Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 August 1937

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE last edition ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 182. Vol. XCV. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 191 1 —Sin Chew Jit Poh. LEAVE SWATOW NINE ENEMY WaRSHIPS AT KWVNGTiNG PORT Tokio Ministers Said To Be In Disagreement Swatow, Auj’iist 4.-—re now nine Japanese warships anchored ofl thenrtial law has been de- lared and the situation '?L ife evacuation of Japancse has almost bc< n conll. JF
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  • 177 1 Nothing, Alleges Mr. Vethavanam l From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 4 "The Courts of Justice lead us nowhare ■mt to a petrol pump. Jail Road (sic) 'lids up at the Victoria Institution. .Golf Hoad is nowhere near a golf course” These were some of
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  • 51 1 Tlie chairman and United Kingdom mem- rs of the commission of inquiry appoint'd to inquire into the recent disturbances Trinidad hope to be able to start work L ndon shortly and to take evidence trom interested parties in the third wee °f August before their departure to the
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  • 58 1 The Pan-Amencan flying boat Clipper Hi •eft Southampton yesterday for Foynes in readiness for her retum crossing of the Atlantic which will be commenced at 4 a.m. cmorrow. This will be the first daylight •’•ossing since the experimental flights were egun. Imperial Airways' flying boai Cambria is xpected
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  • 138 1 Risked Lile For Assistant The King has awarded the Edward Medal I° r Gallantry to Mr. L. M. Bangley, employed in one of the gold mines at Kakamaga in Kenya, for efforts to save the life of a native worker after an explosion in the mine in
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  • 90 1 Evidence Of Trade Revival Evidence that the beneficial results of British trade revival are reaching all classes of the community is contained in the quarterly statement, just published, of the number of persons in receipt of poor relief in England and Wales for the quarter ended March 1937.
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  • 94 1 No date has been fixed for the next meetng of the non-intervention committer but it is considered possible that Lord Plymouth may call the chairman's sub committee together tomorrow. He has been keeping in close touch with all members of the committee and yesterday held conversations with the French.
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  • 70 1 King And Queen Drive To Aberdeen The King and Queen received a stirring welcome on their arrival in Aberdeen from London yesterday. They drove through decorated streets thronged' with thousands of spectators into the country and travelled through gaily decorated towns and villages to Balmoral -a distance
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  • 194 1 The thrilling drama of how a Penang piiot swam in pitch darkness for over two miles in the sea off Tanjong Bungah after falling over the pilot’s launch was told to the “Pinang Gazette" today. The pilot was guiding a vessel out of the harbour and left
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  • 124 1 .--British Wireless. Easy Of Access To All Parts Of London London, Aug. 4. A site has been acquired for the national theatre. It is situated at South Kensington opposite the Victoria and Albert Museum site and has been acquired for £75.000 and provided from Office of
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  • 84 1 Underground Line Flooded High temperatures were recorded in London yesterday for the third day in succession and the heat brought severe thunderstorms Tube traffic on the northern spur of the Piccadilly Line was brought to a standstill last night following serious flooding at a station caused
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  • 547 1 Expert Evidence On Thumb Impressions At the Penang Assize Couit before Mr. justice Gordon Smith ana a common juiy, Snaik Mohameu Gulam Hussain, ana Mohamed bin Arshad were charged with roigmg a statutory mortgage on Lecember 6, a«uo. All tne accusea claimed trial. The jury empanelled was: Messrs.
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  • 52 1 .—Reuter. Newport, Aug 4. No cnanges are being made to Endeavour’s rig but two tons of movable lead ballast has been jettisoned. Today’s wind is predicted to be moderate up to 15 miles per hour. Mr. Sopwith is making a big effort to win in honour of the
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  • 392 1 Likely To Be Affected (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, August 4. The Singapore rubber market decided to go off on its own this morning and to ignore the declines registered in New York and London yesterday. At 11 a m. yesterday spot was 29 but
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  • 87 1 BRITISH DESTROYER AND CARGO SHIP A statement issued from the AdmirUty says that H.M.S. Faulknor was in collision with s.s. Clan Macfadden in thick fog off Ushant early yesterday morning. The Clan Macfadden received only slight damage and proceeded on her course to Hull. The Faulknor received a
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    • 16 1 AH CHEONG No. 47. BISHOP STREET, PENANG. Tailor and Outfitter. All kinds of materials in stock.
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    • 101 1 SUN LIFE ASSURANCE I CO. OF CANADA FAMILY INCOME POLICIES May be used for at least 4 Purposes. 4 MONTHLY INCOME, EDUCATION j LUMP SUM, and ANNUITY. Apply V. H. COLLINS, Representative J 33c, Beach Street, Penang. are so much in demand. You will find our cooked meats ver\ popular.
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  • 2138 2 Further Hearing In Extortion Trial T fairness to the witness, counsel should be given an oppor- I ,unity to examine the person who took down her statenient,” said Mr. C. D. D. Hogan when a witness for the prosecution was treate 1
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  • 125 2 Alleged Negligent Driving At Butterworth (From Our Own Correspondent) Butterworth, Aug. 4. A charge of negligent driving by overtaking another car at an estimated speed of 50 miles per hour within 15 yards of Fante: Road and Sungei Nyor Road junction was preferred against Tuan Haji Wahab
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  • 308 2 TO BE AUGMENTED NEXT MONTH “There is little doubt that good advantage is being taken of the Malayan air service by the public; the response has been very favourable and there are indications to justify W’earne Bros, using a larger type of aeroplane in the
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  • 432 2 Bullock-Cart Driver Fined Patani Rawther a bullock-cart drive: appeared before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean in the Middle Court, Penang yesterday charged with driving his bullock-cart with a load more than 22 feet on a public road cn July 14 without a permit from the Chief Police Officer,
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  • 42 2 From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 2. Two houses of European residents in Seremban are reported to have been entered into last night and cash, clothing and jewellery stolen. The Seremban Police were communicated with and investigations are proceeding.
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  • 116 3 Reuter. ISSUE IN LONDON MARKET During Dr. H H. Kung’s slay in London. n agreement was reached in nuiicip ll for the issue ci a loan to China ~J 129,000,000 .n Lie London market. It, is understood tnal tne proceeds of the 10 would remain in
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  • 120 3 Reuter Wireless. Roy Scout World Jamboree At Holland Vogelenzang. In the presence of 28,000 boy scouts from all parts of the world, including 8.000 from Britain and the Empire, Queen Wilhelmina opened the World Jamboree. Scores of thousands of visitors gathered to see the ceremony at
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  • 10 3 —British Wireless. Yesterday teas Queen Elizabeth's
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  • 52 3 EASTER AND FASTER—That is the new law on Britain's iron roads, so new streamlined monsters hare been introduced to knock lumps off the time-tables on their journeys between important towns. Here are five Dominion type streamlined locomotives lined up ready for their job on the L. N.
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  • 136 3 Reuter. BRITISH DEMAND TO JAPAN London. Aug. 4. The demand from Japan for British ships on time charter is a feature of the shipping market. The Times says that two ships were taken yesterday for six months’ trading in the Far East at rates, respectively,
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  • 7 3 Reuter. Yesterday teas Queen Elizabeth's
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  • 1105 3 COMBINATION OF WESTERN EASTERN MEDICAL METHODS URGED Rural Hygiene Conference At Bandoeng J HE third plenary session of the Bandoeng Conference discussed .organisation of medical services for rural arees. Dr Dorolle .delegate from Indo-China. pointed out that medical and hygienical w-ork are hardly separable. He criticised the putting of Western
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  • 86 3 .—Reuter. Soviet Attitude Relaxes London, Aug. 4. The hope for solution of the non-inter-vention deadlock has been aroused by the decision of the Soviet to reconsider its refusal to grant Gen. Franco belligerent rights until all volunteers, including Moors, have been recalled from Spain. The Soviet is
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  • 126 3 I Teuter Wireless. NO COMMITMENTS MADE London, Aug. 4. The exchange of letters between Mr. Neville Chamberlain and II Duce has created’ a new atmosphere in Anglo-Italian relations hoped for in London, but Reuter understands that no commitments were made and that no details were discussed. The
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  • 137 3 Reuter. frontier entry baa DISCUSSED New Delhi Aug. 4. A communique issued after the Viceroy Gandhi interview states the talks were mainly of a general character on rural uplift and the condition of the peasantry. Mr Gandhi brought up the question of the ban on entry to the
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  • 84 3 Reuter. Sharp Slump In Wheal Prices London, Aug. 4. Already shaken by poor overnight American advices, Liverpool wheat slumped sharply on general liquidation induced by receipt of Russian samples bringing the possibility of Russian wheat exports to the foreground and prices fell 4% pence but covering is
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 330 3 WEMBLEY PAR K GATE ADMISSION; 10 CENTS AS USUAL 1 ONIGHT: Thursday «itli August 1937 Low Tan Hong Seah Tan Hong Seah Amoy Operas jointly presentpl a Chua F>ajt 2 Seats 3 Gets 20cts lOcts c 7^^1 ENTAL: Matl Sembahyang” Seats 30cts 20cts lOcts mll AL TALKIES ’Flower Liberty” Featuring
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  • 419 4 SIAM’S POLITICAL CRISIS (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Details of the political crisis in Siam are still lacking, but it appears that the F ople's Assembly have now approved the na mes of ft new Regency Council. No announcement has yet been made rega -ding the premiership,
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  • 152 4 6,000 Police Line Streets MOSCOW’. The heroes of the first trans-Polar flight, M. Chkaloff, M. Baidukoff and M. Beliakoff. arrived in Moscow last week. An official welcome at the station was followed bv a short meeting in the station square, where the only Government spokesmen was
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  • 111 4 An interesting feature of the internal equipment of the new' Empire flying-boats is the electrical installation. This includes generators, engine starters, magnetos, navigation lights, pilot lights, lights in cabins, lounges, kitchens, lavatories, baggage compartment, control-room, and corridors, together with switches, fuseboxes, etc. There are 70 lamps
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  • 70 4 Singapore. Singapore’s "winged” traffic policemen ar “rngels” in white now’! A long contemplated change in the type of day uniform for the men on point duty began on Sunday This change in day uniforms was under co> sideration several months ago, and it wh decided
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  • 175 4 TLNKU ISMAIL CONGRATULATED (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh. Tunku Ismail, Assistant Registrar, Supreme Court, Ipoh, was admitted to the F.M.S. Bar by the Hon. Mr. Justice Howes, acting Chief Justice, F.M.S., in the Supreme Court, Ipoh, on Tuesday. Mr. S. Seenivasagam. who appeared in support of
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  • 89 4 Arrivals And Departures The following passengers arrived or left Singapore by air liners: Aircraft Atalanta G-ABTI for Penang, Siam. Burma Karachi left August 1: Mr. J. B. Lan yon for Hongkong and Mr. R. C. Stew’art for Penang. Aircraft Aurora VT-AEG from. Karachi Burma. Siam and Penang
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  • 190 4 After inaugurating its tour at Victoria Station. London, the Imperial Airways Rxhibition train has now started on visits to more than 30 towns anil cities throughout the country. The entire exhibition is staged in two re-modelled and re-equipped railway coaches. These, passing here and there over
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  • 351 4 Widow Of Man Who Suggested Two Minutes' Silence London. The widow of the man who first suggested the Two Minutes’ Silence on Armistice Day, is now a door-to-door canvasser at 30s. a week. Yesterday I talked with Mrs. Edward G. Honey, a slight, fair-haired
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  • 577 4 Mr. A. E. Perera of Ipoh was on a short visit to Taiping the other dav. Dr. Bynoe, Medical Officer, District Hospital, Taiping, is going on transfer to Sarawak. Dr. Balhatchet. from the Straits Settlements. has been appointed Medical Officer, Teluk Anson. Her Highness the Raja Perampuan
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  • 228 4 Available For Public Use The following publications were issued oi received by the Department of Statistics. S.S. F.M.S., Penang, during the period July 26 to 31. 1937. inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Library. Government Building. Penang. Application may be made by
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  • 326 4 Bishop On Barbarism And Civilisation iae Bishop of Uiwucester (.Dr. Headlami, prestuing over the annual meeting of the Fr.ends of lewkesbaiy Abbey, spoke of some disadvantages of modern civilisation. He said that during the dark ages of the twelfth, thirteenth, and tne fourteenth centuries Gloucestershire was covered
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  • 70 4 Mala> Claims Tr al (From Our Own Cnra pon nt Taiping. A charge of theft a .welling was preferred against M lay, C?e Yah in the Taiping Police Court o- ig ;st 3. The accused who claimed trial, was allowed bail in the sum of SlOO. Accused
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  • 225 4 U.S. Coastguards Are Active The U.S. Bureau of Customs, working in co-operation with the U.S. Coast Guard Service, is now’ taking great precaution; to prevent narcotics from being landed in California ports from American passengc Steamers arriving from the Orient. Co?st guard cruisers follow the steamers into harbour
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    • 422 4 I will sayf "THIS BIOCEL SKIN FOOD IS MARVELLOUS/ It proves ■F’" the skin 1 caneat My doctor /4 told me that Biocel in this p:<rticular skinfood is x/\i obtained from carefully selected young animals. It goes down deep into the skin and supplies it with the very noui ishment
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  • 227 5 YOUNG BRITONS SUBSTITUTE FOR ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS Invention Comprises Rockets, Timed Bombs, Parachutes (t rom Our London Staff) I hat is not meant as a joke. A young inventor, who be.H.es that anti-aircraft guns will be useless as weapons of defence ~„nsl machines flying In cloud
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  • 229 5 It All Happened To A Man In A Week Divorced on Saturday, married on Mon. day, and attending his second wife’s fune--al on Friday. This is the tragic series of vents in the life of a 30-year-old man. He is Mr William Smith, jun., a young
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  • 197 5 'First Frontal Attack’ Edmonton (Alberta). A drive to implement its economic policy been opened by the Government of Hberta, the only Social Credit Governor! t in the Empire, with a letter to bankers demanding co-operation. At the same time a "strictly confidential" tter of explanation and
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  • 221 5 30,000 Pilgrims Scale Holy Mountain Westport, Ireland. Thirty thousand pilgrims went to Ireland’s Holy Mountain, Croagh Patrick, last week to climb its bleak summit. 2,500 feet above Clew Bay. It was here, according to legend, that St. Patrick spent forty days and nights in prayer
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  • 135 5 Airman's Arrest Paris The discovery of an espionage ring working for Germany was announced by the French Secret Service after arresting a French amateur airman, Jean Sellier, on a charge of divulging military secrets. After months of surveillance M. Sellier was arrested. A search of his
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  • 104 5 Captain Euan Wallace. M P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, speaking at Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan, stressed the vital importance of overseas trade to Britain. He said, in defending Britain against accusations of selfishness: “As the greatest maritime Power in the world we have
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  • 487 5 Hirelings Fast Disappearing With a careless shrug, Pete the Penman, cleverest forger in England, heard that two ot his Lieutenants had been sentenced at the old Bailey, and bent to his work in an Islington attic again. For. although his hirelings continue to follow one
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  • 227 5 Of Village Squire's Wife Singleton (near Blackpool). Red-haired, brown-eyed Grace Katherine McCoy, former Hollywood stage actress, is to leave her £B.OOO Chicago home three months every year to be the wife of the village squire of Singleton. Her husband, Mr. Henry Gladstone Atkinson, American
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  • 309 5 Lives On Their Target Weymouth. A man who has led a Robinson Crusoe life on the Chesil Beach for twenty years has become a serious problem for the Royal Air F orce, who want to begin bombing practice on thia part of the
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    • 235 5 4 WMMWy 00 YOU KNOW THAT REGAL EVAPORATED UNSWEETENED MILK Is pure cow's milk reduced to its y. present creamy consistency by rv Vril a evaporation, and made completely f/y fj sterile. It contains no preservative yAAAA'**' a f/y KJFCv or other addition, consequently, after /7* /Hf, opening the tin,
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  • 280 6 CAKE-MAKER AND BAKER DISCHARGED Saw Yok Loon, of Chop Kuan Lok Co., the cake-makers at Burmah Road, Penang, appeared before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean, the additional magistrate, yesterday. charged with being in possession for use in trade of one unstamped spring scale, on July 16. Court Inspector
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  • 144 6 Negri Ruler Returns Home (From Our Own Correspondent.» Seremban. Aug. 2. Sri Menanti and Kuala Pilah district welcomed His Highness the Yang di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan in a fitting manner on his return from England after the Coronation. His Highness was also welcomed at Seremban on
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  • 907 6 Boatman Police Constable Give Evidence (From Our Own Correspondent.) Butterworth, Aug. 4. ‘‘W/'HILE I was in the police station, I heard cries of “He’s W beating me. He’s beating me.” I left to see what the matter was. I saw Suppiah
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  • 98 6 Chinese Rubber Importer Heavily Fined (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Aug. 3. A fine of $1,260. or four months’ simple imprisonment, was imposed by the District Officer Jitra, Che Awang Jaffar, today on a Chinese towkay who was convicted on a charge of importing rubber
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  • 166 6 Pig Rearers Fined: Woman Cautioned Six Chinese including a woman appeared before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean in the Penang Middle court, yesterday, charged with rearing pigs without a licence, in Ayer Itam, Penang. Sanitary Inspector A. G. Md. Yusuf in charge of the district prosecuted. All the
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  • 176 6 New Vitality For Tired Men The daily round of work takes a u toll of bodily energy in this tr.m-, If you are not to break d strain you must replace regularly energy drained from your system by heat and labour of the day Take
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  • 228 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. August 3. Mr. W. E. Lancaster, the acting SlabVeterinary Surgeon. Kedah will be leaving for England on Saturdcy, August 14. Mt R. Grogery of the Veterinary Surgeon Office. Selangor will act as Acting Stat Veterinary Surgeon. Kedah during Mr. W
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 305 6 WAYAW/.W. I <■l -d NEXT CHANGE A new rollicking all-laughter show! M. G. M.’s big comedy hit that will make you laugh till your sides ache! Zlfl-G-M’s 1937 GIFT TO LAUGHTER! j jjtrjwith I I IROBERT YOUNG/ ANNSOTHERN/ Come and see how NOT to behave on your honeymoon! Together with
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    • 108 6 UUEEN s 6.15 TONIGHT 9.30 NEW UNIVERSAL'S GREAT MUSICAL HIT SHOW YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR! TOP OF THE TOWN with DORIS NOLAN, GEORGE MURPHY, HUGH HERBERT, HENRY ARMETTA, MISCHA AVER AND HUNDREDS OF GORGEOUS GIRLS np MUSICAL PICTURE OF THE YEAR I' HEAR 8 NEW SONG HITS: “MY MAN GODFREY”
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  • 593 7 3-YEAR VICTORY OVER ICE Survey By Electrically Heated Aeroplane MJST closely guarded exploration secret of our time was revealed to a “Reynold s cowespondcnt recently bv a man who, for more than three years, has been cut off from civilisation. He was
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  • 793 7 'ROA AL CHILDREN’S ESCAPE CRADLE CARRIED INTO FIELD The Royal car in which the Duchess of Kent and her two children. Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra, were travelling to Sandwich Bay. Kent, recently, came into collision with another car on Wrotham Hill, on the
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    19 7 BARBARA WORTH, the yoitna Australian actress. Sht married recently Georye Brent, the film actor, at Ensenada, Mexico.
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  • 352 7 NEPHEW ENTERS CAVEAT Among matters raised by the caveat entered against the will of Sir Jernes Barrie, which will be the subject of inquiry, is that of Barrie’s condition at the time he made the will. The caveat has been entered on behalf of Mr. William
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  • 20 7 M. VAN ZEELAND, the Belyian Premier, is here seen with his icife, on their arrival at Southampton.
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  • 137 7 MORE SHIPS .AND PLANES P&OPOSED OUTLAY OF £‘30.000,000 Sydney. It is understood that the defence programme to be placed before the Cabinet and Parliament involves the expenditure of £30.000.000 spread over three years, to be provided out of revenue, accumulated surpluses and loans, which banishes all
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  • 371 7 New Courses For Officers WAR-TIME FUNCTIONS London. The announcement from the Admiralty that courses in defence matters are shortly to be instituted for officers of the Merchant Navy is greatly to be commended. Among other things, it is an indication that the Mei chant Navy is
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  • 137 7 Meetings On German Frontiers Two German subjects, Josef Michnia. aged 28. and Paul Matischek, aged 27, who were sentenced to death for military spying on behalf of a foreign Power, have been executed in Berlin Both men, says a statement issued later, lived near a frontier, but
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    • 402 7 tirtice 12, Bishop Street, Penang Phone 1477 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: Gazette Penang. hingspor* Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapore. guala Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. 1 wrih Office Brewster Road. Phone 268 London Office 40, 43, Fleet Street, Londtn E.C. 4 Phone Central 3608—3609
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    • 66 7 Famine Faces 100 Millions Famine menaces a hundred million people in Russia. 7he Soviet harvest has been runtd by wreckers. The 250.000 collective farms have been ordered to start reapiny, but few of them will. Forty million awes of wheat are yoiny to waste because the harvesting combine system is
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    • 206 7 IV.P.S. 39 Kidneys Must Clean Out Acids The only way your body can clean -out: health-destroying Acids from your blood is through nine million tiny Kidney tubes or filters, but beware of cheap, drastic, irritating drugs. Weak Kidneys usually aro the real cause of Getting Up Nights. Nervousness, Swollen Ankles,
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  • 654 8 )k ,< K. Neville Chamberlain, appliI y I cant of the phrase “midsummer madness to describe the I League of Nations Union for a tightening of sanctions against Italy in June last year, has again trailed his coat for Mussolini to wipe his shoes. The British
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  • 83 8 STAMP COLLECTING To The Editor. Sir, —I desire to correspond with a lady or gentleman in your town interested in stamp collecting, who would exchange duplicates with me or would undertake the commission of purchase of stamps of your country. I shall be pleased if you
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  • 385 8 MONDAY, JULY 26 Sir Wilfrid and Lady Jackson and Hon. 4r. O. T. Faulkner arrived to stay at Government House. TUESDAY, JULY 27 His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council held at Government House this morning. Hon. Mr. R. Williamson and Mr. J. Huggins dined
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  • 711 8 Majesty of the Storm And d l( Serenity of Peace Incidental Race Costs ME afternoon was hot, intensely hot with that cloudless sky which seems to mock the infinity of space with its brilliance. Nevertheless, all was green and teeming with life. I he leaves moved effortlessly,
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  • 235 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 4. Mr. W. N. Gourlay, presiding, revealed at today's meeting that a memorandum on the municipalisation of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Boaru will shortly be submitted by the Government. Thus the dying horse has been flogged to life again
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  • 252 8 Epidemic Of Thefts In Penang A burglary epidemic prevails in Penang, judging from reports that have been mail to the Police during the past few day? Seme of the culprits have been brought book, but most of them are at large During the early hours of this morning
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  • 27 8 Reuter. Bangkok. After accepting their d tion on August 1. the Assembly t c noon decided to re-elect the K- cil en bloc.
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  • 259 9 Reuter. THIRD RACE IN AMERICA’S CUP SERIES Lively Duel In Early Stages Newport, August 4. Ranger won the third race in the America’s Cup series. Ihe naval vessels and yachts were decorated in honour of Queen Elizabeth’s birthday. Odds of 10 to 1 were
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  • 276 9 DRIVER INJURED A serious midnight crash occurred on I uesday at Tanjong Bungah village bend where a high-powered car driven by a .ocal Chinese hit a telegraph post and «ndd up in the ditch by the side of the road. The car was a complete
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  • 282 9 Tennis Fixtures The following are the fixtures of the Penang Sports Club lawn tennis tournament to be played this week and next week. TODAY Professional Pairs:— Knight Hogan Jr. v. Goodrich Ash Court No. 1. Drake Pooley v. Donaldson Rogers. Court No. 5. Men's Doubles:— Seaton Pickering
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  • 125 9 NG LEAN The wedding took place today at the Chines? Consulate of Mr. Ng Hoong Lee. third son of the late Mr. ?nd Mrs. Ng Seng Fatt and Miss Lean Mon Yong. second daughter of Mr. Mrs. Lean Mun Hin. The bridegroom is attached to the staff
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  • 374 9 Many Wreaths And Scrolls The funeral of Mis. Ong Boon Khay nee Khoo bwee Uiou, who died at the age or 48, took place this morning at the Batu Gantong Cemetery. The deceased was th. sister of Messrs. Khoo Soo Jin, Khoo Soon Ghee
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  • 233 9 WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY The folic wing are the weights for the Kedah Gymkhana Club Gymkhana Mcet;ng to be held at Alor Star on Saturday. August 7, beginning at 2.45 p.m.: EVENT NO. 1 A handicap for Horses over 14.2 (S.R.A. Classes 1 and 2 excluded). Distance 6
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  • 173 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Chin Kee Onn, who won the Malayan tennis title at Kuala Lumpur during the August Bank holidays, instead of R L. Grut as previously announced, will meet H. C Sansoni in the men's singles exhibition match at the Ipoh Club
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  • 86 9 Twelve players on each side will represent the K.M.A.U. and D A F C in a game of football on the Victoria Green. Penang, at 520 p.m today: KM AU Mat; Walid. Abdullah. Marzuki; Md. Akhir. Mohammad, Ibrahim, Yahaya (Capt Sa ad. Ismail and Zain. Reserves: Hassan. Mat
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  • 388 9 76 Horses And Ponies Entered Following are the entries for the Perak Turf Club August Skye Meeting which will be held on August 12 and 14. are 76 horses and ponies entered for the Meeting and they are made up as fodows: Horses, Class 4 14 Ponies,
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  • 41 9 —Reuter. New York, Aug. 4. It is understood that Donald Budge, Wimbledon triple champion, will be offered iff),ooo to undertake a world professional tour with Perry and Vines in the winter when Ke arrives tomorrow from England.-
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  • 98 9 SINGAPORE MAN’S FEAT (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. Koh Eng Wang, the Singapore weightlifter, last night broke the following British Amateur records: Right Hand Snatch: New record 121 lb; Two Hand Snatch (record held previously by Boey Chee Choon, Singapore). New Record: 1Y75 lb; Two Hands
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  • 21 9 LEECH. At the Bungsar Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on 3rd August to Margaret (nee Luckham) wife of Willson Leech a daughter.
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  • 74 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, August 13. In a friendly match played at the local Public Ground, the Edward Eleven, Champions of the K.M.F. League, defeated the Police by 4 goals to 1. The victors had the better of the play throughout but the Police
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  • 121 9 German Tennis Quarter-Finals Hamburg: In the quarter-finals of the German Tennis Championships Henner Henkel, Germany’s No 2. defeated China’s Davis Cup captain, Kho Sin-kie in straight sets 6 —2, 6 -3, 6—3. 0 RUGBY AND HOCKEY SPORTS CLUB TO ELECT CAPTAINS CONVENERS For the purpose of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 150 9 Parker E. O. HOTEL PENANG. TONIGHT DINNER DANCE SATURDAY NEXT DINNER DANCES If hen Visiting Singapore Stay At Raffles Hotel. Bv Appointment By Appointment toH.M the King to H.M. the King of of frnq FOOD ROYAL BABIES Two more Royal Babies are being fed on Cow Gate! Zv Thus seven
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  • 1252 10 (From Our London Staff* London, July 27. Despite the obvious strength and determination of Malayan opposition to the proposal, the International Tin Committee is not prepared to drop its buffer pool plan. The majority of its members ore convinced that quota
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  • 148 10 The Secretary of Austral Malay Tin. Ltd., reports the following outputs of its associated companies for the month of July. 1937. Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging. Ltd. i Karangan). Hours run 638: cubic yards treated 125,000; total piculs 257: nett value $19,018. Asam Kumbang Tin Dredging. Ltd. Hours
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  • 38 10 Ratrut Basin Tin Dredging Co.. Ltd. Dredge Statistics for the month of July 1937. Hours run 486; Cubic yards treated 93,000: Tin Ore won pikuls 368: Estimated Cost $18,000; Cost per cubic yard 19.55 cents. 0
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  • 38 10 Rencng Consolidated Tin Dredging Co., Ltd. Dredge Statistics for the month of July 1937; Hoars run 632; Cubic yards treated 201,500; Tin ore won pikuls 1.000. Estimated cost S 16.000; Cost per cubic yard 7.94 cents.
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  • 854 10 There May Yet Be A World Shortage Messrs. Symington and Wilson in their weekly rubber market report dated London July 21 states: Since our last report the rubber market has followed very’ much the same course as it did seven days ago. A firmer market on Thursday was
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  • 433 10 53.43 Earned On Common The United States Steel Corporation has finally cleared off the dividend arrears on its 7 per Cent. Cumulative Preferred stock. The board has declared a dividend of $3, of which $r.25 is on account of arrears, the remaining $1.75 representing the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 165 10 mi u TOS C A Eau de Cologne. For the dark, romantic tyP e w <> man Soft and glamorous like MW/' a southern night, full of beauty and mysterious allure. RHINEGOLD /fir Eau de Cologne. Cool and mellow like northern sunshine. For the delicate, ethereal /Ulf tyP 6 A
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  • 134 11 A magnificent picture of tense expressions and flexed muscles taken during the volley ball game between Malacca and Selangor. Selangor won 21 —13. 21 —16. 21—13. MALAYAN CHINESE OLYMPICS X FINE ACTION STUDY of the Selangor and Malacca basket-ball teams. (Above): —Singapore women badminton stars.
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  • 145 12 Plan For Dealing With Japanese Rivalry Simla. The Government of India’s plans for dealing with Japanese competition in Indian coastal traffic have, it is understood, been completed. They propose first to clear the ground by repealing a statute of 1850 which threw the coast waters open to
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  • 235 12 WAITING LIST FOR SOME LINERS Thousands of Empire and American visitors who have been enjoying the long Coronation season in London are now preparing to return home. All shipping companies report exceptionally heavy bookings for this time of year. Many ships are booked, practically to capacity, until
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  • 165 12 Jamming” Offensive Rroadcasts Planned Daventry is likely to be used as a world centre for Britain’s radio counter-propa-ganda Programmes with the slogan “Protection of Britain” will retaliate against “hostile” foreign broadcasts. There will be multi-lingual transmissions at hours that will not clash with the present Empire
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  • 162 12 Nelson’s quadrant and Hardy’s sextant have been presented to the Board of Admiralty by the Rt. Hon. Mr. M.J. Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand, on behalf of a New Zealander who wishes to remain annonymous. These two historic nautical instruments, which were at one
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  • 232 12 Remarkable Attacking Power The description of the five new battleships of the King George V. class, by Sir Thomas Inskip, Mmister for Co-ordination of Defence, in a speech in London, “as the best protected” vessels of this type yet built, is fully borne out by unofficial but
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  • 615 12 LATEST 11MES op POSTING AIR MAIL A mail for Kenya. Tanganyika p anl Zanzibar. Northern and Southern Rho/ sia, Nyasaland and South Africa 3 e gaporc and thence by Imperial '.nv? will close at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow A mail for Java and Southern Su.natr» via Singapore
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1661 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES B. B. C. BERLIN NIROM DJB 15.20 Mc/i 10.7 m. YDC 15.15 Mc/s (19A m.) T~.tao.tAe /o<tow.. p wooetatftk.: i SI.U a. MN Me/. (MS m.) DIE 17.7« Mc/s 1&89 m. TODAY TRANSMISSION f DJQ 15.2« Mc/s 19.63 m. pan D-JA 9.56 Mc/s 31.38 M. n m
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    • 318 12 PHOHI HOLLAND PHI 17.77 Mcjs (16.88 m.) TODAY 8.45 p.m. Opening announcement. 8.50 Feature. 9.10 “At the Jamboree.” 9.25 Piano recital by Elisabeth Everts. 9.45 Talk. 10.00 News bulletin. 10.10 Stock report. 10.20 Close down. TOMORROW PHI, 17.77 mc|s (16.88 m.) p.m. 8.45 Opening announcement. 8.50 “At the Jamboree.” 9.10
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY HIGH LOW 11.38 a.m. 5.43 p.m TOMORROW 12.10 a.m. 6.30 am 12.25 p.m. 6.30 p.m
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  • 554 13 s.s. Nagato Maru In Port Today S.S. ‘NAGATO MARU’ from Japan via Forts for Rangoon Calcutta. S.S. ‘ANTILOCHUS’ from Singapore sails for Havre. Liverpool Brom borough. S.S. ‘ANTENOR’ from Liverpool sails for Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku N Dairen. TOMORROW S.S. ‘SARPEDON’ from Singapore sails for Marseilles, London, Rotterdam Glasgow.
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  • 425 13 Co-operation By Owners When Subsidy Ends London. A scheme based on voluntary co-operation among tramp shipping owners. to come into effect when the Government subsidy to the tramp shipping industry expires at the end of this year, was placed before owners from all parts of the country
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  • 172 13 Hong Kong Company Buys Big V essel The steamer Tapti. of about 7,934 tons dead-weight, built in 1914 and owned by James Nouise, Ltd.. London, has been sole to Messrs. Williamson and Company of Hong Kong foi about £42.000. Delivery is to be in Hong Kong.
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  • 276 13 Many Lines Profiting From Improved Conditions Trans-Pacific passenger bookings with leading shipping companies whose vessels call at Shanghai are now said to be the heaviest in the history of ocean steamship travel between the North American West Coast and the Orient. One prominent official of
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 782 13 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Vessel LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leaves Due (in conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London SARPEDON Mars., L’don, R’dam Glasgow Aug. 6 Sept. 2 GLENOGLE L don, R’daxn, Antwerp ft Middlesborough Aug. 14 Sept. 14 3 DEUCALION Mars., L’don, R’dem, H'burg Glasgow Aug. 20 Sept. 16 LIVERPOOL
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    • 549 13 P&O BRITIs a H d |NDIA (Incorporated in England.) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. “ROHNASAILING THURSDAY, sth AUGUST c<»Sct a Lich d u Ori tal S X Co under Fenang, Teluk Anson, Port Swetteniuuv. London O r,d%^‘ S t-^ a eS^’B Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail
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    • 238 13 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) LONDON SERVICE For Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, London. Antwerp and Rotterdam. Steamers. Sailing date»., x KATORI MARU Aug. 6 x KAS HIM A MARU Aug. 20 YASUKUNI MARU (Calls Hamburg) Sept. Z HAKONE MARU Sept. 17 x SUWA MARU Oct. 1 x FUSHIMI MARU
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  • 1468 14 TONROE BURRANEER THE BEST Blue And White In Tip-Top Condition (BY TIC-TAG) 1 THINK it will be generally admitted that Tonroe was the best “form” horse in .Penang, and Burraneer and Blue and White must follox» him very close. After his splendid win
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  • 37 14 Miss Chong Chin Lan, of Selangor, who broke the All-China Olympic highjump record by clearing 1,407 metres (!> ft. ins.) at the Malayan Chinese sports meeting in Singapore. The All-China record is 1J55 metres.
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  • 877 14 By A Special Correspondent Another F.M.S. —Colony match has been added to the list of drawn games. After the first day’s play, when the Colony compiled what appeared to be a matchwinning total, the F.M.S. resistance came as rather a surprise and the Colony
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 217 14 OBJ WKMISSS HH ill jrjj." I ANY CLIMATE H ALWAYS FRESH SPERRY 1 R ROLLED OATS J f or energy, health, 1 strength I I. SOLE AGENTS FOR MALAYA HENRY WAUGH CO.. LTD., PENANG. I r t lowers Operating lasts PROPANE-SOLVENT REFINING MAKES TRITON A BETTER LUBRICANT .WITH LONGER LIFE
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  • 432 15 I tyort smanship Of British Public I At Carnoustie LfROUBLE WAS EXAGGERATED” SAYS HORTON SMITH I (,eorge Jacobus, President of the American Professional I J \s>ociation, has called on the American Ryder Cup playI r t ii\, or retract the statements made by some
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  • 103 15 n amateur credited with prontions is Bobby Locke. the ire he sailed for home the African said that there was tht report that he was planet an offer from America to professional. he did not deny that if he had h Open, to might have
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  • 27 15 it of t/u British Wightman Cup 1 'I has made a sporting gesture iu ■H'ung to join the British team for Australia (sec spotlight).
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  • 239 15 MONTAG! E S GOLI SKILL Hollywood. Further evidence of John Montague's golfing skill is proved by George von Elm. who won the Amateur Championship in 1926. when he defeated Bobby Jones. Great interest has been taken in Montague 3 golfing ability since his arrest a few
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  • 38 15 Tico members of Bill Tilden's touring professionals: Tilden himself (right) and Mans Nusslein In. the international Professional Tennis Championships Nusslein icon the singles and Tilden, in partnership with Lacoste, the doubles.
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  • 513 15 New Nork. The statement, widely published here, that Ted Broadribb intends to cease managing Tommy Fair immediately after Farr’s fight for tne world’s heavy-weight championship on August 26. is only partly correct. Broadribb said that
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  • 250 15 PENANG SECOND IN CHINESE OLYMPIC WEIGHT LIFTING (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. The all-Malayan Chinese Olympic weight-lifting competition took place at the Happy W°J ld were pi ac ed first with 27 points, and Penang second with 18 points. The' feature of the competition was the lifting of Oh Chin
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  • 516 15 XV ightman Cup Peggy Scriven Excluded Her Sporting Offer —< Von Cramni's Tour SEEING that she was left out, quite unjustifiably, from the Wightman Cup tennis team. Peggy Scriven has made a sporting gesture in offering to join the British team for Australia. Mary Heeley and
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 149 15 2737. The filter tip stops all that! “Try adu Maurier. otdve no idea much richer and cooler they are. “Thanks, I have been longing to “I didn't knew Virginia could taste like this until Freddie gave me one." I suppose stands to reason that if you filter the smoke it's
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  • 120 16 TIN:- PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON (Spot £262.15.0 £262.17.6 LONDON—(3 months) £260.10.0 £260.10.0 SINGAPORE $129,123 $130.50 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $128.75 $130.50 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers 25 tons COPRA- (Sun dried) $6.05 $5.95 BLACK PEPPER $ll.OO $ll.OO RUBBER:— LONDON 8?d NEW YORK 18ic(G) 18gc(G) SINGAPORE—Spot 29gc 29 Aug/Sept 29£c(G) 30gc Oct./Dec
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  • 352 16 Star.’ of fl aenomfnatron unless London. Aug. 5. otherwise stated Yesterday. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan. 5 p.c., 1944-64 112 -J- Funding Loan. 4 p.c.. 1960-90 110 Z War Loan, 3£ p.c 100 Com. Union Assce. (Units) 102 Prudential Assce “A” Royal Assce. share 10s. pd.) 8 i
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  • 109 16 London on Previously Latest Faris 132 ***** 132 ***** New York 4.98,1, Montreal 4.981 4.98& Brussels 29.603 29.59 Geneva 21.683 21.683 Amsterdam 9.03.1 9.03 Milan 94 (J 94 H Berlin 12.38 12.37$ Stockholm 19.391 19.39$ Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26} 26} Prague 1405 142] 2
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  • 113 16 London. Aug. 4. RUBBER Firm. Spot 83 buyers 9 sellers. August 9 buyers 94 sellers. Oct./Dec. 94 buyers 9™ sellers. Jan./Mar. 9,« buyers 9} sellers. NEW YORK 18.50 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 22,574 tons Liverpool 19.482 tons COPRA: Straits S.D. Rotterdam. August £16.5.0. PEPPER White Muntok
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    • 126 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER Buyers Sellers Allenby 1.90 2.00 A lor Gajah 1.35 1.45 Ayer Molek 1.15 1.25 Broga 1.00 1.05 Changkat Serdang 1.25 1.35 Connemara 1.75 1.90 Kempas 2.55 2.70 Kuala Sidim 2.95 3.05 c Lunas 2 30 2.40 M. Pindas 1• 55 1.65 ex Nyalas 1.15 1.25 S. Tukang
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    • 155 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TINS: Buyers Seller* Ayer Weng 1.323 1.373 B. Selangor 2.173 2.223 Hong Fatt 1.321 1.35 Klang River 1.873 1.923 Kuchai 1.75 1.80 Paroi 70 75 Rahman Hyd, 1.65 1.70 Tlantau Ordy. 1.80 1.85 Rantau Pref. 1.80 1.85 Taiping Cons. 2.10 2.123 Ampat 6 6 6 9
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    • 127 16 LEAN CO. Thi Buyers Sellers A. Wengs 1.323 1.373 Burma Malays 1216 33'6 Hong Fatts 1.30 1.34 .Telebus 973 1.023 K. Lanjuts 26)3 27|0 Kamuntings 14)103 15)3 Kramats 70'0 72 Ocd Kuchais 1.70 1.75 Kundangs 9)0 93 Laruts 14)3 14 73 Pungahs 25 9 26 3cd Rahmans 1.623 1.673 Rantau
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    • 196 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Bassetts 723 773 Bedfords 1.25 1.30 Bentas 1.323 1.373 Brogas 1.00 1.05 M. Pindas 1.573 1.65 Mentakabs 473 50c Nyalas 1.10 1.15 Pa jams 2.10 2.20 S. Tukangs 1.30 1.35 Ulu Ber.uts 423 45 TIN Xmnats 6 3 6 6 Ayer Hitams 33 9 34
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  • 23 16 TIN Singapore $130.50 Per pkl. Penang $130.50 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 30 38c Per lb. Penang Spot 30c Per lb.
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  • 204 16 TIN Buyers Sellers Ampats 6 3 6 6 Ayer Hitams 33'9 34|9 Bangrins 25!3 26,0 B. Selangors 2.20 2.23 c Burma Malays 32 9 3313 Hong Fatts 1.31 1.33 ex Hongkongs 38|3 39 3ex Jelapangs 40 9 416 Jelebus 1.00 1.03 K. Kamuntings 14,0 14 6c Kamuntings 14)9
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  • 393 16 Best Results For Many Years •f The twenty-seventh, ordinary general meeting of the Malayan Rubber Loan and Agency Corporation, Ltd., was held in London on July 26. Mr. F. O. Streeten, the chairman, said that the first thing to be noted in the bal-ance-sheet was
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  • 36 16 Katu Tin Dredging Ltd. Dredge Statistics for the month of July 1937. Hours run 586; Cubic yards treated 178.000; T n ore won pikuls 585; Estimated cost $16,600; Cost per cubic yard 9.33 cents.
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  • 15 16 The output of Rambun Mines, Tanjong Rambutan, for July 1937 was 301 piculs.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 134 16 BANKS Experience Teaches One To Save, But How Many Have Found A JFay To 1 i Put By Their Spare i Dollars OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED. offer you facilities of their SAVINGS DEPARTMENT For Systematic Saving. BEGIN YOUR SAYINGS NOW For Rules and Regulations Apply MANAGER, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Ltd..
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    • 535 16 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND (Incorporated in England Royal Charter 1853) Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors /3 Head Office No. 38 Bisnopsgate. London E c Manchester Office No. 71 Mosley Street Agencies Branches Alor Scar Hong Kong R an 00r Amritsar Iloilo e ßio r Bangkok
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