Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 August 1938

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY r.Y? 1 x< Vl FRIDAY. AUGUST 26, 1938. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    More Optimism in Prague
    1089 1 Fresh Basis For Negotiations MYSTERY OF THE BRITISH ATTITUDE A more optimistic official outlook is reported in a telegram from Prague which states that yesterday’s ministerial meetings forged a new basis for negotiations which, it is hoped, will be acceptable to the Sudetens. The nature of
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    SMUTS WOULD URGE WAR
    136 1 Reuter. H Home Country fl ere hi Danger 25: Gen Smuts, speaking in the As- v is his personal opiould assist Brior was attacked 1 r ti Union would be cutting to allow Britain to go custodian of the Government’s po- t. Union under the present
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    FOREIGNERS IN GERMANY
    80 1 Reuter. Musi Re II orthy Oi Hospitality” 25 A new law regulatiw igners in Germany is t Official Law Gazette. !v those foreigners will be n Germany “whose* perilpation guarantees them Uerinan hospitality.’’ authorised to take the -ms against undesirable the interest of the general law nullifies
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    HOME FLEET
    59 1 Reuter. HiiK rary For Autumn (J’liise 25 The Admiralty anHoine Fleet regular autumn Th.- pi,. Pt tr mposed five battleships, six aircraft-carriers, three and the second subleave Home ports on i 6 The majority will be at Sept. 9 to Oct. 17, at T 8 to 25, at
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    FRENCH CRISIS
    62 1 Reuter. Daladier Stands Firm rsris a.. 25 With M. Daladier tandpoint a political w to modify the forty-hour of national defence and hty shows signs of abating., issued after a three'he national committee of •it Populaire, which res' i; ir Front throughout the unanimity to “provide "f national
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    Palestine Censorship
    33 1 .—Reuter. Jerusalem, August 2i> The censor is prohibiting publication in the local Press of all reports or comments on police ami military operations and rebel activities in Palestine except official communiques.—Reuter.
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    GUERILLAS IN HOPEI
    487 1 Daily Dislocation Of Railways Peiping, August 25 —Relentless activity of guerillas in East Hopei threatens to disrupt railway communications between Peiping and Mukden. During the last few days the track has been damaged at least once daily between Tientsin and Shanhaikwan, trains in both directions running hours
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    FOOD AND DEFENCE PLANS
    53 1 Reuter. London. Aug. 25: Officers appointed for London and Home Counties have taken over work previously undertaken by the Food (Defence Plans) Department an I with officers in other parts of Great Britain assist in creation of a shadow' organisation for food control purposes in event
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    BRIGHTER OUTLOOK FOR RUBBER
    403 1 Reactions Expected, But Firm U ndertone .—Reuter. The absence of important reaction in the rubber market after the recent steady but pronounced rise is attracting attention. The average London price during July was 7|d. compared with 6 7/32d. average during June while the current price is
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    PRACTICAL AIR SECRETARY
    87 1 Capt. Balfour Flies A Spitfire London, August 25 Captain H. H. Balfour, Under-Secretary for Air, visited Duxford Aerodrome today and went up in one of the single-seater Vickers Super-marine Spitfires which in the recent air debate the Prime Minister described as “the fastest aircraft in service in
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    EURASIAN OBTAINS DIVORCE FROM SIAMESE WIFE
    519 2 Woman Now Married To Malay In Alor Star CHANGED HER NAME AND RELIGION Philip Gautier, an Eurasian clerk employed by the Penang Har hour Board, was yesterday granted a decree nisi, to be made absolute ter three months, against his wife Kanita Chinda, whom
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    WITNESS ALLEGES BRIBE OFFER
    354 2 Trial of Prominent Penang Chinese When hearing was continued yesterday in the Penang District Court in the case in which two prominent Chinese, Lim Eng Kooi and Lim Eng Kok, were charged under Section 377 A, a witness for the Crown stated that he had been
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    HOW THE AMERICANS ARE HELPING CHINA
    541 2 Trade Credit Extension To J a pan Di scon raged ‘‘Five months ago, America was only giving sympathy to China but now this has changed and she is very eager to render practical assistance which can be best illustrated by the fact that monthly
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    ACQUITTAL ON RIOT CHARGE
    730 2 Essential Element Missing In Case Remarking that one of the essentia! elements was missing and that the accused was there when the mischief had already been done, Mr. Lim Koon Teck, the Penang second magistrate, yesterday acquitted and discharged Keat Huat Seng on a charge of
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    JAPANESE THREAT TO FOREIGN AIRCRAFT
    283 3 I j|| ill Attack Planes Over I Chinese Territory" B ,i) t i \ug. 23: What amounts to a warning that I S in<li«‘hng Imperial, Air France and Pan- a r lirliiK r-. will sl,ot <lown if they fly over ua* issued by a spokesman
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    CENTRAL EUROPE SITUATION
    94 3 L Reuter. I Delax In Solution Harmful London. Aug. 25 Mr. Ashton G. Watkin, while attached in an entirely personRunciman’s staff in Fnpt.s i the Foreign Office jimic Rela ta Section, returned to London yesterday on a private visit. He saw Lord Halifax and Sir John &mon
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    EXPELLED FOR NOT VOTING
    66 3 Reuter. Bishop Offends Nazis Berlin, Aug 25 Di Sproll, Catholic Bis‘M* st Rottenburg, has been ordered to the provim <cording to Stuttgart newspapers. ed political duties •UiMolent manner which could no Sproll is stated the ciniy citizen in the district who “i to vote in the
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    ANGLO-U.S. TRADE PACT
    74 3 A NGLO-U.S. TRADE PACT Reuter. Has Given I P Nothing” Olta Wa A r■ «toLhinn We have K iven U P has been settled,” King replied W u kl 8 Sl (i 1,11 re P or ts that Canada ■at preference in facilitate the H. trade agreement, progress had ne
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    “Japanese Used Poison Gas ”
    112 3 “Japanese Used Poison Gas Two Battalions Wiped (hit London, Aug. 25: The Chinese Ambassador, under instructions from the Chinese Government has informed Lord Halifax that the Japanese are using poison gas at Kiangsi. He stated that the Chinese Government had reported to him that two Chinese battalions counter-attacked but were
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    U.S. PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURE
    65 3 Reuter. «152,000,000 Programme Launched Washington, Aug. 25: Setting what Public Works Administration officials termed a new speed record, actual construction has begun on 152 million, dollars worth of P.W.A. projects under the new programme and this, together with the recently announced distribution in September of 127
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    ITALIAN ENVOY’S WIFE INJURED
    71 3 —Reuter. Shots Fired At Car St. Jean-de-Luz, Aug. 25: Shots were fired at the car of the Italian Ambassador to Nationalist Spain by a police patrol at San Sebastian on Monday night, it is learned here today. The Ambassador’s wife was wounded. The police called to
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    HITLER AND HORTHY
    110 3 —Reuter, ‘•‘■Mutual Unshakable Trust” Berlin, Aug. 25: A hundred and forty aeroplanes manoeuvred over the grandstand where the Hungarian Regent Admiral Horthy and Herr Hitler took the Great interest has been aroused in Berlin by the virtual pledge to respect Hungary’s frontiers given by Hitler in proposing
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    MAGISTRATE DIES FROM WOUNDS
    65 3 .—Reuter. Haifa, Aug. 25: Walter Moffatt, Assist, ant District Commissioner, who was shot and seriously wounded when a terror is entered his office at Jenin and fired several revolver shots at point-blank range yesterday, has died. Jerusalem: A fair hunch-backed Arab, arrested last night as Moffatt’s
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    CAMERA CASES IN STORE ASSIZES
    209 4 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Aug. 25. Following further evidence recorded in camera at a preliminary inquiry in the Singapore Second Police Court yesterday, into charges concerning girls, against three Chinese, Khoh Ah Pang, a woman, Tan Toh Leng and Chu Kim Seng two men,
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    STRIKE ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL TO BE APPOINTED
    496 4 Government To Act Immediately Chief Justice And 4 Assessors: MaySit At End Of Next Week (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Aug. 25. In a letter to the Singapore Traction Company Employees’ Association, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. A S. Small, says that the Government has
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    Weekly London Letter
    1199 4  -  By Andrew Blackmore Britain's Expanding Air Force PROOF of the willingness of the British public to shoulder, tire increasir.g costs of aerial rearmament was again demonstrated by the calm agreement which greeted a recent request by the Secretary of State for Air for a supplementary estimate of
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    ESTATE DUTY BILL WITHDRAWN
    69 4 Following criticism of the Estate Duty Ordinance, the text of which was published in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette recently, prior to its introduction into the Legislative Council, the Bill is to be withdrawn and a new measure submitted. This was revealed at the last meeting
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL
    380 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL '"MlB |Z". I J I I After a lor he Ha ih ildU in JB IpU1 I!u,n 1 T u 'a-;-II Gn 8. pt 94 t T -.SI I J-he etigag vlllen t H m‘ SS IV !h J H Kllll Mr. il„ k,. 1; Kee SUm of
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    IMPERIAL AIRWAYS PILOT PROMOTED
    64 4 imperial Airways have na-iw® master pilots, Captain B. 1- rantain A C P Johnstone foi Captain .«antic Division. Bod with the company s Atl ntlc are at present MP on the European T bably fly two new Albat to Montreal and New York -etoi of the
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    Japanese Success Not Wanted
    197 5 Kx-Ylalavan On Grrmanv’s lew r tny was not really ;n efforts in I. Hoops, i nival at Auckland lay in New Zealand. 1)1. was taking the success would threat to the white rd «if ion in Asia. id Dr. Hoops, Nazi m mpathetic to virtually Fgcist’Jap
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE
    242 5 l-i Major D. S. Marlay at Government r A Mrs. M. L. Clarke. Captain Mrs. P. D. i i J N. Jefferson dined at it H so Aft. r dinner His i •ty were present at the ['ruin” a the Capitol Theatre. 17: Major D. S. Mar- nt
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    CHIANG KAI-SHEK’S “IRON RING” AROUND HANKOW STRONGER THAN EXPECTED
    1890 5 C HIANG KAI-SHEK’S “IRON RING” AROUND HANKOW STRONGER THAN EXPECTED Japanese Unable To Find Weak Spot (brom Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong. Aug. pllLWlt KAI SHEK’S “iron ring” around Hankow i> proving even stronger than most people expected. For the past week the Japanese invaders have again been hammering away,
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    HANKOW PROPERTY
    113 5 MAY BE KEQI ISITIOXEP FOR DEFENCE Pl RPOSES Hankow, Aug. 20. Private properly', whether resiliences, factories or schools, may be requisitioned by the military for the construction of fortifications on the outskirts of Hankow, according to an announcement today by Wuhan Garrison Headquarters. Any property belonging to foreign
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    RAILWAY LINES CUT BY BOMBS
    292 5 HANKOW MAN DESCRIBES EXPERIENCES From Our Own Correspondent) Hong Kong. Aug. 22 One of the hundreds of passengers who were subjected to the uncomfoi able vicissitudes of travelling in trucks, sampans ami steam launches, when the recently inaugurated train service fiom Hankow o Kowloon was
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    FRENCH WOMEN FOR CHINA
    46 5 Paris, Aug. 21. The Comite Mondial des Femmes announces that a delegation of women will arrive in China soon for a few days to study on the spot how best to aid Chinese women and children victims of the war with Japan.
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      1195 6 I]\ll I T'S ON AT THE LEADING AMUSEMEN_i When 20th Century-Fox Makes A Tarzan Picture, you know ifs the real gooik! jywy. Iffe yt-WjBtBUW FOR THR,LLS ADVENTURE ROMANCE, EXCITEMENT IT ECLIPSES EVERYTHIN; p lsp H ■HF The Latest and Greatest of EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’ E aniolls \,u MW! “TARZAN’S REVENGE’I
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    YOUTH CORPS
    116 7 1 o Teach Principles Of Dr. Sun Yat-sen Hankow, Aug. 21. After months of preparations, the San-Min-Chu-Yi (Three People’s Principles) Youth Corps has now been formally inaugurated. Organisation of the Corps was decided upon at the Extraordinary Kuomintang Congress recently. Its purpose is to educate the youths in
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    BRITAIN TAKES BULK OF AUSTRALIAN WOOL
    77 7 Equals Best Four Foreign Buyers Canberra.—Statistics have just revealed that during the eleven months of the trade ended May 31, the United Kingdom took more Australian greasy wool than the best four foeign purchasers combined. United Kingdom markets took 959.548 bales, valued at 117,032.470
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    WOOSUNG TENSION
    71 7 Renewed Activity By Chinese Guerillas Hankow, Aug. 20. Renewed tension prevails at Woosung at the mouth of the Yangtse River where large Chinese guerilla bands have arrived, according to a Shanghai message. After the recapture of Chuensha and Nanwei, the guerillas at Pootung are said to be pushing
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    WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT OF ISLAND
    328 7 520 Natives Under Her Care Sydney—A population of 520 natives anc five whites on the island of Badu is “ruled" by a woman, Mrs. Ethel May Rahel who is enjoying her biannual vacation in Sydney. Twenty nine years ago, states! Austra. News, the Queensland government appoint
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    QUEEN’S MONUMENT IN JUNGLE
    168 7 (From Our Own Correspondent) Seremban, Aug. 23. The name of Queen Victoria has been perpetuated in many different parts of the Empire in various ways but one of the strangest of these monuments stands in the midst of jungle in Negri Sembilan. On a hill surrounded
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    "PUPPET” INCIDENT
    179 7 Chinese Story Of Trial Of Magistrate Chengchow, Aug. 21. How the patriotism and courage of Mr. Ma Shih-hung, magistrate of Pingyuan, Shantung, has won the admiration of even the Japanese and put the puppet government officials to shame, is revealed by reports received here. Mr. Ma was captured
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    REFUGEEE PROBLEM
    84 7 Shanghai Refrains From Giving Encouragement Shanghai, Aug. 20. Over 80,000 refugees in Shanghai are continuing to receive the same rations as heretofore, despite proposals to increase their diet, announces a spokesman of the Shanghai International Red Cross. He stated that he was satisfied the present rations were sufficient,
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      351 7 NATURE’S CURE FOR ACHES, PAINS, LIVER TROUBLE, etc. Here is good news lor those who stiffer li<»i>« rheumatism, or whose sluggish liver makes them tired, irritable, aad depressed. Nature herself has provided the remedy „»»«1 now nun has brought it to your In many parts of the earth tb«re from
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      582 7 QI JC* pr C PUBLIC ENTERTAINERS No. 1 //•J! 1 MORE DAYS. AND THEN WEMBLEY PARK COMES THE GREATEST FILM TONIGHT FRIDAY, 26th AVGVST, 1938 OF ALL TIME MOLEK STAK OI’ERA: Will Stage YATIM MUSTAFFA” Last Part. «Strongly supported by the latest vaudeville extra turns. WATCH FOR: “LUTONG BERSARONG" A
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    EUROPE’S DANGER SPOT
    709 8 REPORTS from London that an earlv "momentous British pronouncement regarding her altitude towards events in b.uiope max be expected within the next lew days have revived the feeling ot alarm that caused Europe to believe in the close approach of a war between Germany and Czechoslovakia only
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    U.S. AND MEXICO
    99 8 Reuter. Stern Accusation By Mr. Cordell Hull Washington. August 26 —A Note to Mexico by Mr. Cordell Hull urges Mexico •o reconsider rejection of arbitration of expropriated American properties or at least meanwhile set aside regular payments to be disbursed to victimised Americans as soon as the
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    TWO CHIEF JUSTICES IN PENANG
    74 8 No Court Of Appeal Work Mr. Justice McElwaine, Chief Justice, S.S., and Mr. Justice A. K. a’B. Terrell, Acting Chief Justice F.M.S., were in. Penang today and attended the Supreme Court but there were no cases for the Court of Appeal for which their Lordships
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    PENANG ARRIVALS
    114 8 Mr. Edward Sydney Williams arrived today from London by the Benwyvis en route to Singapore. Miss D. J. Henderson and Miss Chew Bee Lyan arrived here this morning from Rangoon by the Hai Hing on their xvay to Hong Kong. The following arrived from Singapore this morning by
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    Y.W.C.A. JUMBLE SALE
    26 8 A Jumble Sale will be held at the Towm Hall on Sept 3 under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A., Penang.
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    KEDAH CHARITY FAIR
    144 8 Penang (Jiin W on Association To Participate I From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star. August 26. An added attraction to this year's charitj fair organised by the Kedah Chinese China Red Cross and Distress Relief Fund Committee will be the participation of the Penang Chinese Chin Woo
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    YOUTHFUL DEMONSTRATORS
    209 8 LETTER TO THE EDITOR] Sir, In connection xvith the disturbances in which the Chinese school children are participating, it is very apparent that certain teachers of the schools which they attend are responsible for their conduct. The time has now arrived when action must be taken against the
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    SOLDIERS DESERT
    48 8 Peiping Controlled I roops Rejoin Chinese Army Hankow, Aug. 21. Chinese reports state that at Fatshan, 20 miles south-west of Peiping, Chang Chen-tung, commander of a force of 2,000 men of the "anti-Communist Army’’ of the new regime, turned over to the Chinese side on Friday.
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    MALTA DEFENCE TEST
    45 8 Reuter. Malta, Aug. 25: An attack on the Grand Harbour curing the black-out by motor torpedo-boats in conjunction xvith planes and an aircraft-carrier was a glorious feature of a successful test oi efficiency of defence arrangements here. Parachute flares assisted the attackers
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    AYLMER MAUDE DEAD
    32 8 London, August 25—Mr. Aylmer Maude, leading English authority on Tolstoy all of whose works he translated, editing the Centenary Edition of the xvorks in English, died today aged SO.
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    BY THE WAY
    564 8 C N A. c. O T vv<>men and chil l>- killed instead It is hardly surprise at t th Japanese in an ltt P rid of the Preside five Yuen, son the Republic. I Jut <, n the Japanese thought th of sufficient import, m deliberate destruction
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    POLICE TRAP SUCCEEDS
    133 9 I til! All’ll I» I CHARGE I (•,,i «'Si><>n<ient I I Ipoh. Aug. 26. I trap set by the I -pong I ’hi was yes- i-’ir-t Magistrate’s I v. Radcliffe, I mg extortion by I iinrv a well-known primed trial. I <>i the Detective I '.iting. asked
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    MISSING CHINESE TRACED TO CHINA
    103 9 atli<T-ln-Law*s Plaint p. D'.r own Correspondent I Taiping, Aug. 25. -i.opkeeper named Ong AsCtf'. •>; Si-lama was some time ago v.'-. 0.. Taipmg Police by his ani.sl.iii.o ;r. law. l.i-e Yew. as missing. P: l;.-. tSi .h made investiga-i!?'ir-iii'l that th.- man had gone to
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    RESOURCEFULNESS TESTED
    548 9 SCOI TERS TRAINING EOR WOODBADGE COLRSE I From Oui- Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 25. Crossing a deep mining pond in on-the-spot improvised corcales a la Roman legion naires, was one of the obstacles 24 Scout masters from all over Malaya had to overcome as part of their
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    RELEASED ON PERSONAL BOND
    97 9 Traffic Offender Missing Arrested for a traffic offence on August 18 at the junction of Pitt Street and Chulia Street, a Chinese cyclist, who gave his name as Chua Tan, also gave a fictitous address at Jelutong, and was released on a personal bond. He was
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    FAILED TO PROCURE HUSBAND
    144 9 Falim Girl Attempts Suicide (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 26. “There are worse things in life than not being married,” said Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe. First Magistrate, Ipoh, when a pretty young Chinese girl named Chan Ah Khey was produced before him yesterday cn
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    S. AFRICA ANTHEMS CONTROVERSY
    45 9 Reuter. Capetown, Aug. 25: After an ad night sitting the Assembly endorsed the declaration of Gen. Hertzog chat the Uni >n l as no official National Anthem until the English and Afrikaans sections of the community agree to an appropriate one.
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    PERAK CHINESE LEADERS CONDEMN RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS
    258 9 MR. LEONG SIN NAM APPEALS TO ORGANISATIONS TO HELP TO MAINTAIN PEACE ORDER (I rom ()ur ()\vn Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 26. An appeal to all Chinese organisations in the State to exert ilnii inlluence in the preservation oi peace and the maintenance oi order
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    KNOCKED DOWN BY PASSING CAR
    65 9 Iwo CliineM* NX omen Injured (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Aug. 26. Two Chinese women were admitted into the Ipoh hospital a.s a result of a motor accident which occurred at the 2nd mile, Gopeng-road, Ipoh. about 6 p.m. yesterday. A number of women labourers
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    BOY KILLED BY PASSING CAB
    264 9 CORONER SAYS El ROPE AN DRIVER TO BLAME (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 25. Finding that there was negligence on the part of Mr. R. P. N. Napper, Che AlbaKri, the Kuala Lumpur Coroner, directed Jia-j he be charged, subject to the consent
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    VERY HOT LAST MONTH
    166 9 Malayan Weather Report For July The weather report for Malaya for July discloses that it was a particularly hot month. Kuala Lumpur he"ds the list with 97 degrees and a total rainfall of 1-12 inches. Kuala Lips comes a close second with 96 degrees and 4.14
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    PLANES FOR VICEROY
    64 9 British Wireless. Two Air-speed Envoys have been purchased by the Indian Government for the personal use of the Viceroy and for official communication in India. They are monoplanes fitted with two Armstrong Siddeley “Cheetah” engines with accommodation for eight passengers and a cruising speed of 170 m.p.h.
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      286 9 W THE “SILENT CIRCULATOR” —the Success of H.M.V. Refrigeration!” A ’Cut-away’ section of the “Silent Circulator” Compressor, showing its simple but ingenious construction. Only three moving parts —continuously bathed in oil. (1) The Shaft l turns (2) The Blade moves (3) The Roller rolls —and there’s ice—that’s all! That is
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    BRITISH FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    825 10 W. And T. Avery By Robert Mac Kay It is one of the outstanding features ot British trading activity that steady expansion should be equally characteristic of old-established firms and of new ventures. Ift the former category the firm of W. and T. Avery is a
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    THE AMERICAN MARKETS
    258 10 Business Index Higher Singapore, August 23. The following is a cabled synopsis from the “trader’s” column of “Barrons,’ the American national financial weekly. Barrons’ Weekly Index of Business Activity is 58.6, up 2.4 from the previous week. Specialists consider the market position firmer than a fortnight ago.
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    AUSTRAL N.Z. MINING
    486 10 Second Annual Meeting The second ordinary general meeting of A usual New Zealand Mining Limited was neld at Christchurch on August 9. Bharenoiuings to the extent of the 26,500 shares were represented in person or by proxy. The report of the directors and the statements of account
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    THE SEW “MAURETANIA”
    765 10  -  By Joseph Martin Times change, and the fastest method of long distance travel nowadays is flight. In the near future, when the North Atlantic air service is in operation, those to whome time is valuable with fly across the Atlantic as unquestioningly as they now fly across
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      243 10 Fed Like a King IkSK i* C? IS wwiki m-Mr VMH he'd rather be treated like a Dog I It is mistaken kindness to feed him on “just what we have ourselves for although he appears to appreciate tasty table scraps, he is being starved of the nourishment that builds
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      701 10 BANK S I OVERSEA-CHINESE THE I BANKING CORPORATION, 0F iNn?/’ 1 I LIMITED I SUCCKS3OH3 THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL BANK, Reserve LIMITED, Capital p<Ußest THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED, Z {jj? THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK, ®OARD LIMITED. Slr gW I CAPITAL Sir Thomas C-liS ry I Authorised $40,000,000. Hight Hon g*. Paid-Up
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    NEED FOR PROPER MANNING OF MERCHANT SHIPS
    846 11 Hopeless Muddle During Great War Recalled It is doubtful whether many people, apart from the tew directly concerned, ever knew of the hopeless muddle that occurred over the manning of merchant ships during the Great War. The majority of those who were best
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    SHIPPING IN PENANG HARBOUR TODAY
    1149 11 S.S. ‘KEDAH’ arrives morning from Singapore, sails evening for Belawan. S.S. ‘PERAK’ arrives morning from Singapore via ports, sails following day for same ports. S.S. ‘PETALING’ arrives today from Paneh. M.S. ‘M AND AR’ arrives today from Belawan, sails Sunday for same port. M.S. ‘DUYMAER
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      418 11 blue funnel line M JTv SERVICE to LONDON NORTH CONTINENT Leave. Penang Due London .hire ***** Antwerp and Middlesborough sept. 1 Sept 23 jnjNT.'Bi- CailB Marseillea Glasgow Sept 2 Oct 1 A- AK £t?\uS Calls Hull Gd y™ a Sept. 8 Oot. 5 0. MENKE* daT SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA
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      999 11 PO and tt VZ BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England PORT MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. “KARAPARA” SAILING SUNDAY, 28th AUGUST Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under Penang, Teluk Anson, Port 1 contract with His Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail Service. S/S “MATA HART’ Aug. 26
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    WORLD ACHIEVMENT
    194 12 The Microfilm I Every discovery opens up the way to new I still further advance. v ri s and b I This is well illustrated today by the need <. h ‘«*.l As knowledge grows Hom more to num < mict W weight of more books and more
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    MAGARETHE =
    15 12 MAGARETHE MARGARETHE hTBATZKI primn donna of the f 71» m photographed at Convent Opera House.
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    "A PRINCESS OF KENSINGTON ”
    139 12 "A PRINCESS OF KENSINGTON When Basil Hood took hi.'lit- .to lot I ‘A Princess of Kensington' to hiwirt German, who wrote the music- (lenen will hear some of the songs in xlny'» programme from Daventry on Transmi* sion 2 at 7.15 p.m.- German said Idol if anyone will understand what
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    MAILS BY AIR AND SEA
    746 12 Latest Times Of Posting A.IR MAILS: EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): Coolangatta: For Burma (except Victoiia Point and Mergui), India, Aden, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Nayasaland. South Africa, Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland. Ordinary
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      1967 12 WORLD RADIO PROGRAMMES b.b.c. service Highlights Of Today’s Wireless SCHEDULE ZHJ (PENANG) London, Aug. 19: Following is the BBC 795 n Piano Medlevs. Empire broadcasting service schedule hour (Malayan Standard Time) for this week, /-30 p.m. Children, beginning Aug, 21: 8.00 p.m. Recorded monologues. TRANSMISSIONS 2 and 3 GSF (BBC)
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      612 12 HOLLAND TODAY PHI 17.77 mc s (16.88 m.) n. m. 7.45 National anthem and opening announcement. 7.50 Report on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. 8.00 Daily News Bulletin. 8.10 Rhythm and Romantic. 8.30 Weekly review by Mr. L. Aletrino. g. 50 Holidays program. 9.15 Talk on Urk, the island in the
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    172 13 7qHl.~‘^" 9 M° f h er l sn t h time lor my morning orange juice KEEI’-COOL OCCI PATION garden is a popular keep-cool occupation—ard they’re dressed for the part! "MALAYS” ON THE FILMS London who took the part of in a t. n made
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    OPEN RACING TOMORROW AT SINGAPORE
    1245 14 Tonroe Tipped to Win Rig Race TIC-TAC REVIEWS THE PROSPECTS Tomorrow will see the opening of the big Singapore, Autumn Race Meeting which had drawn record entries. ic meeting, with the Extra Meeting, will extend till September 17, trainers and jockeys from upcountry stables thus
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    PROGRAMME OF 8 EVENTS FOR FIRST DAY
    973 14 rjAHE following is the full programme for the first day of the Club Autumn (Gold Cup) Meeting to be run at Singapore 6 RACE 1:—2.30 p.m. HORSES —Class 2 —Division 6—About 7 Furlono 00 0 AVIEMORE 9.00 Mr. P. Louge ngS 0 0
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      154 14 rs sj®.S? &;A ROM Piccadilly to Berkeley I Square from St. James’s to The Mall you R 7k will not find a finer cigarette than The Mackville. The Sackville—a special blend of x mature Virginia Tobacco —are made and packed with all the skill and care for which this district
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    SHEFFIELD UNITED A TEAM TO WATCH THIS YEAR
    1476 15 International Back To Work For Spurs CROWING interest in second division league rrni'R?* i- no doubt that yeaF by year rinterest in thfe Second 111I 11 Division the Football League grows. According to figures l( me, Aston Villa last season had the
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    F. A. LEAGUE TIES FOR TOMORROW
    263 15 English Season Opens Following are fixtures for tomorrow s matches in the F. A. and Scottish Leagues:— ENGLISH LEAGUE FIRST DIVISION Arsenal vs. Portsmouth. Birmingham vs Sunderland. Blackpool vs. Everton. Bolton vs. Charlton. Blackpool vs. Everton. Brentford vs. Huddersfield. Derby County vs. Wolverhampton. Grimsby
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    Encouragement Of Asiatic Rugger
    316 15 STATEMENT BY N.S. SECRETARY (By Audax) Seremban, Aug. 24. Asiatic rugger players in Negri Sembilan are to be given more encouragement this forthcoming season, said Mr. Erskine, Secretary of the Negri Sembilan Rugby Football Club, in a special interview with me today. They are very keen
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      238 15 FLUSH KIDNEYS OF POISONS AND STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS Live a Healthier, Happier, bladder and put healthy activity into them, get a 60-cent package of GOLD Longer Lire MEDAL Haarlem Capsules and take as directed. Thousands of men and women won- This harmless, tried and true modifier why backache bothers
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      32 15 By J. MILLAR WATT IP O i'Ou'dt 1 JI >Ht WHO OVERDOING THE XT, >- 'g50,000 DOLUigS? (HvZ TIPPING BUSINESS > uh /w I. II» IH»H lur .......t fri iMhoi V‘ i yi r-
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    PRODUCE
    128 16 PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON —(Spot) £194. 5. 0 £192.10. 0 LONDON —(3 months) £195. 5. 0 £193.10. 0 SINGAPORE $98.25 $99.00 BUSINESS DONE PENANG $97.37% $99.00 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers 25 ions eCPRA —tSundrled) $3.55 $3.60 BLACK PEPPER $8.50 $B-50 RUBBER 8 NEW YORK 16%c(G) 16%c(G SINGAPORE—(Spot) 27%c 2
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    327 16 share of £1 denomination unless otherwise stated Yesterday Rise or Fall Yesterday Rise or Fall Con Loan 5 p.c. 44-64 114% Burmah Oil 93 1% Funding 4 p.c 60-90 114 Eagle Com. 4 pesos. 4 6 r O 1 ino7 Cable 5% p.c. 94% +1 War Loan 3%-
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    HOME CRICKET
    82 16 Reuter. E-'cx Beat Derbyshire By Six Wickets London. August 25. At Clacton. Essex won by six wickets. Derbyshire 190 (Ray Smith 4 for 48) and 160 (Peter Smith 5 for 55»; Essex 173 (Mitchell 7 for 51 and 178 for 4 wickets. At "Wells. Somerset won by 27
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    WALL STREET
    308 16 Firm Tone New York, August 25 —There was a final hour good show of strength with a better tone in grains and commodities. A sharp increase in volume on the rise, especially in the leaders and recent favourites such as Briggs and a firmer undertone in commodities is
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    HOME MARKETS
    62 16 Reuter Stock Exchange Prices Higher London. Aug. 25: On the Stock Exchange early promise of greater activity did not materialise but prices generally rosed higher. Gilt-edged and foreign londs were steady while industrials showed* fractional gains. Kaffirs after early improvement eased on lack of expected Paris support but
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    AMERICAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
    42 16 ,—Reuter*. British Women’s Pair Beaten By Title-Holders Brooklaine (Massachusetts). Aug. 25 In the American tennis doubles championships semi-final, Miss Alice Marble and Mrs. Fabyan (America), the holders, beat Miss Kay Stammers and Miss Lumb (Great Britain) 6—2, 6 —2.—Reuter.
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    GIMCRACK STAKES WON BY COCKPIT
    47 16 —Reuter. 4? London, August 25. The following was the result of the Gimrack Stakes: Cockpit 1 His Highness 2 Belle Travers 3 Eleven ran. Won by two lengths; three-quarter. Betting: 7 4 Cockpit; 20 1 His Highness; 8 1 Belle Travers. —Reuter.
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    SOCCER MATCH POSTPONED
    36 16 The first division match between the Old Xaverians Association and the Penang Recreation Club which was fixed to be played off yesterday on the Esplanade was postponed owing to the ground being waterlogged.
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    P.S.C. LADIES’ GOLF
    25 16 The Penang Sports Club Ladies’ MonthljMedal Golf, for September, will be played on Sept. 7 and B—Stapleford8—Stapleford competition over holes 10 —18.
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    TODAYS PRICES
    22 16 TIN Singapore per pkl. Penang $99.00 per pkl. RUBBER Singapore—Spot 27% c per 11). Penang —Spot 27% c per lb
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    106 16 Previously Latest Paris 178 23 64 178 21 64 New York 4.88% 4.88 Montreal 4 98% 4.89 Brussels 28.93% 28-90% Geneva 21.30% 21.29% Amsterdam 8.92% 8.92% Milan 92’; 92% Berlin 12.17% 12.17% Stockholm 19.39% 19.39% Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26% nominal Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague
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    COMMODITIES AND METALS
    120 16 London, August 25. RUBBER: Easy.— London 8 buyers 8% sellers Oct./Dec. 8% buyers 8% sellers Jan./Mar. 8% buyers 8% sellers Apl./June 8% buyers 8,";. sellers NEW YORK 16.47 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 64.496 tons Liverpool 34,871 tons COPRA Straits S.D. Rotterdam August £ll. 0. 0 FEPPER:
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    GERMAN WOMAN SWIMS THE CHANNEL
    51 16 .—Reuter. Calais, Aug. 26—The German swimmer, Frau Wendell, who left Cape Grisnez yesterday evening, succeeded in swimming the Channel in 15 hours 25 minutes, according to information reaching the Port authorities. She then returned to Calais in the fishing boat which escorted her during her
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    KENNEDY & CO.
    147 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampat 4;1% 4 6 Ayer Weng .65 .70 Batu Selangor 1.35 1.40 ex Berjuntai 9 9 10 6 Hong Fatt .86 .89 Kamunting 9'9 110 Lahat B’6 9|oex London 4 3 Pahang Consol 15 0 16 0 Rahman 1.25 1.30 Rantau 1.45 1.47% Rawang Tin
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    A. A. ANTHONY & CO.
    171 16 A. A. ANTHONY CO. TEN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.35 1.40 Hong Fatt .88 .90 Kuchai 1.34 1.37 Lukut .67% .72%, Petaling 7.90 8.15 Puteh .97% 1.02% Rahman Hyd. 1.22% 1.25 Rantau 1.45 1.47% Sungei Luas 1.60 1.65 Taiping Cons. 1.57% 1.62.tex Ulu Klang .82% .87% Ampat 4|o 4 3
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    HEAVY RAIN IN SINGAPORE
    99 16 No Training Todav (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 26. The race tracks were closed today for training Owing to heavy rain last night. The going tomorrow should be very heavy. SELECTIONS BY TIC-TAC RACE 1: ATHIS SEA MAIDEN TOURNIQUET RACE 2: SPEAR OF SARAWAK THE POACHER
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    RECORDS OF NEWCOMERS
    193 16 Running .At Singapore Races Tomorrow The following are the records of Kerrena and Empress who will be running for the first time in Malaya tomorrow: EMPRESS. (late Little Wonder), by Manfred —Night Star b a m., 4 years. This Australian mare ran seven times last year. 11.3.37
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      190 16 THE LAHAT MINES, LIMITED (Incorporated in England.) Advice has been received by cable of the declaration of an interim dividend of 4', (less Income Taxi in respect of the year to 31,st December, 1938, payable in London on sth proximo to shareholders registered on 24th current. Local shareholders will receive
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