Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 July 1937

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. y<>. 154. Vol. XCV. SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 706 1 STOCKS BELOW SAFETY LEVEL World Consumption Expanding Steadily Pinang Gazette Cable London, July 2.—The International Rubber Regulation Statistical Bulletin states that in May net rubber exports were 78,743 tons, being 5.157 tons under quota, the January-May deficiency being 21,424 tons of which Malaya’s share
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  • 163 1 .—Reuter. Lord Plymouth’s Grave Warning If a complete supervision scheme could not be devised and agreed to, those withholding from the agreement would, in the view <>f the British Government, render it difficult if not impossible for the policy of non-intervention to survive, declared Lord Plymouth opening
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  • 147 1 Boston, July 2. An Merly man named Morton D. Wainwright was arrested here yesterday by «cret service agents and charged with writing letters to President Roosevelt threatening him with death. The local secret service bureau said it was also anxious to trace threatening notes addressed to Miss
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  • 45 1 —Reuter. Dublin.—Outstanding results of the general election hitherto announced are that Mr. De Valera is returned for Clare, Hie ministers Mr. Macentee and Mr. Traynor are re-elected in Dublin and Mr. Cosgrave is returned for Cork. General Mul- cahy was defeated in Dublin.
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  • 48 1 .—Sin Chew Jit Poh. Shanghai, July 3: The Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Kawagoe, left for Nanking today but was unable to see Mr. Wang Chung-hui, the Chinese Foreign Minister, who sailed for Ruling yesterday with Mr. Wang Ching-wei. Mr. Wu Teh-cheng has «Iso left for Ruling.
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  • 37 1 The total amount applied for in tenders for £45,000,000 Treasury Bills was £72,K 60.000. The average rate per cent, for bills at three months was Ils. 9-45 d. against Ils. 5.41 d. a week ago.
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  • 81 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 2. Mr. J. Appaduray, a prominent nember of the Tamil Methodist Church, Ipoh, was entertained to tea by the Pastor i members of the church last evening l the Anglo-Chinese School Hall, to cele- ate the award to Mr. Appaduray
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  • 91 1 CHINA COMPETING WITH JAPAN IN AUSTRALIA Canberra, July 1. China will soon be in e. position to sell manufactured goods to Australia more cheaply than Japan could ever hope to do. That is what Mr. W. E. Foster, textile section secretary of the Australian Chamber of Manufactures, told
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  • 66 1 The following will play for the Penang Sports Club against the Penang Recreation Club at cricket on the Esplanade tomorrow starting at 10.30 a.m.: T. S. Anthony (Capt.), S. V. Adams, S. Biggs, J. A. P. Cameron, W. D. Charlton, W. F. Fletcher, G.
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  • 65 1 The “Governor Raffles” arrived in Peneng this morning with the following passengers: Messrs. Mearls, Khaw Beng Lee and C. B. Taylor (from Singapore), Mr. S. T. Rhodes and Miss Jones (from Kuala Lumpur). The plane! carried two bags of mail for Penang. The Hon. Mr. H. H. Abdoolcader
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  • 43 1 A 17-year-old schoolboy, Teoh Teong Hai, if the St. Xavier’s Institution, Penang, was drowned! in the sea off North Coast Road last evening. It is understood that no one saw the tragedy, and the body was washed ashore by the waves.
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  • 146 1 —Reuter. Believed Forced Down In Sea New York.—The coastguard cutter Itasca is preparing to search for Miss Earhart after receipt of a radio message at 2.12 p.m G M T., stating that she had only half an hour’s fuel and could not see land. An hour earlier
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  • 86 1 New Zealand’s Win By 7 Wickets London, July 2. The New’ Zealanders defeated Somersetshire by 7 wickets. Somersetshire made 254 and 316 (Lee 128: Cowie 5 for 66). The New Zealanders made 404 (Wallace 115) and 170 for 3 wickets (Wallace 77 not out). NOTTS V. GLAMORGAN Notts
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  • 36 1 —Reuter. Stockholm, July 2. Jonsson broke the world’s 2,000 metres record, doing it in 5 minutes 18 4 10th seconds against the previous record of 5 minutes 21 B|loth seconds by Ladoumegues.
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  • 58 1 RACE 1: BLUE BELLE LISHEEN RACE 2 EMPENNAGE LITTLE CHARM RACE 3 DUCHESS VEDERER SHEILA II RACE 4: HERBE FOLLE AVIEMORE RACE 5: COMMA PYMBLE RACE 6 RESTRICTION KNIGHT S EYE RACE 7: APPLEWOOD UNCALLED FOR RACE 8 JACK DRUCE RUSSIAN ROSE [Selection by Tic-Tac and
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  • 111 1 —Reuter. An Alternative For Mr. Roosevelt Washington.—A complete Democratic substitute for President Roosevelt’s Supreme Court Bill came before the Senate today, Senator Robinson, leader of the Democratic majority, explaining that the proposals would permit three appointments to the court within the next six months. He said the
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  • 92 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, July 2. Another important step by the Singapore Improvement Trust will be taken at the beginning of next month with the opening of 54 more artisans’ quarters of the Trust’s Balestier Road estate. Simple and modern in design, the new buildings are in
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  • 130 1 Hawker’s Anxiet > For Family (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, July 2 Has anyone seen a short, dark Canton* woman, dressed in black, who might b>' 40-years-old, leading three children, two boys and one girl, of ages ranging from three to six? A reward of
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  • 64 1 —Reuter. Satisfactory Solution Arrived At Moscow.—A satisfactory solution of the Amur River incident was reached, according to the Japanese Ambassador, at the conclusion of a conversation with M. Litvinov. The Ambassador stated that the Soviets had agreed to immediate withdrawal of troops from the two islands involved upon,
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    • 16 1 Ml CHEONG No 47, BISHOP STREET, PENANG. Tailor and Outfitter. All kinds of materials in slock.
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    • 92 1 FOR YOUR 1 “FOOT HEALTH” “FOOT COMFORT” WEAR “BROADWAY” RUBBER or LEATHER SHOES BROADWAY CO., 489 Penang Road, Penang. J \\JkJ /F? W\ \Y/ faA X\ “A stitch in time saves nine.” A threadbare situation is being overcome. Another situation, equally awkward, is when the unexpected guest arrives. A situation,
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  • 1018 2 24-HOUR CHAMPAGNE PARTY COSTS £l,OOO Allowed £2,000 A Year As An Eton Schoolboy Victor Frederick Cochrane Hervey, 21-year-old Mayfair playhoy, godson of ex-Queen Ena of Spain, would-be gun-runner on a £2,500,000 scale, lolled on his bed in Grosvenor House, W., and told a
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    24 2 ACTRESS WEDS former Minister's son. —Mr. Hillar Kallas, son of the former Estonian Minister in London, and his bride, Miss Anqa Brunton.’
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  • 149 2 Value Of Empire Dublin, June 20. The election campaign in the Irish Free State is more intense than ever this weekend. and. the leaders, Mr. De Valera and Mr. Cosgrave, are continuing their tours of the constituencies. Mr. Cosgrave, speaking at Cork today said
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  • 36 2 Washington. America’s two new battleships will be built in Government yards, the private blds being so high. They will be armed with 16-inch guns, following Japan’s refusal to agree to 14-inch limitation.
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  • 281 2 When Victor Hervey <•“ P”™"" Column) appeared f r 11abankruptcyhe admitted es hilities with assets Bs. za. ue “eluded a claim of £117.000 eommrssron on an arms deal. Explaining the arms deal he said tha he first met men in Cannes last year who talked of
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  • 447 2 Inventors Invent 1 Remarkable Society A “NON-WOBBLE I TABLE Inventors are pooling their ideas in a remarkable clearing-house scheme at Liverpool, recently established under the title of the Merseyside Society of Inventors. Every fortnight the members of this society—already numbering 60 —meet to discuss their latest inventions
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  • 673 2 Loafing On The Increase Fear Of Wrecking Charges Moscow, June 24. WHILE provincial party commit,, W tees are still busy “liquidating i u- as “hidden I rotyesterday s leaders skvists” or other “enemies of the people,” certain Moscow papers notably “Za Industrialisatziu, the r -an
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  • 306 2 MANY ORDERS In spite of the demands of the expansion programme of the Royal Air Force, many of the British aircraft manufacturers who have obtained large Government contracts have been able to maintain their markets abroad. Increases in size of factories and intensification of output have
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 553 2 lead Office 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegram*: 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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    • 240 2 Ci •a 7 w *ll wiMl W 1 gtK p w.P.s WARTIHS Ms' PILLS. I APIOL STEEL I Sureandcertain for all Female I complaints. Every lady should I keep a box in the house. The GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY I 52-54 Beach Street, Penang. NOTICES F. M. S. R. AIR-CONDITIONED COACH
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  • 464 3 —British Wireless. JOINT STATEMENT AT NON-INTERVENTION MEETING Belligerent Rights To Both Parties In Spain Recommended A joint Italo-German statement made at yesterday morning s meeting of the Non-Intervention Committee while affirming the principle of non-intervention, recommends, firstly, the grant of belligerent
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  • 213 3 London’s Exposure To Attack BREAK-UP OF BIG TOWNS URGED George Hicks, M.P., attacked the Government’s air raid defence plans in his residential address to the conference of the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives at Douglas, Isle of Man. He ridiculed the idea that houses
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  • 74 3 London. Sir Malcolm Campbell has given the motor boat in which he hopes to set up a new record her first run in Loch Lomond. There was a mist and the surface w’as not quite calm. The motorboat, which is named Bluebird, made just
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  • 106 3 Girl Cautioned And Discharged (From Our Own Correspondent I Butterworth, July 2. Alleged to have attempted to commit i-uicide in front of the revenue officers’ uarters here last night, a young Chinese girl. Tan Ah Moi was charged before the District Judge, Mr. L. R. Forbes, today. It
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  • 48 3 the Royal visit to Edinburgh.—British Wireless. The King and Queen held the first Court of the Coronation year at Buckingham Palace on Thursday night and there will be two courts next week, but they will take place at Holyrood during the Royal visit to Edinburgh.—British
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  • 73 3 —Reiiter. Many Killed And Injured In Explosions Explosions and a fire at the Brymbo Colliery at Chesterton, Stoke-on-Trent yesterday morning have, it is feared, resulted in 27 dead and 9 injured. The dead include John Cox, joint managing-director of the Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Company, H. Finney,
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  • 229 3 .—Sin Chew Jit Poh. MOVEMENT TO FREE ACCUSED PERSONS Shanghai, July 1. The movement aimed at bringing about the release of the seven alleged leaders of the National Salvation Society, charged with conspiring with the Chinese Common's! party to overthrow the Central Government has spread to
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  • 421 3 Steady Progress On £3,200,000 Scheme Ever» minute 16.000 cubic ft. of air will be pumped into each of the two shafts of the Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under the Thame®, which is now under conruction. The engineers engaged on the scheme —which will provide a link between
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  • 105 3 —British Wireless. both badly holed London, July 2. Two steamers collided off Newhaven in a Channel fog this morning. They were the Russian ship, Ziriyanin, 2,593 tons, of Odessa, Canadian-owned, and the Gambian, 5,500 tons, of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Both are reported to be badly holed.
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  • 49 3 (From Our Own Correspondent). Butterworth, July 2. Musa bin Senawar, a Malay, was charged before Mr. L. R. Forbes, the District Judge, here today with being found in possession of chandu without a licence. Musa claimed trial whereupon the case was postponed till July, 9.
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  • 73 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth, July 2. An allegation that he had been assaulted by two other Tamils was made before the magistrate at Butterworth by Suppiah, an odd job coolie, in his application for a summons against the men. According to Suppiah, he was in the house
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  • 92 3 creased to four divisions.—Sin Chew Jit Poh. JAPANESE DEFENCE PLANS IN NORTH CHINA Shanghai, June 29. A report from Tientsin states that the Japanese Kwantung Command has entrusted the task of “protecting” the regimes in East Hopei and) in North Chahar to the Japanese North China Command
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  • 214 3 COMPLAINS HE CAN’T LIVE ON £2B MONTHLY The Archduke Leopold sued his mother the Archduchess Blanche, in the courts in Vienna, asking that she should be ordered to increase his monthly allowance from £2B to £BO. He complained that it was impossible for an Archduke to
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    • 34 3 DEWAP'S II Jnß.nL FAMOUS WHITE LABEI ma I A I Mw I Iw X MallPy\ f' 7 The ACE of Whiskies Sole Agents for Penang, Perak and Kedah:— HENRY WAUGH CO. LTD., Penang Ipoh.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 366 3 WEMBLEY PARK Gate admission 10 cts. a« usual. TONIGHT Saturday, 3rd July, 1937. Grand Presentation Of TWO BIG SHOWS IN ONE Low Tan Hong Seah and Tan Hong Se&li PRESENT (1) “Lam Soo-Thian Kwan Soo Hock”. (2) "Yung Leng Kong Quee Thian” Part.l» Sunday’s story "Yung Leng Kong Quee Thian”
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  • 431 4 New Batavia Australia Service Depends On Governments (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. “It is impossible to say when finality will be reached in the matter of the new K.N.I.L.M. services from Batavia to Manila and Australia,” said Mr. H. Nieuwenhuis, managing director of K. N.
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  • 310 4 ‘•‘’Fortunate In Having Such Large Airdrome” (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Mr. Harry Rowland, test pilot and distributor for the Glenn Martin Aircraft Company in the Far East, arrived in Singapore by the P. and 0. liner Naldera from China on Wednesday. He is the man who
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  • 343 4 Collected At Paris Exhibition MASTERPIECES FROM 18 COUNTRIES Paris, June 26. The most wonderful collection of French art ever shown to the public was inaugurated today by M. Lebrun, the President of the Republic. The collection was specially assembled for the Paris Exhibition at the
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  • 135 4 Root Of World Trouble Sir Archdale Parkhill, Australian Minister of Defence, made an appeal for the breaking down of trade barriers when he opened the Australian Pavilion at the Exhibition. "Years of war and economic stress have separated peoples and bred suspicion and distrust between nations,”
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  • 178 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Johore Bahru, June 30. The story of how an accused person endeavoured to escape while a police officer was taking down his statement was related to Sheik Abu Bakar, the second magistrate, on Wednesday. Inche Abdul Hamid bin Abdul Kadir, 0.C.P.D., Plenthong,
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  • 822 4 MALACCA ROTARY CLUB The office-bearers of the Malacca Rotary Club for one year from June 1 are: president: Capt. A. W. Frisby; vice-presi-dent: Mr. Ho Seng Ong, M.A., F.R.G.S., hon. secretary: Mr. Chan Choo Tiong; hon. treasurer: Dr. D. C. Richards; Directors: Dr. S. Thambipillay; Messrs. V.
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  • 201 4 Chettiars Ask For Leave (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru. The joint application of S.M.S. Sinniah Chettiar and S. R. M. S. Chithambaram Chettiar before the Johore Full Court of Appeal for leave to appeal to the Privy Council from the decision of the Court, reducing
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  • 210 4 Warsaw, June 23. Three days before King Carol of Rumania is expected In Warsaw on a state visit, plans for his entertainment have led to a Cabinet crisis. He was to have paid a f-'remonial visit to the tomb of Marshal Pilsudnki, which is in the crypt
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  • 181 4 Now She’s Free From The,» A woman writes “I wou i d u one who suffers from headaches t ery Kruschev Salts. Before takin? K ri C was seldom free from a headach USCben 1 since I have been taking it repiV have hardly had a headache
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    • 245 4 MONEY SAVER SINCE 1817 When the first Ford Truck came out in 1917, it introduced new hauling economy. Today in S FA** v **l the New Ford V-8 Trucks for 1937, buyers 1 in r «I» i are receiving even greater economy. Built-in r««£ ruggedness and reliability are a big
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  • 1667 5 The Plight Of The Pariah r I'HERE was an unusually large gathering I of members and friends at the Rotary Club meeting held aboard the s.s. Taishan n Canton Among the guests present were A.P- Blunt, Consul General for Great Britain, and
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  • 353 5 ATTRACT ATTENTION IN NEW YORK MUSEUM The fact that Shanghai is quite in accord with the times by having dolls on display in one of its museums is revealed by the announcement that the Museum of the City of New York has adopted the same
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  • 391 5 MR. WANG CHING-WEI’S APPEAL EOR UNITY Shanghai, June 30. It is officially announced that the Kuling Conference which will have far-reaching effect on the future foreign policy of China and the unification of the country, will open its first session on July 15. Well-informed Chinese
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  • Article, Illustration
    29 5 CFF AGAIN: Mrs. Martin Johnson, (wife of the famous explorer-cinemato-grapher, who was killed recently in an air crash) is to make a film about Livingstone in Africa.
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    • 185 5 Should Stengahs be Anonymous [f you don’t know the name of the whisky in your glass it probably I means that you simply asked for k a stengah Half the enjoyment of whisky, indeed nearly all the enjoyment, comes from the ‘roundness’ I that is born of long maturing and
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  • 256 6 TELLS OF CHINA S GREAT STRIDES IN HYGIENE Bui Still A Terrible Problem” (From Our Own 3 i t~a \A7ii T ipii Teh the world-famous plague expert anTXeZ of the National haf, arrived in Singapore to Penang. He will later at held n
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  • 226 6 Penang v. Perak Tomorrow THE PROGRAMME (By Our Badminton Correspondent.) Tomorrow Penang will meet Perak in the first match of the Foong Seong Cup competition at the Penang Free School Hall. The .winners will meet Kedah on July 18. On the same dlay the semi-final in
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  • 464 6 Chinese Beat Europeans By s—o GOALKEEPERS SHINE Penang Chinese swimmers asserted their supremacy over the Penang Europeans in i keen water-polo match played yesterday it the latter’s pool, before a good gathering of spectators which included women. The Chinese Swimming Club won by five goals to
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  • 167 6 M.C.C. And Surrey Win By Wide Margins OWEN-SMITH SHINES WITH BAT AND BALL The universities did not do w r ell in their cricket matches yesterday. Oxford losing to the M. C. C. by 226 runs, while Cambridge suffered an innings defeat at the hands of Surrey. Scores
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  • 208 6 POLICE HELPLESS IN STREET BATTLE Partisanship in the Spanish civil war is producing much unrest in Tangier, where disturbances occur daily. A certain section of the town behaves provocatively towards Italian and German sailors on shore, greeting them with Communist salutes, and this leads to
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  • 229 6 MALAY ACQUITrED OF THEFT CHARGE Remarking that the evidence of the police constables were not T. D. Hughes, the second Penang, acquitted a Malay Chek AhnJ who was charged with theft of six nuts from a plantation in Kelawei on May 21. M Two constables stated in evidence
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  • 298 6 GAME AND DRILL COMPETITION (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, July 2. The fourth annual Drill and Game Competition of the North Kedah Malay Schools was held on the Sungei Korck Malay Vernacular School grounds before a large gathering yesterday afternoon including H. H. the Raja Muda,
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  • 157 6 MAN ESCAPES A MURDER TRIAL I (From Our Own Correspondent) Johore Bahru, June 30. Remarking that the appellant was somewhat fortunate because the murder charge against him was reduced to one of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. Mr. Justice a’Beckett Terrell, the President of the
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  • 67 6 Believed Responsible For Several Murders Jerusalem. Five Arab terrorists belonging to a secret organisation, the “Black Hand” have been arrested. This terrorist group is believed to be responsible for more than a dozen murders since October, 1936, in Palestine and it is hoped that these arrests will
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 203 6 GREETED BY PACKED HOUSES! Truly, The Best Programme Of The Month MAJESTIC TODAY 2.45 6.15. 9.30 PARAMOUNT PICTURES Together ll ith The Season’s Snappiest Musical Comedy. THE I I CORONATION I J es sie I lI.M. KING GEORGE VI R|| Jr'S i 1 Hngw, u; iXWF Showing the Whole of
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    • 181 6 WINDSOR 6.15 Tonight 9.30 Matinees Today Tomorrow at 2.30 J. R. Rangaraju’s Great Social Dctectiva TAMIL TALKIE “RAJAMBAL” with P. S. Srinivasa Rao C.V.V. Panthulu M. N. Srinivasan K. N. Rajalakshffli T. S. Subhadra and others. One of the year’s most outstanding productions crammed with thrills, suspense, drama and action.
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  • 376 7 Former Diamond Merchant HOW HE BECAME INSOLVENT i ty-tour year old Shaik Mahada Ahmad Albusso admitted Habiliues to the extent of $25,000 in the I'etiang Bankruptcy Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Gordon Smith, v en he was taken through his public mtnation by Mr. C. O. Lim
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  • 252 7 V.D. AND BERI-BERI SCOURGE _ety over the continued prevalence of .us among mothers and babies in Sinis expressed by Miss Muriel Clark, Medical Officer of the Municipality -•r annual report. can see no decrease in the number ■ses of syphilis in mothers and babies :ng
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  • 38 7 Opening On Monday Board of Directors of the Indian was Bank, Limited., have issued invi--s for the opening of the Penang office t..e bank at 21 China Street Ghaut on “lay July sat 10.45 a.m.
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    80 7 JEAN HARLOW the original “platinum, blonde,” tvho, until her death at JG was on. of th? most popular in lb ht comedy stars. The above picture shows her with William Powell, who ic« s much attached to her. in a scene from “Libelled Lady,” her list film to
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  • 300 7 A.O.A. NOT SATISFIED ‘‘The application is certainly premature," said Mr. C. O. Lim. assistant official assignee, in opposing an application in the Penang Bankruptcy Court yesterday by K. E. S. Sithambaram Pillay that the receiving and adjudication orders made against him be rescinded and annulled. Mr.
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  • 246 7 85.000 BAIL When the case in which a middle-aged Chinese woman Soo Ah Soo, alias Soo Kar, is charged on 14 counts of cheating in respect of jewellery, (the value amounting to more than $6,000) was mentioned before Mr. T. D. Hughes in the
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  • 296 7 CHINESE CONVICTED ON THREE CHARGES Six months’ rigorous imprisonment, in addition to one year’s police supervision, was imposed by Mr. T. D. Hughes, the second magistrate, Penang, on a Chinese, Yeoh Cheow Tok. who pleaded guilty to three charges, two with theft of a coat,
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  • 143 7 Mr. Jordan And The Malayan Point Of View On Iris return to Singapore from a comprehensive tour of Malaya, recording Chinese reactions to the Mui Tsai Commission’s report, the Hon. Mr. A.B. Jordan. Secretary for Chinese Affairs, declined to be interviewed. Mr. Jordan has had meetings
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  • 113 7 The Penang Municipal Health report for the week ending June 26 shows that there was a total of 66 deaths (45 males and 25 females) against 60 the previous week and 76 during the corresponding week of last year. The chief causes of death were: Fevers 7,
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    • 228 7 < 1 IK JK P «I 1 S 11 i 1 I IB' 4 jjg.,, A, w. V i Ovaltine I I 1 1 3 i ureatiy improves Hor Health- l! Mijk I nutriment cool jT 1 refresh men t. tor energy i k make Ihe milk much and nlav/
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  • 761 8 E invite attention to a news item appearing in another page of today’s Pinang Gazette with regard to Penang traffic policemen, where they are stationed and not stationed at the present time and other aspects of a I subject which must be of vital impori tance equally to
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  • 405 8 To the Editor, Pinang Gazette, Sir, Mr. N. Raghavan’s lecture to the Butterworth Recreation Club Literary Circle on the subject of Sanskrit being the background of Indian culture, which appeared in your issue of June 28. 1937, is very interesting Mr. Raghavan says, “Indian cultural background can never
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  • 678 8 Determined Indians Win Success But Others Fight Losing Battle On Mail-Days 'T'HE Indian community in Malaya, more especially the chettiars, have large financial interests in the country and a crying need has been tor a .bank whose principal purpose would be to serve the Indians. That need
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  • 273 8 HEARING AGAIN POSTPONED When the case was mentioned today for the third time before Mr. T. D. Hughes, the second 1 magistrate, Penang, in which 30 Chinese, including a lawyer, several teachers, clerks and merchants are charged with gambling in a common gaming house at Kampong Malabar on
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  • 25 8 Rome. July 3 King Alfonso and Queen Ena were present at the clinic when their daughter Princess Torlonia, gave birth to a son.
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  • 138 8 Supplied Plans When Not Registered (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. An European architect, H. G. Siedleckl, was fined $5O by Mr. L. C. Goh Singapore Fourth Magistrate, for supplying for remuneration a plan for the erection of a bungalow in Orchard Road, not being a registered architect.
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  • 102 8 “HEAD OVER HEELS” with Jtssv Mathews, Louis Borell, Robert Fleniitr Romney Brent, Whitney Bourne, Eb‘ Makeham, Paul Leyssai and Fred Duprez. Directed by Sonnie Hale. Now showing ot the Majestic. A film full of catchy tunes, spectacular dances and an appealing story of a simple romance
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  • 528 9 POLICE explanation ‘Motorists Must Be Careful At T Bends' 1 vr is up to motorists to exercise extra cau- tion when approaching T bendls was the reply given by a Police Official when a pinang Gazette representative asked why the traffic policeman who used to
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  • 95 9 Following are the band programmes for the week end. "ATIRLAV "ESPLANADE” 6.00 P. M. —7.30 P. M. March The Golden Stripe Cahill. Overture Banditenstreiche Suppe. Selection New Moon Romberg. Serenade O Sole Mio Capua. Fox Trot When The Robin Sings His Song Again Coots. Selection Frederica Lehar. Linale
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  • 45 9 Mr. and Mrs. S. Siva and child, who ar rived here by the s.s. Kaisar-I-Hind on Thursday and later left for Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Siva is the branch secretary of the Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Co., Ltd.
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  • 404 9 “Medicine Man’’ Gets 10 Years’ Gaol JUDGE’S STRONG REMARKS (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 3. “You planned the murder of your hostbenefactor with cool deliberation and no little skill, for the sake of the money you expected to find on him. Ow’ing to the amazing
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  • 139 9 New President Introduced (From Our Own Correspondent) Tpoh, July 3. The annual dinner of the Ipoh Club, which was held last evening at the Grand Hotel, was attended by over 100 Rotarians and their guests. Mr J L. Woods, the retiring President, said in the
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  • 174 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Friday. Gaunt steel girders pointing skywards herald the beginning of construction of Singapore’s $1,500,000 Supreme Court on the site of the old Europe Hotel. Nearly 2,300 tons of steelwork is required to support the 41,700 ton building and
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  • 284 9 SINGAPORE BOXING Most People Thought He Won (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, July 2. Nai Som Pong (10.6 112), the hard-hit-ting Siamese, deserved a points verdict over Gunboat Jack (10.6 12) in the opinion of the majority of the 5,000 people present at the Happy World
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  • 319 9 WIMBLEDON TENNIS —Reuter. Budge Wins Singles Title HUGHES AND TUCKEY IN DOUBLES FINAL London, July 2. G. von Cramm, the German tennis star, who was runner-up to Perry at Wimble’on last year, again failed to w’n the singes title, being beaten in the final today by
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 42 9 ’’ENANG PREPARATORY SCHOOL 4 BELL ROADFREPARATORY KINDERGARTEN FOR EUROPEAN CHILDREN. Hours From ©.15 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. wanted canvassers A anted male and female canvassers to 1 Proprietory «roods on salary as well as A PPiy Box No. 139, clo Pinang Gazette.
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    • 112 9 ITHE TRUE TONIC FOOD I obtaShabk of oil C**«mi*ts and Store* I Strong, sturdy limbs, sound bones, the happiness of /JHMbIn abounding health —these are I some of the gifts bestowed by x aJBSZ this famous English Food. yMWMk’ Something a little better, something a little different, xB "aP A
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    • 197 9 WUNGERffm Mik cr. z J OF F x Hb AHIS® TO—NIGHT ApplyCrĕmeTokalon, TO-MORROW Skmfood, Rose Colour which contains MORNING c u Biocel—the amazing discovery of Prof. and smoother your skin 1S after the very Dr. Stejskal of the University of ienna. i first application. In a few days wrinkles This
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  • 1131 10 Fear Of Unstable Value More Imaginary Than Real MR. HAVENGA’S CONFIDENCE Any serious decline in the price of gold is unlikely, said Mr. Havenga, Finance Minister of the Union of South Africa, when opening the Cape Pavilion at the Paris Exhibition on June 22. One
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  • 577 10 Will They Reach 55,000 Tons? Messrs. Symington and Wilson in their weekly report dated London June 23, state: After being dull and rather easier on Thursday of last week the market was firm on Friday and opened firm on Monday. On Monday afternoon the tone became easier
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  • 75 10 HIGHER DIVIDEND FOR 1936 Associated Tin Mines of Nigeria recommend a final dividend of 10 per cent., making with the two interims a total of 20 per vent, for the year ended December 31 last. An interim of 5 per cent, on account of the
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  • 15 10 The output of Rambun Mirtes, Tanjong Rambutan, for June 1937 was 396 piculs.
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  • 27 10 The Ayer Weng (Rahman) Development fe Prospecting Company. The output for the month of June 1937 was 115 piculs. Total for 9 months 804 piculs.
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  • 17 10 Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited, the out>ut for the month of June 1937, was 800 piculs.
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  • 453 10 Prices Well Below Cost in their -Foresight Saga" dated -London June 22. Messrs. Wiliam Jacks and Co. state: Armament contracts have interfered with general Industry to such an extent > new programmes are held up fot being The action of the Chambers of Commerce in setting the
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  • 846 10 Awarded Quotas And Estimated Yield Now that the census of the native rubber holdings in the Dutch East Indies has been completed and the figures published, one enabled to take some kind of stock o position from the point of awarded quotas comparer wi 1 words
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  • 111 10 Market Reflects French Crisis Boustead Co.. Ltd. in theii report dated Penang. June 29 state: We have experienced another dull week and values have been adversely affected ’ey nervousness regarding the French financial crisis. Today London and New r': prices have been marked down 14d. an: 9 16
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 59 10 When a Woman U) tells you X L/ that people often take her f° r years younger than she s that she puts this down to AS*''"' I^e she puts those down to s^c s used nothing but Calvert’s Tooth Powder since she left school Well, don’t you think it
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    • 58 10 “MUAUTy M.C. A 37 PATERSON ENGINEERING CO., LTD., j WATER PURIFICATION PLANT #Y\ f I MM I I Kuf \JBb z i i h J -.t» I hl iMx HORIZONTAL PRESSURE FILTER 'Complete installations for estate domestic supplies INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, SWIMMING POOLS, ETC. FROM HUTTENBACHS LIMITED) (INCORPORATED IN S.S.) I
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  • 260 11 REMAINS of the home in Brunswick-square. W.C., of Miss Mary Clare, the actress, after it had collapsed. Both Miss Clare and her 18-year-old daughter Ann had remarkable escapes from dea th. The house next door had recently been de relished. JOY-RIDING after the opening of
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  • 244 12 latest times of POSTING Java and Soutbern Sumatra via Singapore and thence by service will close at 7.30 p.m today A mail for Siam, Burma, India, iraq, Sudan, Belgian Congo, Great Britain Ireland and whole of Europe y perial Airways will close at S A d
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  • 453 12 TRIBUTE TO MERSEY MISSION A long period of service to the men of the Merchant Navy was recognised the other day when Captain J. W. Binks, president of the Royal Naval Reserve Officers’ Club, Liverpool, presented a Blue Ensign to the Mersey Missions to Seamen. The
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  • 209 12 GOVERNMENT IN MUDDLE London. While one Department of the Government is making strenuous efforts to stop sponsored advertising programmes fron? Continental radio stations, another Department suggests using the same stations for advertising Palestine fruit! This extraordinary state of affairs waj revealed only a few days ago by the
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  • 430 12 St. George The Martyr 6TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 8.00 a.m. Matins and Litany Psalms 31, and 32 Bened’ctus Hymn 208 8.45 a.m. Holy Communion 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion (Tamil) 6.00 p.m. Evensong Psalm 36 Chant U Magnificat 'T NuncDimittis w Hymns 256, 278 266, 23 WEDNESDAY 7.30 a.m.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2084 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES < 8.8. C. EMPIRE ST A TION TODAY PMN 1028« Mc/s (29JS m.) D J E 17 70 Mc/s m. TRANSMISSION 2 Tuae te on the fottawinff wnvetonytha: TODA¥ DJQ 15 28 Mc/S 19 63 C. 05 p.m—Big Ben. “Saturday Pops” TRANSMISSION 9 DJA 9.56 Mc/s 31.38
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY HIGH LOW 7.46 p.m. 12.35 p.m. TOMORROW 9.00 a.m. 154 a.m. 9.26 p.m. 156 p.m.
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  • 599 13 s. s. Naldera In Port Today S.S. ‘NALDERA’ from Yokohama via ports. Sails today for Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Port Said, Malta,Marseilles, Gibraltar, Plymouth London. S.S. ‘THESEUS’ from Liverpool sails for Hongkong, Shanghai Japan. TOMORROW S.S. ‘YUENSANG’ from Hongkong via Singapore sails same day for Calcutta direct. MONDAY, JULY 5
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  • 316 13 Benefit Of A Contented Crew South Wales shipowners wish to dispel the erroneous idea that prevails in some quarters that working conditions and the victualling on a tramp steamer are unbearable. Captain W. Downes, of the Swansea steamer Brynymor, invited on behalf of the owners, Messrs.
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  • 264 13 New Type Of Ship For Company’s Service The placing of an order with the Netherlands Shipbuilding Co. for a motor liner of 20,000 tons by the Nederland Royal Mail Line, Amsterdam, was recently announced. In her hull and passenger accommodation the new ship will embody the
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  • 143 13 Common Chartering Of Ships An Advantage New York. 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 Trade Commission. The formation of the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 745 13 MANSFIELD CO.. LTD. SINGAPORE PENANG THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE Vessel*. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Doe (in conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London A. AENEAS Mars., L’don, R’dam Glasgow July a Any a GLENGARRY L’don, R’dam, H’burg; Antwerp Middlesborough July 16 Ahp 16 HL AGAMEMNON Mars., L’don, R’dam Hamburg Glasgow
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    • 534 13 P&O BRITIsT| d iNDIA (Incorporated in England PORT SWETTENHAM, MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. “KARAPARA” SAILING SUNDAY, 4th JULY Peninsular and Oriental S N Cn imdor "77 contract with His Maiestv’e unae Penang, Teluk Anson, Port Swettenham. London and Jfi B Se S niment Malacca and Singapore Service. Outwards from London for
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    • 257 13 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS FOR CUNARD WHTTE STAR LINE HOLIDAY TRIP TO JAPAN Next Sailings from Singapore: m.v. “YASUKUNI MARU” July 9 Cheap Return Tickets to Hong Kffny, Shanghai Japan, available for 2 montha. TO First class Second class Hongkong $137 SIQ3 Shanghai 189 122 Japan Ports 223
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  • 1304 14 2 0 VICTORY OVER KEDAH AT ALOR STAR ft: l-v Soekiman Justifies His < Selection i (From A Special Correspondent) Alor Star, July 2. Penang played surprisingly well to beat Kedah by two g>als fco nil in the Northern section “Malaya” Cup match
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  • 42 14 America’s Cup Mr. T O M. Sopwith has decided to use his yacht Endeavour II as challenger for the America’s Cup series which begins on July 31. It is expected the defender will be Mr. Vanderbilt’s Ranger.—British Wireless.
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  • 736 14 FULL PROGRAMME FOR TODAY SELECTIONS BY TIC-TAC Below will be found the full programme for the Ipoh races today, together with selections by Tic-Tac: RACE 1— PONIES—CIass I—Division lII—S Furlongs Straight. Cheong Yok Choy 9 0 0 DEVON KING 9.02 Cheong Yok Chong Hobbs .“Mac Kongsi” ¥*gi
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 380 14 Phosferine fc Tonic Wine banishes that TlFy tired-out feeling o Mrs Westcott writes “I have been taking |||l Phosferine Tonic Wine, and have bene- M fited wonderfully after a very severe illness. «V The tired feeling often left after such a K case has completely disappeared, and lam going to
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  • 1358 15 Angry Promoter's Threat 44 Wr On Harringay Chief Chicago, June 25. MIKE JACOBS, the big New York promoter who has champion Joe Louis unler contract, has declared war against Brig -General A. C. Critchley. the Harringay and White City chief, and all associated with him
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  • 183 15 MANY FOREIGN TEAMS TO VISIT ENGLAND Though their racing season has started, leading swimmers are still awaiting official information regarding the two major events—the England v. Germany match at Wembley in July, and the Empire Games at Sydney early next year. This season will see many important international
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  • 69 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Thursday. Choong Yam Fooi scored a creditable success in the second round of the Chinese Recreation Club billiards tournament, beating a good player in Lim Hock Thye 250/209. Choong Yam Fooi also had to his credit the highest break (49) in the tournament
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  • 202 15 omen’s Semi-Finals iFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. July 1. The semi-final ties in the women's singles in the Singapore lawn tennis championships were played last evening, and resulted as follows: Mrs. Eber beat Mrs. Nassim, 6 —4, 6 —l. Mrs. Strickland beat Mrs. Hipkin, 6—4 7—5. Although
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  • 140 15 McCabe Beaten By Famous Finishing Spurt London, June 21. One of the chief attractions at the Plymouth Hospitals Sports at Home Park, was the appearance of S. C. Wooderson, British one mile champion and record-holder, who had little difficulty in winning the half-mile race for Blackheath
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  • 336 15 Golf One of the most absorbing questions in golf the difference between a first-class professional and crack amateur and a leading woman player—was answered at Moor Park, Rickmansworth, when a team of 20 amateurs beat a combined side of women and professionals by 30 holes
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 32 15 /mI > W -i. <MF You can “Bank” on GRANT'S Scotch Whiiky the High Standar d o f Quality never varies. ®The popularity of GRANTS is in the Ascendant. GRANT’S WHISKY FROM BANFFSHIRE
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  • 111 16 BINS— PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot £256.15.0 £257.0.0 LONDON—(3 months) £256.5.0 £256.5.0 SINGAPORE $127.25 $127.25 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $126.50 $126.62i BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) $5.95 $6.00 BLACK PEPPER $ll.OO $ll.OO RUBBER:LONDON 9Hd Oftd NEW YORK 19£c(G) 19Jc(G) SINGAPORE—Spot 32£ c 32Jc July/Sept 33 c 32? c
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  • 339 16 J Share of fl aenomlnation unress London, July 3. otherwise stated Yesterday. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan, 5 p.c., 1944-64 1121 Funding Loan, 4 p.c., 1960-90 109“ War Loan, 31 p.c 99J —1 Com. Union Assce. (Units) lOg —1 Prudential Assce “A” 33| Royal Assce. share 10s. pd.)
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  • 113 16 Mendon on PreviousJy Latest ftra I2BS Kew York 4.94“ 4.94/fc 4.95» 4.95» Brussels 29.37 29.362 Geneva 21.611 21.64 Amsterdam 8.99 J 8.99 J Milan 94i*« 93 gj Berlin 12.33 12.32 Stockholm 19.291 19.291 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 261 26J Prague 141 141 g Helsingfors 2261
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  • 112 16 London, July 2. RUBBER Dull. Spot buyers 9]A sellers. Aug.: 9£ buyers 9}J sellers. Oct./Dec. buyers 9f sellers. Tan./Mar. 93 buyers 9}g sellers. New York 19.87 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 21,840 tons Liverpool 21.563 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. August £16.5.0. PEPPER White Muntok :in bond
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 101 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers. B. Lintang 1.35 1-40 Bedford 1.25 1 30c Kempas 2.65 2.75 Kuala Sidim 3.05 3.10 Malaka Pindas 1.65 1.70 Pajam 2.15 2.25 Sungei Tukang 1.33 1.37 Utan Simpan 1.80 1.90 TIN:— Ampat 6|le 66 A. Kumbang 36)6 37.3 c Bangrin 216 22)6ex Batu Selangor 1-80
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    • 166 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TINS Buyers Sellers B. Selangor 1.80 1.821 Hong Fatt 1.32 134 Jelebu 1.05 1.071 Kuchai 1.671 1.70 c Lukut 1.071 1.121 Taiping Cons. 1.70 1.75 Talam 2.05 2.10 Ulu Klang 1.30 1.35 Ampat 6 0 6 6 Jelapang 38 6 39,0 K. Kamunting 12 6 13)0 K.
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    • 126 16 LEAN CO. Tin Buyers Sellers Asams 38)0 39|0c Bangrfns 21)0 22)0 B. Selangor 1.80 1.85 Hong Fatt 1.30 1.35 Jelebus 1.021 1.071 K. Lan juts 26 9 276 Klang Rivers 1.85 1.95 Kuchais 1.671 1.721cd Kundangs 9jl> 9145 Lukuts 1.071 1.121 Pungahs 2413 24 9 Rahmans i. 60 4.05 Rantau
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    • 182 16 TINS Buyers Sellers Ampats «I» "I 4 Ayer Hitam. 28 3 rTlaUm IS» Burma Malays 29|3 30|0ex Heng Fatts 1.32 1 34 Jelapangs 380 39)0 Jelebus 1.05 1.08 K. Kamuntings 1216 13|0 Kamuntings 14)9 15)3 K. Lanjuts 2616 27 0 Kundangs 9|3 9)6 Kramats 65)0 6616 Kuchais 1.681
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    • 177 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Bassetts 771 821 B. Lintang 1.371 1.421 Bedfords 1.30 1.35 c Bentas 1.371 1.421 Urogas 1.071 1.121 Jerams 1.071 1.121 M. Pindas 1.65 1.721 Mentakabs 50 521 Nyalas 1.15 1.20 Pajams 2.15 2.22 J S. Tukangs 1.321 1.371 Ulu Benuts 471 50 TIN:— Ampats 6)3
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    • 26 16 TIN Singapore $127.25 Per pkl. Penang $126.62 I’2 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 32 1 4c Per lb. Penang Spot 32 14c Per lb.
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  • 190 16 Tendency Towards Larger Powers The Atlas Diesel Co., Ltd., announce that since they installed their first Polar engine in a Thames tug in 1930—this being a 300 b.h.p. unit for the Khurdah, owned by Messrs. J. P. Knight, Ltd.—their en- gines have found increasing favour for
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  • 107 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, July 3. The first Chinese in recent times to be charged with being drunk and incapable in the Ipoh Police court was a man named Fong Seong who appeared in the dock yesterday. On tendering a plea of guilty he was
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 231 16 banks NEDERI.ANDSCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V. (Incorporated in the Netherlands NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.) Established in Amsterdam 1824 HEAD OFFICE: AMSTERDAM With 43 Agencies, apart from correspondents, in Holland. HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST BATAVIA Branches throughout the Dutch East Indies and in the Straits Settlements, India, China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON BANKERS:
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    • 558 16 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England) Capital Authorised £3.00 Capital Subscribed £I,R(X) Reserve Fund and Rest £1,247 83? Capital Paid Up £l,05o’oo» BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Right Hon. Lord Catto of Caimcatto. Chairman. Sir Charles Alexander Innes, K. C. S. I C.I.E. Sir Thomas Smith, Kt., J. F.
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