Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 April 1938

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. N<>. 80. Vol. XCVL MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 1274 1 Harbour Officials Rush To Scene Crack in Side of V essel PRAISE FOR CREW AND PORT AUTHORITIES PI MCI NG O)*: RATIONS ARE BEING CAR1,1 i) OIT Bl A WATER TIG-BOAT OF THE IRBOIR BOARD IX AN ATTEMPT TO QUELL i ..I EIRE WHICH HAS BEEN RAGING
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  • 50 1 b.o, edition went to press, th u ,!l<u itatve, y reported hmgking was sinking. iiki i' U! n< >ort officials who bv d tU liu s cene are standing m -nt <Wfurt her develop* been tl,e aunc h which had ship t |,umpin water into the cased operations.
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  • 289 1 mobiUsable age answered the call. Reuter. Grave News From. Barcelona Saragossa, April I.The Nationalists completely occupied Lerida at seven o’clock last night Sar-agossa, April 3 -Nationalist troopff have taken Pine 11 Mora in Tarragona Province and are now nearing Cherta. sixteen* miles from the sea St. JeaE
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  • 42 1 ReCrr. It understood that a;i Ang’oItaliar, agreement :,s expected to lc leached and lc ready for si min y before Easter. It is believed that Mussolini is aH.r'o UB f or signature befoi' il-tle visit to Rome hi May. Re'itef.
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  • 93 1 Reuter. Government In A Minority Cairo. April 3.Toe latest election results show: Government 96 sea s. Saal dists 79. Independents 59. Wafd.s s 12. These results are final apart from 1$ constituencies where there are to b° .< elections owing to insufficient maiorl'.ies The ex-Premier, Nahas Pasha, and
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  • 34 1 Reuter. Batavia, April 4.Lord Gowrie, Gover-ncr-General of Australia and Lady Gowrie arrived by plane from Bali at Surabaya. They were escorted by five naval planes and welcomed by the Governor.Reuter.
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  • 193 1 Effective Mobilisation Of Resistance Powers Reuter. The sixth National Kuomintang Congress has issued a stirring declaration recording the determination of the entire country to continue to mobilise its powers cf resistance under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek. The sympathy of the nations of the world is acknowledged
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  • 1530 2 Some Impressions By The Commander Of A Memorable Trip RETAILS which have become available as to the survey flight by the Imperial Airways Centaurus’ from England to Aus--ralia, New Zealand, and back, provide a remarkable tribute to the 'taunchness and reliability of
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  • 646 2 Hankow, Mar. 27 The recent fierce battle at Tonghsien, north of Lincheng on the rtentsin-Pukow Railway, was described 'Io a Ta Kung Rao correspondent by Lieut General Chen Ki, divisional commander, who was wounded in his leg during th light. According to General
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  • 477 2 of the greatest concerns of Japan has been the failure of her propaganda in the United States and Great Britain, declares a recent issue of the American-owned and edited Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury. The Post further observes
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  • 181 2 "Hong Kong Currency Safe Sound" From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, March 28. Sir Vandeleur Grayburn. Chief Manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, was emphatic in expressing confidence that Hong Kong currency will not be affected by the position in Shanghai You may publish as my opinion
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  • 120 3 Elected To Post Held By Sun Yat-Sen \O COMMUNIST CONTROL, OF CHINA Hankow. April 3 Ihe Sixth National Kuomintang i (Hi«h< concluded with the election of Generalissimo liiiui" Kai-shek as Tsungtsai or General Executive of the K oinintaiig. under which his powers are vastly increased.
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  • 342 3 'ivabh.. British Wire- Japanese Reaction Tolo.o April 3. Stressing that the t ntereniv in London is expected to varii views nnag es and calibres and complex .!i nd delicate international relath, Asahi Shimbun forecasts the i the Powers leappivaching igh fully realising their Notes will be disregarded
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  • 70 3 Reuter. 4r < 'inference A ""'C' t< Failure Edward Wilshaw, return from Limited Jot. rnational Telence at Cairo told r\d terms the Conferlt W;is H P»ete failure. b European politics, i. t another on mat- Tlie Conference 8 was a TeleNations, only worse. 11 to
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  • 303 3 British Wireless. Safeguarding W ater Supply Of London London. April 3: Special attention is being given by the Metropolitan M ater Board to the question of protection of Londons water supply in the event of ail raids and the Home Secretary, Sir »am.uel Hoare. has expressed his
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  • 128 3 Football Assn. Secretary Appointed It is announced in Friday’s Government Gazette that Mr. W. W. Dean, who holds a full-time position as secretary to the Singapore Amateur Football Association, is Deputy Censor of Films to replace Capt. T. M. Hussey, who is on leave. Mr. Dean is
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  • 76 3 is likely to be 5.000.000.000 gallons- British Wireless. London. April 3: Plans for construction of a new storage reservoir for London at Walton Surrey estimated to cost £1.217,000 were approved by- the Metropolitan Water Board. An additional reservoir has been already under construction at Staines. The
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  • 196 3 Suicide Charge Against Chinese ilToni Our Own Correspondent I London, Mar. 26. Allegations that a 22-year-old Singapore Chinese had endeavoured to poison himself because he did not wish to return to Malaya to marry a girl he had never seen wefc made in a Liverpool police
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  • 157 3 Mr. Gandhi On Recent Riots Bombay Mr. Gandhi declares in his weekly newspaper. Harijan." that the recent communal riots at Allahabad necessitating the summoning of the assistance of the police and military-, show that Congress is not yet fitted to be a substitute for
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  • 35 3 London from Paris on Monday.British Wireless. London. April 3: Nir. Anthony Eden former foreign Secretary, who had been staying in the South of France, will return to London from Paris on Monday.British Wireless.
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  • 414 3 Plea For Greater Recognition I» London (From Our London Staff.) London. Mar. 25. That the astonishing suggestion was made, five or six years ago. to the Hendon Borough authorities, that the remains of Sir Stamford Raffles should be exhumed from the local churchyard and transferred
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  • 343 3 Reuter. Plan Broadcast aris, April 3: The main points of the mogramme the Nationalists aim to inaugurate in Spain were outlined in a loat.cast by the Nationalist Minister of he Interior. Senor Suner. Reports f i oni Seville state the points were: Firstly, tear down and
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  • 48 3 Reuter. Recognition By Great Britain Berlin. April 3 Great Britain’s recognition of the anschluss” is enthusiasticallygreeted in the German press as realistic.” Nationale Zeitung says that recognition creates the improved atmosphere for necessary Anglo-German discussions. England has done herself and European peace a great service." Reuter.
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  • 431 3 Splendid Display MODERN AX’D OLD TIME Gt XS IX ACTION from Our Own Correspondent! Singapore. April 3. Modern anti-aircraft guns barked after x ngaging aircraft, mountain howitzers boomed and old time Maxim guns were brought into action by gharry pony at the spectacular display of the
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  • 26 3 Reuter. Paris. April 3: France along with Britain has announced establishment oi a Consulate-General in Vienna, thus defactc recognising the Anschluss. Reuter.
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  • 190 3 British Wireless, Advice Instead Of Police Court London. April 3: An interesting experiment was launched yesterday under which 800 trained mobile police officers are engaged in an effort to deal, with breaking of the highway code, not by way of the police courts, but by giving advice
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  • 56 3 Wreaths and flowers for the funeral of His late Highness Sir Ala’idin Sulaiman Shah. G.C.M.G., K.C.V.0., ibni Almarhum Raja Muda Musa may be handed in at the Public Works Department offices. Kuala Lumpur, before 12 neon on Monday, April 4. Arrangements will be
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  • 721 4 Deliberate Attempts At Linder-V aluation RETAILS of some of the remarkable tacU tics employed by smugglers are given in the annual review of the Customs Administration in India for the year 1936-37 In one case certain packages containing silk and artificial silk piece-goods which
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  • 448 4 Showed Her Forged Summons FORGET ME AS A BAD DREAM” London. March 23 A brown-haired Hungarian girl told of her love for a married man at the Old Bailey yesterday, when Arthur Vladislow Chambers. 34, radio engineer, was found guilty of forging and
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  • 104 4 London So great has been the rush foi stands at the London International Stamp Dealers’ Bourse that all 97 stands have been let 10 weeks before the opening date. The Bourse will be held next May. It is the 11th annual event of the
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  • 68 4 Chengyankwan. Mar. 27. Ku Chang-hai, commander of a detach ment oi Red Spear’” volunteers who have been actively harassing the Japanese troops in north Anhwei, committed suicide at Nungjenssu, west of Tingyuan on the left flank of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway in Anhwei, on March 24. He was exhausted
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  • 233 4 .Makes Husband Seek Separation Prague.- A husband has applied in the Prague CivTTCourt for a separation from his wife on the ground that her enormous appetite” was running him into debt. The man. who was miserably thin, told the court that formerly he kept a public house
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  • 175 4 Jewish Tribe That Escaped The Captivity Jerusalem. For the first time in 10 years a wedding has been celebrated among the ancient Samaritan community living on Mount Gerizim. near Nablus, which claims that its ancestor never left Palestine in the great Jewish captivities of 2.000
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  • 113 4 "DOWN OUT” OLD SOLDIERS Plea For Help London—A plea for help for down an-1 out” old soldiers in the Dominions who have not a cat-in-hells chance” has been made at the "Old Contemptibles" annual conference in London It was also decided to press for Govern ment help for Old Contemptibles"
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  • 136 4 Herd In Natal To Be Protected Durban: A movement is on foot in Natal to preserve for all time a small herd of red hartebeest antelope which lives on a Natal farm. It is the only remaining herd of this species in the world, and
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  • 121 4 Bold Experiment At Durban Durban Durban is trying a bold and expensive experiment in an effort to recover its once vast stretch of sandy beach. In recent years the beach has disappeared, and today huge rollers from the Indian Ocean crash against the promenade which once stood
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  • 542 4 Discovery Of A New Drug ANIMALS CURED LN SUCCESSFUL TESTS New York City. Discovery of what promises to be an important new weapon in the war on disease is announced in Science.” official journal of the Amer lean Association for the Advancement of Science. It is the
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  • 95 4 High Commissioner To Attend From Our Own Correspondent. > Kuala Lumpur. April 2. It is now definitely known officially that H E the High Commissioner. Sir Shenton Thomas, will be present at the funeral of the Sultan of Selangor and will read the Proclamation. H E. will arrive
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  • 82 4 There will be a distribution of Certificates of Merit by Mrs. G. H. Goh at the Anglo-Chinese High School hall, Westlands Avenue, at 8 a.m. on Friday next. The programme is as follows: 1. Headmaster’s report. 2. Address by Mr. G. H. Goh, barrister-at-law. 3. Distribution of
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  • 953 4 Sale Of Flowers Contributions to the China Distress Relief Fund to date are as follows Previously acknowledged Straits $481.312.62; Women's Committee of the Philomathic Union per Mrs. G. H. Goh $494.43; Sale of flowers by students of Fukien Girls’ SchoolGroup No. 36 $9.65. Group No.
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  • 231 4 Easter holidays in Penang wih annual general meeting of the Eriti--. dical Association Malaya Branch i .j. lowed by a conference and an ann b r at which all members of the mec fession who are members of the are eligible to attend. The venue of the
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  • 147 4 Experts \X atch New Control System Lichfield, (Staffs i A complete 1 .ckout” has been achieved here in 30 ?n.»s during an Air Raid Precaution- te-t Experts watched the first demonstrate n n the country of a new system of cent: .1 control of
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  • 1157 6 FURTHER HEARING THIS AFTERNOON S'TATING that he had not yet received the necessary documentary evidence to substantiate the second and third charyes against the remaining three accused in the rubber smuggling case. Mr. S. G. Leyh asked leave, on Saturday in the Penang
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    • 753 6 (PROPRIETORS KENG HUAT FILM CO.» GRAND OPENING Monday, 4th April, 793;; At 5.00 p.m. 8.45 p.m. MASCOT'S DRAMATIC SERIAL OF THE YEAR The Whole Serial Of THE DEVIL HORSE” with FRANKIE DARRO. HARRY CAREY AND A GIANT CAST: SEE 5 A Creature Half Human, Half Savage. Reared by the Wild
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  • 1386 7  -  e Fourth Instalment of a new story about Professor Van Dusen. THE THINKING MACHINE by y JACQUES FLTRELLE Entirely unaware of this latest attempt on the life of the broker, Hutchinson Hatch steadily pursued his investigations. 1 hey finally led him to an intimate friend of Regnault
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  • 145 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, April 2. The annual general meeting of the Kuala Muda Club was held yesterday evening and the following were elected officebearers for the year. President H.H. Tunku Ismail. District Officer. Kuala Muda District, vice-presi-dents. Tuan Said Jan, Che Abu
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    • 518 7 Office 12, Bishop Street Penang H e,d OUice. H P 7 and HJB w|tl extensions. Telegrams: Gazette” Penang. li’trapore Office Cecil Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times Singapore. Kuala Lumpur Office 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. poh Office Brewster Road. Phone 268. t .andon Office 40. 43. Fleet Street, London
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    • 232 7 BRASSO AND COPPEI M 12 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION Tenders will be received at the Resident Councillor's office. Penang, up to noon of the 9th April 1938. for the following works: 1. Erection of 6 quarters for Senior Clerks at Bukit Mertajam. (Item 2, page 159 of 1938 Estimates). Every person applying
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    • 707 7 Asthma Germs Killed in 3 Minutes Choking, gasping, wheezing Asthma an* Bronchitis poison your system, ruin your health and weaken your heurt. Meadaro. the prescription of an American phy Kiria n. starts killing Asthma Germs in 3 roinobes. purifies the blood and builds new vitaTUyso that you can sleep soundly
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  • 665 8 Addressing the Council of Foreign Relations at Washington on Thursday upon his return from a tour of Europe Ex-President Hoover advocated absolute independence of political action and adequate preparedness as the best means of keeping out of another war. Describing Europe as a rumbling war machine, lie said he
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  • 266 8 Sad End To Skiing Holiday In Japan (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Apiil 3. Two officers of the British Embassy Fokio, assisted by Japanese police, hu.vt found on a mountain-side near Nikko the body of Lieut. Trevor A. Peacocke of the 31st Heavy Battery. Royal Artillery.
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  • 45 8 Madras Lane will be closed to through rrffic from Wednesday. This is necessary owing to the construction of a sewer across its junction with Mac Alister Road and it is anticipated the work will take übout one week to complete.
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  • 86 8 British Wireless. The following arrived in Penang this morning from Belawan by the Kedah: Tengkoe Syed Hussain Shabudin. Mr. and Mrs. H. Oke. Mr. H. H. Fenton, Mr. and Mrs. Milne, Brigadier M. A. Studd, and Mr. Samuel. London, April 3: The King and Queen left London
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  • 554 8 Penang Coroner’s Verdict In the Coroner's Court on Saturday, Mr. K. A. Blacker, Penang Coroner, held an inquiry into the death of a Chinese ricksha puller, Low Hor San, who was killed as a result of a hand made bomb exploding on his head at the Ftin
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  • 86 8 HOUSE NEAR POLICE STATION ENTERED A sensation was caused in Bukit Mertaam early yesterday when a robbery was ieported to have taken at a house which s about JO yards from the Police Station. It is believed that entrance was made by the front door at
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  • 521 8 Story Of A Scoop IF Diodes appears to lean i heavily on iscissors and i s te this afternoon, please don’t alarmed for what follows is bv i. means without relish. As is v, e ll known, on Thursday new/spapci s oi the group which includes the
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  • 90 8 .Reuter. Mexico City, April 3: Foreign oil companies tomorrow will file a new app tion for an injunction against the Mexican Government’s expropriation decree the grounds that the decree violates thConstitution in several instances. New York: Mr. F. W. Rickett tola Reuter he and his associate Mr. Smith
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    • 48 8 ALREADY FAMOUS I 111 \i I BLACK WHITE SMOKING MIXTURE is worthy to stand unashamed on the same shelf as Black-& White Cigarettes which have long been known as England’s highest class cigarettes. 1 oz, 2 oz 4 oz tins On sale everywhere Importers HENRY WAUGH CO. LTD.
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  • 599 9 Annual Visit To Ancestral Graves MORE THAN $lOO,OOO SPENT ON SACRIFICES, ETC. The Cheng Beng festival falls on the fifth day of the Chinese fifth moon, tomorrow, but observance of it is spread over a period beginning ten days before and ten days after.
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  • 126 9 ..Reuter. f .ar Runs Into Crowd Killing Seven 1 escia. April 3,—Vittorio Mussolini. 4 »uce's eldest son, and Vito, his nepdrivine Fiat cars unsuccessfully JCpeted in the thousand miles race Both The winner was Biondetti m an ;nro with a time of 11 hours, 58 minu29 seconds
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  • 141 9 Reuter Regent Reassures People i, pest. April 3.—Uneasiness created in B m. an by Austro-German union subjects ji Hungary resulted in an address to the. Hun.'anai.* people by the Regent from the t h cm: hasised that the union only meant ihu tv- friends of Hungary had united MI1(
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  • 87 9 Reuter. Kho Sin Kie Wins Alexandria, April 3—The finals in the niternationa' lawn tennis tournament pl.'jvt hen resulted as follows Kbo Sir Kie /China» beat Metic (Yugoslavia» 6 2 6—4, 1(>8; Menze an Cejnar Czecho-Slovakia) tat Kh Su Kit China) and de Stefani ltaly) 63, 7
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  • 348 9 Easy X ictory For Cliinese In a cricket match p*ayt_d on the padang yesterday, the Chinese hx creation Club de teated tne Penang Recreation Club by lu_ runs. The featuie 01 .ne game was a tin., .nnings of 75 by Tan «.h Le and also thos.
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  • 491 9 Weights For Wednesday The following are the complete handicaps for Wednesday, together with the weigh'.s for two races on Saturday: Horses, Class 3, Div 15 l 2 Furs. DANGER ZONE 9 00 ROYAL WORLINGTON 8.12 WAETERE 810 TETUF.N 8.10 DOUBLE FILE 8.08 PRINCE HERODE 8 07 CELTIC BARD
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  • 1738 10 War Fears Persist 1937 SHIPPING AND STEEL PROFITS SHOW BIG INCREASE (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 26. Although the danger of European conflict following Germany’s annexation of Austria has now vanished, war fears continue to sap confidence in the City of London. Refugee money
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  • 136 10 Dividend Making 18 Per Cent. Jeram Kuantan Rubber Estate, Limited report for the twelve months ended Dec 31. states: After charging depreciation upon the assets of the company, the profit and loss account shows a net profit on the year s working of $92,647. To this has to
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  • 321 10 Magical New Cleansing Agent A magical new cleansing agent, with emulsifying properties startlingly superior to soap (and without the objectionable alkaline features of soap I- was discovered by a world-famous research laboratory about three years ago. The inventor brought his marvellous new discovery to the United States and contact
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  • 426 10 FAVOURABLE HOME MARKET Rise In Investments Advances A good showing is made by the full report of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., foi 1937. The preliminary figures, on March 19, showed that net profits were up by £88.310. while the Ordinary payment is maintained at 9 per cent.
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  • 668 10 Dividend Of 50 Per Cent. I >r The Year MR. H. ERIC MILLER’S REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES The fifth ordinary general meeting of Pataling Royalties, Ltd., was held in Lon don. Mr. H. Eric Miller (the chairman) presided The Chairman said: The result of the year’s working is the
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  • 298 10 Dancing Lassies from Lancashire <■ INUSUAL secrecy is being observe,! I by the French authorities reganiing the arrest at Nancy of a beauty chorus of 12 Lancasnire” girls and the.r manager, but it can be stated that all an accused of espionage in the interests o;
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  • 144 11 GLIMPSES OF OLD SINGAPORE These pictures of Singapore in 1880 are reproduced from an old album which has been Presented to the Friends of Singapore. Top left is Raffles Place, showing the first premises of John Little and Co. Below that is Collyer Quay, before
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  • 445 12 latest Times 01 Posting AIR MAILS: A mail for Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by Malayan Internal Air Service win ckJ at 2 p.m. tomorrow. *A mail for Hongkong. *Canton *Swa, tow, *Amoy, *Kobe, Man da and U.S.A, by Imperial Airways will dOSe f 8 a.m. on
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  • 907 12 Socialist Bias In News Alleged M. P.’S TRIBUTE TO PRESS REPORTS A resolution protesting against a concentrated personal attack” on Mr. Neville Chamberlain in the 8.8. C. news bulletin recently was carried unanimously by 400 delegates to the Central Council meeting of the National
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2573 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. BERLIN HOLLAND MELBOURNE DJB 15.20 Mc/e 19. 7 m. TODAY TODAY B. B. C. Empire Broadcasting Service DJN 9.54 Mc/s 31.45 m. schedule for this week: DJE 17.76 Mc/s 16.89 m. PHI. 17.77 Me s (16.9 m.) VK 2ME 9.59 Mcs (31.2 m.) TRANSMISSION 2
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    • 18 12 TIDE TABLE HIGH LOW TODAY 2.39 p.m. 9.20 p.m TOMORROW 2.56 a.m. 9.15 a.m 3.10 p.m. 9.58 p.m
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  • 561 13 THE DANUBE RIVER WHICH LINKS TWO COUNTRIES i ravel kick" many of the features of ocean -izc >l ihe vessels involved and the distances reaction is becoming increasingly I lie Compass, a Vacuum Oil publication. in regard to the number of passengers a <o growing in importance as arteries ot
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  • 659 13 M.\ KOTA RADJA’ from Java ports via Singiqxire sails same day for Boston. Xew York and Baltimore via Cape of (’,-»<><] Hope TOMORROW M.S. RHEINLAND’ from China Japan For Colombo. Port Said, Marseilles. Antwerp, Rotterdam. Hamburg Bremen. S.S. PENANG MARU’ from Singapore for Madras, Colombo
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  • 361 13 Fifty Per Cent. Faster Than Present essels A Washington writer gives further details of the cargo motor-ships which the U S Maritime Commission has authorised the Tampa Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. to construct on the C-2 design at a cost of 57.262.602 £1.452,000 t, or Sl«81-'
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  • 384 13 More Savage Than For 1.000 Years Europe, "more savage than for a thou--and years." is dying. This is the judgment of Dr. Henry A. Wilson. Bishop of Chelmsford, who. writing in his Dio eesan Chronicle, declares "A civilisation which can give birth to the shameful persecution
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  • 244 13 Y’vonne Talbot. 23-year-old pretty brunette Frenchwoman, known as "La Belle Tatiana" in fashionable bars and night clubs on the Riviera, is among six people arrested and accused of spying in a round up by the French secret service. Tatiana, who posed as a Russian emigre,
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  • 72 13 Hankow. March 27. In addition to the large gathering of foreign press correspondents here to cover the war. there are many well-known authors who are obtaining material for new books. These include Peter Fleming, who wrote Brazilian Adventure” and News from Tartary,” John Gunter, author of
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    • 462 13 flue funnel line lr i LY’ SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT. Leave* Penang Due Londoa Also calls Antwerp and Middlesborough Apr. 8 May 6 AENEAS Also calls Marseilles Glasgow Apr. 14 May 14 > p«fus Als calls Hu]l Apr 21 Ma y 18 TEN DAV SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VLA HAVRE!
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    • 744 13 pa o BRITISH INDIA (ißCorporated la agUßd.), SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. CORFU” SAILING THURSDAY, 7th APRIL, 1938. PeC^™ Uk London and Far East Mail Service Malacca and Singapore Sen-ice. Outwards from London tor China Japan. S/S "BULAN" rr S/S -SOUDAN- dUe S/S MATA HARI Ji S/S "CHITRa'i Apr 7 SAILINGS
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  • 168 14 Rangers Beaten by Last-Minute Goal ST. BERNARD’S AND EAST FIFE TO REPLAY A crowd of 70.000 saw Glasgow Rangers, favourites for the Scottish Cup, beaten 3l by Kilmarnot in the semi-final played on Saturday at Hampden lar Glasgow. In the other semi-final, at Tynecastle Park,
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  • 1506 14 Arsenal Held By Charlton Following arc Saturday’s Home soccer league result*. according to Reuter, and latest league tables: ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I Brentford Smashing Win Over Grimsby Arsenal 2, Charlton 2. Blackpool 1, Preston 0. Bolton 0, Leeds 0. Brentford 6, Grimsby 1
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  • 101 14 Reuter. London. April 2. Today’s Rugby Union matches resulted as follows: Aberavon 16. London XX elsh 0. Birkenhead Park 14. Leicester 6. Cardiff 9. Richmond 4 Coventry 19. Sale 8. Devonport Services 13. Gloucester 18. Harlequins 8, Bristol 9. London Scottish 5. Bath 0. Northampton 21, Rosalyn Park
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  • 706 14 Choon Chooi Beats Ens .4 tin (By Our Badminton Correspondent) Contrary to general expectations. Khoo Eng Aun, one of the Min Sin Seah’s two remaining hopes for the Penang junior singles title, was easily defeated by Teoh Choon Chooi. the Young Ansonian representative, in straight sets at
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  • 535 14 Third Victory Since The War London, April 2.- For the second year in succession and the third time since the war, Oxford today won the boat-race from Cambridge. The time was 20 min. 32 secs., and the winning margin two lengths. The race will rank
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    • 61 14 e CHEERS! ail ivory’ tip! wsggsis pa gig i The purest of tips, the smoothest of tips— wSc’ r B where will you hnd it except on those divine De Reszkes? 9^ MSffi jjW I J in ii i: *z k i OF COURSE I I I 1 I 1
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  • 2792 15 STORMY NIGHT SPEAR OF SARAWAK WIN AGAIN (By Tic-Tac) iT nerallv a favourites’ day on Saturday—the opening day I 1 Penang Kxtra Meeting—but Zolfanella, one of the most -qc beaten into third place by See You Later and ft” Stormy Night and
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  • 53 15 .—Reuter. Belfast, April 2. England won the international cross-country race over 10 mile? with 43 points. France was second with 96, Belgium third with 117, Wales fourth. Scotland fifth, Northern Ireland sixth and Eire seventh. The individual winner was C. A F Emery (England) whose time was 49
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  • 121 16 TIN rnvnnv PREVIOUSLY LATEST I Ot) £173. 0. 0 No market 0 0 No market BUSINESS DONE $85.62 $86.50 COPRA (Sundried) Bu y rs no sel!ers BuyerS n klbber™ S-. 00 LONDON 5/nd 5%d NEW YORK IG%c(G) 11%C(G) SINGAPORE (Spot) 17?*c 18c April/June 18c 18%c July/Sept 18 %c 19
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  • 652 16 Reluctance To Act < From Our London Correspondent) London, April 3. Rubber absorption for the% first two months of this year was 53.917 tons lower than for the corresponding period of 1937. According to statistics issued by the Regulation Committee in their March Bulletin,
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  • 51 16 The estimated total exports from Malaya of li.t and tin-.n-ore, based on an assay value of 75.5 per cent, for the month of March 1938. are app o.rimately 5,000 tons, according to a statement issued by the Controller under the Tin and Tin-ore (Restriction/ Enactment,
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  • 170 16 .-Reuter. No Imaginary Chinese Wall” Washington. April 3.A stay-at-home policy for tiie United States Navy is opposed by Mr. Cordell Hull in a let.er in reply to questions by the chairman ci the Senate Naval Affairs Committee. He declares that the Navy must be free to defend the
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  • 82 16 .Reuter. London, April 2.Prince Birabongse of Siam won the Coronation trophy race, marking the opening of the season of the Crystal Palace motoring circuit race decided by two heats of 20 miles each. The winners of the heats were Birabongse lE.ai at an average speed of 56.81
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  • 130 16 Malayan Passengers Arriving By The Corfu A distinguished visitor to Penang. Sir Eric Lt.-Col. Holt-Wilson. C.M.G.. D. 5.0.. who was associated with the early building opeiations of. the Singapore Naval Base, will pass through on Thursday morning on board the P. and O. liner
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  • 69 16 The following will represent the H.A. F.C. against the Marine Sports Club in the P.F.A. Second Division League tomorrow at the Dato Kramat ground at 5.15 p.m. sharp:M. Osman; B. Md. Noor H.A. Kader; A. Kassim. N.A. Rahman K. Noor; S. F. Bakar, V. Ismail.
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    • 150 16 Dow Jones avs. Prev. Today 30 indus 103.02 106.11 20 rails 19.81 20.46 20 utilities 15.86 16.58 40 bonds 83.46 83.99 Business done; 000’s 860 Am. Tobacco B .62% 64 Anaconda Cpr 24 25 Beth. Steel 44 45% Douglas Air 34% 35% Elec. B S 35.1 b 42
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    • 113 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN Buyers Seilers Ampat* 2|lOJ 3J4Jc Batu Selangor 1.17% 122ic Hong Fatt 021/2 1 Hongkong Tin 18|0 19 Kpg. Lanjut 17 6 Klang 1 Kuchai Ordy. -M y 2 Malayan Tin 23|0 2 Petaling 5.75 6.25 Rahman 1 15 Rantau Pref 105 Rantau Ordy 105 115 Kaub Gold
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    • 123 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers B. Selangor 1.12% 1 long Fatt 1 00 105 Kuchai 90 100 Lingui 100 110 Rahman Hyd 1.07% 112 2 Rantau Ordy 1.00 1.05 Rantau Pref 1.00 1.05 Sungei Luas 1.20 1.25 Sungei Way 2.10 2.20 Taiping Cons 1.35 1.40 Talam 1 15
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    • 22 16 TIN Singapore $80.50 Per pkl. Penang $86.50 Per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot 18c Per lb. Penang Spot 18c Per lb.
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    • 95 16 LEAN CO. TJNt Ri'vwr» »»»■«»«> Ampats 3 0 3 6 Bangrins 17 6 18j3 B. Selangors 1.15 1.20 Hong Fatts 1.01 1.03 c! K. Lan juts 16 9 17 3 Jelcbus 70 .75 Katus 20 0 20 6 Kramats 93 99 Kuchais 92% .97% Lukuts 65 .70 Eaubs 4.15 4.25
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    • 125 16 London. April 2. RUBBER Firm. London 5% buyers 5H sellers May 5% buyers 5% July/Sept 5% buyers 5! sellers Oct ./Dec 5 buyers 5% sellers NEW YORK In’teo Kingdom Stocks London 49.557 tans Liverpool 25.543 tons JOPRA Straits S D Rotterdam April £l2. 0. 0 PEPPER: White
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    • 110 16 Frev. Latest Paris 161 U 161 H New York 4.96, 7 4.96 Montreal 4.99 t 4.99 Brussels 29.42% 29.46% Geneva 21.65% 21.64% Amsterdam 8.96% 8.96% Berlin 12.36% 12.36% Milan 91 94 Stockholm 19.40 19.40% onenhagen 22.40 22. 40 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26% nominal Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 142
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    • 873 16 BANKS 1 y THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England t The Indian Overseas Bank, Ltd., g“2J P 5? d Up d Reat (Incorporated in British India) Cap.tai Pntd Up BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Sir Charles Alexander Innes fk/) K.C.5.1., C.LE., Chaimtaa It/L Xhl Sir Thomas Smith, Kt., Deputy
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