Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 April 1939

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    18 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESUB. ISIS PBI.ISO DAILY y <»<). <>|. XCVII. TUESDAY, APRIL. 18, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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    TANGIER TO BE THE NEXT OBJECTIVE?
    430 1 Britain And France Will Besisl B Dictators Make Move AGREEMENT WITH SOVIET Announcement To Be Mad 3 7 his Week Paris. April 17. I. ni Hits M* a possible axis coup against Tangier J.; Inn appear, after enquiry to be the result of drilii.:
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    NAVAL MANOEUVRES IN AUSTRALIA
    56 1 Biggest Since The War Sydney, April 17. Australia’s biggest naval manoeuvres since the war have begun and are continuing until Wednesday, the New Zealand flagship “Leandei'*' and eight Air Force squadrons are co-operating with the Australian squadron. Th 3 exercises, planned as realistically as possible, include
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    TORNADOES CAUSE DISASTER
    49 1 To Five Southern States In America New York, April 17. At least forty-three were killed and 170 persons injured by tornadoes which swept over five southern states. Thousands of acres in the Ohio lowiancs were sub. merged. Relief organisations are bringing help to the strfken area.
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    2,000 JAPANESE TROOPS KILLED IN TWO WEEKS
    136 1 I’ihesp Planes Raid Hangchow Aerodrome •—Reuter. London, April 17. On? u Paaese wer killed in Irni,\ receding the Chinese of Tbengcheng and t,.[ ;1 ’ton. according to an It a to the Chinese Embassy. ;p that th? Japanese are lJ thward on the
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    HOME PRESS TRIBUTES TO MALAYA
    179 1 Patriotism In Makins' £/.00; 000 Gill To Imperial Defence London, April 18. The projected motion in the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements to offer Britain £1.000,000 for defence is very widely published in the Home press. Several newspapers took the opportunity to append an
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    23 KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION
    34 1 .--Reuter Calcutta. April 17. ntv-five were killed and 25 persons ri ’rcd when a passenger train from 'xcca collided with another *rain at x'ajdia 63 mile-' from Calcutta —Reuter.
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    U.S. ARMY DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATIONS
    44 1 —Reuter. WashiiuTtoii, April 17. The Senate has passed t *e *****,000,(700 Deficiency Appropriations 811 which includes the provision of $llO 000,000 for Army equipment such as seru* automatic -ifles, tanks, anti-tank and ’*'."-aireraft suns gas masks, artillery and ammunition. —Reuter.
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    NEW PAYMASTER DIRECTOR-GENERAL
    32 1 Pa>’master Captain D. S. Lambert itas been appointed Paymaster DirectorGeneral with the rank of Paymaster Rear-Admiral n succession to Sir Arthur Strickland. The appointment will date f’’Gm July 10.
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    Visit To Northern Ireland Postponed
    115 1 The visit of the DIKE and DL CHESS of KENT' to Northern Ireland hns been postponed indefinitely says Renter). An official notice issued f"om the residence of the Duke of Abercom states that the request of the Gove, n nt of Norther,. Ireland, the Governor
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    PARLIAMENT REASSEMBLING TODAY
    794 1 Premier To Review Events Of Past XX eek London. Apr.'- 17. President Roosevelt’s message to Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini proposing complete reciprocal pledges against aggression for at least ten years to be fol low>'d by a Conference to discuss disarmament and economic readjustments wiP. inevitably influence
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    Hitler Expected To Make Some Counter-Proposals
    1256 2 IN REPLY TO “PEACE” MESSAGE Troop Transfers: Britain And France On The Alert Berlin, April 17. Herr Hitler has summoned the Reichstag for ApH| 28 i n I order to hear his reply to President Roosevelt. The announcement reads: “The American President has addressed
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    NEUTRALITY IN WAR
    273 2 Reuter. Aim Of The Eire Government London. April 17. •‘The aim of the Eire Government policy is to maintain and preserve neutrality in case of war.” declared Mr. De Valera, speaking at Ennis. -The desire of the Irish people and Government is to put ourselves in the
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    "DARE-TO-DIE" CORPS STORM TSENGCHEN
    386 2 Chinese Continue Successes On Various Fronts Reuter. Chungking, April 1" Successes on various fronts are claim 'd by a Chinese Army spokesman, wh>.scid that after three <rr.d nights of heavy fighting. Chinese Hoops on April 14 occupied Tsengchen. to the east of Canton, which under the
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    CROWD MOBS GANDHI
    63 2 Rajkot, April 17. Mr. Gandhi who returned here was mobbed by a crowd of 500 after evening prayers. The demonstrators waved black flags and shouted slogans but were dispersed after Mr. Gandhi had teit by car. The crowd consisted of landholders and Muslims who were not represented
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    NEW GOVERNMENT IN BELGIUM
    70 2 —Reuter. Brussels, April 17. The six weeks’ Cabinet crisis ended when the Catholic Senator, M. Pierlot, formed a three-party coalition government. An earlier attempt to include the Socialists failed but a new effort, due to the international situuTtoh, was 'made and proved successful. M. Soudan (Soci
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    SIXTEEN KILLED IN TORNADO
    59 2 .—Reuter. (Collinse), Arkansas, April 17. At least 16 were killed by a tornado at Center Point, near here, though the deathroll may be higher. The tornado sw’ooped through an area six miles i ong, making a clean sw’eep of the community and leaving nothing but a
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    BELGIAN BANK RATE INCREASED
    50 2 —Reuter. Brussels, April 17. The bank-rate has been raised from 2 I|2 per cent ttriour per cent. The decision is interpreted as a measure aimed at defending the bank rate against heavy sAling pressure arising from unconfirmed rumours that the currency may shortly be devalued. —Reuter.
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    BLIND MAN LEADS BLIND TO HAPPINESS
    281 2 4 PROSPEROUS New York banker named Mr. Gerald Hewitt went to London in 1929 to see Mr. C. B. Cochran, the theatrical promoter. Mr. Cochran was the last man he ever saw. He stepped out of Mr. Cochran’s office into the sunshine of Old
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    BRITISH MENTAL OUTLOOK
    282 2 —Reuter. Economist Urges Readjustment London. April 17. The leading economist, Mr. J. M. Keynes, emerging from his silence imposed by prolonged illness, urges in the Times a comJ ete readjustment of the British Mental outlook concerning the economic implications of the Government’s crisis in finance. The Chancellor
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    TIME ACTION OF ROOSEVELT
    36 2 —Reuter. Ottawa, April 17. In a statement transmitted to Washington Mr. ."Zackenzie Kin*g* the umeh’ action of President Roosevelt who offers 0 t eace conference before a wax instead oi after it.”—Reuter.
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    MIRACULOUS CHANGES IN MALARIA CONTROL
    888 3 federal Secretary Praises W'ork Of Institute For Medical Research Eroni Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 17. i R <h--ribin.tr rhe changes in conditions of malaria con- v, lien nc nisi arrived in Malaya as a youngster and iin v-< hi dax. rh< I ion.
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    "I Suffered Badly From It," Says Mr. Ahearne
    121 3 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 17. HAVE a knowledge of malaria, not derived from a study of the natural sciences, not the knowledge you learned men possess, but a knowledge not the less real if still incomplete, acquired from the
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    SCHOOLBOYS IN FREE FIGHT
    138 3 Considerable excitement was caused by a free fight, which took place outside one of the local cinema halls in Penang Road at about 2 p.m. yesterday, in which four Chins? schoolboys took part. The cause of the squab ole was < ver the cooking of tickets,
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    BALIK PULAU A.D.O. ENTERTAINED
    78 3 Mr. A. H. M. Hussein, Assistant Dis trict Officer, Balik Pulau, was the guest of honour at a farewell tea-party held at the Club hall at Balik Pulau oh Saturday last. Tile party was organised by members of the C*ub and the staff of the District
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    ALL OF MALAYA'S IRON-ORE GOES TO JAPAN
    330 3 ALTHOUGH increasing amounts of iron-ore are being mined in Malaya, the annual report of the Geological Survey Department also states that the whole of the iron mined in Malaya goes to Japan. The report discloses that greater quantities ol minerals are being recovered
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    LOTTERY TICKET CASE
    408 3 Accused Denies Sale cot KT RESERVES JI DGMENT JUDGMENT was' reserved until Apr.l 24 at the conclusion cf the case in the xenang Police Court yesterday before Mr. A. W. Bellamy in which a 'lami. named D. R. S. Pillay stood charged with receiving money directly in
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    O.F.A. FIRST-AID CLASS
    40 3 Dr. Ong Huck Ch ye will instruct the .O.F.A. First Aid Class XX on Mondays, starting from"“April 24 at the O. F. A. premises from bio 9.30 p.m. Text-ocoks will be sold to pupils at $1 each.
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    Harbour Board Co-operative Society Report
    687 3 r HE following is the annual 1 renort of the Penang Harbour Soard Employees’ Cooperative Thrift ard‘Loan Society. Ltd., for uhe period from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. 1938, to bo presented ai, the fourrh annual general meeting. There was no change In the personnel
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    IPOH CEYLONESE CELEBRATE NATIONAL DAY
    417 3 Horne" Anri Athle/i< ''trortn, 1 1 Meeting (From Gur n (’orre. Yv -rizn. lx/ 3 P ch A P r l? was a red-letter d?y for the Ceyion<’22 <0 nrnurity of Ipah. in celebratian oi *h< Ce>k>ncsG National Day the Ceyion Association oi Perak, Ipoh,
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    ALLEGED FORGERY OF CHEQUES
    111 3 $3.000 Involved From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 17. 4 BOUT $B,OOO is believed to have been .nvolved in a forgery case which camo up before Mr. A. .1. Grattan Bellow. First Magistrate, this morning. Ihe accused. Lian Leng Kee, a Chinese, ‘.s alleged between
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    HOUSEBREAKING CHARGE
    131 3 Two Malays appeared before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court yesterday on a charge of housebreaking, by entering into a house, No. 50, Sri Bahari Road, after sunset and before sunrise cn April I'4, in order to commit theft. A farther charge of voluntarily disposing of
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      146 3 sx Today the welfare of your family seems aiillk secure. You have a good job, good health, and are able to provide your wife and children with all the comforts of life. But is their welfare really secure? Remember it all depends on YOU. Why not obtain real family security?
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    EASTWARDS
    562 4 History shows us that the tides of conquest and the great movements of peoples have always been from East to X\ est. Today in the Far East, Japan is attempting it in the case ot China —an attempt which might have been successful even half a century ago, when
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL
    569 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL The Howell Memorial Scholarship for 1939 has been awarded to Tamby Sinnadorai of the Malacca High School. Mr. G. E. Turner, Magistrate and Harbour Master, Malacca, goes to Jasin in place of Mr N. Ward, as District Officer there. Mr. A. H. Barker, who retired from the management*
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    BY THE WAY
    666 4 The Turn Of The Tide LTIGHLY interesting is one of the ways in which the Chinese express their gratification at the progress of the war. Tn some of the shops you enter in Penang, you will come across pictures of everyday scenes hut which tell in a
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    DIARY OF A FOREIGN NEWS EDITOR
    553 4 Tuesday, April 18, 1939 PRIDE of place in today’s news review must be given to our own Malaya. Reuter reports that the motion for a further gift of £1,000,000 from the Colony to the Home Government is given wide publicity in England. In a
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    NIBONG TEBAL ACID-THROWER GETS FIVE YEARS
    2167 5 Strong Comments By Judge «YOl HAVE INJURED THIS MAN FOR LIFE” «rpji' tiry have found you guilty of one of the most diabolical fences which one man can commit on another. You have I]n t hi< man for life, caused him excruciating pain at
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    GAVE BIRTH IN TRAIN FERRY
    105 5 Help From European Woman A MALAY woman travelling to Penang in the train ferry s.s. Elizabeth gave birth on board when the launch was hall way across the channel. The woman was a second class passenger from Nibong Tebal, and was on her way to
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    PENANG BASKETBALL
    29 5 The O. F. A. team met the Foong Yoong team at the O.F.A. court, the result a win for Foong Yoong team by 35 points to 22.
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    TRAINING IN FIRST AID
    268 5 St. John Ambulance Classes IN connection with First Air the local centre will commence training for the following further the places and times specified: Class XVI: Chinese Swimming Club, T Bungah. 5 p.m., Saturday, April 22 Dr C. H. Yeang. Class XX: Old Free’s Association. Hutton
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    NEW SELANGOR HOT SPRINGS
    353 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur. <prH J? I'HE presence of hot springs was detected in two areas in Ulu Selangor, states the annual report of trie Geological Survey Department. Both these area* are near th-» granite sedimentary Ivncticn at the fdge of the Mala Range
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    H.M.S. CORNWALL IN PORT
    61 5 H.M.S. Cornwall (10,000 tons gross) arrived in Penang yesterday morning under the command of Capt. C. F. Hammill. The vessel, which has a crew c* sails tomorrow for Singapore. The A.C.S., Parit Buntar, trounced the Krian Club 6—o at soccer on Friday. The School’s hockey eleven
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    ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN PENANG
    342 5 Two Cantonese Charged This Morning a sequel to the attempt made in broad daylight yesterday to rob a Chinese named him Tong, a “chinchew” of the s.s. Kedah while he was buying fruits in Penang Road, two Cantonese, Loy Ah cam and W ong Koay F.c,'appeared
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    PENANG APPEAL COURT JUDGMENT
    139 5 budgment in favour of the plaintiff was delivered by the Civil Court of Appeal on Friday in the- appeal of Teh Cheng Woo (f) represented by Messrs. Lim Cheng Ean and Lee Hong Boh. Tneow Chye Kim f rhe respondent, was represented by Mr. R. D.
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    Capt. Moore Acting
    64 5 Harbour Master CAPT. T. W. Moore is acting as Harbour Master, Penang, vice Lt. Com. J. C. Derrick, R. N. R., who has gone on leave. Capt. H. V. M. Woods, Second Boarding Officer, is acting as Deputy Harbour Master and Senior Boarding Officer in place of
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    ROYAL CLEMENCY
    166 5 Ho] >e For Prisoners In Canada Ottawa. The Royal clemency to prioners is under consideration by the Minister of Justice. On the occasion of the Jubilee of King George V. it was extended to at in gaols and penitentiaries. The clemency consisted of one month off the sentence
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    WOMEN’S SWIMMING RECORD
    59 5 Detroit, April 16. Jane Dillard o f the United States broke the world’s women's swimming- record for the 100 yards breast: Stroke, returning 76 3 5 sec., beatimg Mrs. Rawls Thompson’s 78 12 sec. Reuter. The Kedah State Police hockey' team beat the Warders 2 —o in
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      247 5 Septic Germs Lurk Everywhere The Least Scratch will let them in! Why do surgeons take such elaborate FIRST. Put them into practice by precautions in the ojieratiug theatre keeping a tin of Cuticura Ointment Because they know that septic germs handy and using it promptly on all lurk everywhere. You
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      74 6 UNDOUBTEDLY THE BEST iSPOT IN PENANG ELYSEE CABARET THE MOST MODERN AND LUXURIOUS DANCE HALL. TN NORTHERN MALAYA TO-NIGHT MIMI AND JOSE SEE Famous MEXICAN Duo Brought over ar Great Expense. (1) i4 JOTA” A MEXICAN NUMBER IN WHICH “CASTANETS’’ WILL BE USED BY MIMI JOSE (2) “TEA FOR TWO”
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      298 6 MATINEES ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT SINGING STAR MAKES uIF «T If HER DEBUT MAJVJ i c v 1.‘..1. I Today Tomorrow Bringing to the Screen a Truly Beautiful Singing Voice which it p m is claimed EXCELS anything yet heard in Talking Pictures! GEORGE brent and Josephine Hutchinson EXPERTS HAVE AGREED THAT
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      587 6 ONE OF THE GREATEST HINDUSTANI FILMS EVER MADE Miss Sulochanu IN HER FIRST PICTURE IN TECHNICOLOUR "WAH-RI-DUNIYA" WITH D. BII.IMORIA, LAXMI, JAMNA, GL’LAM MOIIaMED and other .Famous Players < Showing To Packed Houses wifrmoß ’PHONE 1355 The Year’s Sensational Cantonese Musical Comedy MISS YUET YEE in “TALKATIVE GIRL” (“HOU FA-FA”)
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    HENRY PU-YI
    1144 7 The Last Of The Manchus IMIE suggestion that Henry PuA i is to become the puppet Emperor of all China under Japanese tutelage is a new move in a game of political chess that started in 1906 when Pu-Yi was born. This extraordinary young man. last of the
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      308 7 lOM(,lli LADIES’ Gl EST NIGHT WEMBLEY PARK Tonight. Tuesday, 18th April, 1939. s |ov (Cantonese Oprua: ,,n ’BEET SEE PAK MENG” Pai t 4 z- J Xooran Opera 6ran* 1 SITI ZUBAIDAH” Part 1. A Malay Historical Story. Capital Talkie» 1 now-, nightly at 7.30 9.30 p in v. r
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    KWEIYANG'S REMARKABLE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORT
    619 8 Devastation of Bombing Brings New Life REBUILDING CITY AT FEVERISH PACE THE Japanese F.mihardment of Kweiyang a month ago was meant to destroy the city; to break down morale. It didn’t, instead, it brought new life into Kweiyang. Reconstruction of the ruined cjty and increasing business
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    MILITARY SERVICE IN MANCHUKUO
    100 8 -Easters, Nfewg. Voluntary System Ends Hsinkbig, April 14. Manchukuo will soon adopt the conscription systenTin place of the existing voluntary enlistment system which has been enforced since 1937, according to an official statement issued to establish the. modernised military system and strengthen national defence in accordance
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    "DOUBLED" IN ONE WOMAN SHOW
    66 8 Details of fashion de.sic/ns through the uye.s have been incorporated in a gown which was displayed by Miss Tania Sharman y ‘‘Perfect Woman for 1939," in a novel ow -woman fashion show at f he Caf< de Paris, W., The old designs were shown on
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    HONG KONG GROSSLY OVERCROWDED
    685 8 Concentration Camp System Starts Kong, April 15. TJONG KONG'S overpopulation, always a problem, today resulted in the publishing 1 of emergency regulations emplowering the arrest and detention of aliens in camp< without trial. The problem in recent months has assumed such proportions as to term the
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    Hong Kong War On Crime
    142 8 It if- mderstood that special measures have beer, approved in an effort to combat the growth 'of robberies in Hone Kong. Search parties, of uniformed and plainclothes police, arc to scour the Colony’s underworld --opium and heroin decs, gambling schools, mahjong and other such establishments—ar,d
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    ANTI-RED AGENT FOR PEIPING
    65 8 Eiajtem NewSj Hsinking, Apr. 14. The Manchukuo Government has decided to station an “anti-Comintern commissioner” in Peiping, as a result of arrangements fade between the Goverment and the Provisional Governmnet of the Republic of China. The comnvssioner will lie assisted by two other officials. Tina move
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    DRY-CLEANING WITH BENZINE
    475 8 HOW AN ACCIDENT IS POSSIBLE MOST women are aware that benzine, petrol, and similar liquids are aimigerous to use for “dry-cleaning” purpw I but few have any real conception of just |how deadly they can be. The tron. is that most people have used p*'troi with (impunity
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    LING NAM UNIVERSITY
    47 8 New Buildings I’lann'il The Ling Nam University of Can: is planning to erect new buildin 11 New Territories. It is learned that negotiations progress with the Government necessary site and approval. i .L 1 »D The building v ill cojd aben. it is stated.
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    More Arms For China
    167 8 Communism and Bolshevisation against the anti-Comintein accord.—Eastern News. JAPANESE STORY OF SOVIET OFFER Tokio, April 14. THE Soviet Union has offered the Chungk ng G< wider military support in exchange for concessions and rights in China, according to the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. The Soviet Union is
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    JAPANESE MUST HAVE POWER
    204 8 three countries,” the Premier said.—Eastern News. Statement by The Premier Tokio, April 13. C CALLING the attention to the fact 4 that antagonism among Powers was being intensified with the strengthening and replenishment of national defences. the Premier, Baron Hiranuma, said that Japan also could not
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    Japan’s Critical Weeks
    191 8 vvJtiJ FllcLv Aneta-Havas Attacks On Many .Fronts To China’s Advantage New York, April 14. ’J’HE next few weeks are likely to be critical ones in Japan’s military adventure in China, in the opinion of the New York Herald Tribune, commenting on the Chinese counter-offensives. The journal says
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    Child Trade Between H.K. and Malaya
    315 9 h our own Correspondent.) Kuala l.i'mpt’r. April 16. (l ;or severe sentence on a woman. Kau Man. and her Yin. whom he prosecuted to ell two Cirnesc girls, even years, Mr. R. H tant Protector of Chinese. ~r e d to the magiat rate
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    ACCUSED FOUND GUILTY
    92 9 \lur Slur Burglary C:t«e Ends > ’jii Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Sar, April 17. igorou wd Ly one year’s Police a- inipos.a on the first •ii .i Taha, who was found aking and rubbery into th hou.-i e: Tunku Seporah. r, u>- report 'd at length biggi
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    BENGALI GAOLED
    82 9 5262 o Firm I i l| hi. a Bengali, who had on •Y 11 pleaded, guilty to a charge of crioi trust as a servant in res- su n of .$262 was yesterday sen- <»ur mouths’ rigorous imprison>y Mr. <\ w. Bellamy. Police Magistrate. Penang. t'.eu.-.d had been
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    SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST MALAY
    81 9 I, 'its fixed fur April 28 in the 1,1,11 yesterday before Mr. J. L. v l district Judge, of the case in y iv Malay, Che Din bin n t IS charged with hawng comvov lct gross indecency on a v ua,ned Tan Ah Chong, at
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    GOVERNOR TO TOUR EAST COAST
    161 9 EXc ELLENCY the Governor and Laay Thomas. a.|,ompanied by the Private Secretary and Aide-de-Camp, will leave S ngapore for a tour of the East Coa l by the s.y. Sea Belle II at 10 a.m on Wednesday, April 26. and return to Singapore on the
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    COOLIES CRUSHED BY ROCKS
    125 9 laniimn Trajjedv 'v— Fiuiu Our Own ConespunderA) Ipoh. April 16. Death struck with dramatic suddenness two C linesc raining labourers who were crushed i*. a sheelite nrne near Tambun on Friday. It is understood that the men were in charge of a water pump at the
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    BANISHEE SENTENCED
    99 9 Sentence of five years’ rigorous imprisonment was passed on Tan Kah Cnee yestciday by the Hon. Mr. Justice Howes for unlawful return from banishment. The accused had his life sentence in Singapore remitted and a banislunent orler was made against h m in 1914. Ho came buck to
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    FEDERAL OUNCIL
    35 9 The next meeting of the Federal Council will be held at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday May 18. 1939, at 10 a.m. There will be no ceremonial opening and uniform will not be worn.
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    JOTTINGS FROM TAIPING
    177 9 'A own Correspondent) Taiping. April 7. 1,,,,, Jo theft of carpenter's “iwo. firmed Wong Ah. Hir. luund to be a banishee from T.-.j,.! sentenced by the 1 tint» to two months’ li- Us bnprU'onmer t. caurge of failing to give 1 'y account of lumself when a
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    EUROPEAN FOUND DEAD AT SINGAPORE
    205 9 Silicide Verdict At Inquest Singapoic, April! 7, VERDICT of suicide v/au returned by the S'nga yore Coroner. Mr. Porter ,this morning at the conclusion tie inquest into th r circumstances surrounding the death o f Mr. Wallw orti. wh'j w&s found dead with a pistol
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    SEQUEL TO PROVINCE LORRY FATALITY
    210 9 If I Plead Guilty What Will Happen?” “Ii I plead guilty, v/hat will happen?” arxed a Chinese, Looi Bian Lye, who as charged in the District Court yesterday before the District Judge, Mr. J.L. McFall, on two counts, namely, of causing grievous hurt to a
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    PULAU TIKUS WEDDING
    327 9 Coonibs~ i Mclntyre I The marriage ,vg- solemnised at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Fu’au Tikus. at 3 a.m. on Saturday, tiw contracting parties being Mr. Lionel Ernest Coombs, eldest son of Mr. Char H. Coombs and the late Mrs. Edith Catherine Coombs, and Miss Sybil
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    More Donations By Rice Merchants
    185 9 The Penang Rice Merchants’ Association lias remitted, through the OverseaChinese Banlcing Corporaticn Ltd., Penang, to the Executive Yuan of the Chinese National Government the sum of Chinese $15.775.16 (Straits $4,890.30 at exchange of 31) represent ng donations from the following firms: Messrs. Shee Seng $1,014.85
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    If Holland Were To Lose Her Colonies...
    1997 10  -  BY STEVEN RUNCIMAN 11/TODERN hygiene is wholly IVJL admirable. But while we reflect on its blessings we should remember at whose expense they have been won. Jn the old days, before bathrooms and cold storage, the colonial Hollander grew prosperous on the produce
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    Singapore Statistics Office
    372 10 THE following publications were issued or received by 'the Department of Statistisc, S. S. F. M. S„ during the period April 3—-10, inclusive, and are available for the public in the Reference Library’, F ullerton Building, Singapore. Applications may’ be made by members of the public resident
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    U.S. Security And Commodity Markets
    627 10 S. E. LEVY A s WEEKLY in A fkWING to the now two weeks since this review. In the European gam- of the totalitarians continue p. v and another surprise was sp, anxious world on Good Hid-/ Mussolini opened a jack-pot h of kings—one since
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    396 11 Pamela Glover. selected from 23 girls as 1/zss Herne Bm 1939. tries on her croon. Miss Glover is a hid rdrcsser. Miss May Sabeslon Walker —seen here her guide dog Wendy —is blind But 'he is an accomplished musician, and is to broadcast and appear
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    Five More Arsenals for Britain
    200 12 Five more arsenals are to be built by the War Office to provide the extra armaments needed by Britain's doubled Territorial Army. Officials from the War Office are inspect ng sites and existing factories. If possible, existing factories will betaken over and converted. It is
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    FRENCH ARMY
    113 12 —Reuter. All Foreigners Can Now Join Paris, April 17. A decree has been promulgated provid ’ig that apart from tourists and people residing in France for less than two months, all foreigners between the ages of IS and 10 can be admitted in the French Army, all stateless
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    TOMORROW’S ROTARY LUNCHEON
    88 12 Mr. Hsiang Yuen To Speak Mr. Hsiang Yuen 8.A..L1..8.. will address the Rotary Club of Penang at their weekly luncheon at the E.&O. Hotel tomorrow. His subject will be “My Struggle for Freedom.” Mr. Hsiang Yuen is 28 years old. He was born in England and became
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    MRS. ADA MANNING DEAD
    77 12 Wife of Colony Judge From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 17. News has been receive? here of the death yesterday at the Government Hospital in Jerusalem of Mrs. Ada Agnes Manning, wife of -Mr. Justice Manning, the new Colony JutTge, who recently arrived from there. It
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    BAND PROGRAMME
    47 12 Today at the Esplanade from 6. to 7.30 p.m. 1. March—Colonel Bogey.—Alford. 2.Selection —A Life On The Ocean. Binding. 3. Waltz —April Buds. —Ancliffe. 4. Overture—Tantalusqualen.— Suppe. 5. Intermezzo—Poppies.—Moret. 6. Selection —Russian Folk Songs.— Higgs. 7. Fox Trot—We’H .Make Hay While The Sun Shines. —Brown.
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    British Posts Behind Maginot Line
    299 12 ■AfISCOUNT GORT'S visit to the Maginot Line put the finishing; touches to the joint scheme of Anglo-French defence. Important discussions have also taken place between the Air Staffs of the two nations, and one of the most important factors of these talks has been that—
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    World Achievement
    324 12 PAPER A sheet of paper is in some way 3; miracle. The sheet you now hold in your hand is a world achievement of no small erder, for it has come to you along a mechanical road which speaks of man’s ingenuity and his triumph over difficulties. It
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    STORY OF HUSBAND AS WIFE’S LODGER
    498 12 Amazing Allegations in Bigamy Charge a LLEGATICNS that a'man attended his wife’s bigamous marriage, signed the certificate, and subsequently became a lodger in her home were made in what the prosecution described as an amazing ease at Birmingham. Stated to ha,ve been married 21
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    The Mails
    271 12 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penaug ABC MAILS* OUTWARD EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): Fo: Surma (except Victoria Point), India, Aden, Palestine, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Northern and Southern Rhodesia. Nyasaland. South Africa. Great Britain, Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland. Kuala
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      1372 12 I -rod I' L» io radio r&di&Tfe&uS e&&ritwrMaSiM iflffliMii nfa MwWl PENANG SINGAPORE ZHJ 6.08 mc|S (40.30 m.) ZHL 1 333 kc l s (225 m J TODAY TO,>AY p.m. 5.35 Indian Music. 7.00 Orchestral vu- ,M cal concert (recorded). Vocalist: Robert Naylor, tenor. OrcheMm: 1) Ir. Spring «>«WU 1
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      467 12 8.8. C. Service Schedule For Far East Londcn, April 15: Following ais the probable BBC Service Schedule for the Far East in Malayan standard time for week, beginning April 16. TRANSMISSION 8 6.02 p.m. to 9.15 p.m. GSJ, GSG GSV and GSF. TRANSMISSION 3 9.20 p.m. to 12.20 a.m. GSF
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    PENANG SHIPPING NEWS
    1039 13 ARRIVALS Today: POELAU PLAUT ex Java ports via Singapore. HOSANG ex China. Tomorrow: BENGKALIS ex Bombay, Colombo and Belawan. BULAN ex Japan. STLVERGUAVA ex Pacific Coast, Philippines, Java and Singapore. Thursday, April 20: THESEUS ex Singapore. RAJPUTANA ex London via ports. MENTOR ex Singapore. DANMARK ex Europe
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    TRAIN MAILS
    78 13 Mails for BANGKOK will leave Perang at 9.40 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays, and incoming mails will arrive in Penang at 6.30 p.m. on Sundays and Thursdays. Mails for F.M.S., SINGAPORE, etc., wall leave Penang at 8.30 a.m. and 9 p.m.; Ipoh 1.36 pdn. and 2.10 a.m.; and
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    Regulations For A.A.M. Climb
    850 14 THE following are preliminary for the Closed Hill Climb to be held on Sunday, May 7, 1939. starting at 9 a.m. on Mount Pleasure Hill, Penang, by the Automobile Association of .Malaya (Penang and Kedah Branch). The Climb will be a restricted competition in that only
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    TAIPING CEYLONESE IN PARIT BUNTAR
    404 14 Cricket Match With Krian Asiatics (From Our Own Correspondent) Taiping, April 17. 'T'HE cricket team of the Ceylonese Association, Taiping traveiled to Parit Buntar yesterday and engaged the Krian Asiatics in a two-innings mate h. Ihe faiping Ceylonese j)roved superior and could won comiortably had
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    McNEE BACK IN SELANGOR
    258 14 Will Play For Malaya Cup Veterans Kuala Lumpur, April 16. F|THE transfer to Kuala Lumpur of P JL McNee. the forme’’ Selangor cen-tre-forward, who has figured in manj’ Malaj'a Cup matches, has strengthened the Malaj’a Cup veterans team which w ll meet the Selangor Eurasians on
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    HUNGARIAN TENNIS PRODIGY
    165 14 London, April 4. ZSUZSI KORMOCZY is going to be a big name in women’s tennis .Zsuzsi is a 14-years-old girl from Budapest. Despite her youth, she is ranked No. 2 in Hungary, and has represented her country in international matches. She has come to England with her
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    BADMINTON AT PADANG GAJAH
    92 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. April 17. In a friendly game of badminton played at Padang Gajah yesterday, the Combination B. P. beat the Pasir Hitam Customs bj' five matches to nil. Results as follows: Singles: Wahidudn bt. Abdul Hamid 15—6, 15—2: Ritchie bt. Dahalan 15
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    TODAY’S SOCCER
    78 14 The following will i the Old Xaverians’ Association against the Customs Football XI in their League match todaj’ on tire Dato Kramat ground at 5.15 p.m. L. Lesslar; Lim Cheng Hoe and Lee Yeow Soon; Muthu, C. Danker and Tung Sin Huat; G. Lim. Lim Cheng San. A.
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    Singapore Chinese Soccer Team Beaten In Hong Kong
    572 14 A HUGE crowd gathered to watch the /V. O’-counter between South China A.A. and the Singapore Chinese F.A. touring eleven at Caroline Hill on April 1 last and they were treated to quite an interesting game which South China managed to win
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    TILDEN BOOED BY OLYMPIA CROWD
    182 14 BIG BILL TILDEN Wag h< Olympia last night as at hi? racket three times after against him during the f the £1,500 professional tennis t.» n ?f Tilden, his right hand playing the German, Nussle n He had lost the first set 2 c down
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    PENANG BILLIARDS TOURNEY
    253 14 Io Be In May The three balls and four balls open 1 liards championships of Penang win i held under the auspices of the Old ,x aVf l ians’ Association on Muy 5, 6 and 7 Old Xaverians’ Association premises i Leith Street for the E. H.
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    RUGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
    28 14 Reuter. London, April 17 Today’s Rugbj’ League matches r.suited as follows: Bramley 3, Featherstone 11. Hull Kingston 19, Keighley 3. Warrington 30, Leigh 0. Reuter.
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    SINGAPORE SUMMER MEETING
    533 15 Past Performances Of New Horses records in England or horses who will make A Ub nuance on th? aMlayan Singapore Turf Club’s < up) meeting. il d'ite Epicae) gr.e.c. bv lyrs. Ran eight times as tv>n one?, second on two ac- 1937, second, car. 8.12 5.09 (Sirett).
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    Selangor Summer Meeting
    132 15 Official Programme THE official programme for the Selangor Turf Club’s Summer I “feting, to be held on June 17 (Saturday), 21 (Wednesday) and 24 (Saturday) has been issued. There will be two runs for all horses class 1. all horses class 3 ar.l ah pon es class
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    HOME SOCCER RESULTS
    56 15 —Reuter Yesterday's Games London, April 17. RESULTS ot today’s matches in the English Football League are: SECOND DIVISION Fulham 2, Sheffield Wednesday 2 ~THIRD DIVISION (Southern) Bristol Rovers 1, Crystal Palace o Cardiff 4, Notts County 1. Clapton Orient 3, Torquay 0. THIRD DIVISION (Northern) Hull 2,
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    LOCAL FOOTBALL
    97 15 The Penang Sports Club’s team against Wearne's R.C. today at 5.20 p.m. on the Esplanade will be: J. E. Goodrich; W. G. Cooil, T. Maxwell; D. ChadwicK, W. G. Colebeck, E. C. Tokeley: C. G. Barnes, H. P Wales, L. J. Thompson. J. N. Cooley and J. G.Scott
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    LOUIS WINS IN FIRST ROUND
    65 15 Reuter. Roper Takes Full Count Los Angeles, April 17. As expected, Jon Louis secured a quick win over Jack Roper, the 36-year-okl Californian, in their fight here tonight, Roper taking the full count in the first round. The bout was was for the negro’s world
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    TROPHY HOCKEY IN KEDAH
    169 15 Police In Final (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, April 17. rp>HE Kedah Indian Hockey XI met the Kedah State Police Hockey XI yesterday at the Kedah hockey ground and lost to them by the only goal scored five minutes before the finish of the game
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    KING AND QUEEN ENTERTAIN
    118 15 Dinner Party At indsor Castle The Prime Minister and Mrs. Chamberlain an the United States Ambassador and Mrs. Kennedy this morning left Windsor Castle where they were the guests of the King and Queen last night. Among others who arrived at the Castle yesterday was Mr.
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    SULTAN’S CUP GOLF
    67 15 The golf match for the Sultan’s Cup played between the Kulim Club and the Kedah Club at Alor Star on April 14 resulted as follows (Kulim Club pairs mentioned first); Halliday and Wollaston beat Laidin and Hall l—o. Spowers and Campbell beat Ivery and Scott I—o. Cambridge
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    THIRTEEN-A-SIDE RUGBY
    21 15 —Reuter. Bordeaux, April 16. In their thirteen-a-side rugby football encounter today France beat Wales by 16 points to 10.—Reuter.
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    RULES OF POW ON SHIELD SOCCER CONTEST
    491 15 THE following are the rules governing the P.W.F.A. League Championship for the Pow On Shield 1. Players shall be bona fide residents of Province Wellesley. Normally no player shall be registered unless he is a bona fide resident cf Province Wellesley and any
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    DERBY AND CITY & SUBURBAN
    88 15 DERBY AND CITY SUBURBAN .—Reuter. Latest Call-overs Derby The latest call-overs for the D?rby and the City and Suburban are: 19/2 Foxcub offered 10/1 taken. 10/1 Signal Light offered, 100/9 taken. 100/9 Blue Peter taken and offered. 100/6 Lnoti offered. 20/H Foxbrough offered, 22/1 taken. 40/1 Triguero offered. CITY AND
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    LATE MARKET PRICES
    63 16 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS FIN LATEST Penang $110.2.5 Business 50 tons Singapore $110.25 RUBBER: Penang (Spot 26%c Singapore (Spot) 26%c COPRA: Sundried $3.50 Black Pepper $9.00 TAPIOCA: Mc-dium 53.30 Fair Seed $2.90 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6.10 No. 2 56.00 White No. 1 $6.70 Local Paruoiled No. 1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    100 16 Prev. latest Paris 176 47 64 176 47*64 New York 4.681 V 4.68& Montreal 4.70% 4.70% Brussels 27.82% 27.83 Geneva 20.87 20.87 Amsterdam 8.81% 8.81% Milan 89 89 Berlin 11.69 11.69 Stockholm 19.40 19.40 Copen ha gen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 227%
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    ANTHONY & CO.
    139 16 ANTHONY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampat Tir. 3 0 3 6 Austral Amalgamated 4'9 5 3 Batu Selangor 1.20 1.25 Hong Fatt .59 .62 Jelebu 57 62 Kampong KamurZing 6 0 6 6 Kampong Lanjut 15 0- 15,6 Klang River 1.65 1.70 ex Kuchai 1.10 1.15 Kurdang 6 9 7
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    LEAN & CO.
    158 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampats 3>o 3'4% Aust. Amalgamated 4'6 s|o Bangrins 18*6 19'3 Hong Fatts .60 .64 Jelebus .55 .60 Johans .24 .26cd K. Lanjuts 15 0 15 6 K. Lumpurs 14 9 15.3 Kuchais 1.10 1.15 Kundargs 619 713 Laruts 4 0 414% Lukuts .47% .52% Pungahs
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    Wall Street Cable
    221 16 New York. Monday. First-hour offerings, although unimportant, served to cancel the major part of Saturday's gains. Thereafter the market was inactive and generally featureless excepting a minor rally on the report that the German-Polish Darciig agreement was near. The market tends to give a near sold out
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    UNITED TRADERS. LTD
    181 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Ayer Panas 1.17% 1.22% 45 50 Batu Lintang -97% 1.02% Bcntas .92% .97% Brogas -60 .65 Indragiris 1.07% 1.12% Kuala Sidims 1.90 2.00e> Lunas 1.45 1.55 Malaka Pindas 1.17% 1.22% Mentakabs <36 -38 Pa jams 1.50 1.60 Sungei Tukangs -05 1.00 Tapahs 1.45 1.55
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    Exports Of Tinned Pineapples
    99 16 During the week ending April 8, 1939, exports of tinned pineapples from Malayan ports amounted to 117,445 cases, of which: 93,990 (80) per cent) cases were to the 2,775 (2 per cent) cases to the Continen of Europe, 15,383 (13 per cent) case* to Canada and
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    KENNEDY & CO.
    202 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampat 310 36 Austral Amalgamated 4:9 5 3 Ayer Weng .65 .70 Bangrin 19,0 19« Batu Selangor 1.17% I.22|ex Ber junta! 9 6 10'0 Hong Fatt .60 .62% Jelebu .55 .60 Kampong Kamur.itng 610 6'6 Kampong Lanjut 15|0 15i6 Kamra 1)6 2 'o Katu i9|9
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    SOON THEAM & CO.
    254 16 SOON THEAM CO. TINS: Buyers Sellers Ampats 3)1% 3)4% Ayer Hitams 18)6 19 6 Ayer Wengs .65 .68 Bangrins 18 9 igr|6 Batu Selangors 1.20 1.23 ex Berjuntais 9)3 9 9 Chenderiangs 11)0 11'9 Hong Fatts .60 .62 Jelebus .55 .58 Kamras 1)4% 1|7% Kamuntings 8)0 8)6 Kampong Lanjuts 15'0
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    TAKUAPA VALLEY
    30 16 Operations for first half of April:— Dredge Takuapa No. 1 —324 hours 78,000 cubic yards, 252 piculs. Dredge Takuapa No. 3 —233 hours 41,000 cubic yards, 67 piculs.
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    SATUPULO
    9 16 Output for first half of April: 315 piculs.
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    Ramsay’s Guiding Star Was His Wife
    246 16 IF his wife had not died in 1911 at the beginning of his Parliamentary career James Ramsay MacDonald would have been amuch greater figure in the political history of Britain. This is the view expressed by Lord Elton, close personal friend of the MacDonalds,
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    BRITISH PLANES WILL SOON CIRCLE THE GLOBE
    354 16 New Extensions To World Routes THERE will he big developments in British world air routes this year—if the Air Minister’s memorandum accompanying the Air Estimates can he taktn as a promise. New services and the extension of others will bring the completion of
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    SIDELIGHTS ON THE CRISIS
    93 16 A Boom In Bromide Budapest. A. side issue of the Slovak crisis was a boom in bromide, with wh:ch the inhabitants tried to calm their agitation. During the crisis week every chemist’s shop was cleared of bromide. Natives and foreigners in Pozsony also unloaded their Czech
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    1198 16 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST. IL 1 Ice i 2 5 B I 1 1 I I RUBBER (Dollar) I i Allenby iJuboer <-• 1 20 j 130 Moi Gajab Rubber Eaia’e i \uialgamate<l Malay Estate* 1 35 j 1 45 i Ayer Hicatu Planting Syndicate 90 100 j Xyer Molek
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