Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 March 1938

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  • 23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE L IST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 63. Vol. XCVL TUESDAY, MARCH 15. 1938. PRICE 10 CENT’S.
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  • 305 1 Nazi March Must Stop! May Not Wait To Consult Britain Paris, Mar. 14.—The French Government has informed the Czechoslovak Government that it is determined to honour its agreement with Czechoslovakia in the event of attack. The French pledge to Czechoslovakia was given to the Czechoslovak Minister in
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  • 78 1 Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor. O.B.E., late of the Geological Survey of India, will visit Malaya in the near future to make a full investigation of the present conditions and future prospects of the mining industry and to report to the High Commissioner on mining problems
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  • 132 1 Reuter. Whole Nation Must Assist An appeal for r. 000.000 voluntary airraid precaution workers was broadcast by Sir Samuel Hoare tonight. He said the programme was arranged weeks ago. but what had happened in Central Europe should add very sharp point to his words of warning and
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  • 25 1 Tin Pool (From Our Own Correspondent > Singapore, Today. The Council of the Tin Producers Association unanimously approved the draft tin buffer pool scheme.
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  • 321 1 Arrests Of Non-Nazis Begin Vienna, March 14. It is estimated that c k .ore than half Vienna's population greeted Hitler who appeared time and time again on the balcony in response to insistent demands It is announced that the Fuehrer will speak tomoriow following an official
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    • 139 1 BEE SIN COMPANY High Class Shor Store 302. PENANG ROAD. PENANG. I HIGH CLASS FOOTWEAR EXCELLENT QUALITY and WORKMANSHIP SATISFACTION GUARANTEED European Patronage, jTtakeUiromme b Ik it’s the k -mMK. best bee I you can our ~~~7 rgjg- Nowhere will you purchase "I Beef of such outstanding quality with such
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  • 1764 1 GRAVITY OF SITUATION NOT DISGUISED lii a House* crowded in every part. the Prime Mi li-trr. who on entering was greeted with a roar of -vi pathetic cheers, rose at the beginning of business to a statement on Austria. The statement was aril for the most
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  • 1079 2 ATTITUDE OF TOLERANCE AND APPRECIATION A Cosmopolitan Population Day begins for the typical European Townsman in Malaya when a Hailam Chinese house-servant brings him his early morning tea, finger-length bananas, and freshly sliced pineapple. An hour later the Tuan, is conferring with his Tamil
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  • 191 2 Can Only Be Treated In Europe Blinded by gun-fire at the Sydney celebrations. a young French sailor arrived in Colombo in the Oronsay, on a hasty trip to Europe to consult eye specialists there, says the Times of Ceylon. He is Jean Dequerry, aged 18. of
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  • 221 2 The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, S.S. F.M.S., Penang, during the period 7th to 12th March. 1938 inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Library. Government Building, Penang. Application may be made by members of the public
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  • 40 2 THE KING AND QUEEN and QUEEN MARY visited the Olympia section of the British Industry Fair, recently. The Etna and Queen are photographed watching a man demonstrating an electrically heated suit, at the Scientific Instruments stand.
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  • 345 2 Chinese )outli Discharged WATCHMAN’S SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS (From Our Own Correspondent.) AJor Star, March 15. Allegations that he entered the Grand Amusement Park of Alor Star without paying gate admission fee by climbing I over the female latrine of the Park and that when caught and handed
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  • 52 2 Before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean, the Penang Additional Magistrate, yesterday, a Chinese, Teh Swee Lim, was charged with having caused grievous hurt to Kim Swee with an iron bar on February 23 at Dato Kramat Road. The case was postponed to March 21 bail in sum of 100
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  • 258 2 Another Bus Company To Be Formed In Alor Star DIESEL OIL VEHICLES TO BE USED (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, March 15 The Pinang Gazette understands that the Kedah Transport Company Ltd. of AJor Star, the Lean Seng Company Ltd, and the Lean Tong Company Ltd.
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  • 96 2 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, March 15. With the erection of the $45,000 fuel destructor at Derga. Kedah will be adding another sanitary improvement to her capital. Already Alor Star’s drainage system is being improved by the installation of huge hume pipes. The
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  • 126 2 Over 1,000 Volunteers, Police Cadets Present The combined route march of the p nan K and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps the Straits Settlements Police. Penang and the Cadets of the Penang Free school and St. Xavier’s Institution took place yesterday. At 5.30 p.m. the March commenced and the
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  • 200 2 Add ress Presented By Parishioners (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Mar. 18. Reference to his 28 years’ work as priest in Malacca was made in an address presented to Rev. Father Francois by parishioners of the Church of St. Francis Xavier at a
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  • 361 2 SEQUEL TO VISIT TO HOTEL: CHINESE FINED The postponed case in which a Ci was charged with having committed < tr .i nal trespass in the compound of the International Hotel was heard again befo \i r Lim Cheng Ean, the Penang Additi- aa! Magistrate, yesterday, when the
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  • 1080 3 Escorted By 13 Police Cars And 22 Other Cars VIENNA MAKING FEVERISH PREPARATIONS Reuter. Linz, March 14Hitler letft 9.45 a.m. M.T. on a 120 miles road journey to icnna accompanied by 13 police cars and 22 other cars. Meanwhile, in Vienna, the city is in
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  • 33 3 Reuter. Berlin, March H.An official of the Propaganda Ministry interviewed by Reuter said that SehilscTinigg has been <>n ducted to the frontier and trill be 'ilowed to go abroad.
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    58 3 U. S. To Invoke Escalator Clause New York March 14According to the New York Herald Tribune, the State Department has defin tely decided to invoke the Rscalator Clause in the 1936 Naval Treaty and is prepared, imitaterally, to remove the preticmt Pm't of the s*ze of battleships id France
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  • 60 3 .Reuter. U. S. To Invoke Escalator Clause New York March 14According to the New York Herald Tribune, the State Department has defin tely decided to invoke the Rscalator Clause in the 1936 Naval Treaty and is prepared, imitaterally, to remove the preticmt Pm't of the s*ze of battleships
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  • 82 3 Sir Ellis Hume-Williams, K.C. who is 74 years old, was injured in a motor accident at Airaines, near Amiens A 78-year-old pedestrian named Albert Pave, was killed. The car in which Sir Ellis was travelling collided with a lorry and mounted the pavement, knocking Pave
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  • 54 3 Reuter. London, March 14—The Cabinet meeting today lasted one hour 45 minutes. M. Corbin and Dr. Woermann called at the Foreign Office separately. Dr. Woermann’s visit lasted only 20 minutes. Mr. Neville Chamberlain was received m audience by His Majesty at Buckingham Palace
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  • 55 3 Reuter. Saragossa, March 14. The Nationalist offensive in Aragon entered the sixth day. The advance continues across deserted country with two columns converging on Alcaniz owing to reported confusion in the Government lines. It is considered improbable that Government troops had time to dig
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  • 285 3 THREE PLEAD GUILTY: ONE DISCHARGED London, March 14. When the Official Secrets Act trial opened at the Old Bailey today, Percy Eded Glading, Albert Williams and George Whomack pleaded guilty while Charles Walter Munday pleaded not guilty. No evidence was tendered against Munday who was formally
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  • 373 3 Marriage His First Step To Fame Birmingham. Lord Austin, at work alone in his office iL the deserted Austin Motor Works many hours after his employees had left for the week-end revealed in an irXerview the two secrets behind his success. The secrets are:
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  • 33 3 Reuter. London, March 14.The Spanish Ambassador has handed a note to the Foreign Office protesting energetically” against the return of the Baleares survivors to Franco by British warships on Feb 6.
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  • 22 3 Reuter. Chicago, March 13The death occurred today of Mr. Clarence Darrow, chairman Of National Recovery Review Board.
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  • 31 3 Reuter. Karachi, March 14 Jim” Broadbent, who is attempting to fly from England to Australia in under four days, arrived at Jodhpur, (from Basra, at 9.30 a.m. G.M.T. today-
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  • 596 3 WOMAN was arrested in Dundee cr. charges under the Official Secrets Act. The following official statement was issued by the police: A woman was arrested in a shop in the north end of Dundee yesterday on charges under the Official Secrets Acts, 1911 to 1920, relating
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  • 111 3 Sir Gervais Rentoul, West London magistrate, speaking to the City of London Tradesmen's Club said: Although, unfortunately, we have no power in our courts to grant divorces, it is :o the police courts that thousands of married couples come every year to obtain what is to
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  • 1063 4 Concession From British Government Not Likely It is understood that the British Government is unwilling to -i'-ree to anv concession whatever to the Malax a merchant community who have protested against certain ieatures of the all-up” airmail scheme. The Straits Settlements Association,
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  • 818 4  -  By Joseph Martin aLTHOL'GH the Royal Botanic Garden* at Kew near London are perhaps the best known gardens in the world, and one of the first places to attract summertime visitors to England, there are probably not many Londoners who realise the importance of the
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  • 35 4 SONJA With Love Kisses It teas a family reunion for Sonja Henie. skating and screen star when her mother and brother met her on c.rrival at New York. Here she is receiving their greeting kisses.
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  • 257 4 Police Action (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, March 13. Over 100 bus drivers and conductors of the Lean Seng Central Transport Co., Ltd., which monopolises the route from Sungei Patani to Gurun. staged a sit-down, strike yesterday morning and although negotiations were hastily opened,
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  • 294 4 Tonight at the Esplanade from 8.30 p.m. to 10.30 p.m.: 1 March—Austria Nowotny. 2. Overture The 3rd Division Blemant 3. Fantasia For King and Country” Hume. A descriptive Military Fantasia on the Life of a Soldier" in Kitchener s Army. Synopsis The Call Your King and Country
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  • 192 4 Wednesday, Mar. 9. His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council held at Government House this morning. Admiral Sir Charles Lady Little, Mrs. Robinson and Mr. R. G. Howe arrived to stay at Government House. His Excellency Lady Thomas dined with Mrs. Burney at Changi and
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  • 488 4  -  BY ANDREW BLACKMORE SINCE the British Industries Fair was first held in 1915, the space occupied by the exhibits has been multiplicxi nearly ten times, and it is now recognised as the largest national trade fair in the world. This year, according to one expert commentator, the
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  • 325 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. S. Meredith Jones, dental surgeon, of Ipoh. has returned from Colombo where he has been spending a holiday. Mr. J. S. Simon, managing proprietor of the Dindings Art Novelty Store, Lumut. has been appointed a visitor to the District Hospital. Dindings. Mr. J. Jackson of Penang, who
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  • 115 4 Singapore. The aircraft "Canberra" VH-USC f: m Brisbane, Darwin and N.E.I. arrived on Mar. 8 with Mr. G. H. Blakemore from Brisbane. The aircraft "Centurion" G-ADVE for Penang, Siam, Burma. Karachi and Southampton left on Mar. 9 taking Mr G. H. Blakemore and Lt. Col. Hayhy Bell for
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  • 1009 5 Greatest Problem Tackled Successfully LOANS DROP 837,000 IN THREE YEARS I HAT the Penang Government Servants’ Co-operative Thrift ami Loan Society has succeeded to a great extent in its greatest problem getting members out of debt and keeping them out of debt is revealed
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  • 266 5 Crisis Over Russian Demands L- ndon. The fate of the International deration of Trade Unions, to which trade ,<>ns of 22 countries with a membership 20.000.000 are affiliated, is in the balance. X crisis has arisen over the question of affiliation of the Russian trade
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  • 325 5 S(M) Every Dav From ir Own Correspondent) Singapore, March 13. i' than 500 letters and 200 rewsI find their way into Singapore's dead r office every day. There are also a 1 of parcels which have failed to reach ir destination waiting to be claimed. Stray
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  • 152 5 Warsaw: Music-Loving Marshal RydzSmigly, virtual dictator of Poland, has ended the stay-in strike of 268 ballet girls and singers, who for ten days locked themselves in Warsaw’s Opera House to obtain £2.000 owing to them in salaries. He said to Finance Minister Eugen Kwiatkovski:
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  • 165 5 I urn Swords Into Ploughshares” Jerusalem. In a first broadcast from overnment House the new High Commis>ner, Sir Harold Mac Michael, made a rong appeal for compromise between '•rabs and Jews. Swords, he said, should turned into ploughshares. The maintenance of British authority by he fullest
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  • 477 5 Sent To Camp For State Enemies MUST PROMISE NOT TO PREACH AGAIN Berlin: Pastor Niemoeller, leader of the Confessional section of the Evangelical Church in Germany, and former submarine commander, who was re-arrested at the i conclusion of his trial last week, has now been
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  • 59 5 A. B. CHARLES WAITE, seen o« his arrival at Plymouth, aboard the cruiser Delhi, is soon ra lose his beard, uhich he has grown while serving in the Mediterranean. His fiancee. Miss Kathleen Summers (in lower picture), said, It's very nice Charles, but take
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  • 131 6 Pastor Martin Niemoeller, ex-U-boat commander and anti-Nazi Church leader, was released from Berlin’s Moabit Prison, only to be taken into the custody of the Gestapo (secret police), who arrested him eight months ago. His parishioners are wondering whether the Gestapo have fresh charges against him or whether
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  • 246 6 Ness Buildings For London Units Great progress has been made in the provision of new headquarters for units of the Territorial Army in London On Monday, March 21, the Secretary of State for War will lay the foundationstone cf a new headquarters for two companies of the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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    • 243 6 return screening of the mightiest SCREEN SENSATION OF ALL TIME. I FORTUNES TO PRODUCE! I I THOUSANDS IN ITS CAST! I I PEARt BUCK’S I B Pulitzer Prize B '.•s< novel spring* B B 'I io life! B I I RAUI MUNI I M in his greatest B B rote
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    • 293 6 ALL PENANG ACCLAIMED QUEERS THE BEST THEATRE WITH THE BEST SOUND IN TOWN, YESTERDAY, TODAY TOMORROW QUEENS (THE HOUSE OF FILMLAND S BEST AND MIGHTIEST SCREEN ACHIEVEMENT S.O.S. HELP SEND FOR CHARLIE CHAN SHYLOCK HOLMES! HERE’S THE YEAR’S MOST SENSATIONAL MURDER MYSTERY YOU’LL SHIVER YOU’LL QUIVER HuGHTErT OU R UGH
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  • 3838 7  -  BY L A. C. STRONG WHO’S WHO IN THE STORY EILEEN, his wife, sensitive and good-natured. ELL «n wSTSK W? DER S (‘argely unconscious of the fact. TlM devot O^d er t» COl p4£J e eS u f voured by nature, is shadowed by SOmcwhat overDIA b. A a#a
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    • 549 7 lead Office 12, Bishop Street Penang Phone 1477 and 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: Gazette” Penang. Singapore Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times’* Singapore. <uala Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. ~i Phone 3683. poh Office Brewster Road. Phone 268. xmdon Office 40, 43, Fleet Street, London E.C. 4. Phone
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    • 593 7 I Beware Kidney Germs If Tired, Nervous, Aching Rheumatism, Circles Under Ankles, Frequent Headaches. ai.u Colds, Loss of Appetite and Enerrv* thi. e T Bhow germs are attackfne million tiny tubes in your be Weß tiU are killed and banished from your system. Ordinal-»-do e^t* n k e in^ nt
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  • 747 8 THE public will await with considerable interest an explanation of the procedure whereby Municipal decisions affecting traffic matters are arrived at and when such decisions are under consideration, how much weight is attached to the opinion of the Chief Police Officer of I the Settlement.
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  • 283 8 Passengers Seek Austrian News From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. March 14. Germans and Austrians on boaid th i Hamburg-Amerika round-the-world cruise, liner Reliance clamoured for more news of events in Austria when they arrived in Singapore early this morning, but declined to comment on the fact that
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  • 314 8 Mixed Reception (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, March 15. The Extra Tin Production Scheme intioduced by the Government, with a view to relieve the labour situation in the mining industry during the present depression, has had a mixed reception among small Chinese miners in Ipoh.
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  • 353 8 Malaya’s Imports Rice imports and production figures for 1937 are now available. The net imports of rice in 1937 were 573,063 tons, as compared with 533,795 tons in 1936. The total area of padi land in Malaya in 1937 was 740.040 acres yielding 319,234 tor.s of
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  • 92 8 Chinese Man And Wife Badly ounded (From Our Own Correspondent) Tapah, March 14. A brutal knife attack, it is alleged was made today at Cameron Highlands by a Chinese, who has since been arrested, on one Hur. Thow Fong of Messrs. Jong Sang Long, Provisioners, Tapah
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  • 511 8 Tin Scheme HE market appears b I received news of the bonded stocks scheme very little excitement. Release of the scheme wh> simultaneously in all parts country yesterday mornhit. Diodes came into town in t expectation of seeing an scenes in Beach Street w?. crowd of 20,000
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    • 16 8 '.■AW/.WiWi’A Be/sure you/toy DEL Agents for Aftuoya Henry Waugh Co., Ltd.. PENANG. Singapore, Ipoh Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 247 9 R roadbent May Make Night Landing CLOUSTON ALSO BOUND FOR AUSTRALIA I wo famous fliers will be passing through Penang within 18 hours in the qourse of their attempt to break the EnglandAustralia records. The fu st to pass through will be H.F. Jim”
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  • 192 9 Court Of Appeal K<serves Judgment AfU i -day hearing this morn*h> C< irt of Appeal comprising Mr. .I'Uc' P A. McElwaine (President», Sir r Hall and Mr. Justice A. B. Howes wed judgment in what is known as the Loon Settlement. appeal was *brought by Khaw Joo
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  • 159 9 Four Cases I his Morning 'ted yesterday morning at Swettenier by Excise officers for being in ion of dutiable tobacco, four Chinese, ing a woman, were produced in the He Court this morning before Mr. Lim "neng Ean. m Choon Sim was charged with importutiable tobacco into Penang,
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  • 272 9 Desperate Efforts To Save Condemned Man (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. March 14. Following the dismissal of the appeal of Yeo Hock Cheng, a young Chinese schoolteacher who had been sentenced to death for the murder of his sweetheart, an application. was made by his counsel this morning
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  • 152 9 A young Kedah Malay. Hamid bin Mat, was convicted yesterday by the Penang District Judge. Mr. E. N. Taylor on two counts of house-breaking and thett at Ginting Balik Pulau, on January 5. He was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment on each charge the
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  • 210 9 Girl’s Death At Jahudi Road A fatal accident occurred at Jahudi Road yesterday at about 630 p.m. when a seven-year-old Chinese girl. Chew Kim Bee, youngest daughter of Mr. Chew Yong How of the Posts and Telegraphs Department, Penang, was in collision with a motor
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  • 88 9 .Wenibers of the Pinang Gazette staff who last night celebrated tht conclusion of a highly successful year with a dinner at the Pin Kung Hotel. The pictu e shows Front row 'left to right) Messrs. de Zilv-i, 14’, A. Harpur. E. J. Hewitt, H.
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  • 344 9 Reuter. Elimination As Far East Clearing House Shanghai. Mar. 14 China's new foreign exchange regulations t<»day caused a veritable "Black Monday” for Shangnai businessmen. bankers and brokers. As they stand, the regulations me.-.n not only the virtual elimination of Shanghai as financial clearing-house of the Far
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  • 101 9 Reuter. Calm View Of The Situation The Stock Exchange was generally calm in face of European developments though many foreign bonds were lower, especially Austrians and Czechoslovaks on fears of interruption of the debt services. Far Easterns were sold following the Chinese exchange control mandate. Giltedged meet continual
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  • 28 9 .Reuter. New York, March 14.- Richard Whitney, who was charged with misappropriation of a $llO,OOO trust account, pleaded guilty to the indictment of grand larceny.
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  • 52 9 Reuter. T<i Lose Most-Favonred-Nation Treatment Washington. March 14. Disorders occurred outside the German and Austrian Embassies. The police arrested four and detained 25 for questioning. As a result of the Anschluss Austria is likely to be put on America's trade black list, like Germany not receiving most-
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  • 45 9 Reuter. It was learnt last night that the AngloIrish talks have ended in deadlock. There is a possibility that they may be revived later in the year. One valuable result however is the great improvement in relations between ministers of both countries.
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  • 35 9 Reuter. Moscow, March 14.Tne «appeals oi Bukharin. Rykov. Yagoda and fourteen others condemned have been rejected and it is expected that they will be shot tonight The fate of Rosengoltz is uncertain.— Reuter.
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  • 25 9 Reuter. Saragossa. March 14.—The Nationalists captured Alcaniz at ten o'clock and by one o’clock they were only twenty miles from the Catalan frontier.
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    • 34 9 TO LET I'o LET Fully furnished house hiding all bed linen, crockery and okins’. utensils in good residential it of. town. Very reasonable rent, six months agreement. Apply "x No. 225. c/o Pinang Gazette.
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    • 108 9 i your Vitality with i sanatogeh true tpnic fooo w; j E. O. HOTEL, PENANG TOMORROW DINNER DANCE DINNER DANCES Thursday Saturday Next WHKN VISITING SINGAPORE STAY AT EAFFLBB HOTEL. RING of l' IW 77 R Children fed on Cow Gate are Happy because they are Healthy. The streamo eruns
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  • 1302 10 Investors Fear New Taxation RUBBER AND TIN SHARES JOIN IN THE GENERAL DECLINE (From Our Own Correspondent.) 1 London, March 5. Britain’s national expenditure during the financial year 1938-39 will be approximately £1,000,000,000. Of that vast sum, taxation at its current rate and a Defence
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  • 671 10  -  Ry Joseph Martin The era of transition from handicrafts to mechanisation of the means of production, which began towards the end of the eighteenth century, is commonly referred to as the period of the industrial revolution. In that revolution Great Britain played the leading part. British inventors and
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  • 237 10 A Feminine View London. The falling birth-rate was discussed by women delegates at the annual meeting of the Open Door Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster. Discrimination against women in industry was one reason given for the fall, and there was criticism of official efforts anc appeals
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  • 188 10 Reuter. Counteracting The Bogus Notes Shanghai, March 14—Banking circles are greatly perturbed by a foreign exchange mandate issued by the Hankow Government, enforceable today, with the object of preventing speculation and flight of capital and also a measure to counteract the effect of the newly inaugurated Peiping
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  • 368 10 Gopeng Pengkalen Results Increased profits are announced by Gopeng Consolidated. Ltd., and Pengkalen. Ltd. Gopeng's net profits in the year to September 30 1937. advanced from £65.849 to £91.247. Dividends totalling 20 per cent have already been paid in respect of the year, against 16i per cent,
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  • 31 10 Crops returns for February: Ayer Kuning 81,000 lb. Badek 25,500 Brad wall 53,500 Chersonese 66,000 Dennistown 27,430 Highlands 152,000 Klabang 108.400 Krian 58.500 Sungei Krian 117,800 Sungei Way 69.000
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  • 92 10 During the week ending March 5. p. exports from Malayan ports amounted 88.727 cases, of which: 82,090 (93 per c cases were to the United Kingdom. (2 per cent) cases to the Continent Europe, 1,913 (2 per cent) cases to nada, and 2.894 (3 per cent)
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  • 15 10 Statistics for February: Output 47' iculs: Yardage 153,000 cubic yards Ho Run 595.
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  • 143 11 The s.s. Kashima Maru” from Europe is expected to arrive in Singapore on April 3 with the following passengers: For Singapore: Mr. L. G. Aarsen, Mr. G. Asp, Mr. Mrs. G. Brill, Mr. L. Degenhardt, Mr. H.W. Lyding, Mr. J. Roem, Mr. G.J. Smith, Miss A. Verburg and
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  • 642 11 S.S. MAUSAIG’ from Calcutta sails today for Singapore, Hongkong, Kobe and Osaka. S.S. KRIAN’ arrives in the morning from Ragan Datoh and Telok Anson, sails in the evening for Belawan. S.S. CELEBES MARU’ from Rangoon sails today for Japan Ports via Singapore. M.V. PENRITH CASTLE’
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  • 740 11 270 Held Up As Liner Leaves New York With Cargo The Canard White Star liner Berengaria left New York recently for England without a passenger aboard her. Less than an hour before she was due to leave dock the L nited States Steamboat Inspection Service
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    • 439 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE hST sS S“ s C MENESTHEUS Also calls Marseilles Xr ri nct A M 24 Apr 20 TEN DAY SERVmr Se w X 3 rJ^2 laSgOw April 1 April 27 C TEIRESIAS VIA HAVRE. Liverpool 43. EURYBATES Also calls Glasgow Jf" J? pr 16 TEUCER K Mar.
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    • 752 11 P o {lacorponted te lheiaad.).' PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. ROHNA” SAILING THURSDAY, 17th MARCH, 1938. Co under Penan Teluk Anson, Port SwMteohaa* London Malacca and Singapore Service. Outwards from London for China 4 Japan. S/S MATA HART’ Mar. 18 j due Penang BULAN” Mar. 25 X S/S 2O SAILINGS OF
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  • 538 12 latest Times Of Posting AIR MAILS A mail for Kuala Lumpur and .< by Malayan Internal Air Service at 2 p.m. tomorrow. A mail for Burma, India. Ader tine, Egypt, Sudhn. Kenya. Ta. Uganda, Zanzibar. Northern and s Rhodesia. Nyasaland, South Afr.. Britain, Ireland. Canada and
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  • 898 12 Some Threats I o Freedom WIRELESS AND PUBLIC OPINION The Archbishop of York (Dr. William Temple), addressing at Manchester University recently 1.400 students of the Workers’ Educational Association in its North-western district, urged the impor tance of maintaining individual freedom of thought and discussed some
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2793 12 WOR L D RADI O PROGRAMMES B B C. BERLIN PENANG MANILA TODAY TODAY' t»jb 15.20 Me/» lt.l m. D*N 9.54 Me/» nv ZHJ 6.08 Me/» (49.3 m.) R z r m 25.33 m. and 31.35 ni. B. B. C. Empire Broadcasting Service BJE H.N Me/i IMI P m -n-
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE HIGH LOW TODAY 12.20 p.m. 6.43 p.m. TOMORROW 12.24 a.m. 6.56 a.m. 12.55 p.m. 7.20 p.m.
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  • 240 13 DRIVING round the grounds at the Delhi Horse Show, LADY LINLITHGOW, the wife of the Viceroy, made collections for the King Emperor’s Fund to combwt tuberculosis in Indi*. Special committees for the fund hare been set up in each province. OVER 250 runners get’away to
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  • 445 14 Blue Peter Shows Form In Solo Run (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, March 15. Although the outer track was closed to training this morning some excellent times were recorded in gallops on the inner track for the second day of the Selangor
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  • 1048 14 Programme For Tomorrow Below will be found the full programme for the second day of the Selangor Turf Club Spring/Meeting to be run at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, together with selections by Tic-Tac: RACE 1 HORSESClass 4Division 4s| Furlongs. OO O EXCUSE ME 8.13 Mr. O.
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  • 131 14 Hill Rangers Defeat P. Besar B. P. (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, March 15. Ten members of the Hill Rangers Badminton Party of Alor Star a newly formed party comprising mostly of Railway employees at Alor Star. travelled down to Padar.g Besar on Saturday and
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  • 266 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, March 14. A total subscription of $508,325 standing to the credit of its 1,783 members at the end of 1937 is reported by the Selansoi Government Servants’ Co-opeiative Thrift and Loan Society. Ltd., Kuala Lumpur. This compares with
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  • 150 14 Reuter. Williams To Ride Royal Mail Again London, March 14.The following the latest call-over for the Grand tional: 100/8 Royal Mail offered, 100 7t& n 100|/7 Takvor Pacha offered. 100/7 Blue Shirt offered, 100/6 20/1 Cooleen offered. 20/1 Delachance offered. 25/1 Dunhill Castle taken. 25/1 Rock Quilla
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  • 738 14 hockey new forward line COMBINES WELL 1 Wales 0, England 5 Cardiff, March 5. England, with five new internationals, made a good start by defeating Wales here to-day by 5 goals 1 to nil. Harder tests than this lie ahead for England, but at least the team
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 133 14 Double Distilled J- _< x go 4? /W B ILb 1 H. w?I x ypoßk v a GOOD COCKTAIL SOLE AGENTS OPTORG Co., (MALAYA) Ltd. Don't suffer 7 HEADACHES-NEURALGIA-COLDB TOOTHACHE -FEVER OR RHEUMATISM Do what thousands of ingredients—in convenothers are doing to get ient tablet form, that acts immediate relief
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  • 478 15 T. F. Carey Takes 4 For 5, Scores 36 (From Our Own Correspondent) J Sungei Patani, March 13. I,> a cricket match played on the PubUc Green this morning> the Sun yci I atam Cricket Clubs Planters were beaten by the
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  • 266 15 Nichols Retains Title London: R. C. F. Nichols won the AllHag land Men’s Singles Championship for the third successive year ard fifth time in 'ii at the Royal Horticultural Hall, when he beat J. Bie, Denmark’s 17-ye r-old .mior champion, by 154, 155, in a tnewhat disappointing
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  • 92 15 All-Malayan Meeting Entries for the All-Malayan I ndoytonese Tennis Championship Meeting .nen’s open singles, men’s open doubles and mixed doubles to be held during the Easter holidays April 15 to 18, 1938, close on Saturday, April 2. Events entrance fees will be as folt Men’s Open Singles s3|-
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  • 123 15 *ynl Heppleston, 25-year-i Bradford engineer, has i n chosen as the recipient the Cycling” award for tn best all-round wheeler of IKll Heppleston earns a silver up and medallion. To win this virtual road 5 cling c hampionship of Briain, Heppleston rode -50 tides in 2 hours 7
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  • 1152 15 Forward» The Army Could Not Hold In Check London. March s:After a superb match, played before the biggest crowd ever seen at a Services match, the Royal Navy beat I the Army at Twickenham by 2 goals to 3 tries. Having previously beaten the Royal Air
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  • 287 15 Som Chit Too Good For Sosa Young Frisco (Phillipines (10.1216) beat Nai Smarn (Siam) 10.5) over 12-3 minute rounds at Rangoon last week. It was a clean cut victory on points, and Frisco who had the advantage of weight, height and reach made full use
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  • 28 15 GRASSHOPPERS—NEW STYLE They are members of the Cambridge University ski-ing team, keeping fit for their forthcoming trip to Norway by ski-inx on Dunstable Downs in Bedfordshire.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 219 15 he says KOLYNOS Thousands of dentists recommend Kolynos because of its antiseptic cleansing action. Use Kolynos and protect your teeth and gums. Brighten your smile Economize with KOLYNOS buy the large size TPADt MDR I A MO N DIAMOND SPIRAL SPRING MATTRESS Sturdy all Steel construction—rustproofed. Open visible springs harbour
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 30 15 POP One Fish Story Deserves Another By J. MILLAR WATT VUV SAY jP? YOV'Vfc OE&H SHOPPING YOOVE B££N YOU MAYEN T f bought /©Ou t anything: 1 ry ~/W Tu
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  • 122 16 PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON (Spot; Xo market £182.17. 6 LONDON(3 months) Xo market £182.17. 6 SINGAPORE $90.00 $93.00 BUSINESS DONE PENANG 589.75 $91.00 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA (Sundried) $4 00 53.95 BLACK PEPPER s9*so $9.50 RUBBER LONDON 6,'d 6d NEW YORK ISb’c(G) 14Jc(Gj SINGAPORE—(Spot) 222
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  • 325 16 Share of £1 denomination unless Rise or Fall otherwise stated Conversion Loan. 5 pc.. 1944-64 2: Funding Loan. 4 p.c., 1960-90 War Loan. 3i p.c Com. Union Assce. (Units) trudential Assce. A Royal Assce. share 10s pd. Great Western Rly. Ordy Canadian Pacific (£25) Chartered Bank (£5) H.K.
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  • 109 16 Faris 155’4 162% New York 4.99 4.98% Montreal 4.99 1 4 4.99% Brussels 29.63 29.63% Geneva 21.67 21.66 Amsterdam 8.96'$ 8.96}§ Milan 94 941' Berlir 12.40*2 12.40% Stockholm 19.42 19.42 Copenhage n 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26% 26% Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 142 142% Madrid. 55.00
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  • 121 16 London. March 14. RUBBER Firm.— London 6lj buyers 7 sellers April 'June 7 buyers 7 sellers July/Sept 7« buyers 7% sellers Get./Dec 7% buyers 7f„ sellers NEW YORK 14.20 cts United Kingdom Stocks London 48,197 tons Liverpool 24,806 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. Ma rch £12.10. 0
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    • 122 16 KENNEDY CO. Tl\ Buj’CTS Sellers Ampat 40 46 Ayer Hitam 21 3 22 3ex Bangrin 22 0 22 9 Hong Fatt 1.05 1.07% Hongkong Tin 17,9 19 0c Kamunting B'6 9,6 Katu 23:6 24 6ex Klang 1.65 1.72 Kramat 10 6 110 Larut 10 6 110 Lukut 65 .75 Malaj'an
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    • 124 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.40 1.45 tlong Fatt 1 05 1.10 Klang River 1.70 1.75 Kuchai 1.15 1.20 Mambau .60 .65 Petaling 6.15 6.50 Raub Gold 3.85 4.00 Rantau Ordy 1.22% 1.27%. Rantau Pref. 1.22% 1.27% Sungei Luas 1.40 1.45 Taiping Cons 1.57%> 1.60 Ulu
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    • 192 16 New York. Mar. 14.—Continue to recommend accumulation policj- bearing in mind the likehood of a further increase in armaments which will be the inevitable jesult of the latest European developments Rubber restriction management should encourage longs. Dow Jones avs. Prev. Today 30 indus 122.58 123.68 20 rails 25.85
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    • 23 16 TIN Singapore S*G.OO Per pkl. Pe:nng S»H .<>o Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 22 xc Per II». Penang Spot Per II».
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    • 172 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampats 3 10? 4 4% Asa ms 27 3 28 0 Bangrins 21 6 22 6 B. Selangors 1.40 1.45 Hong Fatts 1.06 1.07 K. Lan juts 19 3 19 9 Jelebus 77 .80 Kramats 10 3 10 9 Lukuts 65 .70 Rantau Prefs 1.17%
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  • 54 16 A middle-aged Chinese woman was yesterday charged before Mr. Lim Cheng Ean. the Penang Additional Magistrate, with having committed criminal trespass by remaining in the premises of No. 7 Sungei Ujong Road, belonging to Lam Ah Soo. The case was postoned to March 21 for mention personal bail
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  • 18 16 Statistics for February: Output 289 iems; Yardage 181.000 cubic yards; Hours Run 538; Hydraulicing 72 piculs.
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  • 12 16 Outnut for the month of February 1938 n<s 68% piculs.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 877 16 BANKS NEDERLANDSCHE the MERCANTILE i;\\ k HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in Engl? N.V. > M Capital Authorised (Incorporated in the Netherlands) capital Subscribed «0 (With limited liability.) Reserve Fund and Rest a Capital Paid Up (NETHERLANDS TRADING F p SOCIETY.) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sir Charles Alexander Innes in Amsterdam
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