Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 August 1938

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. I&tf PUBLISHED DAILY r 80. 1 FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 853 1 Negotiations At Deadlock Like TROOPS RUSHING TO IKONTIER Moscow. Uigusi 3. A long discussion between M. Lvinoff. < for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. L |wn)iNl Japuin-M* Xmhassador to Moscow, ended without Lull Mr. s hig’i iit*u Miggrsted negotiation and offered L a l llic JapaiH diould
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  • 194 1 Reuter. London Newspaper Comments London, August 5 "Japan asks for a truce in her squabble with the Soviet." says the Daily Express in a leader. The paper adds: "This confirms the view that there will be no war. It proves Japan has her hands full
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  • 111 1 Reuter. Careless Aviators To Be Punished Prague. August 4 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed regret for the frontier violation. It is announced that the aviators in question will be punished. It is explained that the violation occurred while the airmen were on a practice flight and
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  • 54 1 London, August 4 The death has occurred of Mr William Babington Maxwell, the -Reuter. The cruiser Manchester, the third and last of the 9000-ton cruisers ordered under the 1935 programme, has left Hawthorn Leslie and Company’s yard at Hebbum for acceptance trials on conclusion of which she will
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  • 465 1 Advance Impeded By Advent Of Floods .—Union Times. Anticipating an early big offensive by the Japanese, Chinese headquarter* at Hankow are massing more than 400,000 men at points within a radius of 200 miles of Hankow. Hankow, August 4 Seven of the Japanese planes which
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  • 49 1 Reuter. Appointment Of Mr. R. G. Mills London. August 4. Mr. R. G. Mills, director of the Brazilian Warrant Agency and Finance Company, has been appointed manager of the Buffer Tin Fool. Mr. Mills has had considerable experi en.ee in banking. commodities and coffee marketing. Reuter.
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  • 99 1 Reuter. London. August 4.—The King and Queen and two princesses arrived this afternoon by sea at Aberdeen where they disembarked .from the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert on their way to Balmoral Castle for their holiday’ on De-eside. Aberdeen was gay with flags and bunting and in brilliant
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  • 374 1 BY "TfC-TAC” Tomorrow will see the conclusion of the four-day Penang Autumn Race Meeting. Then one more meeting in December before the Turf Club moves to its out new habitat off Scotland Road. By that time, too, the reduced annual subscription to $lO will
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  • 192 1 Destructive Wind, Rain And Hail London, August 4. A thunderstorm of exceptional intensity moving slowly ovei Southern England from west to east has left a trail oi destruction due to lightning and torrential rain. Train services are interrupted and many roads are impassable on account of
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  • 70 1 Reuter. Loyalists’ Ordeal On Ebro Front Saragossa, August 4—As a result of further terrific air bombings of Republican concentrations south of the Ebro it is believed that the Republicans have had no food for over four days. It is thought, therefore, that the desperate Republican attacks in an
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  • 710 2 Effect Of Recent Announcement One curious effect of the recent announcement of the formation of a building society in Malaya is that it has apparently interested most those who may become depositors with the society and not those who may wish to make use of the facilities
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  • 86 2 Heavy Bail For Three Malays Following the three arrests at the econd day of the Penang Races, three nore arrests were made on Wednesday, and yesterdaj r three men were produced n the Penang Middle Court and charged «vith loitering near the Race Course for the
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  • 119 2 Tihe above actresses are taking part in the English and Cantonese charitv pertorn Theatre, Penang, tonight. The English play is “The Maharajah’s Diamond.” Left t<> riC Kwong (Malay policeman), Mrs. Yeap Choong Kong (Mr. Chan Ah Kook), Mrs. Chcah t] i Chan Ah Fook), Mrs. Goh Teik
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  • 984 2 First Accused’s Denial: Blames Landlord QHARGED with being in possession of materials for the purpose of using them for countei feiting and with intent to commit fraud, being in possession of counterfeit Straits Settlements coins, two Chinese, Lim Sean Ewe and Loo Lan, stood their trial
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  • 98 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Aug. 3. That the dog section of the new animal infirmary in Seremban built during the year 1937 was put to much use is revealed in the British Resident’s annual report. It is stated that over 400 clinical specimens were examined
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  • 96 2 SLIGHT l\.|l RY l\ MOTOJ ACCIDENT (From Our Own Correspondent! Kuala Lumpur, Aug. t Miss Sybil Whittaker, daughter c: )fc and Mrs. J. Whittaker, <f Killinghail It Puchong, had p.n accident last which fortunately did not result in senov injury to her. Miss W’hittaker was driving Klang
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  • 246 2 Sentence’ On Tamil Confirmed (From Our Own Correspondent! Seremban, Aug. Dismissing the appeal o. r a Tamil M? kan, who was sentenced by the Ser nu magistrate to nine months' rigorous imprisonment for voluntarily causing hurt to a compatriot by biting oft his lip, th» Hon.
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    • 164 2 Here At Last A NEW CONSIGNMENT OF CHINESE CARPETS I i IN NEW DESIGNS AND FASCINATING COLOURS YOUR INSPECTION CORDIALLY I INVITED I AT B.H.T. DOOLATBAM A CO, j CORNER OF BEACH BISHOP STREETS OR centuries now a certain small district of K London s West End has W been
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    • 25 2 LA KI) AN a cures headaches and al l \un /< Brassy METAL POLISH k <£? z for all METALS y/ GlLFtl t-AN CU 1 1 v
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  • 794 3 M ()n War I In China I if amicably composed, the Russo-Japanese differI Aug- V€ incident, is expected by! foreign obijjrising fr orn (an t effect on the Japanese campaign in China. to ha vcan in thal if plans existed for f uture invasion of South p'is fu<tlV
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  • 153 3 BUS DRIVER ON CHARGE OF CARELESS DRIVING As reported in the “Pinang Gazette yesterday, the accident in which a Chines? boy was knocked down by a bus at Tanjong Tokong on Wednesday even.ng resulted in the Malry driver of the bus being charged in the Penang Middle
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  • 166 3 Judge’s Remarks In Seremban Appeal (From Our Own Correspondent! Seremban, Aug 3. “Housebreaking is a very serious cifence. Poor people cannot leave their houses and go to work in the padi fields if their houses are not safe,” said the Hon. Mr. Justice J. How’ard
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  • 73 3 —Reuter. Bucharest. Aug. 4—A decree was issued today which grants important concessions to Rumanian Minorities. All citizens irrespective of distinction of origin, religion and language enjoy the same rights and security. The minorities are given the right to use theii ow i language in schools. churches
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  • 54 3 London, Aug. 4- The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Duff-Cooper, sailed in the Admiralty yacht, Enchantress, from Portsmouth last night on a cruise to the Baltic Seas. The vessel is expected to arrive at Kiel today and it is understood that next week Danzig, Helsingfors. Stockholm and
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  • 22 3 Madrid, Aug. 4—Twelve were killed and 24 wounded in a nationalist air rai on Aguilas.
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  • 88 3 Reuter. London. Aug. 4—An agreement, dealing with revision of certain provisions of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian Treaty was initialle at the Foreign Office by Lord Halifax an the Prime Minister of Egypt, it is understood, largely deals with financing t e cost of barracks for British troops who, under
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  • 54 3 report engaged their attention. British Wireless. London. Aug. 4—The select committee of the House of Commons, which is considering the position of Members of Parliament in relation to the Official Secrets Act, had a further meeting this morning when it is understood the drafting of a report
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  • 137 3 WillBritish Wireless. thorough Test Of East Coast I oday Tomorrow London, Aug. 4—Tomorrow and Saturday, exercises will be held over the greater part of the East of England and the Midlands during which the air defences will be thoroughly tested. The exercises will be on a scale
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  • 23 3 Reuter. Paris, Aug. 4—The death is announced <»> Pearl White, a famous screen actress of the "silent” film days. Reuter.
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  • 119 3 Reuter. No News Of Their Fate Shanghai, Aug. 4 Mounting machineguns on all four corners of the British Church Missionary Society Hospital at Hangchow, Japanese troops forcibly entered the hospital and removed 103 Chinese soldiers wounded during the Hangchow hostilities, although the Japanese
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  • 44 3 Reuter. New York. Aug 4—There is an increase of 4 < per cent, in sales of aeroplanes and aeroengines in the last six months, compared with the corresponding period last year, states the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. Reuter.
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  • 93 3 Reuter. SI ro n gest Resista rice Awaiting Invaders Hankow, Aug. 4 There is every indication that the Chinese are determined to put up the strongest resistance in the event of a Japanese attack on Nanchang, judging from the general spirit of ’he Chinese defenders
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  • 41 3 Reuter. Berlin Th? German Legation in Fra ue have made strong representat o s to the Czech Government aga’nst the reported flight of Czech aeroplanes over Glatz. Fortress and have demanded pun’shment of those responsible. Reuter.
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  • 408 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mi C. A. Rust, formerly of the Survey Department, F.M.S.. is now living at Ruislip. Middlesex. Mr. VV. A. Tooke has assumed duties as Chemist of the Geological Survey Department. F.M.S. and S.S. Mr. E. S. Wilbourn, director of the Geological Survey Department. F.M.S.. is spending part of
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  • 261 4 Four Months For Chinese Youth From Our Own Correspondent» Singapore, Aug. 4. A sentence of four months’ rigorous imprisonment was passed on a Cantonese youth. Kong Chee Chong, who was found guilty by the Criminal District Judge. Mr. H. A. Forrer yesterday, on a charge of attempted extortion
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  • 120 4 Mr. R. Boyd, Director of Co operation. F.M.S. and S.S., in his annual report says that, during the year, officers of the department delivered lectures on thrift and co-operation to the senior pupils in many of the English schools. The aim was to ensure that every student
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  • 1484 4 PERMANENT SETTLEMENT AND DEGENERATION RISK Conflicting Opinions To Problem u 'AN the white man settle in the tropics with impunity, not as 4 a civil servant or as a planter for a term of years, but for good? Can he transplant his family there
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  • 382 4 f’rogiT- 01 1,. Edm-alion In Min| 1( T’h i'.imatbm •>. H is slowly i!r Diiec o; <,j Co-op. t itiun !•'y S. in his annual report "Fif teen ye/ir.s a»o say> Mr was often niti.-nlt to per.-inl- a kuJ secietv H Savings Bank.
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    • 692 4 CIFYOUAREI (THIN.WEAK V» I RUNDOWN f ANDAIUMG.MAKf M VTHIS SIMPLE New Discoveries in Nutrition Show How MINERALS and FOOD lODINE Build Worn Out Paie, Sickly People into Strong, Red-Blooded Men and Women P*cu’ Oceas FOOD lODINE and MINERALS <• •V’KELP Fabian MUST Give Yau Tirale»» Energy. S ra«4 Nerve*. Pound*
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  • 19 5 t/AS’ <c Everywoman's Health Movement. They took part in a physical fitiuss demonstration in Hyde Park.
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  • 324 5 Ancient Mariner Goes To Gaol William Gallon. sixty-year-old hand some, white-haired master marinei claimed at Middlesex Sessions that he tad an unerring system of backing horses by the stars. He was sentenced to six months in the second division for obtaining £BO by false pretences
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  • 477 5 Oni'li- ol'an Is Best-Loved j|.in 01 Vmerican Theatre i. M. ohan. a millionaire who can tap dance. r write and produce stage shows and play a n <»011 trying to tell reporters that he is i, i' when he arrived in London. k ;md
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  • 282 5 Singapore Case i From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Aug. 4. Hearing was begun before Mr. Justice Horne, in the Singapore High Court, yesterday, of an action brought by G. D. Gould, an engineer, against Messrs. Dodd and Co. Ltd., for the recovery of six months' salary
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  • 495 5 “Nothing; Like The Case In The Annals Of The Bar” Sentences of five years' penal servitude were passed at the Old Bailey on Frederick .Joseph de Verteuil. 51. author and former barrister, and Frank Ronald Whelan, 36. 1 formerly a solicitor’s managing clerk.
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  • 378 5 Writer Of Immortal War Song Dead The world still sings "Tipperary,” that immortal song, the composer of which, Mr Jack Judge, has died in the Hallam Hospital, West Bromwich. Written as the result of a bet in 1912 .he song struggled fitfully during its first
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 1209 6 A GUIDE TO LOCAL AMI S_E MENTS! MAJESTIC Opening Tomorrow 2.45 6.15 9.50 p. tn. N.B. MATINEES AT REDUCED PRICES. DICK TRACY' with RALPH BYRD —KAY HUGHES and a Mighty Cast VS 1 C I )vnamic lia P ters °f DiUlgerous a|, (l Intriguing Excitement BATTLE IN THE 1 Breath-Taking
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  • 888 7 London: Mrs. Anne Godwin Mitchell,” aged 22, of Mayfair, alleged to have forged her parents’ consent to a marriage of convenience” in order to claim a big inheritance under her grandfather’s will, was placed on probation by Sir Rollo
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  • 146 7 Dvfence In Sports Journal Case (From Our Own Correspondent; Singapore, Aug. 4 Judgment was reserved by Mr. Justice Horne in the Singapore High Court yesterday in the claim by Ernest George Mozar, managing director of a firm of advertisers, against Ernest Anderson, the former owner of
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    • 347 7 RHEUMATIC PAINS GONE IN 2 DAYS From England there comes a story that will cheer every rheumatic sufferer in the country. Mrs. A. Salt had been in the grip of rheumatism for years She spent large sums of money vainly in an effort to stop the pain and misery Then
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 307 7 Entertainment At our Favourite tfu> ,l,el I (l lhie House QUEEN’S i opening tonight 9.30 6J J caYEST ROMANTIC COMEDY HIT WARNER BRO- Lt America’s Boy Fneno and wl bes* gal rst P' cture t0 WRSjjSaJgL .Lil.. It's a wow’ i lmr7\X\W faHS 1 1.7 Screw Pay by Clements Ripley
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    • 384 7 -‘w _c i i i 'ixgxtf a NEXT CHANGE 1 3E BEST Ol" THE WESTS K, -.1 who made The gal wn A the Nineties S r '2 if- > V s WO- It f f J! A J’S? -4’ Ad»'p'’ 1“ lir1 I MA®. WES' 5 II II IH3l©.
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    • 62 7 QUEEN’S Special Matinee Today at Ap. 44 THE CIRCUS THE FIRST RUSSIAN TALKIE REDUCED PRICES OF ADMISSION 15 30 CENTS DOWNSTAIRS Morning Matinee Tomorrow Sunday at 11.30 a. m. COMING UP FOR ACTION 44 SUBMARINE D-I” DOWNSTAIRS: 15 30 CENTS. Special Matinee Sunday Monday al 3p. m. PARAMOUNT’S GRAND MUSICAL
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  • 750 8 FAMILY life is the basis oi civilisation as we know it. and the basis of family life is harmony in the home. Smash the home and civilisation ilstdf cannot escape, as was rapidh discovered b\ Soviet Russia when that embryo republic attempted to abolish marriage. Therefore, responsibility
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  • 5 8 INSPECTOR LYONS
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  • 269 8 Second Trnninal Entertainment i From Our Own Correspondent A lor Star. Aug. 5. An elaborate programme of 18 items has been drawn up for the second terminal entertainment hour which will take place on Aug. 6 at the school hall. Featuring in the programme are
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  • 673 8 Kidnapping Charge Fails MALAY ACQUIITED Remarking that there was insufficient evidence to prove that the girl had been kidnapped, and that he had only the girl’s evidence to rely upon, which in several cases were untrue, Mr. L. G. Gibson, the District Judge, acquitted and discharged Abdul Talip,
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  • 459 8 fruitarian T fii -',l I B V' a s cd B 1 h Hi aunnJ i'”"im i. i!v!ti I lhc prv i,iviil B B J|,,u !i •>!' nn. |H •lilvi 111- ,1(. < ij,,,. J I H,r ll,r 1 ucrt: W '.Jit] E niain < .op*.! .>>
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    • 59 8 MIXTURE I tUiS I MILD COOL It has been blended with the same care as has been the tradition of the firm of Marcovitch for these hundred years past, they appear to have produced a blend of tobacco which suits the average pipe smoker. Available Everywhere ir 1 oz, 2
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  • 276 9 i Shipments Of Anti-Cholera Serum Leave Singapore GENEROUS RESPONSE TO CHINESE APPEAL i l ioni >ur ()wn Correspondent) Singapore. Aug. 4. I ail ol the <SJ>(X).<Xx) doses oi anti-cholera serum, sent i“ China from countries all over the world through the League •>« .X
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  • 25 9 As Chief I' 11 nith* a er r \lll’l l’*’ m Sa ’ur<lay. P’’ t ion twice previously, p33«< 3
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  • 29 9 Reuter. Mahh With Scotland \l Dundee I Lbe w highe.'it scorer with 62. Scotland wen- bundled out tor 88, four LkdsialUn io Fleetwood-Smith for 21.
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  • 81 9 I hr»l Purl Of Sc'lhtdi* I I omplelrd wcit svvn.crHM.i in I V fr’’ M» II d a quarter miles !ugh-pie.s.sur< mercury I B in Building* I iliito lot Medical R< search and •■the Sanitary Board offices to the 'Ulan lour yt;.!.' it is hoped that
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  • 77 9 I VliiHH Sexrnd I nun Ihmlx ■U, Mima. lUl< Al s< Aug. 4. It dead body I m tI! ’e body was found Bthik An. 0,1 Nova sot 1 Estate. Xrucs' I' mediately I' V G. s 'i; rintendmg R O.C.P.D. ■n |Uic klj (he
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  • 44 9 'b'" l Il'Hlbll-s I ill,. ’"I S;,,| j s "pondent> X, l double ,lg:tpor A ug 4. t r 11 be -'lulayan W;,k ’"hided this wit,,.' M 2a. b winning ht-r vv.'.n Vath ‘»<l Mrs. I’ 7 5 ’l3 11 to
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  • 321 9 Siam Banisliee Arrested i From Our Own Correspondent» Taiping, Aug. 4. Pleading guilty to stealing fruits valued 16 cents from a stall in the market, a t hinese named Ng Ah Choo was this moining sentenced by the Taiping Magistrate to one day's prison and a tine
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  • 44 9 Of the four who sat for the Associate examination of the Institute of Bookkeepers, which was held in Penang on July 14. news has been received that Master Ong Ewe Aik. student of the Government Commercial Day School, has I assed.
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  • 43 9 The annual sports of the St. George’s Girls’ School will be held at 4 p.m. on the Hutching School ground today. The Penang Convent annual sports wdl be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. on the St. X: vier's Institution ground.
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  • 389 9 Scratchings Not Heavy BY “TIC-TAC*’ The following are the acceptances with probable jockeys for tomorrow, the concluding day of the Penang Autumn Meeting. Contrary to expectations the scratchings are not heavy but if there is no rain there may be some course scratchings: RACE 1 HORSES.
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  • 221 9 Reuter. Hostility To China and Loyalist Spain Accusing the Soviet of having acted in a spirit of aggressive imperialism (Jayda. Mussolini s mouthpiece, writing in the Gionale d'ltalia, also makes the first open statement of hostility towards China, describing resolute .Japanese action as a courageous move."
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  • 122 9 !poh Cricket i From Our Own Correspondent» Ipoh. Aug. 5. A remarkable bowling feat by Appuni. who captured eight wickets for two runs, was a feature of the cricket match between the Anderson School, Ipoh, and the Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar, played on the latter's
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  • 392 9 Draft Shipping Act t From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok, Aug. 2. The draft Shipping Act now before the Siam Assembly will interest shipping companies in Malaya where a good o Siam's coastal trade finds its way. Head Offices of Siamese shipping companies
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    • 6 9 r N,f FOOL' S **rei J
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    • 221 9 •mmmftKxr his RECORDS SUGGESTIONS FOR YOl R LIBRARY SYMPHONY NO SIN C. MIN BEETHOVEN London Phil CrclL QUARTET IN A: MIN. Busch Quartet. SYMPHONY NO. 4. IN E. FLAT MAJ. BRUCKNER Vienna Phil. Orcb. CONCERTO IN B. MIN. DVORAK SYMPHONY IN C. MAJ. HAYDN Vienna CONCERTO IN C. MIN MOZART
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  • 1410 10 Malayan Delegates In Downing Street (From Our Own Correspondent) London, July 28. Mr. F. Birkinshaw, Chief Field Officer of the Department of' Agriculture, and Mr. R. A. B. Stanhope are representing Malaya at a Conference of Colonial Direc tors of Agriculture which is being held at the
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    • 639 10 BANKS OVERSEA-CHINESE THE BANKING CORPORATION, LIMITED SUCCESSORS Capital THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK. LIMITED, Capital *2 THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED, ft THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, a U) ARD ofTi7 LIMITED. Slr CAPITAL Sir Thomas c IE rv Authorised >40.000,000. Right Hon. Paid-Up >10,000,000 P R HEAD OFFICE, CHINA BUILDING. Sir C
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  • 791 11 JAPAN’S GRIP ON (HINA TRADE The Japanese Navy’s spokesman in Tokyo Rear-Admiral Kiyoshi Noda, has declao-l once more that the present time i» inopportune for the reopening of the Yangtze to foreign commercial shipping, sought to justify this declaration •y referring to the alleged obstructions to 1
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  • 769 11 S.S. ‘HECTOR’ from Singapore, sails for Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Gla<sgow. S.S. ‘LAOMEDON’ from North Continent, sails for Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku Bar, Dairen and japan. S.S. ‘ANTILOCHUS’ from Singapore, sails for Havre, Liverpool and Bromborough S.S. *BENMACDHUI from Singapore, sails for Colombo, Antwerp, Rotterdam,
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  • 277 11 launch Will Chase Torpedoes A torpedo-recovery launch, capable of a maximum speed of 38 knots, which was built by the British Power Company, Hythe, to the order of the Royal Netherlands Government, underwent acceptance trials at Southampton. It has left Hythe for The Hague,
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  • 177 11 End Of 13 Years’ Service With Clyde Trust Mr. Harold M. Ford, commercial manager of the Clyde Navigation Trust, who some time ago intimated his resignation, has terminated his services with the Trust During the M years of his association with the Trust Mr. Ford
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    • 444 11 IUE funnel line □L ro LONDON NORTH CONTINENT Leave# Penang Due London rtir S ERVKb c dis Marseilles Glasgow Aug. 5 Sept 1 calls Hull and Gdynia Aug. 11 Sept 8 A 7rHlL^' S c H Marseilles and Glasgow Aug. 19 Sept. 15 C E TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE. C.
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    • 894 11 P© and W BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated tn Lngiand.• PORT SWETTENHAM, MALACCA i SINGAPORE S.S. “KHANDALLA” SAILING SUNDAY 7ili AI'GDST 8 N Co under Penan?. Teluk Anson, Port SwnttenMm. i .'n.'r.n Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail Service. Outwaras from London for China Japan. S/S “MATA
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  • 635 12 Latest rimes Of Posting U K MAILS: A mail for Sitiawan. Ipoh (via Sitiawa) i. Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by Ma van Internal Air Service will close at 2 pm. i registration 1.30 p.m.) tomorrow. A mail for Australia and New Zealand by Imperial Qantas
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  • 119 12 Singapore. The aircraft “Coogee” VH-ABC from Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and N.E.I. arrived on July 29 bringing Commander G. Banister and Mr. G. E. Johnson from Sydney. The aircraft "Coorong” VH-ABE for Penang, Bangkok. Burma, Karachi and Southampton left on July 29 with Mr. G. E. Johnson for London.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1911 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES service Highlights Of Today’s Wireless SCHEDILE ZHJ (PENANG) Following is the BBC Empire broad- 7.05 p.m. Light music. casting service schedule (Malayan Stand- w m Children’s hour. 8.05 p.m. Dance music, ard Time) for this week, beginning July 1 3j. 8.25 p.m. 8.40 p.m.: rebroa (leasts*. TRANSMISSIONS
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    • 24 12 PENANG DAILY WEATHER REPORT FORT CORNWALLIS Yesterday’s Temperature 6 a.m. Noon 5 p.m. 84 S. 85 S. 86 S. RAINFALL Aug. 3—— 4 nil
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  • 494 13 FASTER FASTER Rail Speed-up Starts with World Record Ebe other day a London and North Eastern railway locomotive pullinti a streamlined train set up a new speetl record of 125 miles an hour near Grantham. For -ome time experts have been preparing for the increased traffic during summer months. Saving
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  • 901 14 Last Day Of Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting 1 Below will be found the full program me for tomorrow, the concluding day of the Penang Turf Club Autumn Meeting: RACE 1.—Horses Class 4 Div. 2 5% Furlongs. 0 0 3 YOUNG GINGER 9.00 Mr. A.
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  • 484 14 ELYSEE XI BEATEN IN FAST GAME OF SOCCER A fine goal scored by Beng Keat just out of the penalty area ten minutes from time enabled the Sepoy Lines Recreation Club to score a narrow victory over the Ely see eleven in a
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  • 172 14 COW GATE CUP SOCCER MALAY COY. BEAT POLICE SPORTS CLUB In a fairly interesting soccer match In the Cow and Gate Cup Competition on the Dato Kramat ground, yesterday, the “C” (Malay) Company defeated the Police Sports Club by two goals to one. The Police put up a stout opposition,
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  • 179 14 The high-powered offers for Brynmor Jones, the Wolverhampton inside forward, have caused some sad reminiscences at Southend in the last few weeks. This £13,000 player was once getting 10s. a week with Southend United, and the wage was more than the club could stand. He
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  • 700 14 Reuter A Most- Si,.,. Mh| I our The record of the BnS°p u^ touring South Africa i s nl 10. counting their yesterday by 45 poi nts to really very good, for many players were unable to ma L Cjr and the side has
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  • 866 15  -  there Englands Opening Men Failed «Y L. N. Constantine Englands collapse 011 the first innings at Headingley was not exciting for the crowd but very interesting to watch. 1 want to take that particular innings and make it a peg on which to
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  • 388 15 Danish I’iil 0 flake Attempt hi Asu Winckler, svelte 1 'anish jjit known a so radio swing jnil «mother herself with several I(4 ?re au* and wade into the sea bFrench coast some time this week, tr words, the Channel Parade is |o oegin. nt her well;
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  • 102 15 P 1; t George p Svoltish Socl^sbrsink3^p ger for E 4 totfr mt 1 pldycr They r sl t 0 Harr dger and asked him f lo G'asgow r I that keen BCrS ■Uy y WOUld n Part Wlth r*™ I 1 «Vi bUBi Bh.. br
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  • 530 15 Cotton’s Inspired Stroke London, July 28. Amid scenes of wild enthusiasm on the Old course at Walton Heath, Great Britain yesterday beat South Africa in the Empire challenge golf match for £5OO aside Henry Cotton and Reginald Whitcombe, nast and present Open champions respectively. defeated A. D.
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  • 47 15 It was expected that the Football League, at their recent meeting in Manchester. would consider the offer by the promoters of football pools to contribute £5,000 a year for an indefinite period to the League’s £lOO,OOO Jubilee Benevolent Fund. The matter was not raised.
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  • 123 15 64 distw bance wanted even no telegrams to be delivered.'’ This was the pencilled notice, written in his own hand, which ivas fastened to the door of the cabin by Max Schmeling when the liner Bremen called at Southampton, The German heavy-weight. homeward bound from the United
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  • 141 15 After the Leeds failure, one writer suggests that England’s opening batsmen for the final Test should, if possible, be Edrich and Hutton. Barnett, of Gloucestershire, a fine aggressive batsman of the adventurous type, was a brilliant success at Nottingham; but he must have the luck with him to
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  • 222 15 R. E. M. Blakeway, bom in the bush of Cape Province, w’ho had represented Oxford University two years, is now throwing the javelin flor Great Britain. He is fully aware of the lack of public interest in his particular art. In an interview’ he said: “It’s one
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 295 15 V/hat a lovely glossy coat you’ve got, Lassie I HiipSfe W iMWii we’ve kept you fit and healthy on Spratt’s Write for Biscuit Book to E. S. Best, P.O. Box 291, Bombay and Spratt’s Patent Ltd., London M-6S-12IHB IF YOUR BREATH HAS A SMELL YOU CART FEEL WELL Unless 2
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  • 133 16 TTK’ PREVIOUSLY LATEST £195 0 0 £194. 0. 0 LCNDON-rSpot) £196 o o £195. 0. 0 LONDON—/2 months' $98.00 SINGAPORE BUSINESS DONE $97.75 PEN A". i RiivAr<s Buyers no sellers COPRA-(Sundries s 70 BLACK PEPPER $8.75 4 RUBBER:— 7HI 7d LONDON 15%c(G) NEW YORK 1;7 C,U 25%c SINGAPORE-(Spot' 25-,\c
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  • 311 16 Share -f £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Ye sterdav Rise or Fall Yesterday Rt?eorFatJ n <>-i i 1 10> > Con. Loan 5 p.c. 44-64 114% Burmah Oil »31% Funding 4 p.c. 60-90 113% £aMe 98 War Loan 3% p.c. 102% *u.S. Rubber 43%. l‘_* Con; Un Assc.
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  • 125 16 London. Aug. 4. RUBBER: Dull. London. 7,‘1- buyers 7H sellers Oct./Dec. 7H buj r ers 7{g sellers Jan./Mar 7% buyers 7% sellers ApL/June 7?; buyers 7jJ sellers NEW YORK 15.66 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 62,182 tons Liverpool 32.864 tons COPRA Straits SD. Rotterdam. Aug £ll. 5.
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  • 103 16 Previously Latest Parts 178 J? 178 23;64 New York 4.89% 4.89%; Montrea’ 4.91% 4.92 Brussels 28.92% 28.94 Geneva 21.41 21.41% Amsterdam 8.96% 8.96 Milan 92% 93% Berlin 12.20 12.20 Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oio 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26% nominal Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 142 141?; Madrid
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  • 142 16 Dividend Of 3 Per Cent Recommended Juru Estates. Limited profit for the yeai to March 31. 1938 amounted to £5.517 subject to audit. Adding this to the sum of £1,531 carried forward from last year, and deducting a sum of £341 for income tax and N.D.C. to date
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  • 79 16 —Reuter. Approaching Account Restricts Business London. August 4—Stock Exchange business was restricted owing to the approach of the end of the account. Small losses consequent!}’ predominated. Kaffirs were firmer at the close on option buying. While a further £2,336,000 worth of gold changed hands at today’s fixing, subsequent
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  • 52 16 —Reuter. Six Jews, Including Two Women, Killed Jerusalem. August 4—Six Jewish labourers. including two women, were killed and eleven injured when a lorry in which they were returning from work struck a land mine concealed in the road near Ramathkevesh on Sharon Plain. The lorry was blown
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  • 40 16 Reuter. Berlin. August 4 —Unemployment for some time has been non-existent in Germany. The authorities are now faced with an increasing shortage of labour. June figures show 310,000 vacancies which was 30.000 more than in May. Reuter.
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  • PENANG SHARE QUOTES
    • 178 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN Buyer»» Sellers Ampat 4 0 4 6 Bangrin 22 0 22 6 Batu Selangor 1.37%» 1.40 Hong Fatt 87% .90 Jelapang 313 32 3 Jelebu .67% .72% Kpg. Kamunting 10 3 10 7’c Kamunting 10’0 110 Klang River 1.75 1.82% Kramat 10 6 110 Kuala Kampar 14
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    • 125 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TIN Bayers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.37 1 1.40 Hong Fatt .88 .90 Jelebu .70 .75 Kuchai 1.30 1.32% Petalings 8.00 8.25 Rahman Hyd. 1.24 1.27 Raub Gold 5.20 5.30 Rantau 1.37 1.40 Taiping Cons. 1.60 1.65 Teluk Kruins .72%» .77% Ampat 3 9 4(3 Bangrins 22
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    • 318 16 The Rubber Reaction New York. Aug. 4—Although buying remains unaggressive. the market, aided by better foreign news, gave good evidence of support broadening which tended to strengthen the belief that in the absence of adverse developments it will shortly itsume advance. Good third quaiter chemicals results are forecast.
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    • 20 16 TIN Singapore $98.00 per pkl. Penang $97.75 per pkl. RUBBER Singapore—Spot 25^4c. per lb. I‘ena'ng—Spot 25£4c. per lb.
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    • 185 16 LEAN CO. TIN Buyers Reller« Ampats 4,0 4 3 A. Hitams 24 5 25,0 Bangrins 22 0 22 9 Hong Fatts .88 .91 Jelebus .70 .73 Johans .27 .29cd K. Kamuntings 10 0 10i4% K. Lanjuts 18 3 190 Kramats 10'4% 10T0*. Kundangs 59 63 Laruts 1010% 11 3 Lukuts
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  • 118 16 Music And Mirth At The Royal Fast moving musical comedy written cniefly to afford the comedians Laurel and Hardy scope for their particular talents but also with an eye to keeping up a high musical standard is the ingredient of “Swiss Miss” which opened to
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  • 98 16 Results Of Ties Following are results cf ties played in the Penang Sports Club lawn tennis tournament yesterday: Profession Pairs: E. W. Hare and A. J. L. Donaldson beat J. D. Lambert and C. W. Lyle 7—5, 6—l. Mixed Doubles Handicap: plus 2 Miss G. Samuel
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  • 82 16 Celebrated singeit and kronchong artiste. S. Abdullah and his troupe, consisting of three of the best kronchong singers of Java open for a short season at the Fun and Frolic Stadium tonight, after a very successful season at the Happy World Stadium, Singapore. Kronchong lovers are promised a
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  • 91 16 Slight Modification Of German Persecution Berlin. August 4 —The law whereundei Jewish doctors arc prohibited from practis ing from Oct. 1 has been slightly modified In order to avoid social hardships the Medical Association has taken steps to train Jewish doctors to fill other jobs for which a
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  • 65 16 London, August 4. —The staffs of Go vemment Departments on April 1 totalled 376,491, according to a Treasury statement. This was an increase of 20,152 compared with a year ago. The Post Office staff rose to 224,374 from 214,573 and demands of the rearmament campaign are reflected in
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  • 170 16 i From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, Aug. 5. A partition suit in which the parties ar all South Indian Mohammedans and som of whom are related to each other is at present engaging the attention of the Hon. Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley in the Ipoh Supreme
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    • 227 16 GOVERNMENT OF KEDAH TENDERS will be received at the office of the State Engineer, Kedah up to noon of the 18th August. 1938 21st J’akhir, 1357 for the construction of. (a 1 A Reinforced Concrete Bridge and (b‘ River Deviation approximately 5,600 cubic yards of earthwork, near Old Timber Bridge
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    • 325 16 I ’-d Offi ce ’.<r> ‘«ngapore r 547! Te, Office 2' t l l S’sL ko. Office: 5 1 Office: 4, 4 p id phone st». J I London 1! i wC SV,tS 'W.\ Monthly Mala». Jnarterly =U’.f Y«riy 11« Nearly UB.or Ju Note—Outatation rhil? I t«na. bank ditcouct. Ke»k'
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