under consideration in order to compensate for the recent age increases.—
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  • 52 3 ly during election campaigns.—British Radio. •From Westminster To Chichester London. Feb. 19. Major Courtauld, M.P., delivered a speech from Westminster by telephone to his constituents at Chichester last night and it is anticipated that the practice will be widely resoited to in future, particularly during
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  • 88 3 —British Radio. LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP London. Feb. 19. It was officially announced today that Egypt will apply for membership of the League of Nations at a special meeting of the Assembly to be held in the Spring. Article Three of the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty signed in August last
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  • 122 3 —Reuter. Central Executive Council Conference N mg, Feb. 19. Reassuming respons or the Sianfu revolt Gen. Chiang Ka submitted his resignation of all officu s to the Central Executive Council htfe but this was instantly unanimoi. ected. This was the third time Ger. ig handed in his
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  • 148 3 —Reuter. ft >'■ i Plea For Resumption Lone* Feb. 19. A quasi plea for the r ption of foreign lending was contain.• the city editorial columns of The T •s. While pointing out that the raisin. an extra £80,000,000 for defence annu y was well within this
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  • 67 3 —British Radio. No Attempt To Break Record London, Feb. 19. The Queen Mary, which left Southampton on Wednesday on her first voyage since her overhaul, was at midnight last night maintaining a speed of 30 knots. The Cunard White Star Company state that the company's experts on
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  • 99 3 J- R. Rao, an Indian, who was charged on two counts of criminal breach of trust in respect of $1 end 40 cents, respectively, was yesterday acquitted and discharged by Mr. H. A. L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court. The complainant, a manager of the Globe Trading
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  • 107 3 —Reuter. BOOM-LIKE CONDITIONS YESTERDAY London, Feb. 19. Today’s boom-like conditions of all metals put even yesterday’s animated trading in the shade. Expectations that most of the Governments would place huge orders for re-stocking purposes in order to implement further expanded armament plans are encouraging speculators to
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  • 107 3 —British Radio. Caledonia's Successive Records London. Feb. 19. Imperial Airways in their report of the non-stop flight of the Caledonia from Southampton to Egypt state that all throughout the flight a report was maintained by wireless with the short-wave stations in London and the Caledonia and another flying-boat
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  • 60 3 —Reuter. Cannot Be Placed Under Mandate Lord Cranborne stated in the House of Commons that the Government was unable to entertain the suggestion submitted by the Liberal member Mr. Mander that ill non-selfgoverning colonies should be olaced on a mandatory basis under international supervision on the principle of
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  • 102 3 Cash And Jewellery Stolen Two audacious thefts were reported to the Singapore police on Wednesday. An amah, employed by Mr. B. R. Bates, of the Dollar Steamship Co., and living in Holland Park Estate, found $7O in cash and $63 worth of Jewellery missing from her room.
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  • 63 3 Lail Singh figured as complainant in a case, which came up for mention before Mr. H. A. L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court, yeste?3ay, when a Chinese, Nam Hong Cheow, was charged with having misappropriated a bicycle valued $5, belonging to him (the complainant). The accused claimed
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  • 39 3 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Feb. 19. It is believed that the first durians to be sent by air from Siam were bought by Madame Wellington Koo, wife of the Chinese Ambassador in Paris.
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    • 84 3 Runnymede Hotel 'PHONE 543. g|||| PENANG. TONIGHT DINNER DANCE Extension 1 a.m. SUNDAY Orchestral Concert 7 9 p.m. PROGRAMME. 1. Waltz “LA VIE PLAISIR” Jos. Strauss 2. Overture “THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR” O. Nicolai 3 “BERCEUSE” B. Godard 4 PARAPHRASE OVER A RUSSIAN THEME E. Weninger INTERVAL 5. Selection
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 258 3 W.W//AW.W/A‘.VASVAVAV I Saturday, 20th February, 1937. AMALGAMATED AMUSEMENTS, LTD. (Incorporated in the S.S.) GATE ADMISSION 10 CENTS ONLY THE GRAND NOORAN OPERA—"Sul tan Mangkat di Juldng” CHIEW HWA CANTONESE OPERA—"Theen Sou". Featuring Mr. Loh Peng Chiew Miss Boon Hwar Mei, famous Cinema Stars of Southern China. CAPITAL TALKIE—"Naughty Father-in-law" The
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  • 116 4 TONGKUNG COOLIE CONVICTED Khon Tiara Kee, a tongkung coolie, who was charged with criminal breach of trust of »12.70 belonging to his employer .was yesterday convicted and sentenced to one rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. A. L. Luckham «L the Penang Police Court. Inspector Uuw.ll said
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  • 299 4 INVESTIGATIONS FAILED TO LOCATE CRIMINAL (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Feb. 18. An ingenious fraud has been perpetrated firms dealing with motor cars, resulting in the lose of a new car and a second hand one. One of the victimised firms is in Taiping maid the
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  • 153 4 I From Our Own Correspondent) Kuah Lumpur, Feb. 18. Workmen are busy with' hammers and sails in the ballroom of the Selangor Club, preparing the stage for the presentation •of *‘Ten-Minute Alibi" by Serembin amaVeuxs on Saturday night. This three-act play by Anthony Armstrang set
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  • 63 4 —Reuter. Moscow, Feb. 18. Eight dwad bodies of Japanese privates one Captain which were picked up in Movu-A territory «after the boi-der ♦clashes towards the end of last were handed over to -he Japanese Military representatives near F Fogramchnaya. following a request by the Japanese Government.
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  • 1128 4 PASSENGERS BY AIR The following passengers arrived or left Singapore by Imperial air liners. Aircraft Sydney VH-USE from Brisbane, Darwin and D E. 1., arrived on Feb. 13: Mr, and Mrs. W. T. Lawler from Brisbane. Aircraft A taianta G —ABTI for Penang. Siam, Burma and Karachi,
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  • 109 4 Gambling Raid Sequel As a sequel to a raid made by Inspector Jackson with two detectives, on Wednesday afternoon, at a house in Rope Walk, nine Cantonese goldsmiths appeared before Mr. H. A. L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court yesterday charged with playing in a common gaming
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  • 134 4 One of America’s “cradle wives,” Viola McFeeters. married in Whitchita, Kansas, at twelve, is now in a New York girls’ home, being sued, at the age of thirteen, for divorce. The nation’s third “cradle marriage” since the revelation that nine-years-old Eunice Johns had a twenty-two-years-o’d
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  • 200 4 Last year, Stephen Farkas, of Szeged, a poor cobbler, won £7,000 in a State lot tery in Budapest. The first thing he did was to order the most expensive mea possible in the best restaurant in the town. He had 110 guests, and enclosed
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  • 25 4 There will be moonlight band performances at the Esplanade on Feb. 24, 25 and 26 fom 8.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. weather permitting.
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    • 346 4 L- BISMAG Btsursted Magnesia is the unfailing treatment A* the relief of stomach troubles. It kjl gives quick relief because it instantly neutralise* jTi harmful acids which cause indigestion and gastric ulcers It also spreads a protecting film over the inflamed stomach lining and thus allows digestion to proceed without
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  • 1111 5 Prisoners Shot As They Swam Over Walls: Rich Queue For Food: W here Are My Friends? WHOLE CITIES DESERTED THE FACTS OF THE TERRIBLE AMERICAN FLOODS—THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY’S HISTORY—HAVE BEEN REACHING PENANG PIECEMEAL. THEY MAKE A GRIM TALE OF TERROR, DESTRUCTION,
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  • 51 5 The statue of Queen- Victoria, which has been on a site in the centre of the road at the approach to Blackfriars Bridge, being lifted, by crane to its new site, ten yards away. The statue had been causing obstruction to traffic during the rush
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  • 40 5 Professor G. T. R. Hill comparing a model of a Pterodactyl, one of Nature's first flying machines,” w ith a modern aeroplane, during his lecture, How We Fly,” at the Royal Sori-tv of Vts I.oudnn
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  • 74 5 A tree in the compound of a house in Logan Road, Penang, caught fire on Thursday and a call was put through to the Fire Brigade. Two engines answered it and the fire was soon put out. An enquiry at the Central Fire Station yesterday morning revealed
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  • 74 5 From Our Owm Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 17. Lithographers in the S.S. and F.M.S. Survey Department in Kuala Lumpur are working overtime on illuminated addresses which are to be presented by Malay Rulers to H.M. King George VI at the Coronation. They have to be
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  • 660 5 SPEECH AT SINGAPORE Y.W.C.A. HALL Singapore, Feb. 18. “We want brothels to be completely closed, not merely by legislation. Sometimes legislation is there, but there are so many loopholes that in spite of legislation, brothels exist. “One of the resolutions at the international conference which
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  • 253 5 ’’DIFFICULTIES HAVE ARISEN” The plans for a visit to this country byF the Japanese actor Kikugoro and hisr “Kabuki” players have been cancelled, it was announced by the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Shigeru Yoshida, recently at the dinner in London of the People’s National Theatre. Over 400
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    • 78 5 FREE FREE 11 FREE 111 JUST RECEIVED 10,000 PAIRS IRONSIDE, LOTUS DELTA BARRAT SHOES FROM ENGLAND FREE ONLY One 1937 Diary prices Pocket Book) given away GREATLY with 1 PAIR REDUCED of 'RONSIDE SHOES. Importers M. A. PITCHAY GUNNY "SON” NOS. 252, 4. 6, PENANG ROAD (Next to Queen’s Cinema),
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  • 2031 6 MR. L. BRENT’S BROADCAST LAST NIGHT ■pi IE production side of motor engineering was the subject of a broadcast talk by Mr. L. Brent, Chief Instructor of the Penang 1 rade School, from the Penang Wireless Societv Station ZHI last night. Mr. Brent’s impressions
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 479 6 A Sl&mat Hari Raya Hadji To All Our Mohamedan Patrons. Windsor Opening Today With 3 Shows 2-15 5-30 9-00 3 SHOWS TOMORROW MONDAY Here Again, We Bring Another GRAND NEW TAMIL TALKIE Specially Booked for the Holidays. "DHARMA PATHNI" with a splendid cast including V. A. CHELLAPA V.S. MANI MASTER
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    • 214 6 PACKING OUT AT EVERY PERFORMANCE MA4KSTIC 6-15 TONIGHT 9-30 MATINEES: TODAY TOMORROW AT 2-45 The Most Beautiful Picture Ever Made OJR CLOfiIFIES THE GREAT LOVE STORY! LUUivfraCEWT TAVLOR and a cast of thousands PLANS AT ROBINSON PIANO CO. ’PHONE 567.” rfwy MICKEY MOUSE MATINEE TOMORROW AT 11-30 A.M. OPENING MONDAY
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  • 2889 7 ONLY $25 A MONTH R. C. s Speech At Commercial School Prize-Giving SOME aspects of the unemployment problem in Penang were referred to by the Hon. the Resident Councillor, Penang, at the annual prize-giving of the Penang Commercial School held at
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    • 241 7 <: ■ES b MllhT lffl||ra«MH Two BHH I y iKLrf 1F” ®w i >;■• rWHRM Wt <| ■HBO/ WkilW/ «■■■irA, i HBi ■lllllll5 Good entertainment is guaranteed anyone who visits the E. O. Hotel tonight, for Kaili’s Hawaiin Troubadours are appearing in some acts which have made them so popular
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    • 146 7 Beauty Secrets which make French Women World Famous x lt 1 Smart Parisiennes are probably the ?reatest experts in make-up in the world, heir latest secret is the use of a new aix floated face powder. Powder ten times finer than ever before thought possible. -Made by a new process—whirled
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  • 721 8 vexed question of unemployment was discussed by the Hon. the Resident Councillor at the annual prize-giving of the Commercial Day School. Penang, yesterday. Seldom, as )ur friends in Kuala Lumpur, and particularly Mr. John Hands, know, is the boget of unemployment mentioned by high Government officers: it
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  • 117 8 "Mad Holiday" At Queen's MAD HOLIDAY: With Edmund Lowe. Eli 99& Landi. Zasu Pitts. Ted Healy. Edmund Gwenn and Ftigar Kennedy. MG. M. picture directed by George B. Seitz At the Queen’s. Spicy humour, excellent direction and acting, and an interesting story full of thrills and mystery,
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  • 776 8 The Tale Of An Ecclesiastical Trip Through Pahang: Kuantan, Sungei Lembing And Jerantut THE following account of an Ecclesiastical trip through not very much known Pahang written by His Lordship the Bishop of Singapore and published in the Singapore Diocesan Magazine will be read with interest: Preparations
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  • 327 8 ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Northam Road Minister: Rev. R.M. Minto. M.A.. S.T.M. 6.00 p.m. Service of Worship. Paraphrase 26; 1-5 tune 68. Hymns 540. 405. 308, 353. province weixesley churches Church of England. ST. MARK’S CHURCH, BUTTERWORTH Sunday, Feh. 21 7.30 a.m. Matins and Litany (English) 8.00 a.m.
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  • 1256 9 Decisions Of League Conference PROPOSAL IO FORM INFORMATION BUREAU The resolutions adopted at the League of Nations Conference at Bandoeng on traffic in women and children in the East, will result in a tightening of measures against trafficking in all the Far Eastern Countries.
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  • 18 9 —wiif) impi tessed with their victories at the New World Arena, Singapore, last night.
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  • 250 9 Bill To Be Introduced In Federal Council (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 19. Effect to a recent decision of Government that for the future only patents for inventions issued in the United Kingdom shall be capable of registration in the
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  • 243 9 IMPRESSIVE DEBUT IN SINGAPORE (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Ftb. 20. Making their first appearance, in Singapore at the New* Woild Aier.a las- mght, Nai Smarn and Nai Som Chit impressed with the points’ wins. Smarn shaped well to beat the veteran Filipino. Ignf .cio Ferrar.dez in the
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    • 4 9 '»HI T»u« TONIC FOOD«|
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    • 344 9 TWELVE INCHES LESS ROUND THE WAIST Fat Man’s Figure Now Becoming Normal It is a mistaken idea that some pcopiw are doomed from birth to be fat and that nothing they can do will help them. Read how this typical fat man reduced his girth. 12 inches: “Having been troubled
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous

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    36 10 JUDITH ALLEN, the American fgim actress, says she told Jack Doyle, the Irish borer, trho is her husband, “Pm through* It is understood ifhat she has filed a divorce petition in the American courts.
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  • 308 10 IAUREL HAS THE LAU&H OVER HARDY TTiin, sat-upon Laurel has the laugh •rrr fat. dominating Hardy when it comes 9* drawing salaries. He earns nearly -twice as much as his over-bearing partner, writes a "Star” film correspondent. Figure® just issued by the U.S. Treasury department show that
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  • 195 10 But Price Firm—Copper Better Un stocks rose by 2,158 tons during January. According to A. Strauss and Col, the visible supply increased by only 115 tons to 19,828 tons. But the carryforward in the Straits is up by 1,446 tons and that at the Arnhem
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  • 345 10 FOUND ON LENDING LIBRARY SHELF Sealed and tucked away in a safe in the offices of Surbiton Urban District Council lie* a first edition copy of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland,” valued between £4OO and £l.OOO. For six months this
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  • 130 10 Motorist Shot When Offering Help A "good Safaritan” motorist who went to the assistance of a fellow-motorist apparently in trouble near Nice has good reason now to regret his kindness. Dr. Iporte was driving his car when he noticed a young man standing beside a car
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  • 553 10 MIGHTY KINGS WHO WERE ONCE “ON SHOW” Never To Be Seen By The Eyes Of Men Again In a letter to the Editor of the Sunday Express, Mr. H. de Vere Stacpoole, the famous novelist, writes:— ‘T heard recently that the Egyptian Government were going to re-bury the Pharaohs.
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  • 16 10 Girls about to set out in a fancy—dress procession held recently in California.
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  • 319 10 "COLLECT EXPERIENCE BEFORE MARRIAGE" M. Leon Blum. Prime Minister of France, has shocked his fellow-countrymen by writing a book on marriage, advancing views which have astonished even broadminded Parisians. Throughout France they are discussing this book Which M. Blum wrote In his youth, and which
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  • 189 10 OWNER CANNOT SELL THEM Belgrade. (By Mail). Nikola Jovanoviich, a Bulgarian peasant of Sremski K&rlovitza, would like tc relieve his poverty by selling his valuable carved ikons. But misfortune forestalls every effort to get rid of them. He has two very beautiful ikons carved by XVlth century masters
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    • 266 10 NEVER TAKE CHANCES WITH STOMACH TROUBLE! Few complaints are serious i>, fhe yinniny. The most common trouble today— stomach disorder—usually starts in a smalu way. It may attack you as HEARTBURN BILIOUSNESS, FLATULENCE or INDIGESTION, but its meaning is always tba same and so is its remedy. It is Nature’*
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    • 56 11 SUNDAY GAZETTE SPECIAL FEATURES Illustrated London Letter: Women’s Page: Chess and Bridge Notes: Motoring and Aviation Review. China Page: Film and Gramophone Notes: Scouts Notes: Junior Section: Weekly Sports Review: Week-End Radio Programmes. $250 MUST BE WON! The results of the Gazette’s $250 Racing Competition will be published in tomorrow’s
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  • 289 12 ‘The Conquest of the Air,’ a programme which is shortly to be broadcast from Daventry, on Transmission 2, Feb. 23, 6.20 p.m., (Malayan Time), will trace the history and development of flying. Civil aviation, which today is playing an everincreasing part in the development of
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  • 123 12 A statement has been made that the B. B.C. intends to build its own variety theatre in the West End of London, as the present variety headquarters at St. George’s Hall are considered too small This is not correct. Additional office accommodation has been secured in an
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  • SHIPPING NEWS from ALL PARTS
    • 374 12 Building Of 40 Cargo Ships The United States Maritime Commission is now engaged in formulating an emergency shipbuilding programme, contemplating construction of 40 cargo liners with speeds ranging from 16 to 20 knots, aggregating 360,000 d.w. tons, at a total cost estimated in excess
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    • 296 12 EXTENSION OF ROTTERDAM YARD Two ships for the inter-islind trade k_ the Dutch East Indies, under construction to the order if the Koninklijke Pakctvaart M aatscbappij, of Amsterdam and Batavia, have been launched in Holland. The N. V. Scheepsbouwwerf Gebroeders Pot, at Bolnes, ndir Rotterdam, have put
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    • 248 12 EQUAL AID FOR LINERS AND TRAMPS Japanese shipping is to receive an annual subsidy of £900,000, beginning with the current financial year. The subsidy forms part of an effort to increase Japan’s mercantile marine fleet of vessels of over 100 tons from its present total of 4,216,000
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    • 286 12 GOOD BEHAVIOUR IN BAD WEATHER Recently members of the Mersey Dock,? and Harbour Board, including Sir Thorny A.L. Brocklebank, Colonel J.G.B Beazley, Colonel A. Buckley, Messrs. H. Sur ton Timmis, Maurice H. Hume. Alma Parkin. and Chas. McVey, inspected the new pilot cutter William M. Clarke
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    • 563 12 M.V. “TOSARI” from Bombay via Belawan—sails today for Singapore, Batavia, Samarang, Sourabaya, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. S.S. “PATROCLUS” from Liverpool sails for Hongkong, Shanghai. Taku Dairen. S.S. “GLENIFFER” from London via Suez—sails today for Fort Swettenham, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai Dairen. S.S. “GINYO MARU” from Singapore for
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1092 12 RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES B. B. C. EMPIRE STATION TODAY Tune in on the folloidnQ waveTRANSMISSION 2. lengths-. TRANSMISSION 6.20 p.m.—Big Ben. Henry Croudson, at the organ of the Paramount Theatre. GBH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) Manchester. Selection, Swing Time GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.36 (Kern). Phantom Lingers (Mordish). In GBB 9.51
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    • 188 12 HOLLAND Station PH I. Wavelengths 19 71 m. m. or 16.90 m. TODAY 7.50 p.m. —Opening announcement. (Wavelength 16.88 m.) B.oo—The Song-Singers. 8.15 From Week to Week.” Talk by Mr. L. Aletrino. 8.35 Gramophone recital. B.4s—News items. B.ss—The Song-Singers. 9.05 —Microphone debuhmts 9.2o—The Song-Singers. 9.35 Gramophone recital. 9.50 p.m. —Close
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  • 191 13 Admiral Hipper And His "Victory" Berlin, Feb. 7. The first of the three 10,000-ton cruisers under construction for the German Navy was launched at Hamburg yesterday by the Commander-in-Chief, General-Admiral Raeder, and named Admiral Hipper in memory of the commander of the German battle-cruisers at the
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    • 728 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG. THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE LONDON AN» NOMIB OONTXNKNT Leave Due fin conjunction wtth Glen A Shire One) Penang London GLENGARRY I*’*®. R’aam, H’burg, A’werp A ITborougto Feb. 26 Mar. 29 C. AGAMEMNON Mars., L’don, R’dam, H’burg A Glasgow Mar. 6 Mar. 81 JB. DIOMED L’don,
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    • 872 13 P&O Singapore. China Port Swettenham Malacca And Japan And Singapore S/S ’TALMA** S/S "KHANDALLA" SAILING SAILING Sunday 21st February Sunday 21st February Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Co., under .Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swettenhaxa» contract with His Majesty’s Government cumh™ London and Far East Mail Service. Malacca and Singapore Service. Outwards
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 438 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES NIROM Station to Batavia broadcasts on the folowing wavelengths: 10-50 aun.—Lso pan YDA 6,040 <c|s (49.67 m.) and YDB 11,860 kc[a. 20.8 m.) O. p.m. to closing YDA B»9M k|c 96.66 m.) Md YDB 9.619 k|e (81.2 m). TODAY P. 1.10 News bulletin. 1.20 Instrumental programme. 2.10 News
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    • 389 13 4.50 News and review of the week in German. 5.05 Hitler Youth programme. Do you want to hear my song 5.35 Close down. 6.15 Call DJA, DJB, DJN, DJE. 6.20 Concert of light music. 7.20 News in Eng Ssh. 7.35 Concert of light music (continued). 8.15 Greetings to listeners. 8.20
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  • 1171 14 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB RACE MEETING FULL PROGRAMME FOR TODAY FINAL SELECTIONS BY TIC-TAC The following is the full programme for the first day of the Singapore Turf Club Spring Meeting to be run at Bukit Timah today, with scratchings and correct order of running: RACE—I Horses,
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  • 64 14 TIES FOR TODAY London, Feb. 20. The fifth round of the F.A. Cup competition will be played today, the draw being as follows: Sunderland vs. Swansea T. Bolton W. vs. Manchester C. Grimsby T. vs. Wolverhampton W. Everton vs. Tottenham H. Coventry C. vs. West Bromwich
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  • 148 14 Results Of Ties Played The following are the ties played:— TUESDAY H’cap doubles: C. H. Rogers G. C. Watson bt J. A. P. Cameron A. H. Lowther, 6-2 6-4. H’cap singles: Miss Whittington bt Miss Nixon, 6-0 6-0; G. W. Stabb bt C. N. Hogan. 3-6, 9-7,
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  • 157 14 POOR START BY M.C.C. AT VICTORIA Victoria, Feb. 19. Play in the M.C.C. Victoria match started after the lunch interval, there being no play in the morning owing to a sodden outfield, caused by heavy rain overnight. There were 3,000 spectators present. The weather was
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    • 410 14 Suffer V Why endure the torment of Nerve NO CURE—NO PAY Pains and Headaches when 2 siß»piy obtain •20 tablet bottieot ifvim'» Yeast-Vite Tablets can bring r stlre.. ABM* as aireciea, and If you ara nat glorious relief in 5-15 Minutes roughly satisfied, post the «mpty cart» Why live in
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  • 1226 15 Soccer And Rugby Tactics In The Limelight CODES IN AN UNSATISFACTORY CONDITION There is no getting away from the topic «rf football— both Soccer end Rugby—as it is played today. Nine out of ten people declare frankly that the codes are in
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  • 86 15 Rain Interferes Again (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Feb. 19. Rain, for the sixth successive day today, interfered with the Selangor Club s Chinese New Year tennis tournament, and only one set could be played in the men’s open doubles final, which is the final match
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  • 930 15 Unsatisfactory Finish To Fight With Pat Haley An unsatisfactory finish spoiled the scheduled ten rounds contest between Jack (Kid) Berg, of Stepney, and Pat Haley, the Hanley welter-weight, at The Ring on Feb. 7, a disqualification in Berg’s favour during the third round stopping
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  • 365 15 Sun-tanned and brimming over with energy. Brig.-General A. C. Critchley, crack amateur golfer and greyhound racing chief, arrived back in England from South Africa recently. He was met by his motor caravan at Southampton at 7.30, and had dealt with his correspondence by the time London
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  • LATEST SHARE AND COMMODITY NEWS
    • 348 16 Quiet London, Feb. 19. Yesterday Rise or Fall Cm. 5 ►<.. »944*4 114« Wkafc 4 ox.. 196 Mt 111« War Laaa. 3« p-c. 101 ft j Caaau Un. Am (Unite) 9ft —54 Waiiatiat A* 35 ■aval Awct (KM. pd.) 9 H •t. Western Ord. SMJ M Can.
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    • 120 16 London, Feb. 19. RUBBER Easy. Spot 10 ft buyers lOii eellers. April’June 10ft buyers 10ft sellers. ■JulySept. 10 ft buyers 10 ft sellers. Dct.'Dec. 10 ft buyers 10ft sellers. liar York: 20.68 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 26.541 tons Liverpool 39,320 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (Feb.)
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    • 163 16 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations in MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’a Share List today:— TIN:— Buyers Sellers Am pat s|o 5|6 Batu Selangor 1.61 1.65 Chenderiang 259 26(6 Hong Fatt 155 1.60 Jelapang 30|0 30J6 Jelebu 1.30 1.35 K. Lanjut 25j6 26{0 Klang 2.02 J 2.12 J Kuchai 1.72
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    • 129 16 uondon on Previously Latest Pari s 105 764 105 964 New York 4.89 ft 4.89 ft Montreal 4.895 4.89$ Brussels 29.02$ 29.03 Geneva 21.45$ 21.442 Amsterdam 8.94 J 8.541 Milan 93ft 93 Berlin 12.16$ 12.16 Stockholm 19.39% 19.39 H •3openhageH 22.40 22.40 )slo 19 90 19.90 Vienna 26H
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    • 101 16 The output from Lukut Tin mine for the month of January amounted to 120 piculs, plum a surplus of 24 piculs to Dec. 31, 1936. The dredge was working through the lombong during the whole of the month. In view of the poor recoveries it was decided to
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    • 114 16 TIN:— YESTERDAY TODAY London —(Spot) £234.10.0 £243.0.0 London —(3 months) £235. 5.0 £243.10.0 Singapore 3118.50 3121.12 a Baoiness Done Penang Bustoess Do«e COPRA -(SurArled? 38.35 38.25 BLACK PjkPVKH 311.00 311.00 London —103 d d New York 20fJc(G) 20Hc(G) Singapore- Spot 35c 35$c Marcia. 354 c 35 c April/J
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    • 199 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN:— Bayers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.60 1.65 Hong Fatt 1.52$ 1.57$ Jelebu 1.30 1.35 c Klang River 2.05 2.15 Kuchai 1-70 1.75 Lukut 1-35 1.40 Nawng Pet 90 92$ North Taiping 97$ 1.00 Rahman Hyd. 1.40 1.45 Rantau Ordy. 1.50 1.55 Rantau Pref. 1.52$ 1.57$ Sungei Luas
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    • 244 16 RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Allenbys 2.00 2.10 Ayer Panas 2.00 2.10 Bassetts .92*4 Batu Untangs 1.52$ 1.57$ Bedfords 135 140 Bentas 1.47$ 1.52$ Brogas 1.20 1.25 Indragiris 1.72$ 1.80 Jerams 1.27$ 1.321 Lunas 2.40 2 50 Mandai-Tekongs .25 .27$ M. Pindas 1-85 1.92$ Mentakabe .52*4 «55 N. Scudais 1.97%
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    • 154 16 LEAN CO. TODAY’S OPENING QUOTATIONS TIN:— Bayers Sellers A. Wengs 1.72$ I.B2scd B. Selangors 1.57$ 1.62$ Hong Fatts 1.54 1.60 Johans 28 30 Jelebus 1.30 1.35cd K. Kampars 16(6 17[0xd Katus 2319 24)3 K. Lanjuts 25(3 25.(9 Laruts 15(9 1611$ Lukuts 1-35 1.40 Nawng Pets 87$ 92$ Pungahs 26(0 26|9
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    • 262 16 Traffic Inspector Gives Evidence Hearing was continued before Mr. H A. L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court yesterday, in which Tainby bin Madarsa, a corporal attached to the Traffic Branch, Penang, is charged with having committed extortion of $3 from Lian Say Kow, a bus driver on
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    • 154 16 Less Favourable in 1936 The U S- Department of Commerce has just issued figures which show that the balance of trade in favour of the United States in 1936 was §34,000,000 (£6,800,000). This was the smallest recorded since 1893. In 1935 the favourable balance was §235,000,000 (£47,000,000).
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    • 260 16 AIR MAIL A mail for Australia, New Zealand. Java and Timor Dilly ria Singapore and thence by Singapore-Australia air mail service will close at 7.30 p.m. today. A mail for Amsterdam and London by K.L.M. service will close at 7.00 am. tomorrow. A mail for Java
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    • 638 16 BANKS. NEDERLANDSCHE HONG KONG AND HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ SHANGHAI BANKING *1 y CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hong Kong) (NETHERLANDS TRADING The Liability of members is limited to tbc SOCIETY.) extent and in manner prescribed by 7 Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the E.tebfebed m Am.terd» MM. Bmd KONO HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM
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