Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 October 1937

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE i AST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. \o 239. Vol. XCV. MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1937. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 593 1 Rejection Of Anglo-French Invitation FATE OF EUROPE HANGS BY A THREAD, SAYS ROME IHREAI of European war is plainly discerned behind the Italian rejection of the Anglo-French invitation to a Three-Power Conference to (li*cu*- withdrawal of “volunteers.’' l\o official comment is forthcoming from London, hut
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  • 153 1 The Edward medal for gallantry has been awarded by the King to Dr. R. B. Saunders, who. following an accident last January at Tebekwe Mine, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. in which a miner was trapped underground by a fall of rock, remained by the injured man for over
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  • 54 1 Fascist Leader Knocked Out Sir Oswald Mosley’ has been admitted to hospital with concussion and a skull wound Tfter a Liverpool meeting incident in which it was greeted by a shower of bricks when he rose to speak. He fell unconscious. A m nor operation
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  • 128 1 Members Entertained In London A special party of the American Legion which has been visiting the European battlefields and the graves of their fallen comrades arrived in London on Saturday. Yesterday morning the party paraded at ’he Cenotaph and laid a wreath, after wards visiting the Tomb of
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  • 276 1 British Wireless. Great Motor Exhibition On Thursday London, Oct. 11: The International Motor Exhibition which since 1905 has been held at Olympia will open on Thursday at the New Exhibition hall at Earls Court and remain open until Oct. 23. The entire display, which
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  • 269 1 Japanese Claim Capture Of Last Hopei Stronghold Brussels, Oct. 10. Brussels may be chosen as the venue for the Nine-Power Conference, according to the newspaper Le Peuple which says that the powers organising the conference have approached the Belgian Government on the matter and Belgium
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  • 57 1 Unit. U announced on •in uh >’ Me first anniversary nt head of the Govdmmt nt, Muswarmest congrahilati i t<)i the > suits attained and nnt tuv'/.v for the complete '<!>' S/xi •>/ national cause so nobly personified by you.” Franco replied expressing “extra- mu »n
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  • 173 1 Reuter. For Japanese amire At 11 a diary iouna in 1 Japanese U. utei ou aaimss-oxi that snangaai was uue mat» of tne Umnese ipanese ignorance u yesterday made but zero hour is ggest offensive in 1 be launched at any the Japanese boast ‘hat thev v«
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  • 33 1 n who reach London have spent ten weeks 'll their Majesties are 1 nefited from their stay T,h Gloucester, who has from the slight chill l: will travel south
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    • 17 1 IX H TOKaSATSU AHT’STIC I r.qr>TO v? "APHESS i Nn 68-70 Bishop Street. PENANG. Telephone No. 772
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    • 79 1 Motorists say w MEIRICtr MOTOR TABLETS are first class, wonderful marvellous. Meirich Motor Tablets DECARBONISE your engine as you drive. Sole Agents: UNITED AGENCIES, 358, Beach Street. Penang. Wa Our CHILLED BEEF needs no introduction —it has already made a name for itself. It retains all the natural juices. Delicious,
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  • 271 2 Last Test Flight Of Season The Imperial Airways flying boat Cambria landed in the Shannon estuary at Foynes, co. Limerick, at 8.14 am on Sept. 28, having made the fastest Atlantic crossing on record. Her flying time from Botwood, Newfoundland, was lOhrs. 33mins. The flight
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  • 462 2 No Messages From Pratas Isles SIDELIGHT ON JAPANESE “CO-OPERATION” (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, Oct. 7. Already the reactions to Japanese policy have reached world wide proportions and the atmosphere is generally unpleasantly tense. It would not be a vulgar display
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  • 516 2 LONG HUNT FOR EXPERT FORGER London: Four gang leaders who squan dered fortunes in the West End, leaving misery and terror in many homes, have been jailed in a great summer-time crime «drive by Scotland-yard. Now Scotland yard is out for “The 'Writer/'
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  • 312 2 Following are the latest contributions to the China Distress Relief Fund: Previously acknowledged Straits $252.297.21 Chinese Community of Renong. Siam 114.64 Staff of the Straits Echo. Penang 15.00 Workers of Ket Toh Seah Khong, Siam 15.66 Proceeds of sale of tickets of Dean’s Opera, Wembley Park
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  • 100 2 The death has occurred of Mr. William Morgan, aged 76. head of the shipbuilding firm of William Morgan and Sons, Cardiff. Mr. Morgan was well-known in South Wales and Liverpool shipping circles, and had been in business in Cardiff for 60 years, having started with his fatheir,
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  • 21 2 Mr. ->..1... R'H>sevrlt, younjest son o' President Roosevelt, whose engagement is announced to Miss Anne Lindsay Clarke (right).
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  • 229 2 £500,000 Visit Was Failure Mussolini has returned to Rome from a visit which has cost Germany £lOO,OOO a day. And five days of feting him have given Hitler, at most, three hours’ semiprivate talks with the Duce. As a demonstration of prestige «nd
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  • 78 2 Increased Number In March Quarter London. Returns of signalling exercises carried out between warships and merchant ships «luring th? qr u ter ended March 31 show that a total of 1,199 successful exercises were carried out, and there were nine failures to establish communication. Th
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  • 288 2 A Waiting Game NEW ARMY IH Tin? SPRING Madrid. The long lull in big military [<. it; n 3 on the Madrid front continues rhe t in( campaigning weather in the lt t[ t fresh Michaelmas summer that 1 Hews the first autumn rains, which came
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  • 1483 3 •European War Hangs By Thread” 11 \IA REFUSES TO JOIN IN DISCUSSIONS I HIM II PRESS CONDEMNS i;) |>| > AS I NSATISFACTORY 10. The Italian note, as forecasted, rejects the inibi <<p<>u er conference, giving the opinion that the continue t<> be dealt
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  • 675 3 —Rugby Radio. “UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER UPSETS PLANS” Enemy’s Serious Food Shortage ALL DAY LONG SKIRMISHES CHAPEI POSITION UNCHANGED The Japanese boast that the final stage of the fourth big push would be reachable before October 10, on China’s Republic Anniversary Day, has not materialised. According to
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  • 68 3 Washington, Oct. 10.—Reports published abroad that the United States are contemplating a huge rearmament programme are denied in high administrative quarters It is learned in London that the Spanish Government is prepared in the event of the withdrawal of all volunteers from Franco’s side, to agree
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  • 532 3 BRITAIN READY TO CO-OPERATE IN ANY PEACE PLAN Intei est aroused by the Prime Minister’s speech to 5.000 his followers at the tnd ot the Conservative Conference at Scarborough last night, centres—so far as comments of the morning leader writers are concerned—in his reference to the Chicago
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  • 63 3 —Reuter. Geneva. Oct. 9. Accepting the invitation to the meeting of the Signatories of the NinePower Treaty the Chinese Foreign Minister urges the Powers concerned to lose no tme in adapting measures to put an immediate end to the <-onfiict which is proving
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  • 459 4 Began On Valentine’s Day AUTOPSY REVEALS BRAIN HAD DRIED UP New York. After sleeping for five years and seven months like an enchanted princess in a story-book, pretty Patricia Maguire, thirtyt\vo-\ ear-old typist, of Oak Park, Illinois, has died in hospital. On St.
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  • 294 4 Now Wife Of English Missionary St. Leonard’s-On-Sea. Fifty years ago Mrs. Henry Cole was the only white woman among the primitive tribes and Arab slave raiders of what was then German East Africa. She was known to tne Bantus, Masai and Swahili as Bee
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  • 302 4 •NEAR TO DANGER OF MAGIC Dr. C. Garbett, the Bishop of Winchester, recently condemned faith cures as “very near to the danger of magic.” He told his diocesan conference at Winchester: “I m suspicious of missions and ercat services of physical healing. “Some expect to
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  • 85 4 A private motor car left in front of Messrs. Chin A Co.. Beach Street. Penang, caught lire on Saturday night and despite the prompt arrival of two tire engines under Superintendent O. G. Pentney was completely burnt, leaving twisted scraps of metal body work. The cause of
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  • 108 4 Murder •Act Of Impulse’ London. Every’ year one hundred murders are committed, and the majority of them are acts of impulse. Mr. John Paton- of the National Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, made th s statement at a conference on problems
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  • 68 4 Marcel Made .£40,000 Out Of His “Waves” Paris, Saturday. A bust of Marcel, who created the “Marcel wave?’ was unveiled recently at the home for retired hair-dressers, which he endowed with part of his fortune at Parmain, in the Oise Valley. He used to charge fivepence for crimping
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  • 321 4 “White Man’s Laws Must Be Obeyed” Capetown. The South African Government takes a grave view ol the recent Vereeniging native riots, in which two white constables were killed, and the attack by natives on police in East Griqualand. Gen Hertzog, tne Prime Minister, speaking at Pretoria, said
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  • 159 4 Struggle For A Kiss A man whose wife was said to have described him as “always a perfect husband” was fined £5 at Blackpool for assaulting a 17-year-old girl. The accused, George Edward Taylor. 23, a sheet metal worker, of Newhouse-road, Marton, Blackpool, denied the allegations.
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  • 81 4 The romance of 62 year old Nessim Pasha, ex-Premier of Egypt, is not dead, according to Hans Huebner, the Viennese hotelier, father of Nessim’s prospective bride of 17, Maria Huebner. Herr Huebner said that the marriage had been postponed “owing to Nessim's ill health.” On Sept.
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  • 352 4 Their "Land Of Riches” The conquest of Ethiopia made Italians swell with pride. Sceptics who had preached reason and moderation were forced to admit that the empire which Mussolini sought had been established. But But at what cost The expenses of the campaign alone
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  • 62 4 A classroom in St. Mark’s School, Butterworth has been named after Mr. M. Palaniandy’ of Kepala Batas, in recognition of his donation of $l,OOO to the School building fund. The fund is still short of over $3,000 and an appeal is made to Penang and Province residents
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  • 241 4 Tetrazzini Is Now In Want Tetrazzini, the soprano whose golden voice earned her more than £1,000,000, is so poor today that she has to give singing lessons. Sixty-seven years old, her grey hair dyed red, she lives in her frugal home in Milan. Few people
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    • 851 4 Co Estate Managers .(EYES’ Fl.l ID G ALL ESTATE PIRPio Sg/. Kv W as it can be used Yvith V brackish Mater. I pFlndispensable to prrYt nt growth of fungi on tap THB panels For cattle stables «Ira DISINFECTANTj c<ssi>ools e,c e,c SANDILANDS BUTTERY (O. Glands Made Active and Youthful
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  • 284 5 Expedition hiefs Story New York. Anthony, leader of the Museum expedition Temple, the iso- g I,looft. of sheer i from the floor of the returned to New York account of the results of hig eXp'o^S. l expedition was to th wooded plateau in whether isolation pror
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  • 238 5 Sweeping Prison Reforms London: SIR SAMUEL HOARE. Home Secretary, is planning prison reforms on. a scale not attempted lor a hundred years. He hopes to frame a Bill to be passed soon, giving legal effect to these reforms. Sir Samuel has visited
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  • 84 5 Brussels. The first congress of a world organisation for the diamond industry has been opened at Antwerp. M. Lipschutz, of Antwerp, presided, and the first day of meeting was devoted to discussion of the rules of the World Diamond Organisation, which includes representatives of 40 countries.
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  • 135 5 Price Of His ork With X-Rays Faris, Sept. 29. Profesisor Charles Vaillant. the radiologist, today underwent the fourteenth operation which his devotion to the science of X-rays has cost him. He was one of the pioneers of X-ray treatment and began to be attacked 20 years
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  • 410 5 GERMANS URGED TO BE THRIFTY Berlin. Speaking at a savings bank congress at Essen, Dr. Schacht, President of the Reichsbank and acting Minister of Eco nomics. referred to the necessity for thrift in helping to finance the German rearmament programme. “The uninterrupted stream of savings which
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  • 233 5 Fate Of Officials Riga. Another batch of 16 persons has been shot in Leningrad recently after sentence by. a Court-martial. According to the official announcement they had been convicted of having conspired to murder members of the Soviet Government end wrecK the Soviet chemical works for
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  • 231 5 Nazi Concentration Cam ps Are Overcrowded Berlin: Herr Himmler, Nazi police chief, has just approved a sensational new measure which will exile many German Jews now in c icentration camps. Tiie reason is that Nazi concentration camps are overcrowded and the Nazi anth< rities do
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  • 100 5 ID Years For “Spirit Talk With Lenin” Helsingfors. The trial has been concluded at Moscow of 25 Komsomol (Communist Youth organisation» members charged with having arranged and participated in spiritualistic seances during which they held intercourse with the Trotskyist spirit world, including such liquidated traitors as Kameneff
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    • 288 5 (Blake were hoping you'lJ WAII f will you take Ax PLAY IN THE MATCH ON S ME OFF SATURDAY. YOU WER.E S jgCTS, I'M TIRED OUT W WELL LAST SEASON J| what, after /X gjg w 1 three overs ?gr l Ww me» 'Ss'grlji// f*LI afraid I'M I/ 'I I
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    • 80 5 To Banish Travel Fatigue vou may always depend on ”47//” Genuine Eau de Cologne. A few drops inhaled from the handkerchief or dabbed on temples or forehead will alleviate headache and migraine, will soothe jaded nerves and ensure fresh vitality. -4711” Bath Soap First-class cleansing power, rich lather and lingering
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  • 1756 6 FOLK-DAY MEETING AT IPOH The following is a full list of horses and ponies in training for the Perak Turf Club Autumn Meeting to be run at Ipoh on Oct 16 19. 21 and 23. The meeting was t have been only a three-day affair but.
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  • 656 6 POLICE THEORY CHANCED No Foul Play HANGED FROM BEAM IN ROOM “At the time ot the tragedy, there were several aspects in the case which led the police to suspect that there was an element ol toul play, hut at present the police have
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  • 48 6 Bangkok To Supersede Penang (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Oct. 9. The Imperial plane left Bangkok this morning on an experimental flight overland to Hong Kong via Hanoi, Probably later on the mails for Hong Kong will go direct instead of via Penang.
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  • 177 6 Volunteers Di Fund Against Regular* (From Our Own Correspond'i t u Singapore, Oct. 10. A mimic war, In which practically the army and volunteer forces took was staged in Singapore over the we end. The regulars did the attacking i the volunteers the defending. Five battalions
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 291 6 n«»B»BflicB« ««ssaaaaanEa»» fcjYjfqplFSßF 6.15 OPENING TONIGHT 9.30 More Laughs Than Thrills’. More Thrills Than Romance And More Romance Than You've Ever Seen In Ain Picture! H J E VER BROS. NEll EST COMEDY HIT Living as every man wants to live! z< "X ■B0B» H(£ MV 9£ST\ Loving as every
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    • 127 6 i K RoyaL 6.30 TONIGHT 9.30 The Most Thrilling Cantonese T.Hki “CHEE TIEN" Starring Miss Chen Lee Lee. PACKED WITH THRILLS, ACTION AND MAGIC. Next Change ANOTHER POPULAR CANTGN 1 TALKIE! “COUNTRY GIRL’S ROMANCI 7' Starring Misses Lam Mooi Mow I Kok and many other brilliai Greeted By Packed House
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  • A PAGE OF AUSTRALIAN NEWS
    • 275 7 Action Snap Ready In 40 Seconds A camera which will take a race finish, develop and print the plate, and have the finished article in the judge’s hand forty seconds after the horses have passed the post, is the invention claimed by Mr. George D. Malcolm, chief
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    • 428 7 Development Of Strength To Be Policy CO-OPERATION WITH FLEETS OF EMPIRE URGED Deloraine (Tasmania). “We cannot shut our eyes to the fact that there are aggressive nations that may disturb our peace,” declared Mr. Lyons, the Commonwealth Prime Minister in his policy
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    • 181 7 Budget Surplus: No New Taxes Wellington. Mr. Walter Nash, Minister of Finance, presenting the New Zealand Labour Government’s second Budget declared that New Zealand is enjoying a greater measure of prosperity than she has experienced for years. "Revenues,” he said “are buoyant, and are estimated to meet
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    • 88 7 Sydney. Opera-hatted theatre patrons, escorting bejewelled and fashionably-attired women, will soon become regular features of the night life of King’s Cross. Two new theatres, a roof restaurant, cabaret, and other attractions will be in operation by the middle of next year, when a comprehensive
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    • 134 7 Two Arrests For Death Of Briton Perth (Western Australia). A young Englishman, Edward Joseph Wilkins, disappeared while on a dogtrapping expedition in the Western Australian “back blocks” a year ago. A police search party has found his skeleton in the desert. He had been speared twice by
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    • 114 7 Premier’s Policy Praised Sydney: Special taxation concessions to wage-earners with large families, it is understood, will be a feature of the State Budget, though the exact form in which 'here concessions will appear has not yet been decided. Treasury officials have been preparing tentative
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    • 117 7 Canberra. One of the keenest discussions on politica 1 rec cid has arisen over the reversal of the Speaker's ruling in the House of Representatives The Speaker (Mr. Bell) ruled that he could not order the withdrawal of a statement by Mr. Ward that the Prime
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    • 117 7 Taxi-Drivers Need Number Plates Sydney: Battered old hansom cabs, relics of a generation that knew not the motor car or the aeroplane, have been made by a magic talisman more valuable than many a shining new limousine. The talisman is the number-plate, which, because of
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    • 135 7 Passengers’ Narrow Escape Adelaide. Two passengers had remarkable escapes from injury when the side of a passenger train was torn out in a collision. When a tra n. travelling from Semaphore (i Adelaide, was moving out of Glanville Station, a light locomotive, which had been
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    • 514 7 NEW CITY REACHES TO THE SKY Sydney: Under the eyes of Sydney citizens a new city is reaching towards the sky. Given its first impetus by the opening of the Harbour Bridge, the extension oi Martin-place and the widening of Elizabeth street, the new
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    • 441 7 ■J -u TpleK r a m s extensions, i t |r Gazette” I’enang. 8l»««p» re '"'''Gfil Street, SingaporenSeMH. Tel:“TtaSingapore. fiuala un,pur 2 5 > "java Street, phone 3683. Ipoh'Hhce: BreWgter Road. Phone 268. jyjndon J 3 F|eet Slree t, London phone entral 3608 —3609 lei Leadmalaya London. subscription rates Penang
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    • 351 7 MUNICIPAL NOTICE 5 5 An Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal 5 Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the 12th instant. 1 (Bv Order) < T. W. DOUGLAS, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. RANTAU TIN DREDGING CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE
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    • 293 7 3^*6 A Jpk-M n7u H 3 h «pi O /0 M CTv l ,a < z-., Y U’.P.S. izi Itch is More Than Skin Deep Doctor Tells How To End Itch in 7 Minutes. Your skin has nearly 50 million tiny seams and pores where invisible germs, parasites, or fungus
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  • 506 8 THE attention of the Committee was called to the growing tendency cn the part of the Government to frame new ordinances and to amend old ordinances in such a manner that legislation is enacted in the form of a skeleton bill whereunder the Gove: nor-in-Council is empowered
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  • 318 8 Dr. Ong Chong Keng’s Motion At Tomorrow’s Meeting The agenda for the fortnightly meet ng of the Penang municipal commissioners tomorrow evening is as follows: To confirm minutes of last Ordinary Meeting held on the 28th September 1937. Any special business the President may bring forward. Questions.
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  • 203 8 MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR CHINA Sir, —At a committee meeting of the ‘enang Medical Practitioners’ Society held last night it was unanimously decided to organise a “Red Cross Fund” to be used exclusively for the purchase of medical and surgical requisites for the use of the casualties
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  • 593 8 The Majesty of ex-Kings “Nothing to Wear” Jubilee Fund Helps 2,300 people THE majesty of kings is nothing to the majesty of ex-Kings. We have Alfonso, ex-King of Spain, declaring from the comparative safety of an armchair in London’s Savoy Hotel, that he will not allow his
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  • 442 8 Increased Expenditure And Income For 1938 The Municipal Draft Budget for 1938 I does not show any startling surprises but the estimated expenditure shows a rise of $146,981 and the estimated revenue shows an increase of $118,886. The position was that on Jan. 1 this year I
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  • 69 8 The Iraq Government handed -J the British Charge d’affaires a ,rieri protest against the strong measures t against the Arab leaders in Palestine 1 Smyrna.—BOW. A British naval division am 1 Ceshmeh Scalanova in Aegean. whi< accordance with Anglo-Turkish aii.uments, British warships use as a
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    • 250 8 I LIJ I *8 a I 1 wepol iSll|Sl|o a® reßlewj V^J^TyV miO vNO FINER WHISKY tllffcfe cGOESINTO ANY BOTTLE; < -w. JSO&ff AGENTS JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD., PENANG (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE KDALA LUMPUR IPOH vow want to LOOK SMART FEEL SMART JkBB AND BE SMART flnK call at
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    • 132 8 .Anew cwfi?--The cook has not changed, nor has the recipe except that Maggi’s Seasoning is now used in the kitchen. A few drops work wonders if added, just before serving. to an insipid dish, weak soup, stew, gravy or Maggi’s Seasoning is’utteriy different from spicy table sauces or condiments. It
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  • 417 9 .—Reuter. Prominent Local Indian on Saturday at his Kiln Road. residenc< Joshi, retired Aargeon, F.M.S. Det 60 had not been in time and last ly fl] with brancho- a well-known i a prominent part the Indian Community orn in Bombay in 1878 ,r receiving his
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  • 693 9 Dr. Kung’s Declaration In Singapore AGGRESSOR TO BE RESISTED TO THE BITTER END (From Our Own Correspondent)' Singapore, Oct. 10. Japan s militarists stand indicted before a world horrified by Japanese lawlessness and brutality” declared Dr. H. H. Kung, China’s Vice-Premier and Minister
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  • 211 9 Fresh Aspects Of The Boycott (From Our Own Correspondent I Singapore, Oct. 10. Japanese in Malaya, are beginning to to view with perturbation certain aspects of the boycott launched against them b.y the Chinese. House rents are being increased, in some cases by more than 50
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  • 276 9 Quiet Ceremony At Town Hall Twenty-six years ago yesterday, the Chin ese National Republic was born through the s renuous efforts of Dr. Sun Yat sen and his band of faithful followers. The celebration of the Chinese National day the Double Tenth—yesterday in Penang, as well
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  • 454 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) ij Singapore, Oct. 10. 1 A was created in the lounge of the Lloyd Trienstino liner Victoria just before it left,, taking Dr. H. H.I Kung, China’s Finance Minister, back to China, when a small Japanese endeavoured to make
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 44 9 THE WORLD OPTICAL Co., MANUFACTURING OPTICIANS, 24, Leith Street, Penang. S.S. glasses and frames to FAVOUR YOUR COMPLEXION UTE TESTING FREE. E. O. HOTEL PENANG. i i WEDNESDAY, 13th OCTOBER DINNER DANCE THURSDAY SATURDAY NEXT DINNER DANCES WHEN VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT RAFFLES HOTEL.
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    • 216 9 Do did! Conquer Weakness after Malaria **ln malaria Sanatogen has a most rtmarhable effect on the debilitated system. The strength to resist the weakening influence of the malaria parasites returns, the number of red blood corpuscles increases and the patient gains in body weight, and within a short time feels
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  • 945 10 Sungei Tukong Rubber The twelfth annual general meeting of Sungei Tukong Rubber Plantations, Ltd., ■was held on Sept. 30 at 19, Fenchurchstreet, EC. Mr. A. H. Doherty (the chairman) said: Gentlemen,—The area under rubber has been increased by an adjoining 270 acres purchased in February this year. The
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  • 504 10 Gross Profits Advance By £168,400 To £1,663,100 Record results were achieved by Austin Motor Co., Ltd., in the year to July 31 last. Gross trading profits advanced by £168,429, to £1,*****5» and after increasing the tax allocation from £165 000 to £250,000, earnings on the
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  • 18 10 Sungei Way Dredging Limited. Output July/Sept. 1937 (Restricted» piculs 4,510.00; Estimated Costs £16,600; Estimated Value £38,300.
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  • 48 10 Pahang Consolidated. —final dividend for the year ended July 7 Is. 6d. per share less tax making 50 per cent for the year payable in London on November 5 to shareholders on the register at October 5. The Annual Meeting will be held on November 2.
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  • 310 10 MONDAY, OCTOBER 11 MEAT Cts Beef Steak Kati 34 Stew or Curry do 24 Pork lean <l 48 Pork lean and fat Ist quality do Mutton (Goat) 40 N. Indies local pur lb. Do Australian do 45 Fowl Kati 28 Capons locally reared do 58 Hen do
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  • 24 10 Ayer Molek Rubber Co., Ltd.. Rubber crop for the month of September 1937, was 24,132 lb Total for 11 months 221,738 lb.
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  • 22 10 Interim dividend 2’/2 per cent, actual, on old shares and 1 per cent., actual, on new shares (nil).
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  • 26 10 Interim dividend of 3 per cent, in respect of 1937, payable October 29. less tax. Transfer books closed for one day, October 7.
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  • 29 10 Final dividend of 12 per cent., payable October 21 to stockholders registered September 27, making 22 per cent., less tax (11 per cent.). Meeting, October 18.
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  • 28 10 Final dividend of 8 per cent., making 12 per cent., less tax (7’/ 2 per cent.), for year ended June 30, 1937. Meeting, October 21.
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  • 186 10 Like most other Malayan tin producers, the Renong Tin Dredging Company has made excellent progress recently. Profits for the year to June 30 show an increase of £20,296 at £70,086. The company is thus able to bring the distribution up to 27% per cent, compared with
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 218 10 Asthma Cause Killed in U Houts Thanks to the discovery of an physician, it now is possible t'...’. n those terrible spells of chokj n r '4 coughing and wheezing Asthma' the true cause which is Germs in th Y ne No more burning of powders no podermic injections This
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  • 261 11 What Have They Done To Deserve This Here is another of those pictures from tiie world’s war zones which touch the heart and stir the indignation of every lever of peace and justice. It arrived in London from Shanghai amt was taken shortly after Japanese
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  • 130 12 Secret Removal From Office Moscow. Adml. Orloff has been removed from the supreme command of the Red Navy. He had held it since 1926. His successor, Adml. Viktoroff, has been brought back from Vladivostok, where he commanded the Far Eastern Red Fleet. Adml. Orloff represented the
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  • 560 12 CARE OF THE ENGINE To every driver there is music in the purr of a contented engine. It is worth a little trouble to keep your engine fit. The procedure is simple—care in the garage, care on the road and always lubrication by shell. ON STARTING
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  • 283 12 Largest Gross Tonnage Per Head Of Population Oslo. It is unusual to find a shipowners’ association having its domicile and sphere of activities concentrated in a town of only 1,500 people. Yet there is one at Farsund, in Norway, called the Farsund Shipowners’ Association, and it
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  • 664 12 LATEST TIMES OF POSTING AIR MAIL A mail for Kuala Lumpur and Smu.! by Malayan Internal Air Servin 7 at 1.30 p.m. today. A mail for Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Nyasaland, South Africa. Nigeria and Coast via Singapore and thence by In r j
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1462 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES BERLIN NIROM BBC OJB 15.20 Mc/s 197 m. YD( 15 15 M cs i 5 .8 mJ DrfN 9.54 Me/» 31.45 m. TODAY mon the following wavelength»: D,E ,7 7 Mc/s 10.83 tu. DJQ 15.28 Me/» 19.63 no. p m. 1 RANJMIBBION S ass Mc/s SlBg 2.10
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    • 403 12 PENANG—ZHJ (WAVELENGTH —19.3 metres) TODAY p.m. 7.00 Time signal announcements for the week. 7.05 “Music of the Nations” No. II France: Vocal, instrumental orchestral programme. 8.05 Fred Hartley his Sextet, with Brian Lawrence, Vocalist (Rebreadcast from the 8.8. C.). 8.35 “Empire Exchange.” (from the B. B. C.). 8.50 What’s On
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  • 415 13 lually Designed Ships For Eoast al Service London. Messrs. Henry the motorship Spi- of Messrs. Wm. A sister ship. >t on an adjacent ceremony the dr ge company of j v otson, replying to to the new ship he looked forward "ork of the Spinel ter sh
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  • 683 13 M.v. ‘GLENAPP’ from Ear East via Singapore—sails same dav for Colombo, Suez, Port Said; London Rotterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp. S.S. AGAMEMNON’ from Liverpool sails for Manila, Hongkong Japan M.S. I AIJ IN MARL’ from Japan via S’pore sails same day for Colombo, Bombay, and Karachi. S.S.
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  • 181 13 Nofm egian Company's Expansion The Norwegian shipping company Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskap is expected to come in the shipbuilding market shortly with no fewer than seven new contracts. Tenders have been invited from a number of shipyards for five ships of two sizes, viz., three of
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 463 13 BLUE funnel line LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT Leaves Due iin conjunction with Glen Shire Line) Penang London i/don, R’dam, H’burg, A’werp M’borough Oct. 12 Nov 12 Mais.. Udon, R’dam, H’burg Glasgow Oct. 15 Nov in n R’dam, H’burg, Hull Swansea Oct *>i Nov' 17 LIVERPOOL SERVICE Livc ih, Liverpool Broniborough
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    • 110 13 PRESIDENT LIMFR- SAILINKHTO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. LEAVE Arrive Arrive FENANG Marseilles New York S.S. PRES. HAYES Oct. 21 Nov. 17 Nov. 30 S.S. PRES. MONROE Nov. 4 Dec. 1 Dec. 14 A wonderful opportunity to visit Cairo en route. PACIFIC SERVICE. Have you travelled on our New Liners Tne President
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    • 933 13 p A O and 1 W BRITISH INDIA (incorporated In England.) PORT SWETTENHAM S.S. “Kaji LAFORE 1 SAILING TH I RSDAY, 14th OCTOBER a Peninsular and Oriental v contract with Hi s Majesty’s> rnv” Te l”k Anson, Port ixmdon for China Japan. S/S “BULAN” *S/S “BHUTAN” dUe PeDan 1937 S/S
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  • 254 14 COLOURS DEFEAT WHITES I Selection Going To Be Difficult In a rugger trial <m the Esplanade on Saturday, Colours, the probable State side, defeated Whites (the Rest) bv I I points (one goal and 3 tries) to nil. 'I he Whites, however, put up a spirited
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  • 193 14 P.F.S. Overwhelmed In their annual inter-school rugger match on Saturday the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Star, overwhelmed the Penang Free School at Penang by 26 points (four goals two tries i to 3 points (one try». The Collegians were too strong for the homesters who only crossed
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  • 188 14 Visitors Superior I r rum Our Own Correspondent. Ipoh, Oct. 9. in an inter-state r..gby friendly on the jti .ang tins cccnng Perak defeated Negri.aiac a by 5 po.nts (a penalty goal) to nil. inc penalty was given for feet up in the crum
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  • 193 14 Caldwell Plays A Magnificent Game (From Our Own Co respondent» Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. Water, mud, and thirty men scrambling for an invisible object were almost ell that spectators saw at today's Selangor rugby trial on the padang. It was the second State trial and selectors were given
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  • 73 14 Reuter. Memphis, Tenessee, Oct. 10. In the final of the American Women’s Golf Championship Mrs. Julius Page Sedgef eld. N. C. beat Miss Patty Berg, the 19-year-old Curtis Cup player 7 and 6. Afiss Pam Barton, the holder, did not defend her title. In the quarter-f
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  • 180 14 Slow Work This Morning (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh Oct. li. Slow work was gone through at the Ipoh racecouice this morning by animals trainng for the Autumn Meeting opening on Saturday. those earliest to be out were Explode Woods who looked well in a steady canter
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  • 254 14 Chong Tee And Chin lee Enter Final Tan Chong Tee, Singapore singles badminton shampion, and Yap Chin Tee qualified for the final of the Singapore singles Championship on Saturday, while Mrs. Chionh Hiok Chor (nee Miss Wang Siew Fng) again qualified for the women’s singles final. Our
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  • 244 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar Excellent progress has been made in the Muar District Badminton Association interparty tournament and the final is expected to be played this week-end. In the semi-finals the Floodlight B.P. beat the Police B.F. by 4 games to 1. The Police were unfortunate
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  • 43 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Oct. 10. The British Minister arrived at noon today and was welcomed by the legation and staff of the Siamese Foreign Office French Charge d'affaires the British Association. British Legion, and Siam Society
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  • 364 14 Saturday’s Home Soccer (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Oct. 10. A crowd of 76,000 saw Chelsea force the Arsenal to a draw, Kirchen, the Gunners’ outside-right, scored twice in five minutes. Mills and Argue equalised, the second goal being obtained during a most thrilling, though unscientific,
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  • 83 14 The Ipoh Corinthians travelled to Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to play the Selangor Chinese Recreation Club in a return match at the Kuala Lumpur Stadium in aid of the China Distress Relief Fund. They were the better team but their forwards fa led to make
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  • 240 14 TWO GOAL VICTORY The Sepoy Lines Recreation Club received a surprise at the hands of the Malay Recreation Club in their second division cup-tie on Saturday on the Dato Kramat ground, being beaten by two goals to nil. The Malays thoroughly deserved their victory. Ihe Sepoy
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  • 125 14 John Henry Lewis, the negro light weight champion of the world, has co defend his title against McAv British middleweight champion dale. The fight will be one of 15 and will take place in London in N The terms for the fight have been
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  • 87 14 Good Defence ork On Both Sides There were four exceptionally good defender ir yesterday’s hockey mat. h between the St .Xavier’s Institution, ana the Ang.e Chinese School, at the Suffolk Ground, which resulted in a draw Boon Choo and Hock Soon for the St.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 131 14 ALLSOPPS eveiy time C aidbeck’s lllgj Pl 'I I B Ijilli II M tl h ill II Fire, Fall and Hili Thief Resisting. 1 THE CHATWOOD "DUPLEX" SAFE.. Specially designed to meet the needs of the Householder, the Trader, and Jrganisations possessing numerous branches throughout which the type of safe
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 240 14 WEMBLEY PARK GATE ADMISSION 10CTS. AS USUAL TONIGHT M onday 11th. October 1937 DEAN’S STAR OPERA OPERA ODEON ORIENTAL Jointly Present “Banjar Berkumpai Darah Puteh” CAPITAL TALKIES “Back To Nature” or Chinese Tarzan. SUN CHOONG CANTONESE OPERA: “Pone Wye Now Kwan Loon” Part 4 Half Seat Collection Nightly for one
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  • 1581 15 —Reuter. A. Again The League Leaders SATURDAY’S RESULTS LATEST POSITIONS v, t-r\ over Portsmouth on Saturday, Charlton are now the .placing Bolton Wandeners, who dropped full points to 1 "IK H ,A i ucre shot down six positions. n division, Coventry maintain their
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  • 672 15 Handicaps For First Day The following are the handicaps for the first day of the Perak races on Oct. 16: Horses, Class 1, Div. 1, 5 Furs. Str. 12 0 RESTRICTION 9 00 2 4 0 THEBEZ 8.13 13 4 SUNSHINE SUE 8 12 10 0 WICKLOW
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  • 763 15 S.A.H. College’s Good Start At Rugger And Hockey (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Oct. <9. THE Sultan Abdul Hamid College seems to be the only institution in Kedah interested in rugger. The College finished their inter-house regger competition some time ago. This competition gave the boys
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  • 253 15 Alter 8 Years Suffering with Gastric Ulcers People suffering from gastric ulcers have always the dread possibility hanging over them that their condition will eventually lead to the operating table. That was the caso with this man, who tried all kinds of treatment for
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  • 85 15 Cambridge’s Runaway Victory London, Oct. 9. The results of Rugby Union matches played today are as follows: Birkenhead Park 20 Liverpool 3 Bristol 15 Bath 3 Cambridge University 36 Old Leysians 0 Cardiff 20 Gloucester 6 Coventry 19 London Welsh 6 Harlequins 21 Portsmouth Services Ih Newport 26 Blackheath
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 90 15 Woman and home, home and children, there is unconscious harmony in these words. No home can be happy unless mother is carefree and baby contented. The wise mother realises this early and weans baby on “Lactogen”. “Lactogen” is whole milk containing all the essential vitamins for baby’s healthy and progressive
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 73 15 By J. MILLAR WATT "If-AND THERE.? I AND DID YOU NOT GOING UP, U THIRTY FEET FROM THE I f REACH IT O RiJT I (GRABBED IT u h OKOUNO THS B 2,750 1 jumped T-g-Agana z-rs. zj FOR rrr J > V -HER! i WAS THE I iTil I
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  • 115 16 TIN PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON—(Spot) £240. 5. 0 No market LONDON—(3 months) £239. 0 No market SINGAPORE $ll9 00 $118.25 BUSINESS DONE FENANG $119.00 $117.37J BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) 5.60 5.50 BLACK PEPPER $lO.OO $lO.OO RUBBER:LONDON 8 d NEW YORK 16£c(G) No market SINGAPORE—Spot 27ic 27Jc Oct./Dec 27;c
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 137 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Ayer Molek 1.15 1.25 ex Bedford 1.15 1.25 ex Eukit Kepong 1.121- 1.20 ex Jimah 1.30 1.40 ex Kempas 2.30 2.45 Parit Perak 2.25 2.35 ex Sungei Tukang 1-25 1.35 c MINING: Ampat 56 60 Bangrin 24 1 9 253 Batu Selangors 1.87 191 Hong
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    • 184 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.85 1.90 Hitam -40 .42J Hong Fatt 1.25 1.27 i Rahman Hyd. 1.35 1.40 Rantau Ordy. 1.87 a 1.921 Rantau Pref. 1.871 1.921 Taiping Cons. 1.75 1.80 Talam 1.70 1.75 Ulu Klang 1.121 1.171 Bangrin 25 0 256 Jelapang 40 0 42
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    • 87 16 umdon on Lai~u 155& New York 4 GeneV 8 96 8.96 Amsterdam 89 12.33 12.331 Berh 19 391 19.391 Stockholm 22 40 22.40 jopenhagen J 9 90 26J 264 Vienna 141 9 16 Prague 22( g Helsingfors Z2b 8 Sa arid 55.00 nominal 110 ns 547 5471 Athans
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    • 127 16 London, Oct. 9. RUBBER Easy.— London 8 buyers 8 t h sellers November buyers 8J sellers Jan./Mar. 8& buyers 8J sellers April/June 81 buyers 8,% sellers NEW YORK 16.75 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 28,469 tons Liverpool 21,320 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (Oct.) 15.10. 0 PEPIER:
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    • 22 16 TIN Singapore $118.25 Per pkl. Penang $117.371/2 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Sjxit 27|4>c Per lb. Penang Spot 271/oc Per lb.
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    • 153 16 TIN Buyers Sellers Ampats 5|3 5,9 Ayer Hitams 31’3 32|3 Bangrins 24|9 25j3 Batu Selangors 1.87 1.90 Burma Malays 30|9 31j9 Hong Fatts 1.25 1.27 A Jelapangs 4016 4116 Jelebus .95 .98 Johans .38 .40 K. Kamuntings 11|6 12’0 Kamuntings 12|3 12)9 K. Lanjuts 24|3 24|9 Katus 2510
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    • 231 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Ayer Panas 1.471 1.55 Bassetts .671 -721 B. Lintangs 1.271 1.321 Bedfords 1.221 1.271 Eentas 1.271 1.321 Brogfis .871 -921 Pajams 2.00 2.071 S. Tukangs 1.25 1.30 Indragi ris 1.471 1-55 Pindas 1.471 1.55 Mentakabs .421 .45 N. Scudai 1.45 1.50 Nyalas i.oo 1.05 Ulu
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 856 16 NOTICE Notice is hereby given) for general information that the Government of Pahang Is prepared for a period of 5 years commencing from the Ist October, 1937, to consider applications from suitable applicants for the alienation by means of grants under the Land Code of blocks of land of not
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    • 808 16 banks INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK- i'HE MEKCANTILE B\.XR INDIALN OVLn. O| |NI)IA ITh LTD. (Incorporated in England) (Incorporated British India) Capital Authorised < Nr Capital Subscribed Ux/.,/ Reserve Fund and Rest £1.247 Head Office: 11/12. First Line Beach, Capital Paid Up Madras. -1 and BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Branches Karaikudi an o
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