Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 April 1939

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    19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1833 IWI.ISIIfII M'H Vl <)0. Vol. XCVII. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 19. 1939. PRICE .'> CENTS.
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    Danzig As "Birthday Present" For Hitler
    876 1 Danzig As "Birthday Present" Fo r Hitler Germany Negotiating With Poland WARSHIPS GATHERING FOR MANOEUVRES Berlin. April 18. Distinguished foreign guests, inosth high officers of armed forces, are pouring into Berlin to attend the celebration of Herr Hitler’s birthday on Thursday. Most of them arc staving at the Adlon Hotel,
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    ROYAL VISIT TO AMERICA
    289 1 AVI djt SUt Reuter What Ki 112 And Oueen Will Do c London, April 19. I vi iai programme of their Majes- America has been issued. M.-. "Sties are entering the United S’ u at NiagaTa falls late on the evenjn<r oi ,iii! < 7 where
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    BARTER AGREEMENT CONCLUDED
    59 1 r»»lD<<n Gerinanv and China Berlin. April 18. Chinese circles report that a barter c-! ven "iit has been concluded between '"•rn .ji: y,| i.stry and the Chinese Gov- ri! v hereby Germany supplies ten n yuan worth of finished goods 111 ’i‘dily in xchange for raw materials
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    OIL TANKERS TIED UP IN DOCKS
    73 1 'laritiiii,' Strike In New Y ork New York. April 19. 1 'enty Five oil tankers are reported n vks as the result of a strike N tional Maritime Ur.’on which w I Pie collapse of negotiations be- Union and four large oil com 'l'!''
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    GERMANY'S BARTER SYSTEM DENOUNCED
    183 1 hi In j urious Boomerang, Says Mr. Cordell Hull Washington. April 19. ordeli Hull emphatically denounei many’s barter system as an injurJf,. 1 Hi'rang. in a statement made v< rnng he declared that it was first. disruptive influence in the world n r>. secondly, it was
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    A MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    186 1 —Reuter Measures Beinjj Considered London April 18 Several important national defence measures are expected to be considered at the weekly rr. ?etins of the Cabinet tomorweckly meeting of the Cabinet tomcr row. writes Reuter’s lobby correspondent. These include the creation of a Ministry of Supply, the
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    RUSSIANS ASSISTING CHINESE
    337 1 Heavy Fighting (hi ATI North China Fronts Peiping 1 April 19. Japanese official dispatches claim that Russians are assisting the hinese in their offensive in South Shansi. According to a Japanese spokesman, Russian tactics and methods of firing are being employed by Chinese artillery on this front
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    Chians Kai-Shek Completes Tour Of Fronts
    463 2 CHINESE JUBILANT OVER SUCCESS 70,000 Troops Converging On Hsuchowfu Shanghai, April 18. EPORTS of Chinese successes on various fronts continue to pour into Shanghai. They range from alleged attacks by guerillas on Japanese garrisons near Shanghai to a claim that 70,000 troops are converging
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    ANOTHER PUPPET ASSASSINATED
    28 2 Note Pinned On Mutilated Corpse Shanghai, April 18. Wang Hsien-mlng, a junior official in the Nanking Reformed Government, was assassinated in the French Concession to-
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    PANAMA CANAL TO BE ENLARGED
    37 2 —Reuter. Washington, April 18. The Bill authorising the expenditure" of $277,000,000 for improving and enlarging the Panama Canal has been approved by the Merchant Marine Committee of the House of Representatives. —Reuter.
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    THE DANZIG QUESTION
    504 2 —R< 11 ?r. Another Hitler Coup This Week? Paris, April 18. The attention of the Press is focussed on Herr Hitler’s decision to call the R< f hstag. Berlin correspondents of Pari 1 newspapers are pessimistic and are of tne opinion that there will be delay until
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    INCREASED WAR POTENTIAL
    224 2 Premier’s Replies To Commons Questions London, April 18. In the House of Commons, asked whether the position required any new measures designed to increase British ability to discharge the recently extended commitments, Mr. Chamberlain replied that steps were being taken both to accelerate and widen the basis
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    FOOD PLANS IN WAR TIME
    437 2 -Reuter- British Scheme Completed London, April 18. d Wartime pirns for rationing and con-j e tr&lt;&lt;ling the nation’s food supplies by th~j 5 Ministry of Food which would work' f through 19 regional offices and 1,400 local 1 committees are practically complete. The 0 plans
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    NON-INTERVENTION TO CEASE FUNCTIONING
    137 2 Work Of Committee To Be Wound Up Rugby, April IS. Arrangements for winding up the work of the Non-Intervention 1 Committee will be discussed at th e 30th plenary session of the om mittee on Thursday morning at the Foreign Office. B O.W. i The main
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    TRADE DELEGATION FROM FINLAND
    148 2 run WVUIU —8.0. W. Arrival In London rur Discussions London. April 17 The Trade Delegation from Finland arrived in London today for a stay of about a fortnight in the course of which they will have discussions with British industrialists and will pay visits to many
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    NO HAWKING ALLOWED NEAR PENANG SCHOOLS
    2555 3 City Fathers Discus; By-Laws PROHIBITED STREETS \t; OFFENCE TO SELL IN HOUSES qj{]•'pr&lt;tblcni '*i ’iirciant haw kers in Penang was again consider ed by tin Municipal Commissioners at their meeting yesterday. nver which Mi’. .X. J. Black presided. Proposed by-laws prot iiiL i 11
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    CONSTRUCTION OF IPOH LANE
    215 3 Objections Ccncei iiing Share of Expenses The Penang Municipal Comm ss cners discussed at thc r meeting yesterday three cbjections, 'y Mess: A. G. Dennis, Ong Jo; Sun and Ong Or Kek, to the estimate of the expenses and apportionment of the making up of Ipoh
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    REGISTRATION OF HAWKERS
    300 3 Mimicipa. c ,“ne PRESIDEV)' O.X NEED OF(ONiROE ‘‘l stiH cot shut that the registration 01 hatvke nHh&lt; jgh it is net tlu pariacĕ.i L all the evils oi hawking—is the essential step towards a proper control oi hawkers,” sahl Mi. .1. Black, the /resident of the Penang
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    BAND PROGRAMME
    50 3 Today at the Waterfall Gardens 5.15 and 3.45 P.M. 1. March—Blaze away— Holsmann. 2. Select’cn- Oh with The Show, “1929” Nicholls. 3. Waltz Instige Bruder—Vollstedt. 4. Overture— Fost—Blattermann. Serenade—La. Manola—BUenberg. 6. Selection Community Land, No. 2 2—Str dden 7. Fcv Trot Cause My Baby Says It War an.
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    SOLVING THE HAWKER PROBLEM
    551 4 Hawkers, itinerant or otherwise, like the poor, will always be with us. They form an integral adjunct to life in these parts and we are glad to record that the Municipal Commissioners, who had before them at yesterday’s meeting the important motion for the prohibition of
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    SOCIAL & PERSONAL
    495 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. E. A. Noble, who left Malaya in 1936 after 11 years with the Eastern .Afrielting Co., Ltd., is now accountant to iTiĕ-Boro’ BillposTTng- Co.. Ltd., London. Sir Frank A. Swettenham has been appointed a director of Glasgow River Estates. Ltd. in the place of the late Mr.
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    BY THE WAY
    614 4 Talkie Hits VF/’HAT is the latest talkie hit in -Penang, an outstation friend asked me yesterday. I could not give an answer for the simple reason that there was none to give. Really, when you come to think of it, talkie songs seem to be slowly dying
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    THE DIARY OF A FOREIGN NEWS EDITOR
    529 4 Wednesday, April 19, 1939. TTITLER will be 50 tomorrow and to a world accustomed to his spectacular coups, this event is not expected to pass off quietly. Indeed, it is being freely predicted that Poland will return Danzig to the Fuehrer as a
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      303 4 BSfl B.S.A. BICYCLE CYCLES CLUB ROADSTER. s The three mode’s illustrated (the B.S.A. Club Roadster ’he B.S.A. Roadster and the B.S.A Club) each an individual style- all fitted with th.- 'Jerry Super-spring seat, th&lt;- most expensive saddle fitted to this type of mac! re. SPECIAL THE ~C LUE” MODEL, is
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      32 4 WHEN BUYING TIN PROVISIONS Always Specify, DEL MONTE PRODUCTS are known the world over. obtainable at All the leading dealer*. 30La AGENTS Henry Waugh Co., Ltd., PENANG. Btafapm, Ipoh and Kuala Unpw.
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    WORK OF PENANG URBAN CO- OPERATIVE UNION
    1726 5 Spreading The Gospel Of Economic Sanity And Reason ADDRESS OF MR. F. H GRUMITT “VOUR Union is still trying to spread its gospel of economic vanity and reasons/ In a world where at the moment force and violence are commoner than reason it
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    Blind Professor Addresses Rotarians
    116 5 PROF. H» mer S. Wong, B. A., LL.B., Dean of the Ffk’ng Codege °f Fine Arts, was the s p eaker a t today’s w e c kly luncheon o f the Rot ary Club of Penang at the E. and O. Hotel. The Professor, who
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    MR. D. WILLIAMS DEAD
    190 5 Well-known Racing Personality IT is with great regret that we have to record the death in England from eart failure of Mr. Douglas Williams. Ir. Williams was a partner in the Briish Blocdstock Agency, and widely known a racing circles throughout the world. Another partner. Capt.
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    DR. PURCELL TRANSFERRED TO SELANGOR
    75 5 Seat On Municipal &lt; Commission At th? Municipal Commisioners’ meeting yes erday Mr. A. J. Black, the President, announced that Dr. V. W. W. S. Purcc'i Protector of Chinese, Penang, had resigned his seat from the Municipal Commission on the occasion of his transfer to
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    LINER ABLAZE AT HAVRE
    33 5 Havre, April 19. A serious fire has broken out aboard ’he 34.000 ton “Paris.” The fire is blazing in the interior of the vessel, despite the efforts of firemen.
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    MIDNIGHT ORDEAL OF WOMAN
    808 5 Alleged Attempt To ommit Criminal Assault THREE Chinese—Ng Phee Kia. Tay Choo Hu alias Chew and eon Thoo—appeared in the Penang Assizes yesterday jeiore t e Hon. Mr. Justice Howes on serious charges. Thcv were alleged to have broken into the house of a fisherman in
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    COOLIES’ CIAIM FOR WAGES
    197 5 Contractor Says He Did Not Refuse To Pay That the accused did not deliberately refuse t. pay the wages to his labourers was the submission of Mr. Gurcharan Singh, counsel for the defence, in the case in which an Indian contractor, Somasunuaram. appeared before Mr. Lim
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    Committee Decisions Confirmed
    134 5 All decisions rrived at by the standing committee as published in the agenda were confirmed by the Municipal Commissioners at yesterday’s meeting, which wag presided over by Mr. A. J. Black Dr. Lee Tiang Keng pointed out that he would like it to be recorded that he
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    Y.W.C.A. Pioneer Leading Training Conference
    173 5 r pHE Y.W.C.A. in Malaya passed another milestontT'in its -development when twenty leaders of younger girls, represent ng the various centres, assembled at t Malacca Volunteer Camp, on April 1 for a F’ioneer Leading Training Cont’ermce, which will conclude on April 22. Work among younger
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    FUNERAL OF MR. CHIN KOOI SEONG
    62 5 The funeral of Mr. Chin Kooi Seong, a member of the Chinese Benevolent Association, who passed away on April 3, took place from his residence. No. 42 Rangoon Road, at 10.30 a m. yesterday If f interment at the Mount Erskine Cemetery There was
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    SEAPLANES EXERCISE OVER PENANG
    48 5 CONSIDERABLE interest was created in town this morn ng by two seapiancs flying overhead for more than two hours. The planes were from the aircraft carrier, H M S Cornwall, and were having their morning exercises. The machines performed a number of spectacular stunts.
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      73 5 DOCTORS CHOOSE HOMAMSED TRLI OOD FOR 4 a THEIR 0» v TN»: .xj. .--i Vv f J f (In arcoidanct unth medical etiqattte, th» Dm tor'\ natru published.) K vl I 'J I I After Humanised I rufood, from the 10th to the 24th month—FOLLOW-ON TRUFOOD—a complete diet allowing for
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      1189 6 TOMORROW'S GRAND /VI A T 1 7 lAnotherI Another Mafijni *ĕ? 8 Box Fft ATZ&gt;p nIAJCD I 1V Makes Her Debut BRINGING TO THE SCREEN A TRULY BEAUTIFUL SINGING VOICE i SEE “THE CUCKOOS’’ As l| 1 that excels anything yet heard in talking pictures av^U fa bSu:. 'Xlv r
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    "THREE SMART GIRLS GROW UP"
    168 7 Deanna Taboos Ham After Crying Scenes Ham will be missing from the menu of the Durbin family for some time to come. Deanna isn’t having any, thank you The singer lost her craving for it after doing 22 “takes” Ln which she had to eat
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    Jackie Cooper Parts With Pet Automobile
    185 7 Hollywood's most swanky special-built automobile now is being driven by a movie Star’s butler! Up until a few weeks ago the streamlined motor car was owned by Jackie Cooper. He took great pride in its resplendent red leather upholstery and fantastic array of gadgets.
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    "Frankenstein" Role Wins New Long Term Deal for Bela Lugosi
    208 7 Universal’s sensational new scare film, “Son of Frankenstein,” has brought fresh fame and a rev ved screen career for Bela Lugo 1 Following nationwide release of the latest spine-tingler, in which Lugosi shares starring honours with Basil Rathbone and Boris
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    ENGINEERS AND THE AEROPLANE
    208 7 Never Dreamed It Would Become A Menace London. The acropDne is one thing evolved by l&lt;nnc°rs which gives rise to anx’ety, 'cn»-din«r *n Mr. William J. E. Bin.nie. ’re. si dent 'of the Institute of Civil En neers. who Epoke at their annual dinner '«re. "Tn
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    ELEPHANT FOOLED BY FIELDS’ INGENUITY
    169 7 I m ssed my calling, I should have been an elephant trainer.” So said «V. 0. Fields to Charlie McCarthy after discovering how to make an elephan* ;at a hat for a scene in his new Un ersal Picture, “You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man.”
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      36 7 FED UP!! YOU WILL BE IF YOU DINE At The ‘SWISS CAFE THE BEST CUISINE IN PENANGExcellent British Continental Dishes PREPARED BY W. STALDER LATE CHEE E. O. HOTEL 4 PENANG ROAD Tel. 1767. TABLE BUTTER
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      357 7 TONIGHT: LADIES’ GUEST NIGHT WEMB L E Y I» AR K TONIGHT: WEDNESDAY. 19th APRIL, 1939 Sim See Toy CaiiloiicHe llpriii: CHF I T SEE PAK MENG” EAST PART Grand Nooran Opera “SITI ZUBAIDAH” Part. 2. A .Malay Historical Story Capital Talkie» Two shows nightly at 7.30 9.30 p rn.
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      145 7 MATINEE TODAY AT 3 P.M. MATINEE TOMORROW FRIDAY AT 3 P.M. “FIREFLY” with Jeanette MacDonald, Allan Jones “TOPPER” with Constance Bennett, Gary Grant Popular P.ices Jownstairs 15 &30 cents Popular Prices Downstairs 15 30 cents 6.15 OPENING TODAY 9.30 A New L niversal Hit I Meet The New Romantic Lovers
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  • LATEST NEWS FROM INDIA
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      First Parsee Woman Barrister
      186 8 MISS A. D. MEHTA I AKES OATH Colombo. W/EARING her advocate’s gown over a leliotrope saree, Miss Avabai "Dorabji Mehta, Ceylon’s first Parse? lady barrister, was recently admitted and enrolled as an advocate of the Supreme Court before Mr Justice Soertsz. His Lordship in congratulating her
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      MISS BINA DAS RELEASED
      48 8 Attempt On Sir S. Jackson’s Life Recalled Calcutta. Miss Bina Das. who was convicted nine years ago, for an attempt on the life of Sir Stanley Jackson on March 6. 1930, at the Calcutta University convocation, has been released from the Alipore Central Jail.
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      Robbed The Wrong Mail Bags
      112 8 Ambalangoda. TWO postal peons taking the Galle and Matara mails to the railway station one morning were waylaid and assaulted and the mail bags robbed. The incident occurred between the Post Office and the railway station. People living in the vicinity were awakened and rushing
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      "MY STRANGE ILLNESS"
      200 8 my luemai uomuiuu in man and in my countrymen.”—(Associated Press). New Vision Dawns On Congress President Calcutta. IN a lengthy article on "My Strange Illness”’ ‘in the ‘‘Modern Review,” Mr. S. C. Bose, President of the Indian I National Congress, relates in great detail the course of
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      Ex-Soldiers In India
      46 8 New Delhi. IF/1 TH the passing of time, the problem of finding work for British ex-soldiers in this country becomes increasingly difficult and the scarcity of employment due to It.Tlanisation is a grave concern,” states the report of the Ex-Services Association of India.
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      Malayalis Appeal To Whitehall
      169 8 rj’HE Ceyron Malayali Mahajana Sabha has sent the following telegram to Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, ar.l to a large number of public men in India including Mr. Gandhi, Mr. S. C. Bose, Pandit Jawaharial Nehru, Mr. S. Satyamurti, the Maharajah
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      PALI PRIZE
      70 8 The prize of Rs. 50 offered by the Society for the Encouragement of the Study of Pali Literature to the student who scores the highest marks in Pali at the Cambridge Senior Examination has been won by Peter de Costa of Mahinda College, Galle. This is the fourth
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      Ceylon's Deadly Invader From India
      793 8 KRAIT MAKING ITS WAY SOUTH Indian krait, the most poisonous &lt; X snake in Ceylon, was a recent invader 1 of Ceylon, said Dr. L. Niccholls, in tae course of a lecture he delivered in the lecture room of the Colombo Museum on ‘‘Snakes and
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      "ONE GUN WAR" IS OVER
      229 8 Perpetual Peace Signed New Delhi. After a bitter contest in which there were many casualties, the North West. Frontier's ‘‘One Gun War” has ended with the signing a ‘‘perpetual peace pact.” Waged intermittently during the last five years between the Khans of Khar and Nawagai.
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      FIGHT AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS
      106 8 Association Formed New' Delhi. The ’naugural meeting of the Tuberculosis Association of India was held recently at the Viceroy’s House, Marchioness Linlithgow presiding. The Vicereine opened the proceeding with a lengthy address and stressed the importance of devising ways and means of starting an after-care scheme. The
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      Treatment For Opium—Addicts
      56 8 Calcutta. a DOCTOR from the school of Tropic al Medicii. j at Calcutta, will shortly leave for Assam in connection w 'h the treatment of opium addiction. The School of Tropical Medicine has evolved a successful line of treatment opium addiction and succeeded in helping addicts ifo
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      Police To Prosecute Undergrads
      369 8 rpHE Police, it is learned, will prose■l cute the eight University College students who were arrested at Colpetty j as a sequel to a clash with the Colpetty. I Police. About 150 students are said to be involved in the incident, w'hich arose from a “rag”
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      BULL PURSUED IN A ROWING-BOAT
      122 8 Animal Dived Into Dock London, March 23. Breaking away shortly after its release from a railway van at Hull yesterday. a 145-stone bull belonging to Mr. Sam Taylor dived into the Princes Dock. (The animal swam under a bridge into [the adjoining Humber Dock, and
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      When Bombay Goes
      295 8 LIQUOR PERMITS FOR EUROPEANS Bombay. AFTER August I, when Bombay is expected to go completely “dry” Europeans in the city will each be allowed to buy six units of liquor per month. This is the tentative decision which the Government of Bombay are reported to have arrived
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      Co-Ordination Of Defence In India
      214 8 SIR J.PITKEA l in y s NEW POST Sleuth IT is announced in th&lt; India” that Sir Jane r Chief Controller of Indian st ment, Government of India (wle, ed on the cost cf completir hydro-electric scheme in ***** has placed on special duty in
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      HINDU-MUSLIM UNITY
      131 8 Mission Of Maulana Obedullah LAHORE. That ho has prepared a programme to bring about a rapproachement between the Muslim League and the Congi ss and was hopeful of the success of his mission was stressed by Maulana ObedtJah. replying to an address of welcome presented to him on
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      ARRESTED AT PENANG
      162 8 Gaol Sentence On Former Clerk 4 SENTENCE of 18 months’ xi.”' &gt; imprisonment was imposed by Waldo Sansoni, Additional Distixt of Colombo, on Hubert F. Nanay do.— a former employee of Messrs. Hayley Kenny Ltd., w'ho was convicted ol hav.:.committed criminal breach of trust pect of three
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      434 8 RHEUMATISM GOT HIM 80-yc.ars-ol&lt;l Pianist Is Relieved by Kruschen Although old age has not yet kept this man from his occupation as a pianist, rheumatism did threaten to do so recently. “Two years ago,” he writes, “I was suddenly taken with rheumatism, all down my left arm. I tried many
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    SILVER JUBILEE OF MALAYAN COLLIERIES
    3281 10 Aunual Meeting: Profit Of $551,139 PROPOSED SUB-DIVISION OF SHARES The twenty-fifth annual general meeting of Malayan Collieries, Ltd., was held at the Hongkong Shanghai Bank Buildings, Kuala Lumpur, at noon on Friday, March 31. The Chairman, Mr. H. H. Robbins presided anj the others present
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      904 10 BANKS (THE MERCANTILE BAN* OF INDIA. LI D. Incorporated Id England) Capital Authorised £3,000,0 I Ilf* OhTM.U’ Capital Subscribed £1,800,0» Reserve Fund and IM £1,247,81 R.inL I iJ Capital Paid Up £1,050,0»* JLJcIIIK-. BO\RD OF DIRECTORS. (Incorporated in British India) 55iT Charles Alexander innt*. k C.S.L, C.1.E., Cbmrma Si: Thomas
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    362 11 JUST LIKE GRANDMOTHERS—Take two ribbon streamers, red roses, white honeysuckle and blue osprey, place them on a navy straw base, and the result is —the newest th ng m hat fashions. Mr John F Kennedy, one of the sons of the US. Ambassador to. Great
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    N. ZEALAND’S DRIVE IN INDUSTRIES
    515 12 Sequel To Import Restrictions Thu New Zealand Government are actively pushing ahead with their plans for expanding present industries and estaolishing new ones. This is an essent al complement of its policy of import restriction. Among the chief industries to vh.ch attention is being given
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    World Achievement
    305 12 I.as hid To A. It is wonderful what men can endure when the necessity arises. We reflect upon this when we come upon a story like the one told only recently ot Ernest Doane who reached the Grenf Hospital at Cartwright in Labrador when most men, it might
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    A MUCH-NEEDED MOTORING REFORM
    763 12 Preventing Headlamp Dazzle London, Mar. 19. Every motorist who does much night driving wilt have noticed that, despite the now universal fitting of anti-dazzle headlamps. dazzle is. par adoxically, on the increase, writes H. E. Symons, the Sunday Times correspondent. It is not that people do
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    TRAINING CENTRES CRITICISED
    220 12 “Jacks Off All Trades” London, March 19. Miffistry of Labour vocational training centres were criticised by young unemployed men at the Youta Commission at Cardiff yesterday. A former pit boy. Mr. H. Haigh, of Tredegar, who lost his job wiien he was eighteen, and ig now a
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      1553 12 8.8. C. Service RBO M MfSgi Schedule FrFidlo'raci o radio* PENANG SINGAPORE W* EctSt ZHJ 6.08 mc/s (49.30 m.) m.) 11 TODAY i'-M. probable BEG Service Schedule for the I 5.00 Chinese music.! 7.00 Hawaiian ‘Far East in Malayan standard time for music. t 7.15 Time, weather, news and an-
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      44 12 NIROM F.M. 4.50 lime, signal. Programme preview. Popular recorded music. 5.50 Short Orchestra oeuvres. 6.20 Andy lona ar.j his Islanders. Carson Robison’s Pioneers. 7.10 ‘Das Hexenlied’—“The Witches’ Song. &lt; .40 Re difficulties in education Lecture. 8.00 Recorded music. 8.50 Broadcast from Semarar.j. ic.so Close down.
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    The Mails
    274 13 Latest Posting Times x4t Kuala I’nipur, Ipoh And Penang AIR MAILS OUTWARD r ’ROI*E AND THE WEST (K n pire Afc Mail): Fo: A&lt;,,n I lctor ia Point). India, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya da. Zanzibar, Northern in. Nyasaland. South I';tain, Ireland, Canada 1 V *foun.lland, p ''l' ll -30
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    BING, AUER BEDRIDDEN IN ODD MOVIE PARADOX
    114 13 Bing Crosby and Mischa Auer got ouc ot bed in their two widely separated homes one morning—dressed and drove to Universal Stu'cTlos, where they donned pajamas and went back to bed again Yes, it was all for the movies— “East Side of Heaven,’’
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    PENANG SHIPPING NEWS
    1109 13 ARRIVALS Today: POELAU PLAUT ex Java ports via Singapore. HOSANG ex China. Tomorrow: BENGKALIS ex Bombay, Colombo and- Belawan. BULAN ex Japan. SILVERGUAVA 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
    79 13 Mails for BANGKOK will leave Parang at 9.40 a.m. on Mondays and Fridays, and incoming mails vdll arrive in Penang at 6.30 p.m. on Sundays and Thursdays. Mails for F.M.S., SINGAPORE, etc., will leave Penang at 8.30 a.m. and 9 p.m.; Ipoh 1-36 p.m. and 2.10 a.m.; and
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      391 13 blue funnel lime WEEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT ~-cttc Calls Hull Leave» JVnanp Dn- London "HF.SEUS cans null Apr. 20 Mav 2ft ;,I&lt;NBEG Calls Antwerp Middlesboro Apr. 24 Mav 24 xK Calls Marseilles Glasgow Apr 28 Mav 24 A ten day service TO Liv£krooL VIA havL; y 2 MENTOR
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    TAIPING TURF CLUB LOST $1,163 LAST YEAR
    1461 14 President’s Speech At INCREASE IN HORSE ENTRIES (From Our Own Correspondent) 'Paiping. April 18. &lt;&lt;r THE Taiping Turf Club reported a net loss tor the past year of $4.134.89 including a loss of $1.163.20 in the Hieing account, at the annual general meeting
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    K.L. FLYING CLUB
    520 14 Popularity of Curry Tiffins (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 17. Just how keen flying has become in this part of the world may be gauged by the fact that many times cross-country flights to Sunday curry tiffin parties have been carried out by members of
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    HOW ROPER WAS KNOCKED OCT
    183 14 Reuter. Terrific Attack Bv Louis Los Angeles, April 18 Joe Louis had an easy first-round victory over Jack Roper in their t tle fight Aere last night. Quickly warmmg up to his task after a few quiet exchanges. Louis eagerly accepted the latest sacrifice, knocking
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    LOCAL WATER POLO
    28 14 The Penang Swimming Club beat H. M. S. Cornwall by ten goals to nothing in a friendly water polo match played vesterday at the Club
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    MORE RECORDS OF NEW HORSES
    384 14 BELOW are the remaining records newly-arrived horses which are ri ,-ing in Malaya for the first time at tu coming .Singapore Summer tGovernJ' Cup) Meeting: SERVUS (late Dutiful) ch. aus. By Captain Busby-Chelae, 5 yrs Ran eight times as four-year-old v. unce, placed five times.
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    TAIPING CLUBS AMALGAMATE
    179 14 i'aiprng, April 18. ("iLUB history was made here this evening when the New Club and the F'/rak Golf Club decided to amalgamatThis amalgamation is anticipated t'i be the forerunner of other such a-nalga-ticns. which will give a tremendous fillip to the social life of Perak. Two meetings
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    CITY & SUBURBAN PROBABLES
    119 14 CITY SUBURBAN PROBABLES —Reuter. London. April l x THE following are the probable sta' and jockeys for the Citv ami bi rban: Unbreakable Mnrmond H’ll Cai. Bwtolfi Harrv Ag’ncourt 1,11 Rodeo II Halcyon Gift &lt;,ar ,n Hotbun II Colin Richan B Lro .s x Oven IT S b! lu P’gskin
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    More About A.A.M. Hill Climb
    280 15 I ready reported. the Penan,? s v ;t Branch of the ,&lt;i: association of Malaya I second annual hill I r-c.irs and motorI j in t Pleasure on SunI commencing from 9 Bi'. s ~n slightly lengthened I but this will time as the cars
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    SECOND DIVISION SOCCER
    76 15 ■Hellers Go Down To I Harbour Board -nan; Harbour Board Junior I ib gained full points at I East-rn Smelting Club l *ii &gt; nd Divsion encounter in the r ’.bail League yesterday on the I 1 ring twice without i scored ;n the first half and
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    SPORTS CLUB WIN IN FRIENDLY
    67 15 1.... five, the Penang I istrated their superioK Sports &lt; lub in a ‘latch on the Esplanade He although not of a I Wa s fast and excit. fcin 7 y,,al f,r the home team llr W l |fS( n refer M. I oil. Maxwell;
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    Handicaps For Second Day Of Singapore Races
    729 15 'T'HE following are the handicaps for the second of the Singapore Summer (Governor’s Cup) Meeting on April 26. HORSES—CIass 2—D v. 1—5% Furlongs 0 0 0 SILVER MCNK 9y 9.04 0 0 3 REDOUBLE 8y 9.01 0 0 0 BURRANEER 6y 9.00 0
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    Customs Miss Two Penalties
    382 15 penalties and 1 '■''Hing chances, the 7 .‘‘y/' Club had to 1111 the Old XaverJ .-'7’77;'" n in th eir First i n the Penang relay on the reund. Each side (V*. v however, showed imt&gt;. lost outing when lx nil to the Chinese. -I J
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    EVERY MAN MUST BE PREPARED
    154 15 —Reuter. Appeal By New Zealand Premier Wellington, April 18. An appeal to every ma-, up to the age of fifty to be prepared to defend his country in the event of an emergency was made by Mr. Savage, speaking at the State luncheon to the
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    METROPOLITAN STAKES
    130 15 Easy Victory For Lillibullero Epsom, April 18. IVT R» James de Rothschild’s Lillibullero, starting at 100 to 6 carrying bottom weight and ridden by Lynch, won the great Metropolitan Stakes, over two miles and two furlongs, today, beating Miss Dorothy Paget’s Foxchase, 100 to 7, ridden by Sibbritt,
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    TODAY'S TRACK WORK
    274 15 Heroic Star Does Best Gallop (From Cur Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. «V’HILE the majority of horses in- dulged in slow work at Bukit Tingi Valley, a good few were given balf.pace and threequarter-pace work on the second track at Bukit Timah this morning. Pure Gold and Ganderdown,
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    Another World Title Fight
    58 15 FIRST TO BE HELD IN RHODE ISLAND Rhode Island, April 18. Jcey Archibald is defending his world featherweight boxing championship against Leo Rodak cf Chicago in a fifteenround contest. It will be the first world championship ever to be held in Rhode Island. The betting is
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    RIGBY LEAGUE RESULTS
    21 15 Reuter. London, April 18. In a Rugby League fixture today Oldham beat Halifax by 14 points to five.
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    LATE MARKET PRICES
    62 16 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS TIN LATEST enang $lll.OO Business 50 tons Singapore $lll.OO RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 27%c Singapore (Spot) 27*.&gt;c COPRA: Sundried $3.50 Black Pepper $9.00 TAPIOCA: Medium $3.30 Fair Seed $2.95 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6.10 No. 2 S6.GO White No 1 $6.70 Local Paruoiled No. 1
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    100 16 Prev. Latest Paris 176 47 64 176 45,64 New York 4.68 5 V Montreal 4.70% 4.70% Brussels 27.83 27.84 Geneva 20.87 20.87 Amsterdam 8.81% 8.81% Milan 89 89 Berlin 11.69 11.69 Stockholm 19.40 19.41 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 226% 227% Madrid nominal
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    ANTHONY & CO.
    129 16 ANTHONY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampat Tin 3 0 3 6 Austral Amalgamated 4 9 5 3 Bat,u Selangor 1.20 1.25 Hong Fatt .60 .62% Kampong Lan jut 14 9 15 3 Kuchai 1.10 1.15 Kur.iang 6 6 7 0 Laruts 40 46 laondon Tin Corps. 30 36 Pungah 15
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    Wall Street Cable
    221 16 New York, Tuesday. The volume of trading was negligible but favuorable technical iniplicat.ons were seen in the inability and weakness to attract a following at any tim vhrevg. out the session. IM&gt;W JONES AVERAGES Prev. Latest Hi,la Low’ 30 Indus. 127.34 125.38 127.02 124.81 20 rads 25.68
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    UNITED TRADERS, LTD.
    192 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Ayer Panas «1.15 1. 20 Bassetts 45 .50 Batu Lintang 97% 1.02% Bentas .92% .97% Brogas .57*2 .62% Ir dragiris 1.07% 1 12 Kuala Sidims 1.90 2. OOex Lunas 1.45 1.52% Malaka Pindas 1.15 1.20 Mentakabs -36 .38c Pa jams 1.50 1.61 Sungei Tukangs
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    88 16 Reuter. Home Industrials Well Maintained London, April 18. Markets bravely attempted to assume a cheerful expression at the opening and prices were generally higher, but the absence of support in face of the small offerings of giltedged during the afternoon caused the development of an easier final trend.
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    SOON THEAM & CO.
    264 16 SOON THEAM CO. TINS: Buyers Sellers Ampats 3 0 3'4% Ayer Hitams 18 6 19 6 Ayer Wengs .65 .68 Bangrir.' 18 9 19|6 Batu Selangors 1.20 1.23 ex Beriuntais 9 3 9'9 Chenderiangs 110 119 Hor.g FattS .60 .62 Jelebus .55 .58 Kamras 1j4% 17% Kamuntin'-n 8 0 8
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    KENNEDY & CO.
    204 16 KENNEDY CO. RUBBERS: Buyers Sellers Mentakab .37% 42Jc TINS: Ampat 310 3 6 Austral Amalgamated 4 9 5 3 Ayer W’eng .65 -70 Batu Selangor 1.17% 1 22Jex Berjuntai 9,6 10 0 Hong Fatt .60 .62% Jelebu .55 .60 Kampong Kamunting 6 0 616 Kpg. Lanjut 14 9 1513 Kamra
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    LEAN & CO.
    161 16 LEAN CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Ampats 3 0 3 4% Aust. Amalgamated 4'6 s'o Bangrins 18|2 19 0 Hong Fatts .60 .64 Jelebus .55 -60 Johar.s .23 -25 K. Lanjuts 14 9 1513 K. Lumpurs 14'9 1513 Kuchais 1.10 1.15 Kundangs 6'9 7!3 Laruts 4'o 4|4% Lukuts .47% .52% Nawng
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    RUBBER CROP RETURNS FOR MARCH
    80 16 Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.) Rubb?r Co. Ltd., 47,000 lbs. Badek Rubber Estate Ltd. (Staffield Estate) 15,500 lbs. Bradwall (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate Ltd. 44.500 lbs. Chersonese (F.M.S.) Estates Ltd. 60.500 lbs. Dennis Town Rubber Estates Ltd. (Dennistown Estate) No tapping. Highlands Lowlands Para Rubber Co.. Ltd. No
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      40 16 NOTICE Young Chinese Lady of “Mary Dressmaker,” Kuala Lumpur and Serembai expert in sewing will undertake to d? such work in customers’ res dence&gt; Specialises in European Lady and Children dresses. Please Apply MISS MARY HO, 2, New Lane. Penan?
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