Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 August 1939

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE [STAB. 1833 PUBLISHED DAILY 01. Vol. xcvn. A I v SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1939. PRICE 5 CENTS.
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    TANNENBERG CEREMONY CANCELLED
    406 1 ut All Hope Not Yet Lost SIR N. HENDERSON TO REPORT TO LONDON arrying Proposals From Berlin? Berlin, August 25. The Official German News Agency publishes a umrnunique staling: “By reason of the tense sitnar on, the solemn ceremony arranged for Sunday at menberg will not take
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    CABINET CHANGES ENVISAGED
    117 1 —REUTER. Opposition Leaders May Be Invited LONDON, AUGUST 26. IT IS UNDERSTOOD IN AUTHORITATIVE GOVERNMENT CIRCLES THAT CHANGES ARE ENVISAGED IN THE CABINET IN THE EVENT 'JF WAJR. THE PRESENT ULAN IS TO INVITE CONSERVATIVE EX-MINISTERS AND OPPOSITION J*EADERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNMENT. AT THE SAME
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    FURTHER RIOTS IN SHANGHAI
    69 1 Chinese Mobs Trying To Loot Rice Shops Shanghai, August 25. Further riots occurred yesterday when Chinase mobs tried to loot rice shops. Another development was the formation and organisation styled the “Seize Rice and See; Death Corps for the puipj.s.; of raiding rice shops. The cost
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    BRITISH FINANCIAL MEASURES
    192 1 .—Reuter Wi's<*sK Im Tb« Present Situation London, «kugust 25. High banking quarters Krrard th-o ’■erer.t emergency financial measures taken by tiie Bank of England and the Treasury, such as the ratsing of the bank rate and the fixing of minimum prices for gilt-edged securities as the wisest
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    CROAT-SERBS PROBLEM
    84 1 —Reuter Settlement Reported Belgrade, Aug. 25 A settlement of the long-standing CroatSerbs problem is reported. It is stall'd that the France Regent received the Prime Minister and the Croatian leader and with other royal regents, agreed to the proposals they submitted. In a statement lafter, M. Neveikovitch said
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    BRITISH REPLY TO CHINESE PROTEST
    603 1 “No Alternative But To Hand Men Over” Landon. A 26. The Foreign Office has published extracts from the reply sent today to the Chinese Ambassador to the Latter’s note of August 12 protesting against British decisifoci witSi regard to the handing over of the four
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    French Premier’s Appeal
    146 1 Reuter. Paris, August 25. Broadcasting to the nat on ton ght, M Daladier said that to avo d war, he would do everything possible and he would never cease making an appeal to reason to all peoples. “We did everything to make the negotiations with Soviet Russia
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    NEW I.R.A. PLOT DISCOVERED
    83 1 Reuter. Scotland Yard Guarding Government Buildings London, Aucrusf 26. Extra police guards have been placed in all buildings throughout the country following the discovery by Scotland Yard of a new IRA plot to make a concerted attack on Government buildings. In London the Admiralty, the Home
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    ANGLO-POLISH PACT
    473 1 Reuter To Be In Force For Five Years London, August 2(i. The Foreign Office has issued a statement on the Anglo-Pol'sh agreement which was signed yesterday. The statement replaces and gives formal effect to the provisional agreement reached between the United Kingdom ’.nd Poland during Col. Beck’s v
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    ROOSEVELT MAKES THREE PEACE PROPOSALS
    1080 2 Dramatic Appeal To Hitler TRUCE SUGGESTED Negotiation, Arbitration Or Conciliation Washington, August 25. President Roosevelt in his dramatic appeals to .Herr Hitler and President Moscicki to preserve peace, suggests three methods of avoiding war—first, by direct negotiation; secondly, by submission of their controversy to impartial
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    WHAT WILL HITLER SAY?
    300 2 Speech Now Being Recast BERLIN EXPECTATION OF SHORT WAR Berlin, August 25. Herr Hitler is at work here putting finishing touches, and recasting in the light of the latest developments his speech for Tannenberg on Sunday. Even more than the usual seerey is maintained about its
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    FALL IN STERLING
    216 2 —Reuter. NonJntervenlion By Exchange Fund Rugby, August 25 A feature of the foreign exchange market was the sharp fall in sterling due to The non-intervention of the Exchange Ecua! -at .on Account. Sterling on New York was quoted at 4.46 and Paris at 176.62 J. War I
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    ABBEY TREASURES
    73 2 —Reuter. Removed To Places Of Safety In Country London, August 25 Priceless documents and historical treasures have been removed from Westminster Abbey and taken to places of safety in the country. The objects \.t moved included the historic coronation char in which sovereigns have teen crowned fcr over
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    ANGLO-POLISH PACT SIGNED
    48 2 Reuter. London, August 25. The agreement of mutual assistance between Britain and Poland was signed at the Foreign Office by Lord Halifax and the Polish Ambassador. It consists of eight articles laying down the circumstances in which the parties will come to each other’s assistance.
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    MESSAGE TO KING OF ITALY
    322 2 .—Reuter. Asked To Use Influence To Avert War Washington, August 24. President Roosevelt’s message to the King of Italy says “Again a crisis in world affairs makes clear the responsibility of heads of nations for the fate of their own people and, indeed, humanity itself.
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    P. & O. RAWALPINDI
    75 2 P. O. RAWALPINDI —Reuter. Not Leaving For Far East London, August 25. The Royal Mail liner, Asturias, has been requisitioned by the Government. The Peninsular and Oriental liner Rawalpindi, is not leaving fcr the Far East on Saturday and will be replaced by the Viceroy of India. The Foreign Office
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    PRECAUTIONS IN PARIS
    224 2 —Reuter. Blue Lamps In Streets Paris, August 25. Shaded blue lamps, replacing ordinary douulc and triple street lamps, ap pcared overnight in the boulevards and other Main thorenghfares. Precautionary measures for the protection of art treasures and archives have (been taken at the louvre and ether public
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    SPANISH POLICY OF NEUTRALITY
    80 2 —Reuter. Belief That Scales We gh In Favour Of Peace Burgos, August 25 The trend of Spanish policy, as indicated in the press, is complete neutrality. Hitherto there are no troop movements nor are there indications that General Franco is recalling the men recently demobilised. The
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    How Poland May Be Invaded
    360 2 GERMAN TACTICS Berlin, August 25. Under cover of a huge prohibited area for aircraft in East Germany last-minute troop movements are being perfected. From a very well-informed non-German military source, Reuter learns that German tactics in the even L of an invasion of Poland will
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    EXPLOSION AT COVENTRY
    136 2 Ib utcr Five Killed, Many Injured London, August 25 Five were reported killed and scores in jured in a v.olent explosion at Coven' ry this afternoon when the stre ..-> ..ere thronged. Broadg.Te, a busy ce r the city, was shaken and converted ia shambles. Thousands of
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    NEGRI CELEBRATES SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY
    501 3 three New Justices Oi The Peace .uj Seremban. noui of the birthday of Hi» Highness the Yang di Pertuan ll of Negri Semhilan on Thursday the following residents State have Is en appointed Justices of the Peace for Neeri n, Lieut.-Col. W A. Outsell, Dr. W.J.
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    CONSTABLE BOUND OVER
    231 3 Pleads Guilty To Chandu Charge Singa.pore, On a charge of possession of chandu while not being a registered smoker, an Indian, Svaid Usllan, pleaded guilty before Mr. C. H. Koh, in the Singapore Fifth Police Court on Thursday. He was bound over in the sum of $5O
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    HIRE PURCHASE TRANSACTION
    522 3 -r.se Accused Of F raud KJ AL IN KUALA LUMPUR Kuala Lumpur Indian wan induced to part .sum of $465 by a Chinese h.m as security a Hillman n wh x:h, in reality, he owed Wearne Brothers the sum of described to Mr. Justice it the Selangor
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    "I WONDER WHAT HE’S DOING?"
    61 3 This little toddler on the left does not seem to approve of the photographer catching him in this attitude as he waited for the judges during a Streatham baby show. Cup Of Victory, Master David Farrowby, aged seven months, judged champion of the West Kens
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    "SHENG HWA" RIOTING CASE
    1108 3 Sentences On Men Reduced JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUSTICE Singapore.' JUDGMENT was delivered on Thursday by the Hon. Sir Percy McElwaine Chief .Justice in the “Sheng Hwa” rioting case. While confirming the conviction His Lordship was of the opinion that the sentences were severe in view of
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    VEHICLES INSPECTOR ACQUITTED
    108 3 Malacca, K.D. Bok, a Vehicles Inspector attached to the Rural Board, Malacca, was acquitted and discharged by Mr. W J Thorogood, District Judge, in the D’atnct Court on Wednesday on an amended charge of attempted extortion. The conip.ainant was Gan Wah Boon, a well-known member of the
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    Midnight Burglary
    240 3 WOMAN’S LOSS Jewels And $750 Stolen Kuala Lumpur A N elderly Chinese woman named Foo Yook Sang, the sub-tenant of a house at the tfrrd mile on the Cheraa Road, was the victim of a burglary which was perpetrated some time between midnight on Tuesday and 6 a.m
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      296 3 STOMACH SUFFERERS Don’t be mis-led So successfully has Maclean Brand Stomach Powder cured thousands of cases of Stomach trouble throughout the world, that its name and appearance have been imitated far and wide. Many of these imitations being sold to-day claim to be made according to one or other of
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      SOUTH AFRICAN ISSUE
      571 4 President’s Appeal For Support Bombay. A FERVENT appeal to Indians 7 for all the support they can lend to their country men in South Africa is contained in a message which Swami Bhawani Dayal Sanyasi, President of the Natal Indian Congress, has issued. He left on Aug.
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      'I Don’t Interfere With Ministers'
      1151 4 MR. GANDHI’S REPLY TO CRITICS Relations With Working Committee Bombay, August 12. w I all powerful?” asks Mahatma Gandhi in today’s Harijan and replies “I am not all powerful with the Ministers or with the Working Committee.” He adds that he knows very little of
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      The first group of refugee children
      17 4 The first group of refugee children warring goodbye at Victoria Station.
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      WORKING COMMITTEE IN SESSION
      450 4 Three Important Issues Tackled Wardha, Aug. 11. A great load appears to have be en lifted off the shoulders of the Congress leaders, after they had taken a decision on the three important questions which they had been grappling with during the last three days, namely,
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      GRANT OF LIQUOR PERMITS IN BOMBAY
      84 4 Bombay, August 11. When Bombay city went “dry” on August 1, provision was made by the Government to permit the use of liquor to those Indians “whose health will be seriously and permanently affected if such person is not permitted to use or consume
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      INDIAN’S INVENTION
      80 4 After two years of research. Mr. A joy Kumar Ghosh has perfected a new type of telephone apparatus ‘which-, it is claimed, would help the telephone subscriber to know the number of calls made anytime and verify his monthly bill easily. The loorking of the device was demonstrated
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      Acting Governor of N.W. Province
      171 4 Sir Arthur Parsons Assumes Charge Peshawar, Aug 1_ A picturesque ceremonial n.-.«ri ed the assumption of office of the Acting Governor, NorthWest Frontier Province, by the Hon’ble Lt.-Col. Sir Arthur I arsons, this morning, at the Victoria Memorial Hall, in the presence of a distinguished
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      WHAT INDIA IS READING
      708 4 CURRENT FICTION KNAVE TAKES QUEEN. By Pteter Cheyney Collins. 7s. 6d. The reader will either like this book very much or abominate it. It is, of course, essentially Cheyney in that it deals with men and women, the latter seductive —and willing to be seduced—and the
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      113 4 Again Greeted by Packed Houses Yesterday 6e<uw>n Extxuided Tui Tomorrow MAJESTIC TO -’t 11 30 AM MATINEE AT REDUCED PRICES 15, 30 and 50 cents (Downstairs) THE BRITISH A.R.P. Film that aroused the interest of the Whole World. “THE WARNING” Passed UNCUT by The Appeal Board. SCREENING TOGETHER WITH The
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      62 4 All in a Day s Work—//y Rick Elmes A BITTER BETTER i XTYXXs TV 7 V LESS. to I X ajmo rr vk/zxs> motJ?*' I I 6E rr was X I IC-zx THQoSamO PoomOS < I\ OT But TfeM Shil_l_inGS I BoT lIM MOCHLESSIMG 010 AIOT" L /L, Vl r
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      115 4 QUEEN’S LAST 3 SHOWS TODAY AT 3 i (> 15 P.M. A 9. 10 P.M. MATINEE AT 3 P.M. Red. Prices Downstairs 15, 30 50 cent. Teodora Goes Wild Over Han i Fred in Pairamount’s Newt s* Smash Hit IRENE DUNNEFRED MacMURFi. Extend You An 4 INVITATION T( HAPPINESS’ with
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  • DAILY CHINA PAGE
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      FOREIGN GARRISONS COMMANDERS CONFER
      401 5 Maintenance Of Or Ger Discussed FREQUENT INCIDENTS AROUND “BAD LANDS” v Hongkong, August 21. to a belated report, the commanders of foreign garrisons in Shanghai, including the British, French, American and Italian, held a conference at noon on August 19 and discussed the maintenance of public
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      Chinese Victory In Shansi
      216 5 -Central News. THINCHENG RECAPTURED Sian, August 22. hj CO RING the most significant victory in the two-month-old battle in the mountainous south-eastern Shansi province at the western front in North China, the strong Chinese forces have recaptured Thincheng. the main objective of the recent Japanese nine-column
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      FLOODS HELP CHINESE
      144 5 International News. Peiping, August 15. Three Japanese columns totallin two divisions were reported today t be isolated by floods and surrounde by guerillas in southeastern Shan; province, facing possible starvation and defeat. The Japanese opened a mopping-uj campaign in July and penetrated a far as Euan, where
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      CHILEAN DIPLOMATS’ TRANSFERS
      53 5 Consul-General in Shanghai.—Central News. I Hongkong, August 21 Mr Evega, Chilean Charge d'Affaires and concurrently Consul-Gene-ral in Shanghai, has been transfered as Counsellor to the Chilean Legation in Toklo. Mr. Evega is leaving for Tokio in the middle of November following the arrival of the Chilean Consul-General
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      SHANGHAI INCIDENT
      64 5 SHANGHAI INCIDENT—A critical moment when the Japanese, after four Seaforth Highlanders unwittingly entered an alleyway in the Japanese defence sector, erected barricades along the entire length of the North Kiangse Road, just inside the British defence sector. t This picture, taken in the British sector, shows Japanese troops
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      BRITISH AND JAPANESE TROOPS ON KOWLOON BORDER
      401 5 Both Engaged In Defence Construction Hongkong 1 August 22. CONSIDERABLE number of British and Japanese troops are concentrated on the Shumchun-Kowloon border, closely watching each other’s movements. b. > o The Japanese troops on the Sino-British border number over 0,000 who are facing
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      JAPANESE TROOPS MOVING NORTH
      158 5 .—lnternational News Shumchun. August 15. Two Japanese divisions have arrived by transport at Whamnoa, about 15 miles east of Canton, to be sent to the north in connection, with the coming attack on Shaokwan, the prov’ncial cap tal of Kwangtung, according to reliable reports. The recent
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      ANTI-AMERICAN CAMPAIGN IN SHANSI
      147 5 International News. Chengchow, August 15. The first case of American missionaries being driven from their posts by the anti-American campaign in Shansi province is that of Mr. Ralph C. Scoville and his wife, both of Los Angeles and members of the China Inland Mission, were forced
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      SIGNS OF IMPENDING CRISIS IN TOKIO
      162 5 Several Japanese Visit Shrines binet, the report forecast.—lnternational News. Kweilin, August 15. A TOKIO report gives Ight to ar impending cris s. It is said that many Japanese visited shrines in flowing white robes at dusk. These sinister signs harbinger another assassination such as
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      FOOD PRICES UP IN SHANGHAI
      244 5 —Central News. Situation Grave At Nam Lao Hongkong, August 22. r JNIE food pi ices in Shanghai have been rocketed sky-high. The price of rice is now 40 Yuan (Chinese legal tender) per picul (133 pounds), and it is generally believed that it may reach
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      JAPAN BUYING COPPER
      133 5 International News. Shanghai, August 15. Japanese buying of copper in the American market caused discussion in financial circles as to the possibility that Japan may be stepping up her purchases of raw materials prior to nullification of the Nippon-United States trade treaty of 1911, effective in 1940,
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      240 5 T suffered so much with indigestion,” L writes Mrs. Singleton, of Bow," that I dreaded mealtimes coming round. 1 was afraid to eat. Since taking Bisurated Magnesia I can eat anything. My husband also suffered for years with Gastric Ulcers, but since taking Bisurated Magnesia h® has been free from
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      60 5 BOBBY BEAR'S ADVENTURES: In the Wash P'w" -felfijjffj x! r fP r 'Xl W .1 r r’t, -OX --a few ao'obu 'tear arable I the pipe but the water shot, round. The garden hose leaks and soon Father b<ear sa Ana father Bear, standing by, gets fairly drouned, 1 The
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    TOURIST REPRISAL ON NAZIS
    442 6 200-Guinea Suites To Be Had For £lO ivjAZl luxury liners which up to two years ago carried the 11 cream of the North Atlantic passenger traffic are today boycotted and run only at a heavy loss. While British, French and American vessels aie booked up almost
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    TOUCH GUY GETS TOUGH IN WRONG PLACE
    124 6 Weymouth. RODNEY NIOOLLE, a Jersey man, landed at Weymouth from his native island, saying he had “fallen amor.? .sharks and been robbed of flO.” He walked into the police station and announced “I must sell this bag for fl.” “Well, I don’t want
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    'Garden Of Eden' Has Lost Its Guardian
    311 6 Wavenden, Bucks. nnHIS village of 650 inhabitants, nicknamed “the Garden of Eden,” be- j cause no crime ever occurs here, has lost its guardian angel. Mr. Harry Jackman. aged 57, has been .parish constable as well as village blacksmith since there is no
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    HIS 7,000 SNAPS OF MARS
    158 6 "’ll FIRE may be no animals living 1 on Mars, but there are vegetables. This is the view of Dr. V. M. Sliphcr, the American astronomer, who has just taken 7,000 photographs of the planet’s surface from Bloemfontein observatory. He chose Bloemfontein as the best
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    Lamb Sent To Princesses
    42 6 'owng visitors to the Pet's Corner at the r jond,on Zoo tnakc friends with "Miss iMsit&nia” a four-month-old black lamb which has been sent to Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret by Mrs Rosa Brown, aged 82,. of Ontario, Canada.
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    Free Nations Have Power To Build Brave New World
    1027 6 —SAYS ERNEST BEVIN power rests in the hands of the democracies to resist all encroachment upon liberty, and to maintain freedom. “Within their boundaries reside the majority of the population of the world; they possess unlimited wealth, raw materials and power.
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    Wife Cleans His Boots. Sings And Is Thrashed
    190 6 WAS whistling and singing while M clearing imy husband’s hoots wl an he became annoyed rtnd told nus to stop. We hi«d words ard T e hi! m< with a whip." Mrs. Florence F. Starkey, of E:,r-court-road, Watford, gave this ex’ nation
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    AT 17 SHE IS READY TO WED
    131 6 A marriage proposal made by a 20 year-old soldier in court at Fakenh.irn, Norfolk, was accepted by 17-year-old Margaret Kathleen Gant She sortght an order in respect of her baby against John Donnarly, a pri vate in the 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment, stationed
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    MADMAN HOAXES R.A.F.
    168 6 A madman has perpetrated an amazing trick on the officers at the Driffield R.A.F. station, Yorks Well-dressed and assured, he appeared at the station one afternoon and gained admittance on the understanding that he was boarding a pri vate plane which had landed at the station to
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    Plane Takes 76
    105 6 Moscow Once more today Russia claim pos session of the largest land plane in the world. It is the L. 760, which carries 68 passengers and eight crew and which passed its final tests over Moscow Planned to be the first of a squadron of similar planes,
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    YORKSHIRE CRICKET
    91 6 Fixtures For Next Season At a meeting of the YorkshirCounty Cricket Committee at B’ 'd ford it was decided to arrange matchi-i with all the first-class counties next season, in addition to a match with the South African touring side. P will be the first time Yorkshire havopnosed
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    MEMBER OF SECRET SOCIETY FINED $200
    400 7 ARREST IN SHOP tin accused has actualj carrying out the illegal 1 this unregistered society, ■moot be tolerated in this the only reason 1 do not sent<> imprisonment without the •ine is because of his youth,” ir. Lim Koon Tcck in the be Court
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    A SURPRISE TO MAGISTRATE
    73 7 Tai ping. Quite a surprise was accord xl to Raja Salim, the Taip ng Magistrate, yesterday when a Tamil icrawfixl to his feet while the Magistrate was seatex] in the Chvmb r talking to a Police Inspector. The Tamil explained that tie was a complainant in
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    O.C.P.D. TELLS OF BRIBE
    256 7 Father And Son Fined Batu Gajah. An aged Sikh named Kham Singh appeared in the Batu Gajah Court before he Bahaman bin Samsudin on Thursday lorning on summons issued on a charge 1 offering illegal gratification to a public '•rvant, to wit Mr. F. J. C.
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    YOUTHS CAUGHT
    183 7 Stole Duck To Have A Feast i Three Chinese youths, their ages ranging from 12 to 17, appeared in the Penang Middle Court before Mr, Lim Koon Teck yesterday, when each of them was bound over in the sum of $lO to be of good behaviour for a
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    MAN WITH VERY BAD RECORD
    147 7 Further Sentence A Malay named Mat bin Sahat, who had been sentenced to seven months’ rigorous imprisonment by the District Judge, Mr. H. A. Forrer, for failing to report while under police supervision, last Monday, appeared again in the Penang Middle Court yesterday, before Mr.
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    SUDDEN COLLAPSE ON ROAD
    58 7 An elderly Chinese, while walking alon' Jelutong Road, in front of the Asiat: Petroleum Company stores at about 4.3< yesterday afternoon, .suddenly collapsec on the road. He sustained some bad injuries on r.is face and waft removed to the General Hospital by ambulance in an unconscious
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    ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE
    183 7 Group Orders 'II.' St John Ambulance Brigade Or- <!<•■. for first week are as follows: M- .idav. August 28 1939 at 6 p.m. Group “A”—Parade at Brigade Headquarters 115 Macalister Road. 1 Ldew Sng Thcam, Neoh Teik M C. Rczell, Geh Chong 1 Appiah Suboratnam. Cheah
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    DEATH OF MRS. A.E. H. KENDALL
    86 7 Wife Of Ka’.i Estate General Manager Kuala Kangsar < 1 ;c news was received by Mr. T. D. er Acting General Manager, Kati of the death of Mrs. Anita h Hill Kendall, wife of Mr. H. I -(Udall, General Manager, Kati who is on
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    Leith Street Collision
    269 7 CHINESE CYCLIST INJURED A motor-cycle and a Chinese cyclist collided with each other at Leitn Street in front of the Penang Motors at about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The cyclist, whose name was given as l ee Goon, aged 24 years, sustained slight injuries and had to
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    $8,000 FIRE AT TAPAH
    188 7 Police Officers To Rescue Tapah. Smart work by the Tapah Fire Brigade headed by Mr. L. F. Knight O.S.P.C, Inche Osman Basha O.C.P.D. and Inspector Goh Kong Beng saved the adjoining houses of premises No. 8} Main Road, Temoh, from being' turned into ashes, early this
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    MINERS FAVOUR TIN REPORT
    304 7 OPINION IN KINTA Far-reaching Recommendations Ipoh. ALTHOUGH Kinta’s m'ning community has not yet digested Sir Lews Fermor’s report on his investigations in Malaya, general opinion here is very much in favour of the recommendations which are considered to be far-reaching and of vital importance to the
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    POLICE COMB IPOH TOWN
    75 7 Ijioh. Special Police patrols are coffnb'ng Ipoh Town and the suburbs for an alleged Chinese lunatic who escaped from his escort at tire Railway Station this It apiMTirs the man was being scmt from Kuala Lumpur to Tanjong Itombutaa Central Mental Hosp’tal. When the mail train
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    STABBED WIFE WITH FILE
    327 7 Goldsmith Says»He Was Provoked Ipoh. Pleading guilty to a charge of causing grievous hurt to Chung Yoot Ying, his wife, on May 31, at Tapah, a young Chinese was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by the jHon. Mr. Justice C., M. MurrayAyr sley at the
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    Social and Personal
    657 7 The death has taken place in Singapore of Mr. A. M. S. Angullia, J.P., of Orchard Road, at the age of 65. e Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, one of India’s leading politicians, arrived at Don Muang, Thailand; on Monday by A’r France’s ’plana from Akyab. Mr. P. H.
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    PICNIC PARTY IN CAR CRASH
    292 7 Woman Killed Kuala Lumpur. How tragedy overtook a picnic at the Dusun Tua Hot Springs, was told in the Magistrate’s court on Thursday when witnesses described before Che Megat Yunus, the Coroner, a car crash in wluch a young Chinese woman was killed. The deceased
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    SALVATION ARMY IN MALAYA
    145 7 Two Penang Workers To i Be Trained As Officers Miss Tan Phaik See and Mr. Tan Eng Soon of the Salvation Army are proceeding to Singaixire on Monday next in order to be trained in> the Salvation. Army Training College as Salvation Army Officers. They are
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    ROOSEVELT STEPS IN
    503 8 WHATEVER his faults, President Roosevelt cannot be accused of lack of opportunism. He has given another excellent example of American initiative with his dramatic appeal to Herr Hitler and President Mosciski to preserve peace. Not content with merely making an appeal to the parties most concerned in
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    Around The Town
    102 8 WINDSOR CINEMA “A Grown Up Girl” (Cantonese talkie) 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA “Invitation to Happiness” 3.00, 6.15 and 9.15 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA “The Warning” “Smashing the Spy Ring’’ 3.00, 6.15 9.30 p.m. ROYAL CINEMA “The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse” 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. CAPITAL TALKIES “Fra
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    By The Way
    619 8 Progress r Progress, which you and i have noted from time to time, v/as emphasised by the eminent me dicine man and biochemist who knocked the dietetic theories of other eminent medicine men into cocked hats. More Progress, of course, will be made when the others take
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    Diary of a Foreign News Editor
    704 8 Saturday, August 2b. V¥7HILE there are signs of grow- ing tension, one ray of hope can be glimpsed from today’s news telegrams. Sir Ncvilc Henderson, British Ambassador to Germany, is flying back to London today to report to Lord Halifax and the fact that
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    LEAVE OF GOVERNMENT OFFICERS CANCELLED
    194 9 Pn‘cautionary Measures BLUE FUNNEL LINER IN PENANG REQUISITIONED PRECAUTIONARY measures are being taken throughout Malaya as the result of the serious developments reported from Europe. Leave granted to all Government officers has been cancelled, it is understood, and preparations are proceeding fbr any emergency which
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    Singapore Preparing For The Worst
    200 9 European Volanlser.-t To Be Mobilised? Our Singapore correspondent states that preparations for the worst are bang undertaken in Singapore. Govcrnm. nt officers, engine rs, doctors an Police officers who are on leave are being recalled, and it is expected that Lot Is will be requisitioned
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    IMPERIAL AIR LINERS
    293 9 Passengers To And From Singapore (JIX of the future of Bri- tain’s airer.-ft industry have just chosien. None of them is more tl«m 17. None can ci um a wealthy parent. None rixoivixl more than a secondary school eduiu'i »1. All hive on schoolarships, financed Ly the
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    WITNESS TO BE EXAMINED
    280 9 Inquiry Into Death Of Motor Cyclist Ipoh. The inquest on a motor-cyclist, Looi Bee. who was killed in a collision with a cyclist at Mcnglemhu village on Mav 31. was resumed before Che Ismail bin Mat Sah, sitting as Coroner in the Tpoh Second Magistrate’s Court,
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    PASSENGERS IN VAN
    125 9 Driver Fined Sungei Patani. In the Second Magistrate’s Court be~ fcre Ohe Abdullah ijin Md. Zain, the Second Magistrate, a Chintse named Bccy Kim Pong 1 was charged for carrying three passengers In a motor-van. at the thirty-ninth mile stone on the read from Sungei Patani to
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    Fighting In Public
    71 9 Sungei Patani Before Tuan Syed Hussain Jamallulail the First Magistrate, in the District Court, two Tamils. Chinathamby ard Karupava, were charged for lighting in public near the Sungei Patani Clock Tower. Jalan llrahim, Sungei Patani, on 15-7-58 at about 12.50 P m When the charge was explained
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    PALMIST IN IPOH
    58 9 Ipoh Profeasor T. B. Lant, the well-known aalmist. is in Ipoh and may in co suited ac the Eastern Hotel. The Malayan public is already well acquainted wi i the Professor and his practice His Xnsive travelling in the Far East has brought him recognition as an
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    ALLEGED LUNATIC ESCAPES
    74 9 Ipoh. Special Police patrols are combing Ipoh Town and the suburbs, for an alleged Chinese lunatic who escaped from his escort at the Railway Station this week. It appears the man was being sent from Kuala Lumpur to Tanjong Rambutan Central Mental Hospital. When the mail train
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    CHINESE DIPLOMAT IN PENANG Dr. W.W. Yen
    68 9 Dr. W. W. Yen, former Foreign Minister of China, arrived here this morning by the P. and O. “Canton” en route to Victoria, Vancouver, to represent China at the International Pacific Relations Conference. Dr. Yen is accompanied by his daughter, his niece and
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    P.C.R.C. TENNIS TOURNEY
    448 9 S.J. Seow In Singles Final Ipoh Tlie Perak Chinese Recreation Club annual tennis tournament w-as resumed after the Perak Open Tennis Championships and the Malayan had held it off. Notable results are in the men’s singl y in which Tan Cheng Plior, after account ing for Timothy
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    PENANG SOCCER
    120 9 Polony Mintak Youngsters Beat Sporting Wanderers In a return match on the Scott Road ground yesterday the Potong Mintak Youngsters beat the Sporting Wanderers one-nil. The first half was evenly contested, but there was no scoring. After the resumption the M ntak Youngsters asserted themselves and Mohd. Natar
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    GAVE FRIEND A FREE SHARE IN SWEEP TICKETS
    442 9 Was He Guilty Of Assisting In A Public Lottery? COURT OF APPEAL TO DECIDE POINT If a member of the Penang Turf Club gratuitously transfers a share in his sweep tickets to a friend is he guilty of assisting in the carrying
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    IN THE FEDERATION
    181 9 Restricted Admission Into Hospitals Further precautionary measures are beirg adopted by the Government in the F.M.S., says our Kuala Lumpur representative. Strict control is being exercised over the admission of patients to hospital, and only cases requiring constant medical attention and surgical cases ard urgent medical cases
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    Recalled For Active Service
    33 9 Mr. George Terrell, the well-known Tpoh lawyer, who has teen cn the reserve list of R.A.F. officers, has been recalled for active service and left fcr England yesterday morning.
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    JAPANESE ALIEN FINED
    223 9 Did Not Report Arrival An«| Departure An arrest was effected by n Penang Police yesterday when a Japanese was detained on th border between Province Well esI c y ‘T Kedah. The arrested man, Jiro Ayotj ported to have come to Penar g Taiping the night before.
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    SUNGEI PATANI CHINA RELIEF FUND
    152 9 Appointment Of Officials Sungei Patani. Bellowing the general me-'ting of the Sungei Patani Chinese community held at the Sin Mm. School in which 25 were elected to the Committee for the management cf the Sungei Patani China. Distress Relief Fund, the committee held tl' ir
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    BIG IRON-WORKS MERGER PLAN
    521 10 Stewarts Lloyds And Stanton OVER £13,000,000 CAPITAL London, August 11. Details of the pr’oposed amalgamation of the Stanton Ironworks Company Ltd., and Lloyds Ltd., were made known to the Stanton stockholders in a circular issued last night. Both companies are engaged in the pipe and tube
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    Wall Street Cable
    508 10 SUPPLIED BY MESSRS. ANTHONY CO. New York, August 25. The following quotations were those ruling when the Stock Exchange closed to-day. DOW-JONES AVERAGES. Yesterday’s To-day’s 30 Industrials 131.33 133.73 20 Rails 25.80 26.26 15 Utilities 24.12 24.50 New York. Stock Exchange, business done, total volume 690,000 shares.
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGE
    130 10 FRIDAY, AUGUST 25. Prev. Latest Paris 17G 23/32 175 3/16 New York 4.G8 1/8 4.48 Montreal 4.68 1/16 4.53 1/2 Brussels 27.65 1/2 26.15 Geneva 20.72 1/2 19.90 Amsterdam 8.72 1/4 8.32 1/2 Milan 89 84 1/2 Berlin 11.67 1/2 11.60 Stockholm 19.39 1/2 19.39 Copenhagen 22.40 22.40
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    HOLLAND’S STRICT NEUTRALITY
    28 10 —Reuter. The Hague, August 25 A semi-official statement reiterates Hr Hand’s determination to unhcld he»* neutrality bv all possible means, even in the air.- Reuter.
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    LOCAL EXCHANGE
    100 10 Penang, August 25, 1939. t (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). On London Bank Demand 2/4 1/32 On London Bank 4 months 2/4 1/16 Private O. D. 2/4 1/4 Private 3 m/s Documentary 2/4 5/16 On New York Demand 54 5/8 Canadian 54 3/4 On France Demand 2058
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    163 10 —Reuter. London, Friday. Higher gold ,price together with the depreciation of Sterling was responsible for improvements among Kaffirs, Internationals and Oils but business 'generally continued mainly on matter direct negotiation. I The decision by authorities to allow Sterling to find its own level in order to conserve the
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    STATISTICS OFFICE
    701 10 Library Notice The following publications were issued or received by the Department of Stat stics, S.S. F.M.S., during the period August 14-19, inclusive, and are available for the public use in the Reference Library Fullerton Building, Singapore. Applications may be made by members of the public resident in
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    A.A. ANTHONY & COMPANY
    372 10 A.A. ANTHONY COMPANY Weekly Share Market Report The sudden turn of events in Europe has had an unnerving effect on markets generally and it is hardly surprising that the local share market should be at a standstill. Sellers naturally predominate, but in view of the all round reluctance of operators
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    MESSRS. BOUSTEAD & COMPANY
    137 10 MESSRS. BOUSTEAD COMPANY Report Of Rubber Sales Department Penang, August 23. The market has been over-shadowed by political events in Europe and. with all the wild rumours circular ng, has been more or less at a standstill and the price is nominal. We would quote 28 1/4 cents for 1-x
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    PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    265 11 I With Tears j hi Her Eyesl Bt'ta.ns :no j Is. i turn i i 'I .I<tVeil to b i ‘t Sr.. s; i < 'Io > rsrk scat' i in which sh o. driven tc I. j home. n >iii« hi-. f<TJ FINSBURY Si
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    CHURCH NOTICES.
    783 12 sT. GEORGE THE MARTYR ***** SUNDAY AFTER, TRINITY. 7.00 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.45 a.m. I'arade service. Matting and Address (Tamil). 9.30 a.m Mat tins ard Address (Tamil). 10.30 a.m. Mattins and Holy Communion (Chinese). 4.15 ,pm. Sunday School (Parsonage) 6.00 p.m. Evensong and Sermon.
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    ANGLO-SAXON BURIALS
    257 12 Fresh Discoveries In Rutland Further relics of an Anglo-Saxon, cemetery at North Luffenham, Rutland, have recently been unearthed in a nit belonging to Mr. A. H. Leswis, of Motcott. Previously a large number of rather scattered burials have been discovered,. and row the graves of a man and
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    GIBBON’S SET FREE AT WHIPSNADE
    145 12 London. An island home for gibbon apes— a wooded enclosure surrounded by a wide moat—has been made at Whipsnade, and thee young gibbons were set free on the island recently. They were nervous at first. They wandered about as though trying to find out why
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    BISHOP’S 95TH NEW CHURCH
    202 12 Last Consecration London For the last time in his long career, the Bishop if London, Dr. Wilmington Ingram, recently knocked with his pastoral staff upon the closed door of a new church and was admitted to consecrate it. It was the 95th church he has consecrated
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    The Mails
    392 12 Latest Posting Times At Kual Lumpur, Ipoh And Penau SEA MAILS Outward For North, North Eastern and North Western Sumatra will close by Tosari at 4 p.m. today. For Ceylon, Southern, Western India, Aden, Egypt and Canada, Europe tnd U.S.A, will close by Canton at 6 p.m. today.
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    TRAIN MAILS
    74 12 Mails for BANGKOK w Penang at 9.40 a m. on M Fridays, and incoming mai!> rive in Penang at 6. 30 p n days and Thursdays. Mails for F.M.S.. SINGAF< will leave Penarg at 8.3<) 9 p.m.; Ipoh 1.36 p.m and 2 and Kuala Lumpur 10 p m
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      1704 12 W' R JLX WO AV < piugiuiume rciayea liom the Chinese 1 Central Radio Station. 9.20 News in Eng«itli and Malay. 9.4 a News in Amoy and ese dialects. 10.15 News in Chinese; for Dr. Sun Yat-sen. 10.30 Close down. B. B. L. MANILA TRANSMISSION—ONE. GSI 15.20 Mt/L' <19.00 in.)
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      263 12 TRANSMISSION—THREE. GSJ 21.53 Mc/s (13.93 m.) GSH 21.47 Mc/s (31.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16 86 in GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) 9.20 p.m. (GMT) —Big Ben. Unusually Yours.’* John Rorke. 9.35 Falkman and his Apache Band, with Amalia Magri. 10.20 Recital by Iris de Rego (Australian Pianist). 10.35 Religious
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    SERVICES’ BAN ON BORSTAL BOYS
    189 13 Leeds. ■iusal by the Army, Navy, r Force to accept ex-Bor tai to are never'heless cor.eiderlle for the Militia, was conit 1 conference of Borstal committees in Leeds. L. S. Woods, of Blackpool. 1 the attitude of the recruiters amounted to a life sen1 boy
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    BIGGER OLD AGE PENSIONS
    211 13 N.U.R. Demand For £1 A Week Basis AT the annual conference of the National Union of Railwaymen at Clacton a resolution was moved calling for an increase in the old age pension to £1 a week as a step towards the removal of the present anomalies
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    PENANG SHIPPING NEWS
    1289 13 Arrival» i IOOAY, AUGUST 26. s.s. "Canton” irom Yokohama via port, a.a. ’"icoeio” Hum ouibupuie pasaengers ana t<ugu ex m.t. num S.S. "Cri uuLexei'K” Burn ra, iSasi via bmgapuit. TO-MORROW, AUGUST 27. m.v. "Brastagi” from Java Forts via Smgapure. MONDAY AUGUST ZM. s.s. “Hosang” from Japan and
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      441 13 t-UNNEL LINE v SEK» ICE TO LONDON NORTH CONTINENT Calls Marseilles Glasgow Sent"** 1 D L ndon Calls Hull Jeddah ‘JL Q S^pt 27 •U' ~.?"sM n > l r a > *T d<ileSbor Sept. 8 9 I>\l SERVICE AU IavEUi'OOL VIA HAVRE Liverpool Calls Glasgow S ept 3 Oct
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    SPEEDWAY RACING
    236 14 England Beat Australia ENGLAND beat Australia 65- 42 in the fourth speedway test match at Manchester, and now lead 3—l in the series with two matches to be decided. Australia opened promisingly, tut collapsed in remarkable fashion after the interval, England scoring maximum points in five consecutive races.
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    Martin Challenges Farr
    58 14 Tommy Martin, Deptford heavyweight, who gained an easy victory -at Brighton over Charlie Bundy, is prepared to lodge £5OO with the British Boxing Board of Control as a side stake for a match with Tommy Farr. Martin has been undefeated for two years and regards himself as
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    TWO-PUNCH CONTEST
    79 14 JACKIE PATERSON, Scottish Area champion, knocked out Eric Jones (Leicester) in the first round of a 15-round British flyweight championship eliminator at Glasgow. The fight lasted only 26 sec., including the count—one of the quickest finishes on record. Immediately the hell sounded Paterson rushed from his corner and
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    DEATH OF IRISH SPORTSMAN
    50 14 Mr. Adam Turner, an Irish international footballer and racehor.se owner, died recently at his home in Belfast. A member of the Cliftonville team Mr. Turner played against England and Wales in 1896. One of his horses was Ard Macha, which iwas bought by Miss Dorothy Paget.
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    Cost 110 Guineas Won £4,463
    70 14 Major T. G. N. Bardwell paid £ll5 10s. for Puzzler four years ago, and in doing so he got one of racing's biggest bargains. Puzzler has since competed in 26 races in England, and in only five of them has he been unplaced. He has
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    RACING FIVE DAYS IN THE WEEK
    843 14 “Craze” Of The Hollywood Stars IF you ask me which is the most popular pastime of the Hollywood screen stars I shall have no hesitation in telling you that it is horse-racing. It used t<o be tennis, then swimming but now nearly everybody in
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    LOST £30,000 IN RACING
    396 14 “Hl A< i Hollywood’’ 11/JR. GORDON ROLL, 111 racehorse owner ami heirs to a £465,000 f o nounced that he had lost an backer and owner. i n months. So he is going t 1 —to make money as an i Only a few hours bef
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    NEW POST FOR NED BARKAS
    49 14 Ned Barkas, former Huddersfield Town, Birmingham, and Chelsea back, was yesterday appointed .nlayermanager of Solihull Town, members of the Birmingham Combination Barkas captained Birminghani for veral seasons under Mr. Leslie Knighton’s managership, and subsequently Mr. Knighton obtained his transfer after becoming manager of Ch'
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    ENGLISH FOOTBALL RICH IN QUALITY
    646 14 Problems Of Clubs 'C’NGLISH football is accumulating riches in remarkable profusion. This is especially true in regard to centre forwards. I cannot, in fact, remember a period when the game has had a quartet to equal Lawton, Westcott, Drake and Steele, writes Frank M. Carruthers
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    LOU AMBERS,
    17 14 LOF AMBERS, who regained the world lightweight box ng championship from. H&.iry Armstrong this 'week,.
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    Pell’s Second Victory Over Rideout
    360 14 ANOTHER clear-cut victory by Dennis Pell over the American, Blaine Rideout in the 1,500 metres and a brilliant win by Alan Pennington in the 400 metres emphasised British athletic strength at the international meeting at Zurich In addition Cyril Holmes, the Bolton sprinter, tied with
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    SELECTIONS AT A GLANCE
    163 15 IHL RIMING BOY’ TRESPASSER I psOM Penang I’enang I IM ,h EUREKA” MAN-ON-THE- "CAPT. DASH "THE MAJOR 1 Kuala Lumpur SPOT” Ipoh Singapore g aranorp I Phariol Phariol ■>> agapore. Pratique s SycUllan Phariol Sycliliar 1)1 a On Gronol Dritt ZZ Gronol Drift On Maiors Grand
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    TODAY’S PROGRAMME OF RACES
    881 15 Op ling Of Singapore Gold Cup Meeting Race Ponies Class 1 Div. 3—5! Fur.—2.3o p.m. C EARLES <y 9.04 Air. A. J. R. Rappard Van Breukelen 8y 8.11 Mr. F. O. C. O'Neill Owner PHARIOL 6y 8.11 Dr. W. H. Brodie Billect 4 EVON KING 9y
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    War Threat Affects Home Sport
    81 15 .—Reuter. London, August 25. IN view of the International situation, the manager of the West Indies cricketers announced that they are ending the tour immediately and the team is leaving Greenock for Montreal tonight. Surrey have cancelled their remaining home match with Lancashire scheduled to
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    COW AND GATE SOCCER
    134 15 Entries Closing On Monday Second Division teams are reminded that entries for the Cow Gate knock-out competition will close on Monday, August 28. Those teams which have not sent in their entries are requested to do so immediately. Kenong Rangers Beat Min Sin Seali In a
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    U.S. WOMEN’S GOLF TOURNEY
    88 15 —Reuter. Pam Barton Beaten In Third Round Darien, Connecticut (U.S.), Aug. 25. In the first round of the women’s golf championship Miss Marion Brown (Norbeck, Maryland) beat Mrs. Glenna Collett (Vare) 2 and 0. In the third round Miss Charlotte Glutting (West-Orange), New Jersey) beat Miss
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    RAIN PREVENTS PLAY
    54 15 Wightman Cup Tennis According to Reuter, the first day’s play in the Wightman Cup women’s tennis encounter between America and Great Britain at Fore t Hills and the second day’s play in the Davis Cup inter-zone final between Austral’a and Yugoslavia at Brooklines had to be postponed
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    MIDDLESEX VICTORIOUS
    147 15 .—Reuter. Jim Smith And Sims Bowl Well London, August 25. At Lord’s, Middlesex won by 225 runs. Middlesex 212 and 359 for 8 wickets, declared; Somerset 106 (Jim Smith 4 lor 28) and 239 (Sims 6 for 106). At Bournemouth, Worcestershire won by 32 runs. Worcestershire 164 (Dean
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    Tant Mieux Annexes Gimcrack Stakes
    56 15 Reuter. London, August 24. The following is the result of the Guncrack Stakes for two-year-olds run at York over six furlongs today:— TANT MIEUX 1 STARDUST 2 HIPPIUS 3 Fourteen ran. Won by one length; four lengths between the second and third. Betting: 6/1 Tant
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    HOCKEY IN PENANG
    68 15 Another Victory For Sporting Diamonds T’he Sporting Diamonds defeated the Government Trade Schoo) in a hockey match on the latter’s ground on Thursday by five goals to one. Yesterday, the winners continued their run of successes by beating the Government Commercial Day School oy twa clear goals
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    INTERNATIONAL CHESS CONGRESS
    37 15 Reuter. Dr. Max Euwe’s Success Bournemouth, Aug. 25. In the International Chess Congress, Dr. Max Euwe won with nine points out of a possible eleven. S. Flohr and E. Klein tied for second place.—
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    Today’s Sports Diary
    30 15 ATHLETICS: P.S.C. Annual Sports, Esplanade. RACING: Opening Day of Singapore Gold Cup Meeting. SOCCER: P.F.A. League, Div. 1— P.C.F.A. v. P.G.F.A., Victoria Green; I.R.C. v. S.L.R.C., S.X.I.
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    Today's Table-Tennis
    27 15 The Penang Chin Woo will meet the Ming Gar in a friendlj match of table- ten.is today at 8 p.m., at the Chin Wool premises.
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    BIGGEST SURPRISE OF SEASON
    760 15 C.R.C. Trounceil 5-0 By Municipal XI P’HE Penang Municipal Recreation Club created the biggest upset in local soccer this season yesterday by beating the Chinese Recreation Club, strong contenders for the championship, on the Dato Kramat ground in the First Division of the P. F. A»
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    Plan of the Singapore racecourse,
    24 16 I’lan of the Singapore racecourse, which listeners-in should follow in today’s commentaries by the 8.M.8.C. (Singapore) see radio programmes.
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    LAST-MINUTE HINTS
    116 16 TO/UPS RACES Going Good ARTFUL SAILOR TIPPED (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Today. J'HE going for today’s races will he good. The weather is excellent this monrng. AitFul Sailor ■a freely tioped on the course this morning, as being the best bet of the day. Another candidate from
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    M.F.A. DIVISION II LEAGUE
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    52 16 >. —Reuter. Yasukuni Maru To Stand By Tokio, August 25 The Government Is understood to be •naking arrangements to evacuate Japanese residents from Europe. The liner, Ya.sufcuni Maru, which was to have left Hamburg today, has been ordered to cancel her sailing and stand by to
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    35 16 1. —Reuter Buchalter Surrcn<!f>— Head Of G-Men New Yrrk. A"' M. Louis Bnclialter dcseril I > District Attorney. Mr. Dcwev. most dangerous industrial America, his surrendered te Mr head of the G-men Rent
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