Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 August 1939

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    23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE LAST EDITION ESTAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY i..i „i. xcvn. ]\o. 1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 3. 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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    Commons’ “Vote Of Confidence” In Premier
    1200 1 parliament to ADJOURN Wi/I Be Recalled If ’risis Arises LONDON. AUGUST 3. Hi HOt 'E OF COMMONS YESTERDAY \IMH-1I H B\ 213 VOTES TO 129 THE GOVERN M<HIOX THAT THE HOUSE SHOULD ADVI IL <H TOBER 3 WITH THE PROVISION <H\I IHE 'PEAKER SHOULD
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    "Hitler Has Danzig Situation In Hand”
    89 1 Reuter. j Berlin, August 3. .“'THH’, I’uehrer has the question of Danzigjn hand.” 'declared the Danzig Nazi J .eader, J k-rr I'orster, at a demonstration in the Itc’ Citv at which Vice Admiral. Von Trotha of the German Navy was present. Herr I'orster continued:
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    R.A.F. Home Defence Exercises
    177 1 Reuter. 1,300 PLANES TO TAKE PART Lonuon, August 3. Approximately 1,300 planes will participate in the R.A.F. home defence exercises which are taking piace from I August 8 to 11 on a larger and more I comprehensive scale than ever before, j The principal objects of
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    OPPOSITION TO JAPAN
    142 1 —Reuter. Britain And l .S. Closeh' Bound Lcndcn, August 3. Under the heading “Another Warning.” the "Daily Mail” in an editorial says: "Brita n and the United States are uniting more closely in opposition to the impudent tactics of the Japanese in China. > Thej must cease
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    "FORCED INTO GREAT WAR"
    72 1 —Reuter. Orman Celebration Of 25th Anniversary Berlin August 2 T r .J-jr processions in and near J 5. "fid addresses to troop.' wer a 'iture of Germany's celebration txiay o*. the twenty-fifth anniversary of the outbreak of the Great War. Exhibitions ere organised in a number
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    DRIVE AGAINST UKRAINIAN'S
    60 1 Reuter. Over Hundred Arrests In Poland Warsaw, August 2. Over a hundred arrests are reported to have been made in the police drive against Ukrainian nationalists in Eastern Galicia. The arrested men were charged with activities designed to disrupt the Polisc. state. It is alleged they had
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    BARTER PACTS
    62 1 i.—Reuter. Egyptian Proposals To Britain And Spain Cairo, August 2. The Finance Minister announced tha> it had been proposed to approach the British Government with a view to arranging a baiter agreement similar to the Anglo-American agreement. Negotiations were proceeding with the Spanish Government for the purchase of
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    POLAND ON THE ALERT
    151 1 Economic Pressure By Nazis “Intolerable” WARSAW, AUGUST 3. POLAND IS CLOSELY WATCHING WHAT APPEARS TO BE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOVEMENT IN DANZIG TO TRY ECONOMIC METHODS IN BRINGING ABOUT THE INCORPORATION OF THE FREE CITY IN THE REICH. Reuter The clamour raised in Danzig against Poland’s
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    Emergency Meeting Of Japanese Cabinet
    903 1 TOKIO CONFERENCE HANGING FIRE Tokyo. Aug. 3 It is reported that Japan's Inner Cabinet —consisting of the Prime Minister, the Ministers/of Finance, Foreign Affairs, War and Navy—will meet tomorrow to deliberate on Japan’s policy towards Europe. The War Minister, General Itagaki tonight called an emergency
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    NEGOTIATIONS AT TOKIO MAY BE CALLED OFF
    895 2 Nolndication At The Moment But Another Protest By Sir Robert Craigie ANTI-BRITISH INCIDENTS MUST STOP London, Au;*. 2 There is at present no indication! in London of any intention of calling off the Tokyo talks on account of the anti British incidents, but
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    FOOD DEFENCE MINISTER
    123 2 ti:n !<x>d and forage undertakings Reu ter To Be Appointed In War Time London, August 2. Tap appointment of the existing Min Ist; r as Food Defence Minister in war time is envisaged in the Food Defence Bill the text of which is issued today. It provides
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    Every Sign Of Japan’s Economic Exhaustion
    299 2 .—Reuter. Ixjndon. August 2. It is realised that Japan’s control of exports and customs receipts .together with the flight of capital from China is likelv to render stabilisation of the dollar a costly process. At the same time it is felt that it should
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    U.S. UNEMPLOYED
    35 2 .—Reuter. New York, August 1. The number of unemployed in the United States in June was 9.552.000 compared with 9.976,000 in May and 10,959.000 in June 1938. according to figuies just issued. —Reuter.
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    DEATH OF DR. B.V. S. TAYLOR
    26 2 .—Reuter. London. August 2 The death has occurred of Dr. Birdwood an Someren Taylor, former missionary in Fukien, aged 50.—Reuter.
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    NO LACK OF BRITISH GOODWILL
    208 2 London, August 2. The statements made in the Commons by Sir John Simon concerning Chinese currency and by Mr. Oliver Stanley concerning credits to China show again the British Government’s determination not to change its policy towards China while seeking with no lack of goodwill
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    PROGRESS OF CIVIL DEFENCE
    356 2 1.380.000 Notv In National Service London. August 1. The progress of civil defence w as outlined in the Commons by Sir John Anderson and Mr. Elliott. :.—Reuter. The former stated that more than £70.000,000 was being spent in the financial year on civil defence. In the
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    U.S. LENDING BILL
    137 2 Reuter. Killed At Expense Of Taxpayers Washington. August 2. Shortly after learning that the House of Representatives had killed the Lending Bill. President Roosevelt stated at a press conference that this action would cost taxpayers a good many hundieds of millions of dollars. It would mean that
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    VISIT TO TURKEY
    116 2 —Reuter. Arrival Of British Fleet At Istanbul Istanbul, August 2. The British squadron headed by the Warspite, flagship of Admiral Cunningham. arrived and anchored in the Bosphorous. The Warspite was escorted by the destroyers Maori. Nubian, Cossack and Zulu. Almost the whole Turkish Fleet under Admiral Okan
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    ANTI-BRITISH AGITATION
    85 2 .—Reuter. Sir R. Craigie To Make Further Protests London, August 2. Tn the House of Commons Mr. Chamberlain announced that Sir R. Craigie was instructed to enter a further vigorous protest against the continuance of anti-British agitation in North China. Answering supplementary questions, the Prime Minister said that
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    TWO OFFICERS SHOT IN MADRID
    142 2 Reuter. Pai is, ai The Commander of Madrid, and anotht cial were killed wht n &gt; at their car in the outs' according to a HavaMadrid. Several mer i ested. —Reuter BITTER ATTACK ON Ut| h 11 KI.Ss Madrid Aue 2 The French press is
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    GERMAN AIR FORCE
    48 2 Reuter. Start Of Manoeuvres Over Wide Area Berlin, August 2. The big German Aii Force nianoeuvi began this morning over an area &lt;&gt;f 15,000 square miles in North West (h many. The manoeuvres are hitherto stated to have demonstrated the i». capabilities of aerial define.
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    I.R.A. SUSPECTS
    146 2 —Reuter. 25 Expulsion Orders Now Signed Ix.ndon, August 2. Six more expulsion orders against R.A. suspects have been signed by Sir Samuel Hoare bringing the total to 25. A nineteen-year-old girl was among six suspects arrested after Sir Samuel has signed a batch of ten orders yesterday. Five
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    STANLEY WIN BY A NECK
    41 3 as a threshing of water at the London Zoo. when the O'vupants l&gt;&lt; nguin Pool raced through the water to secure a piece of fish ■Stank y. as yon see, was thankful for his long neck.
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    ABRUPT END TO HEALTH INSPECTOR’S APPEAL
    1084 3 Acceptance Of $3O From Cinema Proprietor Johore. rp .Johore Court of Appeal allowed the appeal of S. Thurai- uili, senior health inspector attached to the Town Board, t. who was convicted and fined $9O by Mr. J.B. Weiss, a •rate, on a charge of
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    ALLEGED MURDER OF BRIDE IN JUNGLE
    818 3 Brother and Sister Charged Prosecutor Suggests Strangulation Kuala Lumpur. I7ORTY-SIX witnesses are likely to be called before Mr. RC. 1 Redman, the First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, in the preliminary inquiry which began on Tuesday morning against a Tamil couple, John and Papa, brother and
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    Arrest Of Chinese Bank Officials
    253 3 SURPRISE IN BANGKOK No Charge Made Against Them The Bangkok police visited the premises ol the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation, Ltd., at Samyek, on Thursday and. after examination of the premises. Mr. Ong Thye Ghee and Mr. Sng Cheng Hee, the manager and assistant manager,
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    EURASIAN FINED $100
    169 3 Took Loan While Undischarged Singapore. Guthrie William Pernau, a young Eurasian, was fined $lOO or. in default, a month’s rigorous imprisonment, by Mr J. Mcl--all. in the Singapore Criminal District Court on Tuesday on a charge of obtaining credit of $lOO while he was an undischarged debtor
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    DOCTOR ADMITS GIVING FALSE INFORMATION
    306 3 Declaration For Passports Of New Arrivals Singapore. 4C 4 PASSPORT is a very important document and it is highly A undesirable that it should be issued to an unsuitable person. “By signing the certificate and guaranteeing the applicant’s character the defendant and other i&gt;eople who
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE BULLETIN
    311 3 Tuesday July 25 Mr. Mrs. H. S. Paterson had luncheon at Government House. Wednesday July 26 His Excellency presided at a meeting of the Executive Council held at Government House this morning. H E. Major-General Mrs. W. G. S. Dobbie and Miss Dobbie arrived to stay a‘
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    $20,000 Home For K.L. Book Club
    362 3 SPECIAL FEATURES Precast Concrete Shelves Kuala Lumpur. Work on the construction of the new' $20.000 Kuala Lumpur Book Club building, which is to be situated behind the Selangor Club on the site of the old “boys’* quarters. Is to be commenced immediately. For the
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      286 3 CAe became beautiful IN A WEEK/ I 7. I 8 DAYS AGO I*® Hr I Miss Chambord made this amazing change in her appearance in 8 days. Read below her personal letter in which at night—it nourishes and Ixautishe explains exactly how she did it and hOW any woman can
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  • DAILY INDIA PAGE
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      COMPETITION STEEL
      448 4 Larger Concerns And Rolling Mills Simla. July 19. r pHE Government of India have decided to convene a conference of various steel interests in India in order to arrive at an agreement between the large steel producers and smaller rolling and re-rolling mills with regard to the regulation
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      MR. BOSE ASKED TO CLARIFY HIS POSITION
      96 4 Congress President Sends Letter Ranchi, July 20. Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Congress Pre sident, it is understood, has written to Mr. Subhas Bose and such of the members of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee as took part in the demonstrations and voted for the
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      NO JUSTIFICATION FOR CEYLON’S ACTION
      1081 4 S/41S i\EIIRU Move Amounts To That Of Fascists POLITICAL TRENDS IN INDIA Colombo, July 20. AIR- JAWAHARLAL NEHRU had quite a busy day yesterday visiting a number of institutions m Colombo. He received a deputation of the Ceylon coconut-growers and later representatives of minorities in
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      .A.F. PERSONNEL IN INDIA
      162 4 Rules Relatm?»: ’To Terms Gf Service Simla, July 19. Terms of service i elating to attachment to the Indian and Burman Ai. Forces are dealt with in a new sta tion of the King’s Regulations and Air Council Instructions. This section provides that the Ail Council
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      JAFFNA TOBACCO INTERESTS
      180 4 Appeal To Ceylon Government Colombo. July 18. A resolution drawing the attention of the Ceylon Government to the prospect of unemployment and destitution which confronted Jaffna owing to the raising of the import duty on Jaffna tobacco by the Travancore Government was unanimously passed at a public
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      TEMPLE-ENTRY IN TANJORE
      403 4 Enthusiasm Of Harijans Kumbakonam, July 19. |V|K. V. Boovaraha Iyengar, M.L.A., who led a party of Harijans into the Sri Brihadeswara swami temple at Tanjore, ad dressed a crowded public meeting last evening at the Yanajad school and related how the entry was effected. Mr. C. L.
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      RESCUERS AT WORK
      63 4 There were more than 100 people in the building occupied bp Schenkers. Ltd., shipping and forwarding agents in London, when the fire broke out. Some escaped to the street. Others ere rescued by firemen. Salvation Armwy officers helped in first aid and organised, with members of firm.
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      MYSORE STATE CONGRESS
      196 4 Issues Before orking Conunittee Bangalore, July 20. The Working Committee of the Mysore Congress met yesterday and will continue today also to discuss the situation, created by the refusal of the Government to grant an interview to the Congress President. Sardar Patel, it is understood, has written
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      Congress Working Committee
      250 4 WARD»A CHOSEN AS VEN I E Ranchi, July 19. T is understood that the next session of the All-Jndia Congress Working Committee will he held at Wardha in the second week of August, probably fron August 9. An announcement to this effect will be made shortly by
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      ALLEGED ABDUCTION BY POLICEMAN
      174 4 But Capture After Hot Cha»Lahore July HAfter a hot chase, a !&lt; &lt;■ P :,r ’V succeeded in capturing ;n f constable, who, it is all* m raping in a lorry with a wom whom he had abducted rI H n fire on a crowd which
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      73 4 (JALA MALAYAN PREMIERE TODAY at 3.00; 6.15 9.30 p.m. at MAJESTIC ERROL FLYNN QODGE gg CITY' OsPI o*•i a I'd DeHAVILLAND SHKm ANN SHERIDAN ta« CM&gt; «mMM« ■WCA CAtOt «*MW«N *IAM MALI OHM JTlt MANA ntAVm »&lt;CTQ« /OCT IUWOtOAN «MR MM &lt;Mm&gt; &gt;»w»r •&gt; »wc»r»t RWRMIHOLHctara Strongly Supported By Latest
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      137 4 Tonight’s Mar m- t Specially Selected I Entertairme?;: QUEEF S 6.15 OPENING TONpjip The Yerr. s Most k World Won-b 0 The Most Dazzling MEpic Of The Fast ,ar Jean Crawford IX “ICE FOLLIES Oi !&lt;) With Lewis Stone I The World Famous i Folhes Stars Romance Dazzling Ice Specta.
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  • DAILY CHINA PAGE
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      Japs. Intensify Anti-Foreign Campaign
      242 5 aimed chiefly at BRITAIN Tientsin, July 28. *T Japanese army’s anti-foreign campaign in North China, with emphasis against the British, took on idd* momentum today. Japarese military, political and commercial circles here ,1 Peiping and in places of lesser importance to the north of the Yellow
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      DALAI LAMAS SELDOM REACH MANHOOD
      475 5 Allegation Of Poisoning By Cabinet Shanghai. five-year-old jboy discovered living in a cave in Kokonoi Province, on the borders of Tibet and Kansu, China has been accepted by Tibetan Lamas as the successor of the Dalai Lama, the Supreme Pontiff and Ruler of Tibet. The
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      CHINESE POLICE THREATENED
      286 5 Anti-French Move In Tientsin Tientsin. by the Japanese to force the resignation of hinese constables in the British police have now been extended to Chinese members of the French police, whose families have received threatening letters urging the constables to resign and join the Chinese City police.
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      HONG KONG’S LOST CHINA TRADE
      200 5 Effect Of Blockade Official trade statistics for Hong Kong disclose that, while the colony’s trade with the world generally wa= cn the up-grade after last year’s slump, there was a rapidly increasing deterioration in the trade with China as a result of the extension of
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      JAPANESE SHOOT 180 PRISONERS
      187 5 Machine-Guns Used Hong Kong. In their attempt to stamp out guerilla activities around Canton, the Japanese are showing little mercy to their prisoners. Recer.tly they lined up 180 men. tied their hands behind their backs, and executed them en masse with machine-guns. Before this massacre the
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      TOKIO PAPERS SPONSOR ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT
      207 5 and Taihoku, Formosa. —International! News. j Shanghai, July 28. Attempting to show the spirit that Japan is capable of constructing a "new order in East Asia” based on the expulsion of Western rights and interests, the Tokio “Nichi Nichi” and Osaka “Mainichi” newspapers announced that
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      Japanese To Attack Changchow?
      276 5 GERMANS TRAIN ITIIT FORCES Kweilin. July 28. HIGH military authority here stab 1 today that the Japanese f&lt;iH rs will shortly launch an attack hi Changchow and Chuanchow in the south roast of Fukien. Other reports state that the enemy hops drive from these points into
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      MOB VIOLENCE IN SHANSI
      114 5 MO B VIOLENCE IN SHANSI I tiv—lnter- Visionaries Driven &lt; hit A Shanghai. July 28. tign in Shansi has r 1 1 mob violence and is vinj out British mistung.p f Hungtung on the Ta- 1' tiiway. about 200 miles •’Ullth of T»iv&gt;i...&lt; rr--I neir property was &lt;'hinese puppets under
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      MOVEMENTS OF SOVIET MISSELS
      88 5 ''‘rnational News. J' 1 i»aiie,e Legation I lhv &lt; Twtk. &lt;• p, ’hngkiP.g. July 25. &gt; l &lt;; ‘ls passed through Md j l-'Hween June 16 east coast, of !'h n Vladivostok, ac- 'eign r.-ws report '&lt;l th»i, I le Japanese lega-lif-ittK t ,0 ma king
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    TWO MEN’S PLANS FOR THE THETIS
    1316 6 "WE MIGHT HAVE SAVED HER' London, July 20. QALVAGE experts told at the Thetis inquiry in London yesterday how they believed the men in the sunken submarine could have been saved. One of them. Mr. Ernest Frank Cox, said he was positive that the
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    UP THE POLE!
    43 6 Picture looks like a photograph of one of Ame'ricas crazy pole-sitters performing on a skyscraper. It icas taken in London and shows a perfectly n o r m, a I workman giving London University’s flagpole a new coat of paint.
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    TOLD SHE WAS PENNILESS POOR WOMEN RAISE FUND
    1762 6 /GRACIE Fields* manager, Bert Aza, has unearthed a most amaz- ing fraud in London. He has discovered that for the last year a small, timid-look-ing little woman with an ordinary London accent has been raising from other women sums of money “to
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    BLACKMAIL CHARGE SEQUEL TO HOLIDAY
    414 6 Girl Tells Of Threat To Share Bedroom “TtTISS X,” whose name was not &lt;1 scJos» |t Sheffield police court while telling h tuu c.ian was alleged to have obtained more th t her by blackmail. Frank Henri Thum, aged 37, of Upper road. Putney. S.W.,
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    LOVE TURNS INTO HATE
    953 7 II idow’s Evidence In M urder Retrial I\V ATTEMPT TO CONVEY threat to husband N fl,, nurse of the Penang Hil 1 murder retrial at the Penang I’ lin a! Assizes yesterday, the widow of the murdered Sikh «old th &lt; oiirt that at one time
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    Social and Personal
    289 7 ews i t l; b een r e Ce i ve( i that Mr. heah S&lt; r&gt; Liat, who is at present studies in Bombay, has he Matthew Hunter highest aggregate marks I Science Examination ity of Rangoon held Ln H. Bragg, Assistant H linden Estate, Kapar,
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    Mr Chidambaram Chettiar Feted
    735 7 OVER 100 GUESTS AT TEA-PARTY IN spite of the inclement weather, a representative gathering numbering well over a hundred were present at a tea-party given by Mr. V. K. Abdul f Kader, J.P., the well-known business: man of Penang yesterday evening, at his residence, 16, Edgecumbe
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    Free School Orchestral Concert
    410 7 Great Performance By Boys Penang Free School Musical Society gave their seventh orchestral concert last evening at Mortimer Hall, Hutchings School, and an excellent programme was gone through without a hitch. The orchestra, under Mr. F. V. .ayner. was composed mainly of schoolboys and reinforced by
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    PENANG WOMAN ARTISTS WORK FOR M.A.H.A.
    657 7 Special Exhibition Oi Lithographic Prints T the M.A.H.A. show at Kuala Lumpur this week-end, there will be a special exhibition of eight lithographic prints, the work of Mrs. S. L. Potter of Penang. At an exhibition in June of this year of the Senefelder
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    BETTER NUTRITION
    387 8 QIGNS of malnutrition among school children in Penang are, happily, becoming less evident. Their general physique is also showing a definite improvement. These are the impressions one gains nowadays when attending Speech Days in schools. To what may this gratifying result be traced? Evidently not to the economic
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    By The Way
    596 8 The Silver Lining J like the rain. And who wouldn't, after the intense heat of last month? Unfortunately, it is possible to have too much of a good thing and at the moment, I am feeling very dismal. There is no prospect of any recreation and my
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    Diary of a Foreign News Editor
    528 8 Thursday. August 3. TLfR. CHAMBERLAIN can be firm when he wants to. This was shown yesterday when he roundly rejected the Opposition proposal that the Parliamentary recess should be curtailed in view of the international situation. debate on this motion lasted 5% hours and
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    WORLD ACHIEVEMENT
    245 8 Letters By Air Since the introduction of the vast world air mail scheme, operators have been seeking a system which would obviate stops at small towns. Hundreds of devices have been tested, and the method now to be. used is similar in idea to that used for military
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    POLICE RAID HOUSE IN AYER ITAM ROAD
    651 9 Vine Hainanese Fined For Gambling 1I W a party of .gamblers rushed out of the house on sea l mg an alarm raised by one of them, who cau-ht a lorry contammg a posse of detectives and I.tive Inspector Choo Kok Weng. was
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    OLD COUPLE ASSAULTED
    326 9 oman Says She Refused Loan I pen n-lusai of o&n *v&lt;g&gt; tnc an assault :&gt;n an 'id Chinese I as revealed before Che Ismail b M Sah in ’h, Ipoh Second Magist;, Court sterday when a young fl ,j Lee Chiok. oha- Lee Piang E ar- i
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    DEATH OF MR. CHAN TEIK KOOI
    102 9 1 roininent Resident Of Mhong Tebal r death of Mr. chan Teik Kooi, ‘r’ resident of Nibong Tebal, d the a;. of 13, took place at No. 15, beh T:1IS Court, on Sunday. The de1 agent of the Fraser and A x Aerated Water
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    $50 FINE FOR FALSE DECLARATION
    76 9 50 FINE FOR FALSE DECLARATION Batu Gajah. i Chinese woman, who ‘i iy last week to a charge declaration was again iv morning in the Batu "re Che Bahaman bin ii !or st n tence. king into consideration ti at the accused was only a first offender sentenced her to
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    More Troops Coming To Penang
    78 9 At least e’ght thousand troops are being sent to Malaya from India, it is understood from a Reliable source, states a Reuter message from Singapore. The first units are arriving next week and the reinforcements are likely to remain for some time. While some w
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    Perak Sultan In Taiping
    642 9 ENTERTAINED BY MALAYS Presentation of Address IX celebration of the installation of Their Highnesses the Sultan of Perak and the Raja Perempuan recently, the Malay community of the districts of Larut, Matang and Selama held an “At Home” at the Taiping Town Hall yesterday evening. There
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    KEDAH WANTS RETROCESSION OF PROVINCE WELLESLEY
    179 9 Claim Put Forward TERRITORY CEDED in 1800 BECAUSE OF PIRACY ITEDAH HAS PIT FORWARD A CLAIM FOR THE RETROCESSION OF PROVINCE WELLESLEY IT IS I nderstood from a reliable source since the RETROCESSION OF THE BINDINGS TO PERAK THE FEELING AMONG THE MALAYS OF
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    DR. OOI TIANG ENG
    119 9 Returning To Penang At End Of ear Dr. Ooi Tian? Eng. MA.. 8.M.. B Ch., D.T.M., L.M.. who is undergoing an extra course in London, will '.e returning to Penang at the end of this year Dr. Ooi Tianu Em passed a course in midwifery at
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    MK. H. HUNTSMAN RETIRING
    94 9 Vl ell-Known Member Of Perak Bar Ipoh. The well-known lu&lt; al lawyer. Mr Har .d Huntsman, one oi the oldest in the legal profession m Ipoh will go home on retirement today after 28 years’ practice id this town. He is a partner of Messrs. Maxwell
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    Today‘s Sports Diary
    33 9 SOCCER 2nd Division League: P. G.F.A 'B vs. Malay R.C., Renong ground; M.S S. vs. P.C.F.A. ‘B,’ Data Kramat. ATHLETICS: St. George’s Girls’ School Annual Sports, Hutchings School, 4 p.m.
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    KEDAH POLICE SPORTS
    44 9 Meeting Postponed To December The annual athletic sports of the Kedah State Police, which was fixed for tomorrow on the Sultan Abdul Hamid School grounds, have been «postponed to December owing to the extremely bad weather of the past few days.
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      23 9 I THE WORLD RENOWNED 1 NATURALminerai WATER I Bottled as it flows from the spring _r iSFtCIALU gggg STOMACH 4 LIVER IKOWIE. WOT,
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    WOOL WIZARDRY
    605 10 Its Spread To Dress Making Industry bv H. PEARL ADAM upon a time there was a thick, warm, heavy, stifling affair like a very large bear, and it but it tickled as well; and wearing it was about as comfortable as living in a feather-bed with thistles in
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    83 10 —Reuter. London, Wednesday. European anxieties were responsible for the general downward drift m prices though not much of selling pressure was visible. Home Rails especially were weak on the possibility of a strike following the wage dispute, affecting the whole railway system. Elsewhere, Burma Corporations were steady on
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    CONSTABLES CAUGHT STEALING
    101 10 Leicester constables with 12 years’ service, George Herbert Parrott and Frank Edward Orton, were sent out on motor patrol one night. Their “beat” included a building estate. Here, they stopped their car, went on the estate and returned with a sack. A man watching from his bedroom
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    NATIONS’ BIRTH-RATE PROBLEM
    1042 10 Matter Of Supreme Importance Bv STANFORD TATE Most of the leading nations have their birth-rate problem. The annual increase in population, which depends primarily’ on birth-rate, is a factor that has to be taken seriously into account these days. More babies mean more man-power if- the event
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    GERMAN PAPER WARNS ITALY
    318 10 Financial Policy Dangers Berlin, July 17. "Die Bank,” a German weeklv financial review, in an article dealing with Italian finances, takes the view that increased taxation will be necessary in Ital' t-o meet her enormous expenditure and cons’ant budget deficits. The article is of exceptional interest
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    GOOD SUGAR-BEET CROP PROSPECTS
    176 10 500,000,000 Tons Likely London, July 17. If weather conditions remain favourable, it is estimated that about 500,000,j 060 tons of sugar will be forthcoming from the 402,000 acres of sugar-beet now growing on English and Scottish farms. This amounts to rather more than a quarter of
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    MESSRS. LEAN & COMPANY
    583 10 MESSRS. LEAN COMPANY Weekly Share Market Report Tin has again been a ver st&lt; with practically no chanp throughout the week La cabled quotations are Spot t and 3 month.-. £225 Local!• as firmed to $113.25 per Only minor fluctuations ot Rubber have taken pla ji close showing a firmer
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    105 10 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2 JPrcv. Paris 176 23/32 176 23/32 New York 4.68 5/32 4.68 1/8 Montreal 4.68 468 1/* Brussels 27.55 1/2 27 55 3/4 Geneva 20.75 3/8 Amsterdam 8.80 1/4 Milan 89 1/32 Berlin 11.66 1/2 11.66 1 Stockholm 19.40 1/2 19.41 Copenhagen 22.40 Oslo 19.90 1990
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    LOCAL EXCHANGE
    96 10 Penang, August 2, 1939 (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bat On London Bank Demand 4 j 2 On London Bank 4 months 4 •&gt; 4 1 Private O. D. Q 4 5 1« Private 3 m/s Documentary 1 16 On New York Demand 016 Canadian On France Demand
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    OLD TIMERS DAY OUT
    97 11 ill 1 Y pensioned London l&gt;bie&gt;. with top hats and had a day out at Burnham r-. Buckinghamshire. th their wives they were ue&lt;ts of the London Motor !'j oprietors Association. 1 i rode out in motorexcept 60-year-old t Williamson, of Langley. It kinghamshire, who arrived
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    BIG JUMP IN GERMAN NOTE ISSUE
    406 11 Record Total For State Loans Berlin. **E bankr.ote circulation in Germany jumped from 2,730,000.000 marks (about £227,500,000) to 8,223,000,000 marks (£685,250,000) last year. This is revealed by the annual report of the’Reichsbank, which also shows that the bank s investments in bills of exchange,
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    Tin Outputs For July
    64 11 FOLLOWING tin outputs for the month of July have been announced: Rahman Hydraulic Tin Ltd., 500 piculs; Satupulo 843 piculs, (139,000 c.yds. 670 hrs.) Takuapa Valley No. 2. 1.193 piculs, (185,000 c.yds. 622 hrs.); No. 3. 269 piculs, (88,000 c. yds. 522 hrs.); Estimated value of
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    Belfast Linen Market Report
    659 11 DRY WEATHER AFFECT FLAX 1 LAX. IRISH From different districts reports were coming in that the flax was rather backward owing t( the dry weather, but welcome rain has faller during the past few days A calculation based on the imports of seed, seems to show
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    Mountaineering In A Lorry
    243 11 For the first time a lon y has climbed tw’o of Britain’s steepest mountain passes. A few days ago, as a test more than usually severe of the recently-introduced Commer 3ton “Superpoise” model, I proposed to tackle Wrynose and Hardknott, Lakeland’s two most famous passes and
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    LEWIS AND PEAT LIMITED
    393 11 Weekly Rubber Market Report London, July 18. PLANTATION. —The market has been very quiet during the 1 past week but prices have kept fully steady. The latest news with regard to the Barter Scheme appears to he that nothing final can be done until the United
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    RUBBER STATISTICS
    296 11 Malayan Exports Decline THE following information has been recieved from the Rubber Growers’ Association, through the Malayan Information Agency, London. A NET EXPORTS. 1. Ceylon Jan. Dec. 1937. &lt; 0,358 tons; May 1939.-2.805 tons; June 1939. —3,641 tons. 2. Malaya (S.S., F.M.S., U.M.S. and Brunei) Jan. Dec. 1937.
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    DISTILLERS SHARE BONUS
    70 11 The Distillers Co. recommends a final dividend of 12 2 per cent., making, with the interim, a total of 20 per cent, for the year, plus a bonus of 2 1 4 per cent., same. In addition, part of the reserve fund is to be capitalised, and
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    WAR INSURANCE OF HOUSES
    395 12 Experts* Inquiry Welcomed Organisations which have been pressing the Government to make an advance on the position adopted last January on war risk insurance for house property yesterday welcomed the announcement made recently by Mr. Oliver Stanley. President of the Board of Trade. Mr. Stanley said
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    MISS ALICE MARBLE A "TORCH” SINGER
    143 12 Television Debut Miss Alice Marble, the American who won the singles championship at Wimbledon this year, revealed herself to the English public in a new light, writes the Radio Correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph.” She gave her first performance here as a “torch" singer.
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    TUDOR CHURCH MUSIC
    164 12 An excellent example of Iccal enteiprise—a three-day festival of church music at St. Paul’s Knightsbridge—opened recently' with a programme of works by Tudor composers, writes “J. A W.” in the “Daily Telegraph”. There was a choir of 50 voices, men and boys, conducted by Richard Latham, erganist
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    The Mails
    479 12 Latest Posting Times Al Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh And Penan»» AIR MAILS Outward EUROPE AND THE WEST IMPERIAL (Empire Air Mail): For Burma (except Victoria Point)), India. Aden, Palestine. Egypt, Sudan, Kenya. Tanganyika, Uganda, Zanzibar. Northern and Southern Rhodesia. Nyasaland. South Africa. Great Britain. Ireland, Canada and Newfoundland. Kuala
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    THE NEW STRING PLAYERS
    176 12 First London Recital The New String Players, a small orchestra giving special attention to chambei music, gave its first London recital at the Rudolf Steiner Hall, writes “F. 8 in the “Daily Telegraph,” conducted by a young Austrian musician. Hans Juerger. within reach of music-lovers the
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    UPROAR AT AN ELECTION
    434 12 Motion For Delay Rejected Shouts of “Order" and “Gas-Bags interrupted the proceedings at the University of London Convocation special meeting recently, whir was called to elect a chairman to succeed the late Prof. S. L. Loney Protests had been made on the ground that the deputy
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    DEMANDS OF BENARES STATE PEOPLE
    89 12 Durbar To Confer id' Leaders Benares, July 19 Following the suspension of ress satyagraha in Benares St i a result of the intervention of th Mr. Sampurnanand, Minister for ■&lt; cation, United Provinces, and th&lt;« vj drawal of the order under Section Cr. P. C.
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      2722 12 —WPii|ii|i i .J l 111 1 HI! 1 man. 505 Mf-rr, of Berlin Operetta. 620 ■■p A j&gt;!"'" Eir-li'ii. 735 '.l’^i' fr n Saar'oru ken Hr Ww? 7 (continued BJO News and Economic E®,-Jf wksSb@ «L V,a R- ve in &lt; r the cr&lt; Hm| Wlw a» 4 Hi t
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      77 12 SINGAPORE ZHL 1,333 mc/s (225 m.) 5.00 p.m. Recitation of the Koran from the Studio. 5.30 Arabic Music, t 6.00 Cantonese Programme from the Studio, by The Lone Vale Musical Party. 7.00 Childrens’ Programme. (English). 7.15 Time. Weather. News and Announcements. 7.30 “From the Studio Armchair.” 7.45 The Request Programme.!
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    UNITED CHURCH MIGHT SECURE EUROPEAN PEACE
    313 13 Leader On "Fractures” v. Richard Pyke, of Southpresidential address to ■•n.-: Conference at Liverpool it a united Church might i which would liberate &gt;d will of the peoples of IH I" «1 nations. ■cie those, he said, who inee the appeal to armatrust to
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    TRAVANCORE EZHAVA BANK LTD.
    62 13 Winding-Up Order Passed Kottayam. July 18. Orders were passed by the Government for the winding up of the Travancore Ezhava Bank. Limited on the petition of two of its Directors. The Bank was started fourteen years ago by Mr. K. Narayana Fanickar, for the economic uplift
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    PENANG SHIPPING NEWS
    1262 13 Arrivals TODAY, AUGOT 3. s.s. Hector" rrom Liverpool. as. ‘‘Fres. Monroe’’ num o«u Francisco via Forts. s.s. “Gneisenau” irom Singapore. IOMOKRGW, AUGUST 4. s.s. "Antilochus” from Singapore. s.s. “Perseus” irom Hamburg. s.s. "Patroclus" irom Singapore, ni v Riv” irom Singapore. s-s. ’bl ma Aris iivu. Hongkong via
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      477 13 blue funnel line dELKLf SERVICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT i’S Calls Marseilles Glasgow t Te a n ”r Lon*», J .\s Calls Hull 6 Aug. 31 Calls Marseilles Glasgow .1 Sept. il ir.N DAY ILBVICE TO LIVERPOOL VIA HAVRi. SP 4 HI'S ’.i**rpw4 J- S Calls Glasgow 4 10 ON
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    EFFORTS TO REVIVE MALAYAN BOXING
    504 14 Two Penang Title Fights Overdue rpHE big crowd present at Sunday’s charity bouts at the Wembley Park is another indication that interest in local boxing is not dead. Promoting might be a hazardous business, but it cannot be denied that the public will pay to
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    R.L. RIGGS.
    39 14 R. L. RIGGS, the Wimbledon champion, on whose showing will niainyl de,&gt;end America’s chances mainly depend America’s chances of retaining the Davis Cup. Reports from New York state that he is training hard for the challenge round.
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    Essex Cricketer For Glamorgan
    42 14 Glamorgan are to give a trial to L. J. Fletcher, a right-arm fast-medium bowler now acting as scorer for Essex. Fletcher has been invited to play for Glamorgan 11. against Somerset 11. in tow games—home and away—in August.
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    PROGRESS IN BREEDING OF INDIAN HORSES
    931 14 Bright Outlook For Future STATE-OWNED STUDS DO WELL Bangalore. 'TTIE strides that are being made in the breeding of Indian horses and the good work that is being turned out in the various State-owned studs were emphasised by Col. \V. H. Blood, Secretary of
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    ARE YOU STUMPED?
    105 14 I IVO. 38,-Tlu. wicket keeper, framing t take a ball that he thought I was going to miss the off. stump, knocked a bail off with his hand. The hall, I however, struck the off- stump, but did not displace the remaining bail. The i umpire gave
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    MILLION TO ONE BRIDGE DEALS
    112 14 Auckland. Two freak hands were dealt in succession at a duplicate auction bridge match at Crockford’s Club, Christchurch. The first hands were 13 Diamonds, 13 Hearts, 13 Clubs, and 13 Spades Excitement at finding a full suit in her own hand caused the dealer to
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    HAMMOND'S BOLD CAPTAINCY
    216 14 Declared VFitli Lead Of One Run London. July 22. After an amazing day's play Gloucestershire beat Hampshire at Bnsto: by five wickets. As only an hours play had taken place on the first two days there seemed little hope of the match coming to a definite result,
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    Woman Golfer Who Uses Only One Club
    336 14 London. rpiHE person least adfected by the I new limitation o golf clubs in Britain to 14 per player per round must surely be Miss G. D. Minoprio. well-known participant in women’s big-time tournaments here. For, as far as this dashing young lady
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    WIMBLEDON DUEL.-
    22 14 r ..rlx WIMBLEDON DUEL.—Mrs. J. de Meulemeester— l&lt;&gt;rin« Sigart—(left), and Miss J. Jedrzejowska, the Polish u during tiieir m itoh.
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    Annual Meeting Of Perak Rugby Football Club
    225 15 Ipoh annual general meeting of ak Rugby Football Club the Ipoh Club last night at Mi W. A. McMichael, one -presidents, in the chair in &lt; f the president, Mr. A. N. decided that instead ol one p game and one friendly s
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    TENNIS TITLE FOR HELEN KHONG
    51 15 Ipoh. liti Khong is the new cham- &gt; ear's tennis tournament of V which has just concluded, her finalist Miss Joyce La- &lt; f&gt; -3. on the “Dulciville” courts, übles holders, M. E. Morei11 D Laßrooy lost to Tan Cheng i r v P. E
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    M.C.C. TEAM FOR INDIA CHOSEN
    126 15 Captaincy Accepted By A. J. Holmes Ar London. Aug. 2 lie AI.C.C. announce that the tollowing plaver&gt; have ,ven invited to tour India this winter: 1. Reuter. t. J. Holmes (Sussex) H. T. Bartlett (Sussex) •I. -M. Brock’ebank (M.(’.&lt;’.) S, Griffith (Sussex) K. Human (Worcestershire)
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    COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP
    192 15 'Positions up to matches finished on August 1&gt; Ist Innes. P. W. L. D. L. D. Pts. Aver. Yorkshire 19 12 3 4 2 3 164 8.53 Middlesex 15 10’4 1 1 1 124 3.26 Gloucester 19 12 4 3 2 0 152 8.00 Kent 19 11
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    GREATEST GIRL CYCLIST
    245 15 Series Of L npaced Records Britain has discovered the greatest woman cyclist of all tune. In the last few weeks she has been burning up the roads in a series of unpaced records which are the finest achievements of their kind in the history of the sport.
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    P.S.C. SPORTS ON AUG. 19
    206 15 The Penang Sports Club will hold their annual athletic sports on August 19. Entries are invited for the following 16 events: 100 yards scratch. 220 yards scratch. 400 yards scratch, 220 yards low hurdles, high jump, long jump, sack race, 3-legged race, relay steeplechase (4x110),
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    GREYHOUND RACING
    77 15 Millionaire’s Dream Of International Events International races between crack greyhounds are the dream of the millionaire American, Mr. Charles Murn. He is the man who introduced "the dogs” to Britain. "It has become one of the world’s major sports.” he said. "Every year 25,000.000 people pay for adnvssion.
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    Taiping Footballer Suspended
    126 15 Taiping :it another local foc.bali pla\er was suspended indefinitely by the Disciplinary Board of the Taipinr and District Football League, which met on Tuesday night, when th? decision was passed on Gtianasegaram. The action of the Board recalls the incident on the Esplanade on July 21 when
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    PENANG LEAGUE
    189 15 Yesterday's Games Postponed The Fust Division soccer match between the Penang Garrison Football Association and the Penang Chinese Football Association on the Victoria Green yesterday was postponed owing to rain. Although both teams arrived on the ground on time, the First Division match yesterday between the Sepoy Lines
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    SMALL ARMS MEETING
    229 15 Kedah Volunteer s’ Rifle Shoot Sungei Paiani. The following are the more detailed results of the Kedah Volunteer Force Annual Small Arms Meeting held on Sunday, July 30, at the Semilitg Rifle Range, Semiling, Simgei Paiani: MATCH NO 1 (K.V.F. INDIVIDUAL (HAMPIONSHIP) Category A 1. 2nd Lt.
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    SPOT BARRED
    100 15 Irish Racehorse For India London. The Anglo-Irish Agency has sold a half share in the Irish gelding Spot Barred, by Embargo —White Spot, to the Maharaja of Cooch Behar arc! the horse will be shipped to India shortly. The animal will race in India in the jo nt
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    PENANG GOLD CUP MEETING
    511 15 Hom Entries Compare With Those For Meets Held So Far This Year &lt; JJOVX support for the Penang Race Meeting lias dropped is shown, in the tables given below analysing the entries for the various meetings in Malaya this year. The Christmas-New Year Meeting, which was
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    Ex-Test Captain Fined For Speeding
    68 15 Sydney, July 21. Herbert L. Collins, former Australian cricket Test captain, was fined £lO in the Traffic Court here for driving at a dangerous speed. He was also fined 10/- for driving without a licence. The conviction entails disqualification from holding a driving licence for
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    GALENTO STILL CALLS LOUIS A "BUM”
    73 15 Apparently the ballyhoo merchant» are trying to set the stage for another Galento-Louis affair. From America cames a cable that Galento, "still out of his mind from the tremendous beating he received, and with a face furrowed like a cornfield with nasty cuts, mumbled
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      158 15 China \eeds Your Help Please Buy A Ticket! Perak Chinese Amateur Dramatic Association, Ipoh WILL STAGE TWO CANTONESE PERFORMANCES GROSS PROCEEDS IN AID OF CHINA DISTRESS RELIEF FUND At Lunar Hall, Wembley Park, Penang s ah!rda\, stli August. 1939. at (.30 p.m. K FOONG SEONG” and FIGHTING A BARBARIAN ENEMY
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    SHOPKEEPER GETS ONE MONTH FOR CHEATING
    389 16 A FTER having previously claimed trial to a chars* ot cheating, 7A a 29-yea. -old Chiite.se Ooi Eng Chong, a sundry-goods shop keeper, changed his plea to one of guilty when he appeared before Mr. Lim Koon 'feck in the Middle Court this morning.
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    TODAY’S TRACK WORK
    162 16 Only A Few Horses Taken Out (F.y ‘TRESPASSER”) Owing to the ram, track work at the Batu Gantong racecourse this morning was only possible well after seven, when it abated to a thin drizzle. How-' ever, only a few horses were taken out. They included several fiom
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    REPATRIATION FOR INDIAN
    197 16 No Home, No Money, No Friends An Indian, Manikam who was wanted by the police in connection with his application for repatriation to India, was arrested by a police constable while begging for alms at about 10.50 a.m. at Downing Street on August 2. He was this
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    ABOLITION OF SUBMARINES
    350 16 —Reuter Debate In House Of Lords London. August 2. The explanation why submarine attacks in the Mediterranean which led to the Nyon Conference, were promptly stopped was given by Earl Stanhope in the course of a debate in the House of Lords on the abolition of submarines.
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    P.S.C. LADIES’ GOLF
    61 16 Postponement Of Montlilv Medal w Owing to heavy’ rain the monthly medal competition (stroke) of the Ladies’ Section of the Penang Sports Club, which was to have been piayed yesterday, has been postponed to next Wednesday. The 18-hole medal competition will be played on that day The
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    PENANG ST. ANDREW’S SOCIETY
    70 16 Mr. R. P. Brash Elected Chieftain At the annual general meeting of the St. Andrew’s Society. Penang, held on July 28, the following office-bearers were elected for the year 1939-1i949: Chieftain, Mr. R. P. Brash. Vice-Chieftain, Dr. E. S. Laurie. Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. F. Vicars
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    ELIMINATION OF AIR BOMBING
    59 16 —Reuter. No Purpose Served By Appeal To Germany Jerusalem, August 2. Nine Arabs were killed and one wounded and captured in the first important engagement for several weeks. A fight occurred when a gang of twenty fired on a platoon of the Worcestershire regiment south of
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    All’s Well That Ends We11...
    34 16 —Reuter. Budapest, August 3. A Government official announces that Rumania has accepted Hungary’s request for the appointment of a mixed military commission to investigate the recent frontier incident. —Reuter.
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    YET FOUR MORE DEPORTED
    81 16 R. E Round-l p —Reuter. ’Young Woman’s Appeal London, August 3. Another four I.R A deportees were escorted from Birmingham to Liverpool- where they will embark for Irela’'under strong police guard. A young woman of the batch has lodged an appeal and 48 hours must elapse
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      UNITED TRADERS LTD. QUOTATIONS
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