Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 April 1939

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY O 80. Vol. \CV 11. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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    Strong Plea For Revision Of U.S. Neutrality Law
    330 1 NATION IN “GRAVE DANGER” Ex-3ecretary Of State On Totalitarian Policy Washington. Thursday. IN t! course of his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relal f ns Committee advocating amendment of the Neutrality La s yesterday, Mr. H. L. Stimson, ex-Secretary of State, apparently
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    RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT
    143 1 Republic *ian become a candidate.—Reuter. Lebrun's Bi<j Majority Versailles, Wednesday. M. Lebrun was re-elected President of the French Republic today. M. Lebrun was re-elected by the first ballot. Official figures in the Presidential election are as follows: M. Lebrun. 506; M. Bedouce. 151: M. Cachin. 74: M. Herriot.
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    TRAGIC DEATH OF CONSUL
    216 1 Reuter. Statement In Commons London. Wednesday. Tlie Government’s profound regret at the tragic death of Mr. G. E. A. C. Monck-Mason at Mosul yesterday was expressed by the Prime Minister. Mr. Chamberlain in the House of Commons today. Mr. Chamberlain also expressed the House’s deep sympathy
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    LITHUANIA TO "STAND ALOOF”
    76 1 —Reuter. Governnient’s Declaration Of Policy Kaunas, Wednesday. Lithuania will “keep aloof from collisions between the great powers,” according to a Government declaration read in Parliament today. The main points of the declaration were: new problems following the cession of Memel to Germany could be settled by
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    ITALO-GERMAN STAFF TALKS
    57 1 Reuter. BerPn, Wednesday A communique announcing staff talks at present proceeding between German and Italian army leaders adds that Herr Keitel, chief of the supreme German Command, is conferring with Signor Pariiani. Secretary of State of the Italian Ministry of War and chef of the Italian General
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    FIRST LORD CREATES SENSATION: PREMIER ON INDISCREET SPEECH
    806 1 'Great Misrepresentation Abroad London, Wednesday. npHU statement attributed, to the First Lord of the Admiralty, Earl Stanhope, implying that special measures had been taken last night in the Navy to man anti-aircraft guns, whiefn caused some sensation in the Press here today
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    Gigantic Evacuation Scheme Evolved
    93 1 Reuter. London, Wednesday. A gigantic evacuation scheme involving the transference of three million people in a few days was mentioned by Mr. Elliott in the Commons debate on the second reading of the Civil Defence Bill today. Mr Elliot paid a tribute to the trans- port
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    Berlin Press Furious
    129 1 Berlin, Wednesday. Earl Stanhope’s declaration has aggravated the ant--British campaign here. The Press is furious and a political commentator declared that Earl Stanhope’s statement is symptomaic of the kind of mcitement mood prevailing in England now. He added that Mr. Chamberlain’s statement “does not alter the panic
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    OIL COMPANIES TO FIGHT
    48 1 J —Reuter. Mexico City. Wednesday. Seventeen British and American petroleum companies have renewed legal proceedmgs aga nst expropriation of their properties. The companies have requested an injunction against President Cardenas’ decree of March 18, 1938 and will cany the fight to the Supreme Court.—Reuter.
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    SON AND HEIR FOR KING ZOG
    46 1 J —Reuter. Tirana, Wednesday. The birth of a son and heir to King Zog was procla’med this morning by a salvo of 101 guns. The streets of the capital were filled with crowds cheering frantically the King and Queen Geraldine.—Reuter.
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    ANGLO-POLISH PARLEYS
    324 1 *elgians._Reuter A Statement I oday London, Wednesday, between Mr. Chamb,'rlHin Ha it ix and Col. Beck. 1 this evening, have stage where a statement ’i !>• m.'ub -ta'es Reuter. It is anti- Ir Chamberlain may be in make such a statement in Housf i Commons tomorrow. oh that
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    FOREIGN TROOPS STILL IN SPAIN
    41 1 wundi "Reuter Mr j. o London, Wednesday. ‘-crct; Uv llle r the Foreign Underlons today h-t m the House of Comtif‘ Italian i'? as far as he was aware ,n;tn Governments u)t '""awmg their troops from
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    Birmingham Shaken By Three Explosions
    221 2 —Reuter. Suspected LR.A. Outrages ATTEMPTS TO DAMAGE PUBLIC BUILDINGS London, Wednesday. BIRMINGHAM was shaken by three explosions during the night. In each case a bomb or explosive was placed in a refuse bin. The first explosion occurred near the Great NX estern station and wrecked
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    REICH DEBTS
    108 2 iransierrt —Reuter. Increase len Milliards In One Year Berlin, Tuesday. The total debt of the Reich at the end of January amounted -to over twentyeight milliard marks, official statistics reveal. Thus within one year public debt has increased about ten milliard marks, the biggest jump ever to occur
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    SAHO’S REMAINS
    65 2 —Reuter. Repatriation Bv I. S. Warship Honolulu, Wednesday. Accorded full honours including an escort of six patrols of bombers and a salute of nineteen guns, the ashes of Ambassador Saito arrived this grey, raindrenched morning aboard the U.S. cruiser Astoria. The widow and her two daughters arrived earlier.
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    CROATIAN QUESTION
    33 2 —Reuter. Belgrade, Tuesday. An official communique issued at the conclusion, of the Tsvetkovitch Marchek talks here over the Croatian question reports good progress and announces the resumption of conversations after Easter.
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    REBEL AIR ACE
    42 2 tcutcr. Killed On Exhibition Flight Burgos. Wednesday. Garcia Morato, leader of the air death squadron” who is said to have brought >wn forty enemy planes during the war. was killed at grinon while iking off for an exhibition flight.—
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    BRITISH ASSURANCES RIDICULED
    108 2 German Press Attacks Continue Berlin, Wednesday. British assurances that British policy is not aimed at encircling Germany but is purely defensive are ridiculed by Diplomatiche Korrespondenz which declares that such an assurance will not change facts. Britain is playing a game “in which the stakes are indeed
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    KONGMOON FALLS
    22 2 —Renter. Macao, Tuesday. Following their retreat yesterday the Japanese today returned in greater forces and expelled the Chinese from Kongmoon.
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    NEW BORDER INCIDENT
    55 2 —Reuter. Alleged Attael. Bv Huni»arjan< J c 5 Bratislava, W A fresh border incident cKolonica when Hungarians tacked a Slovak guard post. I that the Hungarians retreat < machine-gun. It is stated that important nialating to the new position of S! relations with her neighbours wi.: cussed
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    Big Round-up In Jerusalem
    96 2 Jerusalem. Tu». Military are searching the ri' quarters of Jerusalem and all Ar tic is prohibited from enterin?, or the city in an attempt to locate t! sailant of Mr. J.H. Hiffe, a Brit ficial of the Palestine Archa* Museum, who was shot and wounds side
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    CANADA RECOGNISES FRANCO
    18 2 —Reuter. Ottawa. Tue'-dn It is officially announced tha; C ?ia has recognised the Franco Gcv.-rn
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    Foreign News Review
    962 2 rJiHE debate on foreign affairs in the JL House of Commons on Monday had one important result, namely, of revealing how solidly all parties in Britain are now behind the Prime Minister in his new policy. Even the motion for the formation of a National Government on
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    REFUGEES’ GESTURE
    77 2 —Reuter Willing To Fight For France Metz, Tuesday. German refugees have sent M. Daladier a copy of a resolution informing him that in the event of war they would enrol in the French army. There are ten thousand refugees, including women and children, in the Moselle province. They
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    TRIBUTES TO LATE KING GHAZI
    124 2 British Wireless. London, Wednesday. The morning Press is full of expres-i-'enr cf sympathy with Iraq and tributes to King Ghazi whose death ffi a motor accident occurred yesterday. The Times in a leader says that Nuri Pasha and his colleagues will have sympathy of the
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    CABINET MEETING
    55 2 Brit'sh Wireless. London, Wednesday. The usual weekly Cabinet meeting was held at No. 10, Downing Street, this mcrn'ng and it is assumed that the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary informed their colleagues of the progress of their tasks with the* Polish Foreign Minister, Colonel Beck, who is
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    TENSE SITUATION ON SOVIET BORDER
    112 2 Fresh Russo-Japanese Clashes Reported Tok io, T uesday. ■JAPANESE reports state that fresh clashes have taken place on the Manchukuo-Soviet border. Twenty-three Soviet soldiers are stated to have entered Manchukuo and fired on frontier j patrols, who returned fire. Later the Soviet troops, it is
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    Three Books About The Spanish Civil War
    2290 3 Franco 1-1 For And Against MEMOIRS OF “EDDIE” MARSH London, March 24. |>EOPLE here anxiously repeat the question. “Mill there be a war?” After the Munich Agreement a lot of British people had hopes of “peace in our time”. Now, after the rape
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    Appointment Of Agent In Burma
    221 3 Racial Oueslion. Sa'’* Premier Madras. Mar. 17. .ability of appointing f *J Indian to succeet < ivilian Agent 5 d in a question a dras Legislative n umed its sltt -m m for the voting demands li" grants. on aen).iou> rv e I r g
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    UNITED PRESS STORY CONTRADICTED
    108 3 “Entirely Imaginary,” Says Pandit Nehru Aliahabad, ’Mar. 17. DAM)Ii .iiarlal Nehru has issued ’eg toiiov ng statement to the press- United Press correspondent at irip'iri sued a. message on Mar. 12 ei.ect after the dispersal of 0 of the Congress on telephonic conversa- i .i :na
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    TRAVANCORE LEADERS SENTENCED
    57 3 Quiion, Mar. 21 T. M. Verghese, V. K. VelAyuddan aud P. K. Kunjee, members the Council of Action ol Travancore State Congress who were treated under section 90, Travancore Criminal Procedure Code, refused# to iurnish securities for keeping the peace rnd were sentenced today to 12 months
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    CHARGED WITH MURDERING STEPFATHER
    517 3 Young Malay On Trial At Perak Assizes I tria.l continued at the'Perak .Assizes yesterday before tht Hon. Mr. Justice Murray-Avnsley and two Assessors. Messrs. S. I\. inters and Shaik Abu Bakar, of a young' Malay, \bdul Rahman bin Sharif, on a charge of committing' the mtirder
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    GOOD FRIDAY
    1062 4 VTEAK b\ year, on November 11, many people celebrate the anniversary of an armistice that concluded more than four years of war and suffering a war fought between man and man for selfish reasons. On that day we also commemorate briefly for two minutes only those who by
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    Four Powers’ Pledge To Resist Aggression
    794 4  -  By “PERTINAX” JHE DIPLOMATIC negotiations now in progress appear to me British Government, has proposed that France. Soviet Russia and Poland should sign a joint declaration whereby they and Britain would pledge themselves to lend each other mutual assistance if one of them were
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    BY THE WAY
    625 5  -  IfIOCLES. r -ip H (’,ll it is generally known lip Governor and High Sir Shenton 1 homas, ,x; year. the ha> already appointed and in fact states that is i) kling office in Malaya! Giishinc a cable message re- of the Periis the financial Tinies of ,j
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    PENANG RESPONDS TO CALL FOR AIR RAID WARDENS
    898 5 INSTRUCTION CLASSES FORMED: SECOND LIST OF VOLUNTEERS pi.XAXCi people are responding in a atislactory manner to the call lor volunteer Air Raid ardens. Xo doubt they realise that the training they will receive will be of great ad- i Aantag’e not only-
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    ALLEGED DAMAGE BY RASH ACT
    549 5 Charge Against Chetty SEQUEL TO BURNING OF RUBBISH A Chetty, Suppiah Pillai, was placed in the dock in the Fenang Police Court, before Mr. A. W. Bellamy yesterday, charged with having set fire to dry leaves, rubbish and undergrowth on his plantation in so rash
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    SIAMESE FINED FOR BREACH OF PASSPORT RULES
    79 5 A young Siamese, Sagna Emasiri. who said that he was a schoolboy, was fined $4 by Mr. Um Koon Teck, in the Penang Middle Court, yesterday, on two charges of failing Lo report and to have his passport r*.dorsod, when he left Penang
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    EURASIAN CHARGED
    76 5 An Eurasian, Moris Stumor, alias Abdullah. was arraigned before Mr. I,im Koon Teck, in the Penang Middle Court, yesterday, on a charge of falsely representing to one. M. G. Foley, that he wanted the loan of a gold ring valued $5 and thereby induced Foley to deliver the
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    PENANG URBAN CO-OP. UNION
    736 5 Film ANNUAL MEETING ON APRIL 18 I e IJ fth annual general meeting of the H b rban Co '°P erat ve Union Ltd il be held on Tuesday April 18, at 5.15 f’ n T? e Office Of the Co-operative Soc eties Department, Government Buildngs,
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    PARENTS’ DAY AT ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL
    601 5 Concert And Prize Giving R. C. MRS. GOODMAN PRESENT The St. Georges Girls School. Northam Road. Penang, held its Parents’ Duy .yesterday. There w i large ga J b ien g anv amon g’ these present were the Hon. Mr. A M Goodman. Resident
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    LATE MRS. CHEAH CHENG KHOAY
    68 5 The funeral of the late Mrs. Cheah Cheng Khoay. nee Madam Ang Gaik Hook, who passed a wav on March 15, took place from her resM'-nce 66. Kinta I ano on Tuesdav for interment at the Cheah Cemetery, Mount Ersk ne. There was large gathering
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL
    410 7 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. R. E. Roberts, of the Posts and Telegraphs, Ipoh, proceeds on Home leave sometime in May this year*. The members of the Mess of the Firs’ Perak Battalion. F.M.S.V.F. held n Pahit Party at their neadquarters. The estimated export of dry rubbe from Malaya, Brunei and Labuan
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      503 7 WEMBLEY PARK GATE: 20 cts. GENTS. -10 CTS. LADIES. Tonight: Thursday, 6th April, 1939. Tonight.’ BOXING Tonight \J.\ OR SHINEs THE FIGHT WILL BE ON AT LLNAR HALL Thursday, 6th April, 1939. MAIN EVENT 10-3 MIN. ROUNDS Ignacio Fernandez vs.. Young Cho’on K eight Chanjpion (The T ncrowned Light-weight x
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    RETRENCHMENT HINDERS CLIFFORD SCHOOL
    1269 9 No Science Course Possible TEACHING STOPS WITH SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, Tuesday. I HAI owing to gradual reduction of staff, it was no longer possi1 ble to give post-Schooi Certificate instruction, and consequently, some of the brightest boys from the school had
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    Story Of Fatal Gun Explosion
    374 9 t ('v.n Correspondent) Singapore, Tuesday. j inquiry into ctw 1 ;hell explosion on Pulau durng the recent defence in the death o: Murray of the 22nd Gunner Royal Artillery o n yesterday with nner David Allen jured men. v G Porter, redid of death by
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    PANGUNI UTHIRAM AT BATU GAJAH
    103 9 I"" 1 .l<“.d Al I’emple *>v ii Corespondent) Ratu Gajah, Wednesday. IIII|; AM. the Hindu festi1 at tlie Subra- >' u Gajah, yesterday > mony. The I throughout the whole neighbouring: y hour devotees poured ring offerings of “I betel leaves. Many ‘kavadis’ by way
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    HOUSEHOLD APPOINTMENTS
    41 9 M.P., to be a Lord the Treasury.- British J London, Tuesday. (•proved the appointtfies Waicrhou.se, H r of His Majesty’s >nel Charles Comptroller of His •'•"Id, and of Major Sir "h. M.P., to be a Lord the Treasury.- British
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    MANDARIN CLASSES FOR KAMPAR
    167 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kampar, Wednesday. OWING to the great emand for education the Roman Catholi Mission is contemplating the erection of a school for the purpose of teaching Mandarin to the Chinese children of this district. The proposed school will be able to accommodate about
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    Coronation Swimming Pool, Taiping
    115 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Lednesday. WORK has started on the Coronation Swimming Pool sponsored by the Taiping Rotary Club. The site, given for the purpose bv Sir Iskandar Shah, the late Sultan, is an excellent one, being situated at the foot of the hills and
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    “RETORT COURTEOUS”
    131 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. Mohamed Ismail bin Ali, young Malay student in Victoria Institution, failed, early in 1937, to convince the board of selectors that he was a suitable candidate for admission to tlie Malay Administrative Service. “•He took the blow with philosophic calm,” said
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    OLD, BUT YOUNG IN CRIME
    68 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batu Gajah, Wednesday. KOH SEONG, an aged Chinese, appeared in the Batu Gajah Court before Datoh Muda Razalli yesterday morning on a charge of possessing utensils for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. The accused admitted tlie charge and pleaded for leniency
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      181 9 p'jt j x > L.'-«O'v s .s., Students of the Vivekanaada School, run by the Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore, at work i 1 their basket-weaving and fretwork classes. FRESH L'fC' I -W ll? i ot only Babies but all residents 1 the tropics need the sustaining nd nourishing benefits of rich,
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    GERMAN AGGRESSION PARALYSES LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE BUSINESS
    1927 10 Rumours Rule Share Prices SOME EXCELLENT COMPANY RESULTS (From Our Own Correspondent) London, March 24. r ILL there be world war next week, next month, next year, or never at all? This unhappily topical problem confronts us all and the average British investor,
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    BASSETT RUBBER COMPANY
    362 10 Satisfactory Profits Disclosed TtllF. following directors report of Bassett K'ubber Co., is to be presented dt the twenty-first annu I general meeting on V/ed ivs'l ly. April 12, at Penang:— Cultivation The areas under cull.vation at the close of the year were as follows Mature Rubber 961.19
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    ANGLO-SWEDISH TRADE DISCUSSIONS
    63 10 -Reuter Stockholm, April 4 A delegat on of Swedish industrialists will visit Britain for further discussions, it w*as announced after talks which Mr Hudson had wth memibers of the FeExport Association. deration of Swedish Industries and the It was also agreed that discussions might require a return
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      366 10 ADDED LNGREDIENI PROTECTS TEETH Destroys mouth acids too Even the most sparkling white teeth are not safe from decay. Vcrj often, on close examination, you will discover small brown specks which are a sign of the painful cavities tc come later on. One of the major causes of these cavities
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    144 11 Li h il Gayer von 'cm: linking lire 3rd li 'ion of the Keichwe’ir, take; l-i' «a*» at a great tmi; v' aL y in Wentc-sla* squ: rc. fiaguc, aft t Hitler's arrival. air minister helps at balloon barrage display l The Air Minister. Sir
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    TAIPING TURF CLUB’S ANNUAL MEETING
    66 12 (From Our Ovti Correspondent) Taiping, Wednesday. The annual general meeting of the Taiping Turf Club will be held on April 17. The remaining racing dates of the Club ■for the year 1939 are: July 28 and 29 and December 15 and 16 The Anglo-Chinese School,
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    World Achievement
    299 12 A Fly Trap We have only to mention certain regions in Africa to bring to mind one of the deadly diseases which have long been a scourgg among cattle, the sleeping sickness so long a curse upon vast areas. As children we were familiar with stories of the
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    CHURCH NOTICES
    301 12 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR GOOD FRIDAY—FAST 7.00 a.m. Mattins and Litany and Ante-Communion. 9.00 —12.00 Three hours Devotion. 4.30 p.m. Evensong. 5.00 Children’s service. HOLY SATURDAY—EASTER EVEN VIGIL FAST 7.00 a.m. Mattins, Litany and AnteCommunion 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Preparation for Communion. BURMAH ROAD HALL (Comer of Chow
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    INDIAN EMIGRATION TO CEYLON
    193 12 Raj Agent Is Watching Developments I L I ’> New Delhi, Mar. 2&. MR. S Satyamurti asked in the Central Assembly whether the Government of India had any information as to the conclusion of the Board of Ministers, in Ceylon, on the Jackson Report on immigration
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    “COMMUNAL CRY WAS RATHER OVERDONE,” SAYS PREMIER
    624 12 ‘•JVe Will Land Ourselves In 1 11., Hopeless Retrogression” .a Madras, Mar. 22. T' HE Madras Legislative Assembly, after over Joindebate, voted the grant for Ministers and L il G Administration. In a lengthy reply, lasting ninety n.i lhe Prime Minister answered the
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    JURISDICTION OF CANTONMENTS
    81 12 United Provinces Lose Federal Court Case New Delhi, Mar. 23 THE Federal Court today dismissed the United Provinces case that the fines imposed and collected in Cantonment areas should be credited to provincial revenues. The plaintiffs, the United Provinces Government, prayed for declaration of certain provisions of
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    GOVERNOR OF FRENCH INDIA LEAVES
    27 12 Madras, Mar. 25. BA. BONVIN, the Governor of French India, arrived from Pondicherry yesterday and proceeded to Calcutta at night. From Fraqye
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    PANDIT G. B. PANT'S RESOLUTION
    385 12 Why Socialists Did Oppose Il t Patna Mr. Jai Prakash Narain, •Genera Secretary of the All-india Congress Socialist Party., in th. course of a press statement, ex plains the circumstances which t< < the party to remain neutral*on tli-. occasion oi voting on Pandit G
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    LETTER TO CONGRESS PRESIDENT
    97 12 Mr. Nariman Says U Is Illegal Bombay. Mai i MR. K F. NARIMAN, a member ot tie A «I. C C. from Bpmbay.Tias sen' Jan appeal to the. Congress Pre- 0 raising an important issue that r. in Govind Ballabk Pant's resolution vas> ed at the
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      655 12 a dio^raaio'radix? *Elec\lrical recording. e *PENANG ZHJ 6.08 mc|s (40.30*m.) TODAY r.M. 5.55 Indian music. 7.00 Classical proxranune 4) Concerto in E Flat Major (Es Dur) K. 449 (Mozart). 2) Concerto No. 1 in C Minor Op. 26 (Max Bruch). .3) Overuture “The Bartered Bride’’ (Die Verkautte B»au) (Smena). 4)
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      573 12 rGmi:~honc records. SINGAPORE? ZHL 1,333 kejs (225 m.) ZHP 9.69 mejs (30.96 m.) e TODAY P.M. 5.00 Cantonese mus’c.f 6.15 Mandarin chiMren*s programme.* 6.30 ‘Popular singers—<o.’f 7.10 Hawaiian music J--7.15 A Series of talks on child welfare by Ida *l. M. Simmons.—l.—‘Welfare.’ 7.30 Time wither. nc*.vs and announcements. 7.45 ‘From
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      456 12 Service Schedule For Far East London. April ,2: Follow ing is the probable BBC Service Schedule for the Far East in Malayan standard time for week begilmijg April 3. TRANSMISSION 2 6.02 p.m. to 9.15 p.m. GSJ, GSG GSV and GSF. TRANSMISSION 3 e 9.20 p.m. to 12.20 a.m. GSF.
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    The Mails
    469 13 > Posting Times At Kuala i-ninpur, Ipoh And Penang S FA MAILS OUTWARD North, North Eastern and Sumatra close Penang by S.S. Kedah. J ’Mon Cl yion, Southern, and WesAlen and Egypt close 1 on’ Sa raay by the Ac l»uriya.* ’birma and Northern India 3, on by
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    MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS
    924 13 IN PENANG HARBOUR ARRIVALS Today: CARTHAGE ex London via ports. BANGALORE ex Europe. PRESIDENT MONROE ex San Francisco via ports. Tomorrow: GLENOGLE ex Far East via Singapore. NARBADA ex Calcutta. GLENROY ex Far East via Singapore. KEDAH ex Singapore. Saturday, April 8: TALABOT ex Far East via
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    HEADMASTER’S JOKE AGAINST HIMSELF
    118 13 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. The trials of a headmaster were humourously referred to by Mr. C. E. Gates, the principal, when he spoke at the Victoria Institution’s annual prizegiring this evening. Referring to school results, he remarked, :‘The Seniors were a rather weak
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      454 13 BLUE FUNNEL LINE UI.HJY SERVICE TO LONDON Nj RIH CONTINENT S'OGLE «(’alis Antwerp Middlesboro Ap?” 8 7 Uue M^ do K Calls Marseilles Glasgow Apr' 14 M J ,f ;I s Calls Hull Apr. 2 J ten day SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL «VIA HAVM 7 Liverpool M> Apr. 18 May 16
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    CHINESE WIN FIRST DIVISION SOCCER 1-0
    650 14 Great Uphill Fight By Indians THREE BALLS USED IN GAME SOLITARY goal, resulting from a free-kick awarded five minutes before the end of the first half, enabled the Penang Chinese Football Association to take full points from the Indian Recreation Club in the opening
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    TAIPING LEAGUE SOCCER
    217 14 Police Draw With Eurasians (From Our Own Correspondent! Taiping, Tuesday. The Taiping Police shared pomts with the Euras’an Association in a League fixture played at the Esplanade yesterday, each side scoring a goal. The game was scrappy, and both teams missed several opportunities, especially the Eurasians, J.
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    PERAK NORTH VS. SOUTH SOCCER
    150 14 AT a general committee meeting of the Football Association last week it was decided to play the annual Perak North versus South match at Taiping on April 22 or Ipoh on April 29 according to availability of grounds. The following are the sub committees elected.
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    HOME FOOTBALL OVER EASTER
    693 14 List Of League Fixtures For Four Days 9 Following are Home soccer fixtures for the Easter Holidays- tomorrow ENGLISH LEAGUE Division 1 Blackpool vs. Arsenal Brentford vs. Preston N.E Charlton A. vs. Chelsea Grimsby T. vs. Huddersfield T Liverpool vs. Birmingham U. vs. Leeds United Portsmouth
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    IPOH LEAGUE SOCCER
    93 14 Kinta Indians Hohl Customs 4FTER being three goals within the first 15 minutes, the Kinta India* Association made a splendid rally to fore a 3 —all draw with the Customs in their First Division League soccer match on the Ipoh Club Padang yesterday. The Customs scored all
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    TRAINING LIST FOR PERAK RACES
    500 15 Total.Of 73 Horses Ponies t the list of 73 horses anu ponies in training for the k T < Sky% Meeting. <® O’NEILL B.a.m Miss C. R. M li( l a Ch.a.m —do—- r 5 Br.a.g F. O. C. 0N’< 11. r> 1 m -do—g
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    Cotton As Ryder Cup Captain
    29 15 —Reuter. London, Wednesday, Henry Cotton has been appointed captain of the British Ryder Cup golf team against the United States in Florida in November.—Reuter.
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    CHOON TO FIGHT FERNANDEZ
    191 15 Tonight’s Boxing In Penang j IGNACIO FERNANDEZ, one-time idol of the Madison Square Garden, will make a return to the Penang ring tonight at the Lunar Hall, Wembley Park, when he trades punches with Young Choon. flashy Penang Chinese featherweight. Choon has outgrown hk division hut
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    LAMBERT WINS SINGLES FINAL
    30 15 Sports Club Tennis In the P. S. C. tennis men's singles H’cap (final), —30.2 J. D. Lambert beat —30.2 J. H. Wagstaff 9—ll. 6—3. 10— 8.
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    CHARITY SOCCER GROSSES $857.20
    52 15 The gross receipts from the charity football match between the Min Sin Scab and the Muslim Recreation Club on Saturday last was $857.20 (Chinese Currency $2.765.16). This sum has been handed over to the China Distress Relief Fund by the Min Sin Seah, the organisers of
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    Klang Club Tennis Tournament
    1091 15 Perak Penang Entries (From Our Own Corerspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. Ci OOD entries have been received for F the fourteenth annual open lawn tennis Easter tournament of the Klang Club, to be played on the Klang Club courts on Apr. 7,8, 9 and 10. Among the
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    LATE MARKET PRICES
    68 16 midday quotations TIA LATEST Penang $108.50 Busir -ss 50 tons S 01 e $108.50 RUBBER: P nang (f-wt) Singapore (Spot) 27 %c COPRA: Sundried $3.55 Black Pepper $9.00 TAPIOCA: Fair Seed $2.77% Medium $3.25 RICE: Rangoon Part»piled Wo. 1 s6.o< e No. 2 $5.85 White No. 1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    104 16 Prev. Latest Paris 176 49 64 176 57 64 New York 4.68/2 4.68 A Montreal 4.69% 4.69*54 Brussels 27.81 27.83 Geneva 20.87% 20.87% Amsterdam 8.82 8.81% Milan 89 89 Berlin 11.67 11.66% Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 226% Prague
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    ANTHONY & CO.
    152 16 ANTHONY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.22% 1.27% Hong Fatt .62% .65 Klang River 1.67% 1.72% Kuchai 1.15 1.20 Rahman Hyd. 1.00 1.05 Raub Gold 4.40 4.50 Ranlau 1.25 1.30 Taiping Cons. •1.37% 1.42% Talam 1.15 1.20 Anipat 30 3j6 Aus. Amalgamated 4 9 5,3 Bangrir.? 19 3 19
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    STOLE BICYCLE LAMPS
    234 16 Chinese Youth Gets One Month’s Gaol A young Chinese, Fong Ah Cheok, stood his trial before Mr. Lim Koon Tcck. in the Penang Middle Court, yesterday on a charge of stealing a bicycle lamp valued 20 cents, from a bicycle parked in front of Majestic Theatre on
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    Wall Street Cable
    283 16 New York. Wednesday A feature ot the morning market was the tendency of volume to dry up a weakness for th? first time in recent sessions. Thereafter saw a mild rally featuring principally aircrafts, which alone managed to hold the gains. The volume of trading was lower.
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    KENNEDY & CO.
    252 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN: Buyers Selkrs Ampat 3 1% Sb* Ayer We ng -65 .<0 Bangrin 19 0 19 6 Batu Selangor 1.22% 1271 c Hong Fatt 61 .64 Hongkong Tin 17 6 18 6 khan 24 271 c Telebu -60 -65 .<pg. Kamunting 6 3 6 9 Kpg. Lanjut 15
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    S.S. CIVIL SERVICE
    117 16 Mr. R. C. Huffman For Butterworth Mr. R. C. Hoffman, of the Straits Settlements Civil Service, has been appointed Police Magistrate and Coroner, Butterworth, vice Mr. S- T. Stewart, who has been appomted Assistant Collector of Land Revenue, Balik Pulau. Mr. A. H. M. Assistant Collector of
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    MALAYAN BADMINTON STARS HERE
    351 16 (By Our Badminton Correspondent). MOST ot the outstation players taking part in the third All-Malaya badminton championships, which will commence at the Free Sciicol Hall tomorrow morning at 8.30, have arrived in Penang. The first batch of the Singapore contingent were the early arrivals, travelling by
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    CHURCH NOTICE
    170 16 St. G eorge The Martyr EASTER DAY 5 00 a m. Holy Communion (Tamil) 7 00 a m. Holy Communion 8.00 am. Choral Eucharist Setting—Merbecke Hymns 131, 137, 316 9.30 am. Holy Communion (Chinese) 11 00 a.m. Mattins Address Psalms 16. 11l Chants 94. 227 Easter Anthem Te
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    LINER REACHES PENANG WITH BROKEN PROPELLER
    80 16 The Ellerman liner, "C'ty of Bedford,” arrived in Penang yesterday morning with her propeller oroken wnne at gea. A wireless message was sent from the ship at about 2 p.m. and when ghe arrived m port at 7 p.m., a party of divers inspected
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    GIRL DROWNED IN DRAIN
    44 16 A three-year-old Indian girl was drowned in three feet of water when she fell into a drain by the side of Patani Road yesterday morning. She was reported to be picking fruits from a. tree near her house, and slipped.
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    THE LATE KING GHAZI
    27 16 Owing to the death of King Ghazi, of Iraq, flags were flown at half mast at all Government buildings in Penang yesterday. z
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    CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAYS IN PERSIA (IRAN)
    370 16 Up till the e’.’ of the Great War Pers a, now c’Ued Iran, h«d scarcely any serviceable roads much less railways. This was someth:ag about which the Faithful dared not even think, for the mere fact of aaving dreamed about it was already a
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      375 16 PERAK TURF CLUB Easter Skye Meeting 1939 EASTER SATURDAY. Bth APRIL, 1933 EASTER MONDAY. 10th APRIL. 1939 Subscriptions for Visiting Memberj shall be: ss LADIES $2 for the Meeting or any day thereof. VISITING MEMBERS must be intro duced by Members and MUST APPLY TO THE SECRETARY’S OFFICE. CHENG BOK
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