Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 June 1939

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ES I AB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 127 Vol. XCVII THURSDAY, JUNE I, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 908 1 Agreement, To Be Effective, Must Have No Reservations M MOLOTOV CHEERED BY PARLIAMENT Reserved Attitude Causes No Dismay In France SIGNING OF PACT MATTER OF FEW DAYS Moscow, May 31. Speaking before Parliament, M. Molotu characterised the Anglo-French >posals as containing several reservations which may render
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  • 238 1 .—Reuter. INCIDENT IN KALGAN Kulangsu Situation Improves Shanghai, June I. The British Military Attache in China, Colonel C. R. Spear, has been detained by the Japanese at Kalgan. Colonel Spear started a tour of Communist irmies in the interior of China three months ago
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  • 55 1 Italo-Bolivian Barter Agreement (From Our Own Corresponded I) London, May 31. Enquiries have failed to elicit any information to substantiate the reported Barter Agreement between Bolivia and Italy. The Bolivian delegation to the International Tin Comm’ttee have no knowledge of the rumoured proposal, wh’ch they consider
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  • 208 1 —Reuter. Germiu Troops In Spain Hamburg. May 31. German volunteers who fought in Spain were given heroes’ welcome on their arrival here in live “Strength Through Joy liners. As they sailed up the Elbe, the volunteers saluted Marshal Goering, who was on board the yacht, Hamburg, at
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  • 38 1 .—Reuter. Wellington, May 31. The New Zealand Government’s £3,600,000 internal four per cent, loan was fully subscribed. The money will be used for public works and general development purposes, including capital expenditure on defence. —Reuter.
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    • 17 1 fOW GATE asd» J A Wx Y I t Malaya PenangI 1 )>., Gt'-" ,mg and Ipob. i
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    • 50 1 CONTENTS Page Latest Telegrams 1 16 Earlier Telegrams 2 Malayan News 3 Indian Philosopher’s Creed 4 Amusement Notices 5 Australian News 6 Malayan News Editorial 8 Correspondence 9 Financial News 10 Pictures H Radio News 12 Shipping News 13 Sports and Penang Races: Final Day’s Programme 14 15 Miscellaneous 16
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    • 133 1 COW GATE Agrtiti for North Malaya Ptnaito>— GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY 1,1 D. 6 Penang and Ipoh C.s. 97A IMyFv I .a ONE LOAF will convince you that we bake very good bread Z yAW It also convince you that it is time to change to “ROYAL BAKERY” bread. Twenty different varieties
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  • 477 2 Based Largely On Russian Offer “CLEARING THE DECKS” Definite Announcement This Week-end? London, May 31. There is reason to believe, states Reuter’s diplomatic correspondent, that M. Molotov will announce the Soviet’s agreement to the British draft proposals which, to a large extent, are based
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  • 88 2 —8.0. W ON ‘EMPRESS OF BRITAIN” Rugby, May 31. The homeward journey of the King and Queen begins today when Their Majesties will leave Victoria to cross over Canada again and pay their short visit to the United States. The Canadian Pacific Liner, Empress of Britain, which
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  • 75 2 New Speed Record- At i• 1 Leipzig luc.pzig. May 31. Major a. 'l. G. Garaner, British motorist, diA’ing a l.lOOcc M.G. Magnette on a Dessau Autobahn, broke the Class G. records lor one mile, one kilometre and five kilometres from a Hying start at the respective speeds of 203.159
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  • 215 2 oi wnicii —Reuter. Mr. Emery’s Find Near Cairo Cairo, May 20 A number of swords, daggers and saws of copper and a quantity of extremely thin noddies in excellent condition were among the finds made In the tomb of King Zir of the first dynasty just discovered
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  • 103 2 Reuter. White Paper On Palestine REJECTION BY ARABS Ben tit, May 31. The Arab High Committee, supporters of the Grand Mufti, have issued a. statement rejecting in categorical terms the Government’s White Paper on Palestine and refusing all co-operation with Britain. The statement declares that the White
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  • 99 2 .—Reuter. I .S. Ambassador Leaves For Chungking Shanghai. Ma) 31. The Four-Power negotiations tor the setilemem of the Kulangsu incident had been ‘interrupted.” declared a Japanese naval spokesman at a press conference this morning. Replying to a question, the spokesman held out little prospect oi negotiations turning
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  • 144 2 —Reuter. Demand For ‘‘Effecti ve Control Of Terrorists” Tokyo, May 31. The Japanese Consul-General at Amoy has sent a f urther note to the Chairman of the Municipal Council, repeating the dem md for “effective control of the terroristic elements’’ at Kulangsu. <lvcording tn the
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  • 92 2 —8.0. W. To Undertake Formation Gru ise To Australia Rugby, May 31. At least four of the all-metal 21- xm Short Sunderland flying-boats based at the Royal Air (Force station at Seletar near Singapore, are to undertake a formation cruise to Australia. A number
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  • 86 2 gcilll IUI J —Reuter. Reported Safe Landing In Kathiawar District Karachi, May 31. The aerodrome authorities here learn vhat Denis who is attempting a record flight from Saigon to Paris, landed safely in the Kathiawar district in North-West India. The plane is not damaged.—Reuter. TEN HOURS OVERDUE Karachi,
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  • 361 2 PRE-WAR POSTS TO BE REVIVED .—Reuter. London, May 31 The War Office announces that in order to push forward the military preparedness, the Army has decided to revive with certain modifications the two pests of Inspectors-General of the Forces which existed before the Great War. General
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  • 174 2 —Reuter Claim Of New Bristol Beaufort Monoplane Rugby, May 31. Speeds considerably higher than are attainable by the Blenheim, hitherto the fastest bomber in the Royal Air Force justify the claim that the new Bristol Beaufort monoplane, now going into large production, is the fastest twin-engined bomber
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  • 162 2 German Search For Gas Budapest, May 15 Helium —the non-inflammable gas which Germany is seeking for her Zeppelins—may be discovered in the Hungarian district of Bekes, near the Rumanian frontier, it is believed here. For many years it has been the practice of the people in that
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  • 87 2 —D.O.W. Gift Gf £5,000 Im School lit Vancouver Island Rugby, May 31 To commemorate the visit of 3 heir Majesties to Canada and as appreciation of the interest of the Royal familv in the work of the Fairbridge Farm Schools, the purpose of which Is to
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  • 38 2 On their fipmeward journey, the Km g and Queen will be travellivy by the “EMPREAS OF BRI! AIS quite a familiar figure in Penang, having called here on several oecaxions in her anmwl world
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    • 375 2 *<. Changed to ANIMATION by YEAST-VITE Just look at him You couldn't In one word, science, to-dav provide have more vividly portrayed that the answer o what you need’ leeling of being utterly ’tired-out YEAST-VITE' Yeast-Vite, the and done-in lightning toni< ..the quick-acting You know how he feels? Head bang-
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  • 1276 3 rongful Dismissal By Circus Owner Alleged Kuala Lumpur. Otto Kutnar, a trapeze artist of the’ Isako’s Circus, and his- wile, Katarina Kutnar brought an Gnu tor damages arising out of the allegedly wrongful missal of the three members of the Cutano’s Trapeze imipc against Mr.
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  • 197 3 Cabaret Girl Hurt In Accident Johore Bahru. A fine of $5O, or in default two months’ rigorous imprisonment, was imposed by Sheikh Abu Bakar, Second Magistrate, on a Chinese driver. Chai Quee, who was charged with negligent driving, and causing grievous hurt to Miss Pauline Martin, Singapore
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  • 60 3 Occupants Scramble Out Singapore. It is reported that in the course of night exercises on Tuesday evening, an R.A.F. Vickers Vildebeeste air-craft was forced down on the sea off Beting Kusali, near Changsi. The three occupants of the plane were able to scramble out when the
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  • 356 3 Coolie Killed In Collision W HIL E engaged in towing a cable drum along Bukit Timah Road on the afternoon of May 6, Municipal coolies met with a shocking accident. A Johore lorry, driven by a Chinese, Lim Ah Tuan, was alleged to have collided with the
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  • 170 3 HELD AT KLANG Kuala Lumpur. The first Kuala Lumpur District Epworth League Institute, which has been held during the week-end at Klang, ended on monday. The Rev. Abel Eklund, Dean of the Institute. in this address of farewell, thanked the delegates for their attendance
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  • Article, Illustration
    16 3 Factory girls out for a lunoh-time stroU in the sunshine at Siivertown, E., recently.
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  • 697 3 Inferences In Regard To Earning Given MEETING OF JOHORE PLANTERS Johore Bahru. QPEAKING at the annual meeting’ of the Johore Planters’ Association here on Saturday, Mr. S. Harper Ball, the chairman, revealed that in 1938 South Indian labourers had $2,004,244 to their credit in
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  • 243 3 Mr. Yeoh Teck Eng And Miss Tan Li Li Kuala Lumpur. Members of two well-known Kuala Lumpur Chinese families, Mr. Yeoh Teck Eng, son of Mr. and Mrs. Yeoh Teow Siam, and Miss Tan Li Li, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Chin Hean, were
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  • 342 3 CHEATING FORGERY Tamil Seiil To Gaol Kuala Lumpur “The worst pan of the offence was the taking of the money fiom Goh Boon Swee The other two offences wer e committed to cuver the first one,” said Mr R C Red man. First. Magistrate, on Tuesday when he sentenced Muthiah,
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  • 653 4 Fear Causes Misery, Says Krishnamurti If the world could abolish its fear, misery and chaos would disappear, declared the Indian philosopher, writer and teacher, .Jeddu Krishnamurti, in Sydney. But he was ready to admit, in an interview, that to abolish fear, particularly in the individual faced with
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  • 73 4 'A OVdIC d —Reuter. Between Austria And Hungary Budapest. There is to be an exchange of children between Austria and Hungary for the summer months, it is announced here. The period of the exchange will be from June to August, in August over 1,000 Austrian children
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  • 94 4 LU Ut W —Reuter Founded By Hitler Herr Hitler has introduced a war decoration called the “order of merit of the German Eagle with Swords.” A special class—“ The Grand Cross of the order of the German Eagle in Gold”—has been created of the civil order of
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  • 442 4 Good Figures In A Troubled Year gOME remarkable figures are included in a summary of the report of the British and Foreign Bible So ciety, to be presented to the annual meeting of the society in Queen’s Hall under the chairmansnip of Lord Wil lingdon. "Difficulties
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  • 96 4 —Reuter. Nearly LJp To Pre-War Strength Berlin. Germany’s merchant fleet has now reached almost 83 per cent, of its pre-war strength, according to statistics issued by Germanische Lloyd. Last year the fleet increased by 189,200 gross register tons to 4.35 million gross registered tons. This increase is
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  • 228 4 Reuter. For 1942 World Exhibition Rome. the world exhibition opens here in 1942 Rome will have five new railway stations for the steadily growing traffic of the city. For the local traffic and goods trains there will £>e built four new stations, all arranged so
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  • 136 4 Reuter. American Physical Culture Expert’s V iew Helsinki. There was too much drilling and too little actual physical culture.” This is the verdict of Mr. Wallace Fradd, chief of physical culture at Harvard University, on what he saw in Germany and Italy. Interviewed regarding
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  • 66 4 Reuter. Shah’s Interest In Music Teneran. Ten members of the Prague Philharmonic orchestra have been engaged by the Government or Iran to instruct students of music. This action has been taken as a result of the great interest which is shown by the Shah of
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  • 307 4 Risk Trebled: Early Morning Danger Hours It* Reuter (Albany (N. Y.) A DRUNKEN motorist is three v j.nes more likely to cau? a fatal accident than a sober one states Commissioner Carroll E. Mealey, in a report issued here. Although the report reveals a
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    • 192 4 SUMMER (Inc The clearance (mu Ree B i SALE COMMENCES C* Ca Ch Today Ist June o Cl Bargains In All Departments. I f E Penang irapg A Carnar1 von St. 865 952 -g ,r- iwmiiih ~n -num liiniMiia.:.-Jr' ■■■■■kos! issesißassaaißiasßfißSflcscißESM S R Ki S El SZ S E K
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  • 152 5 Reuter. Friendly Reference To England Weimar. Friendly references to England somewhat uncommon in the present wave of anti-British attacks in German newspapers and speeches —were made at the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the German Shakespeare Society at Weimar. Prof. Dover-Wilson of Edinburgh, who
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  • 141 5 Prison For .Fraud A n ex-convict, Eustace Hamilton a flgreaves, 33, greengrocer, who was Mao-d to have run a “Royal College l,: Literature,” was at London Sesrecently sentenced to 12 months’ hard labour for obtaining 1350 by false pretences. G. G. Raphael, prosecuting, that Hargreaves advertised
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  • 415 5 Steered By Electric Controls Oxford. May 10. Two cars crashed in a head-on collision at 30 m.p.h. this afternoon writes the Motoring Correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph.” One spun round with only a bent axle and burst tyre, the other was thrown over on its
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  • 11 5 r irst iiwny that Ellen DreiC,
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  • 562 5 Annual Meeting TIE second annual general meeting of shareholders oi Berjuntai Tffi Dredging Limited was held at the registered office oi the company, 16 Barrack Road, Kuala Lumpui, on Tuesday, May 30, 1939, at 4 p.m. Mr. H. A. Coates presided and. in moving the adoption of the
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  • 226 5 —Reuter I rain Broken Down By His Garden Berlin. A trair. which broke dewn outside a passenger’s garden, enabling him to recover his forgotten spectacles, figured in an incident near Ascherslebei. Central Germany. The train had just left Aschlersleben station when an elderly man, setting out
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  • 213 5 Reuter. New Policy Called A “Breach Of Faith” Jerusalem. Political resistance to any new regime imposed in Palestine by the British Government if it is adverse to Jewish interests, and also non-co-operation, were warnings contained in a resolution adopted at Tel Aviv by selves
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  • 94 5 CABINET MINISTER Six Students Arrested Cairo. Five undergraduates of the Egyptian university and a student of al Azhar university have been arrested on a charge of plotting an attempt on the life of a Cabinet Minister. All the accused are members of the Young Egypt Party, the
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  • 131 5 London. Described by the police as an international pick-pocket, Alexandre Mandi, .25, was sentenced at Bowstreet recently to three months’ imprisonment for landing in the United Kingdom without leave. P.C. Collins said that Mandi told him he came from France in a speed boat. Five
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    • 222 5 'The Season's Greatest Hit At North Malaya's Leading Home Of Entertainment IF IT’S AT THE QUEEN'S YOU CAN BE SURE. IT’S THE BEST 6.15 OPENING TONIGHT 9.30 ’‘LEO” Roars Louder Ever, Before JEANETTE MACDONALD NELSON EDDY TN THEIR GREATEST PICTURE IN GORGEOUS TECHNICOLO.UR v“U.T \/MacWNALCL nelson eddy; W. -in VICTOR
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  • Special Australian Page
    • 309 6 Few See Gaol Again Sydney. OF 50 prisoners allowed by Jud je Curlewis during the past two years to “fix their own sentences,” less than 5 per cent, have reappeared in court. Judge Curlewis Is Right This is a far better result, cases
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    • 411 6 Police Start Campaign To Cneck Menace qpHE Criminal Investigation Branch has i>?guli a drive against cri m.nals with the object of forestalling r« crime wave in Sydney. The police believe that more criminals are operating in Sydney now than for a long' time. Part of the system
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    • 198 6 Not Accepted In Railway Employment Brisbane. F|(> the State Public and Railway service discriminate against Australian born children of Chinese blood? Mr. T Moroney (State secretary of the Australian Railways’ Union) says they do, and states that it is unfair, as the children of other races are accept,
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    • 154 6 Dissatisfaction prevails among students at Sydney University, following the decision of the Students’ Representative Council to allocate £3O to the players in the Commem. Revue for beer and cigarettes. Beer, for the men. will cost £25, and cigarettes, for the women, £5. Last year
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    • 81 6 Auckland. New Zealanders will not be allowed to cultivate a taste for edible frogs. A plan was launched at Christchurch to import such frogs and bre°d them on a large scale, in the belief that there soon would be a keen demand, but
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    • 24 6 Testing tihe six-foot drum—said to be the largest in the world—which is to be used for Verd.’s ’•Macbeth,"’ in London.
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    • 374 6 Police Journal Considers Sydney. “touchy are people legardin; 1 their rights that, in the opinio.i of kvriter expressed in the current ifiue of “Police News,” the modern constable needs to Le clairvoyant to avokl giving offence. "If the faculty tu clairvoyance were added to
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    • 450 6 DIGGER HER!) < q 53 OPERATIONS ia fighting spirit that has carried him through the terri fying ord iM of 53 major sur-ical operations, following several of vihj-h the doctors gave up hope and ma(lp way for the clergyman who adrn ustcreU the last
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    • 213 6 Auckland If it is true that an army marches cn its stomach, the New Zealand Army might not march at all, because n cannot get cooks when the modern soldier stands on his d gnity in reius ing cookhouse fatigue. At a recent
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    • 60 6 Al! in a Day s Vork— Hv Rick Elmcs A Lil E I I p__. 77 KCnr ‘tes I'de. muCh\ „1 e&E-CM "KA J LONGBft MaRRiExD I Do TOO 1 ZS te mavl I xkL-- fyy P T o A AIEC 7 AD 2 >ll' -W PS A;'® win i
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  • 3307 7 Competition To Start Next Week EVENTS AND PR]ZES The third Battalion, Straits Settlements Volunteer Force, (Penang Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps) will hold their annual “Bisley” meeting at the Kampong Bahru Rifle Range over three week-ends commend r g from Saturday, June 10, at 2 p.m. and
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  • 138 7 MOTHER’S DISCOVERY Member Of Local Opera ]LfTSS MARY CLARKE a 17 1 year-oid Eurasian jlrl, Lvlng at Bishop Street, Penang, has been reported missing from h< ne, to the local Police. She was tune or the “extras with the Grand Noor an Opera, which finished their
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  • 742 7 World Is Facing Suicide, Says Famous Evangelist That this mechanical age of ours is committing suicide very definitely is the opinion of Dr. French Oliver, the famous evangelist, who has been prosecuting a ’‘Back-to-the-Bible Campaign” in Penang during the last three weeks. The world has
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  • 131 7 News has been received from Hong Kong that Mr. Teoh Cheng Hock, fourth son of Mr. Mrs. Teoh Chong See, has passed his final examination in Civil Engineering al the Hong Kteig University. Mr. Teoh Cheng Hock is a former pupil of the
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  • 112 7 Remains Interred In Penang The funeral took place in Penang yesterday afternoon of the late Mr. Joseph Chong formei Financial Assistant ir the P.W.D.. Perak, who died in Taiping on Monday at the age of 78 after a brief illness. The funeral cortege left the
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  • 66 7 Unrehearsed Black-out At Sungei Patani Sungei, Patani. For the second time this month, Sungei Patani residents experienced an unrehearsed “black-out” on Tuesday night when the electricity failed and the whole town was plunged into darxness for nearly three minutes. The incident occurred at about 7.12 p.m., when some
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  • 358 8 it i MOLOTOV, Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar, expressed the Soviet point of view in his address to Parliament yesterday. And after reading the report of his speech Reuter sent this morning, we are afraid the Russian attitude is more reserved than generally expected. The
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  • 690 8 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. Voon Kook Han of Messrs. Voon Radio Service, who has been granted a licence for television experiments, is on a visit to Singapore. *ic Mr. Hon Sin Sen and Mr. Eu Cheow Chye who have recently been appointed to the S. S. Civil Service left Penang for
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  • 642 8 Orchestral Concerts \W/T- are promised an enjoyable orchestral concert in the near future. 1 hear that the Penang Con cert Orchestra under the direction of “Toni” Anthony will play ai the Runnymede on the evening of. June 18—a Sunday. The programme, I gather, will include the “Zampa”
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  • 436 8 Thursday, June 1. TN his well-reasoned speech to the ILS.S.R. Parliament, M. Molotov stressed that the Soviet insisted on equality. The Anglo-French proposals. he said, contained several reservations which may render an agreement ineffective. Should a pact be signed. M. Molotov added, it
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    • 20 8 Jk Aw® you Aoy DEL MON i t Agents for Malaya? Henry Waugh Co., Ltd.. PENANG Singapore, Ipoh Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 959 9 Passengers By 44 Rawalpindi’* r pHE following is the full list of Malayan passengers who arrived here this morning by the P. O. liner “Rawalpindi” from London via ports: Mrs. S. J. Adams and two children, Borneo House. 51, Keppel Road, Singapore. Miss E. Andrews,
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  • Correspondence
    • 774 9 Editor, Pinang Gazette”) I would like to draw your 1 j trillion to a message of hope, eed A Hope to which we look forward with joy In r Very Natural Fears liate outcome of current ,11- continent and elsewhere. VP r ’h i'll we wish
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  • 55 9 Of Week-end *<*ket Concession In i ■la,. i6n vvitbi the holiday on His Ha..' lrthd ay on June 8, tie F. M. S. ticket! issuing extended week-end i!l for the outward journey neS<lay t 0 Sunda y. June 7to 11 r U return iourney from •*A. lG tue-:day,
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  • 177 9 MR. MRS. W A. WILLIAMS 11/fTt. and Mrs. W. A. Williams, wellknown residents of Penang, celebrate their Silver Wedding today. ivir. Williams is a teacher attached to St. Xavier’s Branch School at Pulau Tikus and is a veteran cricketer. He .played for Penang on several occasions, winning
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  • 78 9 Observing that the English court of law requires the strictest proof in order to convict a person, Mr. Lim Koon Teck, in the Middle Court yesterday, acquitted and discharged a well-dressed Chinese Chee Yong Kooi, who appeared on a charge of having in his possession one jade
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  • 514 9 Wooden Causeway In Eerie And Fantastic Setting pERLIS has what is claimed aftinique public thoroughfare in this part of the world, a wooden causeway which runs f.n inky darkness along the course of a subterranean river under a ridge >of hills some hundreds of feet high.
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  • 195 9 qpiHE bulk of Perlis’ trade is with 1 Penang, states the annual report on the social and economic progress of the people of the State for the year 1357 A.H. just issued. This is carried on by road, rail and sea. Lorry transport
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  • DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
    • 213 10 KENNEDY CO’s SHARE LIST Buyers Sellers RUBBERS. Allenby 1.27 J 1.37 j A. Malay 1.50 1.60 Ayer Panas 1.25 1-35 B. Lintang 1.10 1.15 Bedford 1.17| 1.25 Broga 65 70 Indragiri 1.25 1-35 Kempas 1.85 1.95 Kuala Sidirn 2.30 2.40 Lunas 1.62* 1.72* Mentakab 42 45 Pa jam 1.80 1-90
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    • 534 10 Weekly Share Market Report Tin has been a very steady market and the latest London cabled quotations are Spot £226 10 0 and 3 months £224 5 0 with business recorded locally to-day at $115.12* per pikul. Rubber has continued a firm market. Opening prices in
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    • 245 10 SOON THEAM CO’s NOON QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers TIN. Ampats 3/® A. Hitams 22, 23/ A. Weng 69 72 Bangrins 20/9 21 6 B. Selangors 1-26 1.30 Ber junta» Chenderiangs 11/ Hong Fatts 70 72 Kamras 1/5 1/7 Kamuntings 9/ 9/9 K. Lanjuts 14/9 15/3 Kramats 9/3 9/9 Kuchais L 22
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    • 177 10 Buyers Sellers RUBBER Ayer Panas 1.17* 1.25 Bassetts 52* 57* Batu Lintangs 1.10 1.15 Bentas 1.10 1.15 Brogas 65 70 Indragiris 1.25 1.30 Kuala Sidims 2.25 2.40 Lunas 1.65 1.72* Malaka Pindas 1.22* 1.30 Mentakabs 42* 45 Pa jams 1.75 1.85 Sungei Tukangs 1.10 1.15 Tapahs
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    • 209 10 A. A. ANTHONY COMPANY Buyers Sellers TIN. Ampat 3/6 3/9 Ayer Weng 70 72* Bangrin 20/6 21/ Batu Selangor 1.25 1.30 Hitam 27 30 Hong Fatt 69 72 K. Kamunting 6/ 6/6 Kampong Lanjut 14/9 15/3 Klang River 1.75 1.80 Kramat 9/6 10/ Kuchai 1.20 1.25 Laruts 4/ 4/3 Nawng
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    • 162 10 LEAN CO’s QUOTATIONS MINING Buyers Beller» Ampats 3/7* 4/ A. Wengs 70 75 Bangrins 20/ 20/9 B. Selangors 1.27* 1.32* Hong Fatts 70 73 Hitams 25 30 Johans 23 26 K. Kamuntings 6/3 6/9 K. Lanjuts 14/9 15/3 Kramats 9/6 10/ Kuchais 1.20 1.25 Laruts 4/1* 4/4* Lukuts 47* 52*
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    • 205 10 Consumption of crude rubber by manufacturers in the United States during the month of March. 1939 is estimated to be 50.165 long tons, which compares with 42,365 long tons during February, 1939. March consumption shows an increase of 18.4% over February and 64.5% over March a year
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    • 193 10 New York, Wedn. After the opening strengtl was unable to attract buyen «u®* I** 1 further deterred by the ren Wei Angle-Russian agreement aa sure. A 1/8 cent, rise j n scrap copper stimulated these jf were not held. DOW JONES AVERAGES. 30 indus 137.80 ISSdT 20
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    • 128 10 THURSDAY, JUNE 1. Prev. Latest Paris 176 23/32 176 47/64 New York 4.68 1/4 4.68 5 16 Montreal 4.69 5 16 4.69 3 8 Brussels 27.50 3/4 27.50 Geneva 20.77 20.78 3 4 Amsterdam 8.71 8 72 Milan 89 1/8 89 Berlin 11.67 1/2 11.67 Stockholm 19.41 1/2
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  • 261 10 New Experiments Show Practical Methods Washington. Man soon may be able to harness the rays of the sun to take the place of coal and water power, according to Dr. Charless G. Abbott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Abbott, who has experimented with solar energy for
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    • 728 10 BANKS HIE CHARTERED BANK NEDERLANSCHE OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPIJ (.Incorporated in England by «y Royal Charter 1853) |V, Y* Paid-up Capita] £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £3,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 (NETHERLANDS TRADING Head Office eociFTTV 1 No. 38 Bishopgate, London, E.C. 2 3UUIAIIM LONDON BRANCHES (incorporated in the
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  • 988 11 Stock Grouping < Arrangements A economic policy hE fourteenth annual general meet-j ing of shareholders of Jeiapang t n Dr( dging Limited was held at the office of the company, 16 R-fuack Road, Kuala Lurn P ur on Tues 30, 1939, at 12 noon. Mr H a Coates
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  • 2559 11 Effect Of Capital Reduction: Review BUFFER POOL AND SOME SPECIOUS ARGUMENTS THE thirteenth annual general meeting of shareholders of Larut Tin Fields Limited was held at the registered office of the Company. 16 Barrack Road, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday. May 30, 1939. at 10
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  • 160 11 Library Notice The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Statistics, S.S. F.M.S., Penang, during the period May 22 to 27, 1939, inclusive, and are available for public use in the Reference Library, Government Building, Penang. Application, may be made by members of the
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  • 454 11 Modernised Electric Plant INHE fourteenth annual general meeting of shareholders of Kundang Tin Dredging Limited was held at the registered office of the company, 16 Barrack Road, Kuala Lumpur. on Tuesday, May 30, 1939, at 3 p.m. Mr. H. A. Coates presided and, in moving the adoption
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • 99 12 —Reuter. Alexandria. A police officer and six plain-clothes men were attacked by a village mob when they raided the house of one of the villagers, seizing a considerable quantity of hashish and opium. The villagers had gathered round tho horse, adopting a threatening attitude. They
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  • 115 12 —Reuter. Clemenceau Also Comm emorated Paris. A stamp engraved with the Eiffel Tower is being issued this year by the Ministry of Posts and Telegraphs to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the famous monument. Its value is 90 centimes and it will, therefore, be used for
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  • 251 12 st Vlliy 1. —Reuter. Refugees To Stage Coffee-House Entertainments London. A corner of old Vienna is shortly to be transferred to London, and with it a new type of show which may revolutionise entertainment in this country. The Austrian refugees now living in this country include
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  • 135 12 the possi .—Reuter. Sabotage On City Waler Supply Bloemfontein (Orange Free State) Sabotage is suspected to underly a mysterious shooting affair which occured at the Mazelspoort Dam, near here. It appears that one of the guards on the dam was attacked by three armed
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  • 105 12 —Reuter. According to German Government Windhoek (S. W. Africa!, The curious position in which S.W. Africa Germans, who were automatically naturalised in 1926, find themthe council of the Palestine Jewish by the German Consul-General here. It states: “It is pointed out that persons with
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  • 265 12 Australia In A Week-end We have already seen how Alcock and Brown, conquered the Atlantic, and have followed the progress of man’s success in the air from the days when aeroplanes had wings like birds. Do you remember that thrilling race between England and Australia in 1934? In
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  • 609 12 New Substitute For Dipping London, May 11. Mr. Leslie Burgin departed his Ministry of Transport life without making his promised statement on anti-dazzle and the enforcement of the regulations, writes A.G. Throssell, “Daily Telegraph” Motoring Correspondent. I believe there has been considerable discussion and activity behind
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  • 230 12 rous Procedures’ London, May 12. Addressing a doctor at an inquest yesterday on Frank Etheridge, 26, who collapsed on the operating table at the Eccles and Patricroft Hospital, Mr. F. G. Ralphs, the Manchester county coroner, said: “I consider both your procedures are highly dangerous and
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  • 122 12 —Reuter. For South Africa Police Cape Town Twenty young Englishmen—specially picked men—have arrived here to join the British South Africa police in Rhodesia. Their ages range from 20 to 25Eight of them previously served in the metropolitan police and the others were chosen from all parts of
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  • 172 12 Reuter. UNSHOD Low Salaries Blamed Rio de Janeiro At least 50 per cent, of Brazll a total working population, estim t at 15,000,000 persons, walk a.« unshod. This is disclosed in the repo the Minimum Salaries Commi 1 which has been investigatl "X me n standard
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1858 12 RADIO a XT (11.30 Morning devotions. 11.50 Mozarts -DAY i‘Jupiter’ Symphony. 12.20 p.m. New May11 fair Accordeon Band. 12.40 Richard Sch- mlberger Trio. 1.10 News bulletin. 1.22 Lunch variety. 2.10 Repetition of news Bn bulletin. 2.20 Close down. 4.50 Time signal. .I J. V/. Programme prevue. Tea concert. 5.50 Eagle’s
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    • 814 12 ments 1.00 Vaughan Williams —Serenade To Music—Sir H. J. Wood conducting 8.8. C. Orchestra with I. Baillie, S. Allen; E. Suddaby, E. Turner Others. 1.18 Compositions of Elgar. 1.35 Close down. 5.20 An hour of Dance Music. 6.20 Closing local Stock Quotations. 6.22 A Scottish Programme with Joseph Hislop (Tenor)
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  • 202 13 n ing Times At Kuala Ipoh And Penang «K M AILS t e west pBIAL <iA Air Mall): :toria Point), ypt, Sudan, Zanzibar, I <>■ iesia, Nya- Britain, foundland. Ipoh I 0 p.m. TuesI I rates): For I 'O, Nigeria, I Great BriI and I 1 W-J Ipoh
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  • 998 13 Arrivals 1 TODAY JUNE 1. s.s. “Soudan” from London via ports. s.s. “Rawalpindi” from London ria ports. TOMORROW, JUNE 2 m.v. “Koegh Transporter” /rom. Bombay via Colombo. ss. “Calchas” from Liverpool. SATURDAY, JUN* B. s.s. “Protesilaus” froiv Singapore s.s. “Rajputana” frxxn Yokohama via ports. SUNDAY. JUNE 4.
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  • 208 13 Full Examination To Last Fortnight London, May 12. Sir Bernard Spilsbury and Dr. Roche Lynch, the pathologists, have presented a preliminary report on their examination of the body of Henry John Medhurst, which was exhumed at Lambeth Cemetery, Tooting, on WedI nesday. I Mr. Medhurst,
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  • 99 13 Reuter. To Cost £200,000 Rotterdam. A new zoological garden, which, it is claimed, will be the most modern in Europe, is being built here at a cost of 2,000,000' florins (about £227,275). The great attraction will be th? Rivera Hall —a huge glass palace with all
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 447 13 illr FUNNEL LINE k S M? e vice TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT 1. Antwerp Middlesboro June"* 6 >U jjfy d °i Marseilles and Glasgow j une 8 j ul y 9 Hull June 15 July 13 SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE Liverpool June 3 July 8 June 17 Ju’y 18
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    • 625 13 IP AO britishlndia (Incorpozkted In England)) SINGAPORE, CHINA JAPAN S.S. “RAWALPINDI” SAILING I THURSDAY, Ist JUNE,; 1939. Peninsular and Oriental S. N. Co., under For Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh, Pori contract with His Majesty’s Government Swettenham. Malacca and Singapore. London and Far East Mail Service. s/S “BULAN” June 2 I
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    • 249 13 NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA LONDON SERVICE For Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Sala Naples, Marseilles, Gibraltar. London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. Steamers SaHiny dntea HAKUSAN MARU June 10 HARUNA MARU June 23 KATORI MARU July 7 YASUKUNI MARU July 20 KASIMA MARU Aug. 4 FOR JAPAN FROM SINGAPORE For Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe
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  • 837 14 have probably heard of such queer cricket incidents as a batsman making a stroke and killing a sparrow with his bat and another piling up over 40 runs by terrific hitting during one over, but here are some “believe it or nots!” which may be
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  • 236 14 C CANADIANS’ love for outdoor 4 sports is reflected in a recent report of the sporting goods industry, which reveals that the Canadian manufacture of sporting equipment and accessories in 1937 had a value of $1,750,000. In addition, Canada imported sporting goods in that year
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  • 278 14 Dempsey s View BUDDY BAERS PROMISE New York. JACK Dempsey, who makes a practice of pugnaciously subduing the ruffians of the boxing and the wrestling ring, while in his role as referee, told reporters that he sees no white hope to wrest the crown away from the
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  • 239 14 May Take Part In World Tourney Madras, May 13. It is understood that the Indian Hockey Federation, at their next meeting, at Calcutta, in the first week of July next will consider the question of raising the funds necessary to enable the Indian team to take part
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  • 637 14 Lawn Tennis Tourney BOON PIEW IN FORM BUT HOCK JIN DISAPPO|\t s AS expected. Goon Kok Lem and Goon Kok Ying retained the Penang men’s doubles tennis title yesterday, defeating Tan Boon Piew and Goh Hock Jin 6 —2, 6 —4. which, incidentally, was the
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  • 374 14 Series Of Exhibition Matches Calcutta, May 15. IT is now definitely learnt that Kingsley Kennerley, the finest amateur billiards player today and the present English Champion, who left England on May 12, is reaching Bombay on June 1 by s.s. “Strathaird.” Both of Mr. and Mrs. Kennerley
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  • 81 14 The Don Bradman of basketball in the United States is Angelo (“Hank”) Luisetti, Stanford University’s AllAmerican star who was recently seen in action in a film shown in Penang. Crowds flock to see Luisetti whenever he plays. Angelo and his team-mates earned more money for Stanford in
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  • 61 14 China To Be Represented Only At Football The preparation committee of th Ministry of Education of the Chinese Government has decided to send i football team, to take part in th12th World Olympic games whicl will be held in Finland next year. China, however, will not be repre
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  • 169 14 TO MARKY I.OMM x GIRI There is another “.‘“i through before we the next visit of a South Afn cricket team, but a all that Owen-Smitl t rounder, will be out "> e e ctoo “Tuppy” has they must count hir aged, as you kn< Stevenson, daughtei ~j
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  • 1162 15 Final Day, Of Penang Turf Club Races nELOW is the full programme for the third day’s races of the Penang Turf Club Opening Meeting a t the new course on Saturday. HORSES— Class 2 —l Mile 12 2 the PURITAN 5y 9.07 Messrs. Henggeler Waring Hobbs
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  • 113 15 Reuter. Locke Leads R. Whitcombe London, May 3T. ARTHUR LOCKE. South African Open Champion, led Reginald Whitcombe, British Open Champion, by two holes at the end of the thirty-sixth in the £5OO a side golf challenge over 72 holes at Coombe Hill, thirty-six holes today and thirty-six
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  • 144 15 Penang’s Cup Match With Selangor Selangor will be meeting Penang in the semi-final of the Foong Seong Cup tournament or. Sunday. June 18, at the Penang' Free School Hall. When Selangor met Perak in the first round at Kuala Lumpur, the former won by three games to two.
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  • 90 15 —Reuter. London. May 31. At Birmingham Warwickshire won by 71 runs. Warwickshire 141 and 372 (Dollery 177, Mitchell 5 for 112); Derbyshire 234 (Hollies 6 for 48) and 208 (Hollies 5 for 79). At Taunton, Gloucestershire won on the first innipgs. Somerset 247 and 344 for 6
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  • 171 15 Successes Of Former B.M. High School Students Three old boys of the High School 3ukit Mertajam, reached the finals of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Championship ield last week at the Happy World Stadum Abdul Rahim bin Jasir. flyweight runner-up of the Police, took the .a he'weighl. title from
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  • 781 15 Customs Forwards Miss Many Openings PENANG SOCCER MATCHES |7OUR quick goals in the first half decided yesterday’s First Division League soccer match at the Dato Kramat in favour of the Province Wellesley Football Association, who beat the Customs Athletic Club. The Customs retaliated
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  • 28 15 Sungei Patani The annual sports of the Ibrahin School. Sungei Patani, will be held on the School’s ground today at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
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  • 115 15 IN a friendly game of soccer on the J Police ground in Patani Road yesterday, the Jalan Bahru Youngsters defeated the Almashoor Islamic School Party three-nil. The Jalan Bahru Youngsters were the better side and deserved to win. The first goal came through Hussain, who
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  • 70 15 .—Reuter. New York, May 31. Max Baer, who fights Lou Nova at the Yankee Stadium on Thursday, is satisfied with his physical condition and answers doubters, who call him a veteran, with “what about Fitzsimmons, who was still a headliner when past forty? I
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  • 668 16 This Morning’s Gallops At Batu Gantong (By “TRESPASSER”) /YWING to the hard going, trainers did not send their charges al) out at this morning’s fast work at Batu Gantbng. Most of the horses were given halfpace work, a few being spurted at threequarter pace from
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  • 97 16 —Reuter. i London, May 31. Lord Nuffield,' speaking at the luncheon of the New Zealand Society, reiterated the prophecy he made during his recent -tour of ’Australia and South Africa that there would be no war. He said he could not conceive at this moment that
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  • 71 16 Mrs. Hamilton Gives Walk-over IT i is announced at the time of going to press that Mrs. J. P. de C. Hamilton, who 'strained a muscle in a mixed doubles match last week, is unable to play today in the women’s singles final of the Penang
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  • 60 16 Mr. Philip Neri Capel, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Capel, will be married at the Church of the Assumption on Saturday, June 3, at 8 a.m. to Miss Mary de’ Mello, niece of Miss Lucy M. de’Oliveiro. After the ceremony at the church
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  • 73 16 Thursday, June 1. MIDDAY QUOTATIONS. TIN Penang $115,371 Business Buyers no Sellers Singapore $115.25 RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 29c Singapore (Spot) 28 7/8c COPRA: Sundr ied $4.05 Black Pepper $9.00 TAPIOCA: Medium $3.25 Fair Seed $2.90 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6 60 No. 2 $6.50 Rangoon White
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  • 327 16 Brilliant Scholastic Career In England 4 Malayan cricket team would hold its own against either Cambridge or Oxford,” said Mr, Wee Chong Jin, brilliant law student and all-round sportsman, who returned from England this morning by the P. O. “Rawalpindi,” in an interview with a
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  • 134 16 “He Hit Me. I Did Not Retaliate” Two Chinese “Koay-teow” hawkers, Eng Gaik Boon and Kh.oo Mooi Koong, who were arrested at about 7.25 p.m. on May 31 for disorderly conduct by fighting with each other in public at the junction of Burmah Road and
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  • 74 16 Sports Chib Team Against Sepoy Lines R. C. The Penang Sports Club’s eleven against the Sepoy Lines Recreation Club tomorrow in their League soccer fixture on the Esplanade at 5.20 p.m. will be: J. E. Goodrich; W. G. Cooil, T. Rafferty; R. P. Irving, F. Buchanan, K. A.
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  • 162 16 —Reuter. Labour Party’s Resolution London, May 31. npHE Labour Party conference, by a huge majority. passed the resolution by the Executive condemning the introduction of conscription despite the Government’s repeated pledges to uphold the voluntary system, demanding .pay allowances for militiamen similar to those of
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  • 273 16 “You Have To Thank The Elders” "You have committed very serious injuries on the complainant. I would not have hesitated to send both of you to prison if you have been found guilty. You have to thank the two elders for settling the matter.” These were Mr. Lim
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  • 97 16 Programme for tonight from 830 p.m. to 10,30 p in. March A Bunch Of Roses Chapl Overture Carnivalia Williams (Medley Overture) Suite In Malaga Curzon Spanish Suite 1 Spanish Ladies (Tango) 2. Serenade To Eulaiie 3. Cauhucha Selection The King Steps Out Kreislej Cornet, Solo Lucky Dog
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  • 67 16 The annual athletic sports 0 b High School, Bukit Mertajam, will held on the School ground on Fridaj June 9, at 4 p.m. AU fn< School are cordially invited a The combined annual nhhnt -I' of the Anglo-Chinese B< Penang, will held Anglo-Chinese M)d d 1 t ground
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  • 48 16 Reuter Set Up Ry I r,n(l Machine Pans, May 31 Flying a distance of lParis to Saigon m L ~1 1K(. r lin-‘ the Air trance created a new commercial <n >:b The machine was pany’s weekly Fat 1 u,,iter from London to Hongkong
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  • 53 16 street v Reuter IJndeiloiir Ken»^ Good 31 t while On the Stock i dertone remained f > ed to check the 11 edged UnW-ed home rails wen despite good traffic n trials, bui supported while K the johai 1 rubber shan the higher comm tionals quietly a“!" JH
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