Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 June 1937

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 139. Vol. XCV. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1€ 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 222 1 MALAYA’S STRANGE POSITION Pina ng Gazette Cable -rjndon, June 15—Presiding at the ani meeting of United Sua Be tong Rubber ..-.tes Ltd., Mr. J. G. Hay deplored the t that the Malayan tea industry had i been consulted before entry into the trol scheme. High Government
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  • 99 1 —Reuter. Alleged Armed Fight At Vladivostock jg ri i r > _a clash between Soviet naval ani police at Vladivostock is reported tae newspaper Ammit Tag from Waraccording to which police were trying to arrest sailors suspected! of Trotskirt int g e <3-u~ the sailors resisted,
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  • 42 1 Exchequer returns show’ that total ord Try revenue up to last night amounts to £ll3 687,855 compared with £lO4. »11.514 a t corresponding date of lest year Tota nary expenditure is £171,049.438 com-r:-i with £171.306.669 at the correspondate of 1936.
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  • 194 1 EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS FROM BILBAO Another 4,400 Leave Under British Naval Escort A statement on the present situation in Bilbao was made by the Foreign Secretary at commons question time. He said while reports were inevitably fragmentary and indefinite, he understood that the Basque Government were
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  • 121 1 —Reuter. Fall Of Blum Government Believed Imminent Paris The Chamber reassembled at mid night after conclusion of the finance committee’s examination of the Government s proposals. A critical situation is reflected in the division of opinion in the committee which voted by 22 to 16 to report favourably
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  • 48 1 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, June 15. Mr T W Soong interviewed before hio departure for Canton by the “Empress of x da said that after his arrival in Canton \e wouM leave for Kiung-chow. capital of Hainan Island, to investigate the economic position
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  • 162 1 Sin Chew Jit Poli. Peiping, June 15. A report from Kalgan states that sharp fighting occurred at Chao-yang-chen, a township seven miles to the south of Chapter when a force of pro-Chinese volunteers repeatedly attacked two divisions of th 1 Mongolian army, inflicting some
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  • 122 1 —British Wireless. Big Increase In Exports During May Exports of United Kingdom goods in May reached a value of £42.732.641 compared with £36,396.327 in the same month of last year. Overseas trade returns for May also show a rise in the value of imports to £83,131,125 compared
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  • 390 1 Concession To Chinese Shopkeepers Tho.se shoppings in Campbell Street, the busiest street in the Chinese shopping area in P nang can park their cars as they have'* h’therto done on the middle of the road; ■**—T new traffic reguTntioiLs for Penang published in the Government Gazette Campbell
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  • 63 1 To Be Held On July 16 And 17 The next Skye Meeting of the Taiping Turf Club will be held on Friday and Saturday, July 16 and 17 There will be two runs each for Horses 4 and 5 and Ponies 2, also two polo pony races.
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  • 31 1 The new taxation proposals to replace the National Defence Contribution will be issued as a White Pajrer today. The proposals will probably be discussed on July 21.
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  • 172 1 —British Wireless. To Be Guest Of British Goa eminent It announced that Baron on Neurath will visit London on June 23 as an official guest >f His Majesty’s Government. It is stated hat no negotiations are under contemplation, but that it is hoped the visit will offer
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  • 113 1 —Reuter. More Closures But Mr. Roosevelt Still Hopeful Washington.—The growning seriousness of the steel strike arose at today’s Press conference at which President Roosevelt expressed the opinion that if the Republic Steel Company were willing to agree to a verbal collective bargaining contract, it should be willing to
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  • 36 1 Re-Play Match On June 20 The MpFall Cup re-play between the Butterworth Rangers and the Bukit Mertajam Recreation Club will be played on the Butterworth Ground on Sunday, June 20 at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 26 1 .Reuter. The by-election in the Drake division of Plymouth resulted in the return of LieutCol. Henry Guest (Consi 15,778. Mr. Garratt (Lab) polled 11,044.
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  • 35 1 —Sin Chew Jit Poh Shanghai, June 15. Gen. Chen Chi-tang, former warlord of Canton, is staying indefinitely in Europe. He has sent a telegram to his wife asking her to join him
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  • 297 1 SENSATIONAL WIN OVER WALTER NEUSEL Tommy I'arr. British and Empire heavyweight boxing* champion, answered his critics who have stated he had no punch by knocking* out Walter Neusel, the blond German, last night at Harringay Stadium. London, in the third round of a scheduled
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    • 16 1 I H. TOKISATSU ARTISTIC i PHOTOGRAPHERS J Natt-W, Biahop Street, PENANG j TelqAtme Na, 772. II
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    • 58 1 TESTS I Made by local engineers prove that “MEIRICH” MOTOR TABLETS give more miles per gallon of petrol. Obtainable at WEARNE BROS. LTD. PENANG. with plenty of fresh fruit. Grown and ripened in some of the finest orchards in the world, fresh shipments are constantly arriving. ORANGES, GRAPE FRUIT, PEARS.
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  • 377 2 All Men And Women Must Prepare **NO COUNTRY CAN DEFEAT US” Berlin, June 6. General Goering, the German Air Minister, broadcast from all German radio stations this evening a striking warning to the population on the need to prepare against attack from the air. “Do not
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  • 222 2 Von Blonberg’s Advice To Mussolini TRUTH 4BOUT ROME TALKS Rome. WHILE Mussolini’s spkesmen were announcing with a triumphant flourish an talo-German defensive alliance, Hrtler s War Minister, vd Blomberg was warning Mussolini to avoid a clash with Britain The world believed tht von Blomberg had come to
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  • 126 2 To Build Two 35,000-Ton Battleships IE ARMS CONFERENCE IS NOT CALLED (Wntv, WJVXXIV O. It is understood that Signor Mussolini is waiting for President Roosevelt to take the initiative in calling a world conference on arms limitation in response to the suggestions thrown out by the Ducc in
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  • 410 2 “Wt* Have Become Distrustful” OTHER NATIONS FIRST Ratisbon, June 6. Austria and Germany were drawn visibly closer today by "an act of State," which Herr Hitler performed in the thousand-year-old city of Ratisbon. This morning he unveiled the bust of “Germany's givatest symphonic composer after Beethoven.”
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  • 461 2 70 Submarines In Great Review OLD BATTLESHIPS RECONSTRUCTED Naples, June 8. Field-Marshal von Blomberg, the German War Minister, concluded his six-day official visit to Italy’s armed forces this afternoon. For eight and a half hours today he was with the Duce on board the Duca d'Aoste.
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  • 418 2 •‘Million” Campaign Begins £50.000 TO PUT OVER VOTE DRIVE London. June 6. Two great conferences in London and Hull launched, yesterday, Labour's campaign to secure a million new voters a year and to ensure the return of a Labour Government pledged to implement the short-term programme.
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  • 138 2 Possibility Of Exchange Of Visits Shanghai The possibility of an exchange of visits this yeaif between the first ladies of Ch na and the» United States is exciting great terest throughout China. Madame CLf-rg Kai-shek, American-educated wife of th* Chinese Premier, is expected to
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    • 517 2 lead Office 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 ft 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: “Gazette” Penang. Stogapore 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
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    • 275 2 BEACH STREET AUCTION ROOMS Important Property Sale By Order of the PUBLIC TRUSTEE, F.M.S. as Executor of the will of CHUNG THYE PHIN. DECEASED. The undersigned will sell by PUBLIC AUCTION at 228, Beach Street. Penang, on Tuesday, 29th June, 1937. PARTICULARS OF PROPERTIES AT 11.30 A. M. All that
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    • 90 2 AMBITIOUS men obtain highly-paid appointments iin Commerce, Industry, Shipping, Banking, Insurance and the Public Services through postal tuition with The School of Accountancy. Many thousands of The School’s former students now hold such positions and The School has the finest examination Record. The School of Accountancy is the leading institution
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  • 264 3 —Reuter Final Plenary Session ''l Imperial Conference London. June 15. the final plenary session of the Imper-•-J Conference met this morning at St. ames’s Palace at 10.15. Mr. Neville Chamberlain moved an address of loyalty to His Majesty the King which Mr. W. j-. Mackenzie King,
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  • 1697 3 Mr. Chamberlain’s Hope Of Benefit To Commonwealth Countries DELEGATES ON DEFENCE AND MAINTENANCE OF PEACE The Imperial Conference terminated for nearly an hour th.s morning. At the conclusion a conmnmk ue was issued briefly reviewing the morning’s proceedings i .u. e r€ f o ut, moved b
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  • 140 4 THREE MAILS WEEKLY (From Our Own Correspondent) London, June 8. According 1 to the Amsterdam correspondent of tlie “Financial Times” it hag been decided by the K.L.M. that the Amsterdam —Batavia service, which is at present being, flown twice a week, will be flown thrice weekly as
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  • 491 4 Nr. A. Bertram’s Tour For The 8.8. C. London, June 5. A new design for living in the plan of Vi. Anthony Bertram, the author, playwright and art critic, who has returned tc London after an eight-week's tour of <rhe provinces, undertaken at the behest
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  • 68 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 15. While conveying coolies from Kuala Lumpur to Ipoh yesterday, an eightpassenger bus, bearing a Selangor number plate, met with an accident at a spot one mile outside Gopeng town. It is believed that the left rear axle broke. The bus
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  • 1008 4 MALACCA MUNICIPAL COMMISSION Mr. E. V. G. Day has been appointed Deputy President of the Malacca Municipal Commission. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Phear are leaving Kuala Lumpur for home this week Mrs. J. W. Field, Kuala Lumpur, and her two children are going home this week
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  • 157 4 Link With Old Selangor Severed (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 15. A link with old Selangor was severed yesterday by the death of Mr. Yap Loong Hin, J. P., eldest son of the second Capitan China Yap Sheak. Mr. Yap Loong Hin
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  • 188 4 The improvement of the port of Bangkok and its approaches presents a big problem for as the Committee cf experts appointed by the League of Nations have put on record, to remedy the inadequacy of the maritime approaches and to complete the facilities of the port
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  • 371 4 Much Travelled Woman In Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. June 14. An Englishwoman •who has tramped, flown, paddled and sailed to remote parts of four continents, who has lived alone with Australian blacks and who has crossed oceans in a small yacht has had her
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  • 110 4 $98.863 Now Written Off A reference to the debts incurred by Tungku Musa Edin. who was deposed from the position of Raja Muda (or Crown Prince) of Selangor, is made in F.M.S. auditor’s report published on Monday. Mr. L .G. Corney. Auditor S.S. and F.M.S., comments
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  • 106 4 Used House For Gaming Purposes (From Our Own Correspondent) Telok Anson, Monday. A young Siamese woman by the name of Ma dan was produced before the Telok Anson Magistrate, Raja Abdul Hamid, on a charge of allowing her house at House Road to be used for
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  • 101 4 OBITUARY Haji Zainab Binti Saris (From Our Own Correspondent) The death of Haji Zainab binti Saris, the mother of the present Dato Kiana Petra of Sungei Ujong (Maamor bin Kassim C.8.E.), has removed a link with the Negri Sembilan of the past—the Negri Sembilan which Bruce Lockhart knew, as a
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  • 408 5 COLONEL RUSSEL ON HIS ANTI DOPE BATTLES Cairo. THE need to tighten up the control of the Suez Canal zone des<?cribed as the “wide open door for drug<mugglers” is recommended in Colonel Russel’s introduction to the eighth annual report of the Central Narcotics Bureau, recounting
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  • 206 5 Scenes In Lunatic Berlin. Under the title "Victims of the Past” a film of lunatics is now being shown in about 3.500 cinemas all over Germany. The apparent purpose of the film is to shock audiences into an acceptance of the Nazi law of
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  • 145 5 Question Of Land Tenure And Mixed Marriages Mr. Pirow, Minister of Defence and Railways dealing with the two commissions Government is appointing to investigate the possession of land by Asiatics and mixed marriages said it was a bigger and mordifficult question than most people realised. The
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  • 55 5 Berlin. Forty-two members of the International Bible Students’ Union, wh ch wes declared dlegal in 1933, were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from eighteen months to four months. The judge emphasised that they had not been sentenced for their relig ous view’s but for
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  • 297 5 RUSH TO BUY HIS BOOKS Moscow. Charles Darwin, the British naturalist, is now considered to be one of the "heroes” of the Soviet Union. The entire press has been publishing laudatory articles explaining his work in commemoration of the 55th anniversary of his death.
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  • 750 5 IN AUSTRALIA NOH ATICTORIAS (Australia) State railways have again demonstrated that Government owned lines can be made to give a better return on capital invested than private companies. The return for the financial year just closed is 3.62 per cent, compared with the 2.76 per cent,
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  • 226 6 Covers Five Miles Before Crashing Hythe (Kent), June 4. An aeroplane taking off last night with no one aboard, performing loops and dives, turns and spins for 35 minutes over Lympne and Hythe, and then crashing into a tree at Hawkinge, provided one of
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  • 230 6 MOTOR-BUS DRIVER DISCHARGED (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth, June 15. “Since the woman has not been called, I offer no evidence in order not to waste the time of the court, sir,” said Inspector Pawauchee, of the Butterworth Police, when he withdrew a case in
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  • 722 6 Demolition Over At Waterloo: Plans )f New Structure Within a few days, all Jiat was visible of Waterloo Bridgewill have passed from the vision of ondoners, savs the Observer. Those *ho would mourn the masterpiece <f Rennie must go to a field north of
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  • 197 6 The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics. S.S. F.M.S., Penang during the period June 7 to 12, 1937, inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Liorary, Government Building, Penang. Application may be made by members of the public
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  • 88 6 A pork-seller, Ang Ah Yearn, was fined $2O. in default one month’s rigorous imprisonment by Mr. T. D. Hughes in the Penang Police Court yesterday, for having exposed for sale within the Municipal limits, pork other than that from the Municipal abattoirs, on June 15 nt Green
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  • 170 6 Effect On Commons Questions There is an echo of Lord Zetland’s statement in the House of Lords last Tuesday to the effect that with the coming into force of provincial autonomy in India Commons questions regarding the Indian Provincial Government could only be answered in so
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    • 197 6 HOW TO TREAT A STOMACH PAIN When your stomach is healthy and wen you never think of its existence. But when it is out of sorts for any reason you know all about it. Pain sets in—sometimes very severe, nagging pain. What are you to do You certainly must do
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 272 6 V.SWAWjV.Va'I i Positively The Last Two Shows. V. etc med By Enthusiastic Crowds. WINDSOR ROYAL 6 .15 Tonight 9.30 j i_. r v i.i) qo positively the last 2 shows, b.-yO Tonight Last Ig I 0 Nanvang Film Co., Super Production. A Fast-Moving Action-Packed New f he Cantonese Talkie Ever
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    • 64 6 TONIGHT LAST NIGHT A Gay, Romantic Musical of the City of Love. Learning and Laughter GRETE NATZLER IN “THE STUDENT’S ROMANCE** with PATRIC KNOWLES A Brilliant Cast. Thrill To The Haunting, Love-Song -I LOST MY HEART IN HEIDELBERG”. OPENING TOMORROW I A Mammoth Double eature Show The Thrill-Master of the
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  • 606 7 What A Revenue Officer’s Suspicions Led To FINE OF $2O IMPOSED (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth, June 15, TJESCRIBED as an actor in a Chinese wayang, Lee Song Wah appeared in a different role before Mr. S. T. Stewart, in the police court here
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  • 190 7 Sequel To Police Raid On Hut JOHORE CHINESE GETS FIVE YEARS Johore Bahru. June 12. Telling the accused that in this particular case it was a very serious offence because Of the huge quantity of counterfeit coins found in his possession Mr. Justice La ville
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  • 85 7 $16,000 In Fines In 1936 The cont nued prevalence of smuggling is commented on in the Excise Department’s annual report. The products most frequently concerned during the past yea were opium, liquor, tobacco and rubber. In ***** $16,000 in fines for revenue offences was collected in Singapore
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  • 81 7 Mui-Tsai Question For Discussion (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, June 15. A meeting of the Chinese Advisory Board is scheduled to be held on June 26 at the Chinese Protectorate, Ipch, when several important matters connected with Chinese community will come up for discussion. It is
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  • 169 7 MALAY WHO SOLD HOUSE CAUTIONED (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth June 15. Because he had no money to carry out an order from the Rural Board, Hashim bin Babjee sold his house to another man before the specified time. This however, did not
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  • 252 7 NEW DRIVE AGAINST ILLICIT STILLS At least two brands ol whisky" being sold in Singapore were found by the Govern ment Analyst’s Department, in the course of routine investigations last year tb b plain spirt, according to the annual report of the department issued on
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  • 152 7 No Complaints Regarding Cabaret ’Extensions There being no applications, yesterday’s quarterly session of the Penang Board or Licensing Justices held in the District Court was expedited. Present were Mr. J. L. McFall, District Judge, who presided. Major H. S. Paterson. Dr. V. W. W. S.
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  • 61 7 Before Mr. T. D. Hughes in the Penang Police Court yesterday, a young Malay, Che Ahmad bin Ibrahim, was charged with theft of six coconuts belonging to Athiappen Nadar, from a kampong in Kelawei Road, Penang, on May 1. Accused pleaded not guilty. The case was
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  • 779 8 T.\ 1931 Mr. Tan Cheng Luck, among other responsible gentlemen, accused the Government of adopting an anti-Chinese policy. His accusation was based on a variety of considerations which were closely examined at the time and need not be re-exhumed now. Suffice it to say that Sir Cecil Clementi
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  • 163 8 PATROL BOAT’S DIFFICULTY Darwin, (Australia), June 15. The patrol boat, Larrakia, was compelled to release the New Guinea Maru owing to difficulty of manoeuvring but she arrested a smaller mother-ship, the Seicho Maru No. 10. —Reuter. A Reuter message from Darwin on Monday states that the Larrakia
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  • 74 8 Siamese Youth Pleads Guilty Arrested on a warrant, a young Siamese, Nai Wat, pleaded guilty before Mr. T. D. Hughes in the Penang Police Court yesterday, to a charge of theft of three mandolins valued at $7, belong-ing to Pukari. on Dec. 28 at a house
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  • 687 8 Rural Board In The Limelight But Still In Semi-Darkness Continental English IT is good to learn that no longer are the affairs of the Penang Rural Board to be cloaked m mystery and the rites attendant upon the conduct of its meetings kept as secret as the
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  • 256 8 TAMIL ACTOR’S ESCAPADE LEADS TO TROUBLE Drunk to the extent of smashing an empty beer bottle on the head of a police constable, without having the faintest recollection of what he had done, Manikam, a Tamil actor in an Indian dramatic troupe in Kuala Lumpur, was this
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  • 29 8 A British Wireless message from Loifon states that yesterdav afternoon the condition of Sir James Barrie, who is ill with bronchial pneumonia, continued to show slight improvement.
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  • 259 8 Motor-Bus Driver Gets Six Months (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth, June 15. Jeganathan, driver of the motor-bus, which met with a fatal accident at BukA Tengeh on the morning of May 12, resultingin the death of a sixteen-year-old' chorus girl of the Nooran Opera, Miss Mary Tan, was
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  • 30 8 The Old Xaverians’ Associaticn, billiard tournament for the year )936 has been cancelled and it has been decided to run it aS the tournament for the year 1937.
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  • 313 9 DOUBLE FOR AGA KHAN AND SIR ABE BAILEY King And Queen Receive Terrific Reception DI 1.1. weather with showers conspired to spoil Royal Ascot splendour. The King and Queen covered the course in an open carriage and received a terrific reception. Derby form was
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  • 143 9 Disillusioned Indian Gets One Month’s Gaol To recover the money he had wasted on he complainant on the illusion that his daughter would be given to him in marriage, Munusamy stole the complainant’s fishing net, with the result that, he was arrested and charged in the Penang
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  • 77 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Tapah. June 14. A Chinese answering to the name of Leong was brought into the Tapah hospital today from Cameron Highlands with punctured wounds in the back. It is understood that he was at work on the Kea Farm, Cameron Highlands, when he
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  • 265 9 $2,000,000 WORTH OE CONSTRUCTION (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 15. Buildings aggregating over two million dollars are going up in Kuala Lumpur and its environs. How much the changed times have to do with it s shown by the fact that the value
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  • 348 9 PRELIMINARY INQUIRY OPENS From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 15. The assault on the General Manager of Railways Mr. D. H. Elias nine months ago by a clerk in the Railways who is alleged to have stabbed him in the neck with a
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  • 38 9 In a hockey match played yesterday on the Victoria Green, Penang, one Chinese team defeated another Chinese team by four goals to two. It was in the nature of a practice for the forthcoming All-Malaya Chinese Olympics.
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  • 611 9 LORRIES INVOLVED: 2 SERIOUSLY INJURED t Fron Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 16. Yesterday morning a lorry coming from Sitiawan o Ipoh with a load of pigs ran off the rood at the 12th mile, Chemor Road, near Kan.ang Village and overturned. There vere four other
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  • 77 9 Adapted from the operetta “I Lost My Heart In Heidelberg,” Student's Romance, which is showing at the Majestic, is good entertainment. This is one of the best musical romances that the 8.1. P. has produced. It is a story rich in singing and humoui). W.H. Berry
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  • 56 9 Home Cricket —Reuter. London, June 15. At Manchester, Lancashire obtained first innings points from Somerset. Lancashire, batting first, totalled 388 for 7 and declared, Watson contributing 134. Somerset replied with 265. In their second innings Lancashire scored 149 for 6 and declared. Somerset had 131
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  • 82 9 Three Monihs’ Gaol For Malay Youth Merican bin Vanjoor Madersah, an HB- Malay, who was convicted for theft of two coils of wire belonging to Wong Fatt Lee, at a house in Macalister Road, Penang, on June 6. was yesterday sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by
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    • 372 9 SO FAT SHE HAD TO SELL HER BUSINESS New Health At 50—Thanks To Kruschen “Two years ago,” writes a woman, “J was running a very successful business It was strenuous, but the chance of a lifetime. At the time I weighed 18 st. 10 lbs. —but I was exceptionally strong
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  • 876 10 WILL U.S. CONTINUE TO BUY POLICY FOR BRITAIN SOME most interesting observations on the future of gold were made Last week by Sir Auckland Geddes when presiding at the meeting of the Abbotsi Investment Trust. He said the problem had recently become
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  • 273 10 Improvement In Year’s Results The twenty-eighth annual ordinary genera; meeting of the United Sumatra Rubber Estates. Ltd., was heid on June 4 at 30. M.ncing-lane, E C. Mr H.A Barrett (the chairman» presided rc.e chairman said it was with pleasure he was able to propose a
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  • 148 10 .—Reuter. Export Cartel FORMED BY A NEVI COMBINE New York. June 4. The formation of an export cartel for scrap-iron under the Webb-Pomerene Act has been disclosed by a new combine, the Scrap-Iron Export Associates of America, which has filed papers with the Federal Tin Commission.
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  • 219 10 The report of Biuseh Rubber Estate for the year ended March. 3lf 1937, shows profit after writing £11,052 off capital expenditure on gold account and making provision for depreciation. £8,883 (£5,741 >; amount brought forward £8,910, making £17,793. Dividend for year 15 per cent.,. less tax (10
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  • 287 10 Increase Of £92,5CD On Year £30,000 MORE TO TAX RESERVE Glasgow, .yne 10. Profits of Metal Industries fo> the year to March 31 last amounted to £|59,731, an increase of £92.524 over the previous year’s figure. After crediting £66,650 brought in ana deducting income-tax, dividend ca
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  • 418 10 Position Believed To Favour Holders Amsterdam. June 6. r pHEi rubber contributor to the ‘‘Algemeen Handelsblad” writes that the recent lack of interest on the part of producer-sellers is due to thef fact that most of them have already sold forward the bulk of their
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  • 129 10 7 Per Cent., Less Tax, For Year MERGED COMPANY’S FIRST PAYMENT A dividend of 7 per cent., less tax, is proposed by the directors of the London Tin Corporation in respect of the year to April 30 last. This is to be paid on July 6. The
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  • 49 10 London Brokers’ Expectation Of Shortage Disputed Amsterdam, June 4. The opinion expressed by Messrs. Symington and Wilson, the London rubber brokers, in their weekly report that the Netherlands East Indies will not be able to produce its rubber quota for May is contradicted from the N.E.I.
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  • 36 10 Interim of 10 per cent, in respect of current year, payable on June 26 to all shareholders on register on June 19. Interim of 5 per cent, wag paid in June last year.
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  • 95 10 Increase Of £15,966 To £43,430 ORDINARY DIVIDEND 5 PER CENT. An increase in profits for 1936 of £15,966 to fecorded by Linggi Plantations, which-possesses 12.143 acres of rubber in Negri feembilan and Klang, F.M.S., and Johore. Debenture interest absorbs £18,229 [(£18,900). The directors recommend on the Preference
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  • 57 10 An Increase Of 3|% The directors of Mount Austin (Johore) Rubber Estates recommend a dividend of 6 per cent*.,.Jess tax, for the year to March 31, which compares with a payment of 2% per cent, for the previous year. Authorised and issued capital is
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 153 10 'IIBWnr I I n IB 1 p| Should “Single” Whiskies be given away? The fine single whiskies,” said Johnnie Walker, which we I use in blending Johnnie Walker are far too good to be given ill away —except in marriage. 11l Good to start with, they are only blended (or
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    • 21 10 11 COLD Oft HOT.’f HXKiWIf’V ■■■IBI IB*V w B H Bhl I I banishes'eNEßVATlON I AK» «IVES YOU ALL-BAY ENERGY I
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  • 183 11 MILADY S HATS AND FROCKS An original model by Lanvin of Pari» which will inspire many dance frocks of the future. It is made in black taffeta. with a wide iskirt and flat saddle pockets. The only trimming is a set of cut steel, buttons.
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  • SHIPPING NEWS: MAILS
    • 575 12 M.V. ‘SILVERMAPLE’ from Singapore via Belawan sails today tor Rangoon Calcutta. S.S. ‘EURYADES’ from North Continent sails for Hongkong, Formosa, Shanghai, Taku Dairen Japan. S S ‘BULAN’ from Singapore via ports. Sails Priday. ‘SUISANG’from Calcutta—sails today for Singapore. Hongkong, Kobe Osaka. sS. ‘BATAK’ for Belawan-Deli,
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    • 139 12 Latest Times Of Posting AIR MAIL A mail for Australia, New Zealand, Java, and Timer Diiiy v a Singapore end thence by Singapore-Austral a air mail service will dose at 7.30 p.m. teday. A mail for Amsterdam end London by K.L.11. Service will close at 6.30
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1623 12 RADIO- PROGRAMMES i 8.8. C. EMPIRE STATION cricket broadcast*: i today New Zealand Touri TRANSMISSION 2 Tune in on the following wavelengths: Comprehensive arrangements navi been P- TRANSMISSION 2 rr c to keep overs®, lis6.05 Big Ben. 8.8. C. Northern Orches- t made by the to keep o tra. Kathleen
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY HIGH low 6.34 p.m. 11.45 p m TOMORROW 5.24 a.m. 12.21 p.m. 8.04 p. m.
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  • 210 13 Empire Delegate’s Tribute To P ort Of London Delegates to the Empire Parliamentary Association Conference weie entertained tc luncheon recently by the Port of London Author.ty at the Tilbury Hotel. The Right Hon. Thomas Wiles, P.C., Vice-Chairman of the Authority, presided and was supported by Admiral A.G.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 452 13 MANSFIELD CO. LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE VemelA. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leave Due < ln conjunction with Ghn Shire Line) Penang London B. MENESTHEUS Mar?’ L’do?’ R/dam ff ’irb^r?^rn bOrOUgh July 19 o t n.j n K aam Hburg Glow June 25 July 22 B. CALCHAS L
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    • 335 13 LIMFBI I TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. LEAVE Marseilles New York «3 o PENANG Arrive Arrive ag' OARFIEL D June 17 July 14 July 27 gq’ ddS?’ AYES July 1 July 28 Aug. 10 S.S. PRES. MONROE July 15 Aug. 11 Aug. 24 A wonderful opportunity to vidt Cairo en route.
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    • 762 13 P&O (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. “RANCHI” SAILING THURSDAY, 17th JUNE Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under contract with LtW I Majesty’s Government, London and Far East Mai! Service. Outwards from London for China Japan Homewaids for Colombo, Aden, Fort Marseilles and London. due Penang 1937 due
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 514 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES PARIS I BERLIN DJB 15.20 Mc/s 19.7 m. TODAY DJN 9.54 Mc/s 81.45 m p.m. i DJE 17.76 Mc/s 16.89 nt. 6.20 Concert relay. j DJQ 15.28 Mc/s 19.63 rn. 7.05 Talk on French events (in Russian). DJA 956 Mc/s 31 38 m 7.20 News in English. TODAY
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    • 179 13 HONG KONG ZBW (9.52 Mc/s (81.4 in.)) TOMORROW p.m. 3.30 Chinese programme. 6.30 European programme. 6.50 Stock quotaticns and Exchange Market report. 6.55 Continuation of European programme. 7 20 Time signal, weather report and announcements. Continuation of European programme 8.15 Daventry news bulletin. 10.20 Close down. 0 ROME 2 RO
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  • 521 14 Good Fields And Open Racing CARD OF EIGHT EVENTS I (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 11. BELOW will be found the weights for tomorrow’s Sk]e Races at Kuala Lumpur, together with selections by Tic-Tac. There are <rood fields in all
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  • 211 14 Reuter. Surrey’s Innings Victory {?YCF Glamorgan SANDHAM SCORES 239 London, June 16. The match between the New Zealanders ■and Middlesex was a draw, the visitors .scoring 268 and 213 (Robins 5 for 43), and Middlesex scoring 212 (Dunning 6 for 59) and If for one
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  • 75 14 Sports Club v. Indian Recreation Club The following will represent the Penang "Sports Club against the Indian Recreation Club in a soccer match to be played today at 5.15 p.m. on the Victoria Green: H. Bracegirdle; H. E. Pether and G. «ude; G. Ash, S.
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  • 134 14 Dickson Wins With Total Of 96.43 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Tuesday. The prize for the monthly handicap shoot awarded by the B.R.A. (Taiping Branch) was won by J. Dickson with a grand total score of 96.43 at the weekly shoot of the F.Mj.S.V.R.A. Taiping during
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  • 256 14 MANY PLAYERS PUNISHED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. June 14. Subsequent to the ugly incidents, which occurred during a key match of the “B” division of the Selangor Football League last week the Disciplinary Board' of the Association has taken the following action
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  • 209 14 Taiping Team Favourites For Championship (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Tuesday. For the first time arrangements have been made for a badminton league on the knock-out system for Malay Gurus of Perak, each team playing three singles and three doubles matches. Y.T.M. Raja Bendahara
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  • 89 14 Following are ties for the Penang Recreation Club tournament: TODAY Championship: Dr. N. H. Perera v. M. B. Pestana. Men’s Doubles Handicap: -40 E. C. Valberg and S. T. Stewart v. Scr. E. Y. Bel.ran and B. Rod’ricks. TOMORROW Mixed Doubles Handicap: -15.2 Miss M. Hardouin and
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  • 99 14 Excellent Entries Excellent entries have been received for the fourth Perak Chinese Athletic Sports which will be held at the Assembly Hall Ground, Kuala Kangsar Road, Ipoh, on June 19 and 20. Nearly 140 men competitors from all over Perak have entered for the different events. The
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 298 14 Wednesday, 16th June, 1937. AMALGAMATED AMUSEMENTS, LTD. WEMBLEY PARK GATE ADMISSION 10 cts. as usual. By Popular Request FOR 3 SUPER SHOWS. MISS EVELYN CHEN The Famous Stage Film Star will appear for the last time TONIGHT at the FOONG SEN NIN CANTONESE OPERA “Choon Kum Poe Shin” All Free
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    • 234 14 5A .JT» Ww •-4 1' gazette Sunday gazette $250 MUST BE WON Five Winners or Nearest Ipoh July Meeting A r’ize cf 5250 will b e given tc the sen'er of the test entry. Should •wo or more entrants tie fcr the prize the $250 w:D re equally dividec. amongst
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  • 1780 15 THE DERBY WON BY STAYING MID-DAY SUN AND THE ST. LEGER London, June 6. 1 fear the race for the Derby did nothing to remove the impression that our three-year-olds are moderate; writes an Observer correspondent. It was unfortunate that two of the
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  • Article, Illustration
    25 15 Henri Cochet, the French tennis star, who says that he would like to meet Fred, Perry new that the latter is a professional.
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  • 395 15 POLO Hurlingham Disappoint In Coronation Match London, June 7. The special Coronation match for cups presented by the “Daily Telegraph” between Australia and Hurlingham, was originally fixed for Whit Monday, but had o be postponed owing to last months wet weather. It was played yesterday at Hurlingham
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  • 329 15 Jaguars V) in Their Second Tournament The Hon. Keith Rous won his second ournament of th;? season with his strong Ta guar team. Having carried off the Roehampton Open Cup, earlier in the week, they yesterday won the Sutton-Smith Challenge Cup. an event restricted to the highly-rated
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  • 249 15 To Be Hdd At Kuala Lumpur This Year MATCHES TO COMMENCE ON JULY 27 Ihe annual Championship Meeting of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya will lie held this year at Kuala Lumpur commencing on Tuesday, July 27 for Ladies Singles and Doubles and Friday July 30
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  • 648 15 BOXING FARCE: World Champion “Suspended” ripHE farce of the world’s heavyweight boxing championship has been carried a stage further by the New York Boxing Commission’s indefinite suspension of James Braddock, the holder of the title Braddock was to have defended his championship on June 3 at Madison
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 179 15 “The se are good who put you on to them?” That's three balls I "tin Maurier, i nice you. Aiea wa. bile eb Been mean- x —bate ado Alamier gV /H S tf> tr them. '-tpy —on actounl! Does this filter > tip really make difference?" I V IrY "Ab!
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  • 111 16 TIN:— PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot 1245.15.9 £243.10.0 LONDON—(3 months) X 244.10.0 SINGAPORE $121,621 $122.37BUSINESS DONE «777« PENANG 512L621 $122.00 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) 36.45 ELACK PEPPER $ll.OO 511.00 RUBBER LONDON 9 316 d 9 d NEW YORK 18;;:c(G> 19,', c(G> SINGAPORE -Spot 31£c 321 c
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  • 370 16 Share of fl (Tenwmlnatton unte*» London. June 16. otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or Fail Co-version Loan. 5 p.c., 1944-64 112" —1 Funding Loan. 4 p.c., 1960-90 1091 V ir Loan. 31 p.c 1005 Com. Union Assce. (Units) 10!; —i Er dential Assce “A” 34; —g P.oya! Assce. share
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  • 122 16 London on Previously Latest Paris 110 29 32 110 53 64 New York 4.93}J 4.94 Montreal 4.933 4.94 Brussels 29 241 29.26 Geneva 21.55 J 21.551 Amsterdam 8.97 a 8.981 Milan 932 932 Berlin 12.311 12.31 a Stockholm 19.391 19.39 i Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna
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  • 116 16 London, June 15. RUBBER Firm. Spot 9£ buyers 9 J,, sellers. July/Sept. 9J. buyers 9*. sellers. Oct./Dec. 91 buyers 9i, sellers. Jan./Mar. 91 buyers 9; sellers. New Ycrk 18.66 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 21.924 tone Liverpool 22,640 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. June £16.15.0. PEPPER White
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 122 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER Buyers Sellers Kundong 2.25 2.35 ex Mentakabs 47 49 TINS Ayer Hitam 28 9 ,29,6 c B. Selangor 1.69 1.72 Hong Fatt 1.26 1.29 Hongkong Tin 33,6 34 6 Ipoh Tin 3i;o 3119 Kamunting 139 14 6 Kuala Lumpur 23 3 24 3 London Tin 4 9
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    • 133 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TINS: Buyers Sellers B. Selangor 1.671 1.721 Hong Fatt 1 25 1.30 Jeltebu 97 1.00 Kuchai 1.57?. 1.621 Lukut 1.02 A 1.07 A N. Taiping 85 BTI Paroi 70 75 Puteh 821 871 Rahman Hyd. 1.57.1 1.60 Rantau Ordy. 1.671 1.721 Rantau Pref. 1.671 1.721 Sungei Ways
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    • 186 16 RUBBER t Buyers SeOers TIN Bassetts 72?. 77 i B. Lintang 1.30 1.35 Bedfords 1.25 1.30 Bentas 1.32?. 1.371 Brogas 1.00 1.05 J erams 1.05 1.10 M. Pindas 1.65 1.721 Mentakabs 45 471 Nyalas 1.10 1.15 Pajams 2.00 2.10 S. Tukangs 1.25 1.30 Ulu Benuts 45 47* TIN:—
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    • 21 16 TIN Singapore $122.37 I|2 Per pkl. Penang $122.W Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot Per lb. Penang Spot Per lb.
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    • 119 16 LEAN CO. Tin Buyers Sellers Eatu Selangor 1.621 1.721 Hong Fatt 126 1-30 Jelebus 98 1.02 Kamuntings 14 3 15 0 K. Lanjuts 26 3 27 0 Katus 24 0 24 6 Kuchais 1.60 1.65 Laruts 1410_- 15 3 L. 1.05 1.10 Puchongs 24 9 25 6 Rahmans 1.60 1.65
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    • 198 16 TIN:— Buyers Sellers -Ampats 6 0 6 3 A. Hitams 28 6 29 6 Pangrins 21,0 216 ex E. Selangors 1.681 1.71 Burma Malay 29 0 29:9 Hong Fatts 1.26 1.28 Jelapangs 37 3 37 9 Jelebus 97 99 K. Kamuntings 12 6 13 0 Kamuntings 14 0
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  • 401 16 Interpreter Gets SI For Two Minutes’ Work! For acting as an interpreter to a deaf and dumb person for less than two minutes, a Malay. Md. Yusoff, was paid $1 (from the poor bbx) by Mr. T. D. Hughes in the Penang Police Court
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  • 118 16 ■’Deeply Touched” Nearly 300 prisoners in Maidstone Gao 1 saw films of the Coronation service and procession, in colour and black and white. In an interval the Earl of Airlie, Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, spoke to them about the history and meaning of the
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 385 16 BANKS OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION, LIMITED (Incorporated in the S.S.j SUCCESSORS to THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, LIMITED, THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED, it THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. CAPITAL Authorised $40,000,000. Paid-Up $10,000,000. HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING. CHULIA STREET. SINGAPORE PENANG BRANCH Nos: 28 30, Beach Street, Penang. Telegraphic Address: “OVERSEA” OTHER
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    • 541 16 HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hong Kongi The Liability of members is limited to th. extent and in manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Head Office:— HONG KONG. Authorised Capital $50,000.00. Issued and Fully paid up $20,000,00? Reserve Funds Sterling 6,500,003 Silver
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