Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 November 1939

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAR. 1833 BUSHED DAILY \o. 283. Vol. XCVIL SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1939. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    BIG ALLIED VICTORY ON ECONOMIC FRONT
    576 1 No Agreement Reached TO CO-ORDINATE WAR EFFORT Arrangements For Common Purchases Paris. November 18. “A big victory on the econoniic battlefield'” is tin* description applied here to the new Anglo-French Agreement. An important point in favour of the Allies is that they can pay
    tive conduct of operations.—B O W. and Reuter.  -  576 words
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    Joint Statement Issued
    325 1 —8.0. W. London, Nov. 18. A joint statement issued by the British and French Prime Ministers after the meeting of the Supreme War Council yesterday, says: “With a view to making full use of the experience gained in the years 1911 18, the British and French Governments
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    Mr. Hore-Belisha At The Front
    203 1 —Reuter. local activity by units in contact and Mr. Hore-Belisha who is paying a visit to Fiance arrived by train at 9.15 p.m. at a railway station near General Headquarters, says Reuter’s special correspondent with the B.E.F. in France. Lor I Gort greeted him on
    —Reuter.  -  203 words
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    $1,000,000 GIFT FROM TRINIDAD
    104 1 —8.0. W. Towards Imperial War Expenditure Rugby, Nov. 18. The Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago passed unanimously' a resolution moved by unofficial members approving the payment of the sum of $1,000,000 to the Imperial Government as a contribution towards Imperial war expenditure. The gift has
    —8.0. W.  -  104 words
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    HOME DEFENCE BATTALIONS
    49 1 -8.0. W. 20,000 Men Urgently Required Rugby, November 18. The War Office announces that 20,000 men are urgently required for home defence battalions which are now replacing former groups of national defence companies. Fifty-seven battalions are being formed as part of the country regiments. —8.0. W.
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    TRANSFER OF NATIONALS
    82 1 —Reuter. Nazi-Soviet Agreement Talks Effet Moscow, November 18. Agreement is reported to have been reached between the German commission and the Soviet Government to evacuate German nationals and Ger-man-speaking people from Soviet-occu-pied Poland and of Russians and Ukrainians in the German region to Russia. A hundred and
    —Reuter.  -  82 words
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    Dr. Benes.
    47 1 Dr. Benes, former President of Czechoslovakia. is seen above discussing plans with his Generals. Dr. Benes is at the head of an organisation to form Czech legions to fight for the Allies. It is on his behalf that the present demonstrations are being st aged.
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    DEMONSTRATION BY CZECHS
    159 1 BERLIN’, XOC. 18. NIXE CZECHS WERE SHOT AND A N UMBER OE DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTER TOR “TRYING TO DISTURB PUBLIC ORDER IX THE PROTECTORATE BY M AJO R .IX D MINOR ICTS OE RESIST. t.VCE," ICCORDIXG TO THE OEEICIAL GERMAN’ XL'WS AGEXCY.- REUTER. Reueer. Berlin, November 18. The
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    BLACK-OUT IN EAST COAST OF AFRICA
    34 1 Reuter. Nairobi. Nov. 18. A black-out in the East Coast of Africa under British control has been imposed in consequence cf the sinking of the “Africa Shell.” —Reuter.
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    Dominion Ministers Stress Empire's Unity
    319 1 Reuter. London, November 18. The unity of the Empire in the war was re-emphasised at a press conference at the Ministry of Information with representatives of the Governments of the Dominions and India. Mr. Eden in a speech said that discussions with these representatives had
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    "DESTROY HITLER"
    42 1 "DESTROY HITLER —Reuter. manifesto demanding the destruction of Hitler and his Nazis and the constitution of a free Germany teas read on the German Erecdom Station. It stated that this could not he obtained by individual deeds but by mass action only—Reuter.
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    Miscalculation By Nazis
    251 1 BOW. POISON GAS STORY NOT RELIEVED London, November 17. There appears to have been no cessation in the circulation by Nazi propagandists of the fabricated charge against Britain of having supplied poison gas which is alleged to have been used against German soldiers in Poland. Although a
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    Lancashire And Wales Have First Air Raid
    347 2 Warning ENEMY PLANE SEEN Driven Away By R.A.F. Fighters ALARMS ALSO SOUNDED IN SOUTH FRANCE London, Nov. 17. German aeroplanes again flew over the Shetlands this morning. About the same time the population of some West coast regions had their first serious air
    tive conduct of the operations.—Reuter.  -  347 words
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    Mr. Greenwood To Take A Rest
    50 2 —Reuter. London, Nov. 17. Mr. Arthur Greenwood, on medical advice, will not make public speeches until the end of the year. He has been under a heavy strain in recent months, especially during Mr. Attlee’s illness when he acted as Leader of the Opposition.—Reuter.
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    CHANGE OVER TO WAR PRODUCTION
    148 2 BOW. Gramophone Works Now Making Shell Cases Rugby, Nov. 17 A striking example of the manner in which war speeds up industry and changes its direction is afforded in the case of a large woiks whose peacetime output of gramophones, radio and television sets, bicycles
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    SOVIET SENDS GOOD WISHES TO CHINA
    139 2 prosperity and happiness.”—Chinese Central News. Hopes For Success In Fight For Independence Chungking, November 14. M. Kalinin, President of the Supreme Council Presidium of the Soviet Union has sent a message to Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government, in reply to his
    prosperity and happiness.”—Chinese Central News.  -  139 words
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    STOCK EXCHANGE
    44 2 —Reuter. Trading Brisk Near Close London, Nov. 17. The Stock Exchange, despite the week-end evening-up positions, trading was brisk towards the close causing the leaders of most sections of the market to finish around the day’s best levels. Wall Street was irregular.—Reuter.
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    U.S. LOAN TO FINLAND
    91 2 —Retuer. Soviet Allegations Denied Washington, November 17. President Roosevelt at a press conference, said that there was nothing to the stories (from Moscow) that Finland had stiffened her attitude to Russia after obtaining promises of economic and financial aid from America. The President added that no
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    POLISH SAILORS’ COURAGE
    162 2 —8.0. W. Decorations Presented By General Sikorski Rugby. November 17. General Sikorski. Polish Prime Minister, visited a Scottish port today to present the first decorations awarded during the war to members of the Polish fight’ng forces. The recipients were members of the Polish naval units. The Polish
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    WOMEN’S A.T.S.
    88 2 —Reuter. Further 20,000 To Be Recruited London, November 17. The War Office announce their intention of doubling the strength of the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service by recruiting a further twenty thousand. Women on the Army pay list w ill wear khaki uniform and work in offices, kitchens. canteens,
    —Reuter.  -  88 words
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    B.B.C. BROADCAST IN TURKISH
    56 2 —8.0. W. To Be Inaugurated On Monday Rue by, November 17. In connection with the extension of the 8.8. C. foreign language broadcasts already announced, the Turkish Ambassador in London will inaugurate the new service of news in Turkish in the broadcast at 16.55 GMT on
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    Strength Of Maginot Line
    171 2 —Reuter. COL. REITZ’S CONFIDENCE London, Nov. 17. “I shall return to South Africa to take part in the building up of the not inconsiderable effort which my country has decided to undertake, and I shall be able to tell the people there to be of good
    —Reuter.  -  171 words
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    BRITISH TRADE Effects Of War Shown In
    172 2 .—8.0. W. October Figures Rubgy, November 17. The effects of the war on British trade are shown by the Board of Trade returns for October. Exports of United Kingdom goods in October were valued at £24.622.840 as against £23.087,245 in September and £42,559.906
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    SUMMER TIME ENDS TOMORROW
    128 2 t.—Reuter. Offices Arranging To Close At 4 p.m. Daily London. November 17. With the termination of summer time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, many City business houses and wholesale warehouses are arranging to close at 4 p.m. daily to enable their staffs to get to their
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    Plans For Big Chinese Offensive
    724 2 DR. SUNFOS WARNINC TO JAPANESE London, November 17. Dr. Sun Fo has left Paris. Interviewed by Reuter he expressed great satisfaction with his visit to London and n .s conversations with Government Ministers and officials vi 0 had convinced him that the Chinese position was
    —Chinese Central News.  -  724 words
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    GERMANY LOSING NEUTRAL ORDERS
    95 2 .—8.0. W. Shortage Of Labour And Raw Materials As for new construction, it is common knowledge that German shipbuilding resources are already handicapped l_y the shortage of labour, and raw materials, and in particular the urgent demands of the German Admiralty to repair the unexpectedly heavy
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    Ex-Kaiser Interested In Monarchist Move
    96 2 —Reuter. Doorn, November 17. Reuter learns from the ex- Kaiser’s entourage that he is intensely interested in the present situation in Germany and realises perfectly well that Herr Hitler’s position depends on the result of the war. The ex-Kaiser is deeply shocked at the report
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    BRITISH SHIPPING
    189 2 24,000 Tons Increase After Deducting L<»* s cs London, Nov. 17. T mb v’ the For the week ending Nove British mercantile marine by 24,000 tons after the deduction 1 losses. The increase is ach 1 completion of three new captures and one conver BRITISH SHIPYARDS Now Working
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    GENERAL VON BLOMBERG REPORTED SHOT IN GERMANY
    394 3 Partial Nazi Offensive Contemplated PUBLIC BEGINNING TO KICK AGAINST RESTRICTIONS Paris, Nov. 17 General Von Blomberg has been shot, according to an unconfirmed Matin report from the Swiss frontier, quoting private sources. It is stated that 150 officers associated with the anti-Hitler movement
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    CHINESE FORCES CAPTURE STRATEGIC CITY
    758 3 Rumours Of Soviet-Japanese Rapprochement Chungking, Nov, 17 After three days fighting south-west of Shansi Province Chinese forces captured the strategic city of Hsianning on the evening of November 14, according to a Chinese field despatch from the Shansi front,—Reuter. (Ulina Front: —Chinese central News. SOVIET-JAPANESE
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    CHINESE POSTAL SAVINGS BONDS
    118 3 Chinese Central News. $500,000 Subscribed By Chungking Public Chungking, November 13. •*>.ooo worth of the postal savings b Is has been taken up by the Chungku public alone since the bonds were J- i less than one month ago, it was ially announced here today. it'd
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    Charge Of Ill-Treatment Of German Consulate Staff
    254 3 FRAULEIN WAGNER’S LE ITER OF THANKS BEFORE DEPARTURE .—8.0. W. Rugby, Noevmber IP. i broadcast in English from Ham>n November 14 was included a a woman purporting to be Frauke Wagner, formerly secretary of 'inan Consulate in Glasgow, talk, charges were made against
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    Belgian Neutrality
    59 3 Reuter. WARNING OVER TRADE WITH BRITAIN Berlin, Nov. 17 The “Voelkischer Beobachter” alleges that neutral ships, especially timber boats, are increasing their trade with Britain by pretending that their cargoes are destined for neutral ports, and declares that Germany is determined to stop this. The paper warns Belgium
    Reuter.  -  59 words
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    DELIVERY OF WAR PLANES TO THE ALLIES
    101 3 Reuter. International Law To Be Observed Washington, Nov. 17. Some warplanes bought L» the Allies from America will have to be pushed or pulled across the U. S.-Canada border and must not be flo’”n over, as under international law the flight of warplanes
    Reuter.  -  101 words
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    Surat Perkhabaran Melayu
    494 3 News hi Malay November 16. 1939. I It is suggested that readers should cut out this news in Romanised Malov and hand it to Malay members of their households, thus helping to keep the Malay population informed about the progress of the war. These Malay news bulletins
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    CANADA’S WAR BUDGET
    62 3 —Reuter. $600,000,000 To Be Spent In First Year Ottawa. November 17. It is estimated that Canada will spend six hundred million dollars on war purposes in the first year of the war. according to the Ottaica Evening Citizen. The Imperial air training plan is expected to entail
    —Reuter.  -  62 words
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    GERMAN DEMANDS ON RUMANIA
    83 3 —Reuter. Difficulties Over Oil Supplies Bucharest, Nov. 17 It is learned from official German sources that Herr Clodius brought a strongly-worded note from the German Government declaring that artificial difficulties had been created in the Rumanian deliveries to Germany. The removal of these difficulties is firmly
    —Reuter.  -  83 words
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    U.S. JOURNALIST TO BE EXPELLED
    63 3 Reuter. “Prejudicial Reports” Sent From Germany Amsterdam. Nov. 17. Mr. Beach Conger, Berlin correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune has been expelled from the daily press conference at Wilhelmstrasse, according to the Hu ndelsblad correspondent Mr. Conger is accused of sending “inaccurate and prejudicial
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    CHINESE MOSLEMS
    74 3 —Chinese Central News Special Prayers For China’s Victory Chungking, November 13. Moslems throughout China are marking their annual shawall tomorrow, during which special services will be held at all mosques to pray for China’s victory. Mr. Sun Sheng-wu, Member of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission, will broadcast
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    NATIVE PHYSICIAN ON STOLEN PROPERTY CHARGE
    1060 4 Jewellery Worth $2,000 Involved /110 MONTHS OLD CASE CONTINUED Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. r |''HE case in which V. Subramaniam, alias Kandiah, an Ayurvedic physician stands charged with dishonestly receiving stolen property—a quantity of jewels stolen by one Nadason (who when he was produced two
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    SNATCH-THIEF TO BE WHIPPED
    132 4 Judge Agrees With Magistrate’s v iews Singapore. 4 SNATCH-THIEF who was ordered to be whipped in addition to a prison sentence, made an unsuccessful appeal before Mr. Justice Pedlow in the High Court on Thursday. He was a young Chinese. Low Seng Cheung, sentenced to four
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    DISTRICT JUDGE AND "FAULT OF D.P.P."
    149 4 Singapore. Criticism of the wording of charges was made by the Singapore criminal district judge on Thursday. Mr. J. McFall criticized the reading of charges against two employees of Optorg Co., (Malaya) Ltd., who are alleged to have committed breach of trust of 54
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    POLISH CONSUL TO LEAVE
    88 4 Work To Be F ocused At Bombay Singapore. Eleven months after his arrival in Singapore to take charge of the Consulate for Poland, Mr. Joseph T. Nowakowki is leaving to hand over the consular affairs to the Polish Con-sulate-General in Bombay. The Consulate in Gilstead Road,
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    Boy’s Body Found In Coffin
    165 4 Kuala Lumpur. An inquiry was held on Wednesday on the body of an unidentified Chinese boy, aged about 2±, which was found in a coffin buried near the fifth mile on the Damansara Road. Che Megat Yunus, who held the inquiry, returned an open verdict.
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    SUNNYSIDE RUBBER COMPANY
    358 4 Less Than Half Estate Tapped Last Y ear FOLLOWING are extracts from the rejiort of the Sunnyside Rubber Company, Limited, to be presented to the shareholders at the seventeenth ordinary general meeting of the Company to be held at the Sungei I jong Club, Seremban, at 11.30
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      246 4 i M p’* u to 'J® w-N Eb- ■■agfes- a /1’ f R fill I? WEW 'i "t Wiii .MNICKY folks—people so neighbors—spread the fame of Jt/ particular about soup that these soups across Malaya. C they never used the “tinned” You Needn't Add a Thing kind—are precisely the ones
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    WON $10,000 IN BIG SWEEP
    371 5 Man Says He Is Unable To Maintain Wife IM KIM RENG, formerly of 11. M. Customs Office, appearJ ed before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penang Middle Court yesterday, and whs asked to show' cause for neglecting to comply with the order of the
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    SOUTH KEDAH RUBBER EXCHANGE
    123 5 \t Home To Celebrate Inauguration Kulirn. 5 ith Kedah Rubi er Exchange an at home" last Surday in honour > inauguration. were about 1 persons present, including re--1 ''Natives of various districts. At 150 p.m. Mr Lim Lean Ten?. P arrived at the clubhouse and de-
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    CASE AGAINST STORE MANAGER DROPPED
    233 5 Summonses Under Food Enactment Kuala Lumpur. Two summonses brought against Mr. T. M MacLachlan. manager of the Kuala Lumpur Branch of the Singapore Cold Storage Co., for alleged breaches of orders made under the Food Control Enactment were withdrawn yesterday by Mr. N. A. Majoribanks,
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    WEEKLY RADIO TALK ON WORLD AFFAIRS
    96 5 A weekly commentary on world affairs (by Mr. Wickham Steed will be broadi cast by the 8.8. C. every Friday night lin future, at 8.50 p.m. Malayan time, fat will .follow immediately after the news bulletin. The first cf these commentaries was to have
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    IPOH FIRM TAKES LEAD
    113 5 W ar Allowance For Employees rpHE Pinang Gazette understands that one of the leading local business houses in Ipoh will probably be the first organisation in Perak to grant its employees temporary war allowances. This gesture, in the present needful hour, is considered very generous on
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    GUARDIANSHIP OF 4 CHILDREN
    287 5 Widow Further Questioned For another full day. yesterday, Chan Kwai Chee, a widow of the late Capitan Chung Thye Phin who is endeavouring to obtain the guardianship of her four children now under the guardianship of Lee Sau Yeng, another widow of the Capitan, was in
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    BROKE WRIST OF COMPATRIOT
    140 5 Chinese Woman Bound Over Ipoh. Alleged to have broken the wrist of a compatriot with a wooden eJog in a fight, a Chinese woman, Chong Poon was, arraigned before the First Magistrate, Mr. P.F.Y. Radcliffe and charged with causing hurt to another woman. The accused, who
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    THEFT OF DUCKS ALLEGED
    97 5 Woman Claims Trial A charre of theft of two ducks valued $2.50 belonging to Soon Choon Yok on November 15 in the compound of 214 Perak Lane was preferred against a Hokkien woman Ch ng Kim Kee who claimed trial before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in
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    SACRIFICED LIFE FOR COUNTRY
    159 5 Ipoh Girl Killed On China Front Ipoh. IyrEWS has been received in Ipoh of the death of Miss Yau 1 Yee Mooi, alias Miss Yau Kwai Sun, an Ipoh girl who has died on the China war front in the service of her country. This is
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    CLAIM FOR SHARE IN ESTATE
    186 5 Judgment Reserved In Ipoh Case Ipoh. At the conclusion of the continued I hearing yesterday in the Perak i Supreme Court the Hon. Mr. Justice C. M Murray-Ay nsley reserved j judgment in the case in which Yap Tew On claimed a share in the
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    SIKH MONEY-LENDERS IN COURT
    148 5 Inspector Opposes Bail As a sequel to the affray involving Sikh money-lenders and some Sikh watchmen in which three were injured. Bila Singh. Bantar Singh. Fouja Singh, Darjan Singh, and Kundan Singh were charged before Mr. Lim Koon Teck in the Penang Middle Court yesterday with
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    MINING COOLIES’ WAGES INCREASED
    195 5 jEffect Of Favourable Price Of Tin Ipoh. Perhaps for the first time in months tin miners in Kinta are raising the daily wages of mining coolies in view of the re-opening of tin mines and the comparatively favourable price tin is enjoying. The recent I.T.C.’s decision
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    SAILING TOMORROW FOR WEDDING
    202 5 Miss Fatemah Abiloolcailer Miss Fatemah Abdoolcader, the only daughter of the Hon. Mr. H.H. Abdoclcader. C.8.E., and Mrs. Abdjolcader, will carry with her the good wishes of her very many friends in Penang when she sails on the s.s. Tango Maru tomorrow afternoon for her marriage
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    Social & Personal
    406 5 Social Personal Mr. B. J. R. Barton has been appointed a member of the Johore State Medical Board. Mr. F. J. C. Wilson, 0.C.P.D., Tronoh, is on leave He will resume duties on November 26. H. H. The Regent of Kedah and family have gone to Pulau Langkawi for the
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    AMERICA AND THE WAR
    560 6 T AST week-end, there was general expectation that Germany would invade Holland. Feverish preparations were made by the Dutch Government, all military leave was cancelled and the main defences were at once flooded. But nothing happened; the threat proved to be only a threat and. as
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    Around The Town
    69 6 MAJESTIC CINEMA “Four Feathers” 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA Maureen O’Sullivan and Johnny Weismuller in “Tarzan Finds A Son.” 6.15 9.30 p.m. CAPITAL TALKIE “Boys Town.” IJBERTY TALKIE Chinese Silent Picture. WEMBLEY PARK Nooran Opera, Cantonese Opera. FI N FROLIC Cantonese Opera, Teochew Opera and Shanghai
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    By The Way
    541 6 Malaya 9 s *'tdle Rich" QUITE a thought-provoking article on the Queen’s Scholarships appears in the current issue of Raffles College Magazine. There are bits here and there with which one may not agree but I think the writer is quite right in saying that most Malayan
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    Diary of a Foreign News Editor
    615 6 Saturday, Nov. 18. A T last night’s meeting of the Supreme War Council the third since the outbreak of hostilities a new Anglo-French Agreement was drawn up for co-ordination of the Allies’ economic war effort. TAESURIBED as another big victory on the economic battlefield,”
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    Dramatic Bid To Stop ‘Sirdhana’ From Entering Minefield
    1499 7 Details Unfolded A t Public Inquiry HARDLY ANY CRINGE LN COURSE AFTER DANGER SIGNAL HOISTED Singapore. Evidence of a patrol boat's efforts to stop the B. I. “Sirdhana entering a minefield was given yesterday when a public inquiry under the Merchant Shipping
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    PICKPOCKET CAUGHT BED HANDED
    103 7 Third Attempt Proves I ndoLHH mg one of the 2,003 soccer fans Victoria Green yesterday evenwatch the replay of the P.F.A. mal between the Penang Chinese ill Association and the Indian ition Club, was a pick-pocket. man, a Chinese, who was dressa white suit, was reported
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    CABARET DANCER’S APPEAL
    107 7 *ilit For Damages Struck Ont Kuala Lumpur. the appeal by Miss Alice Ang, hostess, came up for heating uay morning before the F.M.S. <if Appeal in the Supreme Court, Lumpur, Mr. G. W. Hastings, tppt ared for the respondents Liu Ek Chong. Chong Fook Shin Toe Seng)
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    MINIMUM PRICE FOR PADI
    50 7 Kedah Government’s Notifications Government Gazette notifkation from the Food Control Office. Kedah, announces that the minimum price to be paid for first class padi for the crop now in the ground and about to be reaped will be $2 a pikul delivered at a Government store.
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    OBSTRUCTION IN FRONT OF MARKET Poultry-Dealers Fined
    153 7 1 1 1 ultry-d ?alers were produced in th- I ang Middle Court before Mr. Lim K f in 'ieck yesterday when they were «•ach $1 for obstruction in Cintra Str- t front of the market near Campt about 8 a.m. on November
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    GIRL'S BODY EXHUMED AFTER 22 DAYS
    64 7 *-on>ner Returns Verdict If Misadventure Singapore, gapore Coroner. Mr. W. G. u Thursday held an inquest on old Chinese girl, Lim Yang e body was exhumed 22 days ■< buried. uoner at the conclusion of the turned a verdict of death adventure. He said
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    "FRANCIS LIGHT"
    25 7 ‘pueial Broadcast ’’lay Tonight '3o p.m. the Girl Guides ol Penang and Province broadcast under the direcPinnick a play from ZHJ Francis Light”.
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    Rubber Merchant's Big Loss
    168 7 F riernds Disappear With $2,000 .7 hincse rubber merchant from Haadyai, I hailand, who 7cas on a insit to Penang yesterday, lost all his money, amounting to nearly $2,000, which he carried about with him. The merchant. Chan Ser.g Cheang. arrived at Penang the previous day.
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    OIL-LADEN JUNK FOUNDERS IN SEVERE CALE
    191 7 Crew Of Five Indians Cling To M «st Until Rescued Mow five Indians, the crew of a sailing junk, clung to the mast of their vessel for abbut 24 hours in the Straits of Malacca was related to a representative of the Pinang Gazette
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    Appeal Against Sentence Of Death
    215 7 ALLEGED MURDER BY BROTHER AND SISTER Kuala Lumpur. The appeal by John and Pappa against sentence of death passed on them recently bv Mr. Justice Cussen was heard in the F.M.S. Court oi Appeal yesterday, before Mr. Justice Poyser, Chief Justice, F. M. S., Mr.
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    EXCHANGE CONTROL
    48 7 Not To Apply To Iraq, Egypt Sudan It is officially notified for general information that exports to Egypt, Iraq and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan are no longer subject to the procedure of exchange control. No exchange certificate is now required in connection with exports to those countries.
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      106 7 nzi )\y METAL POLISH //Jr GIVES BRILLIANCE AND SPARKLE \\l. TO METALWARE ((< lf 10 FOO CHEONG 00. Furniture Manufacturers 89, Bishop Street, Penang. Phone: 636. [poh Agents'. FOO LOON CO., 101, Brewster Road. Phone: 875. r iiiirgru M to turn 10/e Cow <& v. r,i WBMBHWr Gate. Not for
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    Malaya Patriotic Fund
    482 8 Penang Total Near i $70,000 The Chartered Bank of India, Australia China as treasurers of the Malaya Patriotic Fund acknowledge receipt of the following Penang subscriptions Amount previously acknowledged $66,653.49 Pupils of St. Marguerite’s Convent School, Bukit Mertajam 13.00 The Trustees, Boon San Ton S 200.00 Queen’s
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    UNLAWFUL SOCIETY MEMBER
    52 8 Ipoh. Convicted on a charge of being a member of an unlawful society namely, the Perak Anti-backing Up Society, a Hakka, Loh Moh Kong, was fined Sl5O in default three months’ rigorous imprisonment l.«y the Sitiawan Magistrate on Thursday. Mr. D. W. Yates of the Perak Detective
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    LEKUT TIN DREDGING
    808 8 Director’s Report is the Directors’! report of Lukut Tin Dredging Ltd., for the year ended August 31, 1939, to be presented to shareholders at the annual general meeting to be held at Seremban on Tuesday, November 28: Accounts Balance on Profit Loss Account brought forward at Ist
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    CHINESE YOUTH ON LOITERING CHARGE
    94 8 To Serve One Month’s Imprisonment Ipoh. Convicted of loitering in the town in the small hours of the morning, a Chinese youth. Lye Weng. was yesterday" sentenced by’ the Ipoh First Magistrate. Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe, to one month's rigorous imprisonment. Chief Court Inspector
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    THEFT OF BICYCLE FROM KONGSI
    189 8 Chinese Sentenced To One Month Xpoh. Lee Fah, a Cantonese, was yesterday’ sentenced to one month's rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by six months’ police supervision, by the Inoh First Magistrate, Mr. P. F. Y. Radcliffe, when he pleaded guilty’ to the theft of a
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    POSSESSION OF SCRAP RUBBER
    120 8 Chinese Pleads Guilty Ipoh. Pleading guilty to the possession of 31 katties of scrap rubber, suspected to b- stolen property at Tiger Lane cn November 16 a middle-aged Chinese. Ng Khoon was ordered to be remanded in police custody till next Wednesday for the return of
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    OVERSEAS TRADE OF INDIA
    379 8 Britain Able To Hold Her Own Washing). The United Kingdom is likely p, its position of pre-eminence in trade India despite the inroads of America i other business men. the United Department of Commerce reit< recently. The Department's Bureau of Fo and Domestic Commerce has publisl
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    CABLE AND WIRELESS LTD.
    218 8 New Branch Office At Belfast Cable and Wireless Limited have .n--nounced the opening on Wednesday J t November, of a new branch telegraph office at Imperial House. 9 Don ill Square. East Belfast. This office will place North ri In m direct communication with v;< rid
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    CHINA DISTRESS RELIEF FUND
    60 8 British Ri'siih i Donates SSC In replying to the invita Chairman and Committee Overseas Chinese in aid oi Distress Relief Fund, to special performance given I»' Songsters at the Perak Chint Hall tonight, the Hon. the Bri dent. Perak, Mr. Marcus Rex. he was unable to
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    MR. J.A. HUNTER
    30 8 New Governor Ot l>" Honduras London. Mr. J. A. Hunter. Lieut en of Malta, has been appointed Sir A. C. M. Burns as Govern r Honduras. —Reuter.
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    THE MAILS
    703 9 LOSS OF MAILS ON BOARD S.S. “SIRDHANA.” The Post Office regrets to announce that mails from Singapore for the following destinations were lost on hoard the s.s. “Sirdhana” on the 13th November: Destination Contain.ng correspondence posted in Penang between Canada (Western States) 1.11.39 10.1L39 approx. China (except Shanghai)
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    Church Notices
    759 9 ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR IHE 24TH SUNDAY AFTER TRINIT 1 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.45 a.m. Martins Litany. 9.30 a.m Holy Communion (Tamil) 10.30 a.m. Mattias and Holy Communion (Chinese) 4 15 p.m. Sunday School at Parsonage 6.00 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Psalms 141. 142. Hymns 517. 540,
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    PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS GRANTED INCREASE
    702 9 Rise Of 671 Per Cent. Over Previous Figure Anew scale of payments for the transportation of United States air mail on the Transpacific air r cute between the United States, Havxaii, the Philippines and China, effecting a 67’, 2 increase over the rates formerly paid by
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      1325 9 |L> TO-DAY SHORTWAVE STATIONS 3 B C broadcasting transmission—five. News In English From 6.40 9.35 a.m. GSB 9.51 Mc/s (31-55 m.) B R r <Local Tim e) OSE 11 88 MC/$ (25.29 mj GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.) Transmission 5 6.50 a.m. TRANSMISSION —SIX. 7.50 a.m. From 10.00 11.50 am
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      BILLIE BURKE’S BEAUTY IS AGELESS
      537 10  -  woman in love is beautiful. “Not necessarily in love with romance,’’ George Folsey, starcameraman goes on to explain, but in love with work—with a sense of achievement—with life.” Such a woman is Billie Burke. Iler beauty is ageless. BY WILLIAM PENNY' “And I should know,”
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      RISE TO STARDOM AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN
      1125 10 Gloria Jeans Amazing V oice AT the age of fifteen months, so the story goes, Gloria Jean lay in a crib in her Scran ton, Pennsylvania home and sang “Little Annie Rooney” from start to finish. At three and one-half Gloria became
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      JOY HODGES RECIPE
      105 10 Lobster Cardinal lls l~- lobster, cold cooked, out of the shell and dice it. Dice half a found of mushrooms and saute in nutter. Mix the mushrooms with the lobster, adding two tables foons of dry sherry. Cook a cream sauce of butter, flour and milk, stirring
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      FEMININE FLATTERY
      145 10 r»ILM stars and technical heads usu- ally have their own chairs with imprinted names on the set during the making of a picture. During the shooting of “I Stole A Million”. Universal’s co-starring vehicle for George Raft and Claire Trevor, a feminine newspaper correspondent from an lowa town
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      289 10 Mansfield Co., Ltd. Chartered Bank Building, Penang Tel. 1366. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore Tel. 515 L BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Frequent Sailings to United Kingdom and United States of America. Dates are not guaranteed, all cargo bookings subject to Conference War Clauses. WESTERN AUSTRALIA THE SHORTEST SEA ROUTE AT THE
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      301 10 P.&O.S.N, COMPANY Mail Passenger And Cargo Services. Penang Far^" 18 10 1 Details on Passengers are requested to register their requirements but undi present circumstances sailings are perforce restricted. A regular service is maintained be ween Singapore, Port Sweth-i ham, Teluk Anson and Penang per S/S “BULAN”. B. I. S.
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    SELECTIONS AT A GLANCE
    264 11 I THE RIDING BO 1” TIC tac t Penang Penan JEE! EUREKA" “MAN-ON-THE- CAPT. DASH” THE MAJOR” 77^ —7 I ,P h Kuala Lumpur SPOT” Ipoh Singapore Singapore RACE 1 Blue And White See You Later I Dewberry Blue And White v U I Turn Over
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    Singapore Winter Race Meeting
    1020 11 ACCEPTANCES FOR TODAY Race 1: Horses Class 2 Div. 3 —6 Furs. —2.30 p.m. 0 2 STRATHPEFFER 8y 9.04 Mr. A. van Tooren Duval 0 3 DEWBERRY 4y 8.13 Dr. Chong Tak Nam Hobbs 4 4 4 TURN OVER 4y 8.11 Messrs. C.Y. Choy C.Y. Chong
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    P.C.F.A. Win Replay Of P.F.A. Cup Soccer Final
    755 11 Indians Lose By Only Goal: Player Ordered Off An only goal scored by Oh Chong Seng early in the second half enabled the Penang Chinese Football Association, League champions, to defeat the Indian Recreation Club in the replay of the P. F.
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    HOCKEY PLAYER SUSPENDED
    102 11 Decision By P.H.A. Committee .It the general committee meeting of the Penang Hockey Association held on Wednesday, November /5 at p.m. at the Penang Sports C htb premises in Western Road, it was decided that Chee Phui San, zvho was ordered off the field by the referee
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    VOLUNTEERS PLAY ONE SHORT
    249 11 Beaten By Y.M.C.A. Ln Ipoh Hockey Ipoh. Playing one man short the Ipoh Volunteers were beaten by four goals to one by the Y.M.C.A. in a game of hockey played at the new ground belonging to the latter at Anderson Road. Both teams fielded strong combinations
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    £50,000 OFFER FOR BAHRAM
    22 11 Reuter. London, Nov. 17 The Aga Khan is reported to have refused an offer of £50,000 for Bahram
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    O.X.A. SCORE 2-0 VICTORY
    195 11 Old Frees Beaten At Hockey In a hockey match played yesterday on the S.X.I. ground the Old Xaverian Association teat the Old Frees’ Association by two goals to nil. The Old Frees fielded three substitutes but despite this disadvantage they put up a fairly good show
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    P.R.C. AND TRADE SCHOOL DRAW
    217 11 Four Goals Shared At Hockey After leading by two goals to nil at one stage of the second half the Penang Recreation Club were held to a draw by the Government Trade School in their hockey match played yesterday evening on the Esplanade, tha sides
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      123 11 A TIP TO TENNIS PLAYERS Get Your Rackets Strung WITH ARMOUR’S “Tilden Championship” “Davis Cup” Guts, BEFORE you take part in Malayan Tennis Tourney. M Work done to the entire B satisfaction of the players. I NAHAR CO. (Opposite Esplanade) ’Phone 3-5, Light Street, 1505 PENANG. Si nce With Baby’s
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    LATEST HINTS FROM THE SPORE TRACK
    981 12 BRIGHT WEATHER BUT GOING HEAVY Danger Zone And Bal Tabarin Considered Certainties (By ‘CAPT. DASH Singapore, Today. THE weather was bright this morning, but the going is heavy, owing to rainfall throughout yesterday. Dewberry and Blue And White are strong tips tor the first
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    PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA
    157 12 Seas Declared Safe For Ships Singapore. The seas between Malaya and Arabia have been declared safe for pilgrim ships, states a message from London received by the Straits Settlements Government and the shpping companies. A vessel of the Blue Funnel line sailing next month will be reservecTfor
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    BEVERLY HILLS, OCT. 23.
    60 12 ELLSWORTH VINES OF PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL OPEN TENNIS SING with PIONSHIP ON SUNDAY IN .4 SLASHING vn FRED PERRY. (ABOVE ENGLISH EXPERT AND DE. ING CHAMPION. rr VINES. PLAYING AT THE HEIGHT OF HIS GAM^ THE PLAY FOR FOUR HOURS AND >’s MINI TES BEbO
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    PENANG WOMEN'S HOCKEY
    86 12 Practice Game Uu Monday The following are especiahy asked lO turn up for coaching by Mr. Lim Seng Kun on Monday. November 20. at 5.30 a the Francis Light Schoo! eround. j. Carrier. D. Laßrooy. H Langton. C. Langton. Von Bulow. E Scott. Faithful. Enid Smith. E>m:e
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    HOCKEY
    68 12 0.l .A. vs D.A.F.C. On the Westlands School ground to-day at 5.30 p.m. sharp:— O. F. A —Lim ChoonGhee: Lim Cheng Hoe and Cheah Kok Huat; Chong Ah Har. Khoo Phin Hong and Gan Thean Bong; Tan Luang Gark. Ng Beng Heng. Hooi Yip Hoong, Tyd Thoon Tuck and
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    NEW CANADIAN COMMISSIONER
    146 12 Takes Over Duties In Singapore Singapore. Singapore’s new Canadian Trade Commissioner, Mr. J. L. Mutter, accompanied by Mrs. Mutter, arrived on Thursday from Johannesburg. Interviewed on his arrival, Mr. Mutter spoke of the effect of trade between South Africa and Canada as a I result of the
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    BADMINTON IN SELANGOR
    96 12 omen’s Junior Singles Championships The following are the results of the natches played at the Pudu English Girls School Hall on Thursday of the Selangor badminton championships women’s Junioi Singles: Chin Lin Sze beat Moi Mook Lan 11-3, 11-7; Chin Choon Hee beat R. Kandavanam 11-2, 11-9;
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    EXPROPRIATION OF OIL PROPERTIES
    119 12 —Reuter. Mexican Supreme Court To Deliver Judgment Mexico City, Nov. 16. The supreme Court will probably deliver final judgment regarding the expropriation oi foreign petroleum interests early next week. Proceedings today were occupied by the re ading of part of a 50.000-word judgment by Judge Aisian
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    HUNGARIAN POLICY
    38 12 Peuter. Based On Friendship Of Italy London, November 17. Hungary bases her policy on th? unshakeable and disinterested friendship of Italy, declared the Budapest Radio after denying reports that Gerrnr.ny had designs on Hungary and Yugoslavia.—
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    WHOLESALE PRICES INDEX
    35 12 BOW. Rugby, November 17. The Board of Trade index of wholesale prices in October was five per cent higher than a month tefo/e and 11.5 per cent, higher than a year ago.—
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    HOW GERMAN RAIDER SANK BRITISH SHIP
    115 12 —Reuter. Provisions Seized Before Bombing Lorenco Marques, Nov. 17. A message from the crew of the “Africa Shell,” which was sunk in Portuguese waters 180 miles north east of Lorenco Marques, states that she was ordered to stop by a German cruiser which fired
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    HIGHER COST OF LIVING
    176 12 B O.W. Dearer Meat. Bacon And Rugby, Nov. 17. The Labour Ministry announces that on November 1 the general living cost index figure 'vas 69 cen t above th 1 July 1914 level as compared with 65 per cent at Si ptemher 30. This four-point rise
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    SALE OF WOOL
    71 12 BO W. Lord Essendon To Be Chairman Of Committee Rugby, November 17. Lord Essendon has accepted ar. invitation from the Minister of Supply to act as Chairman of the Committee for the sale of wool abroad. Lord Essendon will be responsible under the Ministry for all matters
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