Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 March 1938

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY. Mo. 74. Vol. XCVI. MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 404 1 I allies Decline £1,000,000.000 In A Few Hours On The Stock Exchange Worst Slump Since 1931 WALL STREET TAKES ANOTHER PLUNGE (From Our Own Correspondent) London, March 18. Germany’s annexation of Austria and the prospect of an early Italo-German victory for General Franco in Spain have
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  • 126 1 IReuter. Serious Threat To Barcelona Saragassa, Mar. 27Franco's army, which is now in motion along the whole line from North Huesca to the north corner of the Province of Castellon, is advancing with fantastic speed and is now within sk|ht of the borders of Valencia and Catalonia
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  • 26 1 From Oiu Chen Correspondent London. March 2G. Speculators are buying rubber in rieu of the possibility of a further quota cut being announced.
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  • 74 1 Reuter. Military Lorry Wrecked In Palestine Jerusalem, March 27.A collective fine >t £5OO has been imposed on the village of Kfianyunis. near the railway fine in South Palestine where a military patrol lorry was wrecked by the explosion of a land mine ast Thursday. One British soldier was
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  • 134 1 Reuter. Optimism Shared In Italy Rome, March 28 A Communique published in the Informat izine diplomatica with regard to Mr. Chamberlain’s speech, says that responsible Italian circles are inclined to share Mr. Chamberlain’s optimism with regard to Anglo-Italian negot ations. It adds that Italy will keep it
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  • 38 1 .Reuter. Rome, March 27. In commemoration the 15th anniversary of the formation Air Force tomorrow, 29 rew aero romes will be opened in Italy and Italian '''th Africa. Five aeronautical institutes will also be inaugurated.Reuter.
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  • 28 1 In the Penang Middle Court th s morning, Mr. Lim Cheng Ean mentioned that he would cease being Additional Magistrate as from. Ape.l t.
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  • 77 1 Reuter. Coup Welcomed As A Check To Godless Bolshevism” Berlin. March 27.Romen Ca holir bishops in Austria, headed by Cardinal Innitzer. have issued a solemn declaration pledging support to the German Reich. They declare their conviction tuat National Socialism aver'cd the danger oi All-destroying Godless Bolshevism. The
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  • 382 1 Movements Of Troop Trains On Tsin-Pu" Railway .Reuter. Over 70 planes raided Hankow and Wuchang. The raiders were compelled to fly high owing to anti-aircraft fire and many bombs fell into civilian quarters. The casualties are estimated at 100 killed and 170 injured. Many houses were
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  • 17 1 Reuter. Frankfort, March ?7— Germany defeated France by three points to nil at rugby.Reuter.
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  • 271 1 Britain On Top' In The East (From Our London Staff) London. March 21. Malaya, according to Sir Shenton Thomas in a letter to the Secretary of State for Air, Lord Swinton, on the occasion of the inauguration of the Malayan section of the Empire Air Mail Scheme, is
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  • 55 1 After being attached to the Sheriff’s Department, Supreme Court, Penang, for the past 10 years Mr. Yeoh Tiang Keng is being transferred to the Volunteer Department, Peel Avenue, from April 1. His colleagues in the Registry, Sheriff’s Department and Bankruptcy office are entertaining Mr. Yeoh to a farewell
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  • 30 1 Tokio, March 28.A Foreign Office spokesman interviewed by Reuter denied a report that Japan is expected to offer important economic concessions in North China to Italy and Germany.
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  • 125 1 -Reuter. Swift Retaliation Suggested Washington, March 27.A Treasury spokesman has issued a statement that no decision has yet been reached as regards purchase of Mexican silver. The spokesman added that a decision would not be taken until after April 1 when United States commitments to buy Mexican
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  • 192 1 Bagnall Urges Tin Action From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, March 28.- Malayan Governments w’ere urged to consider carefully the advisability of giving notice of intention to withdraw from tin control by Sir John Bagnall addressing shareholders at the meeting of Straits Traders today. Sir John also maintained
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  • 76 1 Questions By Commissioners At the meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners tomorrow Mr. C. Grumitt will ask: "With regard to the traffic island at the junction of Ayer Itam Road and Scotland Road, will the President please state whether the Police were consulted before it was erected and
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  • 238 2 S. Patani Parish Priest For France (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, March 26 Reverend Father M. Bonamy, the Parish Priest of Sungei Patani Roman Catholic Church and manager of the St. Theresa’s Boys’ School, was entertained to a farewell party by the staff and boys of
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  • 122 2 British Wireless. New Air Councillor On Rearmament London, March 27: Lord Winterton new member of the Air Council, speaking on rearmament at Worthing said that toll? there was an active desire on the part f Miousands of British men and women to participate in defence.
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  • 135 2 Enforcement Of Law In Singapore From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Mar. 26. That strict enforcement of by-laws had reduced cruelty to animals to a minimum was asserted at the Singapore Municipal meeting by Dr. K K Pathy. He referred to a statement in the report of the
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  • 134 2 -bale Of Beer Not An Infringement (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Mar. 26. Ihe question whether a holder of a I'cence to sell Chinese liquor committed an offence if he sold beer was decided by Mr. R. A. Ward, in the Fourth Police Court. The point arose when
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  • 56 2 Reuter. London, March 27 Ctouston landed at Croydon at 5.41 p.m., having flown from New Zealand in 5 days 18 hours 34 minutes and the round trip in less than 11 days This is the first England-New Zealand round flight. The fliers beat the EnglanAAustralia return record
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  • 753 2 P. O. WAR VETERAN TO BE SCRAPPED Penang’s Good-Bye’ To The Kaisar-J-Hind The most famous P. and O. ship on the Indian run in her days carrying hundreds of distinguished passengers east and west of Suez, the 11,430-ton liner Kaisar-I-Hind” pulled away from the wharf at Penang on Saturday night
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  • 103 2 Academy To Be Opened In Penan <r Penang is to have a Fine Arts Institution. to be known as East and West Academy. where ar. elaborate curriculum of studies, embracing a wide range of subjects. will be taught. Under the directorship of Professor Jacob Tarecon, the Academy will
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  • 94 2 The boys and girts of the Anglo-Chmese Schools, Penang, are preparing an operetta to be presented at the Anglo-Chinese Midd’e School, Westlands Avenue, on Monday April 11, and Tuesday April 12, at 8.30 p.m '•The Magic Beanstalk.” an operetta in three acts, is based on tiu story
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  • 73 2 laondon. March 27: The most famous of racing tea clippers, the Cutty Sark, will be manned by ten Worcester cadet* and a selection of former Worcester trained cadets when the vessel is towed frorr Falmouth to the Thames in June. The Qutty Sark is to
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  • 34 2 The Governor has appointed Mr. D. A. Mackay to b? a member of the Committee for the Management of the Waterfall Gar dens at Penang vice Mr. E. Newbold, deceased
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  • 144 3 Reuter. Recapture Of Hangchwang Claimed Hankow, March 27. Assisted by newly-arrived latest heavy artillery tanks and armoured cars, the Chinese offensive on Tsinpu.” launched yesterday, resulted in two Chinese columns recrossing the Grand Canal, and one column claims to have recaptured Hangchwang
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  • 107 3 .Reuter. Roads To Facilitate Evacuation Planned FRENCH GOVERNMENT’S DECISION Paris, March 27—The Minister for .ht Intciior has decided to spend *.2,700,000 on air defence of Paris. 'fhe decision was taken at a meeting )f Cabinet members with police chiefs and Prefects. The expenditure will
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  • 79 3 Reuter IMPORTANT ADVANCES CLAIMED Saragosa. March 27A new nationalist offensive has begun on a line between Caspe and Alcaniz with Tortosca as the objective Nationalist aeroplanes bombed Tarragona, Reus and Lerida. The number of casualties is not known. Important advances all along the Aragon front are claimed
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  • 74 3 Reuter. Borrowers’ Needs Fully Met London. March 27Despite a drop (.mounting to about £10.000.000 in bankers’ deposits, as revealed in this week’s Bank of England return, loans continued fully ample for borrowers’ needs. Discount brokers received the result of Friday’s Treasury Bill allotment with mixed feelings as while
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  • 23 3 Reuter. Athens, March 27The death is announced of M Michalakopoulos, a former Prime Minister, who died today from heart failure.
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  • 142 3 Reuter. Manchukuo Fail To Meet Obligation TERMS OF C. E. R. SALE REVEALED Moscow, March 27According to reports to Ta.Ss. from well-in/ormed quarters, the Manchukuo Government have failed to redeem on March 23. according to schedule, the last obligation amounting to about 6.000.000 yen, given to
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  • 81 3 Reuter. Machine Descends In Flames: Crew Killed Rome. March 27.—1 t is officially announced that a multi-engined French plane, which was flying over the coast of Sardinia on the night of March 26, descended in flames and all of the crew perished. Inquiry is being
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  • 591 3 HEARING was resumed on Saturday before Mr. E. N. Taylor, the District Judge, in the case in which Choe Seong Eng, former clerk of the Arms and Expolsives Department, was charged with being in possesssion of a double barrel gun without a licence,
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  • 746 3 MR. SOON ENG KONG RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT An appeal to members of the Hu lew Seah to join the Provident Fund of the Club in view of the benefits to be derived from it, was made by Mr. Soon Eng Kong, president of the Seah at the
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  • 93 3 Reuter. Scathing Attack By Goering SCHUSCHNIGG TO BE PROSECUTED Hapsbury, March 27 The Legitimists are gone forever,” said Goering, who announced that Schuschnigg and his advisers will be pro-secuted for their proposed plebescite. He scathingly denounced the incredible stupidity of Western Powers in talking of violence
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  • 289 3 Reuter. 17-POINT PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED Vienna. March 17—A programme for reconstruction of Austria was announced by Goering in a speech today. He said there are 17 points in the programme, as follows (1) a fixed ratio for the schilling an the mark: (2) immediate payment of 60.000.000 marks
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  • 64 3 .Reuter. Pans. March 27The first machine of the new Air France fleet to be used on the Paris-London Service made a record flight from Croydon to Paris today in 57 minutes. In the morning, it left Croydon at 9.32 and arrived at Le Bourget
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  • 55 3 SCENES AT SATURDAY’S MUNICIPAL SPORTS (Top) Mr. J. A. Blacl (standing on the left) addressing th-? gathering at the conclusion of th» sports, before distribution of prizes by Mrs. M. J. Thorpe. (Below) A per feet vault by Lim Ah Ngan, who was first in the Jole
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  • 723 4 Civil Lord To Make Thorough Investigations Surprising allegations concerning the sale to the Admiralty of motor torpedo boats by Mr. Scotti-Paine were made in the House of Commons by Lieut.-Commander Fletcher (Lab., Nuneaton) during the debate on the Navy estimates. Mr. Scott-Paine,
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  • 331 4 Husband'» New Act Plea Succeeds An application by Capt. Erasmus William Gower, a retired Army officer, to have made absolute a decree nisi granted to his wife, Mrs Violet Florence Gower, in an undefended suit on Jan. 23. 1935, was heard by
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  • 164 4 Action Settled London: A settlement of a poster libel action was announced in the Chancery Division when Mr. Justice Simonds had before him an application by Mr A.U.M Hudson, Conservative M.P. for North Hackney, in his action against the Victoria House Printing Company Ltd. and
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  • 133 4 British Wireless. Slackening In Rate Of Recovery London. March 27: The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade. Captain Euan Wallace, referred last night to the trade outlook and said that the position of trade today was slackening in the rate ot recovery rather than at a standstill
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  • 104 4 1I J 1 IC LI British Wireless. London. March 27: Official arrangements foi a four days visit by King George and Queen Elizabeth to Lancashire in May were announced today. Arriving at Colne on the morning ol May 17. the King and Queen will motor through,
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  • 76 4 British Wireless. London. March 27: The Essex Rivers Catchment Board yesterday approved a scheme involving a capital expenditure of £1.000.000 to provide adequate sea defences tor Essex County as a result of serious 'image caused by flooding by high tides last month. Completion of the
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  • 35 4 8.~ t 1 sh Wireless. Lor ion. March 27: The Forestry Comm.i.'S.oners have appointed a Committee to advise them about the suitability of the forest of Dean as a national forest park
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  • 418 4 Laughter At Studio Luncheon By CAMPBELL DIXON Mr. Bernard Shaw made the shortest speech of his life at a luncheon at the Pinewood Studios. Iver, Bucks, to celebrate the filming of his Pygmalion, by Gabr.el Pascal, under the direction ot Anthony Asquith. Remarking simply that there
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  • 58 4 British Wireless. London. March 27: A total of £22.928 was realised at a three days sale of tht library formed by the late Mr. Mortimer Schiff of New York which ended at Sothebys Bond Street auction rooms yesterday. Two lots fetched over £l.OOO a-piece and bidding
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  • 56 4 .British Wireless. London. March 27: A sum of £250 wa 1 yesterday handed to Mrs. Elizabeth Hertz, widow of Heinrich Hertz, discoverer of Hertzian waves, at the request of Cardinal Hinsley. Archbishop of Westminster. The money was a gift of Pope Pius XI who requested Cardinal
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  • 286 4 Hungry oiitlis Turn To Crime Police of the International Settlement and the French Concession at Shanghai have a new and serious problem on their hands as the result of the Japanese invasion of China and the subsequent heavy destruction of property and tei rific loss of life, which
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  • 81 4 to which begin in April. British Wire--ICSS. London. March 27: Adoption of a distinctive badge to be worn by officers of the air branch ot the Royal Navy has been approved by the King. The badge consists of a capital letter A” in silver
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  • 21 4 Under instructions from His Majesty’s Government, the Governor has recognised Nal Prasiddhi Nohanandana as Vice-Consul of Siam at Penang.
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  • 367 4 Smuggler I Foiled Nearly Smashed Me Victims of a drug pedlar’s revenge. Robert Edward Clement and Thomas Robert Brookins an American, appealed successfully at London Sessions against convictions and were awarded 15 guineas costs each. Mr Clement had been sentenced to three months’ hard
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  • 456 5 DEATH-BED INTERVIEW WITH SOLICITOR Raby Son To Get Fortune aniatic death-bed interview, in which a shot man disinherited his young wile, who was later acquitted of murdering inn, was revealed when Mrs. Doris Vanda Ursula Teesdale. of xuskington, Lincs, came to
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  • 1403 5 NX liy Insurance Is Impossible SIR W. P. ELDERTON’S PLAN London: Sir William Palin Elderton, hairman of the British Insurance Association. gave the address to the Insurance Institute of London on the Impossibility of War Risks Insurance.” War risks, he said, could not properly be covered,
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  • 98 5 At the eighth ordinary general meeting of the Sam Tor Eh Yeoh Chong Teik Seah held at No. 3. Chulia Street Ghaut. Penang, on Thursday. March 24. the following gentlemen were elected members of the Board of Management for the ensuing year: President
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  • 330 5 Malise Herbert Stewart, aged twentyseven, old Etonian and ex-Guards officer, denied in the London Bankruptcy Court that he took a trip to America to offer himself in the marriage market.” He was explaining how his debts hao mounted to £28,418 and had told how In
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 1887 7  -  SERIAL: Fourth Instalment The reporter and Professor S. F. X. Van Dusen go to the haunted house and make a discovery by Jacques FUTRELLE THREE deeply mystified tren passed down the hill to the village from the old house. Ernest Weston, the owner, had not spoken since
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    • 521 7 Head Office 12, Bishop Street Penang Phone 1477 and 1478 with extensions. Telegrams* Gazette” Penang. Singapore Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapore. Kuala Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. <poh Office Brewster Road. Phone 268. London Office 40, 43, Fleet Street, London L.C. 4. Phone Central
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    • 220 7 THE KUALA SIDIM RUBBER COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) NOTICE is hereby given that the Twentvn nth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office, No. 1. Weld Quay. Penang, on Monday, the 4th April, 1938. at 11 a m. NOTICE is further
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  • 850 8 PEACE has not yet been established between the Malayan mining industry and the Drainage and Irrigation Department. At the moment, tin producers are highly preoccupied with the immediate problems arising out of the low quota and with equally important problems created by the manipulators of tin politics.
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  • 64 8 LETTER TO THE EDITOR! Sir. I should be glad if you would allow me the use of your columns to ccn'radict a statement which appeared in yesterday's Sunday Gazette to the effect that I have associated myself with the proposed East and West Academy.” I wish to disclaim
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  • 86 8 Royal Pandit Ven. Bbikkhu Yagirala Pannananda, the Principal of Sudharma kara Oriental College, Induruwa, Ceylon, i to visit Penang shortly on a holiday. He is leaving Colombo on April 3 by the P. O. Corfu which is expected to reach Penang on April 7. The
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  • 38 8 The new Penang second magistrate. Mr. Lim Koon Teck, former Registrar, Singapore. took the bench in the Police Court this morning for the first time. He dealt with two traffic summonses, and postponed a third summons.
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  • 466 8 Annual Meeting The eighth annual general meeting of the Taiping District Planteis' Association wat heTaf the New Club. Taiping, on Friday. March 25. The meeting commenced a. 10.30 a.m., the following members bein o Pr TheHon. Mr. S. B. Palmer (Chaiiman); Messrs. O. H. M. Sturges. E.
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  • 396 8 (LETTER TO THE EDITOR] Sir. The Penang Football Association has once again put itself in an unfavourable light. This seems to be an annual affair and. as the annual general meeting is to be held tomorrow, comments on the out standing points in the aocounts of the
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  • 521 8 Fireproof Gunners MANY theories have been vanced for the inconipYt British naval victory at i■. landwhy, after the German f|, was manoeuvred into a hopeit e position, it was allowed to esca’ The secret was simply that the crews of the big 16-inch guns wer so badly
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    • 132 8 Aneiv cook?- WMH The cook has not changed, nor has the recipe except that Maggi's Seasoning is now used in the kitchen. A tew drops work wonders if added, just before serving. to an insipid dish, weak soup, stew, gravy or sauce. Maggi’s Seasoning is’utterly different from spicy table sauces
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  • 530 9 Investigation Of Malayan Minins Conditions WAS RUSHED HERE’ 9 Sir A ewis Fermor, who is to investigate Ma ay an mining conditions and future prospects of the industrv and make an official report, passed through Penang last night on his way to Singapore by
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  • 79 9 The F.M.S. team to meet the Ceylon touring team in Kuala Lumpur on April 9. 10 and 11 has been selected as follows: T. M. Hart (Capt.l H. L. Ward D. R. Gulland H. A. F. Brooke J. E. Slade C. S. K. Bovell B.
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  • 256 9 Mr. En Cheow Hin Miss Lee Kim Peng The wedding took place in the reformed style at the Penang Buddhist Association yesterday afternoon between Mr. Eu Cheow Hin, the well-known local sportsman, and Miss Lee Kim Peng. The bridegroom, who is attached to th? staff of Messrs
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  • 92 9 The High School, Bukit Mertajam, were defeated by the second string of the Butterworth Recreation Club. yestenJay in their cricket fixture played on the Butterworth Padang, by 41 runs. The school batting first, put up 40 runs Teik Chnair being undefeated with 14 runs. Andrew
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  • 26 9 The cricket match played between The Old Frees’ Association and the Butterworth Recreation Club on Saturday a Butterworth resulted in a draw.
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  • 191 9 Teams Selected After the match on the Esplanade yesterday between the Penang Sports Club and the Recreation Club representatives of the Cricket Clubs in Penang met at the Sports Club to select two teams to play in a trial match before the team to represent Penang against
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  • 263 9 Last Night’s Boxing (By Spectator” Cuffing their way through ten rounds Speedy Pancho and Tiger Aman had their return bout at Fun and Frolic Stadium last night, and once again Aman took the verdict. There was nothing much to the fight, if such it can be
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  • 21 9 Reuter. Scotland heat Wates in the men’s hockej -natch on Saturday at Llandudno by four goals to one.— Reuter.
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  • 63 9 A Municipal coolie, working at the Penang incinerator, had a gruesome find on Fn lay. While raking the rubbish, he came across a bundle, which he found to contain the body of a new-born baby. The Police, who were informed, found signs of the baby having been strangled,
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  • 454 9 Perak Beaten By Innings i From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, March 27. Selangor began their inter-State cricket fixtures very well by defeating Perak by an innings and 71 runs today on the padang in their State match of the season. Selangor were clearly the superior side, in
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  • 80 9 Mr Lee Cheng Kin. second son of Mrs. Lee Soon Theam and the late Mr. Lee Soo Theam, and his bride. Miss Lam C hew Lan. elder daughter of Mr. and Mts. Lam Hot Tong, after their wedding at the Penang Buddhist Association yesterday Mr. Lee
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    • 44 9 Obtain i canatogem trite tbelcJopdiSfamf Weame’s Air Services are contemplating running a special plane to Singapore on Good Friday morning and returning to Penang on Easter Monday afternoon. Faresloo/- return. Will any persons interested please communicate with Weame Brothers Limited, Penang. Telephone 258.” I
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    • 345 9 THOUSANDS OF HUMAN WRECKS” iCi!BSSfI [DEFORMED > Crippled by stiff, locked, inflamed DT J??,. or arthritic joints and muscles; |AH I nKI I racked with pain; never well because of the uric and other acids which were forever poisoning the blood stream, thousands of A 1 offerers are now completely
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  • 446 10 Dividend Making 9 Per Cent. Tiie Bukit Untong Rubber Co., Ltd., report for the year ended December 31, states 1 Balance on Profit and Loss Account brought forward tiorn the previous year $2,132 Profit for the year ended 31st December, 1937 $60,737 Less Interim Dividends 3% paid July
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  • 1443 10 Fresh Milestone In Civil Air History Airway Organisation Which Operates All Hours Of The 24 Plans For Holiday Travel JT was a fresh milestone in civil air history that was reached the other day when, after ascending from Rochester together under their combined power, the two components
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  • 306 10 MEAT Beef Steak- Kat i Stew or Curry do Fork lean do Pork lean and fat Ist quality do 36 Mutton (Goat) V Indies local per lb 60 1)0 Australian do 45 Fowl r Kati 32 apons locally reared do 60 F en do do Duck ry,.
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  • 246 10 Dealers Reluctant To Make A Price Boustead <£• On.. Ltd in their report dated Penang Mar. 23 state: The rubber market, having barely held its own up to the end of Last week, has t alien away sharply. There is no out ware sign in the market as
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  • 188 10 To Compensate For Price Fall Berlin, March 16.—German import duties on rubber, gutta percha and balata have been increased from Rm. 160 to Rm. 170 per double hundredweight (one-tenth of a metric ton) as from March 21 by a decree just published in the German Official
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    • 6 10 TOMORROW The Professor Sees < The “Ghost”
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    • 285 10 HE WAS SAVED FROM AN OPERATION After 8 Years Suffering with Gastric Ulcers People suffering from gastric ulcers bavx always the dread possibility hanging overthem that their condition will eventually lead to the operating table. That was the case with this man, who tried all kinds or treatment for his
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  • 553 11 Preston Triumph In F.A. Cup Semi-Finals 7F A TURES of the F. A. Cup semi-finals played on Saturday were the A. sensational defeat of Sunderland, holders, at Blackburn, and Preston's triumph over Aston Villa at Bramallarie. Results were: Preston N.E. 2, Huddersfield 3, Th«* Preston-Villa match
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  • 587 11 M.S. SILVERS AND AL’ from S’pore via Belawan sails next day for Colombo, Halifax, Boston, New York, Philadelphia Baltimore via Cape of Good Hope. M.S. GENERAL VERSPYCK’ arrives today from Lho Seumawe, sailing for same port and Sumatran ports on Wednesday. M.S. BATAK’ arrives today
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  • 874 11 Lim Mah Chan Champion Again: Good Times FOR the fourth year in succession the Electric Supply Department carried off field and track event honours at yesterday's Municipal sports on the Esplanade. The Transport Department and Health Department were second and third respectively. Run in fine weather, the events
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    • 392 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE WIBKLY SERVICE TO LONDON A NORTH a MENESTHEUS Also calls ENT Penang Lonilt A ISs HIRE A tr s 3 M A aS s -™Zsborough LYCAON Omits Havre Apr 4 May 7 <1 PROMETHEUS Also calls Glamrow Apr 18 May 15 NEW YORK SERVICE (via Apr 25
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    • 635 11 PJf and W V BRITISH INDIA (Incorporeal iy anglMd.) PORT SWETTENHAM SING APO KE S.S. RAJULA” SAILING THURSDAY, 31st MARCH, 1938. r Co under Triuk Anson, Port Swettennnm, Uindon «<l B'^KS J S2 1 B Se^ rnment UilBC<;a d Serried* Outwards from London for China Japan. »¥A T^ ARI Apr
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    • 259 11 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) LONDON SEBVIGB For Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar, Londoa, Antwerp and Rotterdam. Steamers. Sailing date» 4 TERUKUNI MARU (calls Hamburg) Mar. 31 HAKUSAN MARU Apr. 15 HARUNA MARU Apr. 29 x KATORI MARU May 13 x KASHIMA MARU May 27 YASUKUNI MARU (Calls Hamburg) June
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  • 452 12 Latest Times Of Posting AIK MAILS: A mail for Kuala Lumpur and Si: by Malayan Internal Air Service vo. at 2 p.m. tomorrow’, **A mail for Hongkong. Canton tow*, Amoy*, Shangnai.% Kobe*, m and U.S.A. By Imperial Airways <c will close at 8 a.m. on Mar.
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  • 1186 12 QUESTIONS OF TIME AND MONEY Sir Stephen Tallents On Forward Policy Sir Stephen Tallents, Controller of Public Relations at the 8.8. C., discussed with a representative of THE OBSERVER some of the problems brought about by the expansion of broadcasting services and of
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2696 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. BERLIN PENANG MELBOURNE TODAY TODAY 1»JB 15. W Mc/e VK 2ME 9 59 Mcs (31 2 m.) B. B. C. Empire Broadcasting Service LMN .54 Mc/« SI.4S m bus M n n) /or UU week.- IMK Me/. 11» M. 4.20 Opening announcement. 5.20 With TRANSMISSION
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE HIGH LOW TODAY 10.50 p.m,- 4.54 p.m. TOMORROW 11.26 a.m. 5.15 a.m. 11.26 p.m. 5.26 p.m.
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  • 210 13 PL AYS billiards with boys. t, vWted a number of club- in the London ofXm billiards with the boys. < TOLNG VISITOR U> the l.eadw Z«* wea< a hooded outfit reminiscent of Eskium. 4i»*< makes the seqvi’n'an-'e of the ocnguins who seem quite willing to
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  • 891 14 Penang Junior Badminton Championships (Bv Our Badminton Correspondent.) THE Limsteaders’ junior doubles champions, Ooi Teik Hock and Um Hoo Chye, won their first match in the Penang junioi doubles championship yesterday at the free School when they defeated the Hu Yew
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  • 23 14 A CHAMPION’S SMILELiu Mah Chan, of the Health Department, who won the indiridea! championship at the Municipal sports on Saturday.
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  • 706 14 CRICKET F.C.D. Labrooy Bowls Well In a twelve-a-slde cricket match played yesterday between the Padang Clubs on the Esplanade, the Penang Recreation Club defeated the Sports Club by 5 wickets. A feature of the game was the brilliant bowling of F D C. Labrooy
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    • 133 14 s h I 11 j For a QUICK «fif EASY SHINE AGENT: HARPER GILF LLAN &Co Ltd.. MNGaFO PfetdANG KUAI A tUMPUR M 16 LYONS TEAS Maintain that high «iandarj ralue always suaocsatesi with IyORS products. WW Tfcaf <» why they arc to be found in every home T throughout
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 193 14 HERE COMES M-G-M'S PROUDEST TRIUMPH! SINCE FILMS BEGAN... rlt 1 -fQgUI lTir fc» I Si The drama that staggered the whole world waile a frail beauty 1 VjW of /sflA enthralled Napoleon thunders across the screen ui the greatest I R. spectacle ever unfolded before you! Filmed on a grant
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  • 881 15 Handicaps And Programme For First Day Below will be found the handiranc r<„, E c>. b b r Horse», Class 2, 1 mile and 110 Yards. i 0 1 RELEASE 9.07 Tin»» 20 0 LORDLOGY 900 a Br «ukelen 10 2 DEEPDENE 8 13 Van
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  • 214 15 The following i s the schedule of racing tor the Penang meeting. FIRST DAY Horses 2, Divs. 1, 2 and 3—5 I|2 furs. Horses 2, Div. Al mile and 110 yds. Horses 3, Divs. 3 and 55 12 furs. Horses 3, Divs. A and B—l mile and
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  • 314 15 Time Saves Free School From Defeat THE Penang Free School were lucky to draw with the Chinese Recreation Club at cricket on Saturday, being saved from a disastrous defeat by time. Taking first knock, the Chinese ran up the huge score of 246 runs
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  • 113 15 Rugby Results London, March 26. Today’s Rugby Union matches resulted as follows: The Army 15, Royal Air Force 7. Bath 5, Bridgend 3. Bedford 0. Northampton 6. Birkenhead Park 6, Waterloo 3. Bradford 8, Blackheath 13. Bristol 7. Neath 16. Gloucester 14. Llanelly 5. Harlequins 7, London
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 525 15 1 THEY LAST A INK' V-OWft A life time(7 n V A/ H\\ J If W v H Vtew P» tv* 1 Y JI BRITISH MADE XsggA -SfesA THROUGHOUT B.S.A. ROADSTER BICYCLE B.S.A. SPORTS BICYCLE. SPECIFICATION SPECIFICATION v Frame. 20 in. and 21 in., with parallel top rame. 22 in.
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  • 132 16 TIN P LONDON—(Sr ot) LONDON—(3 months) SINGAPORE BUSINESS DONE PENANG BUSINESS DONE COPRA(Sundried) BLACK PEPPER RUBBER LONDON NEW YORK SINGAPORE (Spot) April/June July/Sept Oct./Dec JAPIOCA FAIR SEED MEDIUM RICE RANGOONPARBOILED No. 1 NO. 2 WHITE NO. 1 WHITE No. 2 WHITE No. 3 LOCAL RICE PARBOILED No. 1 WHITE
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  • 73 16 Aggregate Profits Rise To £2,478,000 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, March 27. Aggregate profits of the Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd., for 1937, including contributions from subsidiaries, after depreciation but before providing guaranteed dividends of those companies, total £2,478.000. compared with £2,200,392 in 1936. Dunlop Planta*ions have repaid £127,930 in
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  • 52 16 ENGAGEMENT The engagement is announced, and the wedding will take place shortly, of Mr. Lau Toe Seng, Chung Thye Phin Road. Ipoh. son of the late Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Lau, of Penang, and Miss Chan Kwan Thai, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chan Weng Chan, also
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  • 361 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Mar. 26. Members of the Engineering Association of Malaya today inspected the invention of a Kuala Lumpur engineer which may in a short time greatly increase the importance of a by-product of the Malayan tin industry,ilmenitewhich is used
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  • 147 16 Ties lor The Week The following ties in the Penang Recreation Club tennis tournament are arranged: TODAY Ladies Singles handicap (semi-finals): 15.4 Miss Y. Carrier v s 3 Miss A Lopez. 4 Mrs H. M. Thomasz vs Winner of Scr. Mrs. C. J. Scully vs -f- 4
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 158 16 New York. March 26. Dow Jones avs. Prev. Today 30 indue 108.57 106.63 20 rails 19.95 19.68 20 utilities 16.38 16.09 40 bonds 84.54 85.14 Business done; 000's 1.680 1,380 Am. Tobacco B 62’4 61’2 Anaconda Cpr 25% 25% Beth. Steel <7 46% Douglas Air 35% 33% Elec.
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    • 127 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBER Buyers Sellers Bassett 40 Kuala Sidim 2.20 2.40 c S. Ramal 1.10 125 c TIN Ampat 36 3 10J Batu Selangor 1.27% 1-35 Hong Fatt 102 1.04 c Kpg. Lanjut I 7 *8 3 Klang River 1-65 1.72% Kramat ll|o London 2 2 0 Nawng Pet 35
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    • 22 16 TIN Singapore $90.8/ Per pkl. Penang $90.62% Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 20%c Per lb. Penang Spot 20%c Per lb.
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    • 89 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.32% 1.37% Hong Fatt 1.02% 1.05 Kuchai 1.05 1.10 Rahman Hyd 1.22% 1.27% Raub Gold 4.10 4.20 Rantau Ordy 1.12% 1.17% Rantau Pref 1.12% 1.17% Taiping Cons 1.50 1.55 Kpg. Lanjut 18 0 18 6 Kramat 10 0 10 6 R.
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    • 107 16 Paris 163 A 163 {J New York 4 95 4.95% Montreal 4.98% 4.98% Brussels 29.44 29.44 Geneva 21.64% 21.66 Amsterdam 8.96}£ 8.97 Milan 9414 Farlin 12.37% 12.37 Stockholm 19.40% 19.40’, Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 381© 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26% 26% Helsingfors 226 226 Prague 142 Madrid 55.00 nominal Lisbon
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    • 147 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Bnvers Srll/rw A meats 319 3 6 Bangrins 20 0 21 0 B. Selangors 1.25 1.30 Hong Fatts 1.03 1.04 K. Lanjuts 18 0 1816 Jelebus 70 .75 Katus 213 216 Kramats 10 0 10|6 Kuchais 1.10 1.15 Lukuts 65 .70 Raubs 4.00 4.15 R. T. Fields
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  • 516 16 Release In Terrific Form (By Tic-Tac) It was very dark and misty this morning but fortunately the horses did not have to go out till 6.10 which is the official time for train ing now. Horses running at the Penang meeting wore saddle cloths: others, quite a
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  • 45 16 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Mr. and Mrs. Lee Ptaang Leng wish to "thank friends who attended the wedding of their daughter. Miss Lee Kim Peng to Mr. Eu Cheow H n yesterday, and at the same time beg pardon of those who. through inadvertence, did not receive invitations.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 270 16 TO LET TO LET—Furnished house in residential area. Modern Sanitation. Immediate possession. Apply Box 234. c o Pinang Gazette Press. H.M. NAVAL BASE, SINGAPORE. VACANCY A vacancy exists for an ENGINEER of one of H. M. Trawlers stationed at Singapore. Candidates who must be BRITISH EUROPEANS under 50 years of
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    • 800 16 BANKS INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK, THE MERCANTILE BANK TD OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England (Incorporated in British India) Capital Authorised £3,000 ar Capital Subscribed ooe Reserve Fund and Rest £1 247 Sc Head Office: 11|12, First Line Capital Paid Up uWoot. Beach, Madras. board of directors. Sir Charles Alexander Innes,
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