Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 April 1937

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  • 2391 1 Country Just Mounting A Boom Wave COLONEL CECIL RAE’S WARNING (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, April 1. f J 1» HE year we are reviewing today has been one of return- ing confidence, and improved trading conditions, some years ago, when addressing this Chamber, I
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    • 510 1 dead Office 12. Bibhop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with «X tensions. Telegrams: Gazette Penang. Singapore Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Tinies Singapore. Kuala Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. London Office 40, 43, Fleet Street, London EC. 4 Phone Central '.<.0'—3600 It I: Lead.ti«»la>a London. SUBSCRIPTION
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    • 195 1 NOTICES THE PARIT PERAK RUBBER COMPANY LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE OF MEETING .NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Twenty-first Ordinary General Meeting of Members will be held at the Registered Office of the Company. 33, Beach Street I cnang, on Saturday, the 10th day of April, 1937,
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    • 168 1 IF EVERY I YOUNG MAN I KNEW E WHAT EVERY I OLD MAN KNOWS HE WOULD BE INDEPENDENT IN HIS OLD AGE r V x, i, lipWi/ wit u Ms ri I i f" 1 A nF I■■ W I ■TrnTrnfr 1 idUfMMMolli* I 1 I I II I* 3
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  • 171 2 —Reuter. PROTEST AGAINST NEW CONSTITUTION Congress Organise Giant Demonstrations New Delhi, April 1. GIANT demonstrations, a general strike, and the! closing of all shops have been organised by Congress to usher in the new Constitution, which comes into force today. 1 he Calcutta Corporation have passed
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  • 384 2 —Reuter. Mr. Sato On Revival Of Alliance 46 UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION Tokyo, March 31. The question of a restoration of the Anglo-Japanese alliance preoccupies both ihe “Asahi Shimbun” and “Nichi Nichi Shimbun” today. The statement by Mr. Sato, the Japanese Foreign Minister, in the Liower House last night
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  • 38 2 North China and Shantung mission.—Reuter- London, April 1. The deaths are announced of Lieut. -General Sir Skipton Hill Climo and Canon Walter Hicks, general secretary of the North China and Shantung mission.—Reuter.
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  • 147 2 DYNASTY WITHOUT HEIR Peking, March 31. Kang Teh, the 29-year-old Emperor of Manchukuo—formerly Mr. Pu Yi, the “boy Emperor”—was ceremonially married at the Palace at Hsinking to the orphan Princess Mei Tan, aged 18, who becomes his third wife. The ceremony was carried out according to
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  • 176 2 Foreign Office Chief Berlin. Herr Hitler has appointed Dr. von Mackensen, German Minister in Budapest, to be Secretary of State in the German Foreign Ministry. The post corresponds to that of Permanent Under-Secretary of the British Foreign Office. Dr. Dieckhoff, who has been acting as Secretary
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  • 119 2 Chinaman’s Bravery Hong Kong, March 31. An amazing escape from death was revealed by the survivors of the British steamer Hopsang, when it arrived at Hong Kong. The Hopsang was totally wrecked near Koshun, in Southern Formosa, when it ran ashore in blinding rain at the
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  • 539 2 i.—British Radio. Acceleration Of Defence Programme INCOME TAX BELOW ESTIMATE London, March 31. The Exchequer returns for the whole of the financial year, ended tonight, show that the total realised revenue has amounted to £797,289,000 and expenditure of £802,886,000, making a deficit of £5,597,000, but the
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  • 139 2 Ex-A<lviser’s Attack Washington, March 31, The chief witness heard by the Senate Committee which is discussing Mr. Roosevelt’s Supreme Court reform plan was Mr. Raymond Moley, wKo was once the President’s closest adviser and the original member of his “brain trust.” Ever since he was forced
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  • 90 2 —Reuter. Over 2,000 Engineers Involved REARMAMENT WORK DISORGANISED London, April 1. The strike at Messrs. William Beardmore’s Parkhead forge in Glasgow, which started on March 27, is expected to continue over the week-end. It has already seriously disorganised a considerable amount of the re-armament work. The stoppage
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  • 26 2 —Reuter. 10,000 EMPLOYEES STOP WORK Detroit, April 1. Ten thousand employees of General Motors Corporation factories in Pontiac and Flint have struck work.
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  • 188 2 Mr. Hofmeyr’s Policy Cape Town, March 31. A strong pro-native speech which is likely to have immediate repercussions within the Cabinet was made by Mr. J. H. Hofmeyr, Minister of Social Welfare, at the graduation ceremony of the South African Native College at Fort Hare*
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  • 86 2 Assemblv Session dosed (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, April 1. The Assembly at an extraordinary session closed at nearly midnight on the Siamese New Year eve, following which the speaker entertained members to supper. This morning being New Year's day. the Council of Regency, the Cabinet and
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  • 100 2 Canberra, March 31. The Federal Government have accepted a design by Mr. Raynor Hoff, the Sydney sculptor, for a Commonwealth Memorial to King George V, costing £20,000. It will face Parliament House. The central feature of the design is a statue of the King
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  • 68 2 —British Radio. London, March 31. The money value of retail sales in February was 7.1/ per cent, higher than the year before —its number for the month being only nine points less than January, compared with the seasonal decline last year of 14 points. The value of
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    • 406 2 INTRODUCING.... THE EXCILLA WRINGER 7 ime And Energy Saver A BRITISH PRODUCT WIWK A L- '1 x THE EXELLA WRINGER WITH ITS 5 YEAR GUARANTEED ROLLERS WILL SAVE TROUBLE AND ENERGY WRING YOUR CLOTHES WITHOUT TEARING THEM OR BREAKING THE BUTTONS AND DO WORK IN HALF THE TIME IT TAKES
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  • 700 3 EXTENSIVE SCHEMES DISCUSSED AT MEETING Singapore is using so much water a -jay that extensive schemes to increase the supply are being mooted by the Municipal Water Department. The proposals are: An increase in the number of filter beds at Gunong Pului to deal with all
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  • 38 3 Chinese To Protest Shanghai, April 1. Owing to the failure of verbal protests against Japanese smuggling of copper cents from the country China is expected to lodge a written protest next week.— Sin Chew Jit Poh.
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  • 906 3 FEDERAL SECRETARY TO GO ON LEAV E The Hon. Mr. C. D. Aheame, Federal Secretary, leaves for home on Friday, April 9. Mr. Hugh Fraser will act for him. Mr. Eu Tong-sen, 0.8. E., of Singapore has made a gift of revolvers to the Chinese Company of
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  • 966 3 Steady Increase In Membership The annual general meeting of the Perak Branefa of the Automobile Association of Malaya was held on Wednesday at the Chartered Bank Chambers, Ipoh, with Mr. A.G. Faber in the chair, in the absence of the chairman, Mr. A.W. Greaves. Mr. Faber
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    • 90 3 Qxlra QuaL'/y Virginia Gigarelfc Smoke one sMy- r here you hove st Cigarette, filled with the choicest and mildest Virginia Leaf, subtly blended by true craftsmen to appeal to the most critical SmokersPLAYER'S rvnnMTiran I John Player Sons. ENGLAND., <1 ■STEEL BULLOCK Carts Portable Tanks Storage Tanks Export Drums Refuse
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  • 1101 4 Needs Of Today: The Modern “Three R’s” Hongkong. -Not t<> accept anything on its face ■value but to strike at the roots and iscertain fundamental principles was i principle emphasised by Professor Chang Peng-chun in his lecture to the .students of the University. The important
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  • 497 4 Last Of The Manchus Living In Poverty Peiping. is believed to be the last and largest batch of once-wealthy Mancinis, who considered themselves ‘‘God s .chosen children” during the Ching Dynasty, .are now living an obscure and forlorn life in a dilapidated village about a
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  • 17 4 Mr. George Lansbury, who celebrated his 78th. birthday last month, read'ng messages of congratulation
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  • 144 4 Nanking Asked To Issue New One > Nanking. Although the Chinese Republic has a history of 27 years, the official seal of Mr. Yan Chieh-chin, the political and religious leader of the Teh Fan Tribe in east Kansu is still the one granted about
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  • 86 4 .—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Surrender To Chinese Government Shanghai, April 1. Chinese financial circles observe that the Tapanese banks' surrender of their silver «stocks to the Chinese government under terms similar to those applying to other foreign banks were not motivated with altruism. The Japanese banks ceased
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    • 23 4 THE WORLD OPTICAL Co.. MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS, 24. Leith Street, Penang, S.S. ft w GLASSES AND FRAMES TO FAVOUR YOUR COMPLEXION BYB TESTING FREE.
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    • 138 4 BB 'I. r I Z J I t J Il Make Sure of a Good Nights Sleep «There is nothing like sound. natural sleep to give a man I new energy and zest for the 9 I days work. Long experience has proved that the one best way to ensure
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • 26 5 the unios jack-whes it may be displayed-is PR f SE ANG THE BAND AND THE GARDENS —TIPS FROM KVALA LVMPVR —Reuter Wireless.
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    • 6 5 —Reuter Wireless.
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    • 98 5 —Reuter Wireless. horses ponies in Professional and Skye Meetings as it helps me to pick out the horses I wish to bet. This has not been regularly published since the Penang Christmas Meeting. I hope everything will be in proper order for the coming Saturday’s races. Yours faithfully,
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    • 105 5 To the Editor. Dear Sir,—May a visiting journalist, who had the good fortune to attend Sunday’s concert in the Waterfall Gardens, congratulate you on the delightful setting, the appropriate and excellently played music and the decorum and evident interest of the spectators? A more idyllic occasion would
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  • 214 5 Hospitals Cup Rugby Final St. Mary’s 11 pts.. Guy’s 4 pts. St Mary's won the Hospitals’ Rugby Cup for the fourth successive year, when they beat Guy’s at Richmond by a goal, a penalty goal and a try (llpts.) to a dropped goal (4 pts.). Guy’s
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  • 130 5 —Reuter Wireless. Von Blomberg’s 4 Nomination SPECIAL SIGN OF FRIENDLY ATTITUDE Berlin, March 30 Commenting on the nomination of General Von Blomberg to represent Hitler at the Coronation the official Nazi organ Ar griff considers the choice will be regarded in Britain as a special sign
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  • 129 5 Economic Co-Operation Shanghai. April 1. A report from Tientsin states that th? Japanese are doubling their efforts to pro mote Sino-Japanese economic co-operatioo in North China end the General Tashir the commander of the Japanese army stiitioned in North China, will visit Peiping soon in order to
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    • 107 5 The Home of Local Amusement-Seekers I ELYSEE CABARET Tea Dance Today 6.15—8.30 p.m. 6 COUPONS FOR $l.OO DANCING EROM 9.30 p.m. to MIDNIGHT FOR ONE WHOLE WEEK Commencing Tomorrow HOSTESSES POPULARITY CAMPAIGN The First Of OUR QUARTERLY CONTESTS To Decide THE 3 MOST POPULAR GIRLS OF THE ELYSEE Ist Prize
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 160 5 By Many Requests, Season Again Extended TUI Tonight Only WINDSOR ROYA L Positively Last Two Shows. 5.00 TONIGHT 9.00 5.30 TONIGHT 9-30 A Mighty Mythological TAMIL TALKIE ANOTHER GLORIOUS CANTONESE "NALAYANI" The Triumph Of Chastity -I S(H A T F D with Miss N. M. SUNDARAMBAL, 1 O V L
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    • 163 5 HERE AT LAST! GALA OPENING TONIGHT’! AT THE ilji 1 jMI The Wonder Musical Show Of The Age! ALL THE BEAUTY OF “RIO RITA ”—ALL THE THRILLS OF “THE BLACK PIRATE”—ALL THE GLAMOUR OF THE FINEST MUSICAL PRODUCTIONS EVER MADE—PRESENTED IN GORGEOUS NEW TECHNICOLOUR SURPASSING IN MAGNIFICENCE ANYTHING OF ITS
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  • 321 6 Lack Of Cases To Show Students GENERAL exodus of anopheles maculatus and anopheles sondaicus from Singapore is beginning! This happens yearly—on the eve of the international course in malariolcgy which takes place in Singapore. The fourth course, begins on April 19, e.ud it is i matter
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  • 176 6 Tea Party At Kt'ilah Chinese Association (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, April 1. The Kedah Chinese Association, Alor Star, was the venue of a pleasant function yesterday evening when the Chinese friends of Hjs Highness Tunku Kassim entertained him to tea. After tea. Mr. Ooi
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  • 60 6 (From Our Own Correspondent! Seremban. March 31'. H"ji Lanjing binti Lihat, wife of Dato Hab Abu Bakar, an ex-penghulu. who was returning from Mecca, died on the wav back to her home in Gadong, Re.mbau. The deceased was 47 years of age and leaves behind 13
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  • 75 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, March 31. Puteh bin Salleh, a bus driver, appeared before the Chief Magistrate, Che Abdulrahman, yesterday, charged with causing the death of a Siamese woman by a rash act. The case is a sequel to the motor accident at Simpang Ampat
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  • 66 6 Two Malays, Arman bin H. Omar and Ibrahim bin Jais, were sentenced to one week's rigorous imprisonment in addition to 12 months’ police supervision by Mr. H. A. L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court yesterday for stealing iron, valued 50 cents, belonging to the Penang Harbour
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  • 145 6 Sequel To Balti Lancliang Accident Four charges are pending in the Penang Police Court against J. Muthu. a motor car driver, who is ut present in the Penang General Hospital with a broken collar bone and ribs, as a result of a motor accident which
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  • 142 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. April 1. The Singapore garrison will be raised to brigade strength—three battalions —with the arrival, of the 2nd Battalion. Gordon Highlanders', from Gibraltar by the transport Dorsetshire tomorrow morning. There will then'be an Irish Regiment—the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers —an English one
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  • 221 6 ALLEGEDLY GAVE FALSE INFORMATION Dr. H. S. Moonshi, a prominent member cf the Singapore Mohammedan community and a medical practitioner, appeared before Capt. Nelson Jones, the Singapore Second Magistrate on a summons on Wednesday to answer a charge of giv.ng false information to a public servant, namely
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  • 208 6 Misadventure Verdict On European And Girl That the accident was possibly due to excessive speed was the opinion expressed by the Singaore Coroner (Wr. W. MacQuarrie) in returning a verdict of death by misadventure on Mi. Charles Henderson Beaton, 25-year-old assistant cf the Asiatic Petroleum
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  • 263 6 F. E had one night of thorough enjoyment —girls, friends, drinks and a sumptuous dinner —and the next day he found himself in gaol. Yeoh Cheow Tok who had previously been to gaol for two periods, one of three years and another of one
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  • 146 6 Tamil Charged Manikam, a Tamil, was charged before Mr. H. A. L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court yesterday with having defamed the character of a, woman, Gnambal, by using or publishing certain words concerning her, which he knew or had reason to believe would harm
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  • 308 6 FINGER SEVERED N egri Assize Case (From Our Ci -1 Corespondent.) Seremban, March 31. In the Seremban Supreme Court before the Hon. Mr. Justice J. H. Pedlow, the case in which a Tamil, Sinniah was charged with robbery, concllded when His Lordship convicted the accused and
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  • 394 6 Singapore Commissioners' Recommendation if I» ECOMMENDED by a majority amendlent of part XIII of the Municipal Ordinance to provide that any person hiring a hackney carriage or jinricksha who refuses or fails to pay the driver, conductor dr puller on dismiss ng or leaving
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  • 100 6 Tamil Youth Pleads Guilty A young Tamil, Munusamy, appeared before Mr. H.A.L. Luckham in the Penang Police Court yesterday, charged with theft of two coats and a pair of trotfsers belonging to Tong Kam Yun. The accused pleaded guilty. Court Inspector Farquharson said that the complainant, who
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  • 584 7 IN typical fashion the Congress Party in India greeted the inauguration of provincial autonomy on Wednesday by an aggressive display of resentment. A hartal (which is, properly speaking, a day <>: mourning) was declared, while giant demonstrations were arranged, and shops were closed. 'Thus the Congress
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  • 501 7 Penang Hockey HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF LOCAL ASSOCIATION That Penang lack’s dashing forwards to score goals was the opinion expressed by Mr. R. N. Elliot, chairman of the Penang Hockey Association, when presiding at the half yearly general meeting of the Association held last night at the
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  • 658 7 Sir Julian Cahns Visit to Malaya Unique Cricket Souvenir Pictun s, Scenes and Ci ickel Gioiifjs oj Historical Value--Mr. Plum WarnePs Message. f- ROM Mr. Pat Zilwa, C.H., 4 Kuala Lumpur, the Gazette has received a Cncket > crot up in honour ot the visit b ouyemr
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  • 358 7 By Our Special Muslim Correspondent) The annual conference of the Sahabat Pena (Pen-friends) Association of Malaya was held this year in Singapore at the Victoria Hall on March 26, 27 and 28. A group photo of all of those present was taken on the Ist day (March 26)
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    • 84 7 TALC C&G£) Liwl o Isß i H« II Society favourite Yardley Lavender Talc is a favourite imong men and women who are careful o their personal appearance and comfort. Bland and smooth to array irritation, its cool fragrance bring? new freshness and vitality. This is one of the exquisite series
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  • 1050 8 Going Should Be Soft: Notes On 7he Selections SUGGESTIONS TO REVIVI Y CLUBS WANING POPULARITY BY TIC,TAC is set for the opening of the Penang Turf Club Easter Professional Meeting tomorrow. Everyone will regret that it is to be only a two-day meeting
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  • 282 8 Last Night’s Results DRAWS WITH ROLGH DIAMOND (Fi’om Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 2. Some lively scraps were witnessed at the Jubilee Park last night. Hard punching was a feature of all the bouts and the decisions were well received. Young Choon (9.5) fought one of his best
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  • 34 8 —Reuter. Pissavy Behind Time Karachi, April 1. The French Airmen Pissavy and Cornet have arrived here and are taking off tyIt is stated that they are behind the time established by Japy.
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  • 112 8 (By Our Boxing Correspondent.) Speedy Pancho will defend, for the first time, his junior flyweight title! of Penang against M. Suppiah tonight at the Wembley Park arena. Since winning the title from Little Juan, Pancho has been fighting constantly in Penang, but Suppiah will be Entering the
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    • 190 8 Kal* ana *‘Sinc« tak n j Aachen an S My NERVES are much STEADIER a than they were before 99 Mr. N. L., C«0« T»wn, S.A. Kalzana a remarkable food containia* no drugs whatsoever. In hot countries one’s diet and the extent to which one perspires tend to decrease the
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  • 1724 9 Ldndon Newspapers Think Boom Now Inevitable BUT PRODUCERS HOPE THERE WILL BE NONE! r (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Mar. ,23. ARE we on the verge of a Rubber boom, comparable with that of 1925?, i Six months ago anyone who asked this question giax
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  • 340 9 Consuniers Prefer Cheap Qualities (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 19. Copra prices have steadied this week and the large consumers have again appeared in the market. Business has been done in Straits—F.M.S. to the Continent lit £2l ss. per ton. and consumers in other
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  • 69 9 West Rand Consolidated Wins Shield Again The West Rand Consolidated Mines has. for the third year in succession, won the Safety Shield in the Safety First Prize Scheme for the Witw.itersra.nd Gold Mines organised by the Prevention of Accidents Committee. Never before in the history of the
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  • 67 9 Tronoh Finance has been registered as a private company with a nominal capital of £5,000 in 5,000 shares of £1 each. The objects are to carry on the business ot financiers, miners, etc. The directors are:— Messrs. Chas. V. Thomas, John H. Rich and Geo. W. Simms. Mr.
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    • 213 9 of —to keep your dog in first-clas* condition, full of vitality whatever Write the weather, feed him regularly Biscuit Book” tot on one or other of SPRATT’S Sprau: Patent Ltd., Meat Fibrine Dog Food.. Hi. appearance will repay your dwLONDON, Eng n an< i you’ll know he is getting the
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    • 384 10 11 Do you read the Sunday Gazette? I Every week new and interesting features are introduced into I the SUNDAY GAZETTE. Place an order for regular delivery I with your newsagent or become a subscriber. The following are I some of the features of the SUNDAY GAZETTE. I ILLUSTRATED LONDON
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  • 156 11 A new radio personality, M. Penny, who has already won u warm place for himself in the hearts of Home listeners will shortly be heard by listeners to Daventry. “The Strange Adventures of Mr. Penny,’ a new series of Daventry broadcasts, should not be missed. Mr.
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  • 162 11 British radio manufacturers are offering a concerted challenge to American dominance in the Empire set market. India is to be one of the first objectives in a new campaign, says the Daily Telegiaph. Export trade, hitherto, has been somewhat neglected by British
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  • SHIPPING NEWS AND MAILS
    • 249 11 s S “KASHIMA MARU” from Japan via Singapore—sails today for Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London Antwerp, Rotterdam and Middlesbrough. S S “DEUCALION” from Singapore sails for Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg Glasgow. S.S. “KAROA” from S’pore. Sails 3rd for Rangoon Calcutta.
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    • 790 11 Seven Principal Powers Building Total Of 351 Men-Of-War London. No fewer than 351 men-of-war of all types are building for the seven principal naval Powers at the present time. This fact is disclosed in the annual “Return of Fleets” compiled by the Admiralty, and presented to
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    • 369 11 OUTWARD MAIL A mail for North, North Eastern an<s North Western Sumatra by the s.s. Kedab will close at 5 p.m. today. A mail for Ceylon, Southern, and Western India and Eastern Australia by thes.s. Kashima Maru will close at 6 p m.today. A mail for
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1098 11 RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. EMPIRE STATION TODAY Tune in on the following wavelength»: TRANSMISSION 2. TRANSMISSION 2 fe.ls p.m.-The news and announce- Mc/a (1 w Xients. B.3s—Greenwich time signal. The Uroadhurst Septet. Folksongs: Cherry GBG 17-97 Mc/a (16-8 m.) Ripe; A Pretty Girl Milking her Cow; The 9 51
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    • 171 11 HONG KONG. Station ZBW broadcasts on a wavelength i of 39.52 JUcis 81.4 m. TODAY ZBW 3 9.52 Mc/s (31.4 m.) P.M. 3.30 Chinese programme. 6.30 European programme. 6.50 Stock quotations and Exchange Market report. 6.55 Continuation of European programme. 7.20 Time signal, weather report and announcements. 7.23 Continuation of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 370 12 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Vessels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due conviction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London 3. DEUCALION Mars., Ldon, R’dam, Hamburg tz Glasgow. Apr. 2 Apr. 28 C. ACHILLES L’don, R’dam, H'burg, Hull Swansea. Apr. 8 May 5 A. FATROCLUS Mars., L
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    • 752 12 D A O and BRITISH INDIA PORT SWETTENHAM. MALACCA AND SINGAPORE S.S. "KARAGOLA" SAILING SUNDAY, 4th APRIL Peninsular and Oriental S.N, Co., under .Penane Teluk incontract with His Majesty’s Government le a g le!uk Port Swettenham London and Far East Mail Service. a,a f ca an d Singapore Service. Outwards
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 600 12 RADIO PROGRAMMES PARIS BERLIN. Station Radio-Colonial. Its naH-latters Station Zeesen broadcasts on the follow<ng frequencies:— W. L. 15.88 metre* I. F. A. 3 IMB 15.20 Mcjs 10.7 m. W. L. 35.28 T. P. A. 8 DJN 8.54 Mc|s 81.4 m. W L. 85.00 T. P. A. 4 TODAY TODAY P.M.
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    • 381 12 ROME NIROM. Station 2RO broadcasts on a wavelength of YDC (15.15 Mc|s (19.8 m.) 85.4 m 11.810 Kc|s or 81.18 m. »435 PMN (10.26 Mc|s (29.2 m.) TODAY TODAY P.M. P.M. 9.20 Opening announcement. News in English. *2.10 News bulletin. Cesare Colamarino (Cellist). 2 20 closedown. Review of science. Filiberto
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  • 1205 13 Umpires' Formation Of Board REVIEW OF SEASON’S ACTIVITIES REFERENCE to the success of the formation of an Umpires Board was made in the report of the general committee of the Penang Hockey Association which was passed at t e bi-annual general meeting held yesterday
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  • 861 13 PROGRAMME FOR TOMORROW Following is the full programme for the first day of the Penang Turf Club Easter Professional Meeting, to be run tomorrow i Race I.—Ponies, Class 2, Div. 2, 5 Furlongs. 42 4 LARUT 9.00 H. H. the Sultan Of Perak Logue 10 0 LERRICK
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    • 117 13 *1 ir F r < I' i: 4> t. FLY TO r FOB THE CORONATION The quickest way to the world’s greatest spectacle. The weeks saved on the journey can be added to your time in England, which will be the most eventful, exciting I time of your life PEMNG
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  • 1334 14 The Bad Light Problem HOURS OF PLAY NOW that the travail of the Test matches is over, the last verdict of the many inquests that have sat upon our cricket returned, the time has come to think again of the future. Ihe immediate past has
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  • 27 14 Tico competitors in the recent Junior Skating Championship of Gr'al Britain, htld at the Qttr ii'.s Ie( Skatina Club, seen between turns on the rink.
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  • 568 14 An Unparalleled Feat: New To Competitions winning both the Swaythling Cup and the Corbillon Cup competition, the premier table tennis championships of the world for men and women, at Baden (Austria), America performed a hitherto unparalleled feat, reports Reuter. Superb team work was.the keynote of
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  • 26 14 IJERE she is: little Miss Nornav, well wrapped up against anything that the weather clerk might have up his sleeve!
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  • LATEST SHARE AND COMMODITY NEWS
    • 310 15 Quiet Londvn. April 1. Yesterday Ri.-e or 1;<1I J ».c.. 1944-64 113 x.d. Vaadi-ia. < p.c., 19MY*W 120 War L»'4n. Y t>c 1 Com la Am (Unit») 1-» Franco rut A” Koyal A»«ce (I')» pd.) Ct. We»*cru Oiu Can Pac. (125) Chartered B»nk (i.>) H.K. Bank ($125)
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    • 123 15 London. April I. RUBBER Dull. Spot 13 buyers 13 sellers. April June 13 f, buyers 132 sellers. July Sept- 13 7 buyers 13 A sellers. Oce Dee. 13,' buyers 13 sellers. New York: 26.80 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 22,463 tons Liverpool 31,355 tons COPRA Straits S.D.
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    • 188 15 LEAN CO. TODAY S OPENING QUOTATIONS TIN; Buyers Sellers Ampats 6.11 641 Burma Malays 27 6 28 3xd Eong Fatts 1-521 1.571cd Jeleims 1-221 1-271 K. Lanjuts 26,9 27j6 ;\ai’!.3 25 6 26)0 Aenongs 27 0 28.0 ex La ruts I®:® 17|0 Lukuts 1.271 1.321 \’awr.g Pets 90 95 Norths
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    • 124 15 t-ondon on Previously Latest Paris 106 21 64 106 13 32 New York 4.89 4.89 ft Montreal 4.88 H 4.89 ft Brussels 29.041 29.061 Geneva 21.461 21.48 Amsterdam 5.93 8.935 Milan 92is 92’ft' Berlin 12.151 12.171 Athens 5471 5471 Bucharest 667. 6671 Buenos Aires 17j unquoted Monts Video
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    • 119 15 TlX: PREVIOUSLY LATEST London— < Spot) £296.10.0 £290. 0.0 £292 0.0 £286.15.0 ,O E 5143.75 5142.75 Penaag Business Done $143.75 $141.87t COPRA.--(Sundried) Done 25 tons BLACK PEPPER $8.55 $8.65 KUBBER $11.50 $11.50 London New York 13Jd 13&d Bc<G> 26,ic(G A n 77 45SC 45Se y <!l> 46c 461
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    • 242 15 KENNEDY CO. The following are the latest quotations jx MESSRS. KENNEDY Co.’s Share List today:— RUBBER: Buyers Sellers. Alor Gajah 1.70 1.771 cum Amal. Malay 2.25 2.50 ex Connemara 2.10 2.15 Haytor 1.30 1.40 ex Kedah 3.30 3.40 Kuala Sidim 3.571 3.65 Parit Perak 2.50 2.75 cum Radella 6.50 6.75
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    • 262 15 RUBBER:— Buyers Sellers. Allenbys 2.20 2.30 Ayer Panas 2.25 2.321 Basetts .971 1.021 Eatu Lintangs 1.571 1.62’ Bedfords 1.40 1.45 Bentas 1.571 1.621 Brogas 1.25 1.30 Indragiris 1.85 1.921 Jerams 1.30 1.35 ex Kuala Sidims 3.55 3.671 Lunas 2.70 2.80 M. Pindas 1.971 2.05 Mentakabs 55 .571 N.
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    • 197 15 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN:— Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.80 1.82$ Hong Fatt 1.50 1.55 Jelebu 1.22$ 1.27$ Kuehai 1.77$ 1.825 c Lukut 1.25 1.30 North Taiping 90 92$ Petalings 10.25 10.50 Puteh 90 95 Rahman Hyd. 1.55 1.57$ Rantau Ord. 2.00 2.05 Rantau Pref. 1.921 1.97$ Taiping 90 92$ Telok
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    • 238 15 The following are the changes in oui quotations up to noon today:— TIN:— Buyers Sellers Ampats 6 4$ 6 7$ Ayer Hitams 29 6 30 6 Batu SeJangois 1.80 1.83 Chenderiangs 27 0 28 0 Hong Fatts 1.52 I.sscum Hongkongs 39 9 40 9 Jelepangs 35 0 35
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