Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 June 1937

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 146. Vol. XCV. THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    GOVERNMENT RELAXES BAN ON PROSPECTING LICENCES
    285 1 ANNOUNCEMENT BY SENIOR WARDEN CONVERSION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AND RESERVES The F. M. S. Government has decided to relax its policy with regard to the issue of prospecting licences and the alienation of mining land. The following communique was received from the Senior Warden
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    WIFE BECOMES M.P.
    50 1 Husband Goes To The Lords Lady Davidson succeeds her husband. Sir John Davidson who has been elevated to the Peerage, as M.P. for Heme! Hempstead. The by-election resulted as follows: Lady Davidson (Con.) 14,992 Mrs. Corbett Ashby (Lib.) 7,347 Mr. C. W. James (Lab.) 3,651 No change.
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    STRIKE VIOLENCE
    64 1 .—Reuter. British Marines Landed At Port Of Spain Port of Spain.—The strike situation here is tense, strikers parading the town and forcing shops to close. The total known casualties from clashes with the police are 12 dead and 24 seriously injured. One hundred and fifty marines rnm H.M.S.
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    PALESTINE REPORT
    31 1 —Reuter. The report of the Palestine Commission will be signed immediately before being presented to the King, after which it will -be considered by the Cabinet before publication. —Reuter.
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    MR. EDEN AT PALACE
    33 1 The Foreign Secretary had audience of The King yesterday. Mr. Edens visit was of a routine character. He informed His Majesty of the latest developments in the ioreign situation.
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    FIREWORKS EXPLOSION 11 Dead And Many Injured
    72 1 .—Reuter. Colombo —Eleven were killed and over a hundred injured in Kalutara by an explosion of fireworks during a Moslem wedding celebration. The fireworks were being prepared inside an iron cylinder, according to an ancient custom when heralding the advent of a king.
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    THE RISE IN TIN CONSUMPTION
    109 1 Visible And Invisible Stocks Falling Pinang Gazette Cable London, June 23. —The Hague Statistical Bureau's estimate of world tin consumption for the years ending April 30, 1936 and 1937 is 156,391 and 173.683 tons respectively. The principal increase is:— U.S.A. 17,800 tons. The percentages of
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    AMBULANCE NEEDED IN P.W.
    194 1 Rural Board Passes Resolution GOVERNMENT TO BE APPROACHED (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth. June 23. That an ambulance is desirable is the resolution passed by the Province Wellesley Rural Board at its monthly meeting held in the District Office here today. In support of such a
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    A.A. ROAD SCOUTS
    83 1 New Outfit From England To Be Tried It is likely that Automobile Association road scouts so familiar in England and various other countries, shortly will be seen on main routes in Malaya. After a discussion on the matter the council of the Automobile Association of Malaya has
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    MALAYAN INTERNAL AIR SERVICE
    69 1 Souvenir Envelopes In connection with the inauguration of the Malayan internal air service on June 28, we are informed by Messrs. Wearne Bros, that they are issuing special envelopes to mark the occasion. These can be had at the local office of the company at five
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    GIANT PLANE FOR N. ATLANTIC
    239 1 To Be Seen By King And Queen At Hendon Display .—British Wireless. The Royal Air Force display which the King and Queen will attend at Hendon on Saturday will present an unequalled pageant of military aviation in a remarkable formation flight of 250 aircraft in
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    5-YEAR PLAN FOR JAPAN
    224 1 —Reuter. Millions lor Industry And Defence Tokio—The War Ministry has submitted to the Cabinet Planning Board a draft industrial five-year plan costing nine thousand million yen which it desires to ne inaugurated in 1938 with the aim of tripling in 1943 the industrial capacity of the
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    SHORT-LIVED STRIKE
    50 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 23. One hundred and twenty coolies employed on the course at the Selangor Golf Club struck yesterday alleging unfair treatment. They sent a representative to the office of the Agent of the Government of India and a quick settlement was effected.
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    NON-INTERVENTION: MR. EDEN EXPLAINS
    538 1 —British Wireless. The Foreign Secretary made the followtrig statement in the Commons last nig At a meeting held on Tuesday afternoon turther to consider incidents in which the German cruiser Leipzig was involve was unfortunately found impossible to reach agreement on measures which s rou be
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    PACIFIC PACT
    55 1 —British Wireless. British Government To Sound Other Powers The British Government will take suitable opportunities for consulting other governments principally concerned to ascertain their views on the proposal for a Paci-'-fic pact of non-aggression, approved in principle by the Imperial Conference. This information was given to the Commons
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    ITALY TO MAKE RUBBER
    24 1 inc —Reuter. Rome—ln pursuance of a policy of self-sufficiency, the Cabinet has decided to encourage the production of synthetic rutber.—Reuter.
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    HITLER’S SECRET WAR PLAN REVEALED BY STAFF OFFICER
    410 2 Swift Attack To Overwhelm France After Dash Through Holland HITLER’S war chiefs have prepared a new and so tar secret plan for the invasion of France. mmmmni According to it the German troops will strike through swil t chance through the defenceless
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    ANGERED JUDGES TO PROTEST
    312 2 WHITEHALL MAKES TOO MANY LAWS A revolt of the judges against the making of laws by Whitehall is Behind the scenes, a storm has been J brewing for a long time. It will probably be brought to a head by the Council of Judges presenting a
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    INCORRECT REPORT OF APPEAL CASE
    266 2 References In Singapore Court Singapore, June 22. References to an incorrect report of a case before the S.S. Court of Appeal, appearing in today's Morning Tribune, were made in court this morning by the acting Chief Justice and counsel. The appeal was that of Alkaff
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    FRIENDSHIPS OF TURKEY
    213 2 BRITAIN’S POLICY FOR WORLD PEACE Istanbul, June 15. In his speech on the occasion of the closing of the Grand National Assembly for the summer recess, Gen. Ismet Ineunu. the Premier, mace a pointed reference to the rumours which have recently been current intimating that there has
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    MR. ROOSEVELT LIKENED TO GEORGE III.
    440 2 Senate Denounces Court Plan NEEDLESS, FLTILE AND DANGEROUS Washington, June 14 A concise and strongly worded condemnation of the President’s judicial reform proposals was presented in the Senate today by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. “We recommend the rejection of this Bill as
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    LAWSUIT ENDS AFTER 10 YEARS
    203 2 After nearly half a century of discussion and litigation, the fate of a bequest for the free education of the poor made by Erasmus Smith, a Dublin merchant who died 250 years ago, has been decided. The lawsuit just ended —it began ten years ago,
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    SCHEME TO SCRAP ALL WAR DEBTS
    259 2 WORLD TALKS THIS YEAR London, June 12. 4 WORI D economic conference will be held—probabij in A Washington or Brussels—before the end ot the yea-, unless an unexpected hitch arises. The object of the conference will be to consider the reducti- n of "trade
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    CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ATTACKED BY VICAR
    366 2 That Christian Science Is not Christian but anti-Christian is the substance of a pamphlet issued by the Church of England. It comes from the Press and Publications Board of the Church Assembly and bears this rather remarkable intimation: This pamphlet is issued under the authority
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    MEETING OF P.W. RURAL BOARD
    505 3 Higher Pay For Employees HAWKERS TO WEAR BADGES I From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth, June, 23. Mr. L. R. Forbes, the District Officer, Province W ellesley, and concurrently, the chairman of the Province Wellesley Rural Board, presided at its monthly meeting held at the Rural
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    CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES SEEK TO HELP THE WAGE-EARNER TO BE ABLE TO FACE THE FUTURE WELCOME THE FUTURE ENJOY THE PRESENT
    2257 3 rpHAT co-operative societies in Malaya are essentil Li P rac tical organizations actually grappling with the problems of how to get wage-earners out of debt and keep them out of
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    BREACH OF TRUST CHARGE AGAINST P.W.D. MANDORE
    1014 3 Further Evidence Recorded Yesterday fpURTHER hearing of the case in which a mandore, Md. Ibrahim bin Mohomed Lebai Merican, employed at the Public Works Department Store at Sungei Pinang, who is charged with criminal breach of trust of 40 bags of cement belonging
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    CHARGED WITH MURDER
    783 4 YOUNG MALAY FACES TRIAL (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 23. The trial of a young Malay named Baharin bin Jaafar, who is charged with the murder of a 23-year-old Malay, Tuan Kechil, at Kam pong To’Ban, on March 10 a Village about 30 miles from Taiping,
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    AIR FREIGHT PROGRESS IN CANADA
    100 4 Details have become available from <Janada of how a pioneer mining expedition, complete with all its equipment, was transported by air over approximately 150 miles from Berens river. Lake Winnipeg, <o a new area which is being opened-up in the Trout River region. One of
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    SOCIAL And PERSONAL
    1369 4 KEDAH HINDU SABBA A general public meeting of the Kedah Hindu Sabba will be held at the Kedah Indian Association premises today. Mr. Khoo Seng Chooi, of the Straits Trading Co., Penang, has just entered the General Hospital for treatment. Yang Mulia Raja Zahar bin Yang Mulia
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    NEW BUILDING FOR ASIATIC PETROLEUM
    172 4 Site To Be In Collyer Quay Singapore. The Asiatic Petroleum Company (S.S.) Ltd., will be given tentative permission to erect a new office building in Collyer Quay, In accordance with provisional plans submitted to the Municipality, if the recommendation of Committee No. 4 is approved
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    OLYMPIC FLAME
    143 4 Singapore Included In Route From Greece The detailed arrangements necessary to carry the Olympic Flame to Tokio for the 1940 Olympic Games we.e presented to the International Olympic Committee at Warsaw by the Greek delegate, Mr. Angelo Bolancachi. Shanghai will be one stage in the route if his
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    MOONLIGHT BAND PROGRAMME
    153 4 Today at the Esplanade from 8.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m:— The full programme is as follows: March The Voice Of The Guns Alford. Overture 1812 Tschaikowsky. A few remarks on the scope of this Overture may be acceptable. It is intended to be descriptive of the invasion
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    IS TOSSING GAMBLING?
    116 4 (Frum Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 23. An important point as to whether tossing a coin for money or for money’s worth constituted an offence under the gaming enactment was decided by three Chinese accused who were yesterday chained with gaming at the Ipoh Magistrate’s court. Mr.
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    ROBBED HIS BENEFACTOR
    167 4 Malay Bound Over (From- Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 23. A young Malay lad named Mohaidin from Bota, came to Ipoh to see Raja Omar, the Assistant Official Assignee, in order to obtain a job. The lad stayed at Raja Omar’s house for about three weeks and
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    TWENTY YEARS OF GASTRIC TROUBLE
    221 4 Maclean Brand Stomach Powder “Worked Wonders” Gastric trouble is no respecter of persons; it strikes equally at high or low, rich or poor. But Maclean Brand Stomach Powder gives equal benefit to all, regardless of their rank or station in life. Read this letter: “I
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    NIGHT-FLYING ON INDIA ROUTE
    58 4 The Indian Meteorological Department has now installed at various stations an. equipment of observation balloons and other apparatus for ascertaining visibility and cloud-height at night. This equipment will come into operation when aircraft, carrying all first-class mail? without surcharge under the new Empire scheme, are operating
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    TEA RESTRICTION IN MALAYA
    1023 5 OFFICIAL COMMENT ON UNPOPULAR MEASURE 44 MAY RETARD DEVELOPMENT OF CAMERON HIGHLANDS” (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, June 22. THE imposition of tea restriction in Malaya last January—a measure which proved wholly unpopular is commented up- for th e fi rst time b v official
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    PAYS A FINE TO MARRY
    55 5 Scout-Explorer When Mr. James W. S. Marr, 34-year-old Antarctic explorer, gets married on June 25 he becomes liable for a £2 fine. He is one of the few members of Aberdeen University’s mysterious Men dub which meets every ten yeans, but keeps alive by fining
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    JEWS FLEE FROM RUSSIA
    406 5 ANTI-SEMITIC POLICY Helsingfors, June 15. The intensity of the anti-Semitic policy being followed by Stalin and his present advisers may be gauged from the number of Jewish commissars, party and industrial leaders, officers, and officials, who have recently been either dismissed, degraded, exiled, imprisoned, or executed
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    SUEZ CANAL PAYMENTS TO EGYPT
    180 5 UE300.000 A Year More The Suez Canal Company has reached a new agreement with the Egyptian Government under which it will pay a sum sufficient in the Government’s view to construct a military road from Port Said to Suez. Until the signing of the new
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    NOEL COWARD: DIEHARD M.P.?
    98 5 It was persistently stated in London last week that Noel Coward is taking up politics, that is why he has announced his retirement from the theatre for two years. His name has been linked with that of Lord Lloyd, one time High Commissioner for Egypt, and
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    VATICAN BANS "NEW CULTS"
    179 5 EXAGGERATED DEVOTIONS Vatican City, June 15. "Novel cults” and exaggerated forms of devotion in the Roman Catholic Church ire banned by a decree issued today by tht Congregation of the Holy Office. Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world are called upon to end such abuses as
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    IRAK MURDER AFTER ’PLANE CRASH
    86 5 Officer Shot Dead The pilot and mechanic were killed when an Irak 'plane engaged on an observation flight crashed in flames near Samawah. in the Middle Euphrates district. A party of police driving in armoured cars to the place to recover the bodies was fired
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    KORDA ON HIS £1,200,000 FILM DEAL
    525 5 Hope Of Valuable Market In America London, June 15. With his big United Artists deal “practically completed,” Mr. Alexander Korda returned to England yesterday with Mr. Murray Silverstone, head of the United Artists Corporation in this country, writes Campbell Dixon in the Daily Telegraph.
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    YOUNG HYLAM'S CONFESSION DISBELIEVED
    853 6 Fined $75 For TWt In A Hotel A young Hylam. Phang See Yeong, was I fined! $75 in default three weeks’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. Watson, in the Middle Court, Penang, yesterday, for theft of $6O in a hotel in Chulia Street, Penang, on March
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    EXHAUSTED WOMAN REGAINS ENERGY, PUTS ON WEIGHT
    193 6 If exhausting weather and tiring work are draining your energy and wasting your figure, begin now to give your system a daily dose of regenerating vitamins. Begin now to get back your lost vitality and put firm flesh, sinews and muscle on your
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    MOTOR LICENCE FEES
    146 6 OPINION OF P.W. RURAL BOARD SOUGHT (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth, June 23 Whether the various Malayan administrations- (except Kelantan and Treng ganu) are prepared to agree to (a) the adoption of a uniform scale of motor licence fees, and fb) the granting af full recognition in
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      338 6 -.W>W.W-W.WA^WAW-W- B AT LAST! “MR. DEEDS” HAS COME TO TOWN BRINGING YOU THE GRANDEST 1 ENTERTAINMENT IN YEARS! opening tonight JIMI h Fat j *»11 IIL 615 9 30 THE ONE PICTURE THAT HAS MADE THE WHOLE V ORLD LAUGH YEAR’S HUGH SMASH! /*N The uproarious tale of Mr. Deeds
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      144 6 ROY Al WINDSOR 6.30 Opening Tonight 9.30 Positively The Last 2 Shows Here’s The Grand Hindustani Musical Extravaganza That All Have Been 6.30 9.30 Waiting For! The Star Motion Picture Film Co. “BANSARI BALA” Production. or FAIRY OF THE FLUTE “A GIRL OF POWER” Miss Gohar (Karnataki) Shanker or ‘NEE
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    INCREASED USE OF ELECTRICITY IN PRIVATE HOMES
    1818 7 REDUCTION IN CHARGES DUE TO OPERATION OF NEW POWER STATION AT PRAI I RING the period under review the cost of fuel per unit sold has been reduced from 12 cents in 1921 to 3.58 cents i’ T '26 and to 1.3 cents
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    P.W. RURAL BOARD STILL TALKING-
    226 7 OF BUILDING A CENTRAL SLAUGHTER HOUSE (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth, June 23. “Ever since I was a member of the Bc?rd, we have been talking of building J central slaughter house so much .so that ">eop!e are afraid io build one themselves n ca>
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    ANGLO-ITALIAN TRADE
    107 7 Relations Improving Constantly Milan, Italy. June 20. Although trade relations between Italy rnd England are improving steadily, trade has not yet reached the volume it had before the imposition of sanctions, states an official bulletin from Rome. Exports of textiles and fruit to England have increased, considerably. In
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    INTERNATIONAL DRIVING LICENCES
    80 7 Issue In Malaya Likely Facilities for the issue in Malaya of international driving licences and international motor vehicle certificates will probably be available shortly, according to advice received from the Governments concerned by the Automobile Association of Malaya. Not yet having given legislative effect to the recommendations
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    IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS & BRIDGES
    218 7 IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS BRIDGES TWO BIGGEST ITEMS IN P.W. BUDGET FOR 1938 (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth, June 23. It is revealed at a meeting of the Province Wellesley Rural Beard held here today that the budget for 1938 is estimated at $622,785. z The two biggest items are the
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    BETTER PETROL WANTED
    76 7 Further representations to the petrol companies have been made by the Automobile Association of Malaya followin'* complaints from members that the furi available in this country is of too low an octane rating for modern aigh-compres-sion motors. The association hopes that suitable petrols will be available shortly.
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    LOUIS V. BRADDOCK
    706 8 TVO fight has aroused more interest I in recent years than the world’s heavyweight championship bout between James J. Braddock, the title holder, and Joe Louis, the negro challenger, which took place on Tuesday night at Chicago, and ended in a new world’s champion being crowned. We
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    BY THE WAY
    594 8 Penang Beggars But Few Confidence Tricksters Thrills Of Survey Although the Penang Jubilee Fund has been in existence for nearly three years, beggars still abound in the streets of Penang. One’s sympathies naturally go out to these unfortunates, but their methods of begging are such as to
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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      PENANG FOOTBALL
      448 8 Sir, I am surprised to read the letter by “One of the many interested Chinese,” published in yesterday’s issue of “The Pinang Gazette,” and grieved to see that “One of the many interested Chinese” (a Chinese he must be) should still try to champion the cause of “three
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      MR. R.E.G. LONG
      303 8 Sir, I should be very much obliged if you would kindly publish the enclosed letter to the Assistant Ofiicial Assignee, whose permission I have to communicate it to the Press, since it refers to a paragraph published in your issue of Saturday last. Yours etc., Colin King.
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      MR. K.S. LIM
      85 8 In yesterday’s issue of “The Pinang Gazette,” we published a letter to th© Editor. under the heading “Penang Football."’ from a correspondent signing himseftt K. S. Um. We are now authorised by Mr. K.S. Lam, member of the selection committee of the P.F.A. and member of the
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    P.R.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT
    91 8 In the final of the Mixed Doubles Handicap of the Penang Recreation Club tennis tournament played yesterday on the Club. courts Mrs. C. J. Scully andl E. Valberg beat Miss M. Hardouin and Dr. N. H. Perera (winners last year) in straight sets, 6—3, 7—5 The winners
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    PENANG RACE MEETING WILL BE WELL SUPPORTED
    635 9 RESULT OF INCREASED STAKES ENTRIES FOR PERAK MEETING CLOSING TODAY (By Tic-Tac) When the Perak Turf Club July Meeting, entries for which close at 3 p.m. today, opens on July 3, there will start a month of heavy racing as, immediately after the
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    KHO SIN-KIE IN THIRD ROUND
    946 9 H imbledon Choy Eliminated After Marathon Game LATEST RESULTS Many second round matches in the WimMedon tennis chaimpionsidps were played yesterday in hot weather. Kho Sin-Ide played a marvellous game to beat F.ILD. Wilde, Wt» was chosen by Britain to train tor the Davis Cup,
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    LINDRUM AND INMAN TO VISIT PENANG
    30 9 The Pinang Gazette understand» that ■Horace Lindruxq, toe famous snooker expert, and Melbourne Inman, the former billiards champion, intend to visit Penang in July.
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    CHARGE WITHDRAWN
    158 9 Mistaken Identity Plea Succeeds Lee Seng, a Chinese, who was charged with having dishonestly removed a certain quantity of gold from a jewellery, to the value of about $10.50, belonging to Md. Hamid binti Che Sub, on April 18 at Penang, was yesterday acquitted by Mr. T.D. Hughes
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    CAUSED ACCIDENT BY CARELESS DRIVING
    111 9 Municipal Lorry Driver Fined A Tamil Thinnare, driver of a Municipal lorry, was charged before Mr. T. D. Hughes in the Penang Police court yesterday, for driving his lorry in a negligent manner at 11.15 a.m on May 5, at River Road, Penang Inspector Linsell
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    CHINESE PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT CHARGE
    69 9 A Chinese, Tan Kim, was produced before Mr. T.D. Hughes in the Penang Police Court yesterday, charged with theft of three old railings, valued $lO from e vacant piece of land at Church Street Ghaut, on June 22. The accused pleaded guilty. Sentence was
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    PENANG PAIR BEATEN
    206 9 Perak Tennis Championships WOMEN’S DOUBLES EVENT (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Mrs. C. H. Hartley and Mrs. A. H. M. Cretcp reached the final of the women’s doubles event of the Perak lawn tennis championships yesterday on the Ipoh Club padang when they defeated the Penang combination,
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      227 9 FIRST GRADE LUBRICATING OIL i at 8 cents per gallon by A STREAMLINE OIL RENOVATOR ANALYSES OF USED AND FILTERED OIL. J USED OIL. Before After Standard Filtering Filtering New Oil Specific Gravity .905 j -906 i .905 Flash Point (Open) °F 410 410 1 400 Saybolt Viscosity 140 °F
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    "SHELL," ROYAL DUTCH AND ANGLO-IRANIAN OIL
    1752 10 Three Companies Record Expansion In Profits INCREASE IN WORLD PRODUCTION Net profits of “Shell” in 1936 advanced by £962.210, or 19.2 per cent., to £5.983.456 This is the best figure since 1929. Reserve has been increased by £2,545,010 following the revaluation of properties acquired
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    ITALY COLONIAL TARIFFS
    449 10 A THREE-COLUMNED SYSTEM The question of overhauling the tariff system of Italian Eastern Africa is dealt with in an article by Dr. Italo Minunni in the official organ of the Italian Federation of Industries. The article notes the disparity in the present regulations, there being three different
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      6 10 BOUJRN-VITA FOR DIGESTION, SLEEP AND ENERGY
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      852 10 Ki<lneys\C| must cleansacids from I g g I Former Health Commis- > stoner of Indianapolis Your System is Poisoned And May Cause Getting Up Nights, Nervousness, Leg Pains, and a Run-Down Condition Your health, vitality and energy are ex- United States and British Pharmacopoeia tremely dependent upon the proper func-
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    184 11 LONDON AM the beet lawn tennis stars now travel with at least six rackets and the members of Australia’s Davis Cup team—J. Bromwich, Vivian McGrath and J. H. Crawford—followed the fashion when they arrived at Waterloo after losing their tie in America. AUSTRALIAN TENNIS STARS
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      BY AIR AND SEA
      391 12 latest times OB POSTING AIR MAIL A A mail for Singapore by Imperial Airways will close at 10 a.m. tomorrow. 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
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      m.v. Terukuni Maru In Port Today
      556 12 S.S. ‘MATA HARI’ from Singapore via ports. Sails Friday. M V ‘SILVERYEW’ from Singapore via Belawan sails next day for Colom bo, Halifax, Boston, New York, Philadelphia Baltimore via Cape oi Good Hope. M.V.‘TERUKUNI MARU’from Japj?n via Singapore —sails today tor Colombo, Aden, Suez,
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      65 NEW WARSHIPS FOR U.S. IN 3 YEARS
      111 12 Washington. The United States will build 65 new destroyers in the next three years in an attempt to modernise her fleet. Only 22 American destroyers, or 7 per cent, of the total, were under the age limit of 16 years on December
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      1527 12 RADIO PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. EMPIRE STATION] rom nc iiJi Me/» (iM TODAY pmk 19.26 Mc/s (29JS uu.) TRANSMISSION 2 Time in on the foOowmff wwoMnffthe: TODAY <.05 Big Ben. Leslie James, at organ TRANSMISSION 9 pan. nt the Rialto Cinema, Coventry. Selec- GBH Mo/B 15 ,97 mJ down. tian. The
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      18 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY HIGH LOW 12.14 a.m. 7.15 p.m. TOMORROW 12.50 B.m. 7.02 a.m. 12.46 p.m. 7.48 p.m.
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    THAMES BARRAGE SCHEME
    464 13 No Support From Shipping Interests London. In the House of Lords, recently, Earl of Dudley drew attention to the proposal for a Thames barrage, and suggested the need for a public inquiry into the matter Lord Ritchie, speaking for the P.L.A., opposed the scheme, and the motion
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    CHILDREN’S SEA PORT IN LENINGRAD
    254 13 A port for children will be built this year in Leningrad, the aim of which is to stimulate the study of sea transport by children and the development of water sport among them. The port will be situated on the picturesque Kirqy Islands. The island
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    POWERFUL SALVAGE SHIP LAUNCHED
    222 13 Hong Kong. The twin-screw ocean-going salvage tug Taikoo was launched from the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Company yards recently at Hongkong after a suitable ceremony. The christening ceremony was performed by Mrs. K. E. Greig. The vessel has a length of 165 feet overall, a beam
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      332 13 MANSFIELD CO.. LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE rwr, LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Dni WCNESTHEUS A ££NEAS S £2? H bUr g M I*£ S A. AENEAS Mars., L’don, R’dam Glasgow juJy 8 8 HAVRE AND LIVERPOOL SERVICE TJvwrrwu bSjuEROPHON h™™ I4 verpoo > Bromborough Glasgow June 25 Jdtyle
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      289 13 TO THOSE GOING ON LEAVE. If you will drop us a line, we will show you how to cover your baggage insurance home and back, and whilst travelling anywhere in the World at a rate which is cheaper than an ordinary BAGGAGE POLICY.” SANDILANDS BUTTERY CO. PENANG. Telephone No. 644.
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      921 13 P&O BRITISFMNDIA (Incorporated in England.) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE SJS. “RAJULA” SAILING THURSDAY, 24th JUNE ...w «MfW F?* ii. Qrteatki S.N. Co., under Teluk Anson, Port U>n^a^^^ 8 S e X Vernment Malacca and Singapore Service. Outward» from London for China Japan. s/s “MATA HART’ June 2S *S/8 -SOUDAN” “^uly 1
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      572 13 RADIO PROGRAMMES BERLIN PARIS DJB 15.20 Mc/s 19.7 m. TPA-2, 15.24 Mc/s (19.68 m.) DJN 9.54 Mc/s 31.45 rn DIE 17.76 Mc/s 16.89 ni. DJQ 15.28 Mc/s 19.63 rn. 6.20 Concert relay. DJA 9.56 Mc/s 31.38 m. 7.05 Talk on French events in Greek by TODAY M. Apostolis. > Call
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    WEAKENED O.X.A. TEAM TRIUMPH OVER CHINESE RECREATION CLUB
    684 14 Exciting Division One Football At 'ij Victoria Green f (By Our Fooball Correspondent.) k JN an exciting game of soccer played yesterday on the Victoria Green, Penang, the Old Xaverians’ Association gained a narrow victory of two goals to one over the
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    AUSTRALIA WIN FIRST TEST
    280 14 CRICKET English Women’s Bid Just Fails London, June 16. The Australian women cricketers defeated England by 31 runs at Northampton in he first test match to be held in this country. England made a thrilling bid to win the ;ame, but the’r arrears of 96 on
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    LOUIS-BRADDOCK FIGHT TAKINGS
    77 14 Promoters Profit About $lOO,OOO Chicago, June 23. The gross takings at the LouisBraddock fight was $715,400 including $75,000 from newsreel and radio rights. The attendance was about 55,000 out of which 48,000 paid cash. After deduction of $11,500 in taxes, the net 'receipts amounted to $525,000 of
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    LONGHURST'S VAIN RECOVERY
    615 14 Golf BEATEN AT LAST HOLE IN FRENCH TITLE FINAL Morfontaine, June 16. Henry Longhurst, a former Cambridge captain, was beaten by one hole by Jacques Leglise, the French native titlehoMer. in the 36-hole final of the French Amateur Championship here today. At the 16th hole in the
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    FINE FIGHT BY ARMY
    548 14 Polo AUSTRALIANS WIN IN EXTRA PERIOD London, June 16. Australia beat the British Army at Aidershot yesterday by 6 goals to 5, after extra time, in the best game I have seen this season, writes R. Sheepshank in the Daily Telegraph. It was watched! by a
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    A.A. BADGES
    106 14 Free Exchange For Overseas Club Members Newcomers to Malaya from other Eas tern countries who join the Automobile Association of Malaya will be issued with an A.A.M. badge without cost in exchange for the badge of the overseas club to which they formerly belonged, it has been .Iccided
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      62 14 VWW.VAY.WW.VAVWWWA W.\WW.W.W Rusted solid as RUSTOL a rock!” II" e. THE L| 9 UID TOOL IPI f WILL SHIFT IT I k oil r Jr A 7MI 111 it R WHETHER THE JAM < ''W 4 I& 0 MT IS THE RESULT OF rust or heat—use jj RUSTOL l r
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      231 14 1 1 1 I GPinang gazette Sunday $250 MUST BE WON Five Winners or Nearest Ipoh July Meeting A prize of $250 will b e given to the sender cf the teFt entry. Should two or more entrants tie for the prize the s2oo will be equally divided: amongst the
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    ANOTHER VICTORY FOR TOMMY FARR
    1189 15 How He Knocked Out Walter Neusel In Third Round END DRAMATIC IN ITS SWIFTNESS London, June 16. While 13,()(X) spectators were shouting with frantic joy, Waltei Neusel, German heavy-weight wrecker of so many British hopes, was counted out, sitting upright and staring dejectedly at his
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    BRITISH ATHLETES IN FORM
    1125 15 Four Records Broken In Xorthern Ireland BRONX'S GREAT WIN IX 440 London. June 14. Four n« v Northern Ireland records were ::n and another equalled at Belfast today .hen atb'et-.'n <r:'m England. Scot- N Ireland, and the Irish Free State competed in a series of events.
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    GARRICK'S SPOTLIGHT ON SPORT
    687 15 Braddock’s Gallant Fight Negro s Terrific Rights Budge And Wimbledon —U. S. Rvder Cup Team reported in the Pinang Gazette. lot Louis, 23-year-obl negro, becomes the new heavyweight champion of the world, following in the footsteps of lack Johnson, who won the title in 1907. Jimmy
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      155 15 Refutes Engh > aear BECAUSE IT’S 100% PURE PARAFFINBASE PROPAN E-SOLVE NT REFINED! Sww I ,i i i ii tt'ESP '.I i. in TEE rafe lubricating life ot ...reduces or eliminates carbon an oil depends upon its knocks in cars or lorries... and resie ance to oxidation—sludg- KEEPS MOTORS CLEANER!
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    PRODUCE
    107 16 TIN PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON-(Spot £24 1 5 A SIMM'S LONDON—(3 months) £246.10.0 SINGAPORE $122.00 122 871 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $122.62 2 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no a® l COPRA—(Sundried) $5.87J -J® BLACK PEPPER n.... $ll.OO $ll. TO RUBBER LONDON 9& d NEW YORK 19&c(G) 19 SINGAPORE—Spot 32ic 3L,c July/Sept 32|c
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    344 16 Share of ri aenemlnatTon unress London, June 24. otherwise stated Yesterday. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan. 5 p.c., 1944-64 1121 —1 Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90 109 g War Loan, 3J p.c 1001 —1 Cum. Union Assce. (Units) 101 Prudential Assce “A” 33£ 4 Royal Asoce. share 10s.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    105 16 London on Previously Latest Paris HOg 110 5764 New York 4.94)2 4.94Ji| ‘Montreal 4.944 4.942 Brussels 29.29 29.271 Geneva 21.58 21.561 Amsterdam 8.98? 8.991 Milan 94 93H Berlin 12.33 12.331 Stockholm 19.391 19.391 Copenhage» 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 261 261 Prague 141};* 141(8 Helsingfors 2261 226fc
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    COMMODITIES AND METALS
    112 16 London, June 23. RUBBER Dull. Spot 91 buyers 92 sellers. July/Sept. 9/ s buyers 9}J sellers. Oct./Dec. 92 buyers 9? sellers. Jan./Mar. 9H buyers 9? sellers. New York 19.05 cts. United Kingdom Stocks Landon 21,670 tons Liverpool 22,903 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. June £16.0.0. PEPPER White
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      KENNEDY & CO.
      142 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Benta 1.35 1.40 Kempas 2.521 2.60 Mentakab 48 50 Radella 90 l.OOex Telok Anson 1.72 J 1.80 Ulu Pandan 1.521 1.60 ex TIN:— Bangrin 19|0 20)0ex Hitam 371 47Jc Jelapang 36|6 37)6ex Jelebu 99 1 02 Katu 23)3 23|9ex Klang River 1.80 1.90 ex Kramat
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      UNITED TRADERS
      161 16 RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Bassetts 75 80 B. Lintang 130 Bedfords 13 Bentas Erogas 1 J J-65 M. Pindas 1.65 I.7ZJ Mentakabs Nyalas 1.10 Paiams 2.00 2.10 S. Tukangs 1.271 1.321 Ulu Benuts 45 471 TIN:— A. Ayer Hitams 28 6 29,6 c Bangrins 1919 20|6 B. Selangors 1.771
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      TODAY’S PRICES
      25 16 Singapore $122.87 I|2 Per pkl. Penang $122.62 112 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 31 3|4c Per lb. Penang Spot 31 3|4e Per lb.
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      A.A. ANTHONY & CO.
      148 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TINS Buyers Sellers B. Selangor 1.771 1.821 Hong Fatt 1.30 1.321 Jelebu 99 1.02 Kuchai 1.621 1.671 Lukut 1.05 1071 Puteh 80 85 Rahman Hyd. 1.571 1.621 Rantau Ordy. 1.621 1.671 Rantau Pref. 1.621 1.67? Sungei Luas 2.10 2.20 Sungei Ways 3.10 3.20 Talam 2.00 2.05 Ampat
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      LEAN & CO.
      115 16 LEAN CO. Tin Buyers Sellers B. Selangor 1.771 1.85 Hong Fatt 1.31 1.35 Jelebus 98 1.02 Johans 271 30 K. Lanjuts 2610 26)6 Kamuntings 14|6 15)0 Kuchais 1.621 1-671 Laruts 14|9 15|0 Lukuts 1.05 1.10 Nawng Pets 80 85 Puchongs 2419 25|3 Pungahs 24|3 25|0 Rahmans 1.571 1.621 Raubs 6.10
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      283 16 POSITION VACANT W ANTED Bookkeeper for mine in Siam. Only fully experienced men need apply in own handwriting with copies of testimonials and stating salary expected to Box No. 136. c o Pinang Gazette FOR SALE 3’2 H.P Lister Petrol Engine, second hand, in good running order, apply. Manager. Inchong
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      819 16 BANKS NrDFRI ANDSCHE CHARTERED BANK NEDEKLAIVLJ» OF Australia and a HANDEL-MA ATSCHArrI J, (Incorporated in England by -\r Royal Charter 1853) WT it. i j x Paid-up Capital £3,000,(Xc (Incorporated in the Netherlands Reserve Fund £3,000,90C. Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.0!X. NETHERLANDS TRADING office SOCIETY.) 38, Bishopsgate, London, E C.
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