Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 April 1937

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1333. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 100. Vol. XCV. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    EMPIRE TO HEAR CORONATION SERVICE
    194 1 Elaborate Broadcast Arrangements COMMENTATORS TO SPEAK IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES London, April 30. The Post ()tiice ha? made elaborate arrangements to carry Coronation broadcast? from London to twelve different countries in Europe and by Radiophone transmissions. through the International Telephone Exchange, to the greater part of
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    STOCK MARKETS SLUMP
    248 1 Reuter. < ITY WORRIED AND APPREHENSIVE RIG FAILURES FEARED London. April 29. T. e ?*.ty wears a worried and apprehens.v? v. *'dering whether the slump in worl 1 stock markets will lead to any bi_ fail _r here, in Paris or Johannesburg. *‘W er-? caught in a
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    SET-BACK FOR RUBBER
    66 1 (F> > O ir Own Correspondent) Singafrwe, Apiil 29 A,P quiet and steady throughout tblwr again took a bad t e- J-mde-ii'ig following weakness rcr London and New York. A* opening* prices were three yest. /day’s closing rates, t t >fl:' they steadied slightly on *<• xwt’rwifiL
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    YOU MAY WIN $250!
    79 1 Raciii Competition Closes Tomorrow At Noon T Gazette s $250 P.acing Comp tomorrow at noon. All entry f 0! a. sent to the Pinang Gazette offi .ckly as possible. The :-.g will take place tomorrow evenir. a- .7 p m and the public are invited '.tend.
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    GRANTS TO ROYAL FAMILY
    103 1 Reuter. Lardon, April 30. It i rstood that the Civil List Conin'. tt t recommends tln.it ill ould be granted for the King's Pr vy which is the same as in previous reigns; re in the allowance of the Duke of G. ?r from /25,000 to
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    $47,000 FROM BICYCLE TAX
    134 1 -KRETA ANGIV RAISE THE WIND (From Our Own Correspondent; Singapore. April 29 Nearly -547. J. I have poured into the Cuifers of the S.ngapore since the 81 tax was imposed on mcy<_: s in N vember last, and there is little reduetkm in the n moei
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    COAL INDUSTRY DISPUTE
    165 1 British Radio. POSSIBILITY OF NATIONAL STRIKE PRIME MINISTER OPTIMISTIC don, Apr 1 ou. me M» vu Lep.u w ‘eiigageu today m wnn a v»ew to oiuig ng aovuv ..a ugieem<..t between «.he aU.hc o« Ke is teueiai.c*. and the amgl oaar roAcgdte which is due to meet
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      U.S.-HONG KONG SERVICE
      256 1 San Francisco. April 30. The Pan-American Airways Hawaii ‘•Clipper” has departed, thus augurating the United Suites Hong Kong ;*issenger er vice. The British Ccnsul, Mr. Cyril Cane, the Chirese Consul, Mr. Quong, and Mayo. Kerry Wyo-at. o Alamela, where the air port is situated, partic pated in
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    NEW INDIAN CONSTITUTION
    103 1 Reuter. INTERIM MINISTRIES DISAPPROVED GANDHI-NEHRU DIVERGENCIES Allahabad. Ap.il 29. The Congress Working Committee, before concluding its fourth day session, pas- sed a resolution disapproving the appointment of interim ministr.es. The resolution expressed the opinion that acceptau.e ci the ministrial ottice by those not in t 10 i
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    MONSOONISH WEATHER
    87 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. April 29. The East-bound Imperial made two •ittempts to cross the Burma —Siam frontier this morning and on each occasion was'forced to return owing to heavy monsoon weather. is sjienrtiny tonight again a< Rangoon and hopes to essaj a third attempt before daybreak
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    BUS STRIKE INEVITABLE
    126 1 Reuter. FOLLOWING BREAKDOWN IN NEGOTIATIONS DEMAND FOB 71 HOURS DAY London, April 30. Negotiators for the putpese of overlasting the str ke of busmen in Central London at midnight tomorrow were continued at the Ministry of Labour today. So far as is publicly known the Transport Union
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    DAVIS CUP TENNIS
    256 1 Reuter. HINA AND NEW ZEALAND MIN GAME EACH KHO SIN-KIE BE VIS MALFROY Brighton, April 29. 1:’. ’he first round cf s the Davis Cup eomG* b-? w f-n ChirA and New Zealand. •*l'y s on new £56.000 hard courts, x’ Sin-kie beat Malfroy 6 0. 6
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    FULL PENANG CORONATION PROGRAMME
    322 1 We are m receipt from the Municipal Secretary the full programme of Corona- I tion celebrations in Penang from May 10 to Mav 15. Most of the events and details have already been published and a reference need only be made to certain other events. On
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    STRANGE CUSTOMS OF BRUNEI
    1906 2 Native Life In The River Houses PENANG TALK INTERESTING sidelights on the life and customs of the inhabitants of Brunei were given by Mr. R.J.F. Curtis, Collector of Land Revenue, Penang. to local Rotarians at the weekly tiffin meeting held at the E. O. Hotel on
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    SOWING SEEDS OF REVOLUTION
    610 2 Calcutta Jute Strike TERRORISTS’ NEW TACTICS Calcutta, April 21. /he p five are finding difficulty in maintaining order among the jute mill strikers m the Calcutta neighbourhood, where, it is now computed, 12D.000 are idle. Agitators aie increasing their activit.es, with the same degree of coercion
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    ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED ALMOST DAILY IN PENANG LAST TEAR
    2595 3 Need Eor Cold Storage ,4 facilities VETERINARY SURGEON’S ANNUAL REPORT Settlement Dogs Entirely free from Rabies HL absence of cold storage facilities still necessitates the j slaughter of animals on practically every day throughout the year, and the need for such was
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    FACTS IN FIGURES
    66 3 The total number of animals slaughtered at the Penang Abbatoirs during the year 1936 was 1M.5,164, of which 95,268 were pigs. The average number of animals slaughtered daily in half yearly periods was as follows: Ist. HALF 1936:—264 pigs, 17 sheep 22 goats, 9 cattle, 4 buffaloes;
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    INSURGENTS RAIN BULLETS ON A HOSPITAL
    301 3 Gen. O’Duffy’s Brigade To Return Home Shortly THE SPANISH WAR -Reuter. Bilbao, April 29. The Basques claim they still hold the mountains Marking Durango to the south. They assert that the insurgents rained bullets from machine-guns in aeroplanes on a convent at Amoreb’.eta, which
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    NEWS IN BRIEF
    149 3 Air Vice-Marshal Cave-Browne-Cave_ C. 8., D. 5.0., D.F.0., has been appointed Air Officer Commanding No. IS (Reconnaissance) Group, Royal Air Force. In view of the fact that the secomt five-year plan was mostly fulfilled before schedule, the Council of the People’s Comm ssars, Moscow, has decided to
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    EXPLOITATION BY MONEYLENDERS
    893 4 WAGE EARNERS’ ONLY WEAPON AN ADMINISTRATION ORDER «From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 28. That the Wage Earners Administration Order was a weapon against exploitation by moneylenders and that it helped to wipe out debts in a manner which could not otherwise be achieved was the
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    SOCIAL And PERSONAL
    1250 4 MISS B. SHERMAN TO GO ON LEAVE Miss B. Sherman. Superintendent of St. Nicholas’ Home for blind children, leaves on Friday next by the s.s. Kedah «or Singapore whence she will proceed lome on 8 months’ leave by s.s. Johan ie Witt. During her absence Miss I.
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    THE TAIPING CABARET BRAWL AGAIN
    213 4 Two Summonses Taken Out (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, April 28. Two other summonses taken out in connection with the brawl at the Palladium Dance Hall on the night of December 19 came up for hearing before Tengku Mentri, the Taiping Magistrate, today. In the
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      182 4 1 IWtOSfRO ©Jj| tUpk ID ONE OF LIFE’S PLEASURES A Sure Cure Of Tropical Thirst "PRICES NOW REDUCED" Quarts $6.50 per dozen including duty Pints $4.00 per dozen including duty. i I I Obtainable Everywhere AGENTS HENRY WAUGH CO., LTD. Vhat in the World has Happened Through the night reports
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    MILITARY MIGHT OF GERMANY
    362 5 Hitler Reviews New Forces MARCH PAST OF 14,550 Berlin, April 20. Herr Hitler was 48 today. Once again "his birthday was made the occasion for an impressive display of Germany’s arms might. As he did last year, Herr Hitler today took the salute at a march
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    WAGE INCREASES IN ITALY
    368 5 £‘600.000 Given In Pensions Rome, April 21. Italian Labour Day was celebrated today with grants of pensions, totalling £600.000. to old and disabled. It was also announced that workers w’ould receive an increase of wages in the summer to meet the rise in the cost of
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    NO EVASION OF QUOTAS IN F. M. S. LAST YEAR
    394 5 Smuggler Bogey Laid By Customs Excise Report ALL PACKAGES from fOREIGN COUNTRIES EXAMINED (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, April 28. The smuggler bogey has been laid. These from the newly issued report of Mr. W. D. Barron,’Commissioner of Customs
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    STATISTICS OFFICE LIBRARY
    167 5 The following publications were issued or received by the Department of "Statistics, S.S. F.M.S., Penang, during the period April 19 to 24, 1937, inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Library, Government Building, Penang. Application may be made by members of the public resident
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    Inventors Have No Time To Invent
    153 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 28. From the F.M.S. Customs and Ex~ cise Department report-.—“ The number of grants in respect of invent ons issued n the Federated Malay States for 1936 u'as 26 as against 45 for the previous year. It
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    FURTHER SABOTAGE IN RUSSIA
    129 5 Molotoff’» Statement Moscow, April 21. Further revelations of wrecking in key ndustries, made in a speech by the Premeir Molotoff at the plenary session of the Communist Party Central Committee, were made public today. The Premier’s statements reinforce the growing conviction that the malcontents have succeeded
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    POPE RECEIVES 2,000 PILGRIMS
    244 5 DOCTORS READY FOR EMERGENCY Vatican City, April 21. The Pope today gave an audience to over 2,000 people, the largest party since his illness. More than 10 nations were represented in the congregation, including British, French, Dutch and Hungarian pilgrims land 725 married couples. The Pope
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    MURDERED KING RELICS
    223 5 Jugoslavia’s New Museum Belgrade. April 21. Prince Paul, the Senior Regent, opened the Jugoslav War Museum in the old Belgrade fortress of Kalimegdan yesterday. The collection illustrates the war history of the country from the first Serbian war of independence, at the beginning of the 19th century,
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    GERMANY AND TANGANYIKA NATIONALS
    396 5 Starving Them Into Colonies Agitation LORD F. SCOTT’S ALLEGATION London, April 22. The suggestion that German settlers in Tanganyika were being “economically starved” by the German Government to induce them to agitate fcr the return of the territory, was made by Lord Francis Scott, who has
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    U.S. INTEREST IN BRITISH BUDGET
    303 5 Taxation’s Effect On New Industries FINANCE ON r WAR FOOTING” New York, April 21. No British Budget in recent years has aroused more interest in the United States than the one introduced yesterday by Mr Neville Chamberlain. Part’cular attention is paid in this courtry to
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    NORTH MALAY RUBBER ESTATES
    610 6 Dividend Of 7 1/2 Per Cent MR. THOMAS TAYI OB’S SPEECH April 14. The fifth annual general meeting of North Mialay Rubber Estates (1931), Ltd., was held yesterday at 58 Market-lane, London. E.C. Mr. Thomas Taylor (the chairman) presided, and. in the course of his speech,
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    OVERSEAS TRADE
    138 6 VVIIU. O.XIU till doyment 3.1 per cent greater.—Britisl Vireless. Increased Exports Rugby, April 28. The Beard of Trade has now calculated the volume of overseas trade in the first quarter of the year compared with the corresponding periods of 1936 and 1935 by a revaluation of the trade
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    NEW CHAPLAIN OF SOUTH PERAK ARRIVES
    363 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 29. The Rev. S. C. Kell, L. Th., the new Church of England Chaplain for South Perak, who arrived in Ipoh on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Kell, has taken up residence in the St. John’s parsonage, Ipoh. He
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    SPANISH CIVIL WAR
    99 6 —British Radio. Bombing Of Civilians London, April 30. Lord Plymouth. Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, repeated in the House of Lords tonight, replying to a debate raised by Lord Cecil on the bombing of Guernica the regret expressed yesterday in the House of Commons by the Foreign
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    HIGHEST NEPALESE HONOUR
    55 6 For H.M. The King London, April 30. The Special Mission from Nepal went to Buckingham Palace this morning and Sii Kaiser Shumshere Jung Behadur Rana leader of the Mission, presented to His Majesty the King the insignia of the Ordei .Of Rajunya. the highest Nepalese Order instituted
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    CRICKET ON SUNDAY
    80 6 P.S.C. V. P.F.S. The Penar, g Sports Club will meet the Penang Free School in a cricket match oh Sunday, May 2, at 10.30 a.m. on the Esplar» ide. Following will play for the Penarg Sports Club: T. S. Anthony (Captain), S. V. Adams, S. Bggs, J.
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    FIRST DIVISION SOCCER TODAY
    59 6 O.X.A. v. P.W.F.A. The Old Xaverians’ Association will play against the Province Wellesley Football Association this evening on the St. Xaviers' Institution ground. The Xaverians in their first match against the D.A.F.C won by five to one. The P.W.F.A against the Penang Sports Club also won
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    NEW MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER
    34 6 His Excellency the Gove fior has been plĕhsed to appoint Mr. C. Grumitt. the nominee of the Straits Settlements (Penang i Association, to be a Municipal Commissioner of George Town, Penang.
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    MAN DIES FROM FRACTURED SKULL
    150 6 SEQUEL TO COLLISION WITH CAR (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 28. A verdict of ‘‘accidental death” was returned by Che Osman sitting as Coroner in the Kuala Lumpur police court today, at thet inquest on Low Lim, who died from axi accident. It
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    Bournemouth, April 26.
    62 6 to her suffering from gastric flu.—Reuter Wireless. British Davis cup players are appearing in the British Hard Courts' Championship. Austin played brilliantly to beat the left hander F. R. Stroud recently returned from Burma 6/1: 6/1, 6/0. Kay the women s singles winner last year for the
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      25 6 ———b POSITIONS VACANT Branch Dispensary requires a Cashier and a Collector. Anply personally or by ’etter to NEW CHINA MEDICAL HALL. 80, CAMPBELL STREET, PENANG.
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      20 6 ■STEEL BULLOCK Carts Portable Tanks Storage Tanks Export Drums Refuse Bins Shelving, Benches. EASTERN MFG. CO.. 1, River Road. PENANG.
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      457 6 W y*—-w y W I Positively Last 2 Shows of JJ A I This Great Tamil Comedy Riot 1 WINDSOR TONIGHT LAST NIGHT r iv L. «T O Q/l The Bigger, Better Funnier Picture 0.1/> LMSt LVlgflt 1 OTllgM y.JU Picture The Latest Most Riotous Than any other Cantonese Talkie
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      125 6 As Usual, The Best W r eek-Eud NEXT CHANGE’ Show In Town THE STAR OF Everybody’s Flocking To See ’’THE COUN IRX Maurice In His Grandest Role DOCI OR” 6.15 TONIGHT 9.30 in Matluces. Tomorrow Sunday A More Magnificent Role I Ji— "'Bw Fli IMI Jll U/i* IH !i fl
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    Mr. And Mrs. Lim Boon Keng
    57 7 .M>. And Mrs. Lini Boon Keng who were married on Wednesday at the Penang B'lddirnef Association. The bridegroom is the youngest son of the late Mr. and Ms. L*r>* Kong Chean. The bride. Miss Teoh Cheng Khun, is the youngest ths late Mr. Teoh
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    SCHOOLBOY CONVICTED AFTER RE-TRIAL
    1275 7 Counsel’s Successful Plea For Mercy ASKING that there was absolutely no evidence put forward, and that lie wa > very unsatisfied with the manner in which the case had been con-id Mr. J. 1.. McFall the district Judge, ordered a retrial of a case wine’ •:"e
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    ASSISTING IN PUBLIC LOTTERY ALLEGED
    601 7 Two Chinese On Trial The hearing of the case in which two Chinese Tan Chooi Bock and Kang Hoon Tooi are charged with assisting in carrying on a public lottery, namely, a cash sweepstake entitled the Hak Toh Kongsor on the result of the Penang
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    BARGAINING FOR WORLD AGREEMENT
    556 8 Wy ELCOME signs <.f the times are the "good trade"’ and better prices that arc living experienced in most commodities, \el such are the uncertainties of commerce that in a few specific industries depressing conditions are still prevailing. The sugar industry, for instance remains in an
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    CORONATION MEDALS
    112 8 503 FOR MALAYA (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapoi e. Api il 30. Malayans win receive 500 of the 90.000 Coronation Medals which are being struck or issue as a personal souvenh from King George VI to persons in the Crown services and otheis in Great Britain and in
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    WEDDING OF CHINESE MINER
    347 8 Mr. Lini Boon Krug Miss Teoh Cheng Khim The wedding took place on Wednesday at 1 p m, a’ the Buddhist Association. Penang. according to Chinese reformed style of Mr. Lim Boon Keng, youngest son of the late Mr Lim Kong Chean and the late Madam
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    BY THE WAY
    712 8  -  Local Coronation Preparations--23 Arches By Chinese-Parade Rehearsals--Xavy To Take Part First Time Since 1921Penang Veterinary Department- iXew Abbaloirs— With Chill Room Storage hacililies DIOCLES. i signs of the wet weather IA/ bating, we have had quite a ’,»l of rain in fact recently, ure: rations for the
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    CHINESE HAWKERS IN BERLIN
    79 8 Reuter. Alleged Expulsion Berlin, April 28. Mr. Cheog, Chinese Ambassador, received at the Embassy a delegation of ten Chinese hawkers in connection with the aJleged expulsion of large numbers of Chinese who were touring the country selling pottery. While awaiting for an interview, the delegation c:
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    DEATH OF AUTHOR
    81 8 Hartford, Connecticut. April 29. The death is announced of the actcr .i l dramatic author. William Gillette Reuter. Mr. Gillette went on the stage in 1577 and by 1881 was playing in his dramas. In his last pieces, “Two Mr. a Johnson,” “Secret Service,” Shera k Holmes”
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    KEDAH TO CELEBRATE CORONATION ON BIG SCALE
    1312 9 Processions, A River Pageant, Sports.... fLLL PROGRAMME FOR EACH DISTRICT \n elaborate programme of celebrations during Coronation week has n up b\ the Kedah Celebrations Committee. Eeasts, ronggeng in cs. processions, a river pageant, sports, and Chinese wayangs prominently in the list. 'I
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    Z.H.J. PENANG
    76 9 Indian Music Broadcast For The Coronation Arrangements are in hand for a twohour broadcast of specially composed songs in Tamil in honour of the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth from the Studio of the Penang Wireless Society on Saturday, May 15. 1937. These
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    TONIGHT’S BOXING
    85 9 (By Our Boxing Correspondent) A small boxing promotion is being put on at Wembley Park. Penang, tonight. Cheah Boon Chen, the Penang Chinese kantam. is raised to main event status, and will meet James Dawn, the Singapore cantam. who holds the bantamweight championship title of Perak, over ten
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    QUEE TAKES THE FULL COUNT
    484 9 Anna-' Sensational Win At Ipoli SIX KNOCK-DOWNS IN TWO ROUNDS I rom Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Today. There was a sensational ending to the main event at the JuSllee Park arena last night between Boy Quee and Kid Arenas, the former being knocked out early
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    F.M.S. CHAMBER OF MINES
    52 9 At a meeting held on April 28 the Council of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines recorded the following resolution It is the feeling of the Council that mines should adopt the geneial policy of closing down on Coronation Day (May 12) without loss of pay to
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    71,504 BABIES BORN IN F.M.S. IN 1936
    346 9 Highest Birth-Rate Ever Recorded (From Our Own Correspondent» Kuala Lumpur. April 29. Sevo'ty-one thousand five hundred and four babies were born in the Federated Malay States in 1936 7,783 more than in 1935. making the h ghest birth-rate ever recorded. But Dr. W.
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      220 9 I —-L the limit of your energy? If you feel like nothing at all, if you suffer from irritability, heart troubles, fatigue and lowered resisting power, you ought not to wait 1 All these complaints are danger signals, for they are symptoms of a serious weakness caused by a lack
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    R.G.A. CONSIDER RENEWAL OF RUBBER RESTRICTION ESSENTIAL
    3420 10 Even 1936 Prices Not Remunerative To Efficient Producers PROSPERITY OF INDUSTRY DEPENDENT ON WORLD TRADE RECOVERY (From Our Own Correspondent). London, April 21. E VEN 1936 rubber prices were not remunerative to efficient producers, declared Mr. T. J. Cumming’. chairman of the Rubber
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    CLAIM AGAINST TRUSTEE OF KHOO THEAN TEK ESTATE
    613 11 Woman Beneficiary Awarded $5,840 In the Penang High Oourt yesterday, in chambers, Mr. Justice Gordon Smith entered judgment in favour of Madam Khoo Kim Ee in the sum of $5,840, in respect of her claim representing the legacy bequeathed to her in
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    U.S. DELEGATES TO THE CORONATION
    55 11 Reuter. New York. April 28. General Pershing and Admiral Hugh Rodman, members of the United States delegation to the Coronation, have sailed by the President Harding for England. General Pershing has with him a speciail uriTTfdrm described as the most gorgeous ever worn by an
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    CASE AGAINST KHOO SOO THYE
    265 11 Preliminary Inquiry To Be Held A preliminary inquiry will be held on June 7 into the case in which Khoo Soo Thye, a prominent Pennng rubber dealer is charged with having dishonestly induced the manager of the Netherlands Trading Society, Penang, Mr. F. Helmers to
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    'RESPONSIBILITIES OF EMPIRE’
    187 12 The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, C.H., M.P., will make the third contribution to ‘Resparsib lities of Empire,’ tomorrow, the series of talks now being broadcast in the B.C.C.’s. programmes^from Daventry. Mr. Churchill’s illustrious career in the service of the State needs o emphasis: he has been President
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      m.v. Salawati In Port Today
      455 12 M.V. ‘SALAWATI’ from Calcutta via Belawan —sails today for Singapore, Batavia, Sama rang, Sourabaya, Macassan, Manila, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, British Columbia and New Orleans. S.S. “MATA HARI” for Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh, Port Swettenham, Malacca Singapore. S.S. ‘MEMNON’ from Singapore sails for Marseilles,
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      DITCH SHIPBUILDING FINANCE
      416 12 Proposed Financial Reorganisation The annual report of the Wiltonrijenoord Dock and Yard Co., of Rotterdam and Schiedam, which incorporate» Wilton’s Engineering anl Shipbuilding Co and the Fijenoord Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., states that although no dividends have been received over the past year from either of the
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      INJUSTICE TO CARGO LINERS
      278 12 AS ESSENTIAL TO NATION AS TRAMP TONNAGE Speaking at the annual meeting in Newcastle, recently, of the Cairn Line of Steamships, Ltd., Major T. Russell Cairns said that the directors felt a sense of injustice that the British Shipping (Assistance) Act, 1935. had not been extended
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      BY AIR AND SEA
      540 12 LATEST TIMES OB POSTING air mail A mail for Kenya. Tanganyika, Uganda. Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and South Africa via Singapore and thence by Imperial Airways will close at 7.30 p.m. today. A mail for Ceylon, Southern and Western India by the a.s: Hakone
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      1050 12 •RADIO TOPICS PROGRAMMES-! Inn.. 8.8. C. EMPIRE STATION TODAY TRANSMISSION 2 Time on f*e following wavelength»; PM. TRANSMISSION t 8.15 Excerpts from Light Opera* Eli- GSH ft. 47 Mc/s (15.97 m.) zabeth Mooney (Soprano). Foster Ri- GSG 11.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) chardson (Baas). The 8.8. C. Revue GSG 15.14 Mc/s
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      340 12 BERLIN Station Zeesen broadcasts or« the followng frequencies: DJB 15.20 Mcjs 19.7 m. DJN 9.54 Mc;S 31.45 m. DJE 17.76 Mc|s 16.89 m. DJQ 15.28 Mcs 19.63 m. DJA 9.56 Mcs 31.38 m. TODAY P.M. 2.15 Greetings to listeners in New Zealand. 2.20 News and economic review in English. 2.35
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      12 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY High Tide Low Tide 2.05 p.m. 8 58 p.m
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    FOREIGN SHIPBUILDING ORDERS
    161 13 British Yards’ Small Share In the House of Commons recently, Dr. J. W. Leech (Newcastle) asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he would request the Export Credits Advisory CQmnnitt.ee to examine the reasons why British shipbuilders failed to obtain a fair share of foreign
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    IMPORTANT CLYDE LAUNCH
    395 13 Messrs. Fairfield Create A Record By launching the 9,000-ton cruiser H.M.S. Liverpool recently, 13 months after the first keel plate had been laid, a post-war record has been established by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. Mrs. Montagu Norman, wife of the Governor of the Bank of
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    MARCONI WIRELESS INSTALLATIONS FOR MOLLER SHIPS
    240 13 DECISION REACHED BY COMPANY Hong Kong. Fifteen vessels of the Moller fleet are to be equipped with Marconi Wireless Installations, according to a decision reached by the board of directors of the Company recently. A few of the installations will be made in England
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      368 13 MANSFIELD CO., LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE VMMfe LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Doe with Gkn Shire Une) Penang London menflaus H bur S 4 Glasgow. Apr. 30 May 26 B, MENELAUS Ldon. R dam, H’burg, Hull Swansea. May 7 June 2 A ANTENOR M’seilles, L’don R’daSi and
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      287 13 PRESIDENT LINEDTO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. LEAVE Marseilles New York PENANG Arrive Arrive S.S. PRES. POLK May 6 June 2 June 15 S.S. PRES. PIERCE Mav 20 June 16 June 29 S.S. PRES. VAN BUREN June 3. June 30 July 13 A wonderful opportunity to visit Cairo en route. PACIFIC SERVICE.
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      784 13 P&O BRITISH INDIA PORT SWETTENHAM, MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. “KARAGOLA” SAILING SUNDAY, 2nd MAY Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Co., under .Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swettenbaja, contract with His Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mall Service. s/S “MATA HARI” Apr. 30 Outwards from London for China Japan.
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      543 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES PARIS NIROM TODAY YDC (15.15 Mc;s (19.8 m PMN (10 26 Mc;s (29.2 m TP A 2 15.24 Mc/s (19.6 m.) TODAY P.M. 6.20 Concert relay from Bordeaux. 5.. 2.10 News bulletin. 7.05 Talk on current French events m XT 2.20 Close down. Rumanian by Mme. Nortmea. 5
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      86 13 HONG KONG ZBW (9.52 Mc/s (31.4 m.)) TODAY 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 signa! weather n?p<~rt and announcements. 7.23 Continuation of Euronvan programme. 8.15 Daventry news bulletin. 10.20 Close down. TOMORROW 3.30 p.m. Chinese
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    PROGRAMME FOR FIRST DAY OF SINGAPORE RACES
    1019 14 TWELVE PROBABLES F.OR ANNIVERSARY CUP Below will be found the full programme for the first day of the Singapore Turf Club Summer (Governor’s Cup) Meeting to be run at Singapore tomorrow. Race HORSES—CIass 2—Div. 3—7 Furlongs. 3 0 1 VAPOUR 9.00 Dr. L.
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    DAVIS CUP LAWN TENNIS
    56 14 Reuter. China v. New Zealand London, April 28. The Davies Cup tie between China and New Zealand starts at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday. The pairin';* are:— Thursday: Kho Sin-kie v. Malfroy; Choy v. Stedman. Friday: Kho Sin-kie and Tsui Wai-pui v. Malfroy and Stedman. Saturday: Kho
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    THREATENED LONDON BIS STRIKE
    61 14 —Reuter. Position Somewhat Critical Ixindon, April 27. The Conference at the Ministry of Labour between representatives of the London Transport Board and employees with regard to the threatened London bus strike sat for five hours yesterday and seven today. It was adjourned till tomorrow. It is
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    ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE
    207 14 78 TEAMS PLAYING TOMORROW Following are ties in the English League to be played tomorrow: FIRST DIVISION Arsenal v. Bolton W. Birmingham v. Manchester C. Charlton A. v. Brentford Grimsby T. v. Stoke C. Huddersfield T. v. Sheffield W. Leeds U. v. Portsmouth Liverpool v. Chelsea Preston
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    RUGBY’S RETIRED LIST
    271 14 •pHE rugby stetson is closing, and a regretful little band who have served their their time as players are bidding farewell to the game. The list of retirements this year is greated than usual. Two more names to be added to it are those of G.S. Sturtridge
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    A VERY SERIOUS OFFENCE
    104 14 Case Tried In Open Court (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 28. An offence of this nature is a very serious one. because of the damaging effect it must have upon the subject.” remarked Mr. Justice Cussen at the Selangor Assizes today, when he passed
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    30-MILE CYCLE RACE
    173 14 TO TAKE PLACE ON MAY 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 28. An open “mass-start” cycle road race over 30 miles will be held on Sunday May 16, during Coronation week. The race will start at 8 a.m. in Swettenham Road, opposite the F.M.S.V.F. Headquarters’
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    PENANG TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    206 14 START MADE IN DOUBLES TOURNAMENT Che Abdul Rahim, the Kedah open singles champion, entered the quarterfinals of the Penang Lawn Tennis Association singles championship tournament yesterday when he beat Ooi Kee Aun in straight sets after being fully extended His next opponent will be Goon Kok Ying
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      170 14 FUN FROLIC PARK GATE ADMISSION 10 CENTS ONLY FOONG SEN NIN CANTONESE OPERA: “Chong 800 Yearn’’ Part 11 TAN HONG SEAH AMOY OPERA “Sam Neoh Kow Choo” Last Part SIN SNAR CHNEH SOON HIANG TEOCHEW OPERA: “Gor Mooi Hock Siew OPEN-AIR CINEMA “The Black Shadow” WE MBLEY CABARET Wembley Cabaret
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    ARCHIL COMPSTON
    71 15 Income tax need not be paid by professional golfers on winnings from bets made on games with other people. This was decided in the King’s Bench Division by Mr. «Justice Lawrence, who dismissed with c-'sts the appeal of the revenue authorities agamst a decision oi the General Commissioners
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    AMERICA’S CUP DEFENCE PREPARATIONS
    1196 15 IJESIGNERS EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW RIGS RANGER’S REDUCED MAINSAIL The American yachting public is beginning to feel just a little dizz\. as plans tor the coming season in, the J class mature, thing seems to follow the old familiar patterns in the preparafor the 1937 America’s Cup
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    SPOTLIGHT ON SPORT
    762 15  -  INTERNATIONAL SOCCER PLAYERS PAID "MEASLY SIMS” LIZ AN A LEAVING FARR MAY FIGHT NELSEL GARRICK I ET'S be frank about the international j football match and cold-bloodedly state that if players can produce a gate of £22.000 by their performance it is downright mean to pay them
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      PRODUCE MARKET
      104 16 TIN’ PREVIOUSLY LATEST x £253.15.0 £251.0.0 LONDON (Spot) £249 15.0 £248.10.0 LONDON -(3 months) SINGAPORE J o BUSINESS DONE PENANG »119.75 8120 BUSINESS DONE 50 BuyerS no SellCrS COPRA -(Sundried) °o $7 20 BLACK PEPPER i ’‘sll.oo RUBBER LONDON 10*d 10d NEW YORK 20;c(G) SINGAPORE—Spot 34 ,’c 35|c
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      STOCK EXCHANGE WEAK
      380 16 Share of £1 denomination unless London. April 29. otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or Fall Conversion Loan, 5 p.c.. 1944-64 lla Finding Loan, 4 p.c.. 1960-90 110 War Loan, 3i p c lOllxd Com. Union Assce. (Units) 10 Prudential Assce. “A” t P. >val Assce. share 10s. pd.)
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      118 16 London on Previously Latest Paris HO A 110,': New York 4.94, 4.94 f. Mor' 4.93, 4.93 Bros 29.26* 29.28* Geneva 21.56,' 21.57:’, Amster am 9.01 9.02 Milan 93U 931 Berlin 12.29.* 12.29 Bucharest 672 j 6721 Belgrade 215 215 Athens 547* 547* Buenos Aires 17J unquoted Monte Video
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      COMMODITIES AND METALS
      155 16 London. April 29. RUBBER Dull. Spot 10 buyers 10J sellers. July/Sept. 10, buyers 10,' sellers. Oct./Dec. 101 buyers lOg sellers. Jan. Mar. 10 buyers 10J sellers. Ne v York 20.55 cts. nited Kingdom Stocks London 21.383 tons. Liverpool 27.445 tons. COPRA: Straits S.D. Rotterdam. April £17.17.6d. -EPPER
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      547 16 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AURTRALIa AND CHIN Uuoorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853) Paid>up Capital £3 Reserve Fund £3 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3’0../, HEAD OFFICE 88, Blshopsgate, London. s.C Apeaciss Branches. Alor Star Hong Kong Rangoon Amritsar Hollo Saigon Bang! jk Ipoh Semarang Batavia Karachi Serembar Bombay Klang
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