Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 April 1939

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 183 PUBLISHED DAILY u 76. Vol. XCVH. SA 11 RD AY. APRIL I. 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 722 1 Chancellor s Fury At Brilisn Guarantee To' Toland —Reuter. vital: speech TODAY “Bustle” In Berlin T 7 A r St** 3 Foreign Oiiice WARSAW REPORT OF TROOP MO BERLIN, SATURDAY. JIERR HUI ER IS BELIEVED TO BE FURIOUS Al THE BRITISH HANDLING OF THE POLISH
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  • 310 1 E uter. V. i >ington, Friday. I, o—French pledge to Po- ns been received with high circles here. The onsider- remove any from British and wellve that it will ticism and dis- i shown by an the American n ver since the K v vjnent began. loubtedly
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  • 21 1 Reuter. Washington, Friday. k, a voted a reduction of 1,***** horisation for the Bill for essenti d raw maneuter.
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  • 233 1 Reuter. London, Friday, ej upport Polich in- < in the event of Gcrj n changes the face of Eu•OUdent the diplomatic cor- ■■.nr. word le Preryii, er’s emphasis (Ml -dence” as defining am would feel herPoland wi]i\ lnb rvene K means ireaten to d€cide what 11
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  • 108 1 Formation Of New f ouncil Canberra, Friday. “The conference- of Premiers here has decided to establish a National Council to ensure complete co-ordination of Australia’s deferc preparations,” announced Mr. J. A. Lyons, the Australian Prer ie <J the cmi it -ion of the conference He added that the
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  • 159 1 —Reuter. Right Man For The Job? London, Friday. The Premier's whole statement in the Commons yesterday and supplementaryquestion answers occupied seventeen minutes. That period ended in dramatic fashion. Ihe Labourite, Mir. Bellenger had indicated that on Monday a certain Opposition speaker w-ould reserve the right to
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  • 62 1 f —Reuter. Allegations of Polish bad will in the minorities question w r as made by the Minister for the Interior, Dr. Frick, in a speech here. Dr. Frick declared that the Polish-German minorities agreement had not satisfied all desires. He hoped the talks would lead to satisfactory
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  • 164 1 Surprise hi France: Fate To he Decided By Peace I reaty? Paris, Friday. Japan's brusque act or< over the Sprattiey Islands is regarded here as surprises, to say tne least France Loir’s that the jroup is of French possession since it was physically occupied by
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  • 95 1 —British Wireless. London, Friday. The amendment to the motion tabled in the names of some 36 members of Parliament including Mr. Anthony E .en, Mr. Duff-Cooper and Mr. Winston Churchill in favour of reconstruction of the Government to meet the critical situation has now- being
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  • 147 1 raids are in full progress above.—Reuter. Inspection By bis Majesty London, F i y Probably the most up-to-date -a ments factory in the world, bulk at Euston, near Chorley, Lancashire, at a cost of twelve mill on s sterling wi.l be inspected by the King today. Secrets
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  • 387 2 Premier’s Momentous Announcement Of Anglo-French Decision Assurance Given To Warsaw GUARANTEE FOR INTERIM PERIOD The Prim <4 Minister was cheered on entering the House at 2.50 to deliver his important statement on international affairs. The following is verbatim: ”As I said this morning, His Majesty’s Government
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  • 186 2 Characteristic Outburst By Mussolini Regio, Friday. “We are preparing and are ready to det end ourselves,” declared Mussolini in a broadcast speech. The Duces Avoids, were frequently interrupted by bursts of cheering. Reference to “some people across the Alps” was greeted with boos and catcalls.
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  • 45 2 .—Reuter. Mrs. Harry Roy, wife of the wellknown dance band leader anj daughter of the Rajah of Sarawak, has given birth to a son. This is her second child, she having given birth to a daughter in August, 1936. —Reuter.
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  • 60 2 —Reuter. The sudden speeding up of negotiations between the four capitals yesterday was largely due to disquieting reports of German military measures in view of which it was felt that to await the arrival of Col. Beck in London on Monday was to take a grave risk
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  • 147 2 Reuter. Times On Fall Of Nanchang London, Friday. THE capture of Nanchang represents the first important Japanese success since the fall of Hankow and Canton, says The Times. In the fate of the city may be seen epitomised process which Tckio likes to call regeneration of
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  • 125 2 Reuter, Banned Refugees In Hysterics London, Thursday. Pitiful scenes occurred at Croydon Aerodrome when an attempt was made to take back twelve aliens, including women who arrived yesterday in a Danish airliner from Warsaw. They were mostly Jewish refugees from Czechoslovakia and had spent last night n
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  • 180 2 -Reuter. Could Nol Stand Aloof Ottawa, Friday. That Canada should risk the lives of her citizens every twenty years to protect small nations seemed to many a nightmare, declared Mr. Mackenzie King opening a full dress debate on foreign allairs in the Commons. The Dominion had
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  • 53 2 Reuter. Bolin, Friday. The unanimous vote of sympathy for the Czechs passed by the French Chamber last night has aroused the anger of the Press. Lokalanzciger calls it “Conscious provocation against the Reich' and hints at a diplomatic protest. It also describes it as “an incitement to
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  • 122 2 -Reuter. Outrages At Three English Cities London, Friday. An explosion in the shopping centre, Bond Street, Liverpool, shortly after midnight shattered windows. It was apparently fixed to a grille protecting an optician's window. No one was hurt. No arrests have yet been made. An explosion also occurred at
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  • 223 2 A special meeting of the “Inner Cabinet” was held unexpectedly at ten, Downing Street at the unusually early hour of 9.45 and lasted an hour-and-a-quarter. It was attended by Mr. Chamberlain, Loid Halifax, Sir John Simon, Lord Chatfield, Sir Thomas Inskip, Sir Samuel Hoare, Mr. Oliver-Stanley and Mr.
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  • 96 2 An Unexpected Jolt For Mussolini New York Thursday. The Governments of the axis powers cannot fail to note two replies instead of one to Mussolini’s speech, says The Times. “M. Daladier broadcast the message he was scheduled to deliver, but another voice spoke unexpectedly across the English channel.
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  • 97 2 —Reuter. National Sovereigntv” Berlin, Friday. Commenting on Poland and Col. Beck s coming visit to Britain, the National Ziturg v rites: “What they overlook abroad are two factors which Poland must not. lose sight of in her foreign political actions if she does nol want to become the
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  • 93 2 A 1 dni Razak, a police supervisee, app*. before the Ipoh magistrate yc terday to receive sentence on charge: of being found in possession of ropcity reasonably suspected to be stolen and also for being found between unset and .sunrise in possession of 22 keys
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  • 93 2 '—Reuter. Tokio, Friday. The Government has informed the French Ambassador that Sprattley Islands, a group of reefs off the coast of Indo-China, have been placed under the jurisdiction of the Japanese island of Formosa. It is claimed that the reefs have long been known as “Ownerless.”
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  • 25 2 Reuter. New Yoik. Friday:- Over Fixt.y people were injured, eleven seriously, when two underground trams collided on the outskirts of the city. Reuter.
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  • 872 2 TTI’ SIGNOR MUSSOLINI believed that he copld scare France into finally unbending and yielding to a discussion of the claims he put forward in his speech in Rome last Sunday, then the French Premier’s broadcast to the nation on Wednesday night must have certainly convinced him of
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  • 166 3 RAIN SOAKED RUNWAYS AT SINGAPORE AIRPORT Risks To Fast And Heavy Aircraft LANDING ANDJ TAKE-OFF J DIFFICLUTIES 4 *ac •diJon alter heavy rain of Singapore’s «is emphasised yesterday w hen fhe westh Airlines (K.L.M.) Douglas liner made a on the v aterlogged ground. Water streamed large aircraft as it touched
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  • 188 3 Two Ventures That Failed I C! >G TET, oi No. 29, High I j .1' > had been adistrar, as to the state of his affairs. w 'a x; inination rll< d he start*1 nnin- i J,. :;7 ~n a pie eof land si ->iease from
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  • 85 3 a ploy i d Chinese, Mr i im Koon “k >i idle Court, yesof st< aling three yard of a house in m March 30. The for drying at the id th-- accused was 1 i< r in the act of hi i man with
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  • 124 3 (From Om Ov> i Correspondent) Singapore, Friday. Three Europeans, P. Cr mpton, J. McDonough and A. Thompson aged 21, 23 and 25 respectively, cl the .z>yal Regiment, Gillman Barracks, were produced before Mr. K.A. Blacker in the Singapore Fourth Police Court yesterday on a charge
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  • 176 3 But His Appeal Vl as Unsuccessful A South Indian, named Kuppusamy, appealed in the Perak Supreme Court on Wednesday against the conviction and sentence of one year’s rigorous imprisonment imposed on him by the First Magistrate, Tpob, cn a charge of stealing a ticket and
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  • 89 3 The case of an Indian, R. S. D. Pillay, who was described by Inspector Lin sell as a habitual distributor of lottery tickets, was brought up for mention before Mr. Koon Teck. in the Penang Middle Court, yesterday and was further postponed till April 17.
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  • 107 3 ‘Accounts Must Be Filed Regularly’ The “playboy” of Penang, Yeoh Choo Kar, was up before Mr. Justice Howes in the Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. T. L. Tan, the Assistant Official Assignee, asked to withdraw a motion in his name for committal of Choo Kar for not
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  • 258 3 A f hinese, Cheah Ewe Jin. whi had previously claimed trial to a charge of I criminal breach of trust in respect of s 10 entrusted to him by a firewood dealer, i tween November 28 last year and M.-ireh 3 Ulis
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  • 117 3 f E l lEK TO THE .EDITOR S r, With .reference to your interesting a; tide in the “By The Way” column on Ronggengs, I think the reason why they arc not so popular is that the general public is today better- educated in the musical sense. The old
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  • 34 3 G’lts of white flowers for Easter decorations at St. Georges Church, I enang. will be gratefully. will be gratefully be received if sent to the Church before 10 a.m. next Saturday.
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  • 317 3 r PHE geology of the neighbourhood of Tapah and Teluk Anson, with an account of the mineral deposits, is dealt v\ith in a book published by Dr. F. T. Ingham, Mining Geologist, Federated Malay States. One chapter of the book deals with the history of
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  • 37 3 SENOKITA SOFIA ALVAREZ the beautiful Mexican singer and dancer who has been appearing with the Marcus C ompany in their tour of the East, is reported to be about to marry an Indian Maharajah.
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  • 285 3 Initial Steps To Be taken This Month (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. By the end of April, the first steps in the investigation of a sewerage scheme for the Federal Capital will ha\e been taken. When this study'has been completed and plans
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  • 145 3 The annual headquarteis council meeting of the Girl Guilds Association of Malaya was held last Tuesday at Government House. Singapore, by invitation of Lady Thomas, the President, who took the chair. Those present were: —H.H. the Tungku Anipuan Besar, Mrs. W. Bartley, Mrs. N.F.B. Begg,
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  • 57 3 In connection with the training of the numerous First Aid Classes now formed in Penang, Province Wellesley and districts, the association acknowledges, the voluntary offer of the Penang Rovers to give “stretcher drill” demonstrations at these classes and thus give valuable assistance not only to all the
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  • 217 3 Elderlv Man’s Leg Broken Alleged to have fractured the leg of an elderly Sikh carter, Narain Singh, on the morning of February 25 at mile, Gopeng-road, a Sikh named Isher Singh was yesterday produced in the Ipoh First Magistrate’s court before Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe
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  • 133 3 Alleged Attempt To Cheat Pawnbroker A Chinese named Lee Mun Hin, it was alleged, was seen by a detective attempting to translate a Chinese receipt into English. The detective questioned him about it and discovered that he had in his possession some stones which he claimed to be
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  • 190 3 Sikhs numbering S,DC '>,ooo are expected to assemble at Ipoh from alt over Malaya during the Faster vacation in connection with the co:iL rence of the Guru Kalghidar Diwan of Malaya The conference opens on April 7 and will continue during the following three days.
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  • 380 4 jpLANS for the protection of vulnerable points on land and sea transport are now complete, declared His Excellency in speech at Singapore on Thursday. Sandbags had been provided for the protection of buildings essential to defence ,and fire exmguishing devices and sirens had been obtained. All the evienfe
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  • 1577 4  -  By The Rt. Hon. Lord Queenborough, G. B. E ST. GEORGE who slew the dragon and saved the unfortunate princess who was to have been sacriiiced to the ■monster had a formidable, but not a complicated task. Today dragons which, threaten the security of the country and
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  • 576 5 The First Of April The first of April, some do say Is set apart for All Pools Day; But why the people call it so, B’or I, nor they themselves do know. ON April the First, the frivolous frolics of nature lend infection to us all. For
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  • 1661 5 Loans Four Times In Excess Of Savings “rpHIS society is going in for loans as some people go for J- drink—to excess. You lend four times as much as you save, and members go in and out of this society as if you
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  • 934 5 Four Chinese Youths Charged The trial commenced before Mr A L,. rt 0,6 Pen “s pA h yesterday of four Chinese youths, Guan U V’ Chiah Pen Lim A* SnTr Wing S oi who are barged with fighting m public at Maxwell Road on the
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  • 2126 5 No Substantial Injustice Caused, Says Judge In the Bankruptcy Court, ye sterday, Mr. Justice Howes delivered. a written judgment in the moti on brought by V. S. Madar, and argued on his behalf by Mr. R. D. H ume, in which he sought to
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  • 366 7 Saved By Buckle On His Belt Loanda (Angola). 4 hand-to-hand fighting between an hotel keeper and a lion, which had been ravaging livestock in a country district near here has resulted in severe injuries to four men nnd the death of the lion by shooting.
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  • 435 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL The death has occurred of Mrs. Anna Maria Kennedy, widow of Mr. J. Y. Kennedy, formerly of Penang, in London. The annual speech day function of the King Edward VII School, Taiping, will be held at the School hall on Tuesday. April 4. Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
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  • 416 7 London, Mar. 20. S* .vj m the Defen ce Debate in Kouse Lords, Lord Strabolgi i nat auch oritv or executive body wou.d be responsible for the air defence ci Britain’s Merchant Navy. If the country had, as Lord Trenchard said, concentrated too much
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  • 67 7 She Has A 1700-Mile Hospital Round Port Darwin. March 11. Matron Ashburner, of Darwin hospital, claims to have the longest hospital round in the world. She has charge also of Alice Springs hospital, in Central Australia, 862 miles .away and of several other hospitals in between. Mis s
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  • 101 7 —British United Press. It was her sarong, a one dollar piece of batik that she wore to stardom in a halfdozen pictures. Dr. Arthur Woodward, archaeologist and director of the museum, requested Miss Lamour to donate the sarong in the hope that it would “stimulate
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  • 121 7 Where Beginners Must Fly Streamers' Melbourne, March 11. The Australian Civil Aviation Board have made a regulation that all pupils flying solo must use four-foot streamers as a mark of identification because, as the regulation puts it, “at the commencement of solo flying a pupil is apt to
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    • 490 7 WEMBLEY PARK 1 tonight: Saturday, Ist April, 1939. I c c< Toy Cantonese Opera: a how “CHONG MOH YEM” j Show: “GUAT TIN KHOW BONG” j Grand Xooran Opera v it present that well-known Legend of Malacca Tua entitled “PUTRI I.EDANG” with special TRANSFORMATION SCENES and f di 11ii;u;i n
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  • 640 8 Must Come From Depth Of Soul MR. GANDHI EXPLAINS ITS LIMITATIONS Bombay. March 18. W/RITING under the caption ‘Tasting in today’s Harijan, Mahatma Gandhi says that fasting is a potent weapon in the satyagraha armoury, hut it is of no use without
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  • 650 8 Conditions Favour Fresh Advance Madras. March 18. HPHE view that the Indian export 1 trade has a chance of revival this year is expressed in the Annual Market Review published by Messrs. Premchand Roychand and Sons, Bombay. The Review states that in the economic sphere conditions are
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  • 152 8 JUBBLPCRE, March 15. The situation in Jubbulpore City is now normal. The Curfew Order has been withdrawn but the order under section 144 Cr. P. C., banning processions and carrying- of weapons, is still in force and will remain so for two months, if conditions do not
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  • 113 8 (From Our Own Correspondent) Teluk Anson, Tuesday. THE Installation Meeting of Napier Lodge, Teluk Anson, was held on Saturday, March 25. The following were elected for the coming year: W. M. Anderson; I P.M.— W.L. Kitserow; S. W.—W. —R Sturkey; J.W. J. Marshall; Chaplain—W. J. Smith; Treasurer —A.C.
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  • 649 8 “A Clear Breach Of Cape Town Agreement Bombay, 31 arch 18. JTIE suggestion that a deputation from the Government of India should immediately proceed to South Africa without waiting for any formal invitation from the Union Government, and that a third Round Table Conference
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  • 700 8 “No Place In Hinduism'" New Delhi, March 18. IVearly fifty thousand people pushed and jostled and jammed the hundred-foot roadway in front of the newly built Lakshmi Narain Temple and gave a tremen dous ovation to Mr. Gandhi this evening. Mr. Gandhi was to have performed
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  • 350 8 Rangoon, March 15. NOTIFICATION published in the I Burma Gazette announces that the I Governor exempts from payment to duty, motor spirit bought by the South West Transportation Company and exported overlar.d to China. Similarly kerosene bought by the company for export to
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  • 248 8 5.971 Assisted Passages Canberra, March 20. JN the first 12 months of the x operation of the new assisted migration policy of the Federal Government 5,971 assisted passages to Australia for British migrants were approved. A report covering the first 12 months’ operation of the new policy,
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  • 479 9 Distributing News In Emergency GOVERNOR DISCLOSES PROPOSALS (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Friday. T HE lormation of a directorate of propaganda in Malaya is proposed, the Governor, Sir Shenton Thomas, announced at a dinner given by the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association at the Adelphi Hotel
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  • 117 9 Correspondent) tpore, Friday. .-cutter, Ong Tuah '(I son. Ong Bah afternoon meal 1-th mile, Lim Chu 22, a flash of light- house, killing by the SingaC. Porter, yester- t r death. He reth by misadven- baby strapped ah, wife of Tuah ’n< s box and said i
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  • 174 9 Conldn ork Mi ne \l A Profit A C Yong Voon Loong, to $2,000 i ak Supreme Court Mr. R. C. Redman, i connection with his affairs. j nt Official Assignee, the examination. I that he started 193/. He spent f: o the mine in puty.ig
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  • 299 9 Hospital Building Progress 1 id. Table progress has been made with the erection ital building for the Chinese Maternity Associasum of $83,775 had been paid out to. the conitects in various amounts was revealed at the of (he Association held at the Perak Chinese wnmerce, Hale-street,
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  • 148 9 On certain information received Detective Inspector G. E. Pavee and a iosse of detectives proceeded to Tasek on Thursday and arrested a Chinese in possession of nearly two tons of sheet rubber n a lonely hut. A search revealed over iC sacks of rubber ar.d 20
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  • 63 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Friday. February was considered a dry month in Taiping, there being no rain on 16 days out of the 28. The hottest day was February 27, when the maximum temperature reached was 95 degrees, while the minimum was 64 degrees, registered
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  • 118 9 The King To See The First At Portsmouth The Royal Naval Film Corporation, which has been constituted to organise provision on board H.M. Ships of film programmes for the Lower Deck, will be inaugurated next Tuesday evening by the Duke of Kent at Portsmouth. The First
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  • 330 9 Two Young Malays On Trial The trial was continued at the Perak Assizes Court yesterday b efore the Hc.n. Mr. Justice Murray-Aynsley of two young Malays, Hashim and Mat Noor, on two counts of (1) robbing Izharullah. an Indian breadseller, of $5.04 on the Batu Kurau road
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  • 118 9 Officer Entertains His Staff Mr. R. C. S. Harris created a precedent when he entertained his staff prior to his departure to Trengganu as Assistant Adviser. Mr. Harris was Assistant Controller of Labour, Perak, prior to assuming duties as Assistant District Officer, Ipoh. Recently, he was acting
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  • 74 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Friday. The marriage of Mr. Khoo 800 Soo, well-known Perak state badminton player to Miss Boey Kam Thye, youngest sister of Mr. Boey Hean Fook, will take place at the Hokkien Hoay Kuan, Taiping, on Saturday, April 8 at noon A
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  • 40 9 TWO TRAMS MET WITH GREAT FORCE IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION on Herne Bill, London, last week. Firemen had to cut away one <>t the driving cabins to release the driver.
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  • 405 9 OECENTLY Cameron Highlands have found a great deal of publicity in the press, so that the public should be in a position to appreciate the pioneering work done b\ individuals and companies in opening un the country and developing agriculture and farming, writes a correspondent.
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  • 1415 10 But A\ ill Over-Exports Be Eliminated (From Our Own Correspondent) London, March 22. I ONDON’S Metal Exchange cordially welcomes ihe deJ cision of the International Tin Committee (as announced this afternoon) to cut the gross export quota hy 5 per cent, for the April-June quarter
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  • 49 10 A dramatic last-minute goal scored by Khoon Chuar enabled the Remblers to beat the Chee Yan English School when the former made their dobut in the Second Division League soccer competition or. the Ipoh Club Padang yesterday. Khoon Chuar’s goal was the only one of the match
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  • 855 10 Ottawa Preferences On £7,5OO,OO() Trade Discontintied London, March 21. A NEW trade agreement between the United Kingdom -t*- and India was signed in London yesterday in replacement of the Ottawa Agreement, which India has given notice to terminate on 31st March next. The
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  • 266 10 February Fall Amsterdam, March 20. Tin exports of the restriction countries in February amonate.j to 7,789 tons, against 13,318 tons in January. They were 428 tons short of quota, reducij ig u:cninitiated (elßArexports to ***** ton I Detailed figures lade appended (In metric tons) Accumulated Over Over
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  • 342 10 Big Jump In Japan’s Shipments London, March 22. Trade through all Chinese ports, exclusive of that carried in Japanese ships, I shows an increase in January compared with a year ago. Imports rose from $59,375.000 to $85,340,000 and exports from $543,147,000 to $67,*****0. The rise in imports
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    • 733 10 B ANKS T!i; MEKIANIILE BAN> OF INDIA, LTD. I icorporated Ln England) I Hie Indian Overseas Cari*a! Authorised £3,ooo'* Eubscn»»ed Il Batik', Ltd.., y ,od aod itest £1,z4<,8 I Capital 1 aid Up £1.050.<* (Incorporated in British India) .BOARD OF DIRECTORS. F> Uarles Alexander Innes i K.C.5.1.. CJ.E.. Churnm», I
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  • 138 11 QUEEN ELIZABETH SEES HOW THE BLIND LEARN TO READ VVli'n tii? Queen vs.'red the National InstiTiie tci 1. on th* occasion cf .’lie institute’s 25th annivei U t Majesty in pected Bra'l'e metal sheet a, tr?nsc ibing room Mrs. Koger Henderson, an Australian who was
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    • 108 11 IS» T# TANG YE 8 i lUf- !|T -.iTT; VERTICAL DIESEL ENGINES I J R 1.60 BHP G-40 K.W. AjM JH«SjSSEt 2 i 1 f L JI ĕ old starting. Hand or electric. No i > k V/ heating devices or super-compres- 7 sion < F i*R?J I Total enclosure
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  • 122 12 1382-Pounder Caught At Sydney Sydney, March 11. The biggest shark ever caught with rod and reel has been landed off Sydney Heads by Mr. Lyle Baguard, an American deep-sea fisherman. Mr. Baguard is one of a party organised by Mr. Zane Grey, the novelist, who fishes
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  • 47 12 Today at the Esplanade from 6 p.m.. to 7.30 p.m. March: Faugh A Ballach: O'Keefe. Selection: Round The Map: Finck. Waltz: It’s A Sin To Tell A. Lie: Maybey. Overture: Lieu Et Bayadere: Auber. Chanson Indoue: Rimsky-Korsakow. Selectio: Frederica: Lehar. Fox Tret: Doctor Rhythm: Monaco.
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  • 127 12 Sydney, March 20. Nearly 800 women have written to Sir Hubert Wilkins, the Australian explorer, offering to accompany him on his projected voyage to the Aractic in a submarine. Altogether Sir Hubert has received 4,800 applications to join his submarine. In an interview here, Sir
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  • 751 12 Si. GEORGE THE MARTYR PAT M SI N DAV 7.15 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.00 a.m. Mattins and Litany Hvmn 99. Psalms 61, 62. 8.45 a.m. Holy Communion. 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion (TamiL 10.30 a.m. Mattins and Holy Communion (Chinese). 6.00 p.m. Evensong and Sermon Psalm 86. Magnificat. Nunc
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  • 274 12 More Radium In all the world, till a few months ago, there were not mere than ten grammes of radium, and three of these were in the Radium Institute. For the rest cf the world to share only seven grammes for all its hospital and scientific work was
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  • 344 12 Expedition Collecting Exhibits Sydney, March 20. I ED by Mr. Michael Lerner, a millionaire big game fisherman, a party of American scientists has arrived in this country toconduct research into big game fishing resources, and to secure photographic and other material for the new Australian
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  • 139 12 Bill Introduced In Legislature Columbus, (Ohio). To prevent the spread of nudist camps a Bill has been introduced into the Ohio State Legislature forbidding nudity “in the presence of two or more persons of the opposite sex.” A furious debate followed the introduction of the
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  • 177 12 Black Nomad Woman’s Work Canberra, March 11. A 32-year-old aboriginal woman sculptress, of the Pitta-Pitta tribe, whose work is astonishingly like Epstein’s and is ever more reminiscent of that of the ancient Assyrian and Egyptian sculptors, has been discovered in Central Queensland. Her name is Kalbori Youngi. In
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1247 12 Fradio radio radio radio radio~rad io- radio ™RROf®:Rm SH? radio radio radio radio radio radio radid L J, x .—Vrrfr itrtDt Eh'fi*riml rt i f'or<i i vi<i. r< PENANG SINGAPORE ZHJ 6 08 mc's (49.30 m.) j ZHL 1 333 kc s (225 m 1 ZHU 9 69 m<- s
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    • 13 12 TIDE TABLE TODAY High Low 10.10 a.m. 4.10 p.m. 10.02 p-m 4.40 a.m.
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    • 459 12 8.8. C. Service Schedule For Far Fast Lon<’on March 26: Following is the probable BEC Service Schedule for the Far East in Malayan standard time for w >ek beginning March 27. TRANSMISSION 2 6.02 p.m. to 9.15 p.m. GSJ, GSG GSV arid GSF. TRANSMISSION 3 9.20 p.m. to 12.20 a.m.
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  • 454 13 Posting; Times At Kuala -Ripur, Ipoh And Penang MR MAILS OUTWARD JtOl’F 4Vn DIE WEST Empire Air Mail): For ria Point), India, pt, Sudan, Kenya, hi. Zanzibar. NoHhe r n Nyasaland. South 'P, Ireland, Canada a.m.; Ipoh 12.45 p.m. Tues lays, Frie ates For Siam, Nigeria, G Jl'i
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  • 823 13 ARRIVALS Today: GLENAPP ex United j Kingdom via Suez. Tomorrow: HAKONE MARU ex Japan via Singapore. BURDWAN ex Kobe via ports. INDIA ex Singapore. Monday, April 3: KUMSANG ex China and Japan. KEDAH ex Belawan-Deli. KOTA AGOENG ex Java ports via Singapore. Tuesday, April
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  • 75 13 Ariivals by the s.s. Kedah yesterday morning from Singapore were:—Mr. F. D. Bisscher, Mr. Lim Kcat L<-ong, Lt. Lol. W. K. Kingsberry, Mrs. Kingsberry, Mr. p- (j Brown, Mr. Waelti, Mr. L. J. Parr Miss Chin Sze Joon, Mr. A. Brown, Mrs.’ Cameron and child, Major-General W. G.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 36 13 DODWELL-CASTLE LINE SAILINGS FOR New York, Boston and Baltimore (via Cape of Good I lope) Due Due Penang New York m.v. THURLAND Apr. May CASTLE 19 29 AGENTS Tel. Nos. 568 559. Paterson Simons Co., Ltd»
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    • 888 13 P&O (Incorpoikted In England) PORT SWETTENHAAL MALACCA SINGAPORE S.S. “KARAGOLA” SAILING SUNDAY. 2nd APRIL, 1939. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under For Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh, Port contract with His Majesty’s Government Swettenham, Malacca and Singapore. London and Far East Mail Service. g/g “RUT,AN” Apr 7 Outwards iron, London
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 506 13 BLUE FUNNEL line V M j ,J Y SERV ICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT Leave* T, -’”»ng r )w- p Calls Antwerp Middlesboro Apr. 7 May 3 Calls Marseilles Glasgow Apr. 14 May 10 Calls Hull Apr. 22 May 22 v DAY SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VTA HAVRE T Omits Havre
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  • 1254 14 I ii i Day Of Extra >k-. e \l< eting THREE WINNERS FOR MR. A. VAN TOOREN (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Friday. 'pHE sky was overcast today, the first day of the Taiping Turf Club Extra Skye Meeting. There was a fair crowd
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  • 389 14 Defence Too Good For P.W.D. Forwards (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Kangsar, Friday. (IOOD goalkeeping and a dogged dey fence enabled the Police to defeat the P.W.D. by I—o1 —0 in a League played on the Town Padang yesterdav. The match, which was watched
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  • 82 14 Following is the result of the Penang Sports Club Mixed Foursomes compel.tion. played on Wednesday: WINNERS: Mrs. Scoular and T. W. Douglas 39 —6%= 32 U RUNNERS UP: Mrs. Rhys Williams and W. Shand 44 7 37 Mrs. Pallister and D. P. White 45 7 1Z 2 37
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  • 205 14 THE Ipoh Club annual tennis tourna ment has reach a very interesting stage. In the Ladies Open Singles Mrs J. L. Woods convincingly defeated Mis» Helen Khong 6 —2, 6 —o thus avenging her defeat sustained last year in the final of the Ipoh Club Ladies
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  • 64 14 Min Sin Seah Against Muslims A charity football match in aid of the China Distress Relief Fund will be played between the Min Sin Sah and the Muslim Recreation Club today, at the Victoria Green, Penang, kick-off at 5.15 p.m. Two Cups have been presented by Mr,
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  • 769 14 it r lo ay. ar d last day of the Taiping Extra leetii t, s i t wj: T 1- r’ f C cs 2 about 6 Furs.—3 p.m. 3 0 2 /K-CCN A a 10 J J Mrs. F.L. Hardir<g Capt. Harding 2 3 1
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  • 303 14 Entries And Draw For Easter Tourney The following are the entries and draw for the fourth All-Malayan Tndo-Cey-lonese Tennis Tournament to be held in Kuala Lumpur over the Easter holiday —April 7 to 10MEN’S OPEN SINGLES P. Suppiah bye, N. Caleb vs. Rajaratnam, L. Natarajan vs. K. Rasiah.
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  • 120 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) In an interesting table-tennis fixture played here today, Hwa Lian Public School beat the Old Boys by four matches to two. Results as follows: —Hwa Lian Players I mentioned first: SINGLES Cheng Yeng Se.ng heat Quah Kum Chuang 21—10, 21- 9. Wong
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 76 14 J VISIT THE UP-TO-DATE SPORTS HOUSE IST AM AR co. ’Phone 1505. 3-5, Light Street, PENANG. I Stockists of HIGH CLASS SPORTS GOODS MADE BY BRITISH LABOUR. Buy British and Be Satisfied. CRICKET, HOCKEY, FOOTBALL, BADMINTON, SpeC ialis,S TENNIS, in Restringing Rackets. GOLF, Branches*,— Singapore, K. Lumpur Batavia. I I
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  • 238 15 i?j> rotulcast From Penanir Station f Cambridge meet on the Thames today for the Boat It i. a hundred years this year since the oarsmen of the ~|i h I Diversities first met. in their world-famous conh 90 races have actually been rowed. last
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  • 56 15 Marines Beaten At Soccer vim ;ang Association beat lines’ Sports Department 'O one in a game of S.X I Ground the oily goal in the X On the reAni equalised for the 'ct l iving a pass from after the second cored by Cheng x J.
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  • 85 15 Sabotage Feared Rondon, Friday, city is the main mg campaign and provides excellent “i is placing a strong Oxford and Cam"l! to prevent saboy Precedent favours -and-half stone heaJWS have won two1 an easy victory the •wee to a minimum ,r coxwains adoptHenley wherecrews weight if coxwains
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  • 237 15 11l ,’ISION 1 Arsenal vs Middlesbrough Aston Villa vs Preston Blackpool vs Liverpool Brentford vs Leicester Derby vs Leeds Everton vs Stoke Grimsby vs Bolton Huddersfield T vs Manchester U Portsmouth vs Birmingham Sunderland vs Charlton Wolvehampton vs Chelsea DIVISION II Blackburn vs West Brom A. Bradford
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  • 119 15 Cotton And Compston Bournemouth, Friday. Henry Cotton and Archie Compstos tied for first place in the Daily Mail £2,000 Golt Tournament, with 292 strokes each. Don Curties. the Queen’s Park local professional was third with 296. Compston, who was making his initial
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  • 44 15 London, Friday. Greenham Stakes run at Newbury over The following is the result of the one*imile: FAIRSTONE 1 FORAGER 2 WHEATLAND 3 Twenty-two ran. Won by five lengths; 2 12 lengths. Betting: 10 1 Fairstone; 100j7 Forager; Bil Wheatland. Reuter.
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  • 521 15 Perak Sport Review r pHE Ipoh and District Football League is in full swing. Early this week saw the most thrilling match of the season when the Cheng Wah A. A. defeated the Customs by the odd goal in three. While the Cheng Wah
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  • 344 15 VERY important decisions were taken at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Malayan Badminton Association held at Ipoh last Sunday. The draw for tne Third All-Malayan Badminton Championships were decided and .surprisingly enough there was no seeding of players. Thus the luck of the draw
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  • 569 15 Keen Cricket Matches Taiping, Friday. 'TpHERE was not much sport in district during the past week owing to the exceptionally wet weather. Two matches were played off in the I aiping and District Soccer League, with no surprises. The Larut Sporting Lads, another Malay
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  • 83 15 The funeral of Mis. Ooi Chin Her!, nee Cheah Bian Suat, who passed away at her residence No. 379, Perak Road, at 4 p.m. on Saturday, took place at yesterday. The deceased who was 27 years v age, leaves behind the widower, Mr. Cui
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  • 101 15 A middle-aged Chinese, Jin Ah Hong, was charged before Mr. Lim Koon Teck, in the Penang Middle Court, yesterday with the theft of a silver cigarette box worth $25 from a bouse in Lim Cnin Guan Road on March 28. The box belonged to the occupier of the
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 43 15 <£ i»- 4 > iresh n ess purity f sY WIU- m fc, (iSMiik M i®![©i fl m QB I ii Bd gwfl riLw liiiSlf Dttii made FROM THE f I n E 5 t malt hops yeast DiJi ibuted by Fraser Cd Seave Ltd,
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  • 69 16 ING QUOTATIONS TIN LATEST p-.i. n- $110.50 BuJ ir s 25 tO£?«s Sin—oro, $110.50 RI Penang (Spot) 27 %c Singapore (Spot) 27%c COPP X: Sundries $3.55 Black Pepper $9.00 TAPICCA: Fair Seed $2.80 Medium $3.30 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled Ko. 1 50 .0" No. 2 $5.85 White No.
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  • 102 16 Prev. Latest Pans 176 49 64 176 49 64 New York 4.68’/4 Montreal 4.70% 4.70X4 Brussels 27.83 27.83 Geneva 20.88 20.85 Amsterdam 8.82 8.8174 Milan 89 89 Berlin 11.67 11.67 Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague 137 nominal
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  • 201 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN: Buyers Sailors Ampat 3|1% 316 Aust. Amalgamated 4)9 513 Ayer Weng .65 .70ex Batu Selan or 1.22% 1.271c' Berjuntai 9|6 1010 Hong Fatt »60 .62% Hongkong T.n 17j6 18|6 Jelebu -60 .65 Kampong Kamunting 6j3 6;9 Kpg. Lanjut 15|0 15’6 Kramat 9 6 10|0 Kuchai Ordy. 1.15
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  • 174 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Ayer Panas 1.17% 1.22% Bassetts -47% .52% Batu Lintangs 1.00 1.05 Bentas .95 1.00 Indragiris 1.10 1.15 Kuala Sidirns 1-90 2.10 Lunas 1-50 1.60 Malaka Pindag 1.20 1.25 Mentakabs .37% .40 Pa jams 1.65 1.75 Sungei Tukangs .95 1.00 Tapahg 1.65 1.75 Telok Ansons
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  • 271 16 New’ York, Friday. There are definite long term favourabh triplications following today’s firm stand by Democracies, despite an obvious increase of nearby war risks. The market failed to show any worthwhile rally. A breaking of January low’s is likely to stimulate chartist selling and also some margin
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  • 73 16 —Reuter, London. Saturday. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Business was very small during the morning, with prices mostly lower pending the Prime Minister’s statement in the House of Commons concerning international affairs. After delivery of the statement, the tone improved markedly. A majority of the earlier losses recovered. Gilt-edgeds were the chief
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  • 165 16 LEAN CO. TIN Buyers Sellers Ampats 5'3 36 lust. Amalgamated 4 6 50 B. Selar.gors 1.22% 1.27 Hong Fatts .62 .65 Jelebus «55 .60 Johans -24 -26cd K. Lanjuts l6|o Kramats 9 l° 9|9 Kuchais 1.12 1•17 Kundangs *>i 9 7'3 Laruts 4|4% Lukuts .47% Pungahs 16 6 17 2-
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  • 153 16 ANTHONY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.22% 1.271% Hong Fatt .60 .65 Klang River 1.70 1.75 Kuchai 1.15 1.20 Nawng Pet .27% .30 Mambau .47% .52% Petalings 6.25 6.50' Puteh .72% -77% Raub Gold 4.40 4.50 Rantau 1.25 1.30 ex Taiping Cons. 1.40 1.45 Talam 1.15 1.20 Ulu Klar.g
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    • 1778 16 RAFFLES COLLEGE W SL’HOI SHIPS 1 6 WBxn OFcrvo > 12. RrSHOP STREET PFNANG ’PHONE 1477 ft 1478 WITH EXTENSION TELEGRAMS “GAZETTE.” PENANG. Entrance Scholarships, not exceeding tm L numbe-, Adil be awarded by the Ceoli Street Singapore Phore 5471. Tel: "Times,” Singapore. Ku.l. za n r,,-,« 101 a y®
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