Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 April 1939

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  • 19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1813 PUBLISHED DAILY V). 97.' XCVII. THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 1303 1 Great Britain Wasting No Time first batches being called IP WITHIN FEW DAYS London. April 27. RciHci undt*rMaii<i'S thal arrangements are so far a< vanced for dealing with the prolnt iii' raised by conscrip ion that within a couple of days of the passing
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  • 17 1 —Reuter. Rome, April 27. Signor Mussolini has summoned a Cabinet meeting for Saturday morning.
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  • 403 1 —Reuter. Least Possible Interference HRST REACTIONS TO CONSCRIPTION London. April 27. Ii is Larned chat tn-.* age.> 20 and 21 1 i. j .vvea to iiii'iieie least tne ccnnit nee ci the .adivk’ual and the opciat*on cf industry. •Regai amg the latitude to ce
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  • 273 1 Premier’s Reference To World Conference —BOW Rugby, April 27. Replying to a Commons question whether the Government would supplement the initiative of President Roosevelt’s recent appeal by announcing its desire to contribute to the solution of international and economic problems on a peaceful basis, the Prime Minister
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  • 204 1 Herr Von Ribbentrop Too Busy To See Sir N. Henderson London, April 27. Questioned in the ommons as to whether Sir Nevile Henderson would interview with Herr von Rihbentrop before Herr Hitler’s speech. Mr. Chamberlain said. Sir Nevile Henderson was received by Herr von Weiszecker
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  • 47 1 .—Reuter. London. April 26. It is understood that M. Maiskv whe is en route to London from Moscow will break journey at Paris with the objec* of informing the Soviet Ambassador. M Souritz. of the course of the AngloRussian conversations. —Reuter.
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  • 86 1 —pouter. Tremendous Psychological Effect On Italy Rome. April 27 Mr. Chamberlain’s announcement of conscription had a tremendous psychological effect on Italian political circles where it is regarded as equivalent to an internal revolution of British politics. Sir Noel Charles, Charge d’Affaires saw Count Ciano this merning and
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  • 51 1 —Reuter. Danzig, April 26. The Polish is renorted to have strongly protested against th*' action of the Police who entered a Polish school here and marched eighteen children to a German school. By agreement Danzig subjects are free to chocse the schools which they want to send their
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  • 678 2 Young Men Of 20 And 21 Affected GREAT BRITAIN’S WARNING TO THE WORLD Rugby, April 26 It is confidently expected that declarations on fresh defence measures, which will be made on behalf of the Government in both Houses of Parliament to-day, will indicate that
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  • 63 2 —Reuter. Japanese Planes Over Indo-China Chungking, April 26. French authorities have warned Janan against Japanese flying ever French territory, according to the Chinese press, which .-ays that the warning follows Chinese representations to the French Embassy to the effect that Japanese planes which bombed Mengtze on the HanoiKunming
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  • 51 2 a 11IV JSiai .—Reuter. All Males Between 18 And 55 Asked To Enlist Port of Spain, April 26. The Government has invited all male British subjects between the ages of 18 and 55 to enlist in the new volunteer units to defend the island against naval of the
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  • 201 2 —Reuter. WILL BE REINFORCED BY CONSCRIPTION Paris, April 26. The .prospect of even limited form of conscription in Britain is received with the greatest satisfaction. It is felt to be a measure long overdue and an essential move in the effort to reinforce the antiaggression front. The press
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  • 153 2 ICU dl VII —Reuter. Not Impressed By British Move Berlin, April 26. Every country must know what she needs for her own defence, a spokesman told Reuter and Germany is not at all concerned about the methods Britain adopts. Germany would not be found neglecting her own safety.
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  • 63 2 .—Reuter. Attempt To Intimidate Germany Rome. April 26 Th? reported British decision to adopt conscription—recorded in the newspapers without comment —is regarded as a vain attempt to intimidate Germany. Doubts are expressed whether a soldier capable of handling modern arms can be trained in a few months and
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  • 35 2 Opposition to conscription Reaffirmed London. April 26. The National Council of Labour tret yesterday and reaffirmed uncompromising opposition to conscription.The Provincial Press comment on government’s reported conscription decision is mostly reserved, pending clarification
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  • 153 2 Reuter. Premier’s Announcement In Commons London, April 26. Mr. Chamberliun informed the Labour leader that the Government’s conscription decision followed pressure by the Continental powers with, whom Britain is in agreement regarding defence. The Premier intimated that the Government calls for the first instance men of
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  • 53 2 Reuter. Aerodrome To Be Built Near Boceatigris Forts Hongkong. April 26. The British newspaper, the Hongkong Telegraph, gives prominence to a report that the Japanese are constructing an aerodrome near ne Tocca Tigris forts, less than 50 miles fro n Hongkong. The story’, however, cannot be
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  • 38 2 —Reuter. Liverpool Outrages Liverpool. April 26. A series of five explosionsf occurred within two hours by bombs dropped in letter boxes, presumably by I.R.A. Four involved shops and the fifth a printing establishment.—Reuter.
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  • 550 2 Budget Impositions Accepted With Resignaion Rugby, April 26 The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s statement in intro?: his <£1,322,000,000 Budget with its provision for spend?;.? the current year the colossal sum of <£630,000,000 on du and imposing additional taxation to the amount of £2???)(>'
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  • 178 2 Over 1,000,000 Between Ages Of 18 And 20 Thus it is agreed that young men affected will serve a short period in the Regular Army—three or four months—and then be drafted to local Territorial units for, as the Daily Mail insists, four years. The list of reserved occupations
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  • 349 2 Interview With Sir Nevile Henderson Called Off Berlin, April 26 The interview which Sir Nevile Henderson was expected to have to-day with Herr Von Ribbenwas explained that Herr Ribbentrop’s engagements did not permit the meeting. No arrangement has been made for an ininterview at
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  • 1303 3 I(ir nr Board Employees r e ni-li<’i.i Pay Dividends i <-4 Co-operative Societies held their annual general iW vc<terday. '1 he Penang Harbour Board Employees’ a hve pei cent dividend, while at the meeting Lt |j 1 feachers’ Society, the President commented on 'number of
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  • 98 3 A nwtor-car, while negotiating a corner at the junction of Macalister Road and Anson Road at about 1.30 yesterday afternoon, crashed into a telephone post. Considerable damage was done to the front portion of the car, the bumper being badly bent. The vehicle was
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  • 615 3 With His Wife” Three Men On Assault Charge “f think the reason why I was attacked by the four accused was because the first accused suspected me of having been familiar with his wife,” said a Tamil, Govindasamy, the complainant. in the case before the District
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  • 243 3 SHOE THIEF GOES TO GAOL “You have had so many convictions, and it appears that you have not learnt your lesson. You are just asking for a whipping. In any case, I do not like to order any person to be whipped and I will
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  • 377 3 TREE FALLS ACROSS HOUSE Ex-Flood Victim Again Suffers The heavy storm which raged with great ferocity on Monday night caused considerable damage in Ayer Itam Village, uprooting a number of cocoanu trees. One of the trees fell across a house situated at the reai
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  • 238 3 RICSHA i’ULLER INJURED Pleading guilty to four charges under the Traffic Ordinance, a hit-and-run driver of a motor-car, Raju, was yesterday fined a sum amounting to $255, in default five months’ and five days’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. A. W. Bellamy, Police Magistrate, Penang. The Magistrate
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  • 128 3 Two affrays taking place in different parts of the town were reported to the local police yesterday morning. The participants in both cases were Tamil ccolies, some of whom sustained various injuries and had to be removed to the General Hospital in a police van
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  • 190 3 Drove Motor-Cycle Negligently Mr. M. B. Pestana, State rugger playei of Penang was fined $lO by Mr. Lim Koon Teck n the Middle Court yesterday, 01» a charge ,of riding his motor cycle (P. 1875 'in a negligent manner, thereby colliding with car No. P.lOl at the
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  • 323 3 Negligent Driving At Batu Ferringhi Mr. Chew Eng Earn, well-knowi» architect of Penang, appeared before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court, yesterday, on a summons for driving his csr P. 676 in a negligent manner, by failing to exercise due care at Batu Ferringhi
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  • 55 3 There will be a St. John’s Ambulance Course for men and one for women at Bukit Mertajam. The first men’s class will be this evening. frem 6 to 3 at the hospital and instruction will be given by Dr. H. R. Saravanamuthu. Classes for women will begin
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  • 60 3 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. March The Camlachie Scout Hume Overture La Cirene Auber Suite Suite Bohemian Hume (A Gipsy Love Story) 1. The Appeal. 2. The Caravan. 3. The Tarantella. Waltz Sweet William Joyce Serenade Amina Lincke Selection The Duchess Of Danzig
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  • 417 4 BRITAIN is certainly making up for lost time. Having refused till the eleventh hour to recognise the threat from the totalitarian powers, she is now carrying out her preparations at an amazing speed. The rearmament programme has been accelerated and expanded, the strength of the
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  • 613 4 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. Lee Kong Chian has become a naturalised British subject Mr. Leong Boon Swee of Ipoh has taken over duties as O. C. P. D., Batu Gajah Raja Ayoube, magistrate, Klar.g, will, on the expiration of his leave, be transferred to Kuala Lipis as A.D.O. Mr. G. A.
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  • 463 4 Salvation Army Children's Home According to the papers laid before the Legislative Council on Monday, the Straits Settlements Government is making a capital grant of $5OO and a contribution of $2,400 for 1939 to the Salvation Army Children’s Home in Singapore. This news is indeed gratifying for
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  • 445 4 Thursday, April 27. QO conscription is to be enforced. I am not suiprised; in fact, nobody hardly is. The British decision is long overdue and now that it has been taken, no time is apparently to be lost in putting the measure into
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  • 218 5 Car Hits Lamp Post, Plunges Into Drain VEHICLE A TOTAL WRECK 4 EUROPEAN, driving a Singa pore car. was badly injured as the result of a smash-up which occurred at Farquhar Street. Penang, near the Ho Kim Teik Mansions, late last night. He was
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  • 331 5 I lo r res port de nee iTo the Editor. “Pinang Gazette”) Sir, —A rule is a rule, no dcubt, but it h interesting and fair to note how funny a rule can sometimes be made to be. Yesterday morning, o n my way to office. I
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  • 450 5 In North Malaya Penang Chinese To Stage “Lady Precious Stream” Penanc. which has always been known a r the "Showman’s Grave," has become the cradle of amateur dramatics and In the Province also there is a play in the course of rehearsal, and there is talk
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  • 106 5 Information has been received by telegraph that TO state-aided labourers will arrive today, by s.s. "Ethiopia." It is expected that one will be sent to Pulau Jerejak and the balance will proceed to Port Swettenham for quarantine there The official oper/r.g of "Sultan Sulaihian Camp” at Klang will
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  • 78 5 Dr. A. O. Potter. Hon. Assistant to the General Secretariat of Rotary International at Chicago. was the speaker at yesterday's weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Penang at the E. O. Hotel. Dr. Potter gave an interesting ouuline of the activities of the
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  • 1310 5 Achievements of The I. S. P. Up HE valuable work which the Incorporated Society of Planters has put in since its foundation in 1919 is recapitulated in the editorial appearing in the March issue of “The Planter,” the official organ of the Society. The editorial reads
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  • 198 5 It is interesting' to observe, states the report of the Vehicles Registration Department, Penang, for last year, an increase of .50 per cent, in the number of motor-cars not exceeding seven lI.P. These vehicles pay the same tax as a light motor-cycle, and are very
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  • 127 5 Mrs. Lim Hoe Guan arrived in Penang this morning by the s.s. Mata Hari from Belawan-Deli, The Blue Funnel liner M.V. Agamemnor. arrived aere this morning from Birkenhead with the following passengers: For Penang—Mr. and Mrs. E. J. H. Corner. For Singapore—Messrs. K. G. Sheir. H-N. Tilley
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  • 496 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 25 “The army of children left homeless and unprotected by the war claims more than our sympathy, more than our charity. It represents a whole generation of our future citizens—a whole generation of men and women
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  • 145 5 A will be given by the Re* Father Mateo Crawloy-Boevey at th Church of Assumption at 5.30 p.m. o F,”nday, April 30. This con r ertnce will be (followed b Solemn Benediction of the Blessed S< cram er A. All Catholics are earnestly request* to be
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    • 150 6 OSH OPENING TONIGHT: 6.15 9.30 p.m. A riotous Warner Bros, comedy hit! WHAT WOULD^b*'Do...| fe-Wjl •<dt W* jjjfaa fS &S-' i wk J B tt ■W, WiffliSM Directed bj JAMES FLOOD BROS. Picture \U/ Sc>.«ri f'l.j hi N<v«n bwxri l.w'ence K<mt>lt ina £«rt B»*owin .from *n Original Story by Saul
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    • 663 6 /VFYT Wif A T T TAKES PLEASURE m prese nttnq A 1 |W >■ JB ANOTHER MAMMOTH PRODUCTION CHANGE jl Ji® FOR THIS WEEK-END' The Greatest Musical Thrill-Hit Of All Time? GRACE MOORE IN “I’LL TAKE ROMANCE” I JlKi F■ J® wSHHt *fYe- WITH ’*> MELVYN DOUGLAS A Riotous Whirl
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  • 169 7 Iran To Develop Radio A £45.000 co va v..th a ikit.b company, the Standard 'el phones a.iu ..antes iAu., ct Lonuon, is part <>i the han Government’s big scheme tot t ie deverny ment of wireless stations throughout tti l country. The scheme provides for
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  • 116 7 Gang Rounded I p After Five ears Santiago. (Chile). A GANG of “Scotch whisk-’” smuggle which ha? successfully defied ’b vigilance of customs officers during th< past five years, has now been brolu n by the Santiago police. Four arrests were made and it alleged that the
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  • 141 7 Armv Order In Palestine Palestine. pistols are now banned in palest:n It is now forbidden f o “sell or c pose for sale or carry any tov pist according to an amendment to the defer regulations. The military authorities fei i that noi made by toy pistols
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  • 259 7 Famous Artist s Attack F'remantle (Western Australia) I hie “dirty humour of many young m dem artists’ was criticised by tl amous artist and cartoonist, Mr. 11. M Bateman, in an interview when he arri-.c here in the liner “Gorgon.” “I beloiffc to the older generation,
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  • 161 7 f 11 i i Reuter. Life Painted By SelfTaught Artists Moscow. Various episodes in ’.he lives of Lenin nd Stalin ate depicted by sell-taught •tists in the “People’s Pictorial Art ex hibition here. About 30u paintings, drawings an< •culptures trace the development oi thei careers,
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  • 139 7 Russians 1 9.000 Vill age Laboratories Mcsccw. (OUTSTANDING results have beer obtained by thousands of Soviet '■•ollective farmers in experimental and research work in aid of seie •’-e, ac cord’nT io the Telegraph Agency of ♦he U.S.S.R. Under the p-u’dance or the various •Kientiific institutions they
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  • 313 7 A day in the life o' test r*’ot. NOON: A mile hieh < ver HerUordr 1 re the I -k cockpit o r a baby air e on tc. t that is phirg-ng oit of 'ui'rol to < ‘h, ??-yf r-o'( Geoffrey de
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  • 148 7 Cheerful Hymns; Short Sermons Sydney (N.S.W.) Laughter from the congregation during a sermon does not disturb tho lev. L. W. Farr, Minister of the Congregational Church at Dulwich ’Till, a suburb of Sydney. He likes his audience to laiugh and relax. "With so many ccunter-attrac ♦ions
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  • 107 7 Dance In Picture Gallery Paris. pjRESSED in their plumed hats, larM frills; and black stockings, French “Can--an” girls have paid an official visit co an elegant Parisian art gallery. Here they danced in front of naintings of thn legendary “Can-rnn” which has been immortalised bv Van Dongen, Kisling,
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    • 222 7 \v EMB L E Y PARK Tonight: Thursday, 27 th April, 1939 Tov Cantonese Opera: sun •KIM ENG BO f raixl s<' oran °P era Lf'GEND OF MALACCA TUA “RAJA LAKSAMANA SUNTAN” Capital Talkies Two shows nightly at 7.30 9.30 p.m. i,.> >i'<l ».'•< 1 drama. .love s triumphs and
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    • 195 7 HERE THEY ARE I 5 M. G. M.’s GREATER STARS IN THEIR GREATEST SUCCESS FOR YOlfR SHINING HOUR I QUEEN'S OPENING TONIGHT M.G. W. PRESENTS WITH PRIDE AN I NFORGETTAR.LE LGWE STORY THAT WILL ENTER INTO THE VERY RECESS OF YOER HEART. IT’S THE PULSING ROMANCE OF A BROADWAY DANCER
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  • 100 8 Hong Kong’s sing-song girls are restive again. Discussions have been taking place on ways and means of bringing down expenses and as a result thev are planning to unite. 'Accommodation to house them all is being located and telephones will be installed to save the
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  • 81 8 At the end of this year Hong Kong will have another sky-scraper—a ten-stored modern building-—the construction of which, will start shortly. The new building costing about $300,000, is to he erected in the central district on the site at Nos. 50 and 52, Queen’s Road
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  • 746 8 1,000,000 People Being Trained in Shansi —Reuter. following is from Mr. Leslie C A Smith, Reuter’s special correspondent with the Chinese forces in the NorthWest. Marshal Yan Hsi-shan’s Headquarters, Somewhere in Shansi: After travelling one week by bus, lorry and horseback. I arrived
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  • 427 8 RECAPTURE OF CANTON IMMINENT Japan launched her attack on China in the s'unmcr of 1937. Today tne Chinese forces are engaged in a counter-offen sive or. a 1.500-milc front across the whole of the country between Mongolia and Canton. According to reports from Hong Kong the recaputure
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  • 306 8 FRENCH PROTEST REJECTED Tokyo, M. Arsene-Henry, French Ambassador in Tokyo, acting on instructions from Paris, informed Mr. Arita, the Foreign Minister, that the French Government had not recognised the validity of Japan’s action in taking over the administration of the Spratley Islands, in the South China
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  • 493 8 Old Hand-carts Find Netv Usefulness JDETRIEVED from the limbo of time, one of China’s most primitive forms of transportation, the hand-cart, row outshines twentieth-century streamlined machines in usefulness in wartorn eastern previr ?es and in West China, where thousands of men three to a 750-lb. load—are
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  • 96 8 Tokyo. A sensation has been created here by a report that Mr. Hakoto Hibiki, a leading Japanese businessman and for 20 years a resident in France, has been arrested by the French authorities on a charge of espionage. Mr. Hibiki. who is manager of the Paris
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  • 65 8 Suicide cases in Japan in 1938 decreased remarkably, compared with 1936 and 1937. According to statistics from the Metropolitan Board, those who committed suicide last year numbered 1,498, while 389 unsuccessfully attempted to kill themselves. Of the total number, including attempted suicide cases, 1,143 were men
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  • 1021 8 An Occupation That Failed A HONG KONG correspondent writes to The Times:—Canton, after four months’ occupation by the Japanese, is still a dreary ghost city—and this althrough the Chinese failed to destroy all that they might have done. Men had been appointed to carry out the
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  • 242 8 The appointment of General Liu Shi as Defence Commander of Chungking answers a long-felt need both in Government circles and among civilian groupfor a strong man in military comnian of nerve-centre of China’s war of reais tance and campaign of reconstruct!' I He was shifted from
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  • 1359 9 Methods Of Control Explained In R.R.I. Bulletin planters in Malaya are warned to be on the look-out for the cockchafer pest, which appears to be gradually increasing, according to the latest R.R.I. Planters’ Bulletin issued on Tuesday. t nless checked, the grubs or larvae are
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  • 72 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, April 26. Alleged to have made an unsuccessful attempt to steal 50 gantangs of padi (rice) from a house at Jelutong, Changkat Jerring, last Monday evening, Che Mann bin Awang appeared in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday to answer a charge of house-breaking in
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  • 208 9 Singapore MORE THAN 20 WOUNDS Singapore, April 26. Singapore police are .searching oetigentlv to find the perpetrator o( one of the most ghastly citmes in Singapore tn recent times committed in a tailor’s «hop in Pagoda Street on Saturday n;ght. Lee Siew (non •< 13-vear-old
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  • 248 9 Flying Home By Easy Stages Kuala Lumpur, April 25. Two French airmen, Capt. Henri Martinet and M. Paul Klein, who are flying by easy stages to France, arrived at Kuala Lumpur aerodrome this morning from Singapore. They left the Singapore airport at 9.20, but as the
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  • 146 9 A European orchestra which is at present playing at the Strand Hotel, Rangoon. has been engaged on contract by the Selangor Club and will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on May 8. The orchestra consists of six musicians, including a lady conductor, lisa Loritta, who is
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  • 190 9 Mr. H. Daly Victim Of Outrage [From Our Own Correspondent] Taiping, April 26 4 strong solution of caustic soda was thrown at a Eurasian iocoA foreman here by an unknown person last night, but fortun--.tPlv the intended victim escaped serious injuries, sustaining only a
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  • 1203 9 Alleged To Have Run Away With $560 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 25., JOINING’S husband, accompanied by his nephew and niece, «tad ifone to the rubber dealer’s shop to sell rubber and she had been left all alone at home. The accused
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  • 162 9 Mining Pool Tragedy (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 25 A drowning tragedy occurred at Per.gkalen, yesterday when a mute Chinese lad, eight years of age, was founo drowned in a mining pool. It would appear that the unfortunate lad went out to play on Monday
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  • 336 9 Failure To Report Accident (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 26. An accident which occurred in an estate between Bruas and Taiping in .June last year, claiming the life of one of the workmen, who fell from a tree and was fatally injured, was recalled before Che
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  • 107 9 Machine Left On Sidewalk Unlocked A crop of bicycle thefts appears to have broken out again in Penang. With the reports of two bicycles being stolpn- in town on Tuesday morning, an--Jh.r’- report of a tboft nf a bicycle was mar"o n t central Police Station yes’■orr'av
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  • 90 9 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, April 26. A n’w Chinese daily newspaper, “The Perak Chinese Daily News,” will’ have its first publication early next month. The “Chinese Morning Post,” a leading Chinese daily in Perak, has ceased publication since April 18 and the management, it
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  • 1200 10 Government To Re-insnre U.K. Cargoes SHARP RISE IN OTHER RATES London, April 14. The Government has decided to bring into force immediately a provisional scheme for re insuring underwriters against war risks to cargoes bound to and from this country. In announcing this
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  • 48 10 Substantial new Increases in war risk insurance rates between the United States and European ports are to take effect Immediately. Rates to and from the Far East via Suez have also been increased- The new rates represent the third increase in three weeks, says Reuter
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  • 39 10 Accounts for 1938 show nrofit £8.177 (£7,073); reserve for special renovations of certain properties £750; general reserve £250 (same); dividend for year on Preference shares requires £0,750 (same); for ward £9,256 (£8,830). Company carries on business as chemists.
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  • 19 10 Loss for year, £622 (against nrofit of £6,842). After crediting interest on investments, £2,435 (£2,786) goes forward.
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  • 343 10 UNITED PATANI (MALAYA) RUBBER The annual report which will be issued shortly will show a nrofit of £24,777 and recommend payment of a dividend of 4G whilst it is proposed to carry forward £30,502 and place £5.000 to reserve. RUBBER EST\TES OF BENTOT Report for 1938
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  • 165 10 Membership C'f 1.092 Tile report of the Rubber Growers’ Association for 1938 shows that the number of members was 1,092, compared with 1,125 in 1937, and consisted of 631 companies and 461 individuals. Total issued capital of 603 operating companies is given as £118,107,301, having a planted
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  • 487 10 Unsettled Outlook London, April 14. ■MARKETS generally hav f IVI nast week been very quiet, and there has been little inclination to trade, the main preoccupation being nature ly the alarming political developments. The out ’till not be described otherw.se but the latest kranco British declarations
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  • 312 10 But 1938 Average Price Nearly Halved Amsterdam, April 13. Netherlands East Indian palm oil exports in 1938 reached a new high record at 221,000 tons, compared with 197,000 tons for 1937, 116.000 tons for 1933 and only 49,000 tons for 1930. In the last eight
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 802 10 BANKS I THE CHARTERED BANK SAFETY |U)Yi?oH OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHIN? FREE VOdru/l I (Inoorparatfid in England by J Ursplf f rOrn Royal Charter 1853) e £ld-up capital f s ;X:X 81/RG MRs S «.000.01« B l No. C 2 VALUABLES I (117/122, Leadenhall Street, E.C. «3 >. I
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  • 207 11 W f hilly? COLDEST DAY FOE THREE YEARS (in Britain) —That's why the girl at the left was miitHed to the eyebrows in Hyde Park. li.it the weather didn’t prevent the members <»f the Ken Wooj Kingfishers’ Swimming Club from taking their daily swim. And
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  • 134 12 45,176 Jobs Last Year A professional “jobfinder” who for nearly 20 years has been finding work for men on their discharge from the Services will describe his experiences to the Minister of Labour, Mr. Ernest Brown, at the 54th annual meeting of the National Association for
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  • 132 12 A Present From Bulgaria Sofia. A SILKEN quilt, embroidered with a picture of Herr Hitler is to be presented to the Fuehrer by its maker, Mr. Peter Tzenoff, the owner of a small quilt making The quilt is said to be a fine piece of
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  • 197 12 £l,OOO Likely Price For One Bulb Thousands of daffodils are on view at the Royal Horticultural Society’s Daffodil Show, which opened recently in the Horticultural Hall, Greycoatstreet, Westminister, writes H. H. Thomas, -“Daily Telegraph” Gardening Correspondent. Their variety is astonishing, and some of the new ones are
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  • 152 12 Lord Sefton Nominated London. The Earl of Sefton was nominated to a stewardship of the Jockey Club at the annual financial meeting of the club at Newmarket recently, on the retirement by rotation of the senior steward, Sir William Bass. The Earl fif Ilchester
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  • 208 12 Bill To Be Promoted London. A doubtful codicil in the £1,000',000 will of the late Sir Thomas Liptor. is to form the subject of a special Parliamentary bill. v The codicil was discovered after Sir Thomas’s death in a drawer at his home at Southgate.
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  • 103 12 Man Lived Nine Hours London. When a man’s heart stopped beatir.j during an operation at the Royal Northern Hospital, Hollo way-road, N., the Surgeon massaged the heart, and after 10 minutes it began beating again. The patient lived for nine hours. This was stated at
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  • 257 12 A FLYING MARVEL Picture an aeroplane flying in cloud or through fog. The instr.u-mer-.'s before the pilot tell him that he is 4500 feet above sea-level. AU well and good. He goes happily on his way till suddenly there is a crash, his machine bursts into flames —and
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  • 361 12 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang AIR MAILS I OUTWARD EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For Burma (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.
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  • 78 12 Mails for BANGKOK will leave Penang 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., will leave Penang at 8.30 am. and 9 p.m.; Ipoh 1.36 pan. and 2.10 a.m.; and
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  • 246 12 Two Men Reported Missing Lor don. The Glasgow motor vessel Sapphire, 933 tons, and the steamer Clan Cameron, 7,243 tons, belonging to the Clan Line of London, collided in dense fog of! St. David’s Head, Pembrokeshire, recently, and two engineers of the Sapphire are missing.
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  • 117 12 Bangkok To Celebrate Bangkok. The Ministries of Defence, I nfonor Public Instruction will take caar^e a celebrations in connection with b e tional Day on June 24th. The P ro^ ra p ra includes a parade to be held on mane ground in the afternoon, an a the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 837 12 PENANG SINGAPORE ZH.T 6.08 mc/s (49.30 m.) ZHL 1,333 kcls (225 m.) TODAY P.M. TODAY 5-55 Indian Music. 7.00 Classical con- P-M. cert. 1) “Carmen”—(a) Soldiers Chang- 500 Cantonese Music.f 615 Mandarin ing the Guard, (b) March of the Smug- Childrens’ Programme.t 6-30 ‘Popular glers (Bizet). 2) Finlandia—Op. 26, No.
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    • 328 12 HONGKONG One of the following frequencies will be used:— ZBW2, 6.09 Mcjs (49.26 m.) ZBW3, 9.52 Mcjs (31.49 m.) ZBW4, 15.19 Mcjs (19.75 m.) ZBWS, 17.75 Mc's (16.90 m.) TODAY P.M. 12.20 Local Time Signal and Weather Report. 12-23 Percy Manchester (Tenor) and New Light Symphony Orchestra. 12-50 Reuter Rugby
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    • 476 12 8.8. C. Service Schedule For Far East London, April 22: Following is the probable BBC Service Schedule tor the Far East in Malayan standard time for week beginning April 23. TRANSMISSION 2 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. GSR.
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  • 308 13 Fined £52 For Not Having Licences risl?* A^ce McLaren MorU‘ ot i tie Old Brew House, Hurstden Sussex, and Aberdare-gar-Hampstead, was fined £52. centi V 31 Hailsham. Sussex, rekeeping 26 dogs without liM-\- Durstmonceaux. eldJ'i Morris °n, who is 73. is the bright iaUghter
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  • 60 13 Today on the Esplanade —6.00 p.m. 7.30 p.m. 1. March —The Camlachie Scout.— Hume. 2. Overture —La Cirer.?. Auber. 3. Suite —Suite Bohemian.—Hume. (A Gipsy Love Story) I.—The Appeal, ii.—The Caravan, iii.— The Tarantella. 4. Waltz —Sweet William. Joyce. 5. Serenade —Amina. Lincke. 6. Selection —The Duchess Of
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  • 1117 13 DEPARTURES Tomorrow: MATA HARI f° r Bagan Datoh, Port Swettenham, Malacca and Singapore. GLENBEG for Colombo, Suez, Port Said, Casablanca, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp. Saturday, Apnl 28: SOMALI foi Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Port Sudan Port Said, Marseilles, Casa Blanca Havre, London, Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam and Antwerp.
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    • 498 13 SLUE funnel line V** FEhl V SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT Leaves Calls Antwerp Middlesboro Apr. 28 May 24 Calls Marseilles Glasgow Apr. 28 May 24 aJaX r R Tf Calls Antwerp Middlesboro May 5 June 2 GLEN f FS DAY SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVM* ’ivenxxJ _i us Ma
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    • 920 13 and CM yj BRITISH INDIA (Incorpoi Kted in Fnyiond) PORT SWETTENKAM SINGAPORE S. S. “ETHIOPIA” SAILING THURSDAY, 27th APRIL, 1939. Outwards from London for China Japan T T^x^ lAßr Apr. 28 due Penang S/S BULA N’ May 5 S/s “BHUTAN” May 4 Sailing Of Steamers Of The British S/s “RANCHI”
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous

  • 2192 14 Winmore Pays Dividend Of $ll9 ONLY TWO FAVOURITES OBLIGE Servus IFins Main Event O ?r °m Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Wednesday. r pHERE was a sensation after the fourth race at Bukit Timah today, the second day of the Singapore Summer Meeting, when
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  • 328 14 At a Committee meeting of the p r Badminton Association held at the Chinese School Union premises p.m. on Tuesday, the following ed members of the Selection Coin-'" of the P.B.A. for the year 1939 Messrs. Tan Boon Pier;. Tan J. A. Montano, Lav; Jco Yearn
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  • 52 14 The following will represent B.P. in a return match against B.P. on Saturday and Sunday B. M. Noor. Hooi Yip Peng, Seah Kiu. Poh Sin Bin (Capt.). Ng KhP Chin Ah Gnow, Toh Lip Choon, Lock, Khaw Chuan Seen. Ito Lee Seng Kem. B Ibrahim
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  • 65 14 The following plavers Amateur Badminton Comb ly return match with 'hr I Culture League In a anlP on Sunday at 7 a.m. snar> No. 7 Clove Hall Road. Ir sist of two men’s Sin n Doubles: Teoh Choon Chooi. r ;J Sim Hun Guan. Um Bong Ong
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  • 32 14 p.M.R.i v. m On the C.R.F. ground at tomorrow: P r PM.R.C. -Sor Goon; Th’e Sun. T. Jacobs, p ?;fS ri Earn. A. Rahim F T^ ail P Kassim
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  • 18 14 Result Of Tuesday s profession Pains: J I A McEvoy beat A f thony 21 6-
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  • 22 14 PH n nn There will h /p*.; performances on frO m stand on May 3, 4 3 p.m., weatUr P
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 248 14 IM jj "Tosca” Eau de Cologne, AVn subtle, bewitching, romantic ’‘Rhinegold” Eau de Cologne, frankly modern, ff/> /W! light and vivacious itixtZF/xffl fv. both have as then b£?e the Uassit iWWj “<7irGenuine Ĕ^de Cologne the ideal refreshant l I ■'l'liiil Ml! since 1792. -7 THE REASON Innumerable complaints arise from
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  • 1102 15 Third Day Of Governor’s Cup Meeting 1 hiss I. Division 1, 6 Furlongs. P0 X MOON 5y 910 “Bulan Stable” z Bowden 20 1 \B-13 “Memory Kongsi” Major Vears 41 0 T/.ppvss 4y 8-08 Mr. Lee Kok Choon Hobbs 113 1- 4y 808 Mr. Lee Kok
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  • 73 15 “L'-n ,ni xed foursomes compeShorts Club (Golf yesterday and resulted Mr. p CN N Efts C.A i r <lnd Mr 45—7% =37% Mr x Jol lr X^ rS R H.a. ■Mr 49 IO =39 Mr. j p 11 an d Ml s HH 48 8 =4O (Cnnn
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  • 48 15 The Penang Chinese Inter-School Sports Will be held at the Chinese Recreation Club, Victoria Green, on Friday and Saturday April 28 and 29 from 2 p.m. x j Mrs J. Bain has kindly consented to give away the prizes at about 5 p.m. on Saturday.
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  • 469 15 .—Reuter. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS London, April 25 The following is the result of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, the first classic race of the season, run at Newmarket to-day, over 1 mile: BLUE PETER 9.0 (Lord Rosebery) E. Smith 1 ADMIRAL’S WALK 9.0 (Sir J. Jarvis)
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  • 321 15 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, Today. Most of Saturday’s candidates were put through their paces this morning on the second track af Bukit Timah. The trio to catch the eye were Four O’clock (Farthing), Jubilee Son (Whalan) and Deepdene (Tankard). They went out together and galloped in
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  • 752 15 Old Xaverians And P.C.F.A. Share Points A last-minute goal registered by Georgie Lim enabled the Old Xaverians’ Association to share honours with the Penang Chinese Football Association in the fastest and most thrilling First Division League match this season before a large crowd on the
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  • 80 15 —Reuter Wireless. King’s First Victory Of Season Newmarket, April 27. TTIS Majesty the King had his first winner of the season when his two-year-old filly Mouzelle, starting at 11 to 2, won the Wilbraham Stakes over five furlongs, beating Mr. T. U. Blackwell’s Lady Sue, 9 to 4,
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  • 145 15 HOME FOOTBALL Teams Struggling To Avoid Relegation Birmingham lost a vital point when they drew ore-all with Chelsea in th© First Division of the English Football League yesterday, and are in grave danger cf relegation into the second Division. They have a match in hard but
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  • 79 16 MIDDAY QUOTATIONS TIN LATEST Penang $114.50 Business 50 tons Sin°apore $114.50 RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 27 J 4c Singapore (Spot) 27 ftc COPRA: S ndried $3.67’,'2 Black Pepper $9.00 TAPIOCA; M edi u m $3.27% Fair Seed $2-. 95 RICE: Ran goo» Parboiled No. 1 $6.30 No. 2
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  • 101 16 Prev. Paris 176 45 64 176 47 64 New York 4.68 A. 4.68% Montreal 4.70% 4.70% Brussels 27.81 27.70 2 Geneva 20.84 20.84% Amsterdam 8.80% 8.79% Milan 88 fg 89 Berlin 11.41 11.67 Stockholm 19.42 19.41 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40 Oslo 19.90 19.90 Vienna unquoted unquoted Helsingfors 227% 226
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  • 117 16 ANTHONY CO. TINS: Buyers Sellers Amp at 3 0 3 6 Batu Selangor 1.20 1.22% Hong Fatts .63 .66 Kamnong Lanjtit 14j6 15 0 Kuchai 1.07% 1.12% Laruts 4jo 4(3 London Tin 3 0 3<6 Petalings 6.30 C.5C* Pungah 15 6 16 0 Rahman Hyd. 1.00 1.05 Rantau 1.22% 1.25
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  • 161 16 LEAN CO. TINS: Buyers Sellers Ampats 310 3i4% Aust. Amalgamated 416 510 Burma Malays 20 3 210 Hong Fatts .64 .67 Jelebus 52 57 Johans 23 .25 Kramats 8.9 9 3 K. Lanjuts 14 6 15 0 Kuchais 1.10 1.15 Kundangs 6|4% 610% Laruts 4|1% 4!4-’xd Lukuts .47% .52% Pungahs
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  • 226 16 New York Wednesday. A better tor.-- followed the lower opening, with closing prices in most cases near highs of the midday rally. Favourable news included an increase of consumer copper buyir.g following the .niiounc ement cf a quarter-cent price rise and also reports anticipating Hitler’s speecn as
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  • 263 16 SOON THEAM CO. TINS: Buyers Sellers Ampats 3 0 3'4% A. Hitams 18 6 19 6ex Ayer Wengs .65 .68 Bangrins 18:6 19 3 B. Selangors 1.20 1.23 Chenderiar gs 110 11|9 Hong Fatts .63 .65 Karnras li3 16 Kamuntings 7 9 8 6 K. Lanjuts 14 9 15 3
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  • 50 16 Calcutta. It was mentioned in the Bengal Legislative Council that pro-Nazi propaganda is being carried on by members of the Calcutta German Club both within and outside the club premises. People of other nationalities are sometimes invited to the club to listen to Nazi doctrines.
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  • 208 16 KENNEDY CO. TIN: Buyers Sellers Am pat 310 3 6 Austral Amalgamated 4'9 5:3 Ayer Weng .65 .70 Batu Selangor 1.20 1.25 Berjuntai 9|6 10(0 Fong Fatt .63 .65 Hongkong Tin 16)6 17;6ex Jelebu .55 .60 Kvg. Lanjut 14|3 14,10% Kamra 1)4% 1|7% Katu 19)9 20(6 Killinghall 126 1316 Klang
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  • 181 16 RUBBER Buyers Sellers Ayer Paras 1.00 1.10 Bassetts 45 .50 Batu Lintang .95 1.00 Bentas .92% .97% Broga s 57 62 Indragiris 1.05 1.12% Kuala Sidims 1.90 2.00 ex Lunas 1.40 1.50 Malaka Pindas 1.07% 1.15 Mentakabs .35 .37jex Pa jams 1.50 1.60 Sungei Tukangs .92% .97%
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  • 70 16 After staying for nearly two months as guests of the Tibetan Government, the German scientific expedition, led by Dr. E. Schaeffer, has left Lhassa for the old capital, Yalung Phodang, which has never yet been visited by a white man. The expedition ig carrying many valuable presents
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  • 75 16 —Reuter. Seized British Ship Not Released By Japanese Hongkong, April 26. Despite continual representations to the Japanese authorities hitherto they have not released the British steamer “Sagres.” which was seized off the coast of Fukien on April 8 and taken to Pescadores ostensibly to verify its British registry.
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  • 1102 16 KENNEDY CO., SHARE LIST. uI g i I iff BUBBEB iDobao 120 ,‘l3O Allenby Kunuei <-». 1 Aloi Gajato Rubber >3 Amalgeoated Malay Uataic* 1 1 ?K) aTct I’Encma Sy.Q-a.c 9U 1 Aver Moiea Kuboei /1 1 ijer ttubbc 1 V 2 i2 aLactt Rubber M>. Batu Mntang Kutobei ve
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  • 39 16 Statement of Rubber Export Credits unused and cancelled as on March 31 1939. Straits Settlements (mainland) 2 lbs Straits Settlements (islands) Singapore Penang 296 Federated Malay States 2,031 Johore 744 Kedah 2195 Kelantan 2 5,270 lbs.
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  • 85 16 t_yLfl.il* Ji Output of the Rr,llbA ‘funded Mining Co. Ltd.. :r 22 1939: v 545 Batterv Crushing No o-iu 4230 tons cf orc r- tlirnin in 01l bullion equivalent to fire gold. freate-' Retreatment Plant ounces of tailings returning o f Hon equivalent to 6 PVld. sub 1
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    • 1035 16 ’tEAD i 2. BTSHOP STREET, PENANG "PHONE 1477 a TELEGRAMS t “GAZETTE,” PENANG 78 w ITb ‘f E'slot Hnpapur» O#ar Cejfl Street, Singapore. ’Phone 5471. Tel- «t.— Office: 25. Jar». Street. "Phone 3683. Ipoh Office/: S,u^por e t ESdou f Street Lt dou E,c 4 ,phone ’4 on I'i 1
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