Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 June 1937

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  • 22 1 LAST EDITION Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 127. Vol. XCV. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 525 1 MONEY TO BE RAISED BY LESS IRKSOME ME ANS Announcement In The House Mr. Chamberlain has dropped his National Defence Contribution proposals. Frankly admitting that the suggested taxation had been proved to be irksome, the Prime Minister last night told the House of Commons that the
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  • 150 1 Reuter. REBELS BESIEGED AT LA GRANJA Madrid, June 1. Following an advance around La Granja, Government troops are only eight miles from Segovia which is covered by their ■artillery fire. Considerable reinforcements of flesh troops and war material, including tanks, have reached the insurgents besieged in the
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  • 131 1 .—Reuter. Hands Down More Adverse Decisions London, June 2. Washington. The Supreme Court concluded its eight months’ session by handing down a series of decisions mostly unfavourable to the administration. The Court rejected a joint plea by the government and the Electric Eond and Share Company for
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  • 177 1 RUBBER SHIPMENTS FOR MAY There was a feeling of optimism in the Malayan markets this morning. There was relief atJ the news that the international situation gives promise of weathering yet another crisis, while in the sterling share market particularly the news that Mr. Chamberlain had decided
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    68 1 I-lying Officer Llewellyn To Fly As Passenger P'.'.t Cfl’ Llewellyn who aftei tw> attempts to get r* o n a Cape-Englanc record attempt, crashed at Serowe and badly damage.his plane. He is expected t ai rive at Bulawayo today and will reiur home by Imperia; Airways. Flying -Officer
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  • 179 1 NEW AMENITY FOR THE ESPLANADE Constructed at a cost of about $2,600, the new sea wall at the Penang Esplanade which will replace the rusty railings will, when completed, prove a boon to habituees who enjoy the sea air. The sea wall will be completed by the end
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  • 60 1 Reuter. New Record Set Up Indianapolis, June 1. The Grand Prix was won by Wilbur Shaw, a local unfancied driver, in the record time of 4 hours 25 minutes 7.81 seconds at an average speed of 113.58 miles an hour over a course of
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  • 244 1 Manchuria World Seat Of Illicit 1 Drug Manufacture —Reuter. Geneva, June 1. One of the strongest indictments of Japanese opium policy in Northern China ever heard at the Opium Advisory Commission was made Mr. Stewart Fuller. United States delegate. After complimenting the Chinese Government on its
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  • 81 1 Sungei Patani, June 1. All the eight shipping coolies employed by G. Wilson Co., Ltd., Sungei Patani branch, went on strike this morning. The coolies are demanding an increase in wagt s stating as a reason the present cost cf living. The departure of two of the
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  • 132 1 PENANG DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT Penang and Province Wellesley washermen are offered an increase in wages of ten per cent. A meeting of employers and employees was held last night at the Phin Heang ’lotel, Campbell Street. Penang. Anot’uei meeting will be held tomorrow when the
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  • 46 1 —Reuter. London. June 1. His Majesty today knighted Mr. Baldwin at Buckingham Palace and invested him the order of a Knight of the Garter. He also gave Mrs. Baldwin the order of a Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire.
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  • 455 1 Reprisals At An End London, June 1. The Foreign Secretary again made a statement in the Commons today on the situation arising from the bombing of the Deutschland. He said the German Government had decided to take no further part in the naval patrol of Spanish coasts
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    • 74 1 STOP PINKING with "MEIRICH" MOTOR TABLETS i SEE I CHOP TAN BOON PENG, lor I’euang, Keda; Perak, 224, Beach St.. Penang—Phone 968. CHOP SOON KIAT, X 4. High St. K. Lumpur, for Selan«ot Phone 1.558. l ’gjSH r |kjH| jpwrrr’ ...with plenty of fresh fruit. Grown and ripened in some
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  • 861 2 Germany Supports With Reservations: Rome Considers Plan Premature VALENCIA INSISTS ON VICTORY FIRST London, May 23. Swift action was taken yesterday to follow up Britain s new move for a truce in Spain and the withdrawal of all foreign volunteers. The Sub-Committee of the
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  • 185 2 British Armament Firms Too Busy CZECHS MAKE AN OFFER Following rumours that British armament manufacturers are unable to meet the Egyptian Government’s orders and that recourse might be had to French firms, Lewa Aly Fahmy Pasha, the War Minister, stated to Press representatives last week
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  • 830 2 [The Fight For Bilbao Bilbao, May 22. The Basques are now preparing for the final battle for Bilbao. Vigorous fighting is in progress at Munguia, six miles northeast of the capital. Here two and a half battalions are holding the west side of the
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  • 352 2 “No Need B or Us To Drift Apart” POSSIBILITY OF A WESTERN PACT Berlin. Monday. “If Britain and Germany drift apart the end must be war,” declares the “Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung” in a leading article entitled “A word to the imperial "Conference. It asks, however,
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  • 114 2 Ten Killed And Over 100 Injured Bombay, May 23. Ten persons have been killed and over 100 injured in communal disturbances at Lucknow, so fai as is known at present. Stray assaults are continuing despite police vigilance and the promulgation of special orders such as the baaning
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    • 490 2 Aead Office 12. Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1476 with extensions. Telegrams: Gazette Penang. Singapore Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapore. Kuala Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. Ipoh Office Brewster Road. Phone 268 London Office 40. 43, Fleet Street. London E.C. 4 Phone Central 3608—3609
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    • 239 2 Glands Made long -Vigour Renewed Without Operation If you feel old before your time or suffer from nerve, brain and physical weakness, you -will find new happiness and health in an American medical discovery which restores youthful vigour and vitality quicker than gland operations. It is a simple home treatment
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    • 272 2 < wlWw w'i < «X I iiilr r yjgjp J w w /-x ir.r.V. I..— PENANG HILL RAILWAY Delightful days will be yours if yoc visit Penang Hill. Excursion ticket* are cheap. TIME TABLE UP TRAINS. MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS: 6.30 a.m. to 8.00 a.m. every 30 minuiee 8.00 a.m. to
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  • 374 3 Solid Support From All Quarters HOPE FOR STRONG NATIONAL CABINET EXPRESSED Tokyo, June 1. 'T’HE Emperor summoned Prince Konoye, President of the House r of Peers, to the Palace and commanded him to form a Cabinet. Both Army and Navy vo ce the hope that
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  • 284 3 .—Reuter. Mr. Yoshida Interviewed “ESSENTIAL PART IN FOREIGN POLICY” London, June 1. Mr. Yoshida, the Japanese .Ambassador, interviewed by Reuter concerning the Anglo-Japanese conversations, said that he began work for the restoration of An gio-Japanese friendship ten years ago when he was Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs. Count Uchida
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  • 22 3 —Reuter Wireless. Casualties in yesterday s air raid are officially stated to be 64 killed and 88 injured.—Reuter Wireless.
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  • 68 3 —Reuter. Grand Cross Of Legion Of Honour Paris, June 1. M. Delbos received Dr. H.H. Kung and Admiral Chen Shao-kean who were accompanied by Dr. Wellington Koo. President Lebrun in the afternoon will present Dr. Kung with the Insignia of the Grand Cross of the
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  • 54 3 .—Reuter Wireless. And Gives Each 500 Francs Hendaye, June 1. The first group of the international brigade of prisoners was released by G-i neral Franco and crossed to France. The group consists of 23 Englishmen and 20 other nationalities. General Franco gave each man a new suit
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  • 235 3 British Wireless. A Great Parliamentarian London, June 1. Mr. Neville Chamberlain was received with loud cheers on his first appearance in the House of Commons as Prime Minister. Immediately after questions the Leader of tiie Opposition paid a tribute to Mr. Baldwin in which the Liberal
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  • 116 3 .—British Wireless. Opportunity For Discussion London, June 1. The meetings at Geneva last week afforded fresh opportunity to the Foreign Ministers of Great Britain, France and Belgium to review the state of negotiations for a new Western agreement. As is known, all three governments attach the greatest
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  • 99 3 —Reuter Wireless. Bombardment Of Almeria “Perfectly Legitimate” Rome, June 1. Mussolini returns to the capital from his holiday tomorrow to take charge of he foreign policy and the present situation Italy’s “absolute solidity” with Germany over the Spanish situation was emphasised authoritatively. The destruction of the
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  • 259 3 -—Reuter Wireless. Next Two Years May Well Be Critical” BRITAIN’S PART IN STABILITY London, June 15. In a speech at a meeting of the Conservative Party today, acknowledging his election as Leader of the Party in succession to Mr. Stanley Baldwin, the Prime Minister, Mr. Neville
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  • 239 3 FIRST SOVEREIGN TO ATTEND LODGE London, May 25. The King is to attend an Especial Grand Lodge of the United Grand Lodge of England at the Albert Hall, at six p.m., on Wednesday, June 30, to be invested as Fast Grand Master. The investiture
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  • 1067 4 LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS The Saint Mark’s School new building v. i be ready for occupation in a fortnight but the ichool is still short of $4,500.0). Following is the Ist of subscribers to th Saint Mark’s School building fun J Straits Settlements Government $4,750.00 Singapore
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  • 1234 4 M.C.S. PROMOTIONS Messrs. J. G. Black and E. A. Ross, class 111, M.C.S., are promoted to class n. The Rev. E. A. Moon is empowered by H.E. the Governor to solemnize marriages within the Colony. Mr. J. McK. Hart is appointed secretary to the Board of Licensing
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  • 279 4 Monkey Responds Only In Kelantan Malay Finding it impossible to obtain specimens from points on trees that could not be reached by ladders or oh branches too slender to support a man, Mr. E. J. H. Comer, assistant director of the Colony’s botanical gardens, set
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  • 142 4 Retiring After 36 Years’ Service After completing 36 years’ service in Government, Mr. K. Arularnbalam, Financial Assistant, Public Works Department, Perak, was granted leave on Monday preparatory to retirement. Mr. Arularnbalam joined the service in 1900 as a junior clerk at the District Office, Larut, and was
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  • 159 4 All Will Be Sen) To Prison Montgomery, Alabama. May 23. With the county bankrupt because of the cost of the numerous trials the notorious “Scottsboro case” is to be decided once and for all. A high State official declared today that the nine negroes who
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  • 99 4 The Penang Municipal Band will perform at the Waterfall Gardens from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. today, and at the Esplanade from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. TODAY Overture: Merry Wives Of Windsor: Nicolai Selection: La Gran Via: Valverde. Intermezzo: The Lake Of Shadows: Paul. Fox Tret:
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    • 6 4 BOURN-VBTA FOR DIGESTION, SLEEP AND ENERGY
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    • 600 4 STOMACH PAIN is Nature's Wireless Don’t wait for the s.o.s. Nature has many ways IMF of warning the sufferer from stomach trouble that all is not well. Heaviness or dullness after eating, distension of the stomach, flatulence wind heartburn —these are warning symptoms j that should never be ignored. It
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  • 461 5 Soviet Explorers On Top Of The World FOUR MEN TO SPEND YEAR ON FLOE London, May 23. At the end of the third news bulletin last night, the announcer said that the first weather report from the North Pole had been received by the
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  • 500 5 MOVE TO AVOID COMPETITION London, May 23. It is understood the negotiations are in progress between three of the largest film studios in this country for an agreement which would end the present severe competition. The studios are those belonging to London Films. at Denham,
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  • 126 5 Racing Driver Hurled In The Air London, May 23. R. A. Waddy. the motor racing and trials driver, was seriously injured last night in the Bristol speed trial at Knowle. Bristol, •,hen his car got out of control at one of the bends and crashed into the
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  • 83 5 Star Part Not Wanted Hollywood, May 23. Sir Harry Lauder said in an interview today that he was discussing the possibility of joining the cast of a Fred Astaire film. ~I don’t want to be a star in movies,’ Sir Harry modestly explained,
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  • 305 5 HIDDEN HOARD IN SUSSEX London. May 23. Spirits are helping to find a hidden gold hoard in Sussex. That, at any rate, is the belief of six people with whom a “Sunday Dispatch” representative sat in seance to receive instructions. We sat in a small
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  • 114 5 To Be Given By Experts From China (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 1. Special illuminated dragon displays will be given by a party of experts from China at the Perak Chinese Association’s ground at Kuala Kangsar Road, Ipoh. on June 5 and 6, from 7
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  • 97 5 Ipoh Woman’s Early Morning Surprise (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 1. On awakening yesterday morning, a Chinese woman named Yap Poh, wife of a joss-stick manufacturer, residing at 143, Hugh Low Street, Ipoh, was surprised to discover her iron box containing cash $l,lOO, with jewellery and clothing
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  • 281 5 Ickornshaw, May 23. In lashing rain and biting wind, thousands of people made a black circle on the bleak moorland slope here this afternoon c see Philip Snowden, Viscount Snowden of Ickornshaw, come to his home for the last time. The little stone
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  • 1928 6 ‘FIFTEEN MINUTES OF NONSENSE’ BY 0. B. H. THE following is the manuscript of “Fifteen Minutes of Nonsense” by O. B. H., the Humorist of the Sunday Gazette, which was broadcast from ZHJ Penang last night. The crossheadings have been Inserted by us.
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  • 204 6 PASSPORTS TAKEN AWAY Berlin, May 22. The secret police have taken widespread measures to restrict the activities of the Confessional movement in the German Protestant Church. Dr. Guenther, the legal representative of the provisional administration of the Confessional Church, and a woman teacher named Franke, have been
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  • 202 6 “Emotional Patriotism” London. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Rationalist Press Association, Limited, at the Trocadero. W., Lord Snell, chairman of the L.C.C., said they had been recently nassing through a very carefully organised, designed, and sustained orgy of emotional patriotism, and they were
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  • 91 6 —Reuter. Mr. Eden’s General Review London, June 1. Special reference to the Far Eastern situation will be made by Mr. Anthony Eden tomorrow in the course of a general review of the international situation he is making to the Imperial Conference. At today’s meeting presided over by
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  • 32 6 Scouts dll over the Empire aud Dominions helped to sell the official Souvenir Programme of the Coronation. Picture shows a London sea scout doing his good turn.
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  • 284 6 Penang Proposes Dropping Of Basketball And Volleyball At a meeting of the organising committee of the All-Malayan Chinese Olympiad, attended by Messrs. G.H. Kiat, Cheng Harng Jun, Tay Kai Teck, Chew Kai Hong, Lum Yew Cheong, Ong Seng Tee, Lee Geok Eng. Goh Chai Hin, Sim Kwang
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  • 126 6 HIGHEST PEAK IN THE EMPIRE Calcutta, May 22 A party of five soldiers of the Ist East Surrey Regiment from Fyzabad has completed a 200-mile trek to the base camp and is preparing to ascend Mount Kame? the 25,447-feet peak in the Garihal Himalayas. Kamet, the
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  • 37 6 —Reuter. Berlin’s Emphatic Denial Berlin, June 1. The Ministry for Propaganda emphatically denies Barcelona reports of a German, bombardment of Cartegena. A spokesman stated that no information has been received of any such action.—Reut-er.
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    • 197 6 FROM “OUTSIZE” TO NORMAL FIGURE Took Off 35 lbs. With Kmschen She had to wear “outsize” clothes, and pay more for the “privilege".’ But when Kruschen took off 35 lbs.—oh, what a difference! But let the lady tell her own story: “As you will see from the enclosed weight card,
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    • 162 6 MAJtsfic OPENING TONIGHT A I I I- 1 ■-■'<'• JM wIF o MO/X NORTON SELTEN -JUDY GUNN NELSON KEYS TH S a H 3 S»_B .jfiS&ftnBfiBHBBBBV POSITIVELY LAST 2 SHOWS. 6.15 TONIGHT 9.30 IMAGINATION* STAGGERING NEW I NOVEL ADVENTURES! •-lHw DIFFERENT AMAZING I BUSTER CRABBE in ‘FlashGordon’ ss CRABBE with
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    • 165 6 KQHiiaisaßsaßß as Tremendous Success Hundreds Hava Returned To See It Again Again I WINDSOR Season Extended Till Tonight 6.15 Tonight 9.30 The Latest Most Spectacular EGYPTIAN TALKIE Greater Even Than “WHITE ROSE” The popular ABDUL WAHAB with MISS NADJAT in “TEARS OF LOVE” A passionate story of a struggling young*
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  • 836 7 $2 For Each Adult And 1 For Each Child MR. H. S. PATERSON’S REPLY TO MR. T. C. MARTINE Thai the funds in the hands of the Penang and Province W ellesley Jubilee Fund Committee together with payments by the trustees from
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  • 785 7 ELECTION OF NEW MEMBERS Following are minutes of a committe meeting of the Straits Settlements (Sings pore) Association held in the Singapor Exchange Room on Monday, May 24, 193 at 5 p.m. Those present were Mr. O.R.S. Bate man (President); Mr. L.W. Geddes (Vice
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  • 85 7 Lim Soon Lye, a middle-aged Chinese, was today produced before the acting magistrate, Mr. T.P. Cromwell, in the Penang Police Court on a charge of having committed extortion by putting Lim Chooi Kee in fear of bodily injury at Penang on May 23. Detective-inspector Kay Kim Seng informed
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  • 510 7 Complainant’s Allegations “I RECEIVED A BLOW AND FELL DOWN” “After I received a blow from the accused, I felt terrible pain. I fell down and became unconscious. The next thing I remember when I came to my senses was that I was in bed in the house
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  • 149 7 DISTILLING LIQUOR FOR SICK CHILD A pathetic plea that she was only distilling a small quantity of liquor for treatment cf her sick child as she was very poor was made by an elderly Chinese woman, Lim Ah Tee. before the acting magistrate, Mr. T.P. Cromwell,
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  • 314 7 BREACH OF TRUST OF, TONTINE MONEY V A well known band leader now attached to the Nooran Opera, Frank Limuco, a Filipino, was today convicted and fined $45, in default three weeks’ rigorous imprisonment, bj» Mr. T. P. Cromwell, the acting 1 Penang police magistrate, on a
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  • 835 8 r J’’H E international outlook is grave. But it is also spectacular and probably not so critical as in the autumn of 1935. That year sounded the deathknell of Abyssinia and tens of thousands of her people, but the rest of the world survived crisis after
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  • 311 8 The funeral of Mrs. Voon Kek Choy, nee Madam Lye Nee Moi, who died on Monday at the age of 82 years, took place yesterday evening from her residence in Macalister Road, Penang, for interment at the Western Road cemetery. Mrs. Voon leaves five
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  • 664 8 Penang’s Exciting Past Ceylon To Manufacture From Rubber A Lucky Baronet rpHE exciting times through which Penang lived between 186/ and 1871 are portrayed very vividly in a book 1 have just been reading. “About Others and Myself,” by Major-General Sir Archibald Anson, who was Lieut-enant-Governor of
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  • 144 8 —Reuter. GIGANTIC TOTAL TAKEN BY OFFICIAL BROKERS London, June 1. A gigantic total of 645 bars, valued at £1,815,000, was dealt in at gold-fixing today, all except ten bars being taken by the official brokers, presumably on account of the authorities. Today’s total an all-time record at fixing,
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  • 77 8 fc6 Not Practicable,*’ Says Sanitary Board Chairman (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 2. A report that the Kinta Sanitary Board is starting a co-operative thrift and loan society shortly for the Indian labour force employed by the Board is denied by the Chairman, who
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  • 36 8 A running commentary cn the Derby (rediffused from 8.8. C. w U be beard by listeners to Station Z. H. J., Penamr from d. 05 p. n~.. to 9.30 p. m. today.
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  • 145 8 Reception At O.X.A. The wedding took place yesterday at p.m. at the church of the Assumption. Penang, the Rev. Father J.B. Souhait officiating, of Mr. Habel Johan Rorimpandey and Miss Anna Katherin? Pasqual, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D T. Pasqua o' Penang.
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  • 40 8 —Reuter. Geneva, June 1 The govern ng body of the International Labour Office approved the proposal of Director Butler to visit Japan in the autumn to study labour conditions at the invitation of Japanese employers workers. —Reuter.
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  • 28 8 Reuter. London, June 1 The Cannons by I®9 votes to 123 read a thirjft* time the Civil List Bill which w** seat to the Lords.—Reuter
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  • 362 9 RUNS FOR HORSES 2, 3 4 AND PONIES 2 (BY TIC TAC) TpHE Penang Turf Club official programme for their half yearly race meeting in July-August has been issued and one outstanding fact that emerges is that the stakes have been increased
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  • 42 9 Mrs. C.P. Purcell and Miss Y. A. rier, finalists in the Penang ladies Mrs. C. P. Purcell and Miss Y. A. Carrier, finalists in the Penang ladies singles championship. Mrs. Purcell (left) won the title yesterday winnina easily in stra ght sets.
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  • 278 9 HOME CRICKET: London, June 1. At Manchester, Lancashire cefeated the New Zealanders by 8 wickets. The tourists, batting first, made 282. Lancashire replied with 314. Batting a second time the New Zealanders declared at 227 for 6 wickets (Wallace Lancashire hit up 196 for 2 wickets,
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  • 122 9 VS inners Superior All Round Displaying better understanding all round, the Darul Aihsan Football Club defeated the Penang Sports Club by four goals to one in a friendly soccer match on the Esplanade last evening. A good crowd watched the game which was played under a strong
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  • 190 9 F.M.S. ASSOCIATIONS TO PETITION HIGH COMMISSIONER A statement that the Ratepayers’ Associations in Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Seremban are preparing a joint petition to the High Commissioner, F.M.S., expressing their objections to the present system of rating of properties in these three towns, is contained in the
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  • 48 9 The Bukit Mertajam High School annual road race will be held on Tuesday, June 8, at 4.15 p.m. The course from Bukit Sebalah, near Machang Buboh, to the School covers a distance of miles, and forty boys will compete in the race.
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  • 287 9 Today’s Classic London, June 1. The following are the probable starters for the Derby: CASH BOOK 9.0 (Lord Astor) Jones GOYA II 9.0 (M.M. Boussac) Elliott SOLFO 9.0 (Major J.S. Courtauld) Lowrey HONQUAN 9.0 (Mr. B.D. Davis) Carslake SNOWFALL 9.0 (Lord Derby) Perryman WINNEBAR 9.0 (Sir
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  • 640 9 Horses In Training For Saturday NEWCOMERS IMPRESS Kuala Lumpur, June 1. A heavy mist made it difficult to clock several fast gallops at this morning’s track work of the horses entered for Saturday’s races—the opening day of the Selangor Turf Club summer meeting. Trainer Phil
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  • 77 9 Tamil Driver Dies In Hospital (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 2. The Tamil driver who was serioulsy injured in the Gopeng Road motor accident in which the well-known Chinese miner, Towkay Chan Seng, was killed, died at 5 p.m. yesterday without regaining consciousness. The Chinese kepala
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  • 22 9 The Penang Sports Club (Golf Section) June golf monthly medal (stroke) competition will be played off on Saturday and Sunday.
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  • 1248 10 Reasonable Degree Of C onfidence At the thirty-third annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Sandy croft Rubber Co., Ltd., held at the offices of the Secretaries. British India House, Penang, yesterday, a dividend of 5 per cent, for the year ended Jan. 31. 1937.
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  • 313 10 COMMODITIES AS “SOUND” CURRENCY Messrs. William Jacks and Co., writing from London under date of May 20 state: Russia having stopped hoarding the gold which actually belongs largely to the two British gold mining companies, and the U.S.A, with their budget deficits finding it both impossible and
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  • 814 10 LONDON MARKETS AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 21. London stock, shares and commodity markets are still lethargic, with remarkably little business passing, but rumours that the British Government is about to make a move directed towards re-establish-ment of confidence in the gold situation are
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  • 164 11 .Pilofs Remarkable Escape F rom Death POLICE controlling some of the thousands which visited London to see the Coronation decorations. This was the POLICE controlling Piccadilly Underground Station just before midnight. —But what will mother say when she has a headache? Soldiers encamped in Kensington
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 119 11 I 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 oeliverv I with your newsagent or become a subscriber. The following are I some of the features of the SUNDAY GAZETTE. I WOMEN’S PAGE
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  • SHIPPING NEWS AND MAILS
    • 590 12 S.’S. ‘BULAN’ from Singapore via ports. Sails Friday. TOMORROW S.S. ‘LISBON MARU’ from Japan for Rangoon Calcutta. S.S. ‘CARTHAGE’ from London via ports. Sails Sime day for Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe Yokohama. M.S. 'LEVERKUSEN’ for Colombo, Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles; Antwerp; Rotterdam Hamburg. S.S.
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    • 554 12 SIX MEN’S STORY OF "SINISTER BLUFF” Plymouth, May 24. Admiralty charts of the Antarctic may soon bear a new name. It will be “Sinister Bluff,” the name given to a tide-swept rocky inlet by six men who lived there for five days under an overturned
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    • 164 12 LATEST 11MES OF POSTING AIR MAU. A mail for Australia, New Zealand. Javr» and Timor Dilly via Singapore- Australi*. air mail service will close at 7.30 today. A mail for Amsterdam and London by K.L.M. Service will close at 6.30 a m tomorrow. NO»CE r The
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 82 12 OklsUulklH 00 You know that R£GAL EVAPORATED UNSWEETENED MILK Is pure cow'i milk reduced to it* U* present creamy consistency by /7 t /I evaporation, and made completely vQr/v sterile. It contains no preservative y) H > I //y/dt jCXA/» nr <>‘her addition, consequently, after /7 Opening die tin, the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1702 12 OUR RADIO PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. EMPIRE STATION commentaries on DERBY AND OAKS TODAY TRANSMISSION 2 Tune »o» /oltowmj, w.velWffU»: 8 8 ,C. TO BROADCAST TRANSMISSION 2 m GSH «1.47 Mc/ 8 (19.97 m.) For the twelfth year in succession a 6.50 Big Ben. 8.8. C. Welsh Orchestra; 79 Mc/a fl
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY High Low 5.06 p.m. 11.50 p m TOMORROW 5.15 a.m. 12.20 p m 6.54 p.m.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 377 13 MANSFIELD CO.. LTD. > iwm—■■■ m SINGAPORE PENANG THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Vessels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due TiTrDaTT-TTo conjunction with Glen Shira Line) Penang London 1’ mS S b d n i\ R H bur &> HuU Swansea. June 3 July 1 GLENSHTET L d Rotterdam Glasgow. June
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    • 376 13 PRESIDENT lIIWFB- I 1 —II TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. LEAVE Marseilles New York PENANG Arrive Arrive S.S. PRES. VAN BUREN June 3 June 30 July 13 S.S. PRES. GARFIELD June 17 July 14 July 27 S.S. PRES. HAYES July 1 July 28 Aug. 10 A wonderful opportunity to visit, Cairo
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    • 643 13 fl J 0 AS and I CX V BRITISH INDIA SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. “CARTHAGE” SAILING THURSDAY, 3rd JUNE Peninsukr and Oriental S. N. Co., undo- contract with Hu Maje«ty’« Government, London and Far East Mail Sereir. Outwards from London for China Japan. Homewaids for Colombo, Aden. Port 5 co^-
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 641 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES BERLIN HONG KONG DJB 15.20 Mc/s 19.7 m. ZBW (9.52 Mc/s (31.4 m.)) DJN 9.54 Mc/s 31.45 m TODAY DJE 17.76 Mc/s 16.89 nt. P nK DJQ 15.28 Mc/s 19.63 m. 3 30 Chinese programme. 6.30 European programme. DJA 9.56 Mc/s C 1.38 tn. 6.50 Stock quotations and
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    • 71 13 MELBOURNE VK3ME 9.59 Mc/s (31.2 m.) TODAY’ p.m. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With the world's famous orchestra. 6.20 News bulletin and sporting results. 6.30 Tour of the world with VK3ME’s Mailbag. 6 50 Leading Dance Bands. 7.20 Close down. TOMORROW 4.20 p.m. Opening announcement. 5.20 With the world’s famous orchestra
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  • 499 14 Reals Miss Carrier In Straight Sets KEDAH PAIR IN VETERANS’ DOUBLES FINAL (By Our Tennis Correspondent.) ]yRS. C. P. Purcell won the Penang Tennis Women’s Singles Championship yesterday when she defeated, Miss Y. Carrier in straight sets 6 —o, 6—3 on the Sports
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  • 472 14 Boxing JACK LONDON’S PLUCKY FIGHT AT SWANSEA London, May 25. Buddy Baer, giant brother of the former world’s heavy-weight champion, his way to victory in one of the most thrilling heavy-weight fights seen for years when be beat Jack Ixjndon, of West Hartlepool, on points
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  • 352 14 Golf MISS PAM BARTON’S CHALLENGERS London. There is a less powerful overseas challenge than usual for the British Women’s Open Championship, to be played at Turnberry. Ayrshire, in the week beginning Monday, June 7. Players are entered from America, Canada. Australia, South Africa and France. ?ut
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  • 873 14 Badminton First Annual General Meeting MORE FACILITIES WANTED Speaking at the first anniversary gathering of the Penang Harbour Board Badminton Party held yesterday at the Harbour Board office, Mr. P. C. Dias, the president made an appeal for recreation facilities for the staff and instanced the
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 24 14 I ANY CLIMATE ALWAYS FRESH I ‘f or energy I health I I strength SOLE AGENTS EOR MALAYA HENRY WAUGH CO., LTD., PENANG. J
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    • 330 14 GUARANTEED •STRENGTH When occasion requires such 1 specially strong carbolic soap you want to be safe—y°u want to k® sure ou an confidence bIIBSIMdMM on a vert s Medical Soap. People who have used it for years will tell you so, too. SERT’S 2d CARBOLIC MEDICAL SOAP e World’s latest
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  • 564 15 ROWING FIXE RACING: KEEN STRUGGLES London, May 24. Though the weather was cold and it rained, more or less, all the afternoon, there were large crowds on the hanks and on the barges at Oxford to watch the third day’s racing of the Summer Eights. New Col!ege
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  • 61 15 The net in table tennis is to be low- < red three-quarters of an inch in six inches, a »d the finger s’>in” -er vice will b, bamu 1 ir. England next year. These two new iTupur'tanf rules h;iv‘ been decided upon by the E.T.T.A., and
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  • 226 15 London, May 22. Some of the more sensitive cyclists of the land want me to understand that it is nt: rely erroneous for any one to suppose that we do not possess riders of the sixday sort such as the Van Kempens, the Pedens, the Waltours. or even
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  • 29 15 KENT AT THE NETS.—Douglas Wright, the likely successor to Tich Freeman as slow-bowler-in-chief, has some batting practice. W. H. V. Levett is behind the stumps.
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  • 573 15 Cambridge’s Surprise Win Over Dark Blues EXCITING CLIMAX Oxford, May 23. After one of the most exciting contests for years, Cambridge beat Oxford at Oxford by 11 matches to 10 in the InterUniversit v Lawn Tennis Match. The result was most unexpected, as on previous form
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  • 89 15 Cambridge Beat Oxford By Two Points Oxford’s long succession of victories in the Inter-Varsity epee match was broken at the Ranelagh Club, Barnes, when Cambridge won by the narrow margin of two points. The Light Blues scored 12 wins to Oxford’s 11, two bouts resulting in double hits. R.
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  • 282 15 Cantabs*' Heavy Defeat At Leys A strong Oxford Penguins’ side inflicted the first defeat on Cambridge University at the Leys School Baths, Cambridge, for three years by 36 points to 17. M. Y. French-Williams, the old Oxford Blue and International, was in good form for the visitors and secured
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  • 110 15 London, May 23. Lancashire cricketers have been told to be more enterprising. As a result, the opening of the match against Warwickshire at Old Trafford yesterday was one of the brightest since the season began. Having decided to take a firm stand on the question of slow
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  • 282 15 GOLF MR. JUSTICE LANGTON MAKES HISTORY London, May 23. Mr. Justice Langton (5), receiving a stroke (at the tenth hole) beat Fergus Morton, K.C. (4) by 4 and 3, in the final of the Bar Golfing Society's annual tournament on the Littlestone Club's course.
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  • 41 15 Stuttgart, May 23. Manchester City, the First Division champions, concluded their tour of Germany, when they opposed a Stuttgart team. The German side won by three goals to two after leading by 3 —Oat halftime. Reuter.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 277 15 My'* s <' Wk vß 118 M >4? J Ihk l Regi tered Trade Mark AtaffW Label on every Handkerchief. and why no Pyramids? Men don’t like handkerchiefs that look like dusters after a couple of washings. Nor do women Both like Pyramids—the spruce, freshlooking handkerchiefs. The handkerchiefs that wash
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  • 113 16 TIN:— LONDON—(Spot LONDON—(3 months) SINGAPORE BUSINESS DONE PENANG BUSINESS DONE COPRA—(Sundried) BLACK PEPPER RUBBER:— LONDON NEW YORK SINGAPORE—Spot July/Sept Oct./Dec TAPIOCA:FAIR SEED MEDIUM RICE:RANGOON—PARBOILED No. 1 WHITE No. 1 WHITE No. 2 WHITE No. 3 LOCAL RICE PARBOILED No. 1 WHITE No. 1 EXCHANGE:- i NEW YORK SHANGHAI HONG
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  • 354 16 Share of £1 denomination unless London, June 2. otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or Fail Conversion Loan. 5 p.c.. 1944-64 1021 Funding Loan. 4 p.c., 1960-90 llOg War Loan. 3i p.c 101» Com. Union Assce. (Units) 10* X Prudential Assce “A” 34§ I Hoyal Assce. share 10s. pd.) 9*
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  • 117 16 London on Previously latest Paris 110 39'64 110 39 64 New York 4.92 1 4.92|| Montreal 4.92k’ 4.92 J Brussels 29.25 Geneva 21.60 21.29 .Amsterdam 8.95.1 8.962 Milan 93 ft 93g Berlin 12.29 J 12.29} Stockholm ..19.39 J 19.39 J Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26J
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  • 112 16 London, June 1. RUBBER Steady. Spot 9K buyers sellers. Tuly/Sept. 92 buyers 9{| sellers Dct./Dec. 9l;( buyers 10 sellers. Tan./Mar 10 buyers 10ft sellers. New York 19.85 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 21,467 tons Liverpool 25,220 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. June £16.17.6d. TEPPER White Muntok in
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 169 16 TIN:— Buyers Sellers Ampatfl 6'4) 6 3 Ayer Hitams 27'6 2816 Bangrins 22*0 22[9 Batu Selangors 1.69 1.711 Burma Malay 2913 3010 Hong Fatts 1.29 1.31 J Telapangs 36 9 37'6 Jelebus .97 1.00 K. Kamuntings 12 41 *****1 Kamantings 14!9 15 6 K. Lanjuts 25'9 2613 Kundangs
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    • 144 16 RUBBER: Buyers Setters Bassetts 75 80 Eatu Lintang 1.371 1.421c Eentas 1.371 1.421 Brogas 1.021 1.07jex Mentakabs 45 471 Pajams 2.05 2.121 S. Tukangs 1.371 1.421c Ulu Benuts 471 50 TIN Ampats 5 9 6'3 Eangrins 22 3 22‘9 Batu Selangors 1.70 1.723 Hong Fatts 1.30 1.32} Telapangs
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    • 156 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers B. Selangor 1.671 1.721 Hong Fatt 1.30 1.321 Jelebu 9TI 1.021 Kuchai 1.60 1.65 Luknt 1.10 1.15 N. Taiping 871 90 Puteh 90 95 Rahman Hyd. 1.571 1.621 Rantau Ordy. 1.70 1.75 Rantau Pref. 1.70 1.75 Taipings 87 A 90 Ampat 60 63 Eangrin
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    • 125 16 LEAN CO. Tin Buyers (Sellers Ampats 5|10i 6|li B. Selangors 1.671 1.721 Hong Fatt 1 271 1-321 Jelebus 98 1.02 K. Kamuntings 12J3 12)9 K. Lan juts 25|9 26|6 Katus 24|3 24jl0i Kuchais 1 571 1 621 Laruts 1510 15|6 Lukuts 1.15 1.20 Nawng Pets 821 871 Pangnga Rivers 11)3
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    • 75 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers. Allenby 1.87 J 1.95 Amal. Malay 1.971 2.05 Brogas 971 I.o2Jex Kempas 2.40 2.55 Malaka Pinda 1.671 1.75 Sungei Bagan 1.571 1.621 c TIN:— Burma Malay 29|0 30|0 Jelapang 37|0 37|9 K. Lan juts 26|0 26|9 Kuchai Ordy 1.571 1.621 Lingui 1.721 1.80 N. Taipings
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    • 24 16 TIN Singapore $125.00 Per pkl. Penang $124.62 12 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 34 Per lb. Penang Spot 34 12c Per lb.
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  • 29 16 .—Reuter. London, June 1. The Sultan of Treng-ganu left by air for Paris on his way home. He was seen off by a Colonial Office representative.—Reuter.
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  • 26 16 —Reuter. Miami, June 1. Miss Amelia Earhart took off today for San Juan on the start of her new round-the world flight.—Reuter.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 198 16 STATISTICS OFFICE LIBRARY NOTICE The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, S.S. F.M.S., Penang, during the period May 24 to 29, 1937, inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Library, Government Building, Penang. Application may be made by members of the public
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    • 226 16 BANKS Experience T eaches One To Save, But How Many Have Found A Way To Put By Their Spare Dollars OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED. offer you facilities of their SAVINGS DEPARTMENT’’ For Systematic Saving. BEGIN YOVR SAVINGS NOTE For Rules and Regulations Apply MANAGER, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Ltd., Nos. 28
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    • 541 16 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England) Capital Authorised £3,000,006' Capital Subscribed £1,800,60C Reserve Fund and Rest £1,247,839 Capital Paid Up £1,050,009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Right Hon. Lord Catto of Cairncatto, Chairman. Sir Charles Alexander Innes, K.C.5.1., CI.E, Sir Thomas Smith, Kt., J. F. Ryrie, Esq., P. R.
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