Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 August 1938

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  • 27 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE Lj edition ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY k'" 1 7. i Vol. XCVI. L. I” 1, THURSDAY. AUGUST 4. 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 716 1 Reuter. Soviet Forces Take The Offensive JAPANESE TROOPS LEAVE N. CHINA FOR MANCHURIA I okio. August 4—-Soviet troops again attempted during the night to dislodge Japa nrse f rom their positions in the Changkufeng and Shaotsaoping area but were repulsed, a War Office spokesman
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  • 152 1 Reuter. I Hrorv Of Italian Slruk'gisfs I I Medings of tile chiefs I >f the Army and Air I iv t by tlie Duce at which lit I' "as also present are lift ft' lit 1 I id ,/,t apart from new > main purpose of
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  • 41 1 'rib rum.; Minister wni s t( from Chequers 1,1 'in it he left by train Noi i h of Scot- In m oi;e o r two of his L ndon. including the v ‘"V and the Foreign Secre
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  • 35 1 nas f)( ;n Chew Jit p oh Hankou i. Rainfall is causing i lap.-n and has interbetween Tokio, he last named ibmerged and a destroy'i done to n Chew Jit p oh
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  • 199 1 —Reuter. Frontier Violation Alleged Berlin. August 3 An alleged turther violation of the frontier by three Czech planes has evoked bitter comment in Berlin, esas it occurred on the day of Loro Runciman’s arrival at Prague and :s regarded'as particularly serious because two planes are reported
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  • 82 1 T.U.CL Congress To Take An Interest London. August 3.-- A resolution on British Colonial policy in the name of the General Council appears on the agenda ot the seventieth meeting of the Trades Un ion Congress which opens at Blackpool on September 5. The resolution favours the provision
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  • 82 1 Launching Ceremony Next Month London. August 3 -Arrangements are in hand for the launching ceremony of the new Cunard-White Star liner Queen Elizabeth, sister ship to the Queen Mary, which will be on the afternoon of September 27. Special provision has been necessary to cope with the problem
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  • 59 1 Reuter. Effect Of New Law Berlin, Aug. 3—Under a n-w law. permits to all Jewish doctors expire on Sept 30 The Minister of the Interior may grant time-limited permits to deservmv cases such as those who were froi tlin soldiers during the war but it is
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  • 224 1 (l{ tigtac) third prize in the on ’he Penang 1 s more than half the d prize? If the second 000 punters say 12,800. Punters -1' d ami this >vcd fiom Singa- s of third prize. ('lub have ex 1 the amounts. •ive received 10
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  • 41 1 Reuter SOVIETS SHELL KOREAN VILLAGES Tokio, August 4.—lt is officially reported that Soviet artillery operating from points eastward of the Tumen River (Korea) indiscriminately shelled Kojc and Sozan villages. North Korea, from night rail yesterday until one am Reuter
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  • 126 1 Values Held International markets have refused to be scared by the trend of events in the Far East. I'he London Stock Exchange was irregular yesterday with a trifling fall in giltedged. But rubber was firmer following the rise in the East and tin was also
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  • 80 1 Busy Day For Commons Oil Nov. I London. August 3. Sixty-six questions •le on '.he Order Paper for answer in the House of Commons when it reassembles on November 1. Questions on foreign affairs provide op portunitier for statements on the Far East Spain. Czechoslovakia and the posit
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  • 57 1 London, August 3. It is officially a" nounced tljat Queen Mary will visit the Empire Exhibition at Glasgow on Septem her 5 and 9. Her Majesty will then be in residence at the Palace of Holyrood House and will motor from there to Glasgow Both
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  • 221 1 Reuter. To Kill Trade Of Shanghai London, August I—ln a letter to The Times Mr. Edward MacKay, ex-chairman of the Shanghai €hamher-of-Uommerce, with regard to the refusal of the Japanese military authorities to allow the VVhangpoo Conservancy Board to continue dredging the river between Woosung and Shanghai,
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  • 43 1 From Our Own Correspondent) London. Aug. 3. I understand that the International Tin Committee's buffer pool sub-coni-m’ttee yes erday appointed a manager of the pool at a salary of £2.000 a year. His name will be published on Aug. 5.
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  • 2929 2 Municipal President Disappointed r|l SA I’I‘OINTMENT over the progress of improvement schemes in Penang is expressed by Mr. J. A. Black, President of the Municipal Commissioners in his annual report on the administration of the Municipality of George Town last year just issued. Following are
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    • 329 2 Amongst the symptom» of Biliousne*» are a dizzy head- I ache, furred tongue, bitter taste in the mouth, vomiting, spots floating before the eyte» bowels loose one day and constipated the next. On the appearance of bilious symptoms resort to Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills will be found most bene-
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  • 375 3 Moscow Paper’s Warning SOVIET TO DEFEND THEIR RIGHTS: NO FEAR OF CONSEQUENCES Moscow, Aug. 3. JAPAN is playing a dangerous game and playing with fire.” says Le •'Journal de Moscow in a leader on Changkufen?. The Japanese Government must fully realise t’iat local conflicts
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  • 78 3 Reuter. Payment Of Austrian Loans Guarantee Paris, Aug 3- Germany has agreed to reimburse France any payment she may have to make in fulfilment of her guarantee of Austrian international loans of *****4 under a commercial agreement, the details of which are published here. As regards other
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  • 58 3 .—Reuter. Civil Reserves Being Organised Wellington, Aug. 3.—Civil reserves, to be available for the Royal New Zealand Air Force, in the event of hostilities, are being organised by the Minister of Defence. Tn an appeal to the youths of New Zealand to enrol, he urged them
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  • 43 3 Reul er Trouble Still Prevalent In Districts Rangoon, Aug. 3.—Rioting, looting and murder are still prevalent in various districts though Rangoon is normal. The total casualties are 80 killed and 300 wounded, including 20 Indians killed at Tharawaddy and scores wounded
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  • 310 3 .—Reuter. Big Orders From The Continent Another “gold rush” occurred today when leading London gold bullioners met to fix the day s official quotation. The execution overnight of orders from the Continent re suited in 1,048 bars valued at £2,977.000 changing hands at a price of 142
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  • 86 3 —Reuter. London. Aug. 3.—The inter-Govern-mental committee dealing with the pro blem of refugees from Austria and Germany, which was set up at Evian met at the Foreign Office today. Lord Winterton was elected chairman and four vice-chair-men were appointed from France, the United States. Brazil and Holland. Mr.
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  • 146 3 —Reutei Captain Of Chinese Customs Cruiser VESSEL BOMBED BY JAPANESE Hankow, Aug 3 A Eriton, J. G. C. Crawley, of Dubl i who was commander of a Chinese Custo. cruiser, Chiang Hsing, was killed at 4.'0 pm. yesterday, when six Japanese s< planes bombed the vessel
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  • 53 3 .—Reuter. League Committee's Recommendation Geneva. Aug. 3 —The League Committee on Communications and Transit have unanimously recommended the Council's acceptance of the Chinese request for aid in reconstruction of protective works in Chinese regions recently devastated by floods with the reservation that there be collaboration
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  • 150 3 RANEE COMPLETING 80.(100—WORD NOVEL i F rom Our London Staff) London, July 29. An 80,000 -word historical novel with Sarawak under the rule of the three white Rajahs as its setting is just being com pieted by the Ranee of Sarawak who is now in London. 'lhe book,
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  • 28 3 TAX ON MEXICAN 1 EXPORTS Reuter. Mexico City, Aug 3 The Senate has approved President Cardenas’ project establishing a 12 per cent, tax on all Mexican exports. Reuter.
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  • 116 3 Bi it if b Wireless Commission’s Work bearing End London. Aug. 2 -Members of the Tech nical Commission on parti*ion of Palestine have completed their inquiries in that country and are leaving today for London. On arrival here the commission, which consists of four members under the
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  • 29 3 Reuter. Prague, Aug. 3—Lord and Lady Runciman ai rived here today. They were greeted by Government and Moyoral represen atives and leaders ol the Sudetens.
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  • 389 4 First Contract For Extensions (From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok. July 31. The contract foi the first portion of the work in connection with the Port of Bangkok scheme had been signed, and the contract had been awarded to the firm of Messr-. Christiani and Nielsen (Siam). Ltd.
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  • 372 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr A. D. York has succeeded Mr. R. C. Gates. District Officer. Alcr Gajah. who has gone on leave. Cable news has been received from Jaffna of the death cf Mr. V. Poothapillay. father of Dr. P. Ponnampalam. Medical Officer i locab Raul Mr. J. A. Hunter. District
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    75 4 SHE'S BUSS NOW—Oncf' a member of the cJi<OriiB, Jli-ss Jacqto lint Paiqe. a 23-i/('4ir~old Texns ffirl» youngest 'nuinayer in England and America. During a production in Nev' York s7u showed so mir'h knowledge of stage routine that she was promoted to assistant stage manager. She is now
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  • 640 4 Red-Haired People Bad Patients B. M. A. DISCI SSIOA ON FOOD FOB BABIES The British Medical Association ConLr<nce at Plymouth rectnt’y heard h- w reaction to anaesthetics can be prejudged from ih? colour of a patients hair. Dr. C. J. M Dawkins, of London,
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  • 203 4 Present Lau l o Be Modified From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok. Aug. 2. At present newspapers in Siam have to be very careful in what they publish and every issue is scanned by' a censor who do nothing else but examine everything that is printed
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  • 283 4 i I-rom Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 2. 1 he Methodist Giris’ School, one of the pioneer girls’ educational establishments of this town is to movg t<» a new home at Tanglin Hill, within the next three years. The Government, it is understood,
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  • 355 4 Aiiives At Si n<»'ai>of e i. I On Schedule I (From Our Own Correspondent, I Carrying 140,000 letters and a total I from England, Capella, the first of the ImperM boats on the new all-up Empire air ma Air *iy s M gapore dead
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  • 222 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bukit Mertajam, August 2 Cham New Kooi was charged before Mr. Dohoo at the Police Court this morning with having produced a letter alleged to have been written by Lim Ah Pee to one Lim Ah Fuan asking for ten dollars. Lim
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  • 144 4 (From Cur Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur. August 2. Following the lead set by Perak and Pahang, the Selangor Malays have formed themselves into an association, the registration of which was approved by Government on July 28. The aim and object of the Association are to further
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  • 58 4 This evening at tht "Esplanade' from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.: 1 March—The Great Little Army. Afford. 2 Overture 1812 Overture. Trochaikowsky. 3 Selection The Siege Of Rochelle. Balfe. 4 Waltz -Thoughts. Afford. 5 Intermezzo The Valley Of Poppies Anoliffe. 6 Pcntacia The Allies In Camp. (1914) Engleman.
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  • 104 4 ibitiir* Io Malaun IJ From Oui London Stall I London, kljjl Malayans on leave who have J visited the Malayan Court at the 3 Exhibition include: I Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Scott, of A W Reid, of Kuala Lumpur, Mr de Vries, ot Malacca; Mr. Grahail derson,
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  • 251 4 TUESDAY lULI 2S His Excellency was present at well dinner givi n by the Menibeß Singapore Club < Sir GeorgeTriwH XX EDNEnDAY. JULY!' Hi.s Exc* Hency presided at a rrri4® the E.xecu'iw i ouned hetd P House this morning Captain H. G D Acland. RA R. I. Peek.
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  • 501 5 Lt 1,1 I .4 Year I IV ABIJSE I 01 DRUGS I i »ron<’l’ in tli<‘ House of Lords on the .i L-r "r» i l|or<l« 1 I fr r a ck“ IjHl'’ l 'I 1 vflT powerfully supported by lay ■i- "I'*' lt( <
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  • 371 5 teroplane Theft Charge Two R.A.F. apprentices. Gerald Ernest I Nicholson. 18. and Peter Leonard Hauser,] 16 were at Oxted, Surrey, committed for trial, charged with breaking into a private aerodrome at Kingswood-lane, Warlingha.m, on June 27. and stealing a Percival Vega monoplane, value £2.200. the
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  • 193 5 All Accused Pleaded Guilty (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. Aug. 2. Several theft cases came up before the Second Magistrate. Tuan Syed Abdullah, when he mounted the bench this morning Charged with theft of a bicycle belonging to a compatriot. Lint Boon, a Kheh
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  • 35 5 Leapinq through a blasinq h> I> one of tin tr.sts Mussolini ordered for his Fascist officials in a physical fit)" ss contest in Rome. Hr watched them do it.
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  • 486 5 Xcw York —After terrifying Xcw <»rk tor nearly 11 bout" bv perching’ himself on a foot wide ledge on ihe scvcntceiilh stoic» of the Gotham Hotel, in Fifth \\enne. John Ward jumped to death. Wa rd was
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  • 288 5 “We Do Not Ask For Annexation To Germany” Herr Conrad Henlein, leader of the Sudeten German party, in an interview with the Daily Telegraph and Morning Post correspondent, said that he ruled out war as a mean< of solving the Sudeten problem, no
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  • 201 5 Dimsford Killers Precautions I From Our Own Correspondent) Raub, Aug. T. It is understood from a reliable source that in connection with the murder of Mr. Dunsford two others were done to death, making three murders in all. The vegetable gardener was shot down so
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  • 288 5 Roosevelt IKoniinees Defeated BIZARRE ELECTION METHODS SI GCEED New York: A novel figure has arisen in American politics in the person of an obscure Texas flour-salesman who is to be the next Governor of his State, having gained a sweeping victory as "poet, musician and business
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  • 84 5 .—Reuter. Captain Hans Bertram who left Port W ashington, New York, at seven o’clock. New York time, this morning, in the seaplane, Nord wind, for Portugal, via The Azores, is held up at Horta. The Azores. He intended to make a record-breaking 24,000-mile circuit of the globe
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    • 222 5 I Looked YOUNGER EVERY kBI morning i Says Miss Barbara Lewis I* was exc,t n B to wa k« U P an< lo °k into my mirror —to see the little lines and wrinkles become fainter every day. MB Si i Actual photograph of Miss Barbara Leo the miraculous change
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 984 6 THE BRIGHTEST AND MERRIEST ’calling all laurel-hardy FANS! ELYSEE CABAfeW The' Boys Are Back in Their Biggest and Funniest Super Comedy... With More Stars... TONIGHT Bi More Song Hits... More Laughs... More Cuties Than Any Two Shows Before! DAN ®Su™2! METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER tomorrow: tea HI Supons si fo R 6 PENANG’S
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  • 209 7 Dr. Salchow, of Sweden, who declared at the Open Door International conference at Cambridge that women spent too much money on silk stockings and cosmetics and not enough on food, was told by a woman: “We women do not live by bread alone.” It was Mrs.
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  • 120 7 Damage Estimated at $lO,OOO (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping Aug. 2. The fire which swept Pasir Itam on Sunday morning, has caused a considerable amount of loss to the poor fisherfolks there. Over s’xty huts were razed down, and the damage was estimated at about $lO,OOO.
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  • 933 7 Mr. D. McLeod Craik’s Career Tae funeral of Mr. David McLeod Craik. the well-known Malayan architect, took place at Penang on Tuesday. Mi Craik, who was 65, had been in Malaya for 36 years. He first practised in Singapore and later moved to Penang. Mr.
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  • 75 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping Aug. 2. For working his unfit bullock, a Punjabi named Sardara Singb was today fined $lO by the Second Magistrate, Tuan Syed Abdullah. The animal was ordered to rest for two weeks. SIKHS IN BRAWL. Seven Sikhs were today charged in the
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    • 523 7 QUEEN’S vS I NIGHT TONIGHT 9.30 P.M. p y, 6J’ 1 /7 l jisl Of Its Rind In Penang I S Sorter Russian Talkies—- The CIRCUS’ ri.ISH AND CHINESE SUB TITLES) his daring and exciting drama torn from the pages of real life! Soviet romance, love and intrigue! ‘7 F
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    • 79 7 -OPENING TOMORROW R -TS IS W SHORT X/ f fl AND SWEET! See America’s Boy Friend WAYNE MORRIS Make H:s Swingin’ Sweetie PRISCILLA LANE Promise to LOV£ HONtn and BCHAVC John Lrtel Thomas Mitchell Dick Foran Directed by Stanley Logan A WARNER BROS. Picture Svwi PUy by Cl»m«nts Ripley »nd
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  • 870 8 LT N LESS and until the world is overtaken by another war in- volving nearly half the territories of the globe, the 4th of August will be remembered a> the fatal date upon which steps were taken leading to the great European conflict. So far as
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  • 126 8 -British Wireless. Close Friend Of The King London. Aug. 3. —Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Malcolm Murray, Controller of the household of the Duke of Connaught for 32 years, was drowned last evening when the boat in which he was sailing on Virginia Water Lake, in Windsor Great Park,
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  • 39 8 sunation with Lord Halifax —British Wireless. London, Aug. 3—Lord Perth, British Ambassador in Rome, who arrived in London last night, on leave, called at the Foreign Office this morning and was in consultation with Lord Halifax —British
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  • 7 8 MK. LIM LEAN TENG
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  • 387 8 Malay Succumbs To Snake Bite (From Our Own Correspondent> Alor Star, Aug. 4. How a Malay bitten by a poisonous snake while fishing out at sea might have lived if he had been rushed to hospital, instead of calling a bomoh to attend to him, was
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  • 124 8 Huge Loss Due To War Hankow, July 29. Foreign property loss on account of the war in China amounted to $800,000,000 U.S. currency as against $3,500,000,000 U.S. currency as against $3,500,000,000 U.S. being the total value of foreign investments in China, according to the Sao Tang
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  • 90 8 17 Of 22 Counties Recaptured Hankow’, July 29.—A Associated Press dispatch from Peiping stated that seventeen of the twenty-two counties in East Hopei were recaptured from the Japanese by Chinese irregulars, some of whom h ive reached the north-eastern outskirts of Peiping These irregulars made their appearance
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  • 481 8 Were fji 1 i•: t bll I I Gil'’::' Ik .•pplb .m,,], i l l'’'< a l>nT :l I nit ci I\] t< Tmid.ihk p;i>s].<>r; n-Jf 1,1 '‘'Milin,) Vi b mg nu,,. I War a nd \i lC! raise! 1., ~I IV present liinr. .kcom),,' pcricncc rvadn-
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    • 38 8 "BULLFINCH" BUTTER The Brand well-known throughout the whole of Malaya for its Excellence and Purity. ygOS&liu THE BUTTER FOR EVERYBODY tblainable at all the Leading Provision Stores. Sole Agents Henry Waugh Co., Ltd PENANG, Tpoh. Singapore Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 875 9 frees Uprooted: Houses I lainaged El KOREAN MOTORISTS’ NARROW ESCAPE (I‘ioni < )ur ()w n Correspondent) Ipoh, August 4. Ijndi c\pel ivneed one ol the worst and most severe storing in it. cent years yesterday aiternoon w hen, about 2.30 p.m.. a high wind
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  • 1416 9 Lp. |»riz<-<’i' i,, g LII I. TO K 11 HF BRlllf-S I .h v annual prize-giving at B**'" Giris' School yesterday w a.« jn nappy vein ■(st Cii° n irlH n what they later, have to take up- ,r K md difficult 0»
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  • 123 9 Workers Adamant (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. Aug. 3. With double pickets, several carrying sticks, posted outside the offices of the Sin gapore Traction Company this morning, none of the strikers accepted the company’s terms for a return to work today after a month of idleness.
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  • 94 9 Second Traffic Offence In A Fortnight (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 3. A fine of $25 was imposed by the Third Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, on J. O. Kid die, a European motorist who was convict ed on a charge of inconsiderate driving at Ampang-road
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  • 106 9 Ambassador’s View (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Aug. 3. “China's finances are strong enough to resist the Japanese invasion for five years, if need be,’’ declared Mr. Liou Fou Teheng. Ambassador-at-large for the Chinese Central Government and chief director of the Sino French Bank
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  • 1261 9 Wage-Earners And Indebtedness: Official Assignee's Talk (brom Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 4. "I have been greatly encouraged in m\ work recen’lv In the letters received from heads of mercantile firms asking for my assistance in getting the members ot their starts out ot the clutches
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    • 132 9 eJ/eam&oeauti/ on COW&GATE Palestine. 24-10-36 The enclosed ore snaps of my two eldest children aged nearly 2 and f nr 3 years— both Cow <£ Gate f infants! As enlargements 12x9 z they have made most delightful pictures, and it has been suggested -c t te w» W you might
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  • 1008 10 U.S. Passing Through Summer Slack Season EXPECTATIONS OF FOURTH QUARTER In their weekly review of the American security and commodity markets Messrs. S. E. Levy Co. state: After touching a new high of 146 31 on Monday, July 25. the market reacted, breaking the
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  • 936 10 London Markets Firmly Confident (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 29. Holiday lassitude has dominated London stock and share markets this week, but though business has been slack the undertone of confidence has grown stronger every day. The comparatively few investors left in Town have
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  • 84 10 World Stocks Rise Nearly 2,000 Tons (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Aug. 2. Messrs. Strauss and Co., put world visible tin stocks at July 31 at 25,043 tons, an increase of 1.904 tons, a decrease in Straits carryovers of 1,212 tons, an increase is Arnhem carryover of 1,183
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  • 283 10 Money Invested In Shares The meeting of the East Asiatic Rubbei Estates. Limited, was held in London on July 19. Lord Hutchison of Montrose, the chairman of the company, who presided said that the total crop harvested had amounted to 3,761,647 lb., of which 3.562.750 lb. had
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  • 55 10 The following telegrams have been received from the Mines:—For July Dredge Takuapa No. 1 612 hours 145,000 cubic yards 437 piculs. Dredge Takuapa No. 2 597 hours 165,000 cubic yards 1175 piculs. Dredge Takuapa No. 3 553 hours 90,000 cubic yards 420 piculs. Estimated value of output
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  • 10 10 Alar Pongsu ***** lb. Bedong ***** Temerloh *****
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  • 15 10 Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited.—Output for the month of July 1938. was 950 piculs.
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  • 19 10 Operations for the month of July 1938: Output 935 piculs; yardage 148,000 cubic vartis; hours run 662 hours.
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  • 40 10 ’rhe output for the month of July. 1938, was as follows:—Na.wng Pet Piculs 160-00 Katoon Piculs 50-00 Koh Sabah Piculs 32-00 Total Piculs. 242-00. The output of Rambun Mines, Tanjong Rambutan for July 1938 was Pls. 211.
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  • 135 11 Reuter. Heavy Buying Of Gold London, August 3—The Stock Exchange •ns slightly more active but irregular. Qt-edged met Continental sellers who reped funds wherewith to purchase gold K American dollars. Home Rails eased blowing disappointing traffic receipts, iut; were firm in sympathy with the pnce of gold. Commodities
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  • 83 11 -Reuter. hiking Taxes From hie Municipalities Au K U3 t 3. As a further step to iupTT Companies Tax. the Gov-em-as decided to appropriate some uni "Pal tax revenues. The profitable ’"i tax will be taken from munici-ot-er t p. an l bo the existing Reich 101j P
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  • 67 11 •-Reuter. S' ,l "°giie ”A Shame lo Nuremberg” Munich a ?g 3 The Jewish Syna--and the building of do *n n xl al are to be <nn,JUn «‘nient i Week according to an iniid the Mayor of Nuremberg, Th aUSe inform ed the Town *ouid iyin shame to Nuremtw
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  • 68 11 1 15 IS al at Tanjon S T °kong w whr i PDa w hen a small •b"’""»! *wn\ v allShted from tt bus it! n ‘he bo v n the opposite ■£7"" s sh b d *< dr,v er f t( to h ospital.
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  • 342 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Aug. 3. Excellent entries have been received for the annual tennis tournaments. open singles and doubles, of the Chinese Recreation Club, Taiping. The trophies to be competed for are the G. L. F. Bird Cup for the doubles, and the W. F.
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  • 150 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Se rem ban, Aug. 3. Two Sikhs, Gajan Singh, a lorry driver, and Kehar Singh, a bullock-cart driver, appeared before Mr. Justice J. Howard Pedlow at the Negri Sembilan assizes charged with robbery. They were accused of committing robbery on another Sikh Arjan Singh.
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  • 203 11 M.S. ‘MEONIA’ from Singapore, sails same day for Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Copenhagen. S.S. ‘GLENFINLAS* from United Kingdom via Suez and sails for Port Swettenham, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Dairen. S.S. ‘SAR PEDON’ from Liverpool, sails for
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  • 169 11 Ties For Today The following ties are arranged for today:— Profession Pairs: E. W. Hare and A. J. L. Donaldson vs. J. D. Lambert and C. W. Lyle. Mixed Doubles Handicap: —15.1 Mr and Mrs. W. T. Francis vs. 2 Miss G. Samuel and K. P.
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  • 182 11 Prizes For First Tournev In Southern District The following is a list of prizes for the first Badminton Tournament in the Southern District, Province Wellesley. CHALLENGE CUPS Champion Team:—Presented by the Coronation Committee of P.W.S. This will be known as the “Coronation Challenge Cup” and will be
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  • 81 11 P.W.F.A. Team To Meet M.R.C. Tomorrow The following will represent the Province Wellesley Football Association in a first division league match against the Muslim Recreation Club tomorrow:—Sam Ah Chow; Jong Bau, I. Rashid; Teik Khoon, Che Din, Abdullah; S. Cornelius, Ee Teik, Subramaniam, K. Cornelius and Ah
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  • 63 11 The death occurred yesterday evening of Madam Lim Ah Kim, widow of the late Mr. Low Choo of Bukit Mertajam, a<. her residence in Phuah Hin Lecng Road, at the age of 78. She leaves one son, Mr. Low Hoot Kee, several daughters, grandchildren
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  • 85 11 —Reuter. Fighting In Temperature Of 109° Saragossa, August 3 —Nationalist planes and artillery continued to pound the south bank of the Ebro where the Republican positions are reported to be growing steadily more intolerable. Each night Republican troops construct foot bridges across the river for conveyance of
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  • 75 11 Informal Event On Saturday There will be a “Flannel” Supper Dance at the Penang Swimming Club on August 6, supper will be served from 8 p.m. to 10 p .TO The Serenaders Dance Band will play for dancing from 10.30 p.m. Members are invited to bring guests.
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  • 27 11 Monthly Medal Bogey Competition The Penang Sports Club (Golf Section) August Monthly Medal Bogey Competition will be played at Glugor on Saturday and Sunday, next
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  • 90 11 Negri Chinese Defeat Klang Chinese (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, August 2. One of the best games played this season was witnessed here when the Negri Sembilan Chinese beat the Klang Chinese by three goals to one in a charity soccer match. The fine combination of both teams
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  • 118 11 Invitations have been issued by the Butterworth Recreation Club to a tea party in honour of Mr. Heah Seng Whatt J. P. who has been awarded the Malayan certificate of Honour. The tea party will take place at 4.30 p.m. on Sunday and the David Challenge
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  • 99 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Aug. 3. In honour of the birthday of His Highness the Yang di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, which falls on August 24, a parade of Volunteers will be held on the Seremban Station padang. His Highnes Tuanku Sir Abdulrahman K.C.M.G.
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  • 63 11 Adm. Wodehouse Returning To London London, Aagust 2 Admiral Wodehouse, head of the British military mission which has been for some time in Portugal, is expected tn return to London in the near future. Part of the mission, with Colonel Daly at its head, remains in Portugal
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  • 44 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Aug. 2. A Siamese editor was found guilty of jublishing an article considered to bring the Government and the Assembly into contempt. He was sentenced to 12 months gaol but was given bail, pending an appeal
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 359 11 uE funnel line K |0 MP I ()M>ON NO STH CONTINENT Leaves Penang Due London ru-ll' SK RVtCE Marseilles Glasgow Aug. 5 Sept. 1 Calls Hull and Gdynia Aug. 11 Sept. 8 A r 1H Marseilles and Glasgow Aug. 19 Sept. 15 C SffSTHKVS <^ V T TO IJVEBPOOL VIA
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    • 833 11 PJP and Gt BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in Dngland.), PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. “ROHNA” SAILING THURSDAY 4th AUGUST cmiUact'wl? 1 S N C under Penang. Teluk Anson, Port SwoUennm, London f.. K..^'‘Jtu'V cr^ ernm<!Dt Malacca and Singapore Service. Outwards from London for China Japan “MAT A HARI’’ Aug. 12 duePenT"' S/S
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  • 591 12 Latest l imes Of Posting \IR MAILS: A mail for Sitiawan, Ipoh (via Sitiawan». Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by Malayan Internal Air Service will close at 2 p.m. «registration 1.30 p.m. tomorrow. A mail for Australia and New Zealand by Imperial Qantas Airways (Empire Air
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  • 1036 12 Ihe Eternal “If” The feeling of uncertainty perceptible i». Vienna in the last years before the Ansch luss has now shifted to Prague and Buda pest. It is not less noticeable in Hungary than in Czechoslovakia, which occupies the attention of the outer world, and is compounded
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  • 379 12 D<‘< isioi| S < j 11 At the end of annual report O f ternationai Broaden > Lausanne 1 Swit zer h n t 4 registered or ijr l n-.J 1 throughout the WorldXL representing a 350,000.000 31.200.000 wt s "I lta n l ere > u>
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1915 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES I I b.b.c. service Highlights Of Today’s Wireless SCHEDULE ZHJ (FENANG) Following is the BBC Empire broad- 7.20 p.m., 7.35 p.m. and 8.20 p..m. BBC rebroadcast, casting service schedule (Malayan Stand- <s Overture ‘1812” (Tchaikowskv). ard Time) for this week, beginning July 3i:— GSF (BBC) TRANSMISSIONS 2
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    • 70 12 PENANG DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORT CORNWALLIS Yesterday’s Temperature 6 a.m. Noon 5 p.m. N. E. 86 N. W. 89 N. W. RAINFALL Aug. 2 3 nil. 6.47 Programme review. 6.50 News and Weather Bulletin. 7.10 Solos by some members of the Hirom Orchestra 7.40 Religious Culture lessons. 800 Hirom Light
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    • 13 12 UDE TABU tod" 1(| HIGH 5.06 p.mroMoiuio" 12 8.15 a.m. 9.35 p ni.
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  • 260 13 A Mi .uolci watches the races through father's binoculars. SINGAPORE MALAYS SHOW THEY ARE FINE KOLEK SAILORS. Boats lined up on the beach at Kampong Siglap before the start of the races Kolek uning in to round the mark by the beach while those of
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  • 2204 14 Pays Best Dividend Of Afternoon JOCKEY FARTHING RIDES THREE WINNERS (By Tic-Tac) A FEATURE of the racing yesterday, the third day of the Autumn Meeting, was the brilliant riding of Farthing who, always doing well at Penang, rode three winners out of six races.
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  • 327 14 trounced by R^ rf>at ‘on r to theVnl first division soccer ed on the St J' The Malay., were 7' andk iJ**» <£> throughout. pla ybl wjoj The game which Wa interesting did not reach 4,11 and poor soccer Was ha Mi
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  • 40 14 The Butterworth Recreation CL I a fine win of three goals to on» Province Indians yesterday in J game which was played on the woith Padang. The winners were very mucks and monopolised play throughout th* .m
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 229 14 <'■ w WffiL W, v< 2 J^-\ 4i< x- </I 'wß JBBr X'X'X' k ''%Z .''\e' V (VWi'llfOlOgwi ■F Jr- --> "*>">■.. lw? k > 0 X/ &SB& e* Jr «Hr r '-x v ?v x v ~nvV \\v v c c c K SPfll Xa> s W*w xu y
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  • 274 15 Kamis And Yadi Win After Exciting Contest SAMBOEDJO NEW SINGLES CHAMPION (I rom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Aug. 3. Kamis and Yadi became the first Malays to win the Malayan lawn tennis title when they beat the holders, Goon Kok Y ing and Goon
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  • 133 15 At the headquarters of the Kent County Cricket Club they are expecting that Ames ir>iU be playing again within a week. The plaster will be removed very soon from the little finger which wax broken, and if the bone has healed properly, a few days
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  • 433 15 U.va.-”< r ah \an>« «I eight cncIlw*-.'. u,ur South c invited 1 r ,kr the captaincy r* llfflm on<l»ereannou need k* r c were' at once Li the Mt ArLi in controversy, h Compton, cr r a Arsenal footballer, is I I k' dt l« W h
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  • 90 15 Fi"’ >di .k L d,,n Ju| y 24 K, wi>> »e a new r ne xt atnes Park, New Mam rhe mana gement r 8 the y don t P iw Ale»\.° Pping nO -000 for U k town to KT McSpad yen, Partick’s t 6lllh «bili
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  • 278 15 Wants To Go On Chasing Louis Tommy Farr has helped to clear up one part of the British boxing situation by renouncing his British heavyweight title. Farr, however, has no intention of relinquishing his Empire championship and still maintains that he is defending it against
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  • 387 15 Favoured To Beat American Peter Kane has signed to tight Jackie Jurich, American champion, for the vacant world fly-weight championship, at Liverpool F.C. ground in September. Promoter Johnny Best assures me he will have Jurich’s signature shortly. So, for the first time in history, two
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  • 204 15 Malayan Association Proposal i From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, August 3. The Pinang Gazette understands that informal discussion on the proposal to form a Malayan Table-Tennis Association took place on Monday at the Ipoh Town Hall during the finals of the first Malayan championships. It was decided that
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  • 469 15 Selangor Taking No Chances Against Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 3. Selangor meets Singapore in the final of the Malaya Soccer Cup competition at Singapore this Saturday. Fourteen players leave by the night mail on Thursday and from this number the State
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  • 92 15 The first international weight lifting team contest between Great Britain and France was held at the Polytechnic Gymnasium, London, last w r eek. France won with a score of 33 points to 17. EZach country was represented by two men at each of five weights. France scored
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  • 38 15 Although Portsmouth report a loss of over £6,000 on last year’s working, Fratton Park people think the expenditure of £14,000 on new players, which kept them in the First Division, well worth it.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 70 15 HUTTENBACH CONTINUOUS SHELTERS MADE IN ENGLAND 4 JUNIOR (Type HALS.) 500-800 lbs. sheet per hour. oalrs of rolls, No. 1 pair being hair lined to receive the freshly 81« the a marklng h t pB,r roUa forms a complete unit on its own bed-plate. FrtetU.nl». ball X -d U. .«cient
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous

  • 115 16 .TT'fX' PPTFVKV’RI LA TWIST £194.10. 0 £195. 0. 0 <Z>NDON-(Sv«t) £196.0.0 BUSINESS DONE PENANG 598.00 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers No Buyers COPRA —(Sundrled) 53.75 $3.70 BLAO< PEPPER $8.75 $8.75 RUBBER d 7!td 15 "< C,G Singapore -(Spot» 20^c -Rt Oct./Dec Jan./Mar 26%c 27 %c April/June 27%>c 27 %c
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  • 343 16 snare M H denomination nnleM Yeaterdav RiseorFall Yesterday Rise or Fad iwiwua. Con. Loan 5 p.c. 44-64 114 Burmah Oil 95 0 Eagle Com. 4 pesos. 5 0 1 •_> Funding 4 p.c. 60-90 Ix 4 Cab i e p c 98 War Loan 3% p.c 102% s
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  • 105 16 Previously Latest Far:.- 178/; 178 New York 1.90& 4.89% M< mtreal 4.92% 4.91 Brussels 29.00% 28.92 1 2 Geneva 21.44% 21.41 Amsterdam 8.95% 8.96 Milan 9392 Berlin 12.23 12.20 Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Copenhagen 22.40 22 40 Oslo 19.90 19 90 Vienna 26% nominal Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 142%
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  • 127 16 London, Aug. 3. RUBBER: Firmer. London 7ij buyers 7};; sellers Oct./Dec. 7(;; buyers 7 7 s sellers Jan -'Mar. 7% buyers 8 sellers Apl./Junr 71g buyers 8?,. sellers NEW YORK 15.96 cts. United Kingdom Stocka London 62,182 tons Liverpool 32.864 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam. Aug £ll,
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  • 318 16 Last Day Of Autumn Meeting CARD OF 8 EVENTS The following are the complete handicaps for Saturday, the concluding day of l he Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting: HORSES. CLASS 1. 5% FIRS. JACK DRUCE 9.07 BOMBUS 9.04 MEADOVX'MAN 9.02 STRATHPEFFER 8.09 EMPIRIC 8.06 CALVADOS 8.02 BLTTRANEER
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  • 94 16 (From Our Own Correspondent) 1 Batu Gajah, Aug. 3. An Indian lad aged about 18 was drowned yesterday afternoon in a mining pool on the property of the Malayan Tin Dredging Company, Batu Gajah. It appears that the deceased, who was not a good swimmer, went for a
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  • PENANG SHARE QUOTES
    • 135 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Buyers Sellers I ;atu Selangor 1.37% 1. 40 Hong Fatt* .86 .89 Jelebu -70 .75 Kuchai 1.27 1 1.32% Petalings 8.00 8.25 Rahman Hyd. 1.24 1.27 Rar.tau 1.37 1.40 Taiping Cons. 1.60 1.65 Ulu Klang .85 .90 Ampat 4 0 4.6 Bangrins 22 0 22
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    • 161 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN Buyer?» Sellers Ampat 4 1%. 4.6 Batu Selangor 1.37%. 1.42% Hong Fatt -87%. .90 Johan 27 30c Kpg. Kamunting 10|3 10 71c Kpg. Lanjut 18 9 19 3 Kamunting 10 0 110 Klang 1.75 1.82% Kramat 10 6 110 Kuala Kampe.r 14 0 15 0 Kuchai Ordy.
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    • 292 16 Values Rise And React New York. Aug. 3—Uncertainties surrounding the latest foreign developments checked early strength. The final hour decline was made in single lots, showing evidence of the absence of following on weakness. The action of motors, especially General Motors, continues better than steels which is natural
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    • 17 16 TIN Singapore $97.00 per pkl Penang RUBBER Singapore—-Spot 26c. per 11». Penang—Spot 26c. per lb.
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  • 146 16 .—Reuter. Mexico City. August 3—Replying to America’s recent protest, President Cardenas in a note to the State Department declares that Mexico is not bound by international law' to make compensation for expropriated agrarian properties. The note says Mexico admits obligations t< make adequate compensation,
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  • 108 16 August 1938 Skye Meeting THURSDAY, 11th. AUGUST 1938 SATURDAY. 13th. AUGUST 1938 Suljscriptions for Visiting Members shall be:— MEN $0 LADIES 52 for the meeting or any day thereof. VISITING MEMBERS must be introduced by Members of the Club and Ml AFPLY TO THE SECRETARY’S OF i
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 98 16 TONIGHT DINNER DANCE AT THE RUNNYMEDE JOHAN TIN DREDGING. LIMITED Incorporated in the Federated Malay States.) NOTICE is hereby given that an Interim Dividend of 5% will be paid to all Shareholders on the Register on the 20th August, 1938, on account of the year ending 31.'’January, 1939, and notice
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    • 341 16 J OffU e J, p fl J l U" > Tele ri lt ’“«’port N Office. 2 V’**' 2L ‘•«k uw; Ce y f ’ste- Tl s 5tl vSj v < B?:. > <1 I !S 'Klll|<>\ i Wift;, I Monthly Uih»; J»» I hiarterly Ij.jr *‘te I 3&M Y
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