Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 17 April 1939

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    19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 188 PUBLISHED DAILY 0 VOl’ XCVII. MONDAY. APRIL 17, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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    Hostility To Roosevelt's "Peace" Message
    933 1 DICTATORS NOT EXPECTED TO RESPOND FAVOURABLY World Conference Proposal Soviet Russia’s Readiness To Participate Berlin. April 17. Hostility to President Roosevelt’s note is marked in the Diplomatische Korrespondence which declares: *’The sole purpose of this note is to increase discord among European states by an
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    FRENCH DESTROYERS AT "GIB"
    143 1 ir Reuter. Normal Measures In Abnormal limes Gibraltar, April 16. Th« FVfiich destroy?! s “Le Terrible’ 1 Fmtasque” arrived this mornin" th v are lying off the south mole bomn defences at rhe entrances t(. the a imii ally Harbour. It is under- t v tre
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    U.S.A. BEING DRAWN INTO WAR
    38 1 Reuter. Nett Yoii, April 15. 'l hi s in adcr stalos that the i V Stab > ll pi obably be drawn >io> m t uar more swiftly than in Hi, Great iiar.— Reuter.
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    HAIFA SHOOTING OUTRAGES
    48 1 Reuter. London, April 16. rned th? Court of Enquiry it 1'or: smooth into the cause of 1- ii occurred in the British ’vrier ’Ar.k Royal’’ returning, it ir about three weeks ago» buying several planes. j •ult of the inquiry is not dis-j u. itcutpp.
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    KING ZOG'S "ABSURD ADVENTURE"
    367 1 Ciano Explains Italian Action In Albania P Paris, April 16. f, t ln<, s speech yesterday was I, 1 r c eived in political circles ■n.sider it more conciliatory than I dh 7 Ital a n speeches The fact that I t 1 anxious to uphold
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    JAPAN PLANS DRASTIC DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE
    143 1 On Britain And Other Pro-Ch inese Poivers Tokyo, April 16. The Japanese Cabinet intends to bring drastic diplomatic pressure to b.ar on Britain and other pro-Chiang Kai-shek powers, according to the newspaper Nichi Nichi Shimbun. Japan is also to extend unqualified moral support to Italy’s
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    CELEBRATIONS IN SEVILLE
    49 1 Seville, April 17. Tr dng from Burgos along s carefully-guarded route, General Franck •.ri'h several members of his stall arriv’d h. re for the first great victory review in which 50,000 thousand troops The celebrations included a special reli- j gious procession and a gala bul-fight.
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    "NOBLE AND HEROIC SPANISH PEOPLE"
    57 1 —Reuter. VabKaw City, April 6. The broadcastiny in Spanish,, praised the “noble and heroie Spanish people” and eongratulated the leaders oi.' their sexnd for Christian civilisation and their conquest of communism and athe.sm. Ho appealed, that justice be tempered w-ith mercy in the ecuntry's reorganutati(Y,z
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    KING VESTS BARRAGE DEPOT
    65 1 —8.0. W. Driving from Windsor Castle Their Majesties, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain, the A'merican Ambassador and Mrs. Kaunedy an A other guests, visited the balloon barrage depv. at hook. Surrey. Daring their i'isp;<A:or. a demonstration lasting tv. o hours of a certain secret equipment
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    Responsibility Thrown On The Dictators
    1444 2 ROOSEVELT’S APPEAL FOR PEACE Axis Not Expected To Accede To Terms Washington, April 15. President tiooseveifs appeal to Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini has electrified diplomatic circles especially in view ol the hornests nest which the message is lia e to stir up against himself
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    U.S. FLEET TO RETURN TO PACIFIC
    199 2 —Reuter Washington, April 16. Without any explanation the Navy Departrrm- ordered the Fleet to return from the Pacific A. formal Fleet review was to have been held in the Atlantic on April 27 The Fleet had also been scheduled to visit the New York
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    BRINGING IN RUSSIA
    271 2 Lord Halifax Sees M. Maisky •>* Rugby, April 15. Added significance's given to yesterday’s interviw between the Soviet Amoassador, M. Maisky and Lord Halifax in view of the Ministerial statements in both Houses of Parliament on Thursday of the importance which the Government attaches to the part
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    BRITAIN APPROVES
    728 2 ’—Reuter Roosevelts Service To Mankind London. April pj The measure of Britain’s app rec atlr of President Roosevelt’s intervention indicated in the very heavy type wi J which the President’s h store m( sa e printed in the newspapers The hopes aroused last night wero hever, tempered later
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    MALARIOLOGY COURSE OPENS AT KUALA LUMPUR
    368 3 12 Doctors Attending Trip To Klang And Carey Island Kuala Lumpur, 'to-day r jp\\ Lla L doctors iroin Cevlon, French Indo-Chma, Netherlands Indies, the Fhillipine islands. Siam and Malaya arc attending the three weeks malariology course beginning here to-day before going down to Singapore
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    BOY WHO KILLED HIS EMPLOYER
    268 3 I JU. I h alt With By Home Secretary guilty to t he charge of employer, a 15-year-~,iered at the Old Bailey id 1 during the King’s pleasure, be O'*' jock only seven minutes. af not empanelled. n a K man, Mr. Albert John The
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    SAILOR SUES GIRL
    443 3 like Judgment Of Paris.” Says Counsel I- AHIS -uiuething like the Judg- '.is,” commented counsel Lan at Grays, Essex, County Lrt in which a girl stated that she r ,v,- fnJ ‘Tie man, while another ‘ln >f Paris,” remarked |j, jid v.er- ‘three beautiful jdifs, r< were
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION
    248 3 Business for Tomorrow’s Meeting Following is the agenda for to-morrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commissioners 1. To confirm minutes of last ordinary and special meetings held on March 28 1939. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3 Questions. 4. To confirm decisions arrived at by
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    LONDON’S MOST COLOURFULL FIGURE
    368 3 Does As He Likes—And i Makes a Fortune 4S he strides through the streets of London burly, bearded, in a bright green suit, vivid red neckerchief, gold rings in his eais and a huge black slouched hat topping all—none pf those who turn their heads to
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    NEWMARKET RACE RESULTS
    87 3 i. —Reuter. London, April 15. The iollowing ore the results of today’s important races at Newmarket: SIGNAL LIGHT 1 FOX CUB 2 BOLD DEVIL 3 Thirteen ran. Won by a head; four lengths between second and third. Betting: 8;i Signa Light; 9'4 Fox Cub: 20 1 Bold
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    TONIGHTS TITLE FIGHT
    62 3 Louis Expected I'o Beat Roper Los Angeles, April Ifi. JOE LOUIS is 12 tc I on favourite to beat Jack Roper of Cali- fornia in Monday’s world heavyweight championship tight. Experts expect Louis to win by a knockout in the fir-t two or three rounds. Koper who
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    BASKETBALL IN TAIPING
    233 3 Old Edwardians’ Good Win (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Apr» 16. The Old Edwardians’ basketball team scored j ■'t another fine victory when they defeated the Har Q team at the Siew Chay School court yesterday by 52 points to 38. Tne siivWer of rain that tell
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    NEW SWIMMING RECORDS
    66 3 Reuter New Haven, Con. April 16. Richard Hough of Princeton estatfcshed new world’s records tor 100 metres and 100 yards breast stroke, covering 100 metris ir. 1 min. 3 7'lo sec. compared with 1 win. 9 510 sec. held by Blake (Germany); and 100 yards in 1
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    FAST GALLOPS AT BUKIT TIMAH
    369 3 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 15. SEVERAL excellent gallops came under observation on the track at Bukit Timah this morning in preparation for the Singapore Turf Club Summer Meetings. Aerial Post, Blue Peter and Hard Road, were among those who impressed. The inner track
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    NOT ECONOMICS BUT STRATEGY.
    658 4 A S pro announced in the “Sunday Gazette” yesterday the Straits Settlements Government, which is already contributing £750,000 for Imperial defence proposes, to make a gift this year of a further sum of £1.000.000, and the relative motion will be moved at the next meeting of
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    62 4 As from today the “Pinang Gazette” will be issued as an evening paper with all the latest news of the day, in addition to the previous evening’s news as hitherto. We crave indulgence for the lateness of today’s issue, due to the difficulties of re-organisa-tion. The usual time of
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    CROWN PRINCE AND HIS BRIDE
    88 4 —Reuter. Given Great Reception At Iran Teheran, April 17. With glittering magnificence, Shas Iran gave a great State welocme to Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, 19-year-old heir to the throne and his pretty pride. Princess Fawzieh, 17-year-old sister of King Farouk. As the crown prince, his bride
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    TRIAL OF BOMB TERRORISTS
    105 4 —Reuter. Eire Objection To Judge’s Remark Dublin, April 17. An incident arising out of the trial of I. R. A. bomb terrorists in Britain is the subject of a formal protest by the Eire Government to Sir Thomas Inskip. These representations are the outcome of a
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    BY THE WAY
    635 4 Talking About The Weather The weather is hard’y an original topic but what can one expect on a Monday morning? Much though the break in the drought is welcome, I wish the rain had chosen a later hour to come. For those fortunates who can lie in
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    DIARY OF A FOREIGN NEWS EDITOR
    438 4 YESTERDAY, President Roosevelt’s appeal to Hitler and Mussolini caused a great stir in the political world and at the same time, brought a ray of hope to peace-loving nations. Today the topic of the hour naturaly is: How will the dictators reply? Reuter mesages
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    STILL MORE FIVE YEAR PLANS
    278 4 Russia’s Needs Outlined By Premier Moscow. causes for the exploitation cf JL man by man and the division osociety ir.to exploiters and exploited ha ?e been abolished for all time.” This claim was made by the Soviet Union Prim’ Minister, Molotoff, in his report to
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL
    365 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Wong Voon Hoy of the Kinta Treasury, Batu Gajah, has come over to K impar Courts on transfer.—Corr. Datoh Muda Razalli, M. C. S., MagiBatu Gajah, will be going on tranto Pat it by the end of this month.— Corr. s|c 4 s pr Chen Su Lan, Mr.
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    MALAYANS BACK FROM HOME
    351 5 Veneas Passengers I The Blue Funnel liner s.s. “Aeneas” arrived here this morning from Liverpool via ports with the following Malayan passengers. FOR PENANG Lt. Col. E. A. de Bufiatte, No: 9, Beach Street, Penang. Dr. D N. Blair, Health Officer, Penang, Mr, R. W. Calderwood,
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    Alleged Sale Of Lottery Tickets
    651 5 513,816 Said To Have Been Paid To Turf Clubs H Of $13 816 had paw vitHn 4 ent Turf Clubs W MWava ln fifteen months by a man t“ 8 a month was alleged in the Penang I ohce Court, before Mr. A. W. Bellamv
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    WELL-KNOWN SPORTSMAN MARRIES
    775 5 Several Chinese Weddings During Week-end r Penang Buddhist Association was the venue 01 a pretty wedding on Saturday, the contracting parties being Air. Oh Chong Seng, the well-known all-round sportsman, and Miss Lee Keat Poey, sister of Mr. Lee Swee Poey. Mr. Oh Chong Seng is the
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    LT. COL. E.A. DE BURIATTE,
    30 5 LT. COL. E. A. DE BURIATTE, u'ho left Penang on four month»' leave, returned here this morning by the Blue Funnel liner Aeneas from Birkenhead.
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    SEQUEL TO BIG ALOR STAR BURGLARY
    1646 5 THREE MALAYS CHARGED IN HIGH COURT Tunku’s Loss Of Jewellery And Cash (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star. April 16. r pHF hearing was begun of.’ “The Akintaloon Ca c. yesterday when three Malays, Jaaiar b Tcha acoob b. Haji Mohammed Noor and Galiya,
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    TALMA IN PORT
    108 5 Th? B. I. liner Talma w’hich arrived here this morning alongside the Swettenham Pier from Calcutta and Rangoon brought with her eighteen mules for the Regiment at Taiping. The mules attracted a large crow’d when ”’ere led to the railway station. from where they were sent to
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      394 6 Z V the SVN sH NE vF turned on W be ATHEYVfc a U die ton M« to g‘ ve >O in love >vttJ>. a nd j S^ ey 9 o n J B y tnp v° tt k w Vov W rtul Give Ker a" 1 er^' W story,
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      199 6 Matinee To-day at 3 p.m. (Reduced Prices) Souvenir Photos of Shirley Temple will be distrbuted to our Patrons occupying Ist 2nd Class Seats at To-day’s Matinee LAST NIGHT —TO-NIGHT: 6.15 9.30 J» (•IANE AN» HER CAN® HIT THE OREN ROA*l> L fliid. wh«h m®r®, hit a *®w high in hitarttyl
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    'Do You Know Mae West Very Well?'
    228 7 AO. SAID MONT GOMERY IM) Till m;.n,i/or ask If: New York. n'T,n;r MONTGOMERY, matinee idol Il of the screen, tried to be very e and serious when be appeared f re a Senate Committee in Washington m arguments on behalf of the Screen
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    Anna Neagle Will Play Nurse Cavell
    234 7 Anna Neagle Will Pl a y Nurse Cavell New York. HER 'Dawn' is to be made, of Al was him telling the story W;t lrse Caval, the English woman who in dead by a German firing squad hel^7p elS n October 1915. She had ritish prisoners of war to escape.
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    CAUGHT RED-HANDED
    65 7 Caught red-handed while coming out of a house in Ariffin Road with a bundle of clothing tucked under his arm, a young Chinese, Hong Ee Peh. was charged before Mr. Lim Koon Teck, in the Penang Middle Court, yesterday with theft of the articles. The accused pleaded guilty
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    William Powell Likely To Retire
    153 7 W ILLIAM POWELL, debonair hero of “The Thin Man,” and one of the half-dozen most popular stars in the world may retire from pictures. Following his recent serious operation, Powell has taken a holiday. It will be no surprise to Hollywood if on his return
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    Basil Rathbone Has Change Of Heart
    415 7 ot virtue who have spent an appreciable part of the last three years hissing and booing Basil Bathbone are in for a surprise when they see Universal’s new film, “Son of Frankenstein.” Elected the screen’s most dastardly villain by garnering 37% of the total
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    FANS FOLLOW JACK BENNY INTO COURT
    153 7 JACK BENUY. film and radio comedian, voted the funniest man in America, hadn’t a smile or a wise-crack as he pleaded guilty in New York to smuggling charges, and was fined £2,000 and ordered to report to the Federa* probation officer in California for
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    COLONY DEFENCE GIFT
    250 8 Further £1,000,000 Proposed MR. .1. it BENNETT TO MOVE MOTION IN COUNCIL qpHE Straits Settlements Government, which already is contributing three-quarter of a million pounds to Imperial defence, proposes to make a gift of a further million pounds this year. A motion that the Legislative Council should
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    K.L. HOUSING PROBLEM
    212 8 Non-Goverument Servants’ Move (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 5. fTVIE housing problem in Kuala Lumpur, JL so far as it arfects middle-class wage-earners, will be tackled by the Committee of the Non-Guvernmeat Servants’ Association, according to the annual report and accounts, which will be presented
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    Hollander’s Eighteen-Year
    277 8 Motor Trek ‘’Travel Broadens The Mind” WTTH 270,000 miles of roads, mud tracks and sand behind them, tw’o weary travellers and their badge-covered motor car have reached Singapore. They are a Hollander, Capt. Teo. P. Osterhaus. and his pretty Bavarian wife. Captain Csterhaus has been driving in 70
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    Long Rebuilds 'ldle Hour'
    139 8 IN a letter to Mr. F. J. L. Mayger, of Singapore, written "on a rolling train en route from Chicago to Albany, Dwight Long, the young Seattle world voyager who passed through Penang about two-and-a-half years ago in his craft, the 32ft. ketch Idle Hour, says
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    ELDERLY EUROPEAN IN HIGH COURT
    103 8 A_n elderly European bankrupt, George Dickenson, appeared in the Singapore High Court, before the Chief Justice, S.S.. Sir Percy McElwaine, when the Official Assignee, Mr. E. N. Taylor, made a motion for commitment. The bankrupt was alleged to have failed to submit statement of accounts
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    German Press Mission To Japan
    289 8 HEADED BY AN ADMIRAL Singapore. Saturday. A GERMAN goodwill mission to Japan Tnk heaaed by the president of the Ger-man-Japanese Society, Admiral Forster, Who commanded the German from 1933-36, and a Foreign Office official, and comprising 11 representatives of leading newspapers, have arrived at Singapore.
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    M.C.S. PROMOTIONS
    89 8 The promotion of the following officers of Class V, Malayan Civil Service, to be Officers of Class IV. with effect from the dates shown against their names, has be,n approved: Mr. J. K. Creep Mar. 18, Mr. G. A. G. Walker Mar. 18, Mr. K. A. Blacker Mar.
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    New Rules Proposed Pawnbrokers
    355 8 ■-PROPOSED ALTERATIONS to the B Second-Hand Dealers’ Ordinance and Jie Pawnbrokers’ Ordnance, both designed to aid crime preventions, are notified in two Bills announced in the Gazette. A tlvef or receiver who has pawned fl stolen article is frequently found in possession of the pawn ticket
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    Court Makes A Unique Arrangement
    241 8 A SINGAPORE Chinese debtor’s asset, which might be destroyed if he became adjudicated, was the subject matter of a scheme of arrangement which was approved by the Chief Justice, S.S., Sir Percy McElwaine, in the Singapore High Court. "There is one feature about this scheme
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    MALAYAN MECHANICS IMPRESS
    53 8 —Reuter. Rangoon, April 15. Nearly four hundred Chinese lorry drivers and m e chantcs sent at the expense o f Chinese loyalists n Malax;, have arrived from Singapore and Penang to drive (hinese transport on the Yunnan. Burma road. Their smart blue uniforms and keen manner excited
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    Young Chinese Attacks Host
    269 8 JUDGE ORDERS FLOGGING (From Our Own Correspondent» Kuala Lumpur, April I,:> rptHAT he had abused the hospitality JI. which the complainant.had afforded him, was one of the observations made by Mr. Justice Gordon-Smith at the Selangor Assizes yesterday, when he sentenced Loke Kwan, a young Chinese,
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    DEMONSTRATION BY MOROCCANS
    96 8 Reuter. Italy “Islam’s Public Enemy No. 1" Casablanca, April 14 A largo number of Moroccans with pieces of Macaroni attached to their clothing demonstrated against Germany and Italy. After attending prayers the Mosques, they marched thiough the streets shouting hostile remarks about totalitarian states and calling Italy
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    JAPANESE BROADCASTS IN MALAY
    103 8 Broadcasts In Malay from a Japan 1 radio station at Formosa, oegun >' months ago, are regarded as further <- dence of Japan’s desire to "make J her cultural aspirations in this part of 1 world.” In the Netherlands Indies, the meat is considering making it
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    DR. GOEBBELS
    21 8 —Reuter. DR. VinuM-' n Belgrade. APO Dr. Gobbels arrived by LV t bul and after a brief halt lei
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      369 8 THE BEST DIET DURING CONVALESCENCE «After operations, or’ wasting and other (diseases, you feel so weak and exhausted that' you 4 wonder "whether you’ll ever feel really well again Everyone urges you to eat. Yet food nauseates you. But you simply must eat. Doctors all over the world have found
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      159 8 8.8. C. EMPIRE BROADCAST Schedule For This Week Rugby, April 15. The 8.8. C. Empire broadcasting service schedule for the week beginning April 16 is as follows: 6.27—8.45 a.m. GSI, GSO, GSF. GSD GSB. 10.42 a.in.—1.55 p.m. GSJ, GSH, GSV, GSE. 2—3.30 p.m. GSJ and 2—4 p.m. GSO; 2—5 p.m.
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    PERAK RULER ENTERTAINED
    754 9 150 Attend Iskandar Polo Club’s ‘At Home’ (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Kangsat, April 16. his association Mitli the club 30 tear- ago. while he was still at school, His Highness the Sultar th i erak, spoke to a distinguished 'fathering at the Iska-dar i’olo C’uh yesterday
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    PENANG FLYING CLUB
    299 9 Ilupoi'l lor Mm cil uui*s aie practically the ;1 January last and show l( j on last month, states the eport foi March. It ib d t 1 i.. month will be better i v improvement will be ,i throughout the ''ear. coat> liu Hrs. Mins. 33
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    AGED WOMAN WAS A BURGLAR
    262 9 r Baffled Police For Over A Y ear B\ IbHT a white-naired woL nidi: of jii a. J to leave her home ■n K-;:’ c- ally ln g the door behind Bier. I Neighbor '.liu saw her out late at flight thought that he was
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    SELF DEFENCE PLEA NOT ACCEPTED
    119 9 Convicted Ou •I I rax Charge 1 I 'ui Own CorrespuiidenL) Tcluk Anson. April 15. j 1 hav taken part in an affray 7 J -late ut 5.30 p.m. on March ll Indians named Perumal. Ul llu •u. Kuppan. Narayanans am and Palayan, were tij
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    TRAVELLED WITHOUT TICKET
    50 9 (From Our Owai Correspondent) Taiping, April 16Found travelling without a railway t-cket from Prai to Taiping, a Tamil boy named Suleiman was handed to the Taiping Police. On his production before the Magistrate. Raja Salim, on Saturday. Suleiman plembd guilty -uid was ordered to receive Lirtt strokes
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    DR. H.O. PORTER
    83 9 Canadian Rotarian To Visit Taipinji (From Cui Own Correspondent• Taiping. April 15. DR .H. C. ICRTER. the Canadian representative of Rotary International, will be com ng to Taiping on April 23 and will be present at the luncheon meeting of the Taiping Rotary* Club at the Coronation
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    HUMAN CANNON BALL
    99 9 Taiping Circus Attraction (Frcm Our Own Correspond;nt» Taiping. April IG. Despite keen competition from the ‘talkies’ and amusement parks, the circus still hud its own in the matter of entertainment, as seen b;/ the large crowds which throng the Isako’s Circus nightly, which is now having a
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    THEFT OF CLOTHING
    115 9 Estate Labourers Fined At Tehik Anson (From our Own Correspondent» Tehik Anson, April 15. Two Indian Estate labourers named Cheng an and Guruvan appeared before Che Osman bin Ta’ali, in the magistrate’s court. Teiuk Anevn. yesterday moi ning on a charge of committing theft of clothing 1
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    LONDON "MATRIC"
    80 9 Four Penang Successes in January Examination Cable information has been received in Penang announcing the success of the following candidates at the London Matriculation examination held in January, 1939. Mias Oh Swee Sian—Private Study. Lim Kean Huat—St. Xaviers Institution. Sara thee Samy— Free School. Selvaretnam Thillal nuttu Free
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    News In Brief
    159 9 Dr. T. W sen, Health cmcer, e r 1 erak end Batar.g a .dang, a keen ockw player, nas been elected Pict ant of the Lower rerak District Hockey m place of Mr. R. n. Turner, MC S A. 3ic.ant Distr C ice;. I >v Li- Peiak.
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    'SECRET' WORDS ON 193-YEAR-OLD PAPER
    265 9 ritttn ilyiniiPrince Lharir A j-Ciet message is lo.vly a-’p.aiing cn the back of a royal pro.lamation. ig- sued 193 yeai.s ago, offering 30.1vej ward, for the of Bonnie Pr’nc“ Charlie. The document is in the rJghi Museum. Scotland, and the curator. Mr. Jamej Buie, believes
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    WAR AND TAX FEARS PARALYSE LONDON STOCK AND STARE MARKETS
    1039 10 Investors Render Nations! Service By Refusing To Sell Big Recovery To Follow Relaxation Of European Tension (From Our Own Correspondent) London, April. 6. T ONDON stock and share markets, which have enjoyed nothing resembling normal activity since Germany’s march into
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    BRITISH FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    233 10 Profit Trends By Robert Mackay (COMPANY reports published during the first twelve weeks of this year show that the profits declared by 791 British companies during that period reached an aggregate of over £106.000,O<X). This figure, though somewhat low than the comparable totals published f the
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    STATISTICS OFFICE LIBRARY
    223 10 riXHE following publications were issued I or received by the Department of Statistics, S.S. F.M.S., Penang, during the period 3rd to Btli April, 1939, inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Library, Government Building, Penang. Application may be made by members of the public
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    PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
    38 10 Reuter. Spanish Government Withdraws Geneva, April 15. 'The Spanish Government has notified the Avenol that she wishes to withdraw her signature from the act for arbitration and for Pacific settlement ol international disputes. Reuter.
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    TEA MARKET TOPICS
    1162 10 United Kingdom Duty May Be Raised London, April. 3. ‘TT PROPOSE to raise the duty on all tea —Empire and foreign—by 23. a pound. Why do Idoit I believe there is a willingness and even a pride in the humblest homes to take a share in this
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    205 11 Lambs And Londoners ij OHA Bl KLI.\ItE he bus been a shepherd for 30 years with lambs at Etmdon Lee Farm. near >affron IF al den, Top. some of his newly born charges frisking in the sunshine. —Enjoyed The Sunshine r toen. too. the sunshine
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    JOINT SUMMER AIR SERVICE
    89 12 —British Official Wifeless. Every Two Hours Between London And Paris Rugby, Aprii 15. When summer air time tables come into force at the week-end, Imperial Airways and British Airways will bo operating a joint summer service between London and Paris providing for air departures every two
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    UNREGISTERED OPIUM SMOKERS FINED
    93 12 Two deckhands of the ship “Apnshun’’ which was in port for a few days, bad a lapse when they were charged before Mr- Lim Koon Teck, in the Penang Middle Court yesterday for smoking chandii without being registered. They were a Shanghaiese, Wang FooSeah, and a
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    CAFE BRAWL ENDS IN SINGAPOKE
    689 12 Razor Slashing Allegations AN alleged razor attack on a British seaman by a Barbados Ncgio outside Europe Cafe, in Dairen, Manchukuo, on Mar. 30, in the early morning, h id a sequel in the Singapore Criminal District Court on Friday before Mr. L, B. Gibson.
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    World Achievement
    305 12 DIM PONDS J ’’ROM the striking woniers uf the earth and sky the aacieut Sphinx and the giant telescopes with which we into the secrets of the universe—-let us come to a Sussex pond. Here it is. on the hillside, thc green slopes melting into the d stance,
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    ORPHANS OF THE STREETS
    551 12 Innocent Tools of Hooligans JUVENILE cases in the Penang Court are invariably heard in camera, the reason being that the sight of many faces in the open court have a terrifying effect on the min of a boy or girl, whose future remains to be saved
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    EXTENSION OF CREDITS TO CHINA
    45 12 —Reuter. HeyotiaAwna mre pr<AN.vd.ny in l/uudoi: for the extension of Inryo credits (to GAina cut of the increased funds of the Exports Credits Gurantee Department, Nothing concrete has hitherto emerged and any sums •fiventioned could be regarded as purely imaginary.—Reuter.
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    HIGHER PROSPERITY IN BRITAIN
    131 12 against 26'2.83d. a week ago. —British Official Wireless. What Post Office Savings Bank Figures Show Rug, April 15. Higher prosperity and increased holiday facilities now available to workpeople in Britain are reflected in pre-Easter withdrawals from the Post Office Savings Bank which touched X4,000.0(K> compared with
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    The Mails
    354 13 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang AIR MAILS OUTWARD fl UOJ L \ND THE WEST KIAL (Empire Air Mail): Fo Pur:,, (except Victoria Point), India Ac n, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya Far. f inda, Zanzibar, Northern i I iesia, Nyasaland. South f I' itain, Ireland,
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    MALAY PRESS HITS AT ISLAM’S "PROTECTOR"
    338 13 Ducc “Has Broken Faith” > H'w.spapers have joined M Signor Mussolini since t l!| by Italian troops on Su If tithd role as “ProLiam’ is ridiculed by the the Singapore Malay is now being followed i, interest that the sales of i'i 'nave gone
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    PENANG SHIPPING NEWS
    877 13 ARRIVALS Today: KEDAH ex Belawan-Deli. Tomorrow: POELAU LAUT ex Java ports via Singapore. HOSANG ex China. Wednesday, April 19: BULAN ex Singapore via ports. ANYO MARU ex Japan. SIL VERGUAVA ex Pacific Coast, Philippines, Java and Singapore. Thursday, April 20: THESEUS ex Singapore. RAJPUTANA ex London via
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    WOMAN’S TRAGIC DEATH
    232 13 r pHE tragic manner in which a 54-year- Old Chinese woman met her death through a fall formed the subject of an inquiry held in the Penang Police Court yesterday, with Mr. A. W. Bellamy sitting as Coroner. A Chinese carpenter, Ong Ah Huat, stated that he
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    GENERALLY EASIER TREND
    59 14 Stock Exchange WeekEnd Evening Lp On the Slock Exchange week-end evening up of positions together with continued polit cal nervousness was responsible for a generally easier trend, though losses in most groups were only small. Giltedged were weak out motors and aviations moderately steady. Kaffirs finished above
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    CHINESE ON FORGERY CHARGE
    91 14 A Chinese, Ng Fu Aun, was charged before Mr. Lim Koon Teck, in the Penang Middle Court yesterday with fraudulently using certain forged documents as genuine. The documents which were lotterv tickets printed from certain blocks in the possession of the accused were alleged to bear
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    ENGLAND’S SENSATIONAL DEFEAT OF SCOTLAND
    460 14 MAGNIFICENT RALLY TWO MINUTES FROM TIME Lawton Scores Deciding Goal London. Saturday. sensationally beat Scotland by two goals to out in the international soccer. match plaved at Hampden Park today. Driving rain and an uncomfortable wind failed to dampen the enthusiasm of 150,000 spectators. The
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    EVERTON HELD BY PRESTON
    383 14 Win For Wolves The English and Scottish football league matches played yesterday resulted as follows: FIRST DIVISION Arsenal 2, Manchester U. 1. Aston Villa 1. Bolton 3. Blackpool 4. Middlesborough 0. Brentford 0. Birmingham 1. Derby 1, Leicester 1. Everton 0, Preston 0 Grimsby 2. Liverpool
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    SELANGOR GOLF CLUB’S RED LETTER DAY
    234 14 Work On New Course Progressing (.From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpin'. April 14. <YESTERDAY w-as a red letter day in 1 Die liistory of the Suleiman Golf .;lub of Kuala Lumpur, for the provisional Committee went over the course indicating the positions of the
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    JAVA AMATEUR GOLF TITLE
    129 14 (From Our Own Correspondent) Batavia, Apr. 13. Taking three putts from six feet away. Mac Lean, of Bandoeng, lost the Java Amateur golf title to Gardner of Sourabaya. during the tournament held at Bar.doeng over the Easter holidays. Mac Lean and Gardnei* tied w'ith a medal
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    MARQUES LOSES LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
    578 14 Towel Thrown In BATTEKED TO STANDSTILL BY HEMCHIT IT>ATTERED to a standstill in the 14th I round. Singapore Tglitweight champion Ventura Marques caused a sensation by throwing in his towel, to lose his crown t<> southpaw contender Ne l Hemjchit at the Happy World Stadium. SLnIgapore.
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    FAST SCORING BY OLD FREES
    329 14 81 For 1 Against Sports Club RAIN MARS PLAY RAIN, which fell shortly after o’clock, caused the abarrjjmiieM the cricket match between th? Per Sporta Club “A” and the Old Frees’ a sociation on the Esplanade yesterday The Sports Club batted first and dared at
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    Brads Beat Collegians
    190 14 S. X. I. CRICKET IN a low scoring match played on t. St. Xavier’s Institution ground yesterday, the Biads defeated the ’ri 1 gians at cricket oy 48 runs. THE BRADS G. L. Phipps c A. Lopez b Ruder 1': 4 R Stewart b A Lopez M.
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    1944 OLYMPIC GAMES MAY TAKE PLACE IN JAPAN
    161 14 —Eastern News Tokio, April 14 AT the joint imitation of the Amateur Athletic Association, Tourist Industry Bureau, the Alunk p P^ n J. and the Foreign Office, Mr. Avery 4 age, chairman of the American Committee arrived in Y’okohama America yesterday. ir
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    PROGRAMME FOR FIRST DAY OF STORE RACES
    956 15 fourteen Candidates In Anniversary Cup is the programme for the first day ot the Singapore I) Summer (Governor’s Cup) Meeting at Bukit Timah on The main event of the day will be the Anniversary Cup j ass 1 division 1 horses. The race
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    ANDRES SCORES 101 RUNS
    434 15 A SPLENDID knock of 101 by, J. Andres, the Penang and Colony cricketer, was the principal feature of the match between the Old Xaverians’ Association and the Government Trade School yesterday on the S. X. I. ground. The O.X.A. won by an innings and 19 runs.
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    AMENDED SCHEDULE OF RACING
    202 15 rpHF. schedile of racing for the first two days of the Singapore Summer (Governor’s Cup) meeting: has been amended as follows: FIRST DAY—APRIL HORSES —Class I—Divisions 1, 2 and 3 —6 Furlongs. HORSES—CIass 2 —Divisions 1, 2 and 3 —7 Furlongs. PONIES Class I—Divisions1 —Divisions 1
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    NO TRAINING TODAY
    27 15 fFrom Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. On account of heavy rain theie wafc no training at Bukit Timah this morn’ng billey’s string has arrived.
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    THRILLING CRICKET ON ESPLANADE
    548 15 Saravanumiittii’s XI. Defeat Strono P.S.C. Side gXCITIXC, cricket was seen on the Esplanade yesterday in t e match in which M. Saravanamuttu’s XT beat a strong Penang Sports Club side by 15 runs. In reply to their opponents’ 116, the f Sports (tub compiled 101. The
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    SOCCER AT TELUK ANSON
    185 15 P 'olice 1 earn Beaten By Only Goal (From Our Own Correspondent). Teluk Anson, Friday. The Teluk Anson Police Soccer eleven put up a fine display when they met the South Perak Customs Club in a football encounter on the speedy-road lower padang yesterday afternoon. The
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    NORTH PERAK TENNIS
    133 15 Closing Date of Entries Extended (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, April 16. To encourage more entries for the North Perak tennis year, the closing date ot entries has been fxxUntled for a few more days. The championship is open to all amateurs bona fide residents in the
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    INTER-STATE TENNIS
    305 15 Perak Go Dorvn To Penang (From Our Own Correnpondent) Ipoh, April 16. TIENANG defeated Perak by eight matches to six in their friendly tennis encounter on the Ipoh Club courts today. Penang won 6 —2 in the singles but Perak did extremely well in the doubles to share
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    TAIPING C.R.C. TENNIS FINALS
    89 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taipihg, ApU 16. Chin Sen 800 and Ng Chye Heng w’on the G.L.F. Bird Cup. as their opponents, Chung Ah Kee and Lim Wan Seng, conceded them a w’alk-over tn the club’s doubles, final championship. In the club’s open singles eflampionship for
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    INTER-DISTRICT SOCCER
    84 15 (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, Apri 16. The following players will represent the Taiping and District Football Association in an inter-district fixture against Kuala Kangsar at the royal town tomorrow. Syed Ibrahim; Kassim and Maw Lim or Raja Tan; Yusof Khan, Rashid Ghows and Nithy; Ketera Singh, Devan,
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    LATE MARKET PRICES
    67 16 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS TIN LATEST Per.'-ng $109.62% RtHdness 50 tons Sin r "nrre $109.62% RUBBER: Penanc (Spot) 26 7 «c Singapore (Spot) 27c COPRA: Sundried 53.50 Black Pepper $9.00 TAPIOCA: Medium $3.30 Fair Seed $2.90 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6.10 No. 2 $6.00 White No 1 $6.70
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    107 16 Prev. Sat.-ird xy Paris 176 49 64 176 47 64 New York 4.681 V 4.68& Montreal 4.70% 4.70% Brussels 27.82 27.82% Geneva 20.87% 20.87% Amsterdam 8.81% 8.81% Milan 89 89 Berlin 11.68% 11.69 Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226 227%
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    ANTHONY & CO.
    122 16 ANTHONY CO. Buyers Sellers Batu Selangor 1.20 1.25 Hong Fatt .60 .62% Jelebu .57% .62% Klang River 1.65 1.70 ex Kuchai 1.12% 1.17% Petalings 6.25 6.75 Rahman Hyd. 1.00 1.05 Rantau 1.22% 1.27% Taiping Cons. 1.37% 1.42% AnxMit 3 0 3 6 Kampong Lanjut 15 C 15 6 Kamra 13
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    Wall Street Cable
    173 16 New York, Saturday. DOW JONES AVERAGES Prev. Latest High Low 30 Indus». 126.20 129.61 130.19 127.C4 20 rails 25.03 26.15 26.22 25.41 20 utilities 22.01 22.69 22.80 22.15 40 bonds 87.58 87.92 Business done 62C 000 660,000 STOCKS Pre V. latest Am. Tob. E 79% 80 Anaconda
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    164 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Am pats 3-'O 3i4 Aust. Amalgamated 4.6 5)0 B. Selan.gors 1.22% I.27gcd Heng Fatts .60 .64 Jelebus .55 .60 Johans .24 .26cd K. Lanjuts 15 0 15 6 K. Lumpurs 15 0 15 9 Ku chais 1.10 1.16 Kundar.gs 6 9 7'3 Laruts 4'o 4'4%
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    KENNEDY & CO.
    200 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampat 3|o 3 6 Ayer Wer.g .65 .70 Batu Selangor 1.17% 1.22 Jex Be r junta! 9,6 10|0 Hong Fatt .60 .62% Johan .23 .27Rx Jelebu .55 .60 Kpg. Lanjut 15|0 15|6 Kamra J 6 2'o Kramat 93 9i9c Kuchai Ordy. 1.12% 1.17% Larut 4
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    UNITED TRADERS. LTD.
    184 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Ayer Panas 1.17% 1.22% Bas.9etts .45 .50 Batu Lin tang .97% 1.02% Bentas -92% .97% Brogas -60 .65 Irdragiris 1.07% 1.12% Kuala Sidims 1.90 2.00 ex Lunas 1.45 1.55 Malaka Pinda s 1.17% 1.22% Mentakabs 56 .38 Pa jams 1.50 1-60, Sungei Tukangs -95
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    ENGAGEMENT
    36 16 The engagement is annoui. ed be \v en Mr. A. E. THOWLESS. erer s n o Mr Mrs. A. THOWLESS, of ESS7X, n Miss Patricia Nixon. youn°er dYurhte of Mr. Mrs. H. E. Nixon, Pemr.g.
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    COLLAPSED WHILE MAKING SPEECH
    72 16 —A v V» —British Official Wireless. 1 l abour M. P. Carried t From Chamber London. April 14. Mr. William Sanders, 68-year-old La- bour M. P. for North Battersea collapsed while making a speech in the House of Commons last night and was parried from the
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