Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 January 1938

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 3. Vol. XCVL TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 97 1 Reuter. Chinese Prospects of »!♦>% Retaking Hangchow SEVERE FIGHTING NEAR WEST LAKE Shanghai, Jan. 3Chinese reoccupation of Hangchow is only a matter of time, according to the Chinese Ironside,’" General Chang Fah-kwei, who is direeting the Chinese coun-ter-blow. He claims that Japanese forces in the city
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  • 31 1 U S Talking Further Cut America is talking of the International Rubber Regulation Committee being forced to consider a further curtailment of the quota release. See page 16
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  • 30 1 .Reuter. I .S. Decision On Foreign Metal New York, Jan. 3. Dow Jones learns Jioritatively from Washington that the i'r- isury will not change the current price foreign silver.
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  • 72 1 Leases London For South Of France Mr. Anthony Eden. Foreign Secretary, ft London yesterday for the south of «nee where he will spend a short holiday. It is expected that he will remain «i re until he leaves for Geneva to attend League Counc 1 on January 17.
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  • 31 1 Berlin. Jan. 3.M. Goga has telegraph11- rr Hitler expressing friendship, ttvrt Hitler has replied with warmest 'hanks. Reuter. M Goga has already telegraphed greet Britain, Russia and Czechoslovakia.
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  • 92 1 Reuter I MERGENCY MEASURES \T HONG KONG Hongkong, Jan. 4.The Government 'inounces a revival of the emergency reflations enforced in 1931 giving very wide wers. Any vagrant may be arrested I banished untried from Hong Kong unthe regulations. A censorship of teler mis and letters is possible as
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  • 81 1 .Reuter. Sinooth Working Of Constitution Calcutta. Jan. 3. Looking back over eight months. I see no reason whatever for dissatisfaction or apprehension regarding the future working of the new Constitution,” declared the Viceroy. Lord Linlithgow. in a speech. He added that when ministers were facing new* possibilities, it
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  • 45 1 Reuter. Fierce Fighting In Bitter Cold Barcelona. Jan. 3.Notwithstanding bitter cold and several feet of snow, both sides are fiercely battling for Teruel. The Government claim that the Republican flag is flying over the Civil Government building which their forces captured this morning.
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  • 319 1 Reuter. 8.8. C. Arabic Broadcast r the first time Arabic-speaking peoof the Near East last evening heard a H «gramme broadcast in Arabic from London. After music and announcements, mes- :t-s of greeting were read by repiesentl! »s of Arabic-speaking peoples. Prince *'*-f ul Islam
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  • 66 1 .Reuter. Pandemonium In Parliament Cairo, Jan. 3.Uproar broke out in Parliament when the Secretary read the Prorogation Decree. Nahas Pasha was called to order when he rose to speak but remained on his feet shouting in the name of the Fatherland.” The President cleared the press and public
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  • 86 1 Mr. F. V. Wylie Appointed Governor Sir Hyde Gowan having expressed a desire for domestic reasons to be relieved in the spring of 1938. the King has accepted his resignation as from May 27 and approved the appointment of Mr. F. V. Wylie, at present Resident of Jaipur,
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  • 43 1 Death Duties totalling £427,739 are payable on the estate which has been proved at £1,018.201 of the London solicitor, Sir George Fowler, who died in October. Re venue has already benefited this financial year by Duties on several seven figure estates.
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  • 39 1 For the second day in succession, fog interfered with the movement of shipping on the Clyde yesterday. Clydeside was the coldest spot in the country, thirteen degrees of frost being registered. Snow fell in and around London.
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  • 50 1 New George VI five-shilling pieces which have gone into circulation through the Bank of England are m such demand that they have changed hands for ss. 6d. each. No Edward VII crowns were issued, but there ioas a special Ju- bilee issue of George V crowns.
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  • Article, Illustration
    117 1 A new type of gun with which you can't immpj the enemy? An invention for find ng out year complexes and reflexes, your veracity or otherwise t Any other ideas? No? Then see foot of column. THIS IS WHAT Picture at top of column is of a
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  • 147 1 Tone And Substance Please London The tonp and substance of Mr. Roosevelt’s speech are much welcomed inr authontat ve British circles. The President’s heartening remarks w th regard to democracy are considered particularly timely and are entirely shared as also are his references with regard to treaty
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  • 65 1 Terrific Casualties On Both» Sides Chinese planes bombed concentrations of Japanese at Tsinan and Taian yesterday, states a Sin Chew Jit Poh cable, and destroyed a huge store of food and arms. Several bombs were dropped on Taian. causing scores of Japanese casualties. Heavy casualties were suffered
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  • 64 1 (From Our Own Correspondent) London. Jan. 3. Estimates of tin stocks on Dec. 31 are as follows: world stocks 25,711 an increase of 2,384 tons; U.S.A, stocks 3,385 tons, an increase of 1,100 tons. Strauss and Co. estimate world viable stocks at 24,241 tons, an increase
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  • 171 1 Anti-British Propaganda In Near East Reuter. The British Zionist meeting under the presidency of Lady Reading last night passed a resolution affirming the rights ot Jews to create their own state, and recording opposition to any Palestine solution based on making Jews a
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  • 155 1 Fuehrer And Duce To Ape Ancient Emperors Rome, Jan. 3. A new railway station is to be built at Rome for Hitler’s visit in the spring. The distance from the present station to the Palazzo Venezia is too short for the magnificent Roman car which it
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  • 39 1 The King and Queen have pi Rented two of a new Patte»^^”’^^ ct. James’ Park under a s f h Commissioner of Works by wmeu p,«vate doners are gradually replacing o’d cast iron seats in London parks.
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  • 325 2 JUDGE’S PROMISE TO CLOCK THIEF Sentence Postponed For Year Tell the accused 1 will postpone sentence for 12 months and in the meantime if he behaves himself and keeps out of trouble nothing will happen to him,” said Mr. E. N. Taylor, the Penang
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  • 185 2 Cast Copper Coins Of Christian Era New Delhi: Recent excavations carried out by the Archaeological Department of the Government of India in the eastern Punjab and the Un ted Provinces are expected to yield promising results Two hoards of cast copper coins which were in use
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  • 104 2 British Wireless. Carol Lends An El Greco London, Jan. 3: The Royal Academy Winter Exhibition of Seventeenth Century Art in Europe was opened today. With one magnificent exception, namely El Greco’s Nativi* y” lent by the King of Rumania, all pictures shown are owned in England and
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  • 188 2 Big British Plans For Expansion London. Jan. 3: The British Iron and Steel Federation summing up the trade position in an end of year review, says. The steel industry enters upon 1938 at a record rate of output in the hope of reducing undelivered orders
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  • 119 2 Anniversary Celebration Of Literary Circle A gathering of over 200 were present at the Shanghai Hotel on Saturday evening F.’ev.- Year’s Day. at the function held un.er the auspices of the North Malaya Literary Circle in celebration of its anniversary founding. For four hours the audience was
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  • Article, Illustration
    12 2 -One Of the boo. at Wh.p tapped roarmg for his meal.
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  • 258 2 Sailed By Simple Life*” Artist (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Jan. 2. One of the smallest and lightest-built boats ever to put into Singapore from a distant overseas port, the 21ft. yacht Farys, is shortly expected here on the way to Europe. She is sailed
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  • 78 2 with 17 companions in an open boat British Wireless. Biigli’s Own Story In British Museum London, Jan. 3: Among the interesting documents which have been added to the Public Record Office in the Museum is a file of the despatches sent to the Admiralty by Lieutenant
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  • 74 2 Reuter. Haul In Libya Jerusalem. Jan. 3: According to Arab sources, the Lebanese Police have seized a large haul of arms in Tripoli where rifles, revolvers, machine-guns and dynamite have been discovered. It is supposed that the arms were ready for removal by Palest ne terrorists.
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  • 31 2 Reuter. Moscow, Jan. 3: Eght prominent Soviet leaders implicated in a plot to overthrow the Government in Armenia have been sentenced to death in Erivan Reuter.
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  • 41 2 Admiralty and Air Ministry.British Wireless. London, Jan. 3: The British Defence Staff Mission to Portugal will leave London early next month. It will be composed of representatives of the War Office, Admiralty and Air Ministry.British Wireless.
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  • 39 2 Reuter. Prague, Jan. 3: The first two groups of Jewish refugees from Rumania, chiefly women and children, have arrived in Uzhorod in eastern Czechoslovakia where a relief fund is being opened. More refugees are expected.Reuter.
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  • 35 2 Where the shopping rush ends the transput rush beg.ns. Picture shows a train of motor-drawn trollies tackling the job at Kings Cross Station of conveying Chr.stmas gifts to a north-bound express.
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  • 57 2 Machines Flown By Russians Shanghai. Jan. 3: Chinese planes, believed to be Soviet-built and possibly flown by Soviet airmen, bombed Nanking today, according to a very rel able foreign report It is claimed that two Japanese bombers were destroyed The visit was the First since the
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  • 38 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Jan. 3 According to the M nistry of Economics, Siam’s current year's rice crop allows for 1,600,000 metric tons to be exported if markets can be found
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  • 32 2 Reuter. Shanghai, Jan. 3: Over 5,000 Chinese ex-residentg with special passes crossed the Western Perimeter in Shanghai into Japanese-occupied territory which was re- opened this morning.
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  • 48 2 .Reuter. London, Jan. 3j Nine Labour Commoners including four Opposition frontbenchers have left London to visit Spain on the invitation of the Spanish Govern ment. Another party, including leaders of railwaymen and miners will make a similar visit in ten days time.
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  • 380 2 Coroner Rebukes Grandfat her Of Drowned Boy (From Our Own Correspondent t Alor Star. Jan 3 You should have rushed the child t hospital, not called the bomoh to cur him,” said Che Azmi, Chief MagistralAlor Star, s tting a s coroner, yesterdax when
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  • 193 2 Better Service For Public < From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. Jan. 3. 1 he premises of the Jalan Langgar Transoort Company Ltd. waa filled to capacity on Jan. 1 when the opening ceremony was performed by Che Ismail Merican. By noon the time scheduled for
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  • 75 2 Mannar i India): Searching in the grass foz her lost money, an 80-year-old .voman. named Mariachi, of defective eyesight, grabbed at -what she mistook for a currency note, and kept her hand tightly closed over it. When she released her hold a considerable t
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  • 246 3 Reuter. Sinn Elushed With Momentary Triumph Jan. 3: Dr. Quo Tai-chi, interconcerning the. Japanese peace lid The inevitable impression 01 :n.s of not merely China but the that they aie only describable as x Japonica. .1 ipanese have a peculiar conceptuace, both m methods approaching then securing
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  • 320 3 Mi A. D. Herbert recently caused a stir Commons when he made an outspoken Poi llation Statistics .“Nosey Bill, which has since been amendH. concluded his speech with these versesi K n.x <i rumour going round T' <• 11 ome Tar was soon to
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  • 88 3 Hou- Kong, )an. 3: With the war clouds slowly con yer gt<> the southern provinces of China, reiugees ant exacuec. I( di thousands are pouring out of the country. n tint) icia sets the Chinese refugee, population in Hong Kong at That number is still
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  • 356 3 Distorted Xews: Peasants In Distress: Wounded Smuggled In Reuter. PEOPLE DON’T CARE FOR WAR OR VICTORY CELEBRATIONS Tokio Resident’s Vivid Story Shanghai. Jan. 3: A vivid picture of conditions in Japan was painted by a British reside it in Tokyo passing through Shanghai. He says
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  • 1040 3 Roosevelt's Congress Speech Reuter. Washington. Jan. 3: Unswerving faith in the iuture of democratic government was expressed by President Roosevelt in his eagerly awaited address to the second regular session of t’ne Seventy-Fifth Cmgiess. He said. In spite of the determination of this nation for peace
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  • 24 3 Sir Robert Hodgson, chief British Agent attached to the insurgent authorities in Spain, has'arrived at Salamanca to take up his duties.
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  • 51 3 Reuter. Theory Of Forced Landing In Mountains It is believed that Maryse Hilsz, the missing airwoman who was last seen over Jask yesterday, may have been forced to land in the mountains of Iran, in which case it is improbable that there will be news of her for
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  • 125 3 .Reuter. London. Jan. 3: On the Stock Exchange uncertainty regarding the future of the American silver policy has caused operators to mark time. Business consequently is meagre, in most. Gilt-edged responded to buying by big institutions together with some reinvestment. On inquiry Kaffirs held firm. Japanese
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  • 126 3 Increased ages For Bus Drivers i From Our Own Correspondent i Sungei Patani. Jan. 2. All bus drivers in Sungei Patani, working with th-e Lean Seng Bus Company and driving from here to Gurun and back under the indentification mark of a green triangle, went
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  • 17 3 Picture shows a programme being televised from the BBC. television station at Alexandra Palace, London.
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  • 612 4 FURTHER REWARDS FOR TROOPS Airman’s Efforts To Save Plane’s Crew A hd RTII h'.R list of rewards for gallantry in W aziristan, XorthWest hronGer, «hiring the period Jan. 17 to Sept. 1?, W 37, appeared in the London Gazette recently. Ihe King nas given orders ror
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  • 303 4 Joint Military And Political Control LESSONS OF THE CAMPAIGN New Delhi. It was announced recently that Gen. Sir John Colei idge. General Officer Commanding in-Chief, Northern Command. had handed over the combined military and political command in Waziristan to MajGen. A. F. Hartley. The change confirms
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  • 61 4 This evening at the Esplanade from 6 00 p.m .to 7.30 p.m. Al archLight Of Foot Latan Overture- La Couronne d’Or Hermann. Suite From Meadow To Mayfair I. Rus tic Dance. II A Song By The Way. 11l Evening In Town Coates. Cornet Solo Macushla Macmurrough. SelectionTop Hat.Berlin
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  • 28 4 A MODEL OF LADY GODIVA in sugar exhibited at the Hotel, Restaurant and Catering Exhibition at Olympia. It took J/9 weeks to make.
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  • 365 4 Viceroy’s Praise SUCCESS OF PROVINCIAL AUTONOMY Calcutta. Addressing the Associated Chambers of Commerce here, the Viceroy, alluding to the success so far of Provincial Autonomy, said he was encouraged by seeing the manner in which their heavy responsibilities were being met by Ministers of every party
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  • 170 4 Towards Normal Sir John Coleridge’s Return Delhi. In view of the improvement in the Frontier situation. Sir John Coleridge. General Officer Commanding in-Chief, Wazirforce,” has handed over the military command and political control in Waziristan to Major-General A.F. Hartley. The Wazir. rorce” as such has ceased to
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  • 467 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Miss P. K. Mary, or' the District Hospitai, Lumut. is at present on three weeks leave. Mrs Menon, wife of Mr. A. K. P. Menon of Sitiawan, has left for India with her children. Mr H. G. Beverley, 0.5.P.C., Kuala Kangsar, was at Sitiawan on Wednesday last on
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  • 324 4 Following are contributions received up-to-date towards the China Distress Relief Fund: Previously acknowledged Straits $427.440.26. Singapore Cold Storage Co.. Ltd. (Office -taff) $12.00; Mrs. W. A. Harpur $10.00; Messrs. Guan Sin Co. Staff $2.50: Messrs. Ban Poh Seng $1.00; Messrs. Lum Neoh Co. $2.00; Messrs. Mee
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  • 2090 5 Xeir Luxury Monoplanes In Service CRUISING AT 200 MILES AN HOUR 1 1.1. X new landplancs arc included in the list oi airliners h aic scheduled to enter service with the fleet of Imperial >i c the end of 1938. 1 hey comprise fourteen oi the 1
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  • 19 5 CAROLLING NURSES of Guy's Hospital yave patients a cheery Christmas. They toured the wards with lighted lanterns.
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  • 89 5 WOMAN ATTACKS FORMER Hl SBANT) Los Angeles. Enraged when the judge overruled her request for an increase in alimony, Mrs Diane Rubini, the first wife of Jan Rubini the musician, waylaid her former husban 1 outside the courtroom and rushed at him with flaTing fists. Rubini
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  • 137 5 MASS PRODICTION IX GERMANY The Beran correspondent of the "News Chronicle’’ has supplied particulars of a new four-seater people's motor car. the mass production of wh ch has been orders 1 by Herr Hitler. The mice will he £56, equalling 20 week's wages of the averag"
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  • 124 5 FIRST 100 MILES ALREADY COHERED Perth, Dec. 6. Sortie days ayo two youny girls. Hazel Erlandsen. 21. and Vera Hardiny, 22, set out for Perth from Mount Maynet on a Marathon hike of 3'o milts. Ha\ iny covered the fit st hundred miles to
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  • 89 5 SHIPS AI\D OFFICES TO BE BLOWN IP Rio De Janeiro. A plot to blow up battleships, the police headquarters, and other off ce buildings, it is alleyed, has been disclosed followin'] the arrest of a notorious Leftist terrorist. The police seized bombs which were descr bed as
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  • 146 5 Air Cooling To Replace ater Cooling Sydney, December 7. Most of the trouble encountered with the Hawker Demon planes is considered by aviators to originate in the water-cooling system of their 6-50 H.P. Rolls-Royce Kestrel motors. Water cooling is now superseded by air cooling in modern aircraft, and
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  • 427 5 Hew many people in Queensland in l'.-tra'iz o: that matte ;ave even Ivard :>. the Cohune Skull? Very few. it is safe to say. Yet Mr. H. A. Longman, Curator of the Queensland Museum, to the exhibits of which a cast of th’s
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    • 178 6 WEMBLEY PARK Tonieht Tuesday 4th. January 1938 LADIES’ GUEST NIGHT ODEON STAR OPERA: Slendang Delima" Part 2 SIN SEE TAI CANTONESE OPERA: Song Loong Yui” CAPITAL» TALKIES: Two Fisted” A hilarious comedy of two fighters punch drunk with love from a couple of society girls FUN FROLIC PARK LADIES’ GUEST
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  • 1685 7 MRS. Z” TELLS COURT OF ISLAND LOVE AFFAIR C‘ ARGES of blackmail against a boatman by a 35-year-old woman who had been four times married, failed at Birmingham Assizes recently. The boatman, Arthur Edward Evans, 26. now a car cleaner, of Selly Hill-road. Selly
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  • 35 7 Countess Taaffe, 26-year-old wife of Count Edward Taaffe, who has been mentioned in connection with- the first presidency of the Irish Free State under the new const it ut on.
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  • 414 7 EX-WIFE Paris. gEIXG married to a handsome film star is not as fine as it seems. You rush from one capital to another. There are scores of women admiring him. You don’t necessarily get jealous, but it's inconvenient." In these words, smiling, vivacious Betty Rowe, the
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  • 260 7 Eight Against Time FIRES. EARTHQUAKE, AND INSECTS Fighting black flies and huge mosqui toes, workmen have succeeded in the short sub-Arctic summer in laying an oil pipeline from the Fort Norman oilfields through to the Eldorado and other mines in the Great Bear Lake area. The
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  • 294 7 SOLE SURVIVOR DEAD Joseph Smith is dead, and Silver City, the ghost town of the Rocky Mountains, has lost its sole surviving inhabitant. Smith, a Quebecois, reached the Rockies 50 years ago as a workman on the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. When the line
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  • 468 8 NEWS that negotiations have been decided upon with regard to an Anglo-American trade pact should go a considerable way tocounteract the nervousness and depression arising out of the unleashing of the economic dogs of war by President Roosevelt. Malaya is vitally interested in the outcome of the conflict,
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  • 158 8 Says Chandu Was For Chinese Husband (From Our Own Correspondent! Taiping. Jan. 3. An unusual case was men Honed tpday n the Taiping magistrate s court when a Malay woman. Hitam binti Anjang, was produced on cnarges under the Chandu Enact "The woman, who had been
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  • 373 8 I poll’s Need V oiced At Chinese Association (From Oui Own Correspondent) Ipoh. Jan. 4. Opposition to certain items in the draft rules of the Perak Chinese Association b\ several representatives of associations, caused a deadlock in the general meeting of the Association held at
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  • 118 8 Without Orders” Tonight Without Orders” to be screened at Queen’s will be the first RKO Radio Picture to be shown at that cinema It is the story of an American air concern and has Sally Eilers and Robert Armstrong in the leading roles. The management of the
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  • 691 8 Is New Peace Plan PracticableWhile Lethal Gases Concern Nations WHAT is the programme which could rebuild the League ot Nations, restore the peacs of Europe and rally most sections of the peace movement? Lord Allen ot Hurtwood has outlined a plan upon which all nations might co-operate
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  • 166 8 Tragedy In Hold Of Dutch Boat (From Our Own Correspondent! Singapore, Today. Three men were suffocated by fumes in a steamer berthed at Singapore last night /Artificial respiration was tried without avail and they were rushed to hospital, but life was declared to be extinct in
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  • 54 8 A Sin Cncw Jit Poh message states that a tram from Canton to Wuchang was derailed on Sunday night between Lehtung and Wangshih. Eight coaches were overturned and ten people were killed and 40 injured. The derailment was due to the weakening of the embankment in
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  • 146 8 Office-Bearers For Year Elected At the 26th annual general meeting of the Penang Hindu Sabha, which was he)on the Sabha premises on December 31 1937, the following were elected office bearers for the ensuing year PatronsMessrs. P. N M Muthupalaniappa Chettiar, J.P., K. S. Pillai and Dr.
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  • 113 8 Big Chandu Haul A Kedah Chinese woman, Chan Al was yesterday fined $36 in addition (> oiu day’s simple imprisonment by Mr F Taylor, in Penang District Judge, on i" charges of having imported chandu the Colony, possession of non-Govemo ent chandu, and having had in her
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  • 1013 9 BRUSHES” WITH GANGS, ESCAPES FROM DEATH Recipients’ Zeal And Ability (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 3. Narrow escapes from death... prying into doings of subversive gangs. .battle with a maniac. .handling difficult” tribes. They are some of the accomplishments which have earned for
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  • 153 9 Order Of Running For Tomorrow The following will be the order of running for tomorrow’s races at Penang, the third day of the Penang Turf Club Meeting. The first race will be at 2.30 and others will follow at half hour intervals. Race 1: Horses 4. Div.
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  • 75 9 Probable Riders For Gold Cup The following will be the probable riders for the Gold Cup Race on Saturday: WICKLOW BAY 9 00 Lawler JACK DRUCE 8 12 J. Donnelly PURE GOLD 8.12 Corry VANDAL 8.10 F. Donnelly KNIGHT'S EYE 8 09 Kirwan MILTONDALE 8.07 Spencer MEASURE
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  • 131 9 Reultr. Partick Win At Ibrox Following are the results of matches in the Hom? soccer leagues played yesterday. ENGLISH LEAGUE Division 111 (North) Accrington 4 Wrexham 0. Port Vale 0 Rotherham 1 .SCOTTISH LEAGUE Division I Aberdeen 4 Ayr 0. Arbroath 3 Hibernian 3 Clyde 3 Third Lanark
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  • 193 9 Penang Team To V isit Nibong Tebal The Padang Party. Penang, will be travelling to Nibong Tebal on Saturday afternoon to play soccer and badminton against Nibong Tebal teams in aid of the China Distress Relief Fund. The Party will be staying the night at Nibong
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  • 48 9 LETTER TO THE EDITOR] Sir. On behalf of the Poppy Day Fund, I am writing to express our deep appreciation of your generosity as donor of a prize at the Boxing Contest held on December 19. Yours etc., MARY S. KING. Alor Star, Jan. 2, 1938.
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  • 21 9 The KJL.M aircraft expected from Europe at Penang today i«* delayed at Rangoon indefinitely due to engine trouble.
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  • 244 9 Penang Chin Woo Win At Kuala Kangsar (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar. Jan. 3. The Penang Chin Woo Athletic Association's basketball team defeated the Kuala Kangsar Recreation Club side 5041 in a game -t the Tsung Wah Chinese School court, Kuala Kangsar, yesterday evening The Recreation Club team
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  • 113 9 In the seven-a-side rugby football tournament on Saturday on the Esplanade, the following will represent the Penang; and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps and The Rest: P. P.W.V.C.: J. E. Goodrich, G. E. C. Ash, T. M. Clark; P. G. Clark; F. E Wraight. E. C. Tokeley. B. Drakeford.
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  • 920 9 By Tic Tac Today’s work on the track was chiefly interesting for the fact that all the Gold Cup candidates were out at work and after seeing them I think the Gold Cup race will be one of the most open events we have
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 138 9 your Vitality with SANATOGEN E. O. HOTEL, PENANG V I( I TOMORROW I RACE DINNER DANCE I 1 ii THURSDAY, 6th JANUARY U i DINNER DANCE I SATURDAY, Bth JANUARY V I 1 1 EXTENSION TO 1 A M. RACE DINNER DANCE J J WHBN ViBITING SINGAPORE STAY AT HOTEL.
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  • 787 10 Gross Output Of All Trades Up By £90,722,000 In 5 Years DESPITE FALL IN NON-FACTORY TRADES FIGURE "The current issue of the Board of Trade Journal” contains a summary of the preliminary results of the fifth census of production. The series of preliminary reports
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  • 325 10 Appeal To Local Governments The fourth annual ordinary general meeting of Jitra Rubber Plantations, Ltd., was held in London on Dec. 20. Mr. A. P. Radow (the chairman) said that the result of the year’s working showed some improveitient compared with the long period of lean years
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  • 210 10 Russian Bank's Suit Dismissed Judgment on the £lBO.OOO claim by the Russian and English Bank against Baring Brothers and Co., Ltd., as London bankers of the former Russian Government, was delivered by Mr. Justice Bennett in the Chancery Division. During the war. when Russia was threatened
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  • 37 10 Estimated rubber crops for December. Penang 312.000 lb. Sabrang 100.000 Straits 285 000 Rubana 141.000 Bagan Serai 700 Tah Ayer 109.750 Batak Rabit 38 000 Mcrchiston '53,500 Mountjoy 132 000 Badenoch 265.000 58.000 Glensh,e 56.100
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  • 1131 10 Rearmament Issue In U.S. The need for wise and sw.ft action to prevent the trade recession” being intensified is emphasised by Messrs. E.E. Levy Co., of Singapore, in their survey of the Amer.can markets during the past month. They write: Reviewing the course of the
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  • 107 10 View Of Banking Chairman New York, Jan. 3.— Surveying 1937, Mr Winthrop Aldrich, chairman of the Chase National Bank, declares that D.' cember business figures suggest that the decline has ceased and the business cuive is flattening out. Referring td the rapidity of the decline he
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 57 10 A z MMi l,llll T zO roBB Wa Did you MACLEAN your teeth to-day Ah I see you did If you use a solid dentifrice, try ja the new Macleans Solid Peroxide Dentifrice. < iißn3f JB m Sales Representative A. T. Gillespie, P.O. Box 217, Singapore 1D301D33 ID3G wSF,BfiBBB JSBr
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  • 272 11 _,,x lords decided, in the House of r~.-r.tly. that the Admiralty could v.-r payment for salvage services 1 1 0v warships under a special Mr. 'ustice Branson had confirmed an r .x. r j award of £ll,OOO to the Adbut the Court
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  • 158 11 statute bound to stand by. were under no legal obligations to render salvage. and might have left the salvage operations to other vessels. It was submitted that the owners of the ship had contracted out of the statute, or had waived its benefit and that the agreement was
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  • 157 11 8.8. C. Blamed For Nightmares Broadcasts which were supposed to interest children, but which were fast making them either nervous wrecks or potential murderers, were recently condemned in Washington, D.C. Shocked parents have complained that bloodcurdling descriptions of outlaws, crooks and ghosts are all too frequent.
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  • 1073 11 5.5. CI IX OF CHRISTCIII kCH .arrives todav from Singapore, sails today for Havre. London, Rotterdam and Hamburg via Colombo. M.V. SIAMIANG’ arrives today from Singapore. 5.5. BENREOCH’ arrives today noon from London, sails for Far East. S.S. GENERAL ERSPX CK’ arrived yesterdax from J.ho
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  • 155 11 Following is the passenger list of the s.s Hakozaki Maru which is expected to arrive in Singapore on Jan. 8: For Singapore:—Mr. O. Bargmann. Mr. W. A. Beveridge, Mr. Bulkley. Mr. H. G. A. Davey. Mr. Mrs. J. Duke. Mr. Mrs H. R. Gillingham. Mr. W. J. Hawkins,
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  • 111 11 TELEVISION The possibilities of televising the Derby and Boat Race this year are being explored by the BBC. Transmission tests from Epsom Racecourse and from a point near Mortlake. on the banks of the River Thames, are already being conducted by the mobile television
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    • 555 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE J’KI.Y \LRH(E IO LONDON A NORTH CONTINENT. Leaves Penang Due London ENOGLE Also calls Antwerp and Middlesborough Tan 4 7JCALION Also calls Marseilles and Glasgow Jan 7 Feb 9 -.ILOCTETES Also calls Hull J 2 TEN DAY SERVICE 1O LIVERPOOL VI Y H WI’F 9 ELLEROPHON HAY
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    • 831 11 P<& o BRITISH d |NDIA (Incorporated la England PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. RAJI LA” SAILING THURSDAY, 6th JANUARY. 1938. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under Penang. TeluK Anson. Port dweiiennam ontract with His Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail Service. Q t, TTT AKr
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  • 324 12 VELD FOR GREATER QVALITY whi.'RP is far too much music today!" exclaimed Sir T R, )na ld. retiring principal of the ('.uildhah School o an< l Jho atlaeked Hie B.C.C. man kyenm K Standard with Horace Thorogood a lew dais The radio has great uses,”
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  • 113 12 The Department of Posts and Telegrap!.in Bangkok has issued a communique dealing with the broadcasting station This states that since the transfer of tin w- rk of broadcasting from Phya Thai to Sa a daeng station, which has been made function alone, economy has been effi and
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  • 311 12 Latest Tinies Of Posting AIK MAILS: A T‘ by Malayan au at A 2 S and London by a k:.; r tranamiss-.! by the K.L.M. service ana specially superscribed -K L..'» l o > A mail for Siam. Burma. Im aliaqEgypt. Sudan. Belgian Congo v> tain
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 76 12 AT LAST A BOILER COMPOUND FREE FROM ALL SODA AND CHEMICALS I M.” Boiler Enamel. Prevents and arrests pitting and corrosion, softens and removes old scale and renders new scale formation impossible. Used by H. M. WAR OFFICE AIR MINISTRY AND ALL STEAM USERS THROUGHOUT I THE WORLD I I
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2051 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES B C BERLIN KUALA LUMPUR O4B .5.2» Me 19 7 «n. rooAy LmA 9.54 Me s 31.4.» m- T.GE 6.13 Me* (48.9 in.) Tun- in on !h< !■> uai lengths: UJE 17.76 Mg» 16.84 u*. M it.Ut 15.28 Me/* 19-63 ox. 7.00 Recorded music news. BIA 9.56
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    • 443 12 PARIS TODAY Tl’A-4, 11 72 me s (25.6 m.) a ni. o- iv vv; 6.35 Gramophone records. < 3o New. in French. Market prices, rates of exchange. 8.00 News in Spanish. 8.10 News in Portuguese. 8.20 Gramophone records, s .35 Close down. TI’A-2, 15.24 me s (19.6 in.) p.m. 6.20
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  • 323 13 THE STANDARD OF LAUNCESTON borne before him, the King paired under the ancient gateway of the castle with civic officials after the ceremony of receiving the dues. WHEN the King visaed Launceston at the start of his tour of the Duchy of Cornwall it w.is
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  • 1995 14 SOLAR TIME FARCOS MAY ALSO SCORE DOUBLES Tic-Tac Reviews The Runners Unless the scratchings are heavy there should be better fields tomorrow Inau on Saturday. Altogether 94 horses; have been handicapped in eight races. On the first day 94 horses accepted but one was
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  • 522 14 London: Ninety per cent, of professional footballers are being trained on the wrong lines.” That was the startling view advanced by a well known and talented football coach when asked to account for the mediocre quality of some of the recent League matches.
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  • 615 14 8.8.8. C. Has Rival London: Dissatisfaction with the methods of the British Boxing Board of Control and with some of its recent decisions, has induced a number of people closely identified with boxing in this country to formulate a scheme which may mean a
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 129 14 1 r j Don't suffer from HEADACHES-NEURAL6IA-COLDB TOOTHACHE FEVER OR RHEUMATISM Do what thousands of ingredients in conven- j others are doing to get ient tablet form, that acts immediate relief from instantly to relieve pain pain and sufferingTake and reduce fever. It does AN AC IN—the amaz- not affect
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  • 1011 15 GRUELLING FIGHT THRILLS N. S. C. MEMBERS Onlookers Kept In Fever Of Excitement London, Dec. 21. Frank Hough, the Battersea cruiser-weight, is always good value for money when in the ring, but he has never been so good in an entertainment sense as he was in
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  • 887 15 Home Sports Review London, Dec. 24. Looking a little further afield today. The international sport angle, or wangle, or whatever it is, the idea germinating from the fact that U.S.A., archsupporterg of Olympic Games in the past, can’t possibly agree to take part in any peace and
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  • 866 15 M.C.C. COMMISSION’S FINDINGS CRITICISED Natural Wickets Will Solve Most Of Problems Brisbane. ALTHOUGH the recommendatiotns of the special M. C. C. committee appointed to examine the problems of firstclass cricket in England propose to introduce sweeping changes, it is probable that they will
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  • 225 15 u As Business It Is Too Costly” Mr. Stanley Wootton, famous racing trainer, recently appointed a magistrate, at Epsom, told me yesterday why he ha? decided to cut down bis stable to only a few horses; writes Blackfriar in the Daily Mail. A
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    • 151 15 Si Jn.ll Dabus first 4 first tooth bas come peeping through. 4 Other precious baby teeth will follow, and all. i must be kept strong and healthy tc ensure a perset of souna permanent teeth later on. is Ie tirne ?ive Ovaltine’ Rubles to Si# ar j c hew. They
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  • 123 16 PREVIOUSLY LATEST LXJNDON 1 Spot) No market £181.15. 0 LONDON—( 3 months) No market £1 81. 15- 0 SINGAPORE $B9 00 $88.50 BUSINESS DONE FENANG $88.50 sB«£ BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA—(Sundried) $4.75 $4.70 BLACK PEPPER $9 00 »9.00 KUBBER:LONDON 64d NEW YORK 144c(G) 14c
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  • 318 16 Mbare of Cl aenemlnatron untesa otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or Ball Loan, 5 p.c., 1944 64 Funding Loan, 4 p.C., 1960-90 War Loan, 34 104 4 Com. Union Aaace. (Units) J® Prudential Aasce. A” Royal Aaace. share 10s. pd.) Great Western Rly Ordy Canadian Pacific (£25) Chartered Bank
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  • 114 16 {jwurfryn on Previously Latest fans 147 19 64 147 1964 Kew York 4.991 5.00}t Montreal 5.004 5.01 Brussels' 29.46; 29.494 Geneva 21.614 21.624 Amsterdam 8.97J4 8.98 g Milan 95 95J Berlin 12.41 A 12.43} Stockholm 19-40 19-40 Copenhagen» 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26 J 26$ Helsingfors
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  • 122 16 London, Jan. 3. RUBBER Dull.— London 6|J buyers 6J sellers Jan./Mar 6JJ buyers 6(| sellers April/June 6;S buyers 7/« sellers July/Sept 7 buyers 7J sellers NEW YORK 14.18 cts. United Kingdom Stocks Ixmdon 35,810 tons Uverpooi 22,008 tons OPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. (Jan > £13.17. 6 PEPPER:
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 110 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Ampat 4,3 49 Batu Selangor 1 50 1 5a Burma Malay 26 6 2. 6ex Hong Fatt 1 05 1 07i Kpg. Lanjut 22 0 22 6 Kiang 1 47 i 1 5^ c Kuchai Ordy. I- 40 145 Lukut -574 -624 ex Mambau Fulau
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    • 149 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.474 1.524 Hong Fatt 1.05 1.07 Klang River 1.45 1.50 Kuchai 1.374 1.424 Lukut -65 .70 Rahman Hyd. 1.30 1.35 Kaub Gold 4.10 4.20 Rantau Ordy. 1.374 1.40 Rantau Pref. 1.374 1.40 Sungei Luas 1.60 1.65 ex Taiping Cons. 1.624 1.674 Talam
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    • 291 16 Reception Of The Speech New York, Jan. 3-There is essentially nothing new or unexpected in Mr Roosevelt's speech. He supported the attacks of Mr Jackson and Mr. Ickes only as attacks on a minority of evil-doers. The speech did not contain any new attack on business and it
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    • 25 16 UN Singajiore $88.50 Per pkl. Pentng $BB 18 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore 22 1 8c Per lb. Penang 22 1 8c Per lb.
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    • 19 16 Operations for the month of December, 1937:Output 252 piculs; yardage 132.000 cubic yards; hours run 634 hours.
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    • 22 16 Operat ons for the month of December. 1937: Output 550 piculs; yardage 136.000 c abic yards; hours run 645 hours.
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    • 29 16 The estimated total exports, from Malaya, of tin. and tin-in-ore based on assay value of 75.5%, for the month of December 1937, are approximately 8 900 tons.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 345 16 MUNICIPAL NOTICE REFUND OF ASSESSMENT AH persons desirous of claiming refund of rates in respect of buddings vacant during the half year ended December, 1937, are reminded that claims in writing must be sent to the Municipal Secretary in the month of January 1938. Claim forms may be obtained on
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    • 121 16 PENANG HILL RAILWAY CHANGE OF ROPE O wiU closed to traffic on SATURDAY, BTH JANUARY, 1938, after the 1 P.M. train from the Lower Station. Service will be resumed on Monday 10th January, at 6.30 a.m. During the 6th and 7th, 11th and 12th January, the service will be curtailed
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    • 859 16 banks xiw THE MERCANTILE BANK A iNLW OF INDIA, LTD. SAFE DEPOSIT tmeorporatea tn EngUad, Capital Authorised £3,000,wmQI?RVI(jrj Capital Subscribed £l,BDo.(m< Reserve Fund and Rest £1,247, Capital Paid Up £1.050 (xsfr SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES BOARD OF DHUDOTORA. valuables Right Hon. Lord Catto of Cairncattc, for ths safe keeping of valuables,
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