Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 January 1939

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  • 21 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 15. Vel. XCVIL THURSDAY. JANUARY 19, 1939. PRICE 5 CEN TS.
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  • 244 1 DEMAND FOR RESIGNATION “Further Than Nazis In Germany” Geneva, Wednesday. A storm has arisen over the question of whether Dr. Karl Buicknaidt. toe League of Nations High Commissioner in Danzig, should resign his post. At a private meeting of the Danzig Committee of three
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  • 96 1 —Reuter. Berlin, Wednesday. |>ASIOR Mueller, leader of the opposition church, together with two other Pastors has now to appear on a fourth charge of “misusing the pulpit.’” The charge follows Pastor Mueller's request to parishioners to “pray for the maintenance of peace and the successful
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  • 480 1 Munich Made Release Of Auw Troops Possible, Says Del Vayo Geneva, Wednesday. ALLEGATIONS of record dispatches of German and Italian armaments to Spain in November and December were made by Senor Del ayo at the meeting of the League Council which today
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  • 562 1 Reuter Men In Court London, Wednescav. explosives, pistols, rifle detonators and copies of “Proclamation of the Irish Republic” were among the mass of material produced at Bnw Street Police Court when charges were preferred against seven men who were arrested by Scotland Y’ard following a swoop
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  • 368 1 Embargo On Armaments For Spain To Remain London. Wednesday. A REFUSAL to remove the embargo on the supply of arms and ammu- nition to Spain was made by the Prime Minister. Mr. Chamberlain, in the course of a reply to a letter from Mr. C. R. Attlee who also requested
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  • 86 1 —Reuter. “Nothing Can Be Done” Geneva, Wednesday. The question of the Sino-Japanese dispute raised yesterday by Dr. Wellington Koo was discussed in private by a Committee ot four, namely, France, Britain, Russia and China today, but no decision has yet been reached. The matter will be
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  • 231 1 —Reutei. Washington, Wednesday. A FORECAST that within three 2>. years the United States could be turning out warplanes at the rate of 12,000 a year was made by MajorGeneral Arnold. Cummanuei-in-Cnief of the army Air Corps, -t a secrec session of the House of
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  • 70 1 IMPORTANT ARAB DECISIONS Rent er. London, Tuesday: An indication that important Arab decisions are likely was contained in a telegram irom Mr. Malcolm MacDonald cancelling his attendance at the public meeting at Ross and Cromarty on January 19. in which he said: “A critical point has now been reached in
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  • 41 1 Reuter. lir Wednesday: Hussein Sirry. ■‘on ter of Public Works, has been apo.n’ej War Minister in succession to ’be Pasha Sabry. who resigned on Monday owing to alleged disagreement v-ith his colleagues with regard to army P a y Reuter.
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  • 117 1 Reuter. Paris, Wednesday. Chamber of Deputies Ar iy X Commission today rejected by an overwhelming majority the communist motion demanding the Government to open the Spanish frontier and to send war materials to Spa n. In spite of the increasing clamour of the Left Wing to
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    • 84 1 Si I I I 5 h i I m giving (f dinner X party tomorrow night and I just can't make Bl A- r up my mind what to order." /o/ i a/ *’m here to help A A’n you midant. May I Our European Assistants are always at your
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  • 1287 2 Tom Mooney Is A Free Man VICTIM OF A FRAME-UP San Francisco, Jan. 8. DERSPIRING crowds packed the sun-lit streets of San Francisco on July 22, 1916. Threading its way across the city was a great demonstration parade in favour of bigger army, bigger navy and
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  • 59 2 Mooney, the world’s most famous prisoner, has .been pardoned and set free, after a formal plea to California’s newlyelected Democratic Governor, Culhert Olson. Here is 'the whole grim story of the United States Labour leader's 22 years’ imprisonment on &lt;a framed-up 'charge, and &lt;af the legal battles that
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  • 1422 2 Proposal Afoot In England AN HONOURED POSITION London, Jan. 8. THE House of Commons is seeking some way of en- suring the election of the Speaker as a Member of Parliament without a contest. If rumour is correct, a special constituency of St. Stephens may
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  • 93 2 London, Tuesday: The D&lt;. )(i received a deputation of s 2l r k day with reference to the pron. 7 a joint shipping policy comnutt, public last Wednesday f OI ance of British shipping. Mr. Oliver Stanley, President of Board of Trades, acknowledged
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  • 280 3 Friendship Will Never Be Forgotten CHANCE TO RE-ESTABLISH LEADERSHIP IN FAR EAST C Chungking, Wednesday. vMMENTLNG on the British note to Japan, a spokesman ol Hie Foreign Office today stated: “TL? British note expresses an attitude of justice. It shows that Britain’s firm
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  • 125 3 Rome, Wednesday &lt;mnor Mussolini’s next move ~n chessboard, Count Ciano, Foreign Minister, is now en Dr. Stoyadinovitch, and •.&lt;&lt;!&lt;■ for important talks rty organised in Count .ii; it B Ije, near the Hunfrontier. i Count Ciano is hailed with the Belgrade Press. The tn
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  • 124 3 Reuter. Inp.inese Vi riters Giv ice London, Wednesday, -u. chairman of n&lt; Businessmen's 1 ondon. in a letter ply to Mr. NicholDecember 21. 1938. Japanese autho- &lt; n extreme are to nvenience as posil.le tore fliers in China. navigation on the 1 of water
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  • 50 3 .—Reu- Berlin. Wednesday. 'mmunique issued at the mt. Csaky’s visit stated 'itions between Count 1 n Ribbentrop revealed regarding foreign ‘•1 that friendship be- &lt;■&lt; untrms will be made i* d that the close union ’&gt;'• Hungary, like close a o &lt;tions, is the best further development of
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  • 46 3 Keuter. sday. The Manchukuv unce that they have ar- ug--ing “commander in chief uerilla forces in Manof his principal followers Both are to be tried ig. murdering Japanese l! "l looting villages. r ling vas appointed to the nearly five years ago.
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  • 63 3 'lt *r Statesman Praises Ihi m I terlain Chicago, Wednesday. defence of the Munich made by General Dawes, 1 iker, statesman and authoi 'rations Agreement, when he .I- rare public pronounceGeneral Dawes was addresuvo Association of Com* h«d Mr. Chamberlain as a Earless leader.” and pre•n&lt;
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  • 43 3 Reuter. Hong Kong, Wednesday. Two Chinese assassins today attacneii Dr. Wang Ching-Weis secretary in the heart of the city with a hammer, inflicting serious injuries. The victims are not expected to live. One of the attackers was arrested.-
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  • 50 3 —Reuter. Washington. Tuesday:—A halt ha i?een ordered in purchasing Germar fertilisers for use in German farms at Puerto Rico, stated Mr. Miles Fairbaul of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration. Mr. Fairbank said that this action was taken following protests to Mr. Ickes by American fertiliser firms
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  • 109 3 Reuter. London, Wednesday. The Air Ministry announces that at the conclusion of its visit to Australia, the British air mission will proceed to New Zealand to discuss with the Government there possibilities regarding the menu facture of aircraft in New Zealand. Sir Kingsley
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  • 161 3 I From Cur Own Correspond* nt. &gt; Singapore. Thursday. Sentence of 18 months’ rigorous imprisonment was passed by Mr. L.B. Gibson, in the Singapore Criminal District Court yesterday, on a young Hainanese "toy.’’ who broke into the house of Mr. R. Irving, Secretary to
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  • 86 3 —Reuter. London W ednesday. r p'HE Times’ Rangoon correspondent states that an American-built military aeroplane with heavy armament has arrived there and is being sent across the frontier to China. It js a demonstration model sent in advance of others which are coming in specially chartered
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  • 470 3 iNalioiialists Alake Ao Bin Gains, Says Barcelona Barcelona. V\ ednesday. JPHE ieptiblicans are now holding their ground everywhere on the Catalan front and the Nationalists have made no startling gains it i&gt; claimed here. Last night s communique records violent Nationalist attacks being registered “with
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  • 45 3 tiVil &lt;lllll —Reuter. Barcelona, Wednesday. A COMMUNIQUE reveals the amazing heroism of an infantry sergeant who is stilted to have stopped an advance of thirteen Italian tanks with hand-grenades, putting three out of action and the others to flight.—Reuter.
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  • 392 4 TPHE news that Japan is read} to negotiate with Great Britain and America in regard to the Open Door policy in China, albeit untier certain conditions. indicate that Japan is weakening. The first indication was in December last when Prince Konoye told the Privy Council that Japan was
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  • 1322 4  -  By VINCENT BROME REEP-RED glow, half smothered in the smoke pall. Momentarily it reddens, sends out a shower or sparks—and dies. Again the monotonous beat of machinery. Vast furnace doors have opened and shut. Doors giving upon every countrj throughout the
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  • 622 5 Temporary Markets rpHE face of Penang Road under- went several changes last year ,i many familiar landmarks were removed. Little has been done to r phce them apart from the new pje fronting the Jual Morah jYnang Bazaar). Building operan. are still in progress at the na
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  • 524 5 SEQUEL TO TAXI-DANCERS’ COMPLAINT (From Our Own Correspondent.) v Singapore, Wednesday. FINK oi $2OO, in delault of payment, a month’s rigorous imprisonment, was im nosed on an attractive Chinese woman, Tang Sui Fan, alias Suet Ying, described as the wife of a
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  • 162 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday. A gang of burglars, working methodically in the Cairnhill Road area, for three months has been eluding the patrols that walk the streets every night. Houses along Cairnhill Road, Cairnhill Circle, Bideford Road and Emerald Hill Road, have been raided
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  • 121 5 The Shanghai Hotel, in Kelawei-road, Penang, was the scene of a wedding in the reformed style yesterday, the parties being’ Mr. Ch’ng Chew Lok and Miss Tan Siew Eng, daughter of Mr. Tan. Eoh Sooi. The bridegroom is a business-man in Penang. Mr. Lim Cheng Chuan officiated and
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  • 73 5 The funeral of Madam Lim Gaik Teen will take place on Sunday at 10.30 a.m. in the reformed style for cremamation at the Ayer Itam Temple grounds. The ccrtege will take the following route: Mac Alister Road. Gladstone Road. Carnarvon St.. Kampong Kolam.
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  • 119 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday. Convicted on two charges of assisting the carrying on of public lotteries, Tuo Chin Cheng was fined a total of $6OO by Mr. W. J. Thorogood. in the Singapore Relief Court yesterday. Detective-Inspector Minns arrested the accused in
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  • 66 5 The Governor and High Commissioner. Sir Shenton Thomas, and Lady Thomas, accompanied by the private secretary and aide-de-camp, will leave Singapore by train on Sunday evening for Kuala Lumpur. His Excellency will leave Kuala Lumpur on the morning of January 30. Brigadier H. A.
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  • 240 5 Claim For Damages In Singapore Court &lt; From Cur Own Correspondent.) Singapore. Wednesday. Connected with a fire which broke “out in a godown in Weld Quay. Penang, four 'ears ago, an action for damage-;, which commenced in the Singapore High Court m August last
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  • 324 5 '.LEITER TO THE EDITOR Sir—ln the issue of the Sunday Gazette of the 25th ultimo, there is an article headed “Pity The Poor Motorist. If He Stops After An Accident He Is Assaulted.” In connection with these accidents, Asiatic drivers as a rule consider they must
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  • 119 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday. J.B.W. Pugh, a European w’as acquitted by Mr. K.A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday, on a charged of driving a car negligently and colliding with another car at the junction of Hill Street and North Bridge
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    • 242 6 HAL ROACH, Famous Producer of all the recent LAUREL-HARDY Comedies now brings you the Seasons Snappiest* Romantic Comedy! PENANG’S PREMIER 6 H g HOME OF SUPERIOR TALK lE-1101 SE W W f A V J "fJJB Ll ENTERTAINMENT OPEN IN G TO NIG HT WHAT ON EARTH COULD MAKE A
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    • 81 6 PHONE 1355 A Hilarious Tamil Comedy “MADA SAMBRANI” (or with P. S. Ramuda Iyer, K. V. Suvamappa, C. P. Kannabiraii, V. Ponnamal, K. Kam a lam. P. T. Sundarey, T. R. Seethalakshmi, a very strong supporting cast. A Super-speed Comedy which brings with it a Laugh every minute When a
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    • 336 6 Another Stupendous Double Feature Atirarti nil ROYAL LAST NIGHT TONIGII I A Brand New Idea in Pictures .Sing with the Stars on 7 Grand Favourites Join the Fun Mtrutki C v•c &lt; ;&lt;c-v 0.-a Ilfr I If ft I I gK P P Fbi t H r‘ ■&lt; £j r
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  • 155 7 Judgment was reserved on Tuesday ah ei noon by Che Ismail, Second ‘‘•gistrate, Ipoh, in the summons case which Mr. Lam Weng Chak and his *he, were summoned by Madam Cheong uk Sim, the stepmother of Mr. Weng h’.k on three charges of assault. h&lt;-
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  • 421 7 MR. LAM WENG CHAK, a wellknown Ipoh Chinese, was fined $2 by Che Ismail, the Second Magistrate, on Tuesday afternoon on being found guilty of assaulting Chew Ah Yee. a maid-servant employed at King’s Villa, Gopeng-road, on December 6. The defendant, who
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  • 1504 7 Problems Of Civil Engineers Discussed (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. DOAD, rail and air transportation were subjects reviewed by Mr. Reginald J. Bee, Kuala LumP ur Executive Engineer in his inaugural address as chairman of the E n^^ Association of Malaya’s Selangor Section here
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  • 569 7 MR. R. MOOR has been appointed Crown Counsel, Straits Settlements. Gunboat Jack, the famous boxer who has fought in Malaya, is now fighting in Australia. A. R. Anderson, the well-known Singapore rugby forward, is being transferred to Penang for a short period. RAJA KECHIK BIN ALMARHUM raja
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  • 48 7 A sum of $210,450 will be spent on vernacular schools in Perak this year. Practically all this money will be spent on quarters for teachers. Larut and Matang get $15,480, Kuala Kangsar $26,000, Kinta $39,900, Batang Padang $57,000, Lower Perak $42,000 and Krian $30,070.
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    • 415 7 WEMBLEY PARK Tonight, Thursday 19 th, January, 1939. Molek Silver Opera:Pi* s nts Inche M Suki’s spec alityi ir. “SAMOAN” a first enter-t-rnment for all, specialising a strong star c ast, special Dan-e RouLres, Gr i costumes appropriate musir accompaniment. Watch i-or M Suki’s “CHH*TA” Sun See Toy Cantonese Opera
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    • 63 7 E &0. Dance Hall NIGHTLY 9.30 till midnight SATURDAY 9.30 till 1 a.m. I MUSIC BY TEDDY LONG HIS BAND SPECIALLY SELECTED HOSTESSES ADMISSION FREE. Coupons 4 for 1 9 for 2 f-— EJ NEW SPRINGTIDE HOTEL PHONE NO. «0. TAN JONG BUNGAH. PENANG. frw your pleasure we have erected
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    • 106 7 Royal Theatre Box No. 5 ALOR STAR ’Phone 77. Commencing on Sunday, 22nd January Great News I Good News I Nightly Two Performance 7.00 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. Brought at Great Expense for Your Entertainment. THE CHINA TRAVEL GREAT OPERA Of SHANGHAI For a short season only. Come and see
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  • 2564 8 Dr. N .K. Menon Recounts Stories Of Women Who Hid Their Real Identity CT.'HK’il is really the weaker sex? This question was put to Pen- ang Rotarians at their weekly luncheon, yesterday, by Rotarian N. K. Menon in an address on “The
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  • 43 8 THERE WAS A STRUGGLE last week between {[police and unemployed who attempted t v e a ceffin from a closed lorry opposite the Prime Minister s House, No. io Downing Street. Pictur police keeping back 'some of the demonstrators.
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  • 240 8 1 Magistrate's Evidence At Taiping (From Our Own Correy ondeiii 1 Taiping, Wednesday A preliminary inquiry into ach oc perjury was begun against a y ll Aminuddin bin Khamis, before the faip ing Magistrate today. The accused was represent'd o J. S. Chabra. while th, conducted
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  • 196 9 extile Quota Evasion Now Prevented CANNOT NOW BE IMPORTED AS PRINTED COTTON I WANESE evasion of Malaya’s textile quotas has resulted market being Hooded w&gt;th Japanese sarongs far in nl the quantity permitted under the quotas T! &gt; was done by the simple device of
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  • 193 9 M ANAGEMENT OF P UBLICLOTTERY Ihi r&lt;‘ Chinese (’&lt;&gt;m icted delivered yesterday in '.'ice court by Mr. A. i if case in which three r_ Keat, Yap Ah Knit w&lt;rt charged with lenient of a public :.ve Ann Hotel at Rope :nber 1 last year. iccused the niagis&lt;t he had
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  • 95 9 heating Both Sides ’&lt;» have attempted to de- ■\in rs from whom he for re-sale to the public, outwards the bottom of his thu allowing it to contain it supposed quantity, a Tamil, l ii ver. was produced by Chief 1 quharson in the Middle before Mr
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  • 49 9 Martine, manager of the 1 1 l td.. Penang, will shorti'l i I’enang on transfer to ’lie Borneo Company is v timber enterprise. has been in Penang since 1 a past chairman of the ■mJ» t of Commerce. in i'enang will be tilled by of Singapore.
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  • 367 9 Old Malav Woman Acquitted A ter the prosecution h. _l close its cayesterday, Mr. A. W. B* ILmy, Second Police Magistrate, I’enang. with out calling on the accused to give her defence acquitted and discharged an aged Malay woman, Sarah Bee, at th" resumed nearing
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  • 77 9 An Indian police supervisee named Retnam. with no fewer than seven previous convictions, was yesterday sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, to be followed by one year's police supervision. by Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe, the Ipoh First Magistrate, for theft of a shirt valued at $1.40.
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  • 98 9 A motor accident occurred yesterday noming at the junction of Thea-tre-street and Togo-street. Ipoh, when a fix-year-old Chinese girl and a four-year-old Chinese boy were knocked down by a privately owned motor car driven jy a Malay. The two children apparently were walking along the
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  • 748 9 i CEREMONY’ ACCORDING TO OLD STY LE Highly irteresting traJitionr’ Chinesj r^e s "ere witnesses yesterday at Sunbeam Hall.” Light-street. Penang when Miss Khoo Gim Loo, fourth daughter of the Hon. Mr. Khoo- Sian Ewe, J.P., 0.8. E., and Mrs. Khoo Sian Ewe. was
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  • 115 9 Chinese Clerk Sues Engineer Arising out of a collision between a metor car and motor cycle which occurred at the junction of Tambunroad and Brewster-road. Ipoh, on the evening; of April 11, an action for damages by the motor cyclist is listed for hearing in the Perak
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  • 94 9 inconsiderate Driving I F’rvni Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Wednesday. After a whole day’s hearing, an Ipoh lorry driver named Teoh Beng Tee was convicted yesterday by the Taiping magistrate on a charge of inconsiderate driving and fined $3O. His driving licence was ordered to be
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  • 95 9 An educated Chinese appeared as the defendant m ah unusual case in the Middle Court, Penang, before Mr. Lim Koon Teck yesterday. The man, Lee Soon Ann, was charged with having played music without a licence at Noith Beach-road at
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  • 40 9 Sir Philip Sassoon, Britain's First Commissioner of Works and formerly L nder-Secretary for Air, passed through Penang by Empire flying-boat on Tuesday on his way back to England after a visit to Java and Bali.
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  • 46 9 As the result of slow running at the place of the recent derailment near Slim River, trains from Kuala Lumpur are still arriving at Ipoh behind schedule. The night mail train from Kuala Lumpur arrived at Ipoh yesterday morning thirty minutes late.
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  • 49 9 H.M.S. Aquarius, which arrived from Sabang yesterday, left Penang this morning for Singapore. It is understood that three submarines and one destroyer will be visiting Penang next month for a stay of a week. The destroyer is the Westcott,’ and the submarines are Atus, Grampus and Odin.
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  • 51 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Wednesday. A motor car belonging to a Kuala Kangsar Malay caught fire on Station-road last evening. The Taiping Fire Brigade was summoned. but the firemen on arrival found that the outbreak had been put out by some pedestrains throwing sand on
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  • 310 9 THE boy ruler of Siam, King Ananda Mahidol, who will be passing through Penang tomorrow in the new Danish motor vessel Selandia, will not land, owing to the discovery of a case of smallpox on board, and consequently the programme arranged for
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  • 663 9 ENTRIES for the forthcoming Penang and Province Wellesley Dog Show are coming in satisfactorily. So far about 40 entries have been received. Entries close on January 21 and intending exhibitors are to semi their entries to Mr. A.
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  • 93 9 fan Aug A wedding in the reformed style took place yesterday at the Chinese Consulate between Mr. Tan Wan Tee. attached to Messrs. Boustead Co. Ltd. and Miss Ang Sek See. The ceremony was conducted by Mr. Yeong Chi Heong, representing the Chinese Consul, while the
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  • 99 9 Mrs. Janvarya Soiiauo Mrs. January Soliano. of Cebu, T hilippin? Islar s. aio died at the General Hospital. Penan". &gt;■ Tt’e day, was buried yesterday at t!;e V. tern-road C’enietery. Deceased, who was 59 years of age, lad just arrived from Medan, where she had
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  • 1462 10 Preference Lost For Ever CUSTOMERS DEPRIVED OF SUPPLIES BY RESTRICTION (From Our Own Correspondent) London, January 11. MANY Malayan tin experts have long feared that the inv ability of consumers to secure adequate supplies of the Straits brand of tin. because Restriction
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  • 167 10 Net Profits Decline (From Our Own Correspondent) London, January 10. A DECLINE in net profits for 1938 to &lt;149,318 from the 1937 total of £337,557 is reported by the British Tin Investors Corporation which, under the chairmanship of Capt. O. Lyttteton. has large interests in the Malayan
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  • 184 10 Mr. Harry Hopkins New York, December 23. Mr. Harry Hopkins, head of the Works Progress Administration, has been appointed Secretary of Commerce in succession to Mr. Daniel Roper, who res g ed last week. Mr. Hopkins’ place as W.P.A. Administrator will be filled by Col.
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  • 168 10 Lord Wakefield’s Hopeful View Of Outlook i London, December 22. Viscount Wakefield, addressing the Bread Street Wardmote at Cordwainers Hall yesterday, put forward a plea for a hopeful outlook in regard to 1939. This had been a difficult year with many industries hampered by sla'
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  • 130 10 Where Germany May Be Handicapped (.From Our Own Correspondent) London, January 11. OYNTHETTC rubber is unsuitable for O use in gas masks because of its pungent smell, declared Mr. H. Rogers, of the Northern Rubber Co Ltd. at Leicester this week, and Germany
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  • 284 10 Substantial Profit Disclosed FOLLOWING is the Directors’ report of The Wilkinson process Rubber Co., Ltd., to be presented at the twelfth annual general meeting to be in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, February 16: Agencies Arrangements were completed during the year for the formation of a company
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  • 99 10 IT is understood that the Tronoh-Bota road is to be metalled this year and a sum of .$lO,OOO will be spent on this project. This scheme has been held up for a consideiable time and only light traffic was allowed on the road with the
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  • 362 10 215,000 New 2s. Shares For Shareholders (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Janu«. 9, A N issue to shareholders of 215,000 shares of 2s. each at par, in the proportion of one for ten, is to be made In the Tavoy Tin Dredging Corporation, Ltd. The new
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  • 342 10 Every person leaving for the tropics, especially in the case of regions where malaria is prevalent, is generally advised to take a daily dose of quinine as a nreventive against this malady, and all who take the advice profit accordingly Nevertheless, there
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  • 540 10 TTHE price of tin has developed a slightly easier tendency, the latest London cabled quotations are Spot £216.0.0 and 3 months £216.15.0. with business recorded locally today at $llO.OO per pikul, state Messrs. Lean and Co., Penang. in their share report. The rubber
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    • 34 10 IN THE CENTRE OF LONDON. Midst theatres and shops. 100 bedrooms, with bathroom and ’phone. Fully licensed restaurant open till midnight Special rates for Overseas visitors, uetaila from t MAPurroM Hom ObMm: IT iMin,
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  • 154 11 Mr George Lansbury with on? of his little guests at the 39th annual &gt;n 1 for Poplar children at the Brymay Hall. Poplar, for which Mr. &lt; ansbv 5 1« Member of Parliament (Above) Concentration—B. Hoenlinger, of Paris, studying a move during the Chess Congress
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    • 86 11 S■■ Drink and enjoy A''* uptonh \JTS? TP A Lipton Tea world-famous for its "u* delightful flavour. J* Everyone enjoys it $*L/ lUvrjXlwj —and ICS high wSfiB|//| standard of quality i i* IsjtMp ncvcr var es j&lt; 7 J fy LIPTON’S TEA is ON sale everywhere. Look for the fumout
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  • 210 12 Potsdam Held L p At Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday. The second passenger ship from China to be quarantined at Singapore within a week, after arriving with a case of smallpox, the North German Lloyd liner Potsdam, with 186 passengers, spent five hours at the
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  • 112 12 i From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday. Mr. L. Rayman, M. C. S., who is authoritatively stated to have been chosen to succeed Mr. W. Bartley as Singapore Municipal President when Mr. Bartley retires at the end of the year, goes on leave by the
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  • 98 12 “He has hardly been out for a month and he starts it again,’’ remarked Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe in convicting an elderly Chinese named Chong Yoon on two charges of being in possession of a complete still for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor and
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  • 92 12 Pandit Hridayanath Kunzru, President of the Servants of India Society, Puona. and a prominent Liberal politician, arrived at Ipoh last night from Teluk Anson in the course of his short tuur of Malaya. He is staying at the Station Hotel. The Pandit will be entertained at
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  • 187 12 Proscribed By Government Trivandrum, January 3. The Travancore Government in a notification states: “It appears to the Government that documents containing seditious matter and matter which promotes or is likely to promote feelings of enmity between the different classes of subjects of Travancore have Deen, prepared by
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  • 307 12 Canberra It was one March day in 1910 that Canberra was born. This capital of Australia —the land of the great wide spaces —came into being with the cutting cf the column, in memory of the occasion, in front of the spot where the Capitol now stands. Building
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  • 157 12 (From. Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday. Three baskets containing false goose eggs, in which were concealed $720 worth of non-Govemment chandu, were exhibits in the Singapore Criminal District Court before Mr L. B. Gibson yesterday, during the triai of a Chinese vegetable gardener. Cheng
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  • 363 12 Island Off Singapore Suggested I That the S. S. Government's permission might have to be sought to find haven for Jewish refugees on an island off Singapore, if the Shanghai ban on further refugees was enforced, was the view expressed by a leading member of; the Singapore
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  • 196 12 (From Our Own Correspoi r Batu Gajah, How a vigil of six hours kep’ r. jungle by two out-doos •1: tiie Customs Department waby the arrest of a Chinese you' lated in the Batu Gajah poliv v. Weng Foo claimed trial h Muda Razalli yesterday
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  • 203 12 Mr. Nehru’s Tribute To Reformer Calcutta, January 2. TNDIA’S power to absorb. ;i miiate and digest different cultures, religions and inodes ol life that penetrated into the i at different periods in her hut was referred to by Mr. Jawaff’i la! Nehru, speaking at the l\
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  • 65 12 a ll Charged with being mew be'unlawful society, namely t’" Chinese Anti-Enemy Ba (Students’ Branch), on D&lt; Ipoh. two Chinese youth fa Chok Loon and Ng Weng I. terday produced in the 1 1"’ istrate’s court before 31*. I cliffe. Both accused ple.'dtd that they
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1992 12 18.8. C. Service j Sio Schedule j radio radio radio radio radio radio] penang Singapore For Far East ZHJ 6.08 mc's (49.30 m.) ZHP 9.69 mc/s (30.96 m.) TODAY London, Jan. 13. Following is the proI».M. TODAY bable BBC Service Schedule for the Far 6.00 Indian Music. 7.00 Classical Con-
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  • 569 13 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoli And Penang AIR MAILS OUTWARD 11 ROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For Lunna (except Victoria Point). India, Xfion I'Jusiine, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya 'i'-ng.inyika Uganda, Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, South Africa. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland.
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  • 1254 13 DEPARTURES Today: KRIAN for Bagan Datoh and Teluk Anson. PATROCLUS for Hong Kong, Shanghai and Dairen. AENEAS for Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow. PALOPO for Batavia and Soerabaia. ROHNA for Port Swettenham and Singapore. PRES. VAN BUREN for Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said, Alexandria,
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  • 83 13 Mails for BANGKOK will leave Penang at 9.40 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays, and incoming mails will arrive in Penang at 6.30 p.m. on Sundays and Thursdays. Mails for F.M.S., SINGAPORE, etc. will leave Penang at 8.30 a.m. and 9 p.m.; Ipoh 136 p.m. and 2.10 a.m.; and
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    • 322 13 blue funnel line WEEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON NO RTH CONTINENT AIINEAS Calls Marseilles Glasgow ACHILLES Calls Hull Gdynia Jan: 26 Feb 22 GLENSHIEL Calls Antwerp Middlesboro Jan 27 F«&gt;H 97 ir.A DAY SERVICE TO UWiKPOOL VIA HAVRE PYRRHUS Omits Havre, calls Glasgow j an 20 Feb?l4 MELON' Jan. 24 Mar"
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    • 869 13 P O BRITISH IND'A (Incorpoikted in England) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. ’‘ROHNA” SAILING THURSDAY, 19th JANUARY, 1939. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under For Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh, Port contract with His Majesty’s Governmen’ Swettenham. Malacca and Singapore. London and Far East Mail Service. S/S "BULAN” Jan. 20 Outwards
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • 731 14 Perak Turf Club Meeting ONE hundred and fifty-one entries have been received for the Perak Turf Club’s January-February Professional Meeting. They comprise 44 Class 2 herses, 29 Class 2 ponies and 78 Class 4 horses. The racing days are Saturday, January 28: Wednesday, February 1;
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  • 34 14 Tlie result of the tie played on Tuesday in the Penang Sports Club’s singles handicap bowls tournament is: A Milne (plus 6) beat J. E. A. Clark (plus 6) 21—18.
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  • 40 14 .Apparently glad of the opportunity of stretching their legs after their voyage, sailors from the American liner President Van Beuren, now in port, entertained a fair crowd to a game of baseball on the Esplanade, Penang, yesterday.
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  • 23 14 Tho Penang Ladies’ Hockey Club held a practice game yesterday on the Francis Light School ground. Colours beat Whites B—2.8 —2.
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  • 218 14 Perak Police Defeat Punjab Regiment (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Wednesday. In a thrilling game of hockey today on the Regiment ground, the Perak Polic? I beet the Punjab Regiment two-nil. DesIpite the slippery ground a hot pace was maintained, with both sides attacking r 1ternatively. i
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  • 139 14 Horses And Cup For Daughter Mrs. Mary F. E. Partridge, of Bacton, Pontrilas, Hereford, who won the Grand National in 1927 with Sprig ana widow of Mr. W. B. Partridge. the owner of Timothy Titus, a National Hunt Steeplechase winner, left £60,561. She gave the Cup won
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  • 95 14 tFrom Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Wednesday. After a spell of dry weather a heavy shower fell here this afternoon. The going for Friday’s races is likely to be good. Slow work was done at the course this morning. On Tuesday morning the strings of Sherida and
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  • 32 14 Following is the result of the Consolation Cup (ladies): Mrs. H. Oke 45 5 4'o Mrs. A. Clark 53—13=40 The result being a tie a replay will be arranged
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  • 479 14 Three Tests T&lt;&gt; |j e F layer? After a full day’s sift:- -,t &lt;■ u cutta Cricket Club pavilion i' n Garden the secretary ,t u Me! ket Board of Control, Mi Rao, In the course of an i»-. v the Press stated that the !in
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  • 141 14 The Australian Lawn Tennis Association will be sending a team to play the r»avis Cup and also compete Wimbledon. Last year the Australians travelled to America and played in Davis Cup matches there before going 0 England, where they missed the don tournament. The Australians have
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  • 86 14 London, JanU ?']j^ r The death occurred today d Hutchens, the ‘‘best sprinter 1 v f O r 81. His world’s record of 30 3 c 300 yards is still unbeaten. He eb r ir be8 t this in 1880 and in the same Lemyers. America’s
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    • 361 14 &lt;* The Blood is the Stream of J -fr IMPURE BLOOD is the root cause ot Skin I Diseases, Boils, Eczema, Rashes, Ulcers, i iji Sores, Painful Joints, Rheumatic complaints. Unless ;e oiood is cleansed of i\ impurities and poisons, the arteries rlJHBH|*j and internal organs are damaged, causing bl
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  • 126 15 Scores Six Successive Centuries Sidney, Wednesday. y on Bradman, by scoring ■135 not out for South Aus- alia audrist New South ■lah* 1,1 a Sheffield Shield Catch h&lt; n today, equalled I i{ 1 n world record of L ,uc&lt;» -i'&lt;- centuries, estallMjcd in ,90L
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  • 196 15 ’•ying: "I’ve a Lunch 1 idgham will win the Open this wear I Padgham wn it in 1936, and also I things in sight, but explanation of the tip for him is that his butting touch is back. He is sinking his Putts as though the tin
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  • 164 15 Arsenal’s F. A. Cup defeat at Chelsea must rank as one of the bitterest blows in their history. The big crowds that built Arsenal’s prosperity were fed. and thrived on, success after success. This is actually’ only the second time since 1925 that Arsenal
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  • 62 15 The following play’ers have been chosen to represent the Alin Sin Seah at soccer against the Mannes on Saturday. January 21, at 5.15 p.m. at the Renong ground: Gan Thean Beng; Ong Eng Chye. Tung Sin Huat: Ong Keh Chooi, Lee Soo Teong. Khoo Eng Tong; Ah Kow.
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  • 405 15 pany where the toast is proposed.—Reuter. Kedah State Police Win Convincingly (From Cur Own Correspondent.) Sungei Patani, Wednesday. In a friendly soccer match played yesterday evening on the Bedong Medicos United's ground, Bedong, the Kedah State Police convincingly defeated the Bedong Medicos United by 5 goals
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  • 1017 15 Kanking For 1938 London, Jan. 12. .0 R &lt; f American players—of f 1 iejSl or.als, and women—are British golfers because of of interests and of persona--1 &gt;nat ional events and chamm.' ll has brought about a good h &lt;hanges- -more so than case on this
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  • 233 15 Whizzer Is U.S. Football Hero Byron Raymond (Whizzer) White. 20-year-old college-boy hero of American football, has arrived in England to become a Yank at Oxford. Before he left hi&gt; native land, he collected £3,00C from the Pittsburg Pirates Club of the American League. That sum
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  • 47 15 —Reuter. London, Wednesday. Results of English League football played today: DIVISION lII (Southern) Ipswich 2. Crystal P. 1. Bournemouth 2, Torquay 5. DIVISION Hl—(Northern) New Brighton 5, Hartlepools 2. Rugby Union results as follows: Bristol 3, Royal Navy 6. R.A.F. 11, Cambridge 6.
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  • 126 15 Following is the schedule of racing for the Perak Turf Club meeting at Ipoh: FIRST DAY—JAN. 28 Horses 2: Divs. 1. 2 and 3: 5Vi Furlongs Straight. Horses 4: Div. 1, 6 Furlongs; Divs. 1 and 2, B*i Furlongs. Pcnies 2: Divs. 1 and 2;
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  • 505 15 Penang Against Perak On Esplanade npHIS year’s Colony vs. Malay States cricket “Test” Jias A been fixed to take place at Singapore during the August Bank holidays. This is revealed in the Penang Sports Club’s list of fixtures for the coming season, which is
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    • 131 15 Kidneys Must (lean Out Adds Your body cleans out excess Acids ana tooisonous wastes in your blood thru 9 million tiny delicate Kidney tubes or filters. If Poisons in the Kidneys or Bladder mak* you suffer from Getting Up Nights, Nervousness. Leg Pains, Circles Under Eyes. Backacne, Aching Joints, Acidity,
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  • 66 16 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS TIN LATEST Penang $110.37 Business 2 5 tons Singapore sno 371 c. COPRA Sundried $3.50 Black Pepper $8.50 RUBBER Penang (Spot) 27c Sinranore (Spot) 27c TAPIOCA Fair Seed $3.05 Medium $3.45 RICE Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $5.90 No. 2 $5.70 White No. 1 $6.00 White
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  • 104 16 Prev. Today Paris J77 Ib|6l New York 4.67}g 4.68 3 8 Montreal 4.71% 4.71% Brussels 27.66% 27.70% Geneva 20.7Jfc 20.74 V* Amsterdam 8.62% Milan 88% 89 Berlin 11.65 11.67% Stockholm 19.42 19.42 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19 90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 136% 136%
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  • 124 16 LONDON. January 18. Buyers Seilers RUBBER: Firmer. London 71 gd. Bd. February 71$d. Bd. April/June BtVd. B%d. July,Sept. S%d. Sftd. New T York: (opening) 15.85 cts. United Kingdom Stocks:— London 53,528 tons Liverpool 29,883 tons COPRA: Straits S. D. Rotterdam. Jan. £10.15.0 PEPPER: White in bond.
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  • 182 16 RUBBER: Buvers Sellers Ayer Panas 1.25 1.30 Batu Lintangs 1.07% 1.12% Bassetts -46 .49 Bentas 1.02% 1-07% Brogas .66 .69 Kuala Sidims 2.10 2.20 Indragiris 1.12% 1.17% Lunas 1.55 1.65 Mentakabs .39 .41 Malaka Pindas 1.30 1.35 Pa jams 1.72% 1.80 Sungei Tukangs .97% 1.02% Tapahs 1.70 1.80
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  • 88 16 Beweteen Malayan Administrations In Last Quarter Of 1938 The fol'owing statement of transfers of export rights between Malayan Administrations during October to December, 1938, has been issued by the Controller of Rubber, Malaya: Total Transfers Nett Transfers. Administrations. From To From To lbs. lbs. lbs.
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  • 248 16 New York, Wednesday: The market agp.'n gave good evidence of underlying firmness with signs of demand for better grade stocks an.) significant action on any particular group. Operators still feel strongly that the market wall eventually break out of the current range on upside. but they are
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  • 209 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampat 3'9 4 1% Asam Ku mbang 27 6 28 6 Ayer Weng .57% .62% Batu Selangor 1.32% 1 35 Berjuntai 10 6 113 Hongkong Tin 17 6 18 6 Johan .25 .28 60 65 Kpg. Kamunting 8 3 B'9c Kpg. Lan jut 16 6
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  • 148 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN: Buyers Seller*Ayer Weng .57% .62% Batu Selangor 1.32% 1.35 Hong Fatt .66 .68 Johan .26 .28 Kuchai 1.25 1.30 Pelalings 6.55 6.80 Rahman Hyd. 1.10 1.15 Raub Gold 4.50 4.60 Rantau 1.42% 1.45 Sungei Way 1.85 1.90 Taiping Ccns. 1.57% 1.60 Ulu Klang .70 .75 Ampat
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  • 139 16 Under the auspices of the Cheng Wah Club, the Penang Cantonese Amahs Dramatic Party, who scored a. great suces&gt; n their charity show last y ar, will b staging another one in aid of the Chin Distress Relief Fund, on Jan. 23 at th Lunar Hall (Wembley) Penang.
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  • 47 16 To celebrate the success of their charity show, staged recently, the Penang Chinese Chin Woo Athletic Association, wil give a tea-party to members, and friend, at 4 p.m. on Jan. 21. at the premise of the Association in Larut Road.
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  • 36 16 A meeting of the Penang Union, will be held today at 2 p.m. at the premises of the Union in Acheen Street. The president, Mr. Ong Keng Seng will take the chair.
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  • 188 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Wednesday. “Bicycle thieving has got to stop,” said Mr. Conrad Oldham, Singapore Second Police Court magistrate, yesterday, when a Chinese, Eng&lt; Leng Cheng, pleaded guilty to theft of a cycle from an amusement park. When Court Inspector Wray said
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    • 770 16 B AN K s HONG KONG AND NEDERLANSCHE SHANGHAI BANKING HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPU CORPORATION. B.V. (Tn. orporated Ln the Colony of Hongkong Tue liability or members is limited to tx /MCTUmi ANnQ TDADINP extent and In manner prescribed t (ME IritKLAriDa IKADIriL? Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colon) SOCIETY.) Head
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    • 542 16 Head Office: 12, Bishop str J _J J «ette’’ i Singapore Office: Cecil Offi„- Te r 7™ E 9® ce i? 3 J ava Street li '‘b Ofihce Brewst&lt; I Office: .40, 43, Fleet Streu i L,W Kates of Subscription f7 r p„. I and Sunday Gazette”* G|J Pinang Gazette
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