Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 April 1938

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE I tsT EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 100. Vol. XCV1. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    Anglo-French Talks Today
    405 1 CZECHOSLOVAKIA THE THORNY PROBLEM Speculation In European Capitals The Anglo-French talks opening in London today have aroused considerable interest and speculation in European capitals. Conversations between M. Daladier. M. Bonnet. Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Halifax are expected to cover a wide field of international affairs, hut the
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    U.S. NAVY
    59 1 Kecorcl Peace-Time Appropriation I 27. —A record peace- n of $546,866,000 to Annext fiscal year has been Mr Roosevelt. distinct from the “Big .a the senate is at present measure carries funds to two new battleships, two destroyers and six sub- '1 as providing money to n two
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    COCOA CONTROL
    43 1 •'d.ion of April 27 by the GovGold Coast under the Cocao I, f C Importation) Ordinance 1938 r- 1 tor export of cocoa at r le flrst quota period to 4 4 r the next period will be ouced later. i
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    DEARER NEWSPAPERS
    37 1 New y 5;<rii 27.- The price of the Time» and the New York r are being raised to three n 'ay after standing at two "ty years.-Reuter. >ay, Bishop of Ossory, 1 Primate of All-Ireland.
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    GRAECO-TURKISH PACT
    27 1 Athens. April-27.—A new pact providing full co-operation between Greece and Turkey for the next ten years, recently initialled at Angora, was signed this evening. —Reuter.
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    MR. O. STANLEY ILL
    56 1 The President of the Board of Trade, who has been unwell for some time, has been medically, advised to take a furtfler Mr Oliver Stanley was taxen ill betorv Easter, but returned to the Commons for the concluding stages of the Coal Bill.H will be awav
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    SOVIET AND JAPAN
    237 1 Ao Settlement Of Disputes Moscow, April 27. The Soviet has attempted the last few days to reach agreement with Japan on nine outstanding Russo-Japanese issues, according to the Tass Agency, but apparently the attempt hitherto has been unsuccessful. Japan is stated to have made counterproposals and in
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    PACT WITH POLAND
    94 1 Signed In London Yesterday fhe Anglo-Polish Naval agreement. together with the protocol of signature and exchange of notes, was signed at the Foreign Office yesterday afternoon by the Foreign Secretary. Lord Halifax, and the First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Duff Cooper, on the British side, and
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    KING FLIES HOME
    36 1 The King, who attended the races at New Market yesterday, returned to Windsor by air late in the afternoon, landing at Smith’s Lawn. Windsor Great Park, and proceeding at once to the Castle.
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    CHINESE DRIVE IN SHANSI
    65 1 Japanese Pressed At Taiyuen Troops of the Chinese 66th Division, which are now attacking Taiyuen from the south, have succeeded in setting fire to parts of the city. Chinese estimates place Japanese casualties in Shansi as high as 60.000 and 1,000 had been taken prisoners. The
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    BUDGET DEBATE
    330 1 Sacrifice For Triumph Of Aggression The debate on the budget was opened for the Labour Opposition by Mr. Pethick Lawrence who thought it was a peacetime budget not merely depressing, but deplorable. It placed burdens on every section of the community by adding to taxation and national posterity
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    EGYPT’S TARIFFS
    234 1 Manchester Complains To Board Of Trade The Parliamentary Secretary’ to tne Board of Trade yesterday received a deputation from the Manchester Chamber of Commerce regarding recent increases in Egyptian customs duties on cotton yarns and cotton piecegoods. The deputation included representatives of the spinning, manufacturing, finishing and exporting
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    AIR MISSION AT WORK
    428 1 Non-Political Errand Washington. April 27.—The British air mission visited Baltimore this mornng and inspected the Glen Martin aeroplane factory. returning to Washington this evening after which they leave almost immediately for the West Coast on their main tour of air factories. As though to emphasise the
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    POSED AS BROKER OF HOUSE IN PULAU TIKUS
    914 2 CHETTIAR IN COURT AS COMPLAINANT MALAY CONVICTED AND BOUND OVER In the Police Court yesterday, before Mr. K. A. Blacker, the Second Magistrate, a Malay, Che Kassim bin Ghouse was charged with cheating a chettiar, K. K. Ratnam Chetty of the sum
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    WENT OUT TO SHOOT PIGS—
    123 2 Bagged A Tiger Instead! (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. Tuesday. The carcase of a full-grown tiger was brought to the taxidermists at Seremban yesterday. It was shot in the jungle which edges on Ulu Kanchaong Estate, Rantau. near Seremban by a Tamil coolie. Accord ing
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    M. DUPERREY
    528 2 Message To Penang Rotary Club Following is a message sent by President Duperrey to the President and members c i the Penang Rotary Club: Dear President Grumitt, You have been kind enough to ask me to let you have a message for your weekly Club Bulletin, and I
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    WINNERS of the Boy & Girl Beauty Competition recently held in Belgium.
    11 2 WINNERS of the Boy Girl Beauty Competition recently held in Belgium.
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    REVISED RATES FOR LIGHTING & POWER
    307 2 REVISED RATES FOR LIGHTING POWER Commissioners’ Decision A MISTAKE RECTIFIED The following proceedings of the Penang Municipal Commissioners in Committee held on Tuesday afternoon have just been released for publication: The President reads a memorandum which has been circulated to the Commissioners and which points out that a mistake has
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    SIAM TO HAVE FEWER BANK HOLIDAYS
    118 2 Under the new banking law the Minister of Finance fixes bank holidays and also hours of business. Previously, four days at Chinese New Year and four at Easter was the custom. This year there are only 15 bank holidays, although formerly the number rar.
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    SARAWAK RUBBER ASSESSORS RESIGN
    38 2 The Sarawak Government Gazette states that Mr. H.T.G. Robey, assessor in th< Rubber Regulation Department, Sarawak, baa been permitted to resign his appointment. Mr. J.E.S. Crawford. Chief Assessor, has also been permitted to resign.
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    PENGHULU DENIES DEER SHOOTING
    396 2 Judgment Reserved (From Our Own Correspondent) Muar, April 26. After a hearing lasting two days, judgment was reserved in the case in which four Malays, Penghulu Perang bin Gunpal, Mohamed bin Ali, a police corporal in the Johore police force, Bakdin bin Tengah and Mohamad Akip
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    POLICE ACCOSTS MAN ON ROAD
    115 2 Alleged Assisted Running Of Chap Jee Kee Before Mr. Lim Koon Teck the thira magistrate, yesterday, a Chinese i oh K Chuan, was charged with having asrijS in the management of a lottery n'l’mel Chap Jee Kee, on April 26, at Date kJ. mat Road,
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    JAPANESE BOW TO BRITISH ULTIMATUM
    424 3 PROMPT ACTION: VESSEL RELEASED H. M. S. Cricket’s Decks Cleared For Action Shanghai, April 27. The seizure of the British steamer, Tung Wo, a 1,337 tons vessel owned by Jardine's, by the Japanese, last night, near Tsungming Island, in the mouth of the Yangtse, led
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    The Royal Princess, accompanied by the Queen, went to Lady Astor’s children’s party in St.Jame’s Square. Princess Margaret Rose in her fancy dress costume, photographed on arrival with the Queen.
    31 3 The Royal Princess, accompanied by the Queen, went to Lady Astor’ s children’s party in St.Jame’s Square. Princess Margaret Rose in her fancy dress costume, photographed on arrival with the Queen.
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    TROUBLE IN JAIPUR
    78 3 Rajah Of Sikar Defies The Maharaja Jaipur, April 27. Trouble in Jaipur has arisen over the disinclination of the Rajah of Sikar to comply to the suggestion of his overlord, the Maharaja of Jaipur, that the Rajah’s 16-year-old son marry a member of ruling family of Jodhpur
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    STABBED FELLOW WORKMAN
    633 3 Kedah Chinese Sentenced ‘From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. April 28. Remarking it wag lucky for accused that the man he had stabbed was able to live after he had been so seriously stabbed, the Hon. Wan Harun, second Malay judge Alor Star, sentenced a 32-year-old Chinese
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    HIGHER INCOME-TAX THE SOUNDEST COURSE
    398 3 Stock Exchange Admission: All-Round Improvement London, April 27. The sharp increase in taxation proved a short-lived blow on the Stock Exchange where the higher incometax, though utterly unexpected, is now generally admitted to be the soundest course. The all-round improvement, which followed shortly after opening,
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    EXPROPRIATION OF OIL COMPANIES
    78 3 Cardenas Replies To Second British Note Mexico City April 27—In a lengthy re- ly to the second British note protesting against expropriation of foreign oil companies, President Cardenas rejects British arguments against it and insists that expropriation of the Mexican Eagle Company was not a denial
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    SIR ERIC HOLT WILSON IN HONG KONG
    45 3 Hong Kong, April 27—Sir Eric Holt Wilson who remodelled defences. unexpectedly and unannounced arrived in the Colony on board the Chitral today which also brought Air Commodore Norton and Wing-Commander Fulle”. who are inspecting Hong Kong's defences. Reuter.
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    STORM SWEEPS CEYLON
    59 3 Worst For Many Years Colombo. April 27 —A severe tropical storm swefpt throughout Ceylon for 11 hours last night, putting electric power plants out of action and severing telegraph and telephone communications, while/ lightning dislocated the Colombo Short* wave Radio Station. The storm is considered the worst
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    CHINESE AITACK TAIYUAN
    51 3 Shanghai, April 27 —Taftyuan, capital of Shansi Province, is the latest of important centres long occupied by Japan se> to be threatened by the Chinese. A Japanese war report states that 5,000 Ctrnese regulars attacked Taiyuan on Sunday night but were repulsed. Subsequent details are not unavailable.—
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    HENLEIN’S DEMANDS
    44 3 Report Stated To Be “Wholly Incorrect” Prague, April 27—Henlein's demands which appeared in the official press ami other newspapers last night were erased in the final editions and replaced by a crief official statement that the previous» innounccment was wholly incorrect. Reuter.
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    BY-ELECTION BAN LIFTED
    56 3 London, April 27 —It is announced from 10 Downing Street that the rule that Cabinet members may not participate at by elections, will be abandoned forthwith because of opposition from Cabinet members taking active part, though the Prime Minister. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Foreign
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    EGYPT’S NEW CABINET TAKES OFFICE
    36 3 Cairo. April 27 —The new Cabinet, largely a reshuffle of the old on, was submitted today to King Farouk by Mohamed Mahmoud. It accepted by the King: and has taken office.—Reuter.
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL
    368 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. Lee Seng Poh, manager of Lee Rub ber Co.. Teluk Anson, has left for Malacca on transfer. Raja Permaisuri and suite have returned to Kuala Kangsar after spending a brief holiday at Port Dickson. The annual general meeting of the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association will be held at
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    CRUSHING COST OF JAPAN’S CAMPAIGN
    1521 4 INCREASING ALARM IN TOKIO fr«*ni T*»kx<> during the latter part ot March indicated the determination of Japan to remain in military occupation of Chinese territory for an indefinite period. The Premier admitted the difficulty of indicating precisely the geographical boundarises of the area Japan intended
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    MALAYAN CURRENCY FUND SHOWS BIG PROFIT
    524 4 $23,000,000 Disappeared From Circulation THE Malayan Currency Fund is estimated to have made a profit of more than out oi 10-cts. and 2r-ct>. notes which have been lost or destroyed. According- to the annual report on the working oi the Currency Department, issued this
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    DANISH NAZIS TO BE CONTROLLED
    230 4 Minister Sets Iip Police Inquiry PARTY ORDERS FROM BERLIN Copenhagen: —The Socialist Minister of Justice, M. Steincke, has appointed a special police commissioner to inquire into Nazi activity in Denmark, following a scene n Parliament when a young Danish Nazi fired blank shots at the
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    $50 FOR NINE FOWLS
    75 4 i From Our Own Correspondent Malacca. April 26. Fowls, dozens of fowls, are disappearing n Malacca. Todav. an ex-police constable. Sayed bin Ningal. appeared in the Malacca Police Court. H said he bought nine fowls from a Malay. The police said he could not give a
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    BUILDING AN EMPIRE EXHIBITION
    137 4 A sound impression of the conception, construction, and completion of the forthcoming Exhibition at Bellahouston Park. Glasgow, recorded on the site of the Exhibition. will be heard in the programmes from Daventry tomorrow. The broadcast has been compiled by Jack House and will be produced by
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    SOUTH INDIAN UNIVERSITY OFFERS 2 SCHOLARSHIPS
    332 4 Applications are invited from students educated in this country and possessing the Oxford or Cambridge School Certificate for admission to the Intermediate classes of the Annamalai University. Applicants should possess the following qualifications: (1 > They should have secured a pass in five subjects
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    NEWS FROM THE WAR FRONT
    223 4 Taiping Want Filnu 011 China Incident*. (From our Own Correspond,, A novel method to 2 formed of the plight of their in China was put forward b- v r Patriot Hoe, J.P., at the committee the China Distress Relict v. of Branch, held in the
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    BAND PROGRAMME
    59 4 This evening at the “Esplanade fron6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.: March: Grove House: Hume. Overture: The Wanderer's Goal: s u pne Incidental Music to, "The’ Merchant Of Venice": Rosse. 1. Intermezzo— "Portia.’’ 2. Doge'e March. A Musical Comedy Waltz Concoction Hall. Melody in "F": Rubinstein. Selection: Yes Uncle:
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    Pro-Japanese Plot In Fukien Frustrated
    256 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton. Apr. 21 strict confidence it has been divulged to me that the Japanese have been trusting in sympathizers among the Chinese in Fukien to give them the chance to land there. There existed a cabal which was to have cleared
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    ON PING-HAN FRONT
    88 4 More Towns In Honan In Chinese Hands Hankow, Apr. 20. The Chinese counter-offensive on the Feiping-Hankow Railway front yielded considerable success today w-ith the re-capture of Chingfeng and Nanloh, in south Hopei, east of the railw-ay. The two towns fell into Japanese hands in early January. Chinese
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    SEEING CARS MADE
    235 4 Growing Popularity Of Factory Tour* Proof that the general public are beconi ing more and more car-conscious, even to the extent of wishing to see how thw vehicles are made, is provided by the ac that visits to the Longbridge Works of Austin Motor Company, situated near’
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    “PENANG NOTORIOUS FOR ITS BAD TEETH”
    1933 5 PENANG NOTORIOUS FOR ITS BAD TEETH” Mouths With Gold Crowns And Bridgework DENTISTRY IN MALAYA SADLY NEGLECTED riiaiii; is notorious tor its bad teeth and everywhere one nie sees people with mouths carrying gold crowns and ,viirk. usually with infections sealed underneath such reslS<” >aid Mr. Ong Kee Yearn, dental
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    Mr. Eden On Needs Of Democracy
    135 5 London. April 27: Mr. Anthony Eden, exForeign Minister, speaking at the St. George’s Day banquet in London, said, I am a convinced believer in democracy, yet it would be foolish, perhaps fatal, to the survival of democracy to ignore the stupendous achievements realised under
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    2,000 PASSPORTS ISSUED LAST YEAR
    129 5 More than 2.000 British passports were issued by the Straits Settlements Government last year, it is stated in the annual report of the Immigration Office. The actual number was 2,046, compare I with 1,380 in 1936. Last year 982 British passports were renewed in the
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    HOUSING IN SINGAPORE
    121 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. April. 27. Although several new houses have recently been built tor Government officials in Singapore. Government housing accommodation is still scarce. It is stated in a paper presented to the Legislative Council that owing to the shortage of quarters, it is expected
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    HOW CAN WOMEN BE SUCH FOOLS ?
    133 5 HOW CAN WOMEN BE SUCH FOOLS —Asks Mrs. Roosevelt t Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife oi the President, went to see the newsreels oi the Barcelona bombings. Next day she wrote in her diary (syndicated in 62 newspapers oi the U.S.A., with over 4,0(X),00() circulation) "I felt positively disgusted with human
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    Che Beh bin Chu. Penghulu of the Cheka District of Lipis,
    35 5 has been promoted to be a Special Class Penghulu. with effect from Jan. 1, 1937. He has been in the Government service since 1900.
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    MALAYANS AT HOME
    190 5 Mr. John Arthur Hayler, who retired from the post of Chief Inspector of Police in the F.M.S. force in June, 1910, died at St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, on Easter Sunday, reports our London Correspondent. The funeral was at Hastings on Apl. 21. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Travers Clarke, Colonel of
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    STREAM WATER USED TO PUT OUT FIRE
    69 6 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban. April 26. The prompt arrival of the Seremban Fire Brigade prevented much damage when a smoke house on Paroi Estate near Seremhan, caught fire today. A large quantity of rubber was believed to have been saved. The firemen
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    DEATH OF MRS. EMMANUEL
    62 6 Seremban, April 26. 1 he death took place at Seremban today st Mrs. Emmanuel, wife of the late Mr Da'.'id Emmanuel of Jaffna. Ceylon an 1 mother of Mr. Gnapiragasam. Storekeeper, Seremban Electrical Department, at the age of 65. The funeral took place at the Christian
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    GRAMOPHONE RECORDS OF “BOOLOO”
    111 6 Films and the GramopH'-ru P w important part in bringing neW computable notice, and there an positions which will •■>'" throughout Malaysia. dhese < and '‘Beside a Moonlit rt duC ers film “Booloo" which the 1 jly sfeX* ramount Pictures have been pftS t ing” in
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      465 6 Penang's Leading Picture Palace rtfl. Screening Only The fl H jW% Pick of the IP or Id's Best Pictures. ROMANCE GOES RIOTOUS When FRANK MORGAN promises his daughter a chateau to be married in and then has to make good 13 Fun-Makers in M-G-M’s Laugh-a-Minute Revel I “BEG, BORROW OR
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    HONG KONG’S GREATEST DEATH DEALER
    731 7 Smallpox Epidemic Visits Colony CORPSES PICKED UP IN THE STREETS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kong Kong. April 21. f Jp i1E Japanese aerial campaign in South China has been greatlv intensified during the past week and the usual exodus from Canton and other towns to
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    ATTEMPTED MURDER ALLEGED
    172 7 Chinese Committed To Assizes (From Our Own Correspondent) Malacca. April 26. The preliminary’ inquiry into the chargt of attempted murder against a Chinese. Koh San, who, it was alleged inflicted severe injuries on a woman. Meng Soon Aee at Kam pong Bukit China, on Mar. 5, was
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    STORM OVER SUNGEI PATANI
    130 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sungci Patani. April 26. For about half an hour at 9.30 p m last night a fierce thunderstorm brew ed in the town, causing much fear and anxiety among the citizens. Loud and deafening thunderclaps sounded and constant flashes cf lightning lit
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    TRANSPORT IN WAR TIME
    514 7 British Plans: A Co-ordinated Scheme London The Ministry of Transport hav-ei under consideration measures to enable all I transport undertakings in Br.tain to be used to the best advantage in the event of war. Actually the Defence Plan Section of the Ministry is no new thing.
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    ENGLISH-SPEAKING MEDICAL UNIT IN CHINA
    73 7 London. April 27. —The posit on remains unaltered, said, Mr. R. A. Butler in the Commons today, when asked by Mr. G. Mathers whether he had received a report on the work of the English speaking med cal unit in China; but he had learned
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    INTERNATIONAL SUGAR COUNCIL MEETS
    56 7 London. April 27.—The meeting of th International sugar Council, which was ex pected for the last three days, opened today in London. The agenda includes the question of alteration of quotas. AH sig natories are represented by prem nent dele gates except China, who is represented
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    THE PRICE OF SAFETY
    662 8 IRRESPECTIVE of the unpopular in which will come to Sir John Sitn<»n oxer the dvprosing propo>als of hi> first Budget, and notwithstanding the j»ilhx criticism wine: will be levelled at the British Gox eminent for its approval of the financial plans for 1938 39, the fact
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    IRISH AGREEMENT
    111 8 legislation In Two Parliaments Both in the commons at W estministei and in the Dail, in Dublin legislative measures were introduced yesterday to give effect to recent Anglo-Eire agreements. Mr. de Valera moving in the Dail a resolution that the Anglo-Irish agreement be ratified, declared that the agreement
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    G.O.C. IN TAIPING
    157 8 (From Our Own Correspondent I Taiping. April 27. The 1st Battalion 2nd Punjab Regiment with their war-tom colours paraded at the Polo ground this morning before His Excellency Major General Dobbie, G.O.C.. Malaya, who is on a visit to this town His Excellency xvas accompanied by the
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    PENANG ARRIVALS TODAY
    125 8 Among those who arrived today from Bhuket by the steamship Matang were Mr. A. H. West, Mr. J. Foletti, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. B. Ross. Mr. Lim Keng Teong. Mr. Lim Peng Fook, Mr. Yeap Phaik Siew. Mr. Lim Phaik Lok, Madam Meh Niam, Miss Cheng
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    The engagement is announced of Mr. Toh Seng Kim.
    55 8 third son of Mrs. Toh Boon Hin and the late Mr. Toh Boon Hin to Miss Dolly Tan. eldest daughter of Mr. Tan Cheng Gam, Traffic Inspector F. M. S. Railways. Seremban. Mr. Toh Seng Kim is a brother of Mr.
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    PLIGHT OF GERMAN & AUSTRIAN JEWS
    144 8 PLIGHT OF GERMAN AUSTRIAN JEWS Another Goering Decree Berlin. April 27- As head of the Fourfear Plan. Goering today issued a decree ordering German and Austrian Jews worth more than marks 5.000 to declare their property in Germany and abroad. Foreign Jews domiciled in Germany must declare the value of
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    ANGLO-IRISH AGREEMENTS
    248 8 Steps Taken To Give Them Effect London. April 27—Prompt steps are being taken to implement the Anglo-Irish agreements both in the London and Dubin Parliaments. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald introduced a Bill in the Commons today to "give effect to agreements regarding to relations between the United Kingdom and
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    PENANG FORGED NOTES CASE
    288 8 Defence Opened At the Penang Assize Court this morning the defence was opened in the trial of Uin Liat who is charged with having trafficked in counterfeit $10 Straits Settlements Currency notes at the Tong Lok Hotel, Burmah Road, on August 24 last. The accused, in
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    IPOH ROTARY CLUB
    145 8 Col. Cecil Rae Elected President «From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 28. Rn. Cecil Rae. C.B.E., who was formerly director and past second vice-president of Rotary Intel-national, and first District Commissioner of the 80th District, was elected president of the Ipoh Rotary Club for the ensuing year
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    BY THE WAY
    483 8 Cramping the "Chi se li er The Advisory ,1 ternational Table I,.,,,,,. b t.on has decided lation to put an end practice of “chiselling.” pongers will shake 'their r heads in sorrow, but q nutted that their -ri v t by a ver} consider forthright astonishment, one
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    SUGAR COUNCIL
    18 8 The International Sugai K ,r London yesterday. Tht •>' cO mal-only domestic ed The Council meets aga.
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    ESCAPED CONVICT BEATEN BY HUNGER AND FATIGUE
    242 9 Caught By Police While Heading For Jungle C7 < WAS SERVING TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT (brom ()ur < )\vn Correspondent) Taiping. April 27. Sewa Singh, a long-term prisoner, who escaped front the District Hospital cell early yesterdav morning, was captured by the local Police
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    SCOTTISH CUP FINAL
    246 9 East Fife Beal Kilmarnock 91.000 SEE REPLAT Fife, the Second Division club. Scottish Cup for the first time when they surprisingly beat /,/,/k in the Final replay, at n park. Glasgow, the first enbeing drawn one-all. n.nwr-like weather, 91.000 saw te h. which resulted 4—2. after time,
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    Final Gallops At Singapore
    319 9 BARFORD MOS I IMPRESSIVE (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Today. The final gallops at Bukit Timah in preparation for Saturday s racing attracted a large crowd this morning. All the upcountry candidates have arrived except io. Duval and Major Lindsay Years' strings. Though Hobbs cnarges have
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    CHINA RELIEF
    119 9 Penang Chinese 1 o Hold Fair Penang Chinese are making another effort to raise money towards the China Relief Fund next month, and are holding a meeting at the Philomathic Union this afternoon at 3.00 p.m. to make the necessary arrangements. All prominent Chinese in Penang have been
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    BRITISH HARD COURTS TENNIS
    105 9 Sin-kie Choy In Quarter-Finals Kho Sin-kie and W. C. Choy, Chinese tennis stars, entered the quarter-finals of the British Hard Courts Tennis Championships at Bournemouth, yesterday, and will meet each other in the next round. Choy beat G. E. Godsell 6 4. 3- 6. 6—3. 6—4,
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    NORTH PERAK TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    274 9 Champion Not Competing (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping. April 27. Great interest is being evinced in the coming North Perak Tennis Championships, entries of which close on Saturday. Chin Sen Boo. tne reigning champion for the last four years, is not competing this year, as he
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    WATER POLO
    37 9 The Penang Swimming Club is playing water polo against the Penang Teachers' Association today at 5.30 p.m. The P.S.C. team win be:— Kooper. Cassy, Clements, Culvert, Wagstaff. Steincke, Bracegirdle. i Teachers team on P. 15)
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    TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS
    164 9 Pasch Wins With Ease STRONG CHANCE FOR THE DERBY The Two Thousand Guineas, the first classic of the ye a r, was run at Newmarket yesterday and resulted as follows: 5 2 PASCH (Mr. H. E. Morriss’) G. Richards j 9 1 SCOTTISH UNION (Mr J V
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    CHIEF GAME WARDEN IN PENANG
    89 9 Showing Film And Broadcasting From ZHJ Mr. Theodore Hubback. Chief Game Warden, S.S. F.M.S., is in Penang on a short visit, and the local public will have an opportunity of hearing him discourse on wild life in Malaya tomorrow evening at d.55 p.m. at the
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    SOMALILAND ASPIRATIONS
    70 9 The Secretary for the Colonies was asked in the commons if he would take the necessary steps to bring Britisn Somaliland into the status of a British colony and its people as British citizens in accordance with their desires. He replied: The answer is in the negative. I
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    Penang Badminton State Trial
    114 9 By Our Badminton Correspondent i At a meeting of the Selection Committee of the Penang Badminton Association last night, the following were selected to take part in the first State trial of the season in preparation for the Triangular Tournament Lim Ewe Chye. Chee Choon Keng,
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    AVENOL SEES HALIFAX
    34 9 Before leaving London for Paris yesterday. the League Secretary-General, M. Avenol. who had previously conferred with the Foreign Secretary saw the Prime Minister at his room at the House of Commons.
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    TIN OUTLOOK IS “REASONABLY SOUND”
    1363 10 But Political Differences Must Be Smoothed Out DUTCH STILL CRITICAL OF MALAYA’S AMBITIONS (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 20. “Al present, the tin market is dominated by Tin politics, the discussion of the proposed buffer pool and the controversy over Malaya’s standard tonnage in
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    MALAYA’S TRADE DOWN
    465 10 What Figures Reveal Malaya’s gross trade for the first quarter of this year was $62 millions teas than during the first quarter of last year. This is revealed in the trade figures issued by the Department of Statistics. Malaya’s total trade for the quarter was $311,532,000. compared
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    THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS
    129 10 A running commentary on this year’s Two Thousand Guineas, one of the first classics of the British Flat Racing season, >s to be broadcast from Newmarket today. The Two Thousand Guineas is for three, year-old colts and fillies and is raced over one mile. The full
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    SHIPPING IN PENANG HARBOUR TODAY
    827 11 S.S. ‘STEEL TRAVELLER’ arrives in the morning from Singapore, sails same day for America. S.S. ‘DAVIKEN’ arrives in the morning from Hong Kong, Swatow and Singapore, sails isame day tor Rangoon. S.S. ‘KRIAN’ arrives morning from Belawan, sails evening for Telok Anson and Bagan Datoh.
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    MARKED CHANGE IN SHIP FREIGHT RATES
    1396 11 Recovery Expected In Second Half Of Year London, April 14. JALl IC Shipping Exchange was little affected on Saturday by the European political situation except that business was on a Smaller scale. 1 here was no change in rates, which have now been declining
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    KNOB-TURNING FINDS “STAR”
    99 11 The discovery of a new great soprano by radio is announced by Sir Thomas Beecham, the eminent conductor. He says that while knob-turning hopelessly Iasi October he suddenly heard a magnificent voice singing somewhere in opera. He caught the name at the end when .he vast was
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      667 12 AIR MAILS A mail for Australia. New Zealand, Java and Timor Dilly via Singapore by Qantas Airways will close at 7.30 p.m (registration at 6 p.m.) today. ♦(Correspondence prepaid at existing surcharge air mail rates only). A mail for Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by Malayan Internal
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      COMMUNICATIONS OF EMPIRE
      346 12 Sea Cables V nf r Wireless In attempting to tic chapter in the history of communication, an writes from a defect lowing: folThe invention of beam India its chance of a rad < 1Ve vice with Great Britain. er movers in India on the <- r rn,e
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      LOUS DE ROUGEMONT
      285 12 LOUS DE RO UGEMONT Truth Or fiction? Were Louis de Rougemont's ar. z.’ stories of his life among the aborigines of Australia true, after all? A few yean- a?o the names, of tie Rougemont am: Baron Munchausen were coupled ae those ot the two biggest liars in real life or
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      BRITISH CAR FOR HUNGARY
      119 12 Austins Popuiui Budapest Much interest has been s 1 yotor Austin exhibit at the r Show which, as already prises five cars ranging the Fourteen and a Ten P ul r;€ reThat visitors to the show Jy sightseers is proved by within two hours of the
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      2623 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES B. B. C. BERLIN PENANG TODAY DJB 15.20 Me, 6 19. 1 m. K Z R M 25.33 m. and 31.35 m. B. 3. C. empire Broadcasting Service DJN 9.54 Me/s 31.45 xn. ZHJ 49.3 Metres. schedule for this week: DJE 17.76 Mc/s 16.89 m. p.m P
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      43 12 PENANG DAILY WEATHER REPORT PENANG (FORT CORNWALLIS) TEMPERATURE April 27 6 a.m. Noon 5 p.m. 84 E 88 E 89 S RAINFALL April 26 27 1 mm. TIDE TABLE TODAY HIGH LOW 11.22 p.m. 5.15 p.m. TOMORROW 11.32a.m. 5.16a.m. 11.45 p.m. 5.55 p.m.
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    FRAULEINS FROLIC IN GERMAN SPRING
    186 13 To judge by these pictures of mem bers of one of (iermany’s many health movements, spring h more invigorating hi Germany than in Malaya. party of British schoolgirls who are to tour South Africa under the auspices of the Society for the Overseas Settlement of
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    BLUE PETER AGAIN FAVOURABLY HANDICAPPED
    1760 14 RECEIVES WEIGHT FROM MARTIN DUGGAN AND ROSTRUM Aerial Post Should Win The Anniversary Cup (BY TIC TAC Blue Peter, whom I have more than once described as the luckiest horse on the Malayan Turf is once again favourably treat* ed for his first run at
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    PENANG TENNIS TOURNEY STARTS
    333 14 FORMER BADMINTON STAR GETS OVER FIRST ROUND Cheah Wat Hun Eliminates Wat Sun The Penang tennis open championships started yesterday with the playing of four ties in the men’s singles on the Penang Sports Club courts, Esplanade. Competing for the first time. Tan Boon Piew, former
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    PENANG STATE SOCCER TRIAL
    487 14 Mediocre Game LESSLAR KEEPS GOAL WELL A solitary goal scored midway in the second half by Mariappen the Stripes inside right enabled the Stripes to emerge winners in the second Malaya Cup soccer trial which was played on the hospital ground yesterday evening. The game was
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      478 14 I RliNNYMEDE HOTEL OJg Phone 5 SATURDAY DINNER DANCE EXTENSION 1 A.M. PIKLERS ORCHESTRA Kidney Acid Germs Killed In 3 Hours The underlying cause of much ill health Many of them can not and most Kidney and Bladder disorders is praise it highly enough. A irritating germs which develop in
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    ENGLAND’S WELCOME TO THE TEST TOURISTS
    938 15 •Wish Them Everything But The Ashes” AUSTRALIANS ARE NOT INVINCIBLE” W[ I ['A ER the result of the struggle for the Ashes in Eng<1 this season, the Australian Test team who arrived at ton last Wednesday, seem assured of a warm welcome there ver
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    NEGRI SOCCER
    166 15 Season Starts On Saturday (By “Audax") Se rem ban, April 27. On Saturday. April 30. the official Negr. Sembilan football season will begin with the commencement of the Negri Sembilan Football League. Although there is a decrease in the number of teams competing this year in the league,
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    CRICKET AT TAMPIN
    126 15 Seremban Hillrangers Narrowly Defeated (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, April 28. At Tampin on Sunday the Seremban Hillrangers lost to Tampin by the narrow margin of 5 runs at cricket. The Hillrangers score was 104. The principal scorers were Akbal Singh 16. C. Eetnam 15, L. Edmonds
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    SWIMMING
    141 15 Schoolboys For Ipoh A party of schoolboys, calling themselves the Jolly Seals, left today for Ipoh where they will play water-polo with the Kinta Swimming Club tomorrow'. Some swimming matches are likely to be arranged also. The party is composed of the following: Geh Chong Keat (captain), Lim Teong
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    BOROTRA’S VIEWS ON DAVIS CUP SCHEME
    467 15 Biennial Idea Is Heart-Breaking The proposal to “biennialise" the Davis Gup a proposal which the American founders of this world competition are strongly resisting—have drawn sympathetic views from M. Jean Borotra, one of the famous “Four Musketeers” of France, and probably next year’s president
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    SCHMELING WIN OVER LOUIS “INEVITABLE”
    101 15 Walter Neusel, after his win over Foord, thinks he will get a match with Max Schmeling in Hamburg, but the only thing in which Schmeling is interested is a liner which will take him within sight of the wooden countenance of Joe Louis. Knowledgeable fight
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    PRODUCE
    125 16 'TIN pRjtVIUUSLY LATBJSi LONDON—(Spot) £165 0 !n‘ a IXiNDON—(3 month’»» £166. 0. 0 £165 ;1?‘«J SINGAPORE *80.00 $81 50 BUSINESS DONE M PENANG $80.00 $81.25 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers Buyers no sellers COPRA -(Sundrted) -53.90 $3.85 BLACK PEPPER $9 00 $9 0 RUBBER LONDON 5};d 5}«d NEW YORK
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    342 16 Share of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or Fal Yesterday Rise or fall Conv. 5 p.c. 44-64 113 Burma!» Oil 116 10’ —2 6 c,i a,-. 1io Eagles 4 pesos 4 9 Funding 4 p.c. 60-90 11- ~C, i .m Cables o’_- p.c. 10o -f-% Mar
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      A. A. ANTHONY & CO.
      175 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers E. Selangor 1.30 1.32% Hong Fatt 98 1.02 Klang River 1.72% 1.77’2 Kuchai 1.15 1.20 Petalings 6.50 7.00 Rahman Hyd 1.15 1.20 Raub Gold 4.60 5.00 Rantau Ordy 1.15 1.20 Rantau Pref 1.15 1.20 Sungei Luas 1.40 1.45 Taiping Cons 1.50 1.55 Talam
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      WALL STREET
      175 16 New York. April 27.—The market remains a trading affair. Some believe the Roosevelt monopoly speech likely to be more mild than originally expected. Dow Jones avs. Prev. Today 30 indus 113.94 115.25 20 rails 21.83 21.73 20 utilities 18.43 18.45 40 bonds 86.39 86.59 Business done 000’s 440
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      KENNEDY & CO.
      124 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Ampat 39 4 3ex 3. Selangor 1.27% 1.32\ex Hong Fatt 98 1.02 Jelapang 310 320 Kpg. Lanjut 18 9 19 6 Kramat 10 9 116c Kuchai Ordy 1.15 1.20 Larut 9 9 10 3ex London Tin 3 0 3!3 Petaling 6.80 7.10c Puchong 19 0
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      LEAN & CO.
      147 16 LEAN CO. TIN’ Buyers Sellers Ampats 3 7 l 2 4 0 Bangrins 19 9 20 9 B. Selangors 1.25 1.30 Hong Fatts98 1.00 Kampongs 8 9 '9 6 K. Lan juts 18 0 18 9 Killinghalls 17 9 18 3 Kramats 10 6 110 Kuchais 1.15 1.20 Lukuts 77
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      NEGRI ATHLETICS
      81 16 (From Our Own Correspondent! Seremban. April 28. The Negri Sembilan Amateur Athletic Association, which was formed mainly through the efforts of Mr. N. M. Vasagam. now of Parit Buntar, will hold its fourth championship meeting early in July. The committee of the association met recently and made the
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      HOME MARKETS
      73 16 P. O. Deferred Interim The Stock Exchange after early indisposition rallied briskly in the absence anticipated selling. P. and O. Deferred were strong on the announcement of an interim dividend of 2% per cent., the first since 1931. Sugar opened firm following the budget revelation of Government purchases,
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      COMMODITIES AND METALS
      122 16 London. April 27. RUBBER: Easy.— London 5i. buyers 5].- sellers May 5 7 s buyers 6 selleis July/Sept 51’ buyers 6ft sellers Oct./Dec 6 buyers 6% sellers NEW YORK 11.82 cts ’nited Kingdom Stocks London 53,498 tons Liverpool 27.445 tons JOPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. April £12. 5.
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      EXCHANGE RATES
      101 16 Prev. Latest Paris 160 ft 160'1 New York 4.98% 4.98;J Montreal 5.01% 5.01% Brussels 29.62% 29.59% Geneva 21.69 21.69 Am st erdam 8.96 8.96 Milan 94% 94% Berlin 12.40 12.40 Stockholm 19.41 19.40% Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 »slo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26%» nominal Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 143% 143’<
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      TODAY’S PRICES
      25 16 TODAY’ S PRICES TIN Singapore $81.50 per pkl. Penang $81.25 per pkl. RUBBER Singapore Spot c. per lb. Penang Spot I9v 4 c. per lb.
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    Buffer Pool Controversy
    727 16 IPOH REPORT AND LONDOV ANOTHER MALAYAN CHAMBER CABLE TO HIGH COMMISSIONER (Front Our Own Correspondent) Ipon, April 28. Despite denials from London and Kuala Lumpur, the Times of Malaya declares posi tively and unequivocally that the Buffer Pool scheme in its present form is not acceptable to
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    CONSUMPTION
    58 16 The Reduction Explained < From Our Own Correspondent London, April 27. The reduced rate in tin consumption in 1938 is explained by the reduced activities in the tinplate and motor industries. World production for the three months of 1938 is: plate 672.000 tons, compared with 1,022.000 tons in 1937;
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    MALAYAN CHAMBER
    299 16 Text Of The Cable From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. April 27. Regarding the split in the Council of the Malayan Chamber of Mines on the Buffer Pools question and the petition sent to the High Commissioner opposing its establishment, with subsequent cables from certain members of the Council
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    FIRST VICTORY OF RANGERS
    253 16 Unexpected Win Over Govt. Printers (From Our Own Kuala Lumpur, April 26. The Rangers scored their first soccer wir. in the league when they unexpectedly b» i the Government printers who were strong ly fancied for championship honours < three goals to one. Fast and kn.
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