Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 August 1937

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE I.4ST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 194. Vol. XCV. THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    BRITISH PLAN PRESENTED TO CHINA & JAPAN
    510 1 BRITISH PLAN PRESENTED TO CHINA JAPAN NEUTRALISING A ZONE AROUND SHANGHAI SETTLEMENTS Protection Of Japanese Residents BOLD SCHEME TO RESTORE NORMAL CONDITIONS THE BRITISH AMBASSADORS AT NANKING AND TOKIO HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO APPROACH THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE GOVERNMENTS WITH A VIEW TO NEUTRALISING THE SHANGHAI AREA. It is proposed
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    ENEMY YIELDING GROUND
    240 1 Mobilisation In China Shanghai, Aug. 18.—The Chinese claim to be making steady progress on the HongScew sector and in the vicinity of the North Station. The Japanese Primary School, which is being used by Japanese naval forces, .has caught fire as a result of shelling and the
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    BRITAIN MEANT WHAT SHE SAID!
    93 1 -Reuter. Exaggerated or incorrect reports (not carried by Reuter) about British evacuation plans at Shanghai, have brought a categorical denial from an authoritive source stating that far from British interests being left to look after themselves, they will be resolutely guarded and only those who
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    RUBBER FIRMER
    44 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. August 18. The rubber market opened very steady this morning with values a quarter of a cent higher than at yesterday’s close of business. The market showed further appreciation this afternoon, spot buyers closing at 29% cents.
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    SINGAPORE TRAINING OPENS
    268 1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Aug. 19 The course was open for official training today. Glen Devon (Ardagh! was the hrst to come out and sprinted six furlong». Th.» mare looks unite tit. Athis in companj with Aerial Post I Garrard,, a ne ,co went at half-pace.
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    PALESTINE
    290 1 .—British Wireless. Report Ready For League Council The League Mandates Commission which recently met in extraordinary session to complete discussion of the Mandatory’s report on Palestine for 1935 and 1936 and to hear a statement by the Colonial Secretary on the British Government’s proposals based on the recommendations of
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    RAUB GOLD OUTPUT
    25 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Aug. 19. Raub Australian Gold output for the four weeks ended August 14 was 1802 35 ounces.
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    SHORTAGE OF RICE
    206 1 But Situation Not Serious The price of local rice jumped another 60 cents, a bag yesterday and is now selling at $8 60. but Rangoon rice remains steady, though the price constitutes an increase oi about 20 per cent, over the price at the beginning of the
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    DRAWBACKS OF NEUTRALITY
    167 1 Reuter. Favouring One Of The Disputants Washington, Aug. 18 The situation is so unequal that application of the Neutrality Act might put the United States in a position of favouring one nation, said the Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Roper, referring to the Sino-Japanese hostilities Mr. Roper made
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    U.S. EXPECTED TO PURSUE VIGOROUS POLICY
    193 1 Determination Not To Yield Under Pressure From Japan Reuter. The co-operation of the United States and other powers in the Far East is faced with political difficulties, according to the Morning Post Washington correspondent. The full effect of more U. S. Marines' being sent
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    WEAKNESS OF THE $
    94 1 WEAKNESS OF THE Reuter Foreign Capital Returning Considerable interest was Aroused m Foreign Exchange circles as a result oi a sharp fall in the dollar which closed yesterday at 4.9940 compared with 4.9849» the previous night While taken aback by the suddenness <>! the decline, well-informed people think that it
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    MALAYAN ASIATICS’ KEEN INTEREST IN PERSONAL HYGIENE TALKS
    2364 2 Sister E. Bell Relates Her Experiences To Penang Rotarians “It is really wonderful to nee the interest shown by Asiatics in Malaya in my addresses and a lecture on perianal hygiene seemed certainly appreciated by them. Whut amazed me most, however, was
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    ASSAULTED A SIKH WOMAN
    112 2 Indian Mohammedans Sentenced Iwo Indian Mohammedans. Mohd. Kaswm bin Adainsa, handcart owner, ancr Abdul Muthalib. were convicted and fined L 5 each, in default, seven Okays' simple imprisonment, yesterday by the Penang Police magistrate. Air. T. L>. Hughes, for having Assaulted a middle-aged Sikh woman, Garta
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    ALLEGED THEFT
    121 2 Tw’o Chinese, Chong Kim Kee and Wong Ho Mow', were produced before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean in the Penang Middle Court yesterday, charged with theft of a bicycle valued at $7, belonging to Mr. C. Thomas, on Aug. 16 at the Chowraster Market. An alternative charge of having
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    IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF FOREIGN NAVAL STRENGTH AT SHANGHAI
    944 3 AMERICAN FLAGSHIPS BOWS POINTING AT JAPANESE CONSULATE Shanghai, Aug. 18. I HERE is now an impressive array of foreign naval strength off the Shanghai Club. In addition to the H. M. S. Danae. 5 d the French flagship, Lamette Picquet, the American
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    CHINA SHIP GOLD TO BRITAIN
    177 3 Reuter. £1.215.000 Worth Betwren Aug. 12 Aug. 16 London, Aug. B. Between Aug. 12 and Aug. 16, gold valued at £1.215.000 arrived here irom China. Some suggest that China shipped gold to London in order to acquire sterling assets and as the metal has not
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    CYCLISTS' NARROW ESCAPE
    128 3 Three Injured in Accident Near Sungei Patau i (From Our Own Correspondent. Sungei Patani, Aug. 17. Three passengers of a big motor lorry were injured tonight when the v hide turned on its right side at about 1 2 miles from town here after it came into
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    PORT OF MANCHESTER
    136 3 British Wireless. Important Addition Io Mechanical Equipment London, Aug. 18. The Manchester Ship Canal Company has just made an important addition to the mechanical equipment of the Port of Manchester in the form of a large electr cally operated fleating crane, the only one of its kind
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    BRITISH ACTION IN CHINA TODAY
    471 3 Erroneous Comparison With 1927 Incident London, Aug. 18. With reference to comparison which is drawn in a statement issued by the Japanese Foreign Office betw'een present Japanese operations in Shanghai and British action in 1927, when troops were sent to Shanghai to protect British interests,
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    NEW SHOCK ABSORBING GOODS WAGON
    120 3 British Wireless. Successful Tests By L. M. S. Railway London. Aug. 18. Tests were conducted yesterday by London Midland Scottish Railway of new shock absorbing goods wagon for carriage of fragile goods such as glass in crates, earthern ware and tiles. Special recording instruments to
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    TRANSATLANTIC TEST FLIGHTS
    90 3 —British Wireless. Imperial Airways’ Plans London, Aug. 18. Imperial Airways state that data technically of extreme value are being obtained from the transatlantic series of test flights by Caledonia and Cambria flying boats. The present series of test, in which no commercial loads are being carried, will
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    LORRY OWNER FINED
    165 3 I ailed To Furnish Name Address Of Driver For failing to supply the name and address of his driver, a Chinese, Chua Thiam Chong, was fined S 8 in default 10 days’ imprisonment, by Mr. Lim Cheng Ean in the Penang Middle Court yesterday. The case was
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    AUNT AND NEPHEW AT VARIANCE
    762 3 (From Our Own orresponrieut.) Butterworth, Aug. 18. JiaS I stopped on the five-foot-way, some acid was poured on top of me through a hole on the second floor. I felt a sharp pain as if a knife had entered my bod.' and fell dorni. When
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    BOYCOTT OF JAPANESE GOODS REFUTED
    183 4 Allegation In Singapore Japanese Press (From Our Own Correspondent Malacca. Officials of the Malacca Chinese Chamber of Commerce strongly denied the allegation contained in the Singapore Japanese press that a boycott of Japanese goods in Malacca territory was organised by the Chamber. They were anxious
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    CRIME THAT WAS PLANNED
    329 4 Fusiliers Confess W hy They Did It From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Remarkable admissions were made by a fusilier of the Inniskilling Regiment when he and another fusilier w’ere charged before Mr. F. V. Duckworth in the second police court on Monday with committing mischief by
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    SIAM ASSEMBLY PROROGUED
    40 4 From Our Own Correspondent i Bangkok The People's Assembly was prorogued on Aug. 15 and the Premier. Phya Betul. bade farewell to members. The House now dissolves and a general election will take place on Dec. 10.
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    37 YEARS AS VALET TO WORLD’S CELEBRITIES
    300 4 His Most Embarrassing Guest For 37 years Gaspard Heinz has been valet to the world’s celebrities at the Carlton Hotel, London. Princes, dukes, statesmen, millionaires have come to know him as John, the imperturbable valet. And now John has pressed his last pair
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    599 4 Inche M. Dalal, of Taiping, who has for some years past been District Scoutmaster of the North Perak Malay Troop, has resigned his warrant. It is understood that Mr. Wong Peng Seong. a former Perak “Malaya” Cup footballer, will be going on transfer to Kuala Lumpur shortly.
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    ACCIDENT IN TRONG
    82 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Tai ping. Aug. 17. An Indian pedestrian was knocked down by a car bearing a Penang number in Trong this morning. The man was crossing the street when the accident occurred. The car was driven by a Malay. Mr. Elphinstone. Traffic Officer. Taiping,
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    CHINESE MERCHANTS CANCEL ORDERS
    129 4 —Chinese Evening Press. Japanese Manufacturers" Loss Owing to the tensity of the situation between China and Japan, the Chinese merchants of Hong Kong have gradually ceased ordering Japanese goods, and therefore, the losses of the Japanese manufacturers are most heavy and difficult to estimate. Judging by
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    ACUTE SHORTAGE OF NEWSPRINT
    97 4 Nanking Papers To Economise Acute shortage of newsprint in Nanking coupled with its rising price, has forced metropolitan papers to economise by reducing the number of their sheets. The official Central Daily News, which usually has twelve pages, appeared with only eight. The New Capital Daily,
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    THIEF WHO “JUST HELPED HIMSELF”
    162 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Aug. 17. ‘The drawer in which the things were kept'was open, and so I helped myself to the contents,” was the reply given by a Tamil youth, Subramaniam aged 14 in the Taiping Police Court today when he was charged
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    MOONLIGHT BAND PROGRAMME
    234 4 There will be a moonlight band performance on the Esplanade today from 8.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. The following is the programme: March: "Colonel Bogey On Parade”: Alford. Fantasia: A Sparkling Review, Marches w Counter Marches. Overture: "William Tell”: Rossini. First produced at the Academie. Paris August
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      377 4 Doctor’s Amazing Discovery* Brings Back Youth To faded Wrinkled Skins SMk I ■BBC nt i, r A Vienna medical journal announces sole rights to the Professor’s discover? the latest triumph of science which will have been acquired at. enormous expense startle the world. Not only has the cause byTokalon. His
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    MIRACULOUS FEATS BY “YOGI”
    409 5 Strength In Weak Body Amritsar. ata of remarkable endurance were I -rt< -med recently at the Service Club Amritsar by Bishamber Nath, a Punjabi yogi. The display was watched by over 50'0 people. Yogi Bishamber Nath is the son of a retired police officer of the
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    TAIPING THEFT CASES ON THE INCREASE
    97 5 (From. Our Own Correspondent) Taiping Theft ca are on the increase in Taiping District. On Aug. 16 a case was reported in Kampong Changal Jantau, and the complainant, a Malay woman, reported the loss of caah an J jewellery to the amount ot about
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    ANGLICAN WIDOW BURIED IN ROMAN CATHOLIC GROUND
    251 5 NO WORD SPOKEN AT THE GRAVESIDE H ished To Be Side By Side W ith Her Husband Bath. An Anglican widow’s wish to be buried with her husband in a Roman Catholic cemetery has been carried out without a committal service and with
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    SOVIET ATTACK ON CLERGY
    251 5 "Spies In Priests’ Robes” Moscow’. The Soviet General Staff organ, “Red Star,” reports from Tashkent, the chief city of Red Mid-Asia, the arrest of a vagrant preaching mullah. The report says that the mullah is a spy sent into Russia by the Intelligence Services of a
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    INVITED TO TAKE HER LIFE
    104 5 Child's Evidence At Inquest A thirteen-year-old girl, giving evidence at a Hitchin inquest told of a conversation in which her mother invited her to commit suicide with her. She refused, and was sent w’ith a note to her stepfather who was at w’ork. Later the
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    STEPS TO CHECK BLINDNESS
    305 5 Health Minister’s Scheme 1 A comprehensive scheme for dealing with the problem of blindness has been issued to local authorities by Sir Kingsley Wood. Minister of Health, with a reminder of their powers to assist in the prevention of the affliction. The plan has been prepared
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    CONGRESS CABINETS FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS
    617 5 Effort To Control Police Madras. W thin five weeks of the Congress formirg Ministries in the six Provinces, Congress Cabinets have succeeded in making spectacular gesture to political prisoners and associations in sympathy with Congress; and furthermore the Congress higheerr r- and has amply indicated
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    BIGGEST CORONATION SPENDER GOES HOME
    219 5 Nawab’s 50 Tons Of Luggage Bought For £30,000 His Coronation visit ended, the handsome Nawab of Bahawalpur, ruler of 1,000,000 Punjab Mohammedans, has sailed for home. All the Ind ian princes in Ixindon have done a great deal of shopping, but the Nawab has surpassed
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    BRIDE AND WIDOW WITHIN A WEEK
    151 5 Macclesfield. Six days after starting her honeymoon a 21-year-old Macclesfield bride returned home—with her bridegroom dead. The home they should have occupied lies empty, and the tragic bride does not know yet w’hat she will do with it. BECAME ILL The bride and widow
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    10,810 IMMIGRANTS TO S. AFRICA
    234 5 Last Year’s Influx MOSTLY GERMANS AND DITCH South Africa attracted a record number of immigrants last year. Figures show that 10,840 Europeans came to settle in the Union. Of this total 3.851 were from other parts of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Germans and Dutch
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    JULY-DRY MONTH IN TAIPING
    89 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Aug. 17 The following are interesting facts concerning Taiping’s rainfall and temperature during the month of July. It was undoubtedly one of the driest months ever experienced in this district, there being no rain for 21 days throughout the month. The
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    CANADA’S WAR MEMORIAL SHIPPED FROM KENT TO OTTAWA
    685 7 The Triumph Of Peace WORK OF 7 BROTHERS AND A SISTER BEFORE the fall of autumn, Canada’s National War Memorial, fashioned in a Kent garden, is to be set up on a site near the Chateau Laurier, not far from the Parliament
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    DEATH FOR THEFTS OF FOOD
    325 7 SOVIET DECREE MODIFIED NOW APPLIED TO WRECKERS Moscow, Aug. 8. The Soviet Press is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the famous decree of August 7, 1932, punishing with death those stealing or dilapidating State ard social property. This Draconian law, which was
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    SAFER FLYING IN KENYA
    174 7 Notification Of Pilots’ Movements Nairobi. Safer flying in Kenya is the purpose of new regulations in the preparation of which Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Pop-ham, the Governor, gave advice. Although the Government have no power to compel pilots to notify their arrivals and departures, the
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    MIDDS. LEAVE ON FRIDAY
    190 7 Ordered To Hongkong (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Aug. 18. About 700 men of the &st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment, who have been ordered to Hong Kong as an emergency measure in the Sino-Japanese crisis, are likely to leave on Friday by the Blue Funnel vessel
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    THE KING PUTS ON WEIGHT
    98 7 Adds An Inch To His Chest The King is one of the hardest worked men in Britain. Fears have been expressed that the round of official duties has been heavier than one man could be expected to bear without impairing his health. But the King
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    BATTLESHIPS NOT LIKELY TARGETS FROM AIR
    252 7 Sir Samuel Hoare’s View Sir Samuel Hoare, Home Secretary, in a talk to boys at the Public Schools’ aviation camp at Mousehold Aerodrome. Norwich, said that the equipment of the Defence Services and the organisation for producing armament on a large scale were so
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    NEW NAVAL POST
    266 7 Assistant Chief Of (Air) Staff SEQUEL TO FLEET ARM DECISION The decision that the Admiralty shall have control of the Fleet Air Arm, announced in the House of Commons at the end of last month, has resulted in the creation of a new post—that of Assistant Chief
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    BUT HE NEVER WON A PRIZE
    55 7 Mr. Herbert Morrison, Labour M.P..while presenting prizes at Stockwellroad L.C.C. School, Brixton, “confessed” that (1) he never won a prize in all his schooldays; (2) he was frequently caned; and (3) even the honour of being stair monitor was withdrawn when he was found
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    TRAINING POLICE TO TEACH ROAD MANNERS
    371 7 Importance Of The Personal Touch LIST OF “DO’S” AND “DON’TS” What should) a mobile police patrol say to a motorist who has. (a) Been guilty of ’cutting in;” (b) Taken a comer too fast on a wet day; (c) Entered a main road incautiously?
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    COBBLER CHARGED
    62 7 Chong Tooi Yong, a cobbler at Campbell Street, Penang, was charged before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean in the Penang Middle Court yesterday, with having caused hurt to Pang Sim Seng, with a cobbler’s knife on July 29, at Campbell Street The accused claimed to be tried The case
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    MR. R. B. BENNETT’S FUTURE
    135 7 Party Leadership Retained Ottawa. Mr. R.B. Bennett, who was Premier '«T Canada until the Liberal election victory in October, 1935, will continue to lead the Canadian Conservative Party. This was the main development of recent meeting of the Canadian Conservative Party. A resolution was adopted
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    NEUTRAL ZONES AND PEACE
    747 8 IF the fighting in China can be brought to a close, The Powers, as much as the disputants, wil be faced with the task of ensuring that it does not break out again. The interests of humanity and expediency demand that something should be done to
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    CARELESS DRIVING CHARGE FAILS
    413 8 Italian Acquitted Remarking that there was insufficient evidence, Mr. T. D. Hughes, the Penang police magistrate, acquitted Mr. B. de Zilvana who appeared in the Police Court, Penang, in answer to a summons for allegedly driving his motor car in a negligent manner on June 26,
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    BY THE WAY
    653 8 A War removed from the academic —Britain’s defensive strength at Shanghai —A Woman solves the gland theory U- SED though the public has become to news of wars, rumours of wars and death and destruction inflicted through man’s inhumanity to man, the news, until the last few
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    LETTER TO THE EDITOR
    218 8 “Supreme Court Suits Settled Sir, —On page 2 in yesterday’s issue of your paper, you publish a report under the above heading relating to the High Court case in which Mr. Ong Keng Huat sued Mr. Runme Shaw. The last paragraph of the report reads “The
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    MR. T. H. MENZIES
    41 8 Mr. T. H. Menzies, the well-known race horse owner of Kuala Lumpur, who had been in Ehgland on a holiday, returned to Malaya bust night by the Dutch eastbound plane. He left for Kuala Lumpur this motniug.
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    THE FIVE BRYMANS
    235 8 Excellent Show At E. O. In spite of the very inclement weather an unusually large crowd gathered at the E. O. Hotel last night to accord the Five Brymans a welcome to Penang after an absence of several years during whicbthey have toured the world, so to
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    SHIP TORPEDOED
    74 8 Reuter Alleged Atrocity By Italian Destroyer Algiers—Twenty-three of the crew of the Spanish steamer which they declared had been torpedoed off the Italian island of Panteller, were landed here by a British steamer which picked them up after they had been adrift all night The torpedo is stated
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    PENANG RELIEF FOR DISTRESS IN CHINA
    466 9 Two Chinese Open Fund With $60,000 SUBSCRIPTIONS 44 ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY” Sixty thousand dollars (Chinese currency) have been promised towards the “Penang China Distress Relief Fund,” which was formed at a meeting of over 40 representatives of local Chinese firms, guilds, associations and schools, at
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    REJOIN THE ARMY!
    148 9 .—British Wireless. Quick Response To New Offer Over 1,500 Reservists have already notified Army Record! Offices of their desire to rejoin the Colours in accordance with the terms of the Government offer recently announced by the War Secretary, Mr. Hore Helis ba. The volume of response at
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    CHANDU HIDDEN IN JACK FRUIT
    206 9 Smuggling Attempt Fails For attempting to smuggle 451 two-hoon lubes of chandu to Kuala Kangsar, a Chinese, Lam Eu Chye, was fined $5O, in default two months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. J. L. McFall in the Penang District Court yesterdiay. Accused was charged with being
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    WARSHIPS FOR MALTA
    53 9 A Gibraltar message states the new British destroyers, Caras and Imogen, and the ■cruiser Coventry and the destroyer Hunter, which was damaged by a Spanish insurgent mine off Almeira in May last with the loss of eight lives, and to which temporary repairs have been effected, sailed
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE
    24 9 •—Reuter. London, Aug. 18. The following are the latest results in the Scottish League: Rangers 2, Motherwell 1. Hamilton 1, Celtic 2.
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    SHOP GUTTED IN MORNING FIRE
    131 9 Fire broke out in one of the Chinese shop houses in Kimberley Street, Penang, this morning at about o'clock, and dispite effoits by two fire engines from, the Central hire Station and Penang Read Station, the shop, which was filled with general merchandise, was gutted.
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    "ROADS OF THE FUTURE”
    45 9 The chairman of the British Automobile Association will broadcast on the Empire programme at 8.20 p.m. (Malayan time) today on “Roads of the Future.” A cable to this effect was received by the Penang branch of the A. A. of Malaya.
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    KEDAH NEWS IN BRIEF
    91 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Aug. 18. Mr. Eliathamy. the Chief Clerk of the Public Works Department, Alor Star and a member of the Alor Star Cricket Club has been granted seven days long leave. Mr. C.K. Panickar, of Tranvacore. India, and a keen tennis
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    KEDAH & PROVINCE GOLF
    265 9 KEDAH PROVINCE GOLF Davenport Wins Men’s Title MRS. PERRIN THE WOMEN’S CHAMPION Ihe Kedah Province Wellesley Golfing Association Championship meeting was held at the Kulim Course on Aug. 14 15. Entries for the various competitions totalled 99, a record. Mr. J. Davenport of Sungei Fatani Club played steady golf throughout
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    SINGAPORE GOLD CUP MEETING
    193 9 Schedule Of Racing There will be a total of 40 races for the five-days professional meeting opening in Singapore on Saturday, August 28. The following schedule of racing has been drawn up but, as usual, is subject to alteration at the discretion of the Committee. FIRST
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    KNOCKED DOWN CYCLIST
    142 9 Sentence On Unsafe Driver Deferred (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Aug. 18. A Chinese, Liew Yeo, the d'river of a Penang lorry, appeared before Che Pawanteh, the Taiping Magistrate today, to answer two charges of driving his lorry along the 6 I{4 Batu Kurau Road without any
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    BOTTELEY CUP
    198 9 Lower Perak Club First Holders (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Aug. 19. In the first year of competition the Botteley Cup for mixed doubles tennis was won by the Lower Perak Club, who yesterday defeated the Ipoh Club on the latter’s court in the final without conceding a
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    ALL BLUES RUGGER
    116 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 19. The following are the dates, subject to confirmation by Penang and Selangor, of the All-Blues Cup rugger matches in which the Perak Asiatics will figure during the coming season. Oct. 16: Perak Asiatics vs. Penang Asiatics, at Ipoh. Nov. 6:
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      145 9 ;x d 2 J# E|||&9 2d r jHI a |M IB I TIGER BEER IS BEST Bv Appoiutm-ot By Appointment W to H W tiie King v, h M the King of Yugoslavia o< 0k FOOD oP ROYAL BABIES Two more Royal Babies are being fed on If Cow Gate!
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    MERLIMAU PEGOH, LIMITED MEETING
    2095 10 Satisfactory Increase In Profits EXTENSIVE EXPERIMENTAL PLANTING DECIDED UPON The twenty-seventh ordinary general meeting of Merlimau Pegoh, Ltd., was held tn London on July 21. Mr. G. Kingsley (the chairman) presided. The representative of the Secretaries. Messrs. Shaw, Darby and Co., Ltd., having read the notice
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    PROBLEM OF JAPANESE SHIPS UNDER CHINESE FLAG
    208 10 The Japanese Shipowners’ Association may urge the Government to allow the import of those Japanese vessels now registered in Chinese ports on the express condition that they will be scrapped at the earliest opportunity. When the Board met on July 22 to discuss
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    ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH
    374 10 Subsidiaries’ Good Progress Armstrong Whitworth Securities Co., Ltd., reports that net income for the year to December 31 last amounted to £14,531. Adding the profit, less losses of subsidiary companies, after providing for depreciation, amounting to £585, there is a total of £15,116, which, deducted from the debit
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    REVENUE
    93 10 Bouyancy The Feature Bouyant revenue is a continued feature of the Exchequer Returns. Total ordinary revenue amounts to £228.052.063 compared with £219.016.519 at the corresponding date of last year. Income tax at £39.074.000 has yielded £4,709.000 more so far this year and the growth of overseas trade has raised
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    MALAYAN PRICE PROBLEM
    468 10 Trade Rivalry Of Japan Unmet The return to the prosperity of the peak year 1926 is, of course, a desideratum which must await more settled times, states a report on economic and commercial conditions in Malaya to March 5 last, compiled by the officer-in-charge of the Trade
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    THE TRAGEDY OF THE TIRED MAN
    187 10 Nature never meant man to work strenuously day in, day out, amid the heat and fevers of this climate. Naturally the exhausted bodies of all who have to work for their living, cry out in protest. Your own energy is not enough to carry
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    SIX MONTHS’ TRADE
    261 10 Good Business With South America In the first six months of this year, 41.3 per cent, of imports into the United Kingdom came from British countries compared with 41.5 per cent m the corresponding period of 1936. The percentages of United Kingdom exports going to British countries
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    188 11 IO SI I D\ ENGLISH GUIDE METHODS, fifty Jamaican girls have arrived in Br itain ard are bound for camp in Hampshire. G.O.M. Ob' THE MUSIC HALLS, Charlie Corbum, aged 85, celebrated his birthday with an aeroplane flight at Hanworth. Here he is singing an
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    NORWEGIAN SHIPPING OUTLOOK
    337 12 Owner’s Criticism Of State’s Attitude In the course of an address on the future of Norwegian shipping, Mr. Klaveness. a prominent shipowner, criticised the State’s attitude to the industry, especially smaller tonnage. The present-day situation, he said, was largely favourable, but many factors had to be considered
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    STEAMER’S GALE ORDEAL
    459 12 General Average Point Settled After a two-day hearing a settlement was announced in the King’s Bench Division of the action in which the North of England Steamship Co.. Ltd. of West Hartlepool, sued the Black Sea and Baltic General Insurance Co., Ltd., of London, claiming, as owners
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    BY AIR AND SEA
    643 12 LATEST TLMES POSTING AIR MAIL A mail for Kenya, Tanganyika, UganZanzibar, Northern and Southern RhU. 3 Nyasaland and South Africa via Singao ana* thence by Imperial Airways will at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. A mail for Java and Southern Sumatra via Singapore and thence by K.L.M vice
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    FOR COAST TRADE
    176 12 Old Vessel Bought Philippines Company Manila. Another ship will be added to coastwise shipping when the Mawatta arrives in Manila during the latter part of September for New Caledonia. This ship was recently purchased by Madrigal and Company. Capt. Antonio Naval, recently left Manila on the Aeolus,
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      2072 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. CALCUTTA I NIROM PENANG —ZH J 6.0 Mc/s (49.10 m.) YDC 15.15 Mc/s (19.8 m.) (WAVELENGTH —49.3 metres) T’a»? tn on the follounny wave’.9nytln: PMN 10.26 Mc/s <29.2 m.) TODAY TRANSMISSION t P- TOHAY T.OO' Signal and programme. G3H «1.47 Mc/3 (13.37 mJ 7.56 Talk:
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    SHIPPING
    548 13 s.s. Eumaeus In Port Today S.S. ‘EUMAEUS’ from Singapore sails for Liverpool Bromborough. TOMORROW S.S. GINYO MARU’ from Japan via Ports for Colombo Bombay. S.S. ‘WOOLGAR’ sails for Port Swettenham Hongkong. S.S. ‘KIDDERPORE’ from Bombay. Sails same day for Singapore Japan. S.S. KASHIMA MARU’ from Japan via Singapore sails
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    WAR UPSETS SAILINGS TO TIENTSIN
    338 13 Cargo Mounts Up Shanghai, Aug. 4. There has been a considerable amount of disruption of coastal shipping owing to the trouble at Tangku and Tientsin but, up to the present, northern ports, especially Shanghai, have suffered far more than Hongkong Many Chinese merchants in Shanghai
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    WARSHIP WORK IN SCOTS YARDS
    359 13 Scarcity Of Merchant Tonnage Orders Recent increases which have taken place n the number of men employed in the shipyards are an indication of the activity of the industry. The majority of the yards have every berth occupied, and there are more keels to lay
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    SAILOR RUNS AMOK
    401 13 Holds Officers At Bay Then Shoots Himself J. B. “Bull” Hanna, first-class machinst’s mate, of the U.S.S. Canopus, is believed to have been temporarily deranged when he held officers and men of his ship at bay at Tsingtao recently at pistol point, according to word received by
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      720 13 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Vessels. LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leaves Due (in conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London C. DEUCALION Mars., L don, R’dam, H’burg Glasgow Aug. 20 Sept. 16 •a. DIOMED L’don, R’dam, H’burg, Hull Swansea Aug. 26 Sept. 22 PATROCLUS Marseilles, London, Rotterdam Glasgow Sept. 3 Sept. 29
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      436 13 RAO BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England.) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. ‘•RAJULA* SAILING THURSDAY, 19th AUGUST contract Mate SW'S^'Cow Pena ng. Teluk Anson. Port Swettentare, London and' Fa? S DgaP re S rVi Outwards from London tor China Japan. •S/S "SOMALI" dUe PeD ng ’nF SAILINGS OF STEAMERS OF THE S/S
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    EXCELLENT ENTRIES FOR SINGAPORE GOLD CUP MEETING
    881 14 TOTAL OF 239 HORSES AND PONIES Van Breukelen s Strong Hand In Gold Cup Race (Bv Tic-Tac) TH I\ long a waked entries for the Singapore Turf Club Gold Cup Meeting have now been published and punters, no doubt, must now be carefull}
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    SPANISH REFUGEE
    29 14 SPANISH REFUGEE Senorita Bianchi, who has won a place in the chorus of one of London's leading floor shows, admires a Lifeguard during a tour of London.
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    O. X. A. & CRESENT F. C. SHARE POINTS
    245 14 O. X. A. CRESENT F. C. SHARE POINTS FIRST DIVISION SOCCER MATCH OX A. 1 C F.C. I The Old Xaverians’ Association, last year’s league champions, nearly conceded a victory to the Crescent Football Club in the first division league soccer match on the Victoria Green, yesterday The Crescent Football
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    MORE HOURS IN THE AIR
    289 14 Penang Flying Club Report GREAT IMPROVEMENT LAST MONTH I The flying hours for the month of July again show a great improvement being ex-1 actly 30 hours up on the previous month. according to the monthly report of the! Penang Flying Club. Flying times were:—
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    REGENT’S CUP FOOTBALL
    333 14 Kedah State Police in First Round Match (From Our Own Correspondent; Sungei Patani, August 17. In the first round of the Regent’s Cup football played on the Public Ground between the Gordon-Bedong United XI and the Kedlah State Police XI. the latter emerged victorious by five goals
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    TAIPING C.R.C. TENNIS
    90 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Aug. 17. Further progress was recorded in the annual tennis tournament of the Chinese Recreation Club, Taiping, last evening when two matches were played. Chin Sen 800, who is a favourite for the championship. registered a fine win in the first round,
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      174 14 Gre<- with Packed Houses Last Night. Royal 6.30 Tonight 9.30 Ngai Kok Film Co., Production The Best Cantonese Talkie! “SIN SUNG MING" Starring Chan Von Seong, Wu Chor Fan ?.nd many other brilliant cast Beautiful Settings! Lovely Song Hits! Next Change T Kuan Film Super Production An Outstanding Cantonese Talkie’
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      486 14 TWO BIG SHOWS LN ONE PROGRAMME I /1| ur l vLU OPENING TONIGHT All the thrills of “Trader Horn” and “Sanders Of The River” All the glorious melody and comedy of “Show Boat’’ The Worlds Greatest Singer in the Finest Film Production of his Career PAUL ROBESON ELISABETH THE WELCH
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    GARRICK’S SPOTLIGHT ON SPORT
    2471 15 Wightman Cup Tennis Tomorrow U.S. Should Beat Britain Again County Cricket Leaders Compared New Era For American Athletics English Soccer League America and Great Britain meet t Forest Hills tomorrow and Saturiay for the Wightman Cup and the •layers include Miss Helen Jacobs, Miss Alice Marble,
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      160 15 =737. Mate The filter tip stops all that! Try adu Maurier. You’ve no idea how much richer and cooler they are, “Thanks, I have been longing to it "I didn't knirw Virginia COU M taste unt *i 'CA Freddie gave me one. 1 w Well 1 suppose it stands to
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    PRODUCE
    126 16 5 PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot £266.15.0 £265 5.0 LONDON—(3 months) £264.15.0 £263.15.0 SINGAPORE $130.874 $131.75 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $130.871 $131.00 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) $5 95 $5 »5 BLACK PEPPER $lO 50 $10.50 RUBBER:LONDON BUd B}2d NEW YORK 18/,c(G) 18Ac(G) SINGAPORE—Spot 29? c 29gc Aug./Sept
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    326 16 Share of fl crenemlnatron unfess London. Aug. 19. otherwise stated Yesterday. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan, 5 p.c.. 1944-64 113 Funding Loan. 4 p.c., 1960-90 1101 War Loan. 31 p.c Com. Union Assce. (Units) 102 Prudential Assce “A” Royal Assce. share 10s pd.) Great Western Rly Ordy Canadian
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    113 16 London on Previously Latest Paris 132 n 132 59 64 New York 4.98/-, 4.99?« Montreal 4.98/« 4.991 Brussels 29.591 29.601 Geneva 21.701 21.732 Amsterdam 9.03 S 9.04 J Milan 94}« Berlin 12.382 12.40 Stockholm 19 391 19.39 J Copenhage» 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 261 261 Prague
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    COMMODITIES AND METALS
    114 16 London. Aug. 18. RUBBER Firmer.— Spot 8)H buyers 8a sellers. Oct./Dec B]g buyers 9?« sellers. Jan./Mar 9?« buyers 91 sellers. April/June 91 buyers 9?« sellers. NEW YORK 18.34 cts United Kingdom Stocks London 23.411 tons Liverpool 19,438 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. August £l6. 2.6 PEPPER White
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      KENNEDY & CO.
      103 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Nyalas 1.15 1.25 c TIN:— A. Hitam 36|0 37|0 B. Selangor 2.20 2.25 B. Malay 32|6 33|8ex Hong Fatt 1-35 1.38 Hongkong 3810 39 0 Jelapang 4510 4519 K. Lanjut 27!3 28 0 Kuchai 1.82 1.85 Malayan Tins 46|3 4713 Puchong 27|9 28'6 Pungah 25|6
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      SOON THEAM
      207 16 TIN Bayers t Sellers Ampats 64| 6!7J A. Hitams 35|3 36 3 Bangrins 2519 26 6 B. Selangors 2.20 2.23 ex B. Malays 33|0 33]9 Hong Fatts 1.35 1.38 Hcngkongs 38!3 39)3ex Jelapangs 45:0 45 9 Jelebus 1.02 1.04 K. Kamuntings 12|6 13 oex Kamuntings 14'6 15 0
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      A. A. ANTHONY & CO.
      146 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ayer Weng 1.374 1.424 B. Selangor 2.174 2.224 Hong Fatt 1.35 1.374 Jelebu 1.00 1.05 Klang River 1.95 2.00 Kuchai 1.824 1.874 Mambau .95 1.00 Murai 1.90 2.10 Rahman Hyd. 1.65 1.70 Rantau Ordy. 1.90 1.95 Rantau Pref. 1.90 1.95 Taiping Cons. 2.15
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      LEAN & CO.
      122 16 LEAN CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Ampats 63 617 J B. Selangor 2.15 2.20xd B. Malays 3310 33'9 Hong Fatts 1.35 1.39 Jelebus 1.02 J 1.074 K. Kamuntings 13 0 13 6xd K. Lanjuts 27 6 28J0 Kuchais 1.824 1.874 Kundangs 9 0 9.44 Laruts 14 44 14[7J Lukuts 1.02 A
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      TODAY’S PRICES
      24 16 TIN Singapore $131.75 Per pkl. Penang $131.00 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 20 58c Per lb. Penanag Spot 29 58c Per lb.
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      UNITED TRADERS
      202 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Bassetts .771 .821 B. Lintangs 1.374 1.42 A Bedfords 1.274 1.321 Bentas 1.374 1-421 Brogas 1.024 1.071 M. Pindas 1.60 1.70 Mentakabs .474 .50 Nyalas 1.15 1.20 Pa jams 2.20 2.30 S. Tukangs 1.371 1.421 Ulu Benuts .47 J .50 TIN Ampats 6 3 6
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    RARE BIRD AS EXHIBIT
    169 16 Tamil Owner Charged «From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. Wednesday. A rare bird, a hornbill, kept in a rounu basket, figured as an exhibit in the Taiping Police Court today in a case against a Tamil named Suppiah. In enswer to the charge of keeping the bird
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    P. S. C. GOLF
    214 16 Draw For “Sydney” Cup Competition Keen interest is being centred on the “Sydney” Cup golf competition of the Penang Sports Club which is due to start shortly. The preliminary and first round must De completed by Sept. 5, the second round by Sept. 12 and the
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      427 16 BANKS OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING CORPORATION. LIMITED SUCCESSORS to THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, LTMrr ED, THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED, THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, LIMITED. CAPITAL 1 Authorised $40,000,000 Paid-Up $10,000.000 HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING. 1 CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE PENANG BRANCH Nos: 28 30, Beach Street, Penang. 1 Telegraphic Address: “OVERSEA” 1 OTHER
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      549 16 HONG KONG AM) SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hong Kong) The Liability of members is limited to extent and in manner presents Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of Colony. Head Office: HONG KONG Authorised Capital fcWOOoeiy Issued and Fully paid up Reserve Funds Sterling 6 ***** c. Silver $10.000.000 Reserve
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