Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 July 1939

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 155. Vol. XCVII. TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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  • 694 1 Every Effort To Keep Peace POLAND FORMING FREE CORPS? Danzig, July 4. Ihe Polish High Commissioner, M. Chodacki, has returned from Warsaw and a statement from him regarding alleged breaches of the Danzig-Polish Agreement by the Nazi authorities here is eagerly awaited, though it is
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  • 56 1 Reuter. Hailar, July 4. The second battle for Nomohan opened with a Japanese infantry attack on Mongol positions which were subjected to heavy bombardment by Japanese artillery and aircraft. The Domei Agency declares that the area which Mongols are claiming east of Ualshar River has long
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  • 78 1 .——Reuter. PREPARATIONS TO RECEIVE HITLER Warsaw, July* 4. The visit of the German cruiser “Konigsberg” to Danzig in August is not considered in official quarters here to have special significance. German warships have visited Danzig in past years during summer. The newspaper “Czas” declares that despite
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  • 57 1 It enter. Rondon, July 4. Runazvay marriages at Gretna Green will finally become a thing of the past by legislation just completed, abolishing Gretna Green ceremonies and zvhat is described as similar irregular marriages. The Commons passed the third reading of the Bill tonight. It
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  • 111 1 —Reuter. London, July 4. “The Dominions, if they cared to exercise it, could and did carry responsibility for Imperial policy,” declared Lord Lothian in a speech at the Canada Club Dinnei in London tonight. As an example of the Dominions’ influence on policy, Lord Lt thian
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  • 76 1 Reuter. Fisheries Obligations Not Fulfilled Tokio, July 4. The Japanese Ambassador has protested aga nst the alleged Soviet pressure on Japanese petroleum and coal undertaking in north Sakhalin and Japanese fisheries in. North Siberian waters. The complaint was that the Soviet had not fulfilled its obligation
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  • 166 1 .—Reuter. Eden And Churchill May Be Included London, July 4. In connection with uwurs of the possibility of Mr. Winston Churchill and. Mr. A’lihuny Eden joining the Cabinet, Reuter’s lobby correspondent says there appears to be no substantial ground for the idea that Mr. Eden may
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  • 660 1 —Reuter. London, July 4. Captain Oram added dramatic details to the Attorney General’s picture of the “Thetis” disaster when he gave evidence at the inquiry yesterday. Captain Oram said that when they were awaiting the arrival of rescue vessels, all food in the
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    • 63 1 l— rTTTTfc > IfofvCATB >.X yQUk KW A vent a for North Mnlaya Ptnang:— GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY LID., Penang and Ipob. CONTENTS Page Latest Telegrams 1 16 Earlier Telegrams 2 Malayan News 3 Indian News 4 China News 5 Foreign News 6 Local News 7 Editorial 8 Local News 9 Financial
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  • 212 2 —Reuter. Immediate Putsch Not Likely BRITISH FIRMNESS HAS GOOD EFFECT Conscription Introduced In Danzig Paris, July 3. Koilowing the passing of a quiet week-end which, ar one time, it was thought, might be eventual, the press foretells that Germany will make no
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  • 136 2 .—Reuter. Campaign Started In Brit ain London, July 3 “Let us see that Britain’s policy aids not the brutal aggressor but the patient defender,” says Mr. J. B Priestley, in an editorial in the China News, a special newspaper produced in connection with “China Week” which the Chinese
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  • 72 2 8.0. W. Defence Expenditure Double That In 193« Rugby, July 2. Quarterly revenue returns show that defence expenditure at £123 850,000 was nearly twice as much as in the same period of last year. The total ordinary revenue for the quarter amounted to £144,056,777 compared with £131,886,636 a
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  • 653 2 Inquiry Opens London, July 3. At rbe opening of the public inquiry into the loss of the “Thetis,” the Attorney-General. Sir Donald Somervell. representing the Admiralty, said that he proposed to call evidence in the following order: .--Reuter. (1) The evidence of survivors, who numbered
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  • 93 2 Reuter. London, July 3. The suggestion that the Government offer the German and Italian Governments broadcasting times on an exchange basis will receive Lord Halifax’s consideration, said Mr. Butler in the House of Commons. Mr. Butler d’d not doubt that the 8.8. C. would
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  • 109 2 American Wife’s Suit A decree nisi against Anthony Arnatt Bushell, the English film actor, was granted by Mr. Justice Henn Collins in the Divorce Court recently to Mrs. Zelma Feme Bushell, of Cam-bridge-court, Edgware-road, W., who is Zelma O’Neal, the American actress. The suit was
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  • 43 2 —Reuter. London, July 3. The death has occurred of Loro Mount Temple. Formerly Mr. W. Ashley, he was raised to the peerage in 1932. He was Under Secretary of State for War 1923-24 and Minister of Transport 1924-29,—Reuter.
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  • 429 2 London, July 3. The Times, in a striking editorial on “A Nation United,” says Lord Halifax’s speech made history. Not since the war has a pionouncement commanded such unanimity of approval of the whole press and platform and has given proof that
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  • 41 2 —Reuter. $293,000,000 For New Warplanes New York, July 2. President Roosevelt has signed a Bill giving the War Department $293,000,000 in cash to spend primarily on the new warplanes measure to complete the President’s $552,000,000 emergency defence programme.—Reuter.
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  • 50 2 ON BIGGER SCALE THAN BEFORE lanks, Artillery, Planes In Action Dairen, July 3. The Japanese Kwangtung Army, Japan’s permanent fightingl force in Manchukuo, announces that an offensive was opened yesterday south of Hulunbair against Soviet-Mongol forces which crossed the border from Outer Mongolia ‘‘early in June.”
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  • 40 2 .—Reuter. New Shipping Committee President London, July 3. Sir Halford Mackinder, who has presidec ovt r the Imperial Shipping Committee since it was established in 1920, has resigned. Sir William Henry Clark has been elected his successor.—Reuter.
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  • 126 2 —Reuter. Premier Awaiting Reply London, July 3. In the House of Commons, questioned regarding the Soviet talks, Mr. Chamberlain said that the Government was now awaiting the considered reply from the Soviet followng Saturday’s Moscow conversatßJis. He did not think it advisable to make any further statement
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  • 487 2 .—Reuter. Remarkable Rally Of National Sentiment Rugby, July 2. The remarkable rallying of national sentiment behind the declaration made by Lord Halifax last Thursday that in the event of further aggression, Britain is resolved to use the whole of its strength in fulfilment of its
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  • 60 2 —Reuter. To Baltic States And Leningrad London, July 3. Asked if it was possible to arrange a courtesy visit of a British naval squadron to the Baltic states and Leningrad, Mr. Bqtler said that the proposal would be borne in mind, but it was unlikely
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  • 263 3 CHINESE ARRESTED AFTER ROAD STRUGGLE Kuala Lumpur. 4 REVOLVER, some explosives and two daggers were found by detective- on Friday when they searched two Chinese, who wmi arrested at Sungei Besi Road following a struggle. Prioi to this, the Detective Branch had received information,
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  • 396 3 Woman Passenger Injured Singapore Charles Edward Curtis, a European, attached to the Naval Base Police, was on Saturday convicted and fined $125 by the Singapore Traffic District Judge. He was convicted on a charge of negligent driving and causing grievous hurt to a European woman. Mrs.
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  • 543 3 Dawsons Case Dismissed Kuala Lumpur. Dismissing the appeal of t. r. P. Dawson, who was recently onvicted by Mr. A. J. Grattan Bellew, formerly First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, for cheating ar,d sentenced to two months imprisonment, the Chief Justice F.M.S. (Mr. Justice Poyser), in the Supreme Court
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  • 451 3 NEW SARAWAK APPOINTMENT General Adviser. Johore. Mr. W. E. Pepys, who is retiring from the Malaya*: Civil Service in September after more than 30 years’ service, may be appointed to the Sarawak Civil Service in an advisory capacity. Mr. Pepys, who has had
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  • 411 3 Mr- Tay Lian Teck On Clerks 9 Welfare Singapore INCREASED membership would rr ean, in time to come, petitioning the Government for legist.»tdoa relating to the interest »nd welfare of all clerks, said the Hon. Mr. Tay Lian Teck, president of the Clerical Union
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  • 858 3 Mr. John Hands Cites Two Typical Cases bJH.\ HANDS, the Honorary Secretary and I rea.su»er tor the Selangor Asiatic Unemployment Committee in his report for the month of June 1939, points out that there is some misunderstanding about the amount received from the Jubilee
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  • 377 3 Modern IJakerv \l Kuala Lumpur Kuna utiaipur. A NorHEll stage in tne rapid growth of the Singapore Cold Storag and its n anifcld hag been reached by the ope:. ng of a super-modem bakery in Kuala Lumpur, off Sungei Besi Road. a mastei baker Mr. .J Hamilton,
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  • DAILY INDIA PAGE
    • 432 4 “False Reports Of Oppression” Jodhpur, June 13. “There is not a grain of truth in the reports that Muslims in Jodhpur have been or are being subjected to hardships,” says a communique issued by the chief Minister in reply to telegrams received from certain Muslims organisations
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    • 203 4 JUMPS FROM TRAIN AFTER THEM New Delhi, June 13. Love for her children blinded a mother against the danger of jumping out of a moving train. The woman leaped out when she failed to stop the train by pulling the alarm chain after her three children
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    • 622 4 Sir H. P. Mody’s Plea To States “TF things are. left where they are, one may take it that Federation is dead,” declared Mr. Rajendra Prasad, the Congress President, interviewed by the Associated Press on the Princes’ rejection of the revised Draft Instrument cf Accession.
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    • 385 4 Natural Resources Of Province Ranchi. is the most suitable province in India for the establishment of all major mechanical and electrical industries on a large scale, and the only province containing all the necessary natural resources for the purpose, according to the report of the Mechanical Industries
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    • 107 4 Ratnagri, June 16. The agrarian trouble in the district is getting worse, and peasants’ strikes are reported from several villages owing to alleged high-handedness of khots. On a complaint by the tenants of Chindravali, in Ratnagiri Taluka, that khots were obstructing their agricultural operations and
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    • 203 4 The death ann-’versary of prophet Zoroaster, or Zarthost-no-diso, was observed by the Parsi community on June 20 which is a public holiday. Jashan, or thanksgiving ceremonies, will be held in fire temples. The principal function, arranged by the Bombay Jashan Committee, will take place at the
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    • 191 4 Associated Press. Madras Anti-Hindi Agitation Madras, June 16. MRS. G. M. TIRUPURAMMAL, eleventh “dictator” of the Anti-Hindi Propaganda League, in a letter to the Press, requests the Tamil Nad public not to carry o.n the Anti-Hindi agitation any further as she is convinced that •“there is no
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    • 161 4 Monster Petition The Western India National Liberal Association, Bombay, has submitted to Government a represen tatic a signed by 40,000 citizens on the question of the introduction of total prohibition with effect from August 1. While not opposed in principle to a policy of gradual prohibition, the
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    • 232 4 Danger At Meetings The Provincial Government nave issued orders prohibiting the carrying of weapons at public assemblages of any kind under penalty of cancellation of the license, confiscation of the weapon and punishment of the offender. The communique announcing this ban states:—• “The attention of the Provincial Government
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    • 90 4 Progress Of Emergency Register .Steps to compile a register of all Europeans in Madras presidency are being taker, by the South Indian branch of the European Association, it is understood. The object of this registration, it is stated, is not for the purpose of giving military training
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    • 425 4 Efforts At Revival Simla. I TO revive hand-made paper making, which a generation ago was flourishing in several provinces but which today has completely disappeared from many former centres of manufacture, the Industrial Section of the Indian Museum (Botanical Survey of India) have collected about 20 samples
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 348 4 Tonight i Tuesday, 4th July, 1939, Where All Entertainments Are Equal Let Your Preference Be The WEMBLEY CABARET Where Everything Conducive To Good Entertainment Is Assured To All. CHOICIEST MUSIC RENDERED BY TWO POPULAR BANDS MORALES HIS SWING BOYS MORALES HIS HAWAIIN BOYS. Our New Versatile Hostess From Shanghai Miss
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    • 95 4 Sensational Success Packed Houses Yesterday The Whole Town Is Talking of Prof. Yogi Rao You’ll Be Amazed At His Wonderful Yogic Feats Penang Will Never See A “Mar" Like Him Again QUEEN'S LAST TWO SHOWS: TONIGHT 6.15 9.30 Stupendous Stage Ard Screen Attraction Two Show.-, For One Payment I ON
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  • DAILY CHINA PAGE
    • 390 5 CHAO CHOW OCCUPIED TO PROTECT PORT Effective Defence Planned By Chinese Shaokwan, June 30. FAESPITE the Japanese occupation of Chao Chow on the terminus, of the railroad north of Swatow, Chinese military authorities do net expect a Japanese attack on Shaokwan, the provisional
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    • 324 5 WANG THE CAUSE OF ATTACK ON WENCHOW FOOCHOW Public Opinion Against (lusted Leader Shaokwan, June 30. j J‘.\. .'FSF occupation of Swatow and the present attack on WerHiou and Foochow are at the instigation of Wang Ching- < 't-d deputy executive of the Kuomintang, who is scheduler to form and
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    • 48 5 International News. Australia Delaying I Jecision Tokyo, June 30. The Japanese press report that difficulties exist in the renewal of the Japar. Australia agreement. Australia is delaying her decision, and India will probably cancel all facilities given to Japanese trade in last auturnr International News.
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    • 101 5 International News. Finances And Economics I ndermined Shanghai, June 30. The protracted war in China demands great sacrifices of Japanese men and materials, undermines finances 3rd economics, and places a burden on tic W( rking classes which they are unable to hear, according to a Tokyo
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    • 136 5 International News. Shaokwan, June 30. The Kwangtung Provincial Government has decided to extend credit loans to the amount of $4,000,000 for the development of agricultural and commercial enterprises in the province. The loans, which may be applied for beginning from July I, will be
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    • 98 5 .—lnternational News. Shanghai, June 30. With several polls of public opinion consistently shewing that the majority of Americans are sympathetic with China, the general consumption of Japanese goods in the United States has dwindled notably, according to a New York dispatch. For example, the Japanese
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    • 93 5 one from Canada.—lnternational News. Play Havoc With Japanese Hong Kong, June 30. Vy/ARPLANES donated by W overseas Chinese played an important part in resisting Japanese air raids, Chinese reports revealed today. Fifteen donated planes which participated in the June 11 air j aids in Chungking
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    • 60 5 —lnternational News Hong Kong, June 30. A Kcbc report states that Japanese cotton manufacturers are anxious regarding the outcome of the new Indian Trade Agreement. It is expected that India will introduce drastic restrictions on imports of Japanese cotton According to a Harbin report, metals
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    • 192 5 .—lnternational News. Japan’s Need Of Gold Shanghai, June 30. IN dire need of gold to buy armaments from abroad for the prosecution of the war in China, Emperor Hirohito of Japan is obliged to give up the gold rim of his spectacles. The Japanese government is
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    • 109 5 —lnternational News. Japanese Positions Damaged Chu’-.gshan, June 30. Chinese warplanes bombed and damaged Japanese positions in Kiangchuen ard Hsinchieh north of Canton on the Canton-Hankow Railway on June 24, it was disclosed here today. The Japanese military headquarters ir. Hsinchieh were demolished, although some of the
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    • 144 5 —lnternational News. Tientsin, June 30. I ATEST estimates on the population of Tientsin, where the invading Japanese are operating a blockade against the British Concession, show this division: Am leans 350; British 1.185; French 250; Genian 150; Italian ICO; Soviet Russians 200; White Russians 4.000; Foies 100;
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    • 102 5 International News. Japanese On The Decline Shanghai, June 30. “When will the war end?” This is the question common, not or.’y to th? working population, but even among the ruling circles ir, Japan today, according to a Kobe report received here. While patriots enthusiasm regarding
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    • 277 5 Japs. To Concentrate Along The Coast Wuchow, June 30. rpHE Japanese strength in Swatow is about 6,000 bluejackets of the former Haji detachment trained by Rear-Admiral Denshichi Okawauchi at Shanghai, although the original number has been largely wiped out in previous campaigns. The land garrison is
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    • 313 5 .—lnternational News. Ambassador Interviewed Chungking, June 30. 'Conditions in the southwestern .provinces have shown marked improvements during the past six months, said Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, American Ambassador, when interviewed by a press representative recently. Mr. Johnson who travelled over the I.OCO-kilometre Kunming-Kweiyang-Chungking highway by motor
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    • 122 5 —lnternational News. Gas Masks To Be Imported Hong Kong, June 30. A further vote for strengthening the Air Raid Precautions was made on June 29 by the Legislative Council when appropriations w’ere passed for this purpose. The new vote is concerned primarily with gas
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 34 5 BOBBY BEAR S ADVENIURfcS: Surprise ror Dad (2) Hl st IW" 3 He uc-ren t tell Dad the paint is wet So Father bear got up to help Whafs this:- but Lobby doesn’t stay
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  • 339 6 a YAWN, instead of another drink, will make you the life and -A soul of the party. Shove youi head out of the window, yawn mightily two or three times, and return to delight your gues-s, or your hosl. This advice is given by Mrs.
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  • 208 6 At the aged of 75, Professor Ernst Freur.i, one of Vienna’s most famous medical scientists, has started his life-work afresh in London. He was exiled a yen' ago from Austria, where for eight years he had been director of the Pea. son Research Laboratory. All
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  • 185 6 Two men little known to the present generation have died. Yet both did work which brought great benefits to the public. The first was Sir Herny Normae aged 80, cf Cniddingford, Surrey. Sir Henry, former Liberal MP. and Assistant Postmaster-General, became chairman of the
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  • 334 6 Sent From America In Magazines London. OTATED to be a film actress w’.o became a drug addict in Hollywood, and had drugs sen! to her from America in magazines, Margaret Burtc.i, 28, of Portsea-hall. Connaught-square, W., pleaded guilty at Marylebone to being in unauthorised possession
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  • 173 6 In School Armoury Two months before he was duo to take his first exam'nat'en for a Bachelor of Medicir.? degree, 18-voar-old James Edwin Muss?tt, head boy of Cranleigh School, Surrey, was found shot through the head in the school armoury. A rifle was lying nearby. The
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  • 369 6 IS a woman likely to buy a ‘dress j naieit ::he sees displayed on a wax modul, st.fi, ungainly, and without any of the grace of the real woman it is poseo to represent? I Thinking over that question has put Mrs Cera Scovil
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  • 50 6 Ma ■’er R .H. Mayo, general manager (technical) of Im per al Airwavs, has been appointed technical adviser to the company. Under his new appointment Majer Mavo will be in ar, independent nc.sition and will be free to concentrate his whole attention on development work.
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  • 241 6 PLANS FOR NETWORK OF TUNNELS French Frontier Discoveries Paris. PROFITS of more than £450 a month were being made by the smugglers who had built a secret tunnel beneath the Fran-co-Belgian frontier at the Chate an du Mont de Pecuwelz. Joint nvestigatien by the French
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  • 319 6 PARENTS should not go to the cinema leaving their children alone in the house, said tne 10,010 delegates to the National Federation of Women’s Institutes at Earls Court, S.W. Where, oh where, are all those aunts who sat wita us as children? What we
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  • 127 6 Paris's Latest Craze ‘'Radio trains,which iaclud a r biy enough for a dozen ouples to dance in at a time, arc now the royis at week~ i i:ls iu Peiris. These “Donee Halls on Reds, provide travellers with a pro gram-ind cf music, interviews oi I
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  • 351 6 Claim Against A Dentist Fails ‘‘ACCIDENT NO SKILL COULD AVOID” MRS. MABEL ANNIE HETTY Wadlow, of Chestnut-avenue, West Wickham, Kent, failed in an action in the King’s Bench Division against Mr. N. S. Heegaard Warner, dental surgeon of Station-road, Sidcup, whom she sued
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  • 295 6 Insurance Money •f Involved ‘SPENT ON PLEASURE’ ALLEGATION London. PICLICE- SERGE ANT Howard Haynes Greenwood, 32, appeared at Bradford police-court on 35 summonses alleging forgery, false entries in payrolls, false pretences and fraudulent conversion—the total of the alleged defalcations being more than £2OO. Mr. J.
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  • 300 6 New Means Of ‘Life Transfusion’ LESSONS OF WAR IN SPAIN London. FAR-REACHING plans are maturing for the expansion of the nation’s Life Transfusion service—a new name for blood transfusion—for civilian and military wounded in the event of war. The extent of the preparations may be gathered from
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 45 6 All »n a Day’s Wofk —ZJy Rick Elmes HE ALSO SERVES M '■Ye s, I jx— < HXXO MO j e-tMTiVueo To i i Th_C-r J L HORS uiTle j V. K /7 k sooP JSM ‘.*4. w f'M TP'vuTi? B X ‘I \g u A
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  • 1700 7 Salvation Armys Record I Of Achievement CELEBRATION OF FIRST ANNIVERSARY ”'pHE Salvation Army has a reputation for vigorous evangelism suited to a more notoriously wicked city than Penang has I ever been reputed to be. There are many who plainly said that j' /JO was not the
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  • 36 7 Sir Alexander Small, Colonial Secretary, is expected to retire from the Malayan Civil Service at the end of this yearf and will probably be succeeded by Mr. S. W. Jones, British Resident, Selangor.
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  • 190 7 Sentence On Young Woman Deferred Taiping The vigilance of the Taiping Customs Department was rewarded on Sunday when following a raid, a young Chinese woman was arrested with 100 tubes of chandu in her possession, at Station Road. In the Magistrate’s Court before Raja Salim
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  • 191 7 Parit Bunt ar. “I w r as sick in Serdang and therefore I was unable to return the bicycle. I wrote a letter but it was not received,” was the statement made by an Indian Ramalingam when he pleaded guilty to a charge of committing
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  • 50 7 Professor Homer S. Wong will give a violin and vocal recital in the A.C.S. Boys’ School Hall on Thursday at 7.30 V.m. This is a recital specially for children Of all English schools of Ipoh. There will be a small admission fee of 20 cents.
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  • 486 7 PROPOSED REDUCTION TO WAGES 350 foundry hands from twelve Chinese foundries in Kinta have downed tools following ft joint decision by foundry owners to make drastic reductions of wages as from July 1. Both employers and employees have been called to the Perak
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  • 311 7 Farewell Function At Teluk Anson Teluk Anson Over 30 outdoor officers of the Customs and Excise Department, Teluk Anson, assembled at the Lower Perak Hotel on Sunday afternoon at a farewell tea party given by them to eleven of their colleagues who are due to proceed
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  • 774 7 Court Sequel ACCUSED’S STORY OF BURST TYRE THE case in which Saw Ah Choon, a motor-car driver, stood charged with causing the death of a four-year-old Malay girl, Miriam binte Ismail, at Kampong Bahru, by driving his car negligently and colliding with her, was concluded before the
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  • 79 7 Ipoh. Over 40 friends of Mr. Fam Choo Choon bi'de him fan-well a dinner held on Sunday in-.-!-.'. Mr Choo Cncon. a member of the Ij>oh Chinese Corinthians, is one of the state’s me ;>L versatile cportsjmn nu at hockey and football he has gained
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  • 482 8 TJEPORTS of discussions in Rome between the Italian and German Under-Secretaries lor Air legarding the fusion of their respective Air Forces and the choice of bombing objectives come as no surprise. This step is the logical outcome of the recent linking of tlie two powers by a military
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  • 584 8 SOCIAL PERSONAL Mr. John Jeff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Jeff of Seremban, is leaving for acme on July 10 to join the R.A.F. Mrs. O. L. Stephens, wife of the Settlement Engineer, Malacca, and two children left for home by the Ranpura last week. Nr. J. Snoxhill, general
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  • 494 8 There Won't Be War "OENANG residents who get the jitters over rumours of war will find some relief in the views of Professor Rao, Indian palmist and yogi, who is now in Penang. Professor Rao told me yesterday that he was convinced there would be no war
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  • 516 8 Tuesday, July 4. HFHE situation in Danzig remains calm on the surface. This is the impression gathered from today’s news. The League High Commissioner, Dr. Burckhardt, told Reuter that every effort was being directed towards the maintenance of peace. He emphasised the danger
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  • 410 9 SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL OFFICIAL (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. jyjß. Richard Caunce, Superintendent of the Town Cleansing Department, was found dead at his residence in Singapore on Sunday. He was 46 years of age. Mr. Caunce, who was with the Municipality for 19 years, was
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  • 146 9 Breach Of Trust In Respect Of $4,172 Sentence of three weeks’ rigorous imprisonment, the sentence to date from the day of arrest, was imposed by Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court yesterday on a Tamil, Mohammed Ismail b. Haji Mohd Noordin, who pleaded
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  • 108 9 A collision involving a car and a cyclist occurred at Brick Kiln Road near the junction of Trang Road last night. The cyclist, who was completely bowled over after having been struck by th<> front mudguard of the car, landed on the ground with a
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  • 187 9 POSSESSION OF lIJJCIT SAMSU ALLEGED ON information received, a party of Revenue Officers kept watch at the foot of Laxamana .path, Bukit Ayer Itam, last night and were successful in arresting a Chinese, Wong Ah Cheow, who, it is alleged had in his
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  • 174 9 Failure To Report Change Of Address For failing to report his change of address while being a Police supervisee, a Chinese named Tan Cheng Hong was sentenced to two weeks’ rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court this morning. The accused, while admitting
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  • 82 9 Kulim. Doriasamy Naidu, driver of lorry No. K. 2370 was charged by Inspector A. Halim in tie District Court with negligent driving. Inspector A. Halim told the Ccurt that the accused, while driving his lorry, knocked down a wooden pillar of the customs shed which
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  • 102 9 An Indian Mohammedan, Mohammed Kassim, was arraigned before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Middle Court yesterday on a charge of theft of two pairs of gold car-rings, valued $55, one gold ring, valued $13.50, cash $8 and eight pawn-tickets belonging to Kuppusamy on the five-foot
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  • 62 9 Ipoh. The Ipoh Fishmongers' Association have sent circulars round the town, announcing that there will he no sale of fish in all the markets of Ipoh, on July 7, which will he observed as a fast day by all Chinese, on the occasion of the second anniversary
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  • 224 9 Utterly astonishing were the deathdefying feats of the well-known hathayogi, Professor L. 8. Rao of Mysore, who i entertained a large audience with his yogi acts at the Queen’s Theatre last night in conjunction with the return screening of “The Great Waltz,” a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical extravaganza.
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  • 73 9 Kulim. The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. of Madame Rokiah, the mother of Mr. Abdul Razak who is or the staff of Kulim Survey Office. The deceased was well known in the district and reached the ripe age of 90 years. There
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  • 69 9 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. March Stars And Stripes For Ever Sousa Overture John And Sam Ansell Suite Americana Thurban No. 1 March The Tiger’s Tail No. 2 Serenade When Malindy Sings No. 3 Sketch The Water-melon Fete Waltz The Missouri Waltz Logan
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  • 255 9 7 MONTHS FOR SIAMESE Alor Star. A Siamese, Din Niam, was brought before the Chief Magistrate, Mr. Azmi Mohammed, on charges of having trespassed into the house of a Malay woman to commit a serious offence, at about eleven on the morning of 13.4.58 at Seberang Perak,
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  • 132 9 Wife Creates Scene In Cinema Alor Star. There was a great commotion on Sunday niaht at the Empire Theatre, Alor Star, when two Malay ladies all of a sudden started to argue, resulting in chairs being thrown at each other. It is gathered that a
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  • 30 9 Mrs. Jenkins will be giving a demonstration in the making of cinnamon tea roll and fruit-drop cake at the Rest Room, Y.W.C.A., Downing Street, tomorrow morning.
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  • 177 9 Strong Room Discovery Ipoh. A COUNTRY-WIDE search is being made for Ng Kok Kooi, accountant of the Overseas Chinese Bank, Teluk Anson Branch, who is alleged to be missing following a report of a shortage of $29,100 from the strong room of the hank. The
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  • 254 9 Theft Of Bitter Gourds From Garden Sentence was deferred on a young Chinese, Lee Poh Lot, who was convicted on a charge of theft of 12 bitter-gourds, valued 50, cents, in a vegetable garden off Tanjong Tokong at about 9.45 a.m. on July 2. Inspector W. Ingham led
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  • 151 9 Another Chinese Arrested YET another arrest has been made in connection with the ear-cutting incident at Lorong Slamat in November last year in which the victim was a Chinese School teacher, Miss Lee Hoot Eng. She was walking along the road when she was suddenly attacked by a
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  • 204 9 Class Formed At Balik Fidau Balik Pulau. The first St. John Ambulance class to ce formed in the south west District of Penang, was inaugurated last Saturday afternoon when twenty persons received first aid lessons from Dr. Chua Tong Guan, Assistant Medical Officer, Pulau Jerejak. Credit should
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  • 86 9 The ambulance was called out to attend to an Indian handcart puller, who had suddenly collapsed at Beach Street at about 4 o’cluck yesterday afternoon. The coolie wa.s pulling a heap of goods just loaded into his handcart from *1 gedown at Weld Quay. Probably overcome by
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    • 91 9 w llKr 1 W f||t round Cnddrei /c z 2 Cg v Gat?. Not only for its pleasant, soothing flavour, but for the r c Aients for Mai '.va orth an 1 Penan'» I l wc 1 feeling of contentment and the Georgetown Dir psnsary ltd., fex.avc. satisfaction they associate
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    • 248 10 SOON THEAM CO's NOON QUOTATIONS TIN. Buyers Belleri Ampats 3/6 3/9 A. Hi tarns 19/9 20/9 A. Weng 72 75 Bangrins 18/9 19/3 B. Selangors 1.17 J 1.22$ Berjuntais 9/ 9/6 Chenderiangs 10/9 11/6 Hong Fatt 61 63 Kamras 1/4$ 1/7$ Kamuntings 8/6 9/3 K. Lanjuts 14/6 15/ Kramats 9/6
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    • 394 10 GREEN COLLIER LIMITED Weekly Rubber Review Singapore, June 30. The rubber market has remained steady throughout the week in spite of generally uncertain market conditions and weakness on Wall Street. It is believed that the recent barter agreement has by no means altered the statistical strength of rubber and values
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    • 193 10 KENNEDY CO's SHARE LIST Buyers Sellers MINING Ampat 3/6 3/9 A. Amalgamated 4/3 4/6 Ayer Weng 73$ 77$ Bangrin 18/6 19/ B. Selangor 1.17$ 1.22$ Ber junta! 8/6 9/ Hitam 31 35 Hong Fatt 63 Johan 24 27 Jelebu 55 60 K. Kamunting 6/ 6/6 K. Lan jut 14/6 14/9
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    • 137 10 A.A. ANTHONY CO's QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers TIN Ampat 3/6 3/9 Batu Selangor 1.20 1.22$ Ber junta! 8/9 9/3 Hitam 30 32 Hong Fatt 61 63 Kampong Lanjut 14/3 14/6 Klang River 1-75 1.80 Kramat Tin 9/6 10/ Kuchai 119 1-22 Laruts 3/9 4/ Nawng Pet 23 25 Petalings 6.55 6.70
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    • 165 10 LEAN CO's QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers TUNING Ampats 3/6 3/9 Ayer Wengs 72$ 77$ B. Selangors 1.20 1.25 Hong Fatts 60 63 Johans 23 26 Jelebus 57$ Katus 20/3 21/ K. Lanjuts 14/3 14/9 Kuchais 1.17$ 1.22$ K. Kampars 9/3 9/9 Laruts 3/9 4/ Lukuts 45 50 Nawng Pets 23 25
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    • 188 10 RUBBER Buyers Seller» Ayer Panas 1-15 120 Bassetts 50 55 B. Lintangs 1.02$ 1.07$ Bentas 1-00 1.05 Brcgas 58 61 Indragiris 1.17$ 1.22$ Kuala Sidims 2.20 2.30 Lunas 1-50 160 Malaka Pindas 1.20 1.25 Mentakabs 39 41 Pajams 1.75 1.85 Sungei Tukangs 1.00 1.04 Tapahs 1.52$
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    • 408 10 Japanese Tinned Salmon For Britain London. A remarkable article in the “Food Industries Weekly", headed “Exposing A Food Ramp”, declares that last week Japan sold 680.000 cases of tinned salmon to a number of British firms. “Shu has disposed of her entire salmon, surplus for the season,
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  • 214 10 5% Dividend To Be Paid The eleventh annual general meeting of Ulu Klang Tin Limited will be held at 15, Old Market Square, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, July 8 at 11 a m. Following is the report of the directors: The Company’s land holding remains practically
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  • 133 10 MONDAY, JULY 3. Prev. Latest Paris 176 47/64 176 23/32 New York 4.68 9/32 4.68 1/8 Montreal 4.69 1.2 4.69 9/16 Brussels 27.52 1/2 27.53 1/2 Geneva 20.76 1/4 20.76 1/2 Amsterdam 8.81 15/16 8.81 3 4 Mii.m 89 1/32 89 Berlin 11.67 11.66 3/4 bcockrvMna 19.41 19
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  • 55 10 Reuter. London, Monday. The Stock Exchange opened quietly easier on continued international uncertainties, preventing any increase :n business. All groups closed lower on balance, except internationals which improved fractionally. Oils were very weak on disappointing d’vidend news. Commodities: Cocoa was easier and the switching caused a fairly large
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  • 135 10 EGYPTIAN EXPORT TRADE REV IVAL Increased Cotton Sales Alexandria. A revival of Egypt’s export trade during the first four months of 1939 is revealed ia the latest returns of the state statistical department. Imports during these months fell, however. Cotton *exports were valued at £E 8,564,825 showing an increase of
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    • 837 10 BANKS THE CHARTERED 1 Nederlansche BANK Jandel-Maatschappij OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA 1 1 (Incorporated in England by -wr Royal Charter 1853) IV y Paid-up Capital £3 000,000 Reserve Fund £13,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors Ai3.000.000 (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY) No. 38 Blshop e gate°LOTdon, EC. 2 (Incorporated in the Netherlands
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    • 23 10 VIYELLAS NEW RANOE in various designs suitable lor people GOING HOME Comer of High St. AURORA DEPT. STORE North Bridge Rd. aHM i
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    18 11 Shipbuilding and other armament contracts valued at £l5O OOH hfcir ‘g carried out in the Clyde area.
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  • 358 11 Many New Signs Of Recovery A LL the evidence points to the fact that a substantial trade re- covery is under way, always dependent, however, on the political future of the world. 1 here are almost as many people at work now as in the
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  • 100 11 During the week ending June 21. 19.39, exports from Malayan ports amounted to 54,778 cases of which: 48,297 (88 per cent.) cases were to th< United Kingdom; 3.107 (6 per cent cases to the Continent of Europe; 2.325 (4 per cent.) cases to Canada, and 1.049
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  • 32 11 The output of Rambun Mines, Tanj< ri v Rambutan, for June 1939 was 235 piculs. Kuala Lum.uur Tin N.L., at KalumI mg prodvcli 338 piculs. (124,135 yds. ii. 608 hrs.)
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  • 183 11 New Improvements By Scientists Sicence is improving on nature in the preparation of Canadian maple syrup and other maple products. These are particularly Canadian although small quantities are obtained in the north-eastern sections of the United States adjoining the Dominion. Canadian research workers of the National Research
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  • 513 11 PUBLICATION OF LIMITED COPIES ANNOUNCED EXACTLY two years after Coronation Day, the publication of a limited edition of the Coronation Planting Committee’s Royal Record, is announced. Since the announcement that the Queen, who is Patron of the Coronation Planting Committee, had received the special
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  • 265 11 Selling Limit Reached TpOLLOWING is an extract from “The Times,” London, of June 24. The price of tin yesterday reached the buffer pool selling limit of £230 a ton; and it was believed that the pool sold a certain amount of its holding. When the pool was
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  • 78 11 Montreal. A sample of tea imported into Canada by a local resident in 1886 was exhibited in London recently in. connection with the Centenary of Empire Tea there. This sample was part of a tea brought to Canada on the barque “W.B. Flint,” a fore-runner of
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  • 51 11 Vancouver. Objects of particular interest to British visitors at the town of Esquimau, on Vancouver Island are gnarled oak trees which, it claimed, were planted by Sir Francis Drake n keeping with the Elizabethan seamen’s custom of assuring a supply of oak for future English
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  • 761 11 Effect On Commerce Of China Hostilities £*TRICT official control of the cotton industry, and the effect of the Sino-Japanese conflict on Japanese commerce are detailed in the first Annual Report of the Indian Government Trade Commissioner, Osaka, Japan, for 1937-38, just published. The
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  • 174 11 GROWTH OF INDUSTRY T>ROPOSALS for the removal of some of tne work of the Observatory at Greenwich and of the magnetic work at Abinger, Surrey, to other sites are mentioned in the report of the Astronomer Royal at Greenwich. “If the Royal Observatory is to continue
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  • 141 11 Out Of Its Own Libraries The County Council of Leitrim, in. Eire, will burn in public any ‘objectionable” Looks found in its libraries. So it resolved following a storm about a book written by an English author. Mr. Andrew Mooney said this book was one of
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  • 393 11 Heavily Increased Turnover T T.-COL. Lord Herbert Scott (chairman) presided over the 32nd ordinary annual general meeting of Rolls-Royce Ltd., which was held at Derby. In presenting the report and balance-sheet he said that the satisfactory figure of profit for 1938 was the result of a heavily increased
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    • 69 11 For matters of Personal Security Consult BRANCH OFFICE—I7/18. MERCANTILE BANK BLDG.. SINGAPORE. Manager for Malaya LA. William. ‘fioiir THAILAND Home of Hospitality and Ready Welcome: with the assistance of The Bureau of Tourist Promotion Dept, of Commerce, New Road, Bangkok. Cable: “TOURIST’’ Telephone: *****. This bureau supplies free information to
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  • 323 12 No Wireless: 2| Days At Pumps London. Dramtic accounts of an Atlantic rescue after a sailing vessel’s crash into an iceberg were given recently when the 34 rescued men of the French barquentine Ben Hur, 323 tons, arrived in the Clyde. The Ben Hur, registered
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  • 308 12 Rebuke For Hungry Hippopotamus Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret paid another surprise visit to the London Zoo recently, to see some 'of the animals they missed on their visit last month, writes “H.M.S.” in the “Daily Telegraph.” With four young friends, and accompanied by Viscountess Halifax,
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  • 120 12 Damascus, Syria. The bravery of a Belfast soldier Private Boylan, of the Worcesterhire Regiment, who refused to di ’ulge British military information o his Arab torturers, has been re•ealed here. Boylan, who was kidnapped by Arab rebels on May 25 at Nablur Palestine, escaped or. the
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  • 204 12 Cultured Pearls Among the many remarkable achievements of modern times is the growing of cultured pearls We read in history books of queens and duchesses wearing pearls beyond price, and sigh for the wealthy days of old, but surely it is wonderful that we can buy pearls which
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  • 474 12 Alleged Defence Of Guardsman The Rev. Harry Boughey Walton, aged 65, rector of Hardwick, nearAylesbury, whose injuries are the subject of charges against a young Guardsman, is unlikely ever to be able to give evidence, according to a doctor at Watford police-court recently. The
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  • 362 12 Lighting Slots As Sound Traps Liverpool. The .new £llO,OOO Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, erected on the site of the building in Hope-street destroyed by fire six years ago, will be formally opened by Sir Hugh Allen, Professor of Music at Oxford, on Monday. On Tuesday Sir
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  • 233 12 Latest Posting Times At Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penang AIR MAILS Outward EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For 3urma (except Victoria Point), India. \den, Palestine, Egypt. Sudan, Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar, Norhern and Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaand, South Africa, Great Britain Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland. Kuala
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2823 12 HOLLAND Transmission Schedule of the NetherK'- ;^W^ Z/ wf /<TTA "TWi lands Shortwave. Wp/fa -ffi' 'itfm Phohi-Stations. P.H.I. and P.C.J. 's?;% fW MW W 7.30 8.35 p.m. (16.88 19.71 mJ JFlvt. MSB H PHOHI.+ 9.50—11.50 (19.71 mJ P.C.J.§ HONGKONG ir.««i one of the following frequencies will Wn a V PENANG
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  • 1034 13 Arrival» TODAY, JULY 4. I m.v. “Tawali” from Java Porta via I Singapore. i s.s. ’’City of Pittsburg” from Singapore via Port swettenham. TO-MORROW, JULY 5. 1 s.s.“Menelaus” from Liverpool. ss. ‘“Bellerophon” from Singapore. sjs. “Bangka” from Tandjong-Boera. s.s. “Antenor” from Liverpool. THURSDAY, JULY 6. S.s. “Mata
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  • 126 13 World’s Fair Trylon Suggestion New York. The suggestion war made the other day that the Perisphere and Trylon at the World’s Fair should be retained as a permanent landmark when the other structures at the Fair are dismantled. Mr. Gilmore Clarke, a member of the Fair
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  • 79 13 London, June 12. Maurice Leyland, the Yorksh’re Cricketer, has given a pint of his bicod in an effort to give the life of his wife’s father who has l>een ill for some time. While he was on his “errand of mercy” he was relegated to twelfth
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    • 667 13 BLUE FUNNEL LINE WEEKLY SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT SARPEDON CalJs Marseilles Glasgow U ’’enan» Doe London GLENSHIEL Calls Antwerp and Middlesboro julv I ACHILLES Calls Hull i? J TEN DAY SERVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRE glO bellerophon T LYCAON Calls Glasgow J u] y 20 ”g. RHESUS Omits Havre
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    • 605 13 PJ? and Gfc BRITISH INDIA (Incorporated in England) PORT SWETTENHAM SINGAPORE S.S. “KOJINA” SAILING THURSDAY, 6th JULY, 1939. coSraS N mdCT Teluk Anson, Bagan Datoh. Port with His Majesty s Government Swettenham. Malacca and Singapore 0X..”,, Far Mau Servlce S/S “MATA hari- July 7 •wards from London for China Japan
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    • 258 13 NIPPON YLSEN KAISYA LONDON SERVICE For Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Sala, Naples, Marseilles. Gibraltar, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. steamers SaDme date* YASUKUNI MARU July 13 KASIMA MARU Aug. 4 HAKONE MARU Aug 18 HUSIMI MARU Sept. 1 HAKGZAKI MARU Sept. 15 FOR JAPAN FROM SINGAFORIL For Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe
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  • 843 14 Standard Of Soccer In Hong Kong Higher Than In Malaya HPHE South China team, now visiting Penang, occupies a pre-eminent position in Hong Kong soccer. Last season they won the double, the League and the Cup, and they have held that honour more than once before.
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  • 102 14 INTERNATIONAL BOARD DISCUSSES QUESTION Nice. At the International Football Congress here, the question of charging came up for further discussion. To the text contained in paragraph E of Article 12, which reads: “Violently or dangerously to charge an opponent who is not obstructing: this does not mean
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  • 57 14 J. W. A. Stephenson has handed over the captaincy of Essex to F. St. G. Unwin, but will continue playing under the new captain. Stephenson now finds it possible to continue as a regular member of the side throughout the season. Jim Unwin is a
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  • 83 14 £RI€KET POSER No. 19.—What is the correct way to record in the bowling analysis three runs scored off a no-ball? The ball does not count in the over, but do the runs count against the bowler? Answer to No. 18—Umpire Prank Chester was quite correct in his
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  • 648 14 Home Cricket London, June 19. THE following are the first-class cricket averages: BATTING (Qualification: 10 innings; average 40) Times not Highest Inns. out. Runs, score. Avge. W.R. Hammond 14 2 1076 302 89.66 Sutcliffe 14 2 959 234* 79.91 Gimblett 16 3 992 129 76.30 Hardstaff 14 3
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  • 333 14 Ambition Of Sir Abe Bailey London. Abe Bailey, the 74-year-old South African millionaire sportsman, who saw his horse, Caerloptic, win the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot, said afterwards that his great ambition now was to win the Derby before he died. Sir Abe has recently
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  • 89 14 The Ladies’ Amateur Fencing, Union have recommended to the Amateur Fencing Association that the following represent England in the World Championships at Merano in September:— Miss E. Caregny Arbuthnott (Gauthier), Miss P. Etheridge (Bertrand), Miss B. Puddefoct (Lansdowne), Miss E. Slingsby-Bethell (Gauthier), Miss Lyn Teesdale (Grave),
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  • 34 14 Only seven horses started in the race for the Irish 1,000 Guineas at The Curragh. Serpent Star, at 100 to 8 against, beat Yasna and the fancied Rose of Portugal.
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  • 64 14 New York. Mr. William Woodward’s Johnstown, winner of the Kentucky Derby, started favourite at 8 to 1 on for the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, Long Island, and won by five and a half lengths after leading all the way. Mr. A. C. Bostwick’s Belay was
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    • 271 14 Tkolynos \A V —*s, V '*'v< IS /7 Jjjfcj IECONOMICAL) W) ''Because it,lasts twice as long as f ordinary J toothpastes A KOLYNOS is a scientific, concentrated dentifrice on concentrated dental cream, adr y brush is needed to keep No water or other bulky teeth clean and sparkling, ingredient has
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  • 979 15 South China Tourists Play Brilliant Soccer (By “ACHILLES”) 4 B.SOLUTE lack of understanding among the for- wards was the principal cause for Penang’s defeat t the hands of the South China soccer tourists in their rnatch yesterday at Victoria Green A
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  • 284 15 Another Penang Trial On Sunday The following players are asked to turn up for the second trial for the All-Malayan Indo-Ceylonese Shield competition on Sunday at 5.15 n.m. at the Renong ground: Colours: G. Paul; P. S. Velu, Singam; Sivasamy, Syed Gunny, Abdulla; P. Muniyandi, Krishnasamy, F. M
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  • 786 15 Balik Pulau. THE A.C.S. Union were well beaten by Balik Pulau on Sunday, when they met at the latter’s ground to play a series of matches in badminton, tennis, table-tennis, billiards and football, the local team winning three out of the five events. Play
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  • 201 15 —Reuter. Big Score By \V. Indies London, July 3. A DOUBLE century of 234 not out by Headley and a century, 115, by Sealey enabled the West Indies to declare at 51'3 for three in their match with Nottinghamshire at Nottingham. At the close of play
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  • 39 15 ther bulletins are being issued. —Reuter Wireless. New York, June 3. Jack Dempsey is preparing for convalescence and said he must have been near losing the decision. No further bulletins are being issued. —Reuter
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  • 331 15 Start Of British Open —Reuter. St. Andrews, July 3 Play was started today in the British Open Golf Championship. The weather was overcast but the conditions were good at the start. The light breeze presentea no difficulties although there was a possibility that the shower,
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  • 500 15 W imbledou Cham pionsh i ps GREAT BRITAIN HAS A BAD DAY Wimbledon, July 3. THE biggest surprise of the Wimbled'on championships was witnessed today when “Bunny” Austin, England’s No. 1 (player, was beaten in the quarter-finals by Edward Cooke, seventh ranking American 6—3, 6_o,
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  • 48 15 Result Of Men’s J une Medal The following is the result of the Men’s June Medal (bogey): R. D. Gross (winner> 1 ’down Wan Ibrahim 3 J. Scott 4 W. L. Davison 6 BALL SWEEP WINNERS First Round: R D. Gross Second Roun' Wan Ibrahim
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  • 208 15 Book Exchange TTounce S. X. L In a thrilling game of basket-ball the Penang Book Exchange Basket-bali Team registered a runaway victory over the St. Xavier's Institution Basket-ball Team yesterday evening at the latter’s court. In spite of the strong sea breeze which was blowing at that time the
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  • 121 15 Chin Woo Victorious At Butterworth The Penang Chin Woo table-tennis team together with a strong contingent of supporters went over to Butterworth and met the Butterworth Chinese Club in a game of table-tennis. The homesters were defeated by 6 singles and one doubles out of 8 singles and one
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    • 228 15 What Is Alka-Seltzer? “A New Modern Way to Get Quick Relief from Headaches and Acid Indigestion” Everyone should know precisely why Alka-Seltzer today-keep it on hand Alka-Seltzer rs better m always at heme and at work. Um ing relief for headacnes, sour or acid Alka-Seltzer the next time you feel
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  • 200 16 In Tientsin .—Reuter. Food Supplies Again Reduced TIENTSIN, JULY 3. THE JAPANESE RESTRICTIONS AT THE BARRIERS OF THE BRITISH CONCESSION WERE CONSIDERABLY TIGHTENED TODAY, REDUCING THE SUPPLY OF PERISHABLE FOODSTUFFS, MILK AND COAL ALMOST TO THE LEVEL PREVAILING DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE BLOCKADE. A Briton, Second
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  • 62 16 —Reuter. London, July 4. In viezo of the opening of negotiations at Tokio, Lord Cecil, at the request of Lord Halifax, has postponed the question in the House of Lords put dozen for Thursday asking the •Government to give further information zvith regard to the position in
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  • 64 16 Result Of July Medal Stroke Contest The result of the Penang Sports Club’s July medal stroke competition is as follows: J. Bain 85 14 71 Dr. W. H. Brodie 88 8 80 R. J. Hutton 87 6 81 R. H. Williams 91 9 82 FALL SWEEP
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  • 71 16 TUESDAY, JULY 4. MIDDAY QUOTATIONS. Penang Tin $113,124 Business 50 tons Singapore Tin $113,124 RUBBER: Penang (Spot) 28c Singapore (Spot) 28 1 4c COPRA: Sundried $3.85 Black Pepper $lO.OO TAPIOCA: Medium $3.25 Fair Seed $2.95 RICE: Rangoon Parboiled No. 1 $6.40 No. 2 $6.30 Rangoon White No. 1
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  • 83 16 —Reuter. Numerous Holiday Accidents New York, July 3. casualties so far during the four-day July 4 holiday (Independence Day) number 248 dead. Hundreds were injured, mostly due to motor accidents and drown*ngs, but shootings accounted for nine. The intense heat sent millions to the beaches, many
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  • 259 16 Reuter. Reference In House Of Commons London, July 3. In the House of Commons, Mr. Butler said that Lord Halifax had just received a report of the inquest proceedings on Dr. Little. Mr. Butler was unable to say what action would be appropriate pending full consideration.
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  • 135 16 Cary Grant, the Hollywood actor is phoning London twice a week. At the London end is Phyllis Brooks, over from Hollywood to make two pictures at Elstree —“Flying Squad" and “Lucky To Me.” Cary zvants to marry Phyllis and plans to slip over for a Londoi: wedding. ‘‘Yc
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  • 566 16 “111-treatment Of Nationals In Tientsin Will Imperil Negotiations” London, July 3. Robert Craigie'|at Tokio has been instructed to inform the Japanese Government that any deliberate extension of the ill-treatment of British subjects at Tientsin must imperil the success of the impending negotiations at Tokio,” said Mr.
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  • 69 16 Messrs. Brinkmann Company wish to announce an alteration in prices of National Cash Registers. All prices quoted will be nett against cash on delivery, and hire-purchase terms can only be granted provided that interest is paid. Our customers will remember that ■previously our cash register prices were quoted
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    • 367 16 NOTICES Chapter 151 (Companies) COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES. SPECIAL RESOLUTION (Pursuant to The Companies Ordinance 1923, Section 73) OF BAN HOE BEE RUBBER FACTORY LTD. Passed 10th June, 1939 Confirmed 26th June, 1939. At an Extraordinary General Meeting Of the above-named Company duly convened and held at 59, Beach Street,
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    • 580 16 Head Office: 216 Penan? Road o Phone 1477 w h Telegrams: “Gazette” 1 Rate* of Subscription for Piru.,.,» t •nd Sunday Gazette ,/HL Pinang Gazette Local Deli eery S.S. f V Monthly $1.25 r 7 Quarterly 575 V 1 Half-Yearly 7.50 iq Yearly 15. OC 21 ft! Sunday Gazette 1
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