Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 March 1939

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  • 18 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ATAB. 1533 PUBLISHED DAILY Vol. XCVII. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 917 1 —Reuter. BUILDING RACE Adm. Leahv’s Plain Speaking Washington, Tuesday. “If a foreign power increases its naval strength materially it hill be necessary lor the I nited States to increase its strength,” Admiral Leahy told reporters, commenting on what he described as the
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  • 167 1 Temper- Getting I rayed London, Tuesday. -t.t.e conference circles ipers are beginning to believed that at today’s British and Arab delevigorous exchanges that the Palestine altitude had stiffened i. ling to make conces- was quickly restored, but i was manifested throughwhich it is understood wth immigration. It
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  • 66 1 Reuter. Toulouse, Tuesday. w aped by only a ‘•rd'.iiy to an air liner < i Republican Spain •i 'at the Defence Junta c >/ him and his sym- ■re a military court, co nfusion im n t edia t ely C'lsad&s coup d'etat the p lanes carr
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  • 95 1 ss in total area.—British li'iule Continues To Improve London, Tuesday. •’•re'sent difficulties there a latest figures of •ranges and grapefruit, Palestine in certain n,icS to improve, giving that'w'ith a return to 1 'ns a further period of prospect. ’>73,743 cases of oranges from Palestine, reacheason of 8,750,000 cases,
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  • 57 1 Ijondon. Tuesday, the Commissioners of f or the last financial at the number of people rose from 91,392 to year. Those who could millionaires, that is, with 539 a °ve £40,009, rose from 529 1 1 sulftax is assessed to L ,rn £53,781,053 to £57,361,475 11 Thfc u.s
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  • 17 1 Reuter. La Vegas. Tuesday. Clark Gable’s wife has obtained a divorce. Reuter. Clark Gable.
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  • 124 1 with clear polished plate-glass. British Wireless. Giant Doors For British Pavilion London, Tuesday. One of the two sets of nickel silver doors for the British Government’s pavilion at the New York World’s Fair was on view yesterday. It has an over all height of 14 feet is
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  • 59 1 Reuter b' kanghai, Wednesday. The battle eastward of the Han River has entered its eleventh day with the Chinese claiming to be holding their ground against repeated assaults. The Japanese, according to Chinese despatches, are attacking in three columns, but despite wnreniitting artillery
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  • 1053 1 I Burgos Jeers At “H um a nita rian Manoeuvres' shire has proceeded to Gandia. Reuter and British Wireless. St. Jean de Luz, Tuesday. Franco has decided to attack in the Madrid sectoi, according to reports from Burgos. Franco is said to he counting on a
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  • 107 1 .—Sin Chew Jit Poh. ‘"Not Necessarily Antagonistic” Chungking, Tuesd »y. During the debate in the J.tpahese Diet at Tokio yesterday, the leader nf the Seiyukai Party asked the Premier whether prosecution of the present military methods was certain to lead to lhe surrender of Chiang Kai-shek. The
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  • 310 2 THREAT TO CONCESSIONS INTENSIFIED Anglo-French Representations Draw No Reply Shanghai, Tuesday. □PHE Tientsin British and French consular authorities have inquired into the reasons for the erection in the main thoroughfares of the Japanese-controlled areas of permanent brick structures, their size suggesting barracks and construction of
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  • 97 2 —Reuter. Washington, Tuesday. Following a conference between President Roosevelt and leaders of Congress, it is authoritatively stated that the entire Administration and Congress are anxious to co-operate with United States business interests towards further advancement and to put private capital to work. It is added that
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  • 139 2 Full Support For National Defence Council Madrid Tuesday. (i<. Vr 7 E want peace but worthy peace—in the way the war was worthy,” said General Miaja. in a broadcast today. “We want such peace while others want to continue the fratricidal war. We hope
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  • 149 2 —Reuter. Chungking, Tuesday. The new French Ambassador to China, M. Henri Cosme, called on the Chinese Foreign Minister, Dr. Wang Chung-hui, this afternoon. A date is expected to be fixed shortly for his presentation of credentials to President Lin Sen, chairman of the Chinese National
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  • 96 2 —Reuter. Aid For Democracies In Event Of War Washington, Tuesday. A SPEECH which is interpreted here as favouring American assistance for the democracies against a possible coalition of totalitarian Powers was made by Mr. Berle, Assistant Secretary of State, today. He said: “If a group
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  • 272 2 Dispute Settled, Breaks Fast Rajkot, Tuesday. The dispute between Mr. Gandhi and the ruler of Rajkot was settled the morning and thus ended Mr. Gandhi’s fast. Agreement was reached following a perioj of almost continuous consultations. The morning's moves included an interview between the Viceroy and Mr. Gandhi’s
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  • 266 2 Bru —is Tuesday. A REMARKABLE lett Pr f A King i ro «i today, seven conduct of B Complaining that the Exeem power is “„o longer being X( according to constitution,! r the letter states that he was X obliged to sanction decidons i
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  • 44 2 .—Reuter. New York, Tuesday. America’s unemployed during January increased nearly three quarters of a million compared with December, says the National Industrial Conference Board, but the total, at 10,645,000, showed a decrease of quarter of a million compare with January’, 1938. —Reuter.
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  • 46 2 -Reuter. Durban, Tuesday The sky was overcast ar 1 the wicket damp from rain which lasted until morning when the fifth and final was continued today. The batsmen cautious. Latest score is 50 for 1. ton 30. Payr.ter 13, both not out Auto-
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  • 18 2 Reuter. Bucharest, Tuesday Dr. Calinescu has been appoint’Premier following the death Oi patiarch, Miron Christea. —lleut'i.
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  • 81 2 Quins To Be Presented To King Queen —Reuter. Toronto, Tuesday. It is announced that the Dionne quintuplets, with their parents, have been invited by the Ontario Government to come to Toronto during the Royal visit to be presented to their Majesties. It is suggested that the quintuplets be brought to
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  • 120 2 .—Reuter. Manchukuo Has 166 Complaints Tokio, Tuesday. The Manchukuoan Government has protested to the Soviet Union over 158 border disputes last year, according to an official statemer.t issued in Hsink ng today. There were altogether 166 disputes during the year and Russia replied only to fifty-one of the
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  • 65 2 —Reuter. Paris, Tuesday. The French Government has decided to follow’ Britain’s example to publish operations of the Stabilisation Fund. A statement thereon will be published every three months. The Finance Minister, M. Paul Reynaud, announced yesterday that gc(l was returning to France in increasing quantities
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  • 351 4 HTHE Penang court imposed sentences on two men convicted 01 extortion which should prove exemplary and otter food for thought t< other members of that fraternity which believes the proceeds of blackmail levies preferable to those of honest toil. The authorities have no easy task in dealing with this
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  • 1694 4  -  BY DANA A. SCHMIDT B. U.P. Correspondent In Berlin TWENTY-ONE years ago this week the Ukraine—one of the world’s greatest granaries— etn- i erged for the first time in history J as a national state, following the Brest-Litovsk Pact. After the Allied victory the 2 Republic
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  • 507 5 t vehicles on the roads, IL > -ha has seen many quarter of a century -ally hall a sedan-chair, t smaller than those of j ksha, and with I It was also fragileI arried a bell and I i I i, more sombre colours, I being most
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  • 2651 5 Girls Again Do Well results of the Cambridge Examinations arrived in Penang yesterday by airmail. In all 2,140 boys entered for the Malayan Certificate, hut 2,230 actually sat for the examination, 1.395 passing, 87 being absent, while 90 entered for part of
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  • 1056 5 one of the accused was arrested practically on the spot and that the other was found lying unconscious on the road about half a mile away from the scene of the robbery and removed to hospital was the statement made by Mr.
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    • 193 5 ANNOUNCING Follow'on Trufood The march of science I rings i'any blec-ir< T s. (Jniil now, weaning Baby from the bottle io more advanced food has been a most difficult peiiod full of guess work and uncertainty, resulting all too often in a falling-back of Baby’: condition. Now, accuracy takes the
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    • 134 6 UNDOUBTEDLY THE BRIGHTEST MERRIEST SPOT LN PENANG.’ ELYSEE CABARET THE MOST MODERN LUXURIOUS DANCE HALL IN NORTHERN MALAYA TONIGHT Gala Non-Stop Dancing from 9 p.m. I mil Midnight TWO BANDS IN ATTENDANCE LOUIS LIM’S SWING ORCHESTRA THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN SERENADERS Two of the best in Town CHARMING, TALENTED ENTERTAINING HOSTESSES
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    • 344 6 M/| A ¥F} Q 'T' I C For One Night Only IVI /><J Cr 1 1 Tg light At 8 p.m. WHOLE SERIAL OF 1 C “THE J£ BLACK COIN” 2J WITH RALPH GRAVES RUTH MIX AND A GIGANTIC CAST. EISL High Adventure Around the WS't'i O Tt -t ZS'''"
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    • 220 6 EMPIRE P.O Box No. 5 ALOR STAR ’Phone: 77 TONIGHT LAST NIGHT 5.30 p.m. 9.30 p.m. Return Screening By Numerous Requests. 'The Greatest Thriller And Adventure At All Times Screening- the whole 12 most amazing- episode serial. “UNDERSEA KINGDOM” with LOIS WILDE MONTE BLUE WILLIAM FARNUM For -the first time
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    • 234 6 MATINEES AT MAJESTIC Today at 3 p.m. PAUL MUNI in “THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR’’ 15 30 cents DOWNSTAIRS ROYAL T<oday at 3 p.m. GLENDA FARRELL JOAN BLONDELL IN “WE’RE IN THE MONEY” 15 30 cents DOWNSTAIRS COMING MATINEES FRED ASTAIRE AND GINGER ROGERS in “SWING TIME” PARAMOUNT’S ALL-COLOUR SUPERPRODUCTION
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    • 110 6 ROYAL TONIGHT 6.00 <). oo SPECIAL DOUBLE ATTRACTION TWO MIGHTY HINDUSTANI TALKIES IN ONE “HIS HIGHNESS" With “TIGER” (the Rin-Tin-Tin of f n ia) “BAHADUR” the Wonder Horse Performing Marvellous Feats STUNTS’ ACTION! MUSIC A- DAZZLING DaNCFs Strongly Supported Ry A Film Record of the INDIAN NATIONAL HARIPURa CONGRESS OF
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  • 304 7 Planes To Aid Fight Against Malaria SINGAPORE LEADS EAST Singapore, i uesuay. DICTI*RES taken from an aeroplane Hying mile above Singapore may prove the salvation of the anti-malarial health officers. Seen through a stereoscope, they snow up vavines, hidden pools and the contour of the ground. Municipal officers are examining
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  • 58 7 Corr. Today in Ipoh is being marked by another flower-selling campaign in aid of the China Relief Fund. Over 300 Chinese ladies, divided into 60 groups, will parade the busy thoroughfares of Ipoh selling paper flowers. Mr. S. Kasilingam, Parcel Clerk. Batu Gajah, has gone
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  • 58 7 Hundreds of fish were seen floating downstream in the Kinta River yesterday afternoon. A big crowd collected to watch and some 50 of the ■pectators, mostly boys, waded in to 'ollect what they could. Some basket’s were obtained. It is believed that tuba root had
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    • 446 7 WEMBLEY PARK Wednesday, Bth March, 1939, i: \TIC DAN( ING TROUPE. See daring acrobatic acts. i; /,<• terns, wire walking’, hair raising cycle tricks and magic i you, latest creations in classical, modern oriental ONE SHOW NIGHTLY AT BPM < 40. 30 20 cents. |x < \RM\ \L, 1939- PRIZES
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    • 85 7 1 c ran >iii i, IHFRE’S XI WKYS A Z 0 M A .4 A .►•*?>, 1 I en»'“ p :niß .c of f r th.oughj es u (<W I KEE PRIVATE MAKE-UP AND COLOUR HARMONY CHART BY APPOINTMENT AT hLock B white aw ays s«!’<* I h^ti e I
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    • 225 7 LACTOL F° r Pwppi® s Dogs Too much meat means too much haat f° r y° ur dog’s blood, causes him acute z *a discomfort through continual scratching, lack of appetite, moodinesa, irritability and loss of energy. You can remedy die trouble by cutting down his meat JSHERLEY’S 164 PAGE
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    • 162 7 POSITIVELY LAST NIGHT QUEEN’S 3 SHOWS IODAY At 3 p.m., 6.15 p.m. 9.30 p.m. CHINA’S GREATEST MOTION PICTURE BASED ON AN INCIDENT IN THE “ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS” OR “SAM KOK” “SABLE CICADA” WITH SUPER IMPOSED ENGLISH SUBTITLES STARRING KOL: LUNG ON and KENG SAN. IT'S THE FILM OF
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  • 2881 8 Buyers From Germany And Italy Queen Creates Dress World Revolution Workless Dine At The Ritz But Prefer Home Stew Suburbia Worried About Its Tone Admiral Sued By Petty Officer 64 Yip-Pee’* For The Park Parade If Grandmother Had Been Modern (From Our
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  • 24 8 AN AMERICAN NAVAL RATING on watch Aboard the ILS. cruiser Marblehead, which Is now on a visit to the Straits.
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  • 198 8 Programme (hr I Dav\ r s Events I m I J Sultan and the Hon I proceeded by v I lima Besar I Highness’s Aid< I take their seats at io urr, "‘aJ loafing Rajas and I invested with the dignities ofnl 01 1 1 Bentara Maharaja
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  • 159 8 Alimony Pendente Lite Granted (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, Tuesday A petition for alimony, pending the hearing oT a suit for the restitution of conjugal rights was made by Ruth Katnleen Tan, a European woman, against her Chinese husband, Edward Tan, of K llc'ney Road, Singapore,
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  • 156 8 Week-end Festivities (From Our Own Correspondent Teluk Anson, Monday In honour of the Installation HHighness the Sultan, the jn offices, business houses and shops in Anson remained closed on Sa a while the State flag, the Union Jac the Chinese flag were flown fr |,ra and
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  • 71 8 x Sind b. J dav pleaded guilty >' pelon? st a lh,g a bicycle va. to a Chinese. rB rn3>' oC January 4 at a OP A Street. The crime u months after, on M ies by a detective dwe see accused had sold the
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  • 667 9 Tabal Jin Ceremony SYMBOLIC LUSTRATION BY PAWANG RAJA (From Our Own Correspondent) TTrrTT M Kuala Kangsar, Tuesday. \Y/ 11-H only one day left oi the installation festivities, public enthusiasm has not diminished and tonight will see tremendous crowds surround the Astana Iskandariah for th? Taha!
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  • 793 9 §ton (>f Slabbing At |>n -\npliai Dinner ■j>, i.. t‘‘ i slabbing aitray, durm? a P r( Il,i!l,ia dinner > at N 15, Cecil c rHt n -January 28, was heard M 1 -Un Koon Teck, in the Penar. jjbi < ft yesterday, when a 'I m
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  • 61 9 Occupants Escape Serious Injury Two motor cars came into violent beld-on collision at the eight mm C'hpmor road on M onda y. are both privately owned, by a Cffinte Sd Tn Indian respectively. The Snt of both vehicles were badly escaped serious injury though tw^ f
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  • 224 9 Opening Ceremony By B.R. On Friday (From Our Own Correspondent) laiping, Wednesday. jrjAAIPING’S latest cinema, the Lido, is A now completed and ready for opening. The British Resident has been invited t o perforin the opening ceremeny, which it is hoped will take place on Friday.
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  • 114 9 Sequel To Singapore Crash (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 26. A verdict of “Death by Misadventure’’ was returned at an inquest yesterday on Flight Lieutenant Rodney Beresford (41) who, as your Correspondent informed you by cable on Feb. 24, died at Romsey seven months after a
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  • 139 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Mar. 1. An interesting passenger in the Imperial Airways flying boat due in Singapore on Mar. 11 is Mrs. A. B. Osborne, a 75-year-old survivor of the sinking of the Lusitania. Mrs. Osborne, who will stay in Singapore for a week
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  • 72 9 (From Our Own Corespandent). London, Feb. 28. A female Great lora, a beautifuj bird which is a member of a group found in the Malay Peninsula, Siam and Burma has been acquired by the Regent’s Park Zoo, reports our London Correspondent. □Tie bird, which is
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  • 103 9 A 25 year-old Malay, Che Din b. Mydinsah, appeared before Mr. Lim Koon Teck, in the Penang Middle Court, yesterday, charged with attempting to procure the commission of an act of gross indecency with another male person, a Chinese, named Tan Hee Chong, at about 8.45
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  • 64 9 FORGETFUL OWNERS OF DOGS (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Thursday. Fourteen dog-owners of this district were summoned before the Taiping magistrate today for failing to take out licences for their pets. Those who produced receipts to show that they took out licenses as soon as 75 cents each, the cost
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  • 270 9 Big Gathering At 38th Animersary Dinn er Members of the Chinese Merchants Club, Penang, celebrated the 38th anniversary of the Club at a dinner last night at the Clubs premises, Macalister Road. There was a big attendance. During the course ot the dinner, the whole Club was
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  • 196 9 Inspector St-ys He Was '•‘Showing Off” Inspector A. Blake was the complainant in a traffic summons case, which was heard before Mr. Lim Koon Teck, in the Penang Middle Court, yesterday, when a Ch nose, Tan Or Tee, said to be a bill collector, was charged with riding
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  • 108 9 A Variety Concert will be held at the Anglo-Chinese School Hall, Westlands Avenue on Monday March 13, at 9.30 p.m. in aid of the Y. W. C. A. The following have promised to assist: Miss D. Mitchell, Mrs. Cheah Inn Kiong, Miss
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  • 81 9 To Report On Sierra Leone’s Health (From Our Own Correspondent) London, Feb. 28. Dr. A. L. Hoops, until recently Senior Medical Officer of the Malacca Agriculture Medical Board, has joined the Ross Institute of Tropical Hygiene. He leaves London on Mar. 1 for
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  • 1398 10  -  OBJECTS AND POWERS: VALUE OF CLUB FUNCTION: LINK WITH GOLD (By Norman Crump) London, February 24. i 'pHE Hague Conference of January, 1930, and the Young Plan, to which it gave birth, are now almost forgotten. For reparations payments, as such, came to an end with
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  • 913 10 S. E. Levy And Company’s Weekly Review GTHE New York Stock market has been remarkably S e l( L throughout the week although trading ha> not beeru tive. While less sensitive to the political situtaion in Lnn which it regards as not so tense
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    • 891 10 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK O 1 INDIA, LTD. uicorporawd tn England) The Indian Overseas Capital Authorised f 3,606,00 Capital Subscribed £I,B(X),(MM I jgl Reserve Fund and Rest £1,247,830 Capital Paid Up £1,050,0» /T T i; in British India) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Sir Charles Alexander Innes, i K.C.5.1., C.1.E., Chairman Bi;
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  • 328 11 ive Fall At The Same Fence QP/Z/S remarkable picture was taken during the Howard hase at 1 Lingfn Id Races Duke of Burgundy the grey. ridden bv Tailed fell and brought down le Petit Pierrot (So. 2'i), II oodpigeon, Berks and I nt ks, and
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  • 97 12 RETURNS of the recent census show that Russian women prefer thirty to most other ages. In many districts the thirty-year-olds have outnumbered the twenty-niners by ten to one. Census officials did not consider it courteous to ask for confirmation of all these thirties and have refrained
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  • 56 12 Today at the Waterfall’s (from 5.15 p.m.: to 6.45 p.m.: March: Queen Among the Heather: Hume. Overture: Light Cavalry: Suppe. Suite: Die Rose Von Schiras: Eilenberg. (i) Valse—“Rosen.” (ii) Polka —“Buds.” (iii) Gavotte—“ Zephyr.” (iv) Polka Mazurka—“ Centifolie.” Tango: Lolita: Barsotti. Selection: Gipsy Love: Lehar. Intermezzo: Anona: Grey.
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  • 384 12 —lnternational News Agency. M. Orelsky To Return Shanghai, March 3. f UGANETZ Orelsky, Soviet ambassador to China, is to leave for Moscow early this month upon the instruction of the Kremlin, it was reliably reported here. The Kremlin has apparently decided to make a drastic shake-up
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  • 185 12 —lnternational News Agency. Mine Roads Blocked By Snow Shanghai, March 3. UNLESS adequate measures are taken to overcome the current dearth of charcoal and coal, many Tokio families are going to have to forego their nightly baths for a long while and other hardships, according to
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  • 43 12 Baghdad, Monday. Martial law has been proclaimed at Army headquarters at Rastid, six miles from Baghdad, and surrounding districts. A number of suspects have been arrested. A laconic statement on behalf of the Government ascribes the trouble to “mischief makers.”
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  • 282 12 Snake-Bite For Health Wonders never cease and suprises are forever taking us by storm. Who, fo rexample, would dream of having a good word to say for a poisonous snake? Who would wish to be bitten by such a creature? yet a (< w years ago a Spar.-'sh
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  • 497 12 Cantonese Guerilla Leader Relate His Experiences Chungking. EFFORTS of the Japanese to gain control of China’s economic resources by occupying the key cities and the lines of communication have oeen futile, according to General Yeh ling, Commander-in-Chief of the new Fourth Route Army,
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  • 152 12 Young Chinese Admii Trespass I CLAIMING co be a son of a Chinese miner of Memglembu.ay jl j Chinese named Yap Kow attend-M funeral of the dead man on Su.’J one of the chief mourners. women folk attending the funera much perturbed by his
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1334 12 -iik JCT uity PENANG SINGAPORE ZHJ 6.08 mc|s (49.3 m.) ZHL 1,333 kc/s (225 m.) ZHP 9.69 mc/s (30.96 m.) TODAY TODAY P.M. 5.55 Chinese music. 7.00 Military P.M. Band Concert.—l) Sousa Marches Or. 1-00 Miscellaneous programme of new 2) Vanity Fair. Overture (Fletcher). 3) gramophone records. 1.30 Mid-day rubRuddigore.
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    • 441 12 8.8. C. Service Schedule For Far East London, March 4: Following is the probable BBC Service Schedule for the Far East in Malayan standard time for week beginning March 6: TRANSMISSION 2 6.02 p.m. to 9.15 p.m. GSJ, GSG GSV and GSF. TRANSMISSION 3 9.20 p.m. to 12.20 a.m. GSF.
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    • 13 12 TIDE TABLE HIGH LOW TODAY 1.55 a.m. 8.25 a.m. 2.24 p.m. 8.50 p.m.
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  • 434 13 Lite: Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoli And Penang AIR MAILS OUTWARD EUROPE \NI) THE WEST C mpire Air Mail): For Surr i C Victoria Point), India, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya. Tan/-' da, Zanzibar, Northern md iesia, Nyasaland, South;! 1fr.... •ain, Ireland. Canada and Vewfoundland. j ir 7.30 a.m.;
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  • 243 13 Chungking, March 3. direct orders of Generalissimo Chiang |Kai-shek, the t 1 nits scattered throughout the Japanese I. China are (to redouble their efforts in harming the l u < S behind their lines and to secure close contact with 1 i so a< to hinder
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  • 893 13 ARRIVALS Today: BULAN ex Singapore via ports. SOMALI ex London via ports. GLENBEG ex United Kingdom via Suez. Tomorrow: CORFU ex London via ports. HOSANG ex Calcutta. Friday, March 10: MATUMOTO MARU ex Japan via Singapore. PHILOCTETES ex Liverpool. KEDAH ex Singapore. Saturday, March
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    • 244 13 81 ?B FUN NEL LINE V 'i SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT Marseilles, Antwerp 1 -y«rsej,lles Glasgow Mar. 17 A J r 12 alls Hull Mar oq Anr iq < PAY service to LIVERPOOL via Havre' LlTerpnrl Mar. 18 Apr. 16 ir Mar. 25 Apr. 26 Chnns Ha-re Apr. 4
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    • 112 13 AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD. TO EUROPE VIA SUEZ. Leave Arrive Arrive Penang Marseilles New York Pres. GARFIELD Mar. 30 Apr. 26 May 9 ♦Pres. MONROE Apr. 7 May 10 May 23 Pres. ADAMS Apr. 27 May 24 June 6 ♦Pres. VAN BUREN May 11 June 7 June 20 Carry no
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    • 702 13 P&O BRITISH INDIA (Incorpozkted In England) SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN. S.S. “CORFU” SAILING THURSDAY. 9th MARCH. 1939. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under contract with His Majesty s Government, London and Far East Mail Service. Outwards from London for China Japan Homewards for Colombo, Aden, Port Said| due Penang Marseilles
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  • 322 14 Draw With Smelters’; Outstanding Performance By Wark 'THRILLS were few and far between in the soccer friendly between the Penang Sports Club and the Eastern Smelting Co on the Esplanade yesterday. Six goals were shared and the score reflects the run of play, for each
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  • 141 14 How fickle is the football public! When Derby County were top of the world, "gates” were grand. Now the team are slipping, people are staying away. And that (says Mr. George Jobey, manager) is why Derby are ready to I consider offers for the transfer of Crooks,
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  • 593 14 OUTSIDE men—those who s cally bring the sobriquets “Mastadon”—seldom attain any gr For a while they may drop a on an opponent to crush him under a means is found to circumvent the Primo Camera was heavy-weight champion of the world for
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  • 559 14 London, Feb. 19. SOONER or later the identity of the young men who are slipping quietly over to France at week-ends and playing matches with French teams will become known Rugby Union, and then, perhaps, the pot will boil over. A good job if it does. It
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  • 115 14 From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Tuesday. rgAHE Taiping Turf Club v.. 11 hold a t. extra race meeting here on "arch 31 and April 1 There will be two run- for hoists class 4, two runs for horses class two runs
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  • 99 14 1"1OUR goals wee .-har'd Railway h Indian Asi game played yest rday ground. If It was a scrappy niat< dians holding the advant.ue u stages Ihey Newman opened m <'• V I. way but Pitchay b Bhagat S the second han th( pcated attempts to j
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  • 42 14 I tA ti palmer Mr. and Mrs. I’ 11 p [.miwin meet Mi Ha berl 30.2) In < mixed doubles hin sports Club tenr The winners of tn Hal pt< n st Mr. and Mrs. -J 1 the final.
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  • 46 14 R 1 DAI Tll( Penang Sp< 1 cer a^ainst h Ul < h Esplanade fol lows: J. E. r ty F B J T A Maxwell. I nan and K- i jttledyk', W T. Francis. <■ ColebecH and I»- u r Referee: Mr. J. E- M
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  • 488 14 C. W hitcombe To Drop Out London, February 23. SANDY-HAIRED Charles Wbitcombe, member of the famous brothei’hood of golfers, may drop out of the Ryder Cup team which visits America next autumn For many years Charles has cap.ained the British side, but when the next match is
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  • 171 14 “TRON” Hague, Britain’s heavy-weight 1 champion of 30 years ago, is in' straitened circumstances and in poor health. j| Once a mighty man of 15st. he now, weighs little more than lOst. Sportsmen in Mexborongh, his home town, are starting a fund for him. To most,
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  • 807 15 MS For 7 jn First Innings MAGNIFICENT STAND BY AMES L reply African record innings of 530 in the final > J Tc -h is to be played to a finish, England batted all < tod at on 268 for the loss of
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  • 131 15 Ladies Defeat Senior Golfers A Golf Match w’as played on Monday on the Glugor Course between the Ladies and the Senior G 1 fers; which resulted in a win for the Ladies by four matches to three. Teams as under: Mrs. Oke Miss Howes Roberts lost to Dr.
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  • 84 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Tuesday. The annual general meeting of the North Perak Tennis Championship will be held at the Chinese Recreation Club on Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. The agenda is as follows: 1. To confirm minutes of the annual general meeting held
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  • 298 15 Slow Work This Morning (From Our Own Correspondent I Kuala Lumpur, Today. The training today tor the Selangor 1 urf Club’s Gold Cup meet consisted mainly of slow canters and trots. Tne outside track was closed. Redouble (Dodd), who is in fine condition, and Bombus (Garrard) trotted
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  • 177 15 London. Feb. 28. Jock McAvoy, British middle-weight champion, making a return to the ring after several weeks’ illness, knocked out Emile Lebrize (Belgium) inside two minutes at Belle Vue. Manchester, last night. The Rochdale fighter, who is out with a £5OO challenge to Tommy
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  • 342 15 A Clever Win By Kilstar (By Our Own Correspondent) i Gatwick, February 26 I, lstar won the £1,005 National Trial Chase at Gatwick yesterday by S i x lengths from Bredman’s Cottage, who beat his stable-companion Rockquilla by eight lengths from second place, anddoing so proved himself
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  • 67 15 The following will represent the Penang Muslim Recreation dub in soccer against the H. M. Navy, today on the Renong Ground at 5.15 p.m.: K. H. Shariff, M. K. Shaik Daward (Capt.), I. Hash’d, Syed Gunny, Chem Bee, Hameed, G. Haniffah, F. M.
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  • 37 15 i.—Reuter. London? The famous Ranelagh polo, sporting ai<d social grounds beside the Thames ceases as a separate entity from May 1, and will be taken over by Hurlingham lub as polo’s headquarters.—Reuter.
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  • 31 15 —Reuter. Gr’tnsby defeated. Stoke City in a home match in the English First Division league yesterday by 3-1, while in the Scottish League, Clyde drew with Aberdeen 1-I.—Reuter.
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  • 280 15 Reuter. Sydney, March 1. For the first time in 10 full seasons of first-class cricket in Australia. Don Bradman has failed to complete 1.000 runs for the season. Bradman had only seven innings, and this fact had something to do with the phenomenon. Rain, and
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  • 56 15 PROFESS IONAL TENNIS Reuter. Budge Beat Vines Bv 22 Matches To 17 Montreal, Tuesday. Donald Budge beat Ellsworth Vines 6/2, 6/2, 6/3, in the final match of the professional lawn tennis tour and won the series by 22 matches to 17. The receipts for the tour totalled £40,000 and Budge’s
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  • 68 16 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS tin latest Penang $108.75 Business 25 tons Singapore $108.75 COPRA Sundried 53.75 Black Pepper $9.00 RI’BBER Penang (Spot) 2 c %c Singapore (Spot) 29c TAPIOCA Fai r Seed $3.05 Medium $3.35 RICE Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6.00 No. 2 $5.85 White No. 1 $6.60 White
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  • 109 16 Prev. Today Paris 176 ***** 176 59'64 New York 4.68»!? 4.69 ft Montreal 4.70% 4.70% Brussels 27.87% 27.88% Geneva 20.64 1 2 20.63 Amsterdam 8.83% 8.83 Milan 89% 89 ft Berlin 11.68% 11.68% Stockholm 19.42 19.42 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226%
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  • 186 16 Singapore Soccer Incident (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Tuesday. THE second division "B” football league fixture between the Customs and the Changi Civilians Sports Club, played yesterday on the S.H.B. ground, was marred five minutes before teh end by the .sending off of Ramley, the Customs goalkeeper.
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  • 269 16 New York, Tuesday. Despite smallness of activity, there was goed evidence of firmness throughout the day. The market is giving the impression that it is likely to respond sharply to any favourable news of major importance, which apparently is still necessary to stimulate aggressive buying. Favourable business
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  • 40 16 Reuter. London, Tuesday. The Oxford stroke. A. Bourne, gashed his hand yesterday on the broken shaft of a golf club. He is expected to be out during ‘Varsity Boat Week.’ J. R. Bingham is replacing him temporarily
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  • 200 16 A.A. ANTHONY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ayer Weng .65 .70c Batu Selangor 1.30 1.35 Hong Fatt .68 .71 Klang River 1.75 i.go Kuchai 1.20 1.25 I Petalings 6.50 7.00 Rahman Hyd. 1.02% 1.07 Ranta u 1.30 1.35 Sungei Luas 1.40 1.45 Taiping Cons. 1.40 j 45 i Ampat 313 3
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  • 181 16 RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Ayer Paras 1.30 1.35 Batu Lintangs 1.12% 1.17% Bassetts .52% .57% Bentas 1.1)7% 1.12% Kuala Sidim 2.20 2.30 Tndragiris 1.27% 1.32% Limas 1.60 1.70 Mentakabs -42% .45 Malaka Pindas 1.30 1.35 Pajams 1.75 1.85 Sungei Tukangs 1.07’ j 1.12% Tapahs 1.70 1.80 Telok Arsons 1.27%
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  • 223 16 KENNEDY CO. I RUBBER: Buyers Sellers Kamasan 1.30 1.40 c Tapah 1.72% I.Boc TIN: Ampat 3 3 3 9 i Austral Ama.l. 4'9 5 6 Ayer Weng .62% 67iex Ba.tu Selangor 1.30 1.35 Burma Malay 21.6 22 6 Hong Fate .68 .71 Jelebu .60 .65 Kampong Lanjut. 16 0 16
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  • 171 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyer» Sellers Ampats 3|6 3j9 A. Wengs .62% .67Jxd B. Selangors 1.30 1.37% Hong Fatts .68 .71 Jelebus -62% .67% 1 Johans 26 .28 Katus 2210 229cd |K. Lanjuts 16'0 16|6 Kuchais 1.20 1.25 Kundangs 6 7% 7 0 I Laruts 4|6 s|o i Lukuts .54 .57
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  • 35 16 Those who intend to join the S. John’=; Ambulance First Aid Class at present being formed at S. Mark’s School are reminded that March 10 is the last day of enrolment.
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  • 48 16 —Reuter. Vatican City, Tuesday. The Pope this morning took possession of the Papal apartments on the second floor of the Vatican previously occupied by. Pius. The Pope later received Cardinal O’connel of Boston, Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago and the Italian Cardinals Maglione, Lapuma and Marcati.. —Reuter.
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