Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 April 1938

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. N,,. 85. Vol. XCVL SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1938. PRICE 10 CEiNTS.
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  • 1569 1 FIAT RATES FOR EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS -Greatest Gesture Of Imperial Co-operation” i inler an agreement which has heen reached between 4 aoi»- ireless Limited and the Governments of the co nitric* comprising the British Empire, all telegrams exbetween the countries of the Empire will shortly be charged at
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  • 91 1 Reuter. l-Hect Of Quake Shock April B.The Colonial Office arjPt Xat the Commissioner of 1 er reading an expert report Basilica, the Holy in Jerusalem, is un- the earthquake last October, has most reluctantly iat the edifice must be closed to before April 10. ision need not
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  • 50 1 Reuter. r "rial recruiting records were v 'rch 8,181 joined compared m March 1937. w the number of men 11 H‘d service, a net gain of 5.344 !ls hed. The strength of the a H 13 now 9,269 officers and 158,ranks compared with ar. authothhshment of 201.707,— Reuter.
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  • 95 1 Reuter. Washington. April 8. -The Hou-'" of Representatives by 2O' f to 18tl sent back the controversial GovernYncnt Reorganisation Rill to eomm ittfe. Administration leaders concede that this has killed the. Rill. Speaker Bankhead before the vote urged members not to send the Bill back. He
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  • 175 1 1 VI Lil .Sin Chew Jit Poh. Extent Of If tir Booty Canton newspapers issued special editions yesterday announcing the recovery of Shihchiaochong. an important railway station in Hopei, while Japanese in Yenchow. Tsining and Chuhsien. cities south of Tsinan, the Shantung capital, are now in
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  • 163 1 Reuter. Daladier To Make Attempt Paris April 3.The Senate rejected M. Blum’s Finance Bill hy 223 votes to 49 and the Government has resigned. The Senate was never so crowded In tiring memory. Mr. Blum spoke two hours and was frequently interrupted by ironic applause. He bitterly
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  • 115 1 Reuter. Japanese Attacks British Officer Peiping. April 8. The British military authorities have protested to the Japanese military at the action of a Japanese soldier in attacking a uniformed British officer and a sergeant last night. The Britcns were leaving Peiping station on arrival from Tientsin when
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  • 121 1 Reuter. British Stand Over Mexican Oil Me.xico City, April.—The British Note with to Mexican Eagle Oil came as a here, especially owing to its contrast with Mr. Roosevelt’s policy of a cash payment. Mr. O’Malley, the British Minister, had half an hour’s talk with the President in the
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  • 83 1 Reuter. Gosforth, April 8. Alfred Perry, of Leatherbead, won the £2.000 Golf Tournament with rounds of 71 -69. 70--74 and an aggregate of 284 for the 72 holes. Dairee, of Surbiton, with cards of 7072 and 74-72 (288» was second, and R. Burton. of
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    • 27 1 fiave you tried our t K e leaning Dyeinu \ln not com** and convinced of our uh uork and entire satisfaction. the shanghai co., Rd. Phone ?04.
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    • 62 1 MB Il 1 II is delicious ho t or col d Referring of course to Lamb purchased from us, which is the pick of the Australian and New Zealand mirkets. Every Lamb is selected by experiencaci grading experts and is a perfection of taste and teudemess. EELE PHONE PtNANG—ISOO 1501
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  • 2262 2 AIR PAGEANTS MAY BE DISCONTIN UED Regulations Becoming More Stringent PENANG FLYING CLUB ANNUAL MEETING Whether the Penang Flying Club will continue to hold lAir Rallies such as the one held in February this year is not certain, said Mr. H. E. Nixon, presiding at the annua! general meeting of
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    • 393 2 Duodenal Ulcer disappeared! I have known such XV 4 .U 1 r agony this euro 1 is marvellous /y, '4 W.i ?ther your own stomach trouble W~* is le to simple but troublesome indi- wm g .tion, or is as painful and serious as bW, wUia Mr Villiers’, whose letter
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  • 113 3 Soviet, Poland Rumania Asked To State Course Of Action H i'ITLE DOUBT ABOUT BRITISH ATTITUDE” Paris. April 8: The French Government has instructed I i;i esrntatives in Soviet Russia, Poland and Rumania the governments of those countries to state precisely l{ f .iHion they are prepared to take to safeguard
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  • 18 3 MR. LLOYD GEORGE photographed at the unknown warrior's tomb in Paris after laying a wreath.
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  • 218 3 Women Thrown Overboard: Outrage Near Hong Kong r.Reuter. Hong Kong. April 8: Passengers of the s.s. Chuenchow sailing from Macao to Hong Kong yesterday witnessed a Japanese destroyer shelling a Chinese junk in close vicinity of Hong Kong waters. The Chuenchow stopped her engines
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  • 72 3 British Wireless London. April 8: A transaction now reported in negotiation is the completed Theobald’s Park at Waltham Cross which was bought last week for £50,000. It will be acquired by the Middlesex County Council as an addition to the green belt round Lon don. The Park includes
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  • 135 3 Reuter. Significance Of Chinese Gains London, April 8: Chinese claims of victory in H sue how are given prominence in the Press. The News Chronic e in a leading article says that it looks as if Japan is getting into hot water. The Chinese victories,” states
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  • 153 3 IVA CXI v Reuter. Grant Of Credits Not Involved London, April 8: In Commons Capt. Euan Wallace referring to the clearing agreement with Italy said the agreement did not mean granting credits to Italy. Its net result would be the possible finance very substantially of increased
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  • 85 3 free from further building.British Wireless. London. April 8: The cottage once occupied by Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife, at Shottery near Strat-ford-on-Avon, is now safe from danger of being obscured by new housing schemes. In order to safeguard the rural aspect, the whole of the property
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  • 148 3 .Reuter. Reserved Reception Washington. April 8. Reports that Government is contemplating a huge public works programme involving expenditure of $1,500,000.000 are received with reserve by .many authorities, who point out that recent apparently authoritative statements that the Administration is ready to resume pump-priming have been
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  • 168 3 Communists Vi ant to Keep Independence NEW ALLIANCE PLAN Hankow, Mar. 29. A three-point proposal for strengthening the unity of all parties, the creation of ar. organ representing public opinion, and also the mobilisation of the populace, is con tained in to-day’s leading article in the Chinese Communist
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  • 119 3 .Reuter. Washington, April 8: A report published in a London newspaper that the U.S. Government is prepared, if requested, to Supply a large number of warplanes to the R.A.F. is given little credence here. The British Government, like all other governments, when not actually
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  • 34 3 Reuter. Birmingham, Alabama. April 8: Eight were killed and 60 injured during a tornado which devastated many towns and villages in Eastern Alabama. Additional guardsmen were mobilised for relief work.
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  • 35 3 ,Reuter. Curfew Imposed Hyderabad, (Deccan) April 8: Following four days communal disturbances in which 27 were injured yesterday, state troops were called out and a curfew proclaimed from sunrise to sunset.Reuter.
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  • 49 3 British Wireless London. April 8: The record for reception of an outside 8.8. C. television broadcast was achieved last night when a television viewer in Bournemouth reported hat the fight in which Harvey beat McAvoy was seen clearly on his set 110 miles away.
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    • 128 3 SAFE DIET OR GASTRIC .ULCERS 0 G Lare is need ed in the feeding u’cers r rS J rOm gastric and duodenal U'm- lnfla mmation of the J he W rOng kind of food win the paln and discomfort. In quanth of trea tment small take bquid food must be
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    • 219 3 0 T suffered so much with indigestion.” JL writes Mrs. Singleton, of Bow," that I dreaded mealtimes coming round. I was afraid to eat. Since taking Bisurated Magnesia I can eat anything. My husband also suffered for years with Gastric Ulcers, but since taking Bisurated Magnesia he has been free
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  • 321 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mi G. Hawkins, of the Co-operative Socleurs Department. F.M.S. an S.S.. is now stationed in Penang. 4s 4: The Rev. and Mrs. A E. Sandahi have a few days ago left for Fraser s Hill, and will be away for a month at The Retreat.” Mr. S. M.
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  • 770 4 Diplomatic Purpose Behind Visit? CLOSE CONTACT BETWEEN DUTCH AUSTRALIANS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 8. THE importance of this part of the world to Australian defence is being realised more and more in the Commonwealth, hnd editorial comment by Australian newspapers leaves no doubt
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  • 59 4 This evening at the Esplanade” from >.oo p.m. to 7.30 p.m: 1. March Hark Forrard. Plater, 2. Overture The Calif Of Bagdad. Boieldieu. 3. Selection Gold Diggers Of 1933. Warren. 4. Waltz Lysistrata. Lincke. 5. Morceau Mignon Salut d’Amour Elgar. 6. Selection A Southern Maid. Fraser -Simpson. 7.
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  • 96 4 The wedding took place at the Registry, Supreme Court. Hons? Kong, of Lieut. John Conyers O’Dwyer, ot the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Tanglin Barracks. Singapore, and Miss Penelope Joan Tyser, of The Fly Wheel" Tai Po. The bride is the daughter of Mr. Gran ville
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  • 147 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Muai. Apr. 7. Mohamad Tap bin Ahmad, a Malay youth, was this morning ordered to or given rive strokes of the ratan” by Inch; Mahmood bin Mohamad Shah, when hr pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen sixty cents from
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  • 393 4 82,000 Worth Of Jewellery Stolen (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore. April 8. A hokkien woman, Lim Poh Neo. yesterday. in the Third Singapore Police Court, described how three men. one armed with a knife, entered her house in Rowell Road on Feb. 17 anil allegedly robbed
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  • 230 4 Traditional Welsh music will be represented in the next BBC programme to be rebroadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The broadcast, which will be heard by listeners to Transmission 1 tomorrow at 7 a m. G.M.T.. is one of the half-hour programmes now being provided by
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  • 39 4 Little Billy Grant, in cowboy costu me, is here seen presenting a bouquet. to Queen Mary at the display given by children from the London play centres at the Drapers' Hall, Throgmorton-street. E. C.
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    • 258 4 WORKING HARD AT 71 After 40 rar* Of Perfect Health There is no need to be a back number” at three-score-and-ten. Ever since she was 31. this 71-year-old woman has taken Kruschen Salts. During those 40 years, she has been in perfect health. She still is. I feel I must
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    • 473 4 WHICH IS YOUR LUCKY SHADE Sf J HH 9 OUT OF 10 women USE THE WRONG these new maqic' SHADE OF face POWDER Skin-tone Shades. THE v.ro-:z shade of powder gives you fry a horrid, hard made-up” 100k makes you appear years older. The only L.—. wav to find '.our
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  • 460 5 Genuhis Khan's Blood a young and attractive I formerly hardlv t wn t ribesmen. toChina as a v._; oatriot, upon whom v r-old son the Chin- ivnt recently bes- of S3,(XX) in appre\er\ nd loyalty. Shih, 20-\ear-old wicftain of the Ulateh v units of the
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  • 38 5 t. Pt. rr n -nt Gazette published at the Sultaii r,. r v ing to be members bat., Of mi histers: har,. hin Esa, Dato Abdul tan.-d Yasin, and Yang Ul r:,an bin Mohamed
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  • 31 5 DR. LE) Gei'niati Organisations Dire< tor. accompanied by Air Marshal Balbo. Goi'ernor of Libya, inspects a guard of honour of native troops during his visit to Tripoli.
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  • 345 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Canton. April 3. Nam Hung, a bonier town in northern Kwangtung. and Shiukwan. another northern town on the Canton-Hankow Railway. were subjected to severe bombing this morning when 17 Japanese planes raided the whole line at several points including Chihing and Y’ingtak.
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  • 196 5 Progress itli The Draft Agreement Sydney. March 30—A further step toward*» the establishment of the air-mail service across the Tasman Sea was taker, to-day, when the Commonwealth nominated Qantas Empire Airways to represent xiistralian interests in the operating company The British Government are expecten to nominate
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  • 590 5 i < >I\J)IXCr to an American journalist v\h<> recenth visited Saigon, some 1 rench officials forset in the increasingly closer friendship between Japan and Siam the possible eventual occupation of Siam bv the Japanese.” 1 he journalist, who is the sjiecial correspondent of the
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    • 360 5 i HEINZ ANSWERED! >'-/.4 SB THE DEMAND FOR BETTER A SOUPS IN TINS z I x v\M I- x I <-»< «feeWXi P X JtJSE-*-* s A* -Ti-nTm- X.. i&S' I -rtt I/ PI <4..- w- Jr I r B kOTH) I I cF ea** oF bV oM 1 WF
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  • 225 6 Ik NNA Q. NILSSON, the Swedish film star of the silent days, whose name twinkled in electric lights ten years ago. is now playing a small part in a new picture. She is determined to reach the top of the film ladder, from which
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  • 210 6 Excellence Of The King Steps Out” THE KING STEPS OUT with Grace Moore, Franchot Tone, Victor Jory, Walter Connolly and Herman Bing. Directed by Josef von Sternberg. At the Majestic. The King Steps Out, the Columbia production of Kreisler’s operetta Cissy,” is one of the brightest
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  • 24 6 The Old Xaverians will meet the Chung Ling High School’s football XI at the lat ter s ground on Sunday at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 77 6 Reuter. Result Of Craven Stakes London, April 7. The following was the result of the Craven Stakes run at Newmarket today. Challenge Airflow Silver Spear 3 Six ran: Won by three-quarter length; head. Betting: 3 1 Challenge; 7|l Airflow; 10|ll Silver Spear. THE FREE HANDICAP The following was
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  • 61 6 There is to be a product 10n of Rivals” by the students of th e v Class on Tuesday, April 12. a t 4 in St. George's Girls’ Schoo) Pni It is the first occasion in which Normal Class students hav. v- n t production.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 278 6 PACKED HOUSES GREETED LAST NIGHT’S OPENING PERFORMANCES ji j| 15 TI 6.15 NIGHTLY 9.30 Matinees: Today Tomorrow at 2.45 THE) GLORIOUS STAR OF ONE NIGHT OF LOVE” THRILLS THE WORLD ANEW WITH THE GAYEST OF ALL HER PICTURES GRACE MOORE with FRANCHOT lONE JP* »'> I *4 and v -J
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    • 117 6 GREETED BY PACKED HOUSES LAST NIGHT WHAT A FILM EVERYBODY IN TOWN IS TALKING ABOUT IT 6.15 TONIGHT 9.30 Matinee Today And Tomorrow at 2.45 p. m. AN EYEFUL OF GIRLS A SKYFUL OF STARS A NIGHT FULL OF LOVE A SHOW FULL OF LAUGHS WARNER BROS. FIRST BIG MUSICAL
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    • 116 6 WANT I,- c SEE HIM NEXT WEEK at ROYAL IN ALI BABA GOES TO TOWN” LAST NIGHT OF THIS GREAT TAMIL SHOW a! r>wt 5.45 TONIGHT 9.00 MATINEE TODAY AT 2 15 P.M. An Entertaining New Tamil Talkie MISS T. P. RAJALAKSHMI surpassing all her previous successes in the well-known
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    • 72 6 HOY L SEASON EXTENDEi Tii. L TOMORROW 6.15 TONIGHT 9.30 MATINEES TODAY AND 'ORROW AT 2.45 P M 20th: CENTURY-E' S JOYOUS COMET i K »«<*■’»* <r dKi -0 U-.LOUN6 IM Skimming, Crystal Comedy in Settings of Luxury and Romance NEXT CHANGE! TWO BIG ACTION PICTURES IN ONE PROGRAMME RUSSELL
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  • 1147 7 BIGGER BATTLESHIPS REPLY TO JAPAN More Cruisers And Destroyers And Increased Expansion Of Air Arm London.Heavy Supplementary Estimates will result from the Government’s review of the re-armament programme. The Sunday Times” Naval Correspondent states that the Navrl Treaty PowersBritain, France, and the United Stateshave
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  • 220 7 Gen. Ironside’s New Post Mr. Ormsby-Gore, Colonial Secretary, announced last week that Gen. Sir Edmund Ironside was to succeed Gen. Sir Charles Harington in command at Gibral?ar on Oct. 20. This will cause some surprise in the Army. Gen. Ironside is at present only 56, and the
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  • 137 7 Carrying Salt Cargoes To Macao (From Our Own Correspondent) Hong Kong, April 4. It is reported yesterday that three Hong Kong junks, numbered 2604 V, 2608 V and 2158 V, which were on the way to Macao carrying between them a cargo of 252 tons of
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  • 80 7 Canton Sends Presents To Southern, Fighters (From Our Own Correspondent) Canton, March 29. The Kwangtung Provincial Government has launched a movement to raise funds to comfort” the soldiers and officers of the 4th Route Army who are now fighting at the front. General Yu Han-mou is com-mander-in-chief
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  • 359 7 Firms Warned All Precautions Taken London, March 31Further instances of sabotage to aircraft under construction for the R.A.F. were disclosed yesterday by Earl W interton, Deputy Under-Secretary for Air. In a written reply to questions by M. P. she stated that a
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  • 245 7 Entrance Scholarships not exceeding ten in number, will be awarded by the Council of Raffles College in June 1938 These Scholarships will be of the value of $720 a year and will be tenable for three years but may be withdrawn or suspended by the Council if
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  • 118 7 UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG One Loke Yew Scholarship to Hongkong University, which provides free tuition and free board and residence, falls vacant in September, 1938. The scholarship is open to Chinese students indigenous to British Malaya who have good school records, who are in needy circumstances, and who
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 497 7 gurau&MCWrfk office 12, Bishop Street Penang B** d Phone 1477 and 1478 with extensions. Telegrams: Gazette” Penang. Street, Singapore. Phone 5471. Tel Times” Singapore. I itnpur Office i 6 25, Java Street. Phone 3683. mF®* 1 Brewster Road, phone 268. 40, 43, Fleet Street, London E.C. 4. Phone Central *****609
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    • 102 7 KLANG RIVER TIN DREDGING CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) Notice Of Dividend NOTICE is hereby given that a Dividend (No. 421 of 5 cents per share will be paid to all shareholders whose names appear on the register at the close of business on the 23rd April. 1938.
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    • 363 7 investment! never fjtuctuafes Istatel BUILDING SOCIETY <Jncorj>orated iuuhr the Buildiim Societies Acts, 1974 and 1894). Thi» Society ofiers Absolute Security *5; »nd Facility of Withdrawal at any Mg time, and HI Which Incraasati HI Ita Assets In i«37. Write for free booklet about this V safe investment to the offices
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  • 825 8 GOVERXMENTS of the British Empire and cable company officials have reached an agreement whereby the almost extravagantly high cost of cable communication between Britain and the Colonies and Dominions are to be reduced substantially as from Xpril 25. Xobodv will find reason to be other than delighted with
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  • 86 8 five-and-a-half days’ SingaporeLondon Service Coorong Leaving Singapore Today i From Our Own Correspondent > Singapore, April 8. The Empire flying boat Coorong which will leave Singapore for Southampton tomorrow afternoon will be the first Imperial Airways plane to make the SingaporeEngland journey in less than six
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  • 60 8 FARQUHAR STREET ENGLISH SERVICES SUNDAY 8.30 a.m. Observance of Lord’s Supper. 4.30 pm. Sunday School Bible Classes. 6.00 pm.. Gospel Service. Preacher: Mr. A Hardwidge. MONDAY 8.00 p.m. Young Men’s Bible Study Class. WEDNESDAY 6.00 pm. Prayer and Ministry CHINESE SERVICES SUNDAY 10.30 a.m. Sunday School. 10.30 a.m.
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  • 277 8 Reuter. Tribute To Eden London, April 8: Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, speaking at Bristol paid a tribute to his predecessor, Mr. Eden, and declared that he looked forward to the time when the country would again enjoy the benefit of Mr Eden’s services. Referring
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  • 284 8 Judgment For Defendant i From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 9. .Judgment occupying 56 type-written foolscap sheets of paper was delivered in the Malay legitimacy suit by the Hon. Mr. Justice Aitken in the Ipoh Supreme Couit yesterday infavour of Mat Sah, the defendant, in which he
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  • 50 8 uegouduons xvoutu oe concluded one oi the other by the end of the month.Reuter. Concluded One Way Or Other” By End Of Month London. April 8: Mr. de Valera announced the Dail hoped Anglo-Eireann negotiations would be concluded one oi the other by the end of the month.Reu-
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  • 25 8 Reuter. Berlin, April 8: Ten were killed and four injured in a naval and artillery stores fire at Pillau near Kcenigsberg.
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  • 619 8 Chinese Successes IX traditional stvle. C’ throughout the uncom provinces of China are cvl< ing their jubilation over tl < good news from the fronts 1} Chinese in Malava are c<h; bilantthough possiblx not timately concerned?but w< their jubilation may find ex. in other outlets than b\
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 250 8 caL /'All l IMM saw White anJ ||gO Irl i few WuHC^sTi aWtWwr z r T HE fiord? of Y cur teeth elcne won’t tell you if they ere really clean: it is in hidden crevices at the backs that K panicles collect and decay bec.r.s. If E you use
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    • 60 8 SPERRY PURE ROLLED OATS wi-ckt »i> ZZ I t 5 A Specially packed to protect your health, as well as to preserve the shape of the Flakes and wholeness of the grain. SPECIALLY PACKED FOR THE TROPICS In Airtight Vacuun Tint 1 Obtainable at all the Leading Provisions Dealers Sole
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  • 556 9 i ll( iiisel Asks For Appointment ()i 0.4. As Interim Receiver (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 8. that Kohyei an<fCo., had failed and that the its failure was so large that, according to the local he rubber market in London was
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  • 93 9 L» Held At Mortimer J hill On Tuesday n -tral Concert will be given by i Free School Musical Society at »n Tuesday. April 12, in MorH Uy Rind permission of the HeadHutchings School. verture Nozzi de Figaro Mozart. ''tringr Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance kJ etcher.
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  • 111 9 Group photo taken at a farewell dinner given by the Staff and Contractors of Jfcssz-.s. Boutcher and Co., Architects, Penang, in honour of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Boutcher on the occasion of their dtpaiture for England on leave today by th< P.
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  • 75 9 Foremost Plates Blistered A Pinang Gazette representative who flew over the Tongking yesterday evening at high tide observed that the middle and after decks of the vessel were submerged but smoke was still issuing from the fore deck. It was further observed that the gilt lettering of
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  • 59 9 Reuter. Better Tone The Stock Exchange, early quiet and irregular owing to week-end adjustments Quickly yielded to firmness and more active conditions as a result of better public in quiry together with the strength of Wall Street. Cable and Wireless were again firn.. Most sections closed at best.
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  • 228 9 Soft Going Again FI NA L SELEI TION S (By Tio-Tac) The going will be soft again for today’s i aces, the conclu<4ing day of the Penang Turf, Club Extra Meeting. The gathering should be larger than on the two previous days and
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  • 778 9 Successful Two-Dav Meet (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungei Patani, April 8. For the first time in the history of Kedah, a two-day athletic meeting was held, in the form of the 2nd Annual Kedan Chinese Schools' Sports, and concluded yesterday evening. The venue was the Sungei
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  • 253 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. April 8. We must maintain the very high quality of our own said an official to me tod.\y. explaining the absolute prohiMtion ofJ m of jelutong into the F.M.S. as from today, wh.ch is notified in the Gazette.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 9 9 Foblain 1 new Vitality with HATOGEN JhSj.LUO.ootc food *5»
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    • 260 9 England now 5~ 2 days across the air all the way by Empire Flying-Boat The big 4-engineG Empire flying-boats now leave Penang for England twice a week. They are the labt word in air-going luxury. You have a smoking room on board, a promenade deck, hot and cold mea-ls served
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  • 537 10 U A Marriage Society”: 107 Loans During Year 6 1» DIVIDEND DECLARED This seems to be more of a marrying society,” remarked Mr. G. Crawford, Assistant Director of Co-operation, Penang, at the twelfth annual general meeting of the Penang Municipal Employees* Co-operative Thrift and Loan
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  • 849 10 Lorry Driver’s Defence Hearing was continued yesterday afternoon before Mr. E. N. Taylor, the Penang District Judge, in the case in which Lim Eow Hong, Goh Chuan and Omar bin Hashim are charged with importing rubber into Penang unaccompanied by certificates of origin. Paymaster Commander S. G.
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  • 489 10 Singapore Comment On The Market A most disturbing week closes on a somewhat, brighter note, writes Messrs. Stanton Nelson in their weekly rubber report. After plunging into the depths, rubber has made a partial but sharp recovery, and in the absence of any further failures of
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  • 438 10 Debit Balance Extinguished Thomyeroft (Singapore) Ltd., earned a profit of $54,754 for the year ended Jan. 31, last compared with $26,039 in the preceding year. This sum has been used to extinguish the debit balance of $45,495 brought forward, leaving $9,259 which the directors recommend should be carried
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  • 881 10  -  By y Robert Mac Kay The Money Market During the whole of a period in which there has been considerable financial tension in the world’s markets neither money rates nor these for discounts have wavered in the London market. It is indeed significant of British financial stability
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 124 10 HUTTENBACH > CONTINUOUS SHEETERS MADE IN ENGLAND JUNIOR (Type «.M.S.) 500—800 lbs. sheet per hour. Each Junior Sheeter is fitted with five pairs of rolls, No. 1 pair being hair lined to receive the freshly coagulated rubber and No. 5 being grooved to give the final marking to the sheet.
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  • 746 11 S.S. FLINTSHIRE’ arrives in the morning from Far East via Singapore, (sails same day for Colombo, Suez, Port Said, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, and Antwerp. S.S. RAJULA’ arrives in the morning from Singapore, sailing same day for Calcutta. S.S. HONG KHENG’ arrives in the morning from
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  • 1452 11 Shipping In The Port Of Sydney |N CELEB RATING the century-and-a-half of the Citv of Svdnev this year the citizens have every reason to be proud, but thev nave particular reason to take pride in the steady growth of the shipping on which
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    • 366 11 blue funnel line fr fiEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT eave. Penang Due London 4. AENEAS Also calls Marseilles Glasgow Apr 14 May 14 2J. PERSEUS Also calls Hull Gdynia Anr 21 Mav 18 j AGAMEMNON Also calls Marseilles Glasgow April 29 May 25 TEN DAY SKBVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA
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    • 732 11 P O (Incorporated in England.» PORT SWETTENHAM, MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. KARAPARA” SAILING SUNDAY, 10th APRIL, 1938. und r Pen S- T lul[ Anson, port Umdo. 2?^ ta ß 2s S2u Be^” rame,lt and Singapore Serrtea Outwards from London for China A Japan S/S MATA HART’ Apr. 15 < ue P®nang
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous

  • 572 12 Latest Times Of Posting AIR MAILS A mail for Australia. New Zealand Java and Timor Dilly via Singapore and thence by Qantas Airwaiys (Melbourne) will close at 7.30 p.m. today. (Correspondence prepaid at existing surcharge aii mail rates only). A mail for Burma (except Victoria Point),
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  • 161 12 The Siam Post and Telegra’ ment has not yet succeeded in e rt ing land at Phra Khanong to b pnat 100-kilowatt broadcasting statior Decree previously was issued for pose and an area of four hunebe marked off. There are several owners co’ the total
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  • 129 12 The Fourth Man,’ which will be he.the BBC's oversea listeners, would pr bablx be described in America as a whoc in other words, one of those thriller*- which the audience is kept guessm- the identity of the guilty party. In this play, Michael Brett’ its. assembles
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  • 384 12 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR PALM SUNDAY 7.15 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.00 a.tn. Matins I.itan» Psalm 61 62. Hymn 99. R. 45 a.m. H<fy Communion. anl (Tamil). iio a m Matins Holy Communion Chme>e'>. 6.00 p.m Evensong Sermon. Psalm 86. Chant 119 Magnificat h 7 Nunc Dimittis t>s Hymns
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2485 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES 8.8. C. BERLIN PENANG MELBOURNE DJB 15.20 Mc,f 19. 7 m. ZHJ 49.8 metres TODAY 8.8. C. Empire Broadcasting Service DJN 9.54 Mc/s 31.45 m. schedule for this week: DJE 17.76 Mc/s 16.89 m. TODAY VK 2 ME 9 .59 Mc/s (31.2 m. TRANBM/SyON S M UI
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  • 159 13 SIR SHENTON THOMAS PROCLAIMS NEW SULTAN. e *'7^s-in -state of the lata Sultan of Selangor. Sir Suleiman Shah. K. C.V.0., G.C.M.G. The coffin is on lata of tn throne. Incense censers are burning in front of it. This picture was taken shortly before the proclamation.
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  • 486 14 Last International Of Season IMPORTANT MATCHES IN THE LEAGUES The last and most important international soccer match of the season will be played today at Wembley *hen England and Scotland clash for the 62nd time. Of the previous 61 matches, Scotland have won 28, and England 18
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  • 883 14 Full Programme For Today Below will be found the full programme for today, the concluding day of the Penang Turf Club Extra Meeting. RACE I—HORSES CLASS 111. DIV. IV.-6 FURS.—2-30 P.M. Billett HARD ROAD 9.00 W "7? O-NeiU 00 0 TIN POOL B’3 B-McM
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  • 299 14 Bats For Best Visiting Performers (BY AUDAX”) Seremban. Arrangements have now been finalised for the visit of Dr. C. H. Gunasekera’s Ceylon cricket XI to Seremban on Thursday, April 14. According to the official programme the visitors will be taken to Seremban in cars. They
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 237 14 BTOsoothesw '■■■i M THE iMit A-iniß builds up new energybanishes fatigue gives you a new feeling of fitness—— these are a few of the great benefits of drinking Phosferine Tonic Wine. If o /f you feel the weother, you feel washed-out,’ this rejuvenating take a wineglassful of tonic wine will
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    • 284 14 WEMBLEY PARK TONIGHT Saturday 9th: April 1938.; ODEON STAR OPERA SECRET IN THE PALACE” KRATON SOLO Inche M. Suki The Renown Famous Orang-Muda of the Malayan Stage will take Leading Role. SIN SEE TAI CANTONESE OPERA: Koo Sut Say Yeum Bong” CAPITAL TALKIES; MYSTERIOUS SINGER” Melodious Songs Lilting Music Gay
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  • 1602 15 Should Football Pitches Re Watered?: Rugby Union Committee And Scrummage Laws: Perry Made £4,000 A F ear As An Amateur: Lynch Overweight But Draws With Kane HOME SPORTS LETTER London, Mar. 30. Preston North End are to meet Huddersfield Town in
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  • 445 15 he following are the final acceptances, dchings, and probable riders for toraces, the concluding day of the Pen3jl Turf Club Extra Meeting: In Race 5, as a result of Release not :u <rij>ting. alt other weights go up 5 Lucky Life, the top weight, thus Carrying
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  • 39 15 he village of Lanibotirn, Berks, gave Battleship, American winner of the Grand National, a great welcome when he returned to his stables. The horse on the right is the other American horse, What Have You.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 195 15 1 TIGER BEER by pure, jresh YfDAST r7 "vya Bnl IMHim < w|i liil ShH» o ©o% i The importation of pure fresh Yeast On the right is I z requires the maximum of care and a microscopic M pttention to ensure and maintain the reproduction of < ideal Tiger
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  • 112 16 TfX PREVIOUSLY LATEST £163. 0. 0 £l7l. 0. 0 Spore x BUSINESS DONE >84.00 > PE. ANG jo- 25 Rfra"N r F«:<? rm\'P $83.0 4 *00.40 COPRA- (Sundries ''["7 black pepper U;S RiBBIK LONDON 5Ad 5%d NEW YORK 11AC(G) llliic(Gt SINGAPORE-(Spot) 19c 19%< May/June 20c July/Sept 19 %c 20
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  • 313 16 Mln- 0 of £i denomination unless otherwise stated Taste rd ay Rise or Fab Conversion Loan. 5 p.c., 1944-64 112 J Funding Loan. 4 p.c., 1960-90 112 f v Wa~ Loan, 3J p.c Com. Union Assce. (Units! ®S Rr.-dential Assce. A” 3Sii i Royal Assce. share 10s pd.)
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  • 106 16 Prev. Latest Par! e 161 H 161]; New York 4.96 4.96% Montreal 4.99 4.99 Brdasels 29.48 29.47% Geneva 21.64% Amsterdam 8.96 5 8.96% Milan 94 ft 94% Berlin 12.37% 12.36% Stockholm 19.40%. 19.40% Copenhage 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26% nominal Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 142% 142%
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  • 126 16 London. April 8. RUBBER: Firm.— London s}£ buyers 5J>; seller? May 5% buyers sff: sellers July'Sept sbuyers 6 sellers Oct. Dec 6 buyers 6/s sellers NEW YORK 11.70 cts. r nited Kingdom Stocks London 50 389 tons Liverpool 26.199 tons lOPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. April £l2. 2.
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  • OPENING QUOTATIONS
    • 150 16 KENNEDY CO. RIBBEK Bujer* SclGts Ayer Panas 90 I.ooc Bassett 40 .45e? Eenta 80 .90 Indragiri 1.05 1.15 Mentakab 35 .40ex Pa jam 1.42% 1.50 S. Tukang 82% .90 Ulu Benut 27 .30 Utan Simpan 1.20 1.40 TIN Ampat 3 3 3,9 c B. Selangor 1.27% 1.32Jc Hong Fatt 98
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    • 187 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.25 1.30 c Hong Fatt 97 1.00 Klang River 1.65 1.70 Kuchai 1.05 1.10 Rahman Hyd 1.10 1.12 1 Rantau Ordy 1.07% 1.12% Rantau Pref 1.07% 1.12% Sungei Way 2.10 2.20 Taiping Cons 1.37%» 1.42% Burma Malays 19 6 20 6
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    • 216 16 Firmness Of Rubber New York. April B.—The rise reflects the stimulating implications of the spend ,n° programme. It would be premature appraise th< effectiveness of such a uove hence we are unwilling yet to re c< mmend purchases. The strength of tubber is an indication that the consuming
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    • 27 16 TIN Singapore sB?.37'_> Per pkl. Penang $85.25 Per pkl. K( BBEK Sing. pore S’ ot 1’)» c p vr lb. Penang Spot 19%c Per lb.
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  • 256 16 Interesting Game On Hospital Ground The Li Teik Seah scored a creditable victory over the second string of the Indian Recreation Club yesterday by two clear goals. The game which was played on th. hospital padang was quite interesting and the Chinese had more
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  • 482 16 Burial At European Cemetery, Medan The many friends of the late' Mr. Zachariah B. Cornelius will be sorry to hear of his death which occurred at the Deli Mij. Hospital. Medan. Sumatra, on April 2, at 10 p.m. He passed away peacefully, at the
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  • 145 16 (From Our Own Correspondent> Seremban. C Company Third (N.S.) Battalion of the F.M.S. Volunteer Forces is now having its headquarters in Rantau. The building was opened in March by H.H. the Yam Tuan. His Highness the Yam Tuan, in opening the building wished that the Headquarters would be
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  • 48 16 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE DEATH Mr. Zachariah B. Cornelius the wellknown manager of the Stamp Exchange Co. and official tourist guide of Medan. Sumatra, passed away peacefully on Saturday, the 2nd April 1938 at 10 p.m. at the Deli Mij. Hospital Mad an. (S.S. F.M.S. and Indian papers please copy
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 802 16 BANKS NEDERLANDSCHE HONG KONG AND HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ SHANGHAI BANKING N.V. CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hong Kone (Incorporated in the Netherlands) Tfae Liabmty of meraber3 ig n (With limited liability.) extent and In manner prescribe) Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the (NETHERLANDS TRADING Colony. crW'IC’TV HONG KONg 3OClfc.li Authorised Capital «0.4 Issued
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