Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 September 1938

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE 11ST EDITION, ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY Vol* XCVI. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1938. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 1500 1 Powers To Intervene If Germans March Into Czechoslovakia On Saturda Mr. Chamberlain Makes Another Offer HITLER REAFFIRMS DETERMINATION TO TAKE ACTION The crisis developed in four distinct stages last night culminating in an official statement that Great Britain, France and Soviet Russia will fight if Czechoslovakia
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  • 245 1 Reuter. a>hington Electrified Washington, Sept. 26-The intimation London that Great Britain France will fight if Czechoslovakia is eclipsed Hitler’s speech and in.gh quarters. ommentators immediately sug ea t y > e al>ove intimation rendered 4 bsolete. The speech itself has caused deepening anxiety. Senator Borah commenting said: -Let it
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  • 90 1 Decides To Remain In London Minister had audienc? hour at Buckingham Palace Mr. Chamberlain reported g the results of conversations ch Ministers and discussed sty the latest develop- situation. after the audience the •r. cement was made troni At the request of the 1 the King has cancelled
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  • 49 1 Reuter. Ministers Sleeping In I heir Offices Sent. 26 For the first time "S. nt crisis Mr. Lyons and rhtin had a long wireless ’lk today. <re remaining in the closest une, including Mr. Thorby, .Defence, are remaining in 1 night long to await cables ii. Reuter.
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  • 29 1 p *uter Sept. 26—Fifty persons are •I and 200 injured in a train ■en Marteorell and Castell Barcelona. Two passenger srom Terragona and the Barcelona, were involved.-
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  • 87 1 Straits Rate Now Same As China Rale A list of minimum war risk insurance rates issued last evening by the Institute of London Underwriters reveals a very' large increase in rates all round, notably for specie between the United Kingdom and China and Japan: outward 605., homeward
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  • 90 1 Rationing In England If Necessary The London Provision Exchange announces that at the request of the Food Defence Plans Department, provision exchanges throughout th.country have decided that prices of haeons hams. butter, cheese, lard cooking fats and marge» »»e will re. n'r at their present level for tuurteen
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  • 763 1 Premier's Promise To Germany < London, Sept. 27 -Mr. Chamberlain ini; is. ued a statement appreciating refer- tnm-de by Herr Hitler in his sp» i to hiF &:r. Chamberlain'si efforts V» eave peace and continues, ‘I cannot abana-on those efforts since it seemo to me incredible that the
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  • 239 1 brisk from early morning. British Wireless. SHELTERS IN EVENT OF AIR RAIDS Trenches are being dug in London parks to provide shelters in possible, air raids. An appeal is being made to all fit available men to help in the work. Mr. Herbert Morrison, M.P., leader of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 36 1 I KAT CO., r’hulia Street, Penang. A P ter Road. Ip° h Phone 932. t ccialiscd in cp .’NG. PRINTING pnlarging M-rvice Guaranteed) Dealers in xs LENSES, FILMS. V -p >TO MOUNTS. graphic accessories HEMICALS. ETC.
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    • 57 1 APIOL STEEL Sure and certain for all Female complaints. Every lady should keep a box in the house. TUa GEORGS TOWN DIBPEMBART 33-54 Bradl Street, Penang. C. 5. 3' < the most important item on my shopping list EllLli EllllL/vEE PHONE PENANG —1500 Jt 1501 BUTTERWORTH—33 L IWFflf /5 /V(7
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  • 636 2 Sequel To Find In Dead Letter Office THREE Chinese, Tan Cheng Keat, lap Ah Kee and lap Boon Im were charged before Mr. Bellamy in the Police Court, Penang, yesterday, with having assisted in the management of a public lottery “The Perak Oversea
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  • 151 2 Agenda For Today’s Meeting Following is the agenda for the meeting of the Penang Municipal Commissioners today:— 1. To confirm minutes of last Ordinary Meeting held on 13th September 1938. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4 To confirm decisions arrived at
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  • 471 2 Admits Criminal Breach Of Trust A middle-aged Chinese woman, Cheah Slew Kim, was sentenced to two, eight and three montns' ngorous imprisonment, tne sentences to run consecutively, by Mr. L. B. Gibson, the District Judge, renang, yesterday, when she was charged on three counts
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  • 60 2 Magistrate Defers Sentence Sentence was deferred till October 5, by Mr. Lim Koon Teck, the second Penang magistrate, yesterday, in the case in which a Chinese, Sin See Thiew, pleaded guilty to three charges, of being in possession of dutiable liquor, fermenting dutiable liquor and a complete
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  • 493 2 (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star, Sept. 26. After several days' hearing, the trial in which a Siamese Din Loy was charged with culpable homicide, not amounting to murder, was concluded yesterday, and Din Loy was convicted and sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment
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  • 277 2 Latest List ()f donations Contributions reeci, aus? ttstreM eik Hoe Tong Mr L IQ.qj Hoon San Hock Hin Bros. Ltd (Office staff» Dunlop Rubber Co Ltd” 63 S 3 staff W Ban Hong Aun Mr. Loh Kim Sai Heng Aik staff B i) Heng Aik staff 9-0®
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  • 125 2 Chinese Woman lined A tine of $25, in default, three weeks rigorous imprisonment, was imposed y Mr. Lim Koon Teck, the second Penang magistrate, on a middle-aged ne B woman, Ang Kim who pleaded g r yesterday, to a charge of being ,n P° session of
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  • 130 2 The or received by g Statistics, S.S. n 24 inclusive, the period Sept. 19 Sep use in the and are available for pu> g ui ]di n g. Reference Library. Government Penang. by member» Application may be mad t 0 of the public resident borrow' publications
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 361 2 don't let that ’HARMLESSSCRATCH BECOME SEPTIC Cuticura Ointment prevents bloodpoisoning—heals ugly skin disease SAFETY FIRST I Never neglect the I the rest away until the injury is safely lligl.eiteen.tr>> No be without this, poisonrag abound everywhere- in f-uliu> healer and protector against you may have ph.Usd wp and keeps keep
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  • 593 3 .-Reuter. LtS iIASKS DISTRIBUTED IN BRITAIN 1 '«ENT HAS BEEN N SUMMOKED to qi I'l OX WEDNESDAY AT 2.15 PM THE H OU<I OE LORDS WILE MEET ON THE SAME n\Y i>( T, IN ORDER TO HEAR THE PREMIER’S <| l.i LL i ROM LHE
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  • 224 3 Reuter. Opposition Leader’s Leiter To Premier London, Sept. 26 Mr. C R. Attlee, the opposition leader, today addressed the following letter to the Prime Minister: “The terms of Herr Hitler's memorandum which you agreed to submit to the Czechoslovakian Government has, I believe, profoundly shocked
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  • 121 3 “Business As Usual” (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 26. Although cancellation of leave in the three Services is occurring in Great Britain business is still largely as usual n the Singapore headquarters of the Army, the Royal Navy and the Air Force. However, restrictions have
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  • 47 3 Troops Training For King’s Review (From Our Own Correspondent) Bangkok, Sept. 26. The Ministry of Defence has issued a communique denying mobilsation of the army and adds that the troops are only in training for the King’s review on his return to Siam.
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  • 50 3 —Reuter. Being Hurriedly Shipped Mexico City, Sept. 26- Mexican Oil bought by Germany is being hurriedly shipped for the North Sea. It is that two tankers, the Norwegian and th Greem each with a capacity of 100,OW barrels is leaving for Hamburg at any moment. —Reuter.
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  • 985 3 Rioter Sentenced To Seven Months’ Imprisonment photograph, taken by a police photographer just as a Chinese was addressing, in Mussolini fashion, a crowd which had gathered in front of C hop '1 ong Aik, Penang, during the recent riots, was one of the
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  • 207 3 -Reuter. Wa<hinv>':i. Sept. 26 Mr. Roosevelt has telegraphed direct to Herr Hitler and Dr. Benes saying, "On hehalf of 130,000 people m the United States and for the .•ike <f humanity everywhere, I earnestv appeal to you to break off the respeicefully towards fair > the Sudeten
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  • 126 3 Reuter. Am ail i n<r Further Developments London, Sept. 26. n with Saturday’s reaction on foreign Exchange Market, events ©Vpr fk me week-end failed to produce in•Jjate activity. (J 1 demind for dollars from all sides p 11 1 on a lesser scale, with ’hd lll,| n Fund
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  • 28 3 Reuter. W(^ lghJU Sep l 2«.— The B riningham fcith th 2 -P' m loda y f° r Hong Kong, Seaforths aboard.- Reuter.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 469 3 SHE PUT Ofl 21 POUiiDS OF FLESH rat’s wonderfully better” Nothing is more worrying than loss of weight. To watch the scales anxiously, hoping against hope for an Increase of just one ounce —to take bottles and bottles of fishyfasting oil and still feel no better —to lie awa ;<’
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  • 611 4 A Woman’s Opinion Miss Violet Ponnudorai. the only female speaker in the debate held at the Hutch-; ings School on. the subject ‘lt is high time, that Malaya had a university of her own’ j last Saturday night gave a woman's opin- ion on the subject. She
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  • 51 4 This evening at the “Esplanade” from 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.: 1. March The Thin Red Line. Alford. 2.Selection Community Land. No. 2. —Stoddon. 3. Waltz Stories Of The Vienna Forest. —Strauss. 5. Idyl Blumengefluster. Bion. 6. Selection W. Sanderson's Popular Songs. Hume. 7. Fox Trot Dream Time.
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  • 699 4 Inequality Evils: Views Of Governments Concerned THE Controller of Labour for Malaya in his annual report for 1937, referring to the question of sexratio among Indian coolies, declares that the views of the Malayan Government and of the Indian Government are the same, namely,
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  • 828 4 Standards Of Living Must Be Raised In a report on “Problems of Industry in the East.” which was submitted to the International Labour Conference at its recent session in Geneva, Mr. Harold B. Butler, Director of the International Labour Office, sees the closing of
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  • 423 4 Woman Driver Crashes At 50 M.P.11. (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. Sept. 26. Following the enthusiasm displayed by competitors and spectators during the exhilirating day’s spor; at the successful A.A.M. Singapore Trophy sipeed trials at Farrer Road yesterday, these motor events may become a regular fixture
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  • 118 4 Mr. Anthony Doss Entertained (From Our Own Correspondent) Bukit Mertaja.m, Sept. 26. Prior to his departure on transfer to Singapore, Mr. M. Anthony Doss, of the local Post Office, was entertained to a farewell dinner, at the Bukit Mertajam Recreation Club at eight o’clock last
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  • 339 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL end hI .S7 UmP r V.** Mr. Al. j British Foreign Bibk lnemt *r f f "«ley M seriously ill has been L* r VVu Lien Teh h Q office from Messrs. m ren aoved K now has hi s O w n consulting harttlacy M Pensary at
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  • 208 4 Cattle. Goat;- And ”(iliit-Fiiii<l'“ South Indian labourers hav> teen accustomed to invest their saving, money-lending transactions, in ca tG an. m goats, declares Mr. C. Wilson. Controller of Labour. Malaya, refernn. ♦o savings among labourers in annual report of the Malaya I Department. Another
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  • 497 5 Should Register /or Home Defence” London The awful tension of the last lew weeks should have brought home to all of us the importance of being prepared as a nation for any < wntuality if our voice in Europe is to be listened to
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  • 516 5 ‘"Most Courted Of Beauties’” a Nina p ierson, most courted of ex-follies girls, has been found dead in a Fa ns hotel. She was stretched out on the bed in a crumpled but beautiful afternoon frock. Her death was due to heart attack was the coroner’s
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  • 125 5 Used In Last War Hull A huge siren which was u-e 1 here during the Great War to warn che people of approaching air raiders, an which was placed in the city’s Transport Museum as a “thing of the past." may be brought into action
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  • 297 5 Wed Io A Girl He Had Xot Met ugh lie had never set n an before, a Briton in Is himself legally married 4 from Vienna.' loaretufe" .gle has been caused by ■lie "brokers" now reapby providing “accomfor European refuge» s t- they were when they nave
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  • 144 5 'l'n In Quest Of eiiture u spirit of adventure" '•<lS 1 ’ion of one of the 12 India and Burma Civil motoring from London 1 their appointments. 1 x led themselves into three ich. The first left last venture received the St t rotary for India,
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  • 368 5 Built Business From Hobby •r London —Fortune has come to comman. iei Francis T. Hare, retired naval officer and head of a £lOO.OOO bus company, through what was, originally, his hobby! Tired of having nothing to do after s aving the Service, he bought four old
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 135 5 Try Grant’s r rrom Test itt venerable I MnoothneM anti full rich I Highland flavour and you wHI f agree that Grant’s is the meet beautiful, the most soft, and the most mellowed matured |D A Ikl r r I Whisky you have ever tasted, l E/ IN I" i"
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    • 55 6 The Brightest and Merriest Spot in Penang ELYSEE CABARET TONIGHT Dancing from 9.15 p.m. to Midnight CHARMING ENTERTAINING HOSTESSES PENANG'S MOST POPULAR HOTEL ELYSEE HOTEL Centrally Situated A Few Minutes’ Drive From The Pier or Railway s jn COOL, AIRY ROOMS WITH BATHROOMS ATTACHED MODERN SANITATION THROUGHOUT EXCELLENT BAR CUISINE
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 412 6 H? V A OPENING TONIGHT 6.15 9.30 gy yp gir K il Y S.J HERE COMES THE BRIDE! it (Willi a $250,000 Guy at Her Side!) XJO m HKAI-TY ox BROADWAY IT’S GOOFY IT’S GRAND HF HAD A FORTUNE TO SHARESHE HAD A HEART TO LOSE WAIT TILL YOU SEE
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    • 118 6 KLJLLM CORONATION TALKIES KULIM 6.45 p.m. TONIGHT—9.3O p«m. (A Rollicking Hindustani Musical Comedy Hit Here She Comes The Modern Indian Girl She will Shock you with her Westernised Ideas I She Greets and Pats You on tha back with “Hello, Sonny She Smgs She Dances She is Carefree She Marries
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    • 334 6 IAST nk;ht tom,;ht 6.30 p.m. 9 30 p m SPECIAL MATINEE TOMORROW AT 2.30 p m AT 1 ET) PPinro A SENSATIONAL CHINESE WAR NEWS “HSU CHOW BATTLETHE RAGING BATTLE BROUGHT VIVIDLY BEFORE YOT’ rv Tur CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STUDIO WHOSE DAUNTLESS Cauld, MEN RISKED THEIR LIVES TO FILM THE PICTURE
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  • 668 7 Man Who Posed As Peer At Balmoral London —Few men have the ability, the personality, the dashing good looks of Piccadilly Algy.” Fewer men nave lived such lives of b. azen imposture and deceit, have suffered Su Keenly as he when black shadows of
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  • 124 7 Opening Tonight At Town Hall Frederick Lonsdale’s musical comedy, “The Maid of the Mountains,” produced by the Penang Choral and Dramatic Society, opens tonight at the Town HaUL The play should not be missed. A few $3 and $2 seats are still available for the show
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  • 121 7 “Mass Non-Violence” Bombay’—Mr. Gandhi has evolved new plan for what is called “non-violence ora mass scale.’’ This he intends to put liefore the Congress Committee at Delhi. It is stated that he is distressed by th»» frequent breaches of Congress discipline, and sorry that
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  • 98 7 During the week ending iiept. 1938, exports from Malayan porta amounted to ***** cases, of which 23,417 (63 per cent) cases were to the United Kingdom, 3.670 (10 per cent cases to the Continent of Europe.. 13.75 (4 per cent) cases to Canada, and* 8.767(23 per
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  • 81 7 Interim Dividend Decision Deferred The board of this company consider» that, having regard to the low level ot the export quota, the usual quarterly returns would not reflect the true result* of the working of the mine. Ihiblicaiion will therefore not be made with regard! to the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 336 7 TONIGHT LADIES’ GUEST NIGHT WEMBLEY PARK Tonight Tuesday, 27 th September, 1938. MOLEK STAR OPERA: Will Stage KINTA BOHAN Last Part Strongly Supported By The Latest Vaudeville Extra Tumc ■> i r .cil EOR THE TWO GREATEST STORIES -"J UM"aid ™ImBRU" Definitely Last Few Nights THE (HINA GREAT TRAVELLING OPERA
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    • 73 7 wrue\ book/ “;1 bhm HfM 1 e. MfcUe HENRY WAUGH CO., LTD. ss 4FM s IT PAYS TO BUY AT □iex EASTERN BAZAAR < THE BLUE SHOP > WE SUGGEST YOU CALL BEFORE GOING \vT.i‘d ELSEWHERE TO SELECT YOUR CHOICE □MI FROM A WIDE RANGE OF ENGLISH SILK 13 7
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    • 120 7 TAKE HORLICKSI REGULARLY I IT WILL SOON GIVE| YOU NEW ENERGY! This heals PILES Stops Pain, Itching, Bleeding Your piles may be bo swollen and eau*r Buch agony and terror to n-plaM them, that you have given up hope of cur* except by operation. Be persuaded t« try Dr. Van
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 132 7 OPENING FRIDAY INTRODUCING HOLLYWOOD’S NEWEST SCREEN FIND DANIELLE darrieux dfc are cordially ''"’V ted to attend.. the most exciting InaL* W L 11 ton m motion M M Ĕw •OH U picture history, when '< WhrW Ofc A 3 eile Darneux Sf 1 eature o F a IwR X W*
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    • 159 7 DROUGHT HACK IN RESPONSE TO NUMEROUS REQUESTS ITFF N Q 6.IS—TONIGHT—9.3O A n| Matinee* Today at 3 p.m. Matinee Prices Downstairs 15 30 cents. DEANNA DURBIN IN ‘MAD ABOUT MUSIC’ jU# with HERBERT MARSHALL, GAIL PATRICK and ARTHUR TREACHER HEAR AGAIN DEANNA SING:— A F« “I LOVE TO WHISTLE” TOGETHER
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  • 334 8 MODERN trend of Malayan architecture was criticised by Dr. Barclay Barrowman in a paper read before the T.S.P. conference in Penang last week. Even the least architecturally-minded among us have noticed the tendency in Malaya in recent years to go in more and more for
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  • 389 8 defendant was fined $l5 in the Penang Police Court yesterday under the ild Animals and Birds Protection Ordinance for shooting small birds with an air gun. We hope this case will draw the attention of holders ol firearm licenses to the fact that under the Ordinance referred
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  • 293 8 7 Months’ Prison The District Court, PerAng, was packed this morning xvheo Mr. L.B. Gibson, the District Judge, delivered judgment in the case in which two well-known local Chinese, Lim Eng Kooi and Lim Er,g Kok, were charged with a serious offence, under Section 377 a of
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  • 307 8 “Deliberate Perjury On One Side*’ “In this case, there has been deliberate perjury on one side or the other” said Mr, Justice Howes in the Supreme Court this morning when lie delivered judgment in the White Rose Beauty Parlour case in which a brother is suing
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  • 75 8 Dr. Benes’ Spirit Of Accommodation Reuter is reliably informed in London on the basis of official information from Prague that Dr. Benes has sent a personal letter to M. Moscicki conveying his willingness to terminate the CzechoPolish dispute even at the cost of revision of the Czech frontier
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  • 177 8 R.A.F. Men Called Up In Britain Purely as a precautionary measure and in relation only to Home defence, the Government has taken certain air defence measures including the recall of R.A.F. personnel on leave, calling up observer corps attached to the R.A.F and the institution of the air
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  • 50 8 (From Our Own Correspondent I Singapore, Sept. 26. Although Captain T. B. Drew of H M.S. Royal Oak is due to embark within the next few’ days to take over his new appointment of Commodore in Malaya, his appointment has been definitely postponed, the Pinang Gazette understands.
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  • 35 8 Mr. M. E. Barrett, Kuala Muda Rubber Estates Ltd., is Chairman of the United Kedah Planters’ Association and not Mr. H. A. Campbell as was stated in our report of the I.S.P. dinner.
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  • 35 8 We are asked to state that the Tan Choon Hong who w r as recently charged in the Courts is not the Mr. Tan Choon •Hong, rubber dealer, of Balik Pulau.
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  • 472 8 D^hisk er i sation T HI «9b lC lrat lunctl n the anu jowls of Penan.., K .how a s lt iil enter pnse m the direction 1 appeal. have t )evel consciousness, r leallv feel t lat if f Well” on ulre ha and ■•come” uu
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 193 8 lUIIILH This machine X3w>has been spe- cially designed Ul™ AUtSP-T A j’ for Tropical g' 7yjT* I t*ia- /51 grasses built Hz 1 'U 4-yxfejtfSk, on powerful Q 2* c OyN 1 J “u y~ JB jf THE PANTHER I There are over a million of these machines cuts right
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    • 58 8 SPERRY PURE ROLLED OATS WtCHT IL* Q~3 I -axc-kctc*!© etS3EgjN£CC®» Specially packed to protect your health, as well as to preserve the shape of the Flakes and wholeness of the gram. SPECIALLY PACKED FOR THE TROPICS fa Airtight Vacuum Tins Obtainable at all the Leading Provisions Dealers Sole Acenta Henry
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  • 434 9 Sir J. Bagnall On Conditions In Mining Industry HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF STRAITS TRADING (brom Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Sept. 26 1 here are many people in Malaya who are unable to appreciate the alleged benefits oi restriction as applied to this country, said the Hon.
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  • 423 9 Binlang Tujoh A Good Bet 1... in Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 27. igniiicant that although ■,k ;i number of horses in rnt It todav for the Selangor Turf \utumn Meeting several did numbers and although E. I >,,1)1),-11} bail some mounts none of the
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  • 766 9 HOCKEY Ball Split In Two In K. H. P.—P. K. C. Match Iwo hockey matches played in Penang yesterday, ended in a draw, four goals being shared in both cases. Playing with only nine men in the first half, ami ten in the second, the Kedah
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  • 194 9 Charity Show A Big Success Under the auspices of the Philomath! c Union, the Penang Labourers’ Variety Concert in aid of the Souttt China Relief 9 und was held last night at the Fun amt Frolic Park. The enterprise proved a great success, and a crowd of approximately
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  • 93 9 Match To Be Finished Today The women’s doubles final in the Penang Sports Club lawn tennis tournament between Mrs. C. P Purcell and Mrs. J. W. Clark (-30.3) and Mrs. G. E. Baughan and Mrs. T. W. Hickey (-15.5) will be finished this evening on the Esplanade.
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  • 42 9 A devotional meeting of the Young People’s Society, Penang will be held tonight at 8 at the Chinese Methodist Church, Madras Lane. The speaker will be Miss C. L. Rea and her subject:— The White Cross Colony in Java.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 71 9 is k BOSTITCH FASTENERS Non* Sold By 22. Beach Street, Penang. ’Phone 551, Price £7.00 Complete With 5.000 Staples. ASK FOR ONE ON APPROVAL By arrangement at 5 p.m., we calle sSBK vpoi’ ,he a,tist During a day 4 search for inspiration he rec med upon his back and gazed
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    • 96 9 I THB TRUf TONIC FOOD I ObtalMb/« Store* Strong, sturdy limbs, sound hones, the happiness of abounding health —these are isome of the gifts bestowed by r his famous English Food, Something a little better, something a little different, have made Cow Gate m pre-eminent. That is why Mothers say
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    • 88 9 1 II wpnnocr I IVI 1939 MODEL REFRIGERATORS SPECIAL FEATLRES ALL TRAYS RUBBER GRID INTERIOR LIGHT DIMAR L< >CK IMPROVED FINISH REDUCTION IN PRICE STANDARD IN ALL MODELS SIX YEARS GUARANTEE PRICES FROM $225/16. BISHOP STREET PENANG BRIGHTEN YOUR SMILE 9(19' Vl WITH KOLYNOS ’if' V nß( Personal beauty and
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  • 749 10 Government Refuses Prospecting Rights BUT END OF “LIFE” BY NO MEANS IN SIGHT The annual general meeting of Hitani Tin, Limited was held at IpPh. The Hon. Lt.-Col. Cecil Rae, was in the chair. The report and accounts were adopted. Mr. R. P. Brash was
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  • 229 10 Hampered By War Insurance Difficulties It is now clear that a desperate attempt is being made to buy a further spell of uneasy peace by the sacrifice not only of the Czechs but of certain fundamental principles as well, write Stanton Nelson and Co. Ltd, Whether this attempt
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  • 519 10 Prices Rise And React Messrs. S. E. Levy and Co, in their weekly review of the American security and commodity markets states: a Hopeful optimism earlier in the week j on the apparent easing of the European r tension was succeeded by disappointment, which reversed the trend of
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  • 151 10 Kay Petre’s Seven Does Well In the highispeed Paris-Nice trial, beginning with a speed test at Montlhery, and concluding with climbing La Turbie, the famous international hill, Mrs. Kay Petre, and Mm. Itier, driving an Austin Seven sports model, secured first place in the 750 c.c. class, by
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • 902 11 Today’s Ceremony PREPARING FOR THE LAUNCH Viewed as I first saw it on a bleak morning seven months ago, unpainted and rusty-red, plated to the level of the main deck, something over ore hundred feet above ground level, it was difficult to recognise the stupendous
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  • 308 11 S.S. KRIAN arrived this morning- from Hagan Datoh, and T«clok Anson, sails today at 5 p.m. for Belawan-Deli. S.S. “DAJAK” arrived from Tandjong-p O era, sails tomorrow for North, North Eastern and North Western Sumatra at about noon. M.S. “LALANDIA” arrived from Europe via Colombo,
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    • 666 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE WEEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT GLENSHIEL Calls Antwerp Middleshoro’ Leaves Penang Due London A. SARPEDON Calls Marseilles Glasgow on Oct 27 PERSEUS Calls Hull Gdyina 30 Oct 26 TEN DAY SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE N V 2 LAOMEDON Calls Glasgow Liverpool o EURY MEDON Omits
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    • 114 11 SILVER JAVA PACIFIC LINE Joint Service of Pacific Java Bengal Line and Silver Line, Limited to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and North Pacific Ports. m.v. “SILVERBEECH” (S) Sept. 30 (via Manila) m.v. ‘‘BENGALEN” (P) Oct. 14 (via Manila) m.v. “BENGKALIS” (P) Oct. 14 (via Manila) VESSELS FROM PACIFIC COAST,
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    • 634 11 P£O BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England) PORT SWETTENHAIM, MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. “ROHNA” SAILING THURSDAY, 29th SEPTEMBER Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under Penang, Telck Anson, Port Swettenham, contract with His Majesty’s Government Malacca and Singapore Service. London and Far East Mail Service. S/S “BULAN” Sept. 30 Outwards from London
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  • 225 12 A H eather Robot In The Sky We need to know more about tomorrow’s weather n<.- did, or we think we do. for so much that we do depends upon Now we hear that weather robots ar being employe A lnar ’4. n Weather Bureau to bring news
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  • 511 12 Latest Times Of Posting AIK MAILS: El ROPE AiND THE W EST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For Burma (excep. Victor a Point), India. Aden, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan. Kenya. Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar Northern and southern Rhouesia, Nyasaland, Soutn Africa, Great Britain, Ireland, Canaua and Newfoundland. Ord.nary
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  • 349 12 The radio industry m making a b id lor prosperity ano it for its resources an ev ote< mg the public value for money. British radio set are sturdily built an() come as near to perfecdon as it < .sible to get. (><■ O ft Pn j
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    • 2309 12 1 NIROM service >->* 4^BI^RB^^ f W petition of news bulletin \\l) Red 5 50 Dance music. 6.20 Orchestral opera 6.02 p.m. to 12.20 a.m.: GSJ. GSG and- fragments. 6.50 Aneta news and weather GSF; and GSG from 6.02 p.m. to 11.20 bu n e tin. 7.10 Programme preview. Fa-P-ni.
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    • 50 12 PENANG DAIL) WEATHLK report FORT CORN"ALUS YESTERDAY ’S TEMI’EKAH U 5 o oi. 6a.m. oon 82 E 86 s R \INI 'ALL Sept. 25 nil TIDE TABLE TOD L 0« HIGH s 45 p ni. 2.18 p m. tomorrow a io a.m. 2 31 a m o 19 p.m2.44 pm
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  • 153 13 i'he decision of the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, last week, to go and discuss the European 11 Isis with Herr Hitler gave new hopes bi p'dee: (Above): Nowhere is the result of the Chamberlain-Hitler talks more anxiously awaited than in Prague, Czechoslovak capital,
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    • 118 13 BOBBY BEAR'S ADVENTURES: Alpine Climbersjl) W/ a v z v. v/' A /J BL sIL_ I z« u But Percy won’t listen to such good advice, As the glacier’s tricky the guide goes nhea a A/I(i hc s u ps> dragging Bobby as well down the tee. steps- Look out,
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  • 856 14 SECOND DAY OF SELANGOR TURF CLUB AUTUMN MEETING Below will be found the full programme for tomorrow’s races at Kuala Lumpur, the second day of the Selangor Turf Club Autumn Meeting: RACE 1 3.00 p.m. PONIES —Class I—Division 3 6 Furlongs. 0
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  • 726 14 P.R.C. O.X.A. DRAW AGAIN P.F.A. CUP-TIE No Goals Despite Extra Time Despite extra time being called, the Old Xaverians Association were once again held to a draw this time a goalless one by the Penang Recreation Club on the St. Xavier’s ground yesterday, in the most thrilling and spectacular game
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  • 53 14 i.—Reuter. On Non-Stop Flight To Far East' Moscow, Sept. 26—Three Soviet Ait women, who took off from Moscow for a non-stop flight to the Far Eastward are missing. Wireless communication wa? kept up with them until they were East of Lake Baikal, which they passed a
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  • 539 15 poor Display At Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 26. Last Night’s wrestling at the }laj World almost caused a riot. When the Australian, Arty Counsel, forced the Chinese, Wong Rock Cheong, through the ropes and appeared to kick him a section of
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  • 400 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 26. A record crowd was at the Clerical Union's Haw-Par Gymnasium Hall yesterday morning to witness the battle between Tan Chong Tee and Wong Peng Soon, the Malayan singles champion and ninner-up respectively, for the right to contest the final
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  • 126 15 Preston Bosses Phone Trainer During Matches I Not having hit their usual high spots this season, Chester seek to add a bit sentatives from Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Leicester. Main interest was in Tompkins, Fulham’s brilliant half-back. Southampton, who are in need of a new full-back, are
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  • 417 15 The postponed encounter between Eddie Phillips and Jack Doyle tonight should be exciting—for the reason that no one has the vaguest idea what is likely to happen. Doyle has issued statements from the middle of an admiring throng at a holiday camp, from a mansion at Maidenhead,
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  • 274 15 Johore Retain Trophy (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Sept. 26 Beating Singapore by four out of the five matches played on the courts of the International Club, yesterday, Johore retained the Iskandar Cup, presented by the Sultan of Perak for inter-state tennis among Malay competitors. The Sultan
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  • 507 15 London— After a duel at more than 80 m.p.h., Prince Birabongse, of Siam (B. Bira), roared past Raymond Mavs in the last lap of the British Racing Drivers’ Club’s 192 miles road race at Brooklands to win victory and the £250 prize. Smoke
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    • 131 15 Step by jrT StepDistilling Fine whiskies distilled with tra- 7 n. ditional skill each with a special quality of its own chosen for Johnnie Walker by < //f\ experts who know Maturing exactly what they Long years in oak 3k want. casks.... peaceful, Ag unhurried time for the whiskies to
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    • 33 15 n By J. MILLAR WATT I O|* Future Economy —■> r- 1 —————77 TtuaT'LL SAV& MG TUG GXPGNSG OLDCRTHANt > NG M°RG TAKEN RGALLY AMkZ ON. -<i IrJ/ \a X Vo, V w fl rir
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  • 122 16 ■ppjy w PREVIOUSLY LATEST LONDON (Spot) £193.15. 0 £193.15. 0 LONDON— f 3 monWui) £194.10. 0 £194.10. 0 SINGAPORE $98.25 $98.50 BUSINESS DONE PENANG »3 598.00 $98.50 BUSINESS DONE Buyers no sellers 75 tons oOPRA—(Sundried) $3.40 $3.35 BLACK PEPPER $8.50 $8.50 RUBBER LONDON 7%d NEW YORK 15;gc(G) 15}j}c(G) «TNG
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  • 370 16 snare of £1 denomination unless otherwise state Yesterday Rise or Fall Yesterday Rise or Fall Con. 5 d.c. 44-64 114%xd Burmah Oil 80 7% —4 4% Funding 4 d.c. 60-90 llOxd Eagle Coni. 4 pesos. 34% -6d W.r Loan 3>4 p.e. 92 -TM, P C rT r *U.S.
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  • 121 16 London. Sept. 26. RUBBER Weak.— London 7] l buyers 7% sellers Oct./Dec. 7iJ do 7% do Jan./Mar. 71,1 do 7?;; do Apl./June 7% do 7% do NEW YORK 15.65 cts. United Kingdom Stocks London 63,842 tons Liverpool 34,979 tons COPRA: Straits S.D. Rotterdam. Sept £10.15. 0 PEPPER
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  • 100 16 Previously Latest Parks 178 35'64 1781 J New York 4 79% 4.75 Montreal 4.79% Brussel 28.42% 28.09 Geneva 21.23% 21.25 Amsterdam 8.91% 8 92% Milan 91% 90 /ĕ Berlin 12.00% 12.00% Stockholm. 19.40 19.39% Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna 26% nominal Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 138%
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  • 174 16 TIN Buyers Sellers Ampats 3’3 3*7% B. Selangors 1.25 l.:0 Jelebus .62 67% Johans .25 .27% K. Lanjuts 176 J 7 9 K. Kamuntings 86 8 6 Kramats 9 6 10 0 K. Kampars 1216 13'3 Kuchais 1.25 1.30 Kundangs 5 3 5 9 Laruts 9 6
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  • 83 16 Reuter. Prices Marked Down And Widened London, Sept. 26—The Stock Exchange in common with all other markets faced events calmly, though business was reduced to a minimum as dealers precautionarily quoted vary wide ranges at lower levels. Among commodities wheat yielded the greater part of Saturday’s gains owing
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  • 290 16 INITIAL REACT lON TO SPEECH New York. Sept. 26 After a lower opening due to week-end developments, markets were purely a waiting affair until the Hitler speech. The early pari of the speech was less warlike than expected. Hence a sharp rally’ foilow. d up the weakness when
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  • 146 16 MINING Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.25 1. 30 Hong Fatt .73 .76 Jelebu .67% .72% Kpg. Lanjut 17'6 18 0 Kramat 10j0 10 4% Kuchai Ordy. 1.25 1.30 Mambau .47% .52,'c Pungah 19|3 19 9 Rahman 1 17 1 22 Rantau 1.32% 1 3» Rauh Gold 4.80
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  • 93 16 TIN Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.25 1.30 Hong Fatt .72% .77% Jelebu .65 .70 Rahman Hyd. 1.15 1.20 Rantau 1.32% 1.37% Sungei Ways 1.90 2.00 Taiping Cons. 1.50 1.55 Ampa.t 3'6 4'o Kpg. Kamunting 86 9 0 Kpg Lanjut 17'3 17 9 Kramats 9[9 10 3
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  • 21 16 TIN Singapore $98.50 per pkl Penang $98.50 per pkl BLABBER Penang—Spot 25c per tl Singapore Spot 25c per lb
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  • 270 16 SOON THEAM CO. TINS: Bn vers Sellers -Ahmats 36 46 Ayer Hitams 23 3 24 3 Xver Wengs .59 .63 B. Selangors 1.24 1.28 Hong Fatts .74 .77 Jclapangs 29’6 :>0 6 Jelebus .66 .70 Kamuntings 9 0 99 K Lanjuts 17 0 17 o Ratus 24 0 25 0
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  • 28 16 The Eastbound Netherlands aircraft due in Penang yesterday has been further delayed at Karacni owing to engine trouble. The local agents expect its arrival tomorrow.
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  • 88 16 Penang Sports Club Beat Planters The Penang Sports Club beat the Incorporated Society of Planters by four matches to nil, three being halved, in a golf match on Sunday. The full results are as follows: L S. P. Craig Malcolm Hastie Gauld 0 Davenport Malcolm Perrin Wood 0 Crystal
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  • 38 16 Reuter. League Champions Beat Cup Holders London, Sept. 26 In the annual F.A Charity Shield played between the Tw-tgue Champions and the Cup winners \rsenal beat Preston North End by two goals to one.—Reuter.
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  • 428 16 A mbiguous B roadcas i From Prague Prague, Sept. 26.—Radio-Prague an nounced that the Anglo-French plan is for the present Government only a basis for an understanding. Berlin, Sept. 26 Sir Horace Wilson is returning to London by air tomorrow bringing Herr Hitler’s reply to Mr Chamberlain. President
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