Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 February 1940

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  • 22 1 LAST EDITION Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ESTAB. 1533 PUBLISHED DAILY No. 32. Vol. XCVIII. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1940. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • 809 1 15 PLANES LOST TO SOVIETS’ 240 British Fighters Superior RUSSIAN ONSLAUGHTS HURLED RACK London, Feb. 6. CONFIRMATION has reached London of the reports of the astonishing success of the Finnish Air Force against the Soviets, writes Router’s diplomatic correspondent. It is estimated that up
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  • 257 1 .—8.0. W. SUPREME IVAR COUNCIL Meeting In Paris Yesterday Rugby, Feb. 6. The fifth meeting of the Supreme War Council was held in Paris today. The Council assembled in the morning and a further meeting took place later Ln the day. Fiance was represented by M. Dala
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  • 73 1 Reuter. Diversion To Norwegian Ports Stockholm, Feb. 6. The Conference between the Swedish s id Norwegian State Railway represents lives at Ostersund, it is reported, have a peed to divert Swedish exporta from tli<j Baltic to Norwegian portu At the time when Germany first i Swedish
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  • 40 1 Reuter. London. Feb. 6. members of the crew were kilU ▼hen a London steamer “the Porte- -1.064 tons) was mined in the l.'orth <*. over the week-end. Nine suriwers f e landed at an East coast port. Reuter.
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  • 249 1 ’’—B.O.W. Rugby, Feb. 6. V/hat ground is there for b ’’ing that if the Allies are vic-•-brious in this war, they will a settlement more successR' i; preserving peace than they ,l! n 1919?” asked the Archof York in the course of an > >ss to
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  • 37 1 —REUTER. ISTANBUL, FEB. G. IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED IN ANKARA THAT BULGARIA GAVE A FORMAL ASSURANCE TO THE CONFERENCE OF TIIE BALKAN ENTENTE THAT SHE WOULD REMAIN NEUTRAL UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.
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  • 133 1 Balkan Entente Conversations i.—Reuter. M. SARAJOGLU IN SOFIA Sofia, Feb. 6. ML Sarajoglu arrived here today. He will straightaway continue the conversations he had with M. Kiosseinavov who will entertain him to luncheon at his country palace. THERE IS A GENERAL FEELING HERE THAT CONCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT
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  • 70 1 < Rugby, Feb. 6. 8.8. C. Overseas Services announce that the broadcast by the Secretary for War will be given on February 7 at 3 p.m. G.M.T. on GSBBB, GSFFF, GSWV, GSTTT. Recordings in the same day will be at 10.45 p.m. on GSCCC, GSDDD, GSFFF, GSBBB
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  • 26 1 .—8.0. W Rugby, Feb. 6. The Minister of Supply and the War Minister had aud ences of the King this evening.—B.O.W,
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  • 74 1 .—REUTER. ‘Beaverburn’ Torpedoed OH South-West Coast LONDON, FEB. 6. IT IS LEARNED TODAY THAT THE CANADIAN PACIFIC LINER “BEAVERBUR N” (10,000 TONS) WAS TORPEDOED AND SUNK IN TH E ATLANTIC BY ENEMY ACTION OFF THE SOUTH-WEST COAST YESTERDAY. THE SHIP WAS REGISTERED IN LONDON
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  • 118 1 Reuter. GERMANS LOSING WAR AT SEA Paris, Feb. 6. “Of 55 German submarines which put to sea at the beginning of the war, at least 40 have been sunk” said M. Campinchi in the course of a lecture on the war at sea “Faced
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  • 108 1 .—Reuter. Passengers See U-boat Go Under Halifax, Feb. 6. Passengers aboard an unnamed Bi tish liner which has just docked he described an exciting encounter with U-Boat and the sudden appearance c Air Force planes which probabl, damaged the submarine. After leaving England, the liner
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  • 52 1 —Reuter. New Delhi, Feb. 6 As a result of Mr. Gandhis early departure, his proposed meeting with Mr. Jinnah is not taking place. The unexpectedly rapid developments today have caused surprise but it is noted that the communique suggests that the consultations have been only
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  • 69 1 Sir E« Clark's Term Extended Rugby, Feb. 6. The King has been pleased to approve he further extension for a period of wo years from August 5, 1940 of the erm of office of Sir Ernest Clark as lovernor of Tasmania. Sir Ernest Clark was first appointed
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  • 57 1 .—8.0. W. Mr. Laurence Cowlier Appointed Rugby, Feb. 6. The King has been graciously pleased to approve the appointment of Mr. Laurence Cowlier, Counsellor in the Foreign Office, to be His Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister-Pleni-potentiary at Oslo in succession to Sir C. Dormer who will
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  • 246 2 Moscow Sending Reinforcements WANTS "PARTIAL SUCCESS" TO CONCLUDE ARMISTICE Paris, Feb. 5. LJUSSIAN attacks in Finland are reported to be developing) on a wider front than hitherto. It is learned that reinforcements are being dispatched to the battlefront from Moscow and Southern Russia. It
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  • 519 2 Reuter. Optimism Is Diminishing New Delhi, Feb. 5. According to the present arrangements Mr. Gandhi is leaving here tomorrow morning. Although great reticence is maintained regarding his conversation with the Viceroy, optimism concerning the possibility of a settlement has perceptibly diminished. Mr. Gandhi had two
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  • 84 2 Cambridge University Seat To Be Contested London, Feb. 5. The labourite, Mr. D. L. Mort, was returned unopposed for East Swansea, succeeding Mr. David Williams who retired owing to ill-health. Dr. Archibald Vivian Hill (Independent) Conservative), “brother-in-law of the econom.st, Mr. J. M. Keynes”, and Piofessor J. A. Ryle
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  • 44 2 —Reuter. London, Feb 5. A Hoard of Trade order adds tin to the list of metals which, with their alloys in unwrought forms, require licences for export to any destination. The order came into force on February 4. —Reuter.
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  • 122 2 Reuter. Many Disturbances Reported Zurich, February a Disturbances in the southern part of Poland are reported by the Berlin correspondent of the Basler N achrichten today Th s corresporf ent adds that smilar disturbances, which occurred among Polish refuge* s in (he Vilna territory, were ascribed
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  • 181 2 —Reuter. Denounced By Swed’sli NorYveg’an Press Ruebv, Feb. 5. The arrival at Stavanger cf survivors of the Swedish ship. “Pajala" and the Danisn “Vidar” lias been the occasion, for angry preotests against German ruthlessness in the Scandinavian press. The Dagens Nuheter characterises the attack on the
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  • 122 2 —Reuter. Diffrences Of Op’nion Willi Government The Hague, Feb. 5. It is announced that General I. H. Reynders has resigned h s post as Supreme Commander of the Dutch land end sea forces. He is succeeded by Uctft-General H G Winkelman hi’herto officer in command of
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  • 171 2 a— B. O. W. Between Bulgaria And Entente Paris, Feb. 5. When M. Sarajoglu .passes through Sofia en route to Ankara from Belgrade, he will have an interview with the Bulgarian premier the main object of which, according to a message from Istanbul, is his hope of
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  • 210 2 ’—B.O W. Increased Use Despite German Threats Rugby, Feb. 5. It) is now revealed that out of 360 neutral vessels convoyed up to January 31, all but one reached her destination and that neutral shins are coming in increasing numbers under the direct) protection of the
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  • 50 2 —Reuter. Appeal To House Of Lords Refused London, February 5 The Attorney General has refused a fiat for an appeal to be made to the H* use oi Loros on oehalt oi Pe>er Barnes d James Ka narr’s who wf- sentenced to death following the Coventry explosion.—Reuter.
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  • 232 2 PRODUCTION PLASS TO BE SPEEDED VI London, Feb. r pHE requirements of the Government for speeding-up ’he 1 production of armaments were explained by the M ister of Labour today to the executive of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Mr. Fred Smith, General Secretary of the
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  • 66 2 Chinese Central News. Further $lO,OOO Received Loyang, Feb. 2. The Honan Provincial Relief Committee has received $lO,OOO, and the Loyang Headquarters of the San Min Chu I Youth Corps ‘got $2,000 for the relief of war refugees and destitute students, according to the Honan Provincial Bank. The Bank
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  • 59 2 —Reuter. Tyvo Women One Man Arrested Berne, February 5 A woman of foreign nationality living in a hotel at Lausanne, was arrested in connection with the Swiss espionage case, according to the Lausanne Gazette. Another woman. believed to be German, living at Basle and a man were
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  • 476 2 RUGBY, FEB. 5. A GERMAN BROADCAST CLAIMED THAT FOURTEEN SHU’S YVEBE SUNK DURING SATURDAY’’ AIK RAIDS OFF THE EAST COAST. THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THIS STATEMENT. THE RESULTS OF THE RAID HAVE NOT YET BEEN OFFICIALLY RECORDED BUT IT CAN BE
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  • 124 2 Reuter. While Being Towed To Port London, Feb. 5 His y Majesty’s minesweeper, “Sphinx,” 875 tons, foundered with considerable loss of life while being towed to port. She was attacked on Saturday by enemy aircraft. The “Sphinx”, one of the seventeen vessels of the “Halcyon” class, was launched
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  • 132 2 Reuter. Twenty Minutes’ Chat Willi Mrs. Chamberlain London, February 5 A party of. sailors from Newfound’an! seme of the many who joined the Royal Navy, were spending a few days’ leave in London when they had an unexpected meeting with Mrs. Chamberlain this morning. They were being shown
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  • 105 2 —Reuter 101 Killed In Raid On Yunnan-Haiphong Train Paris. Feb. 5. It is officially stated that 103 were killed in the train which was bit during the Japanese air bombardment of the F-'enc owned railway between Yurnan and Haiphong, Fiench Indo-China. on Friday. Five of those
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  • 42 2 Reuter. Gilt-Edged Irrepdar An Industrials rin I. on, Feb. a cheerful The Stock Exchange. toopening, became quieter !rre wards the close. Gilt-e gular and Indian Go steady. Industrials w rails were moderately aafter the initial jjnprov Wall Street was stead
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  • 46 2 I 8.0. W. £30,000 Rece > j" 01 All Parts Of mu The total nf £30.000 gictx i British people in all P ai overi’ 4 has now been received L League Tolncco Fund. r th* 000 000 egerettes for ajclA front, the Navy and
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    • 50 2 7&our THAILAND Home of Hospitality and Ready Welcome; with the assistance of The Bureau of Tourist Promotion Dept, of Commerce, New Road, Bangkok, Cable: “TOURIST” Telephone: *****. This bureau supplies free information to tourists, introduces them to famous,.sights and resorts, rentiers assistance in providing guides or Interpreters, planning itineraries, etc.
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  • 1958 3  -  History Can Have Only Disillusionment For Hitler By J. B. FIRTH lililT'SH measures of repri--15 against Germany for her flagrant and murderous contraventi >l. oi the rules governing the la? big of mines at sea are now in operation. Under :e
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  • 184 3 London. Three women and two babies were gassed and had to be taken to hospital when a main in Rylance-street, Ardwick, Manchester, developed a leak. Mrs. Ada Stubbs, aged 59, a widow, returned home after treatment, but her two daughtes, Miss Marie Stubbs, aged
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  • 317 3 Liked Him 46 As An Uncle’’ London. WHEN counsel for a 73-year-old solicitor, Mr. Arthur Peek Nash, of Portsman-square, W., in the Divorce Court described Mrs. Joan Nash, aged 34, the wife of Mr. Na h, as a “stony-hearted gold digger,” who undertook a marriage
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 316 3 OpttWING RELIABILITY WITH PROVED ECONOMY HiT’S-ft’.r TRlirilla liU VliJ. InilL nu COMMERCE CARS |q4[| y— W MANY NEW IMPROVEMENTS FOR 194j> g H ro e n*H U X a ar^ont St springs ,o on ai'i truck chassis 1 CORD Trucks for 1940 bring new B l Sturdier front axle Increased
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 33 3 *«ws with a SMILE LJ&r. H. Palmer t H of long watches with tioa for rest and recre»- beards, have become popular again with sailors. oh CTI j beiigDe you’re iaugft'n') at meP*
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  • 1853 4 To Dislocate German Economy MR. R. A. GILMOUR’S BROADCAST FROM B.M.B.C. ipURTHER light on the reason for control of Malaya’s ex- port trade was shed, when Mr. R. A. Gilmour, Shipping Controller and Controller of Restricted Exports, S.S. delivered a talk on
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  • 1071 4 documentary proof IN K.E PROSECUTION Kuala Lumpur. DOCUMENTS showing that the All Chinese Anti-Enemj U Backing Up Society—several members of which have been sent to prison in different parts of the country during the last few days—was engage lin criminal activities, urging the “tarring” of shops,
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  • 686 4 TVcws In Malay February 3, 1940. It is suggested that readers should cut out this news in Romanised Malay 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 will
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  • 187 4 Second In Pahang The growing realisation of Indians- d the need lor organisation among evidenced by another Indian which has just been formed in This society of Indians, second o kind ip Pahang, is the Indian Associa Kuantan, which was registered on Started under the patronage
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 117 4 f KEEP 4 THEIR MOUTHS SWE Dental experts designed the famous “ShortHead" brush with special TEK junior for children. Only genuine Tek Brushes, by virtue of their short heads, fit behind the arch of the teeth, where scientifically dec’gned bristles, remove remains of food from hidden nooks and crannies. Beware
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  • 989 5 Tamil’s Experience In Ipoh ALL FOUR ACCUSED CONVICTED Ipoh. r |MIE story how Subraiyer Asa r j, a shopkeeper of Kuala Lumpur, who came to look fo r one of his relatives, was poisoned and robbed by lour othe r Tamils in Patrick Street on the
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  • 423 5 REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS Tapn.g. KEEN interest in the expense of Business Registrat'on under the Enactment wh-’ch is to became operative from March 1 1940, was ev need a>t a well-attended extraordinary general meeting of the Tapping Chamber of Commerce held recently. Several members poirtrd out that
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  • 164 5 Farewell Party To Mr. G. C. Madoc Kulim. The Kulinr Police Club was the venue of a gathering of about 70 persons, which included H.H. Tunku Abdul Rahman, the District Officer, Kulim when a farewell tea-party was given in honour of Mr. G. C. Madoc, (0.5.P.C.)
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  • 137 5 Austin Runs Into Telegraph Post Ipoh. A serious accident occurred near Menglembu cn Friday evening when a fully occup ed motor car c’asbec in'o a t f l graph post. A party of eight Malays including two infants were travelling from Parit to Ipoh in an
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  • 79 5 BULLET IN MAN’S CHEST Kuala Lumpur. WHILE emptying the chambers of his revolver, a Chinese detective on Sunday accidentally fired one of them and shot a friend who was speaking to him. The bullet went through the man's arm and lodged itself in the chest. The
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  • 180 5 Driver Convicled In Sunsrei Patani Sungei Patani. Aluthu a Tamil, was charged in the District Court before Tuan Syed Hussain Jamallulail, the First Magistrate, with causing hurt by an act which endangers life, under Section 337 of the Kedah Penal Code. Inspector Tuan Syed
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  • 51 5 Today on the Esplanade from 6 p.m. to 7.30 pan. March The Vanished Army Alford Selection The Duchess Of Dantzig Can’ll Waltz Beautiful Danube Strauss Overture Idomcneo Mozart Selection W.H Squire’s Popular Songs Hume Tone Poem Twilight In The Mountains Web< r Quick Step The Fleet’s In Port
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  • 431 5 SOCIAL PERSONAL Inspector A. Halim, Assistant Officer in-Charge of Police District Kulim left I lor Alor Star as Detective Inspector His many friends and well-wishers will join us in wishing Dr. G. B. Cloning many happy returns of tire day on his 66th birthday today. Mr. C.O. Jennings, Building Inspector,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 140 5 TUESDAY, 6th FEBRUARY, 1940 Wembley Cabaret To-night Iktncing: 9 p.m. to 12 midnight To-morrow: "Chinese New Year Eve BaJl” Extension 2 a.m. Two Bands in attendance Novelties Balloons Etc. Thursday, Bth “Keong Hee Huat Chye Ball’’ Extension 2 a.m. Two Bands in attendance Novelties Balloons Etc. To-night Toadies’ Guest Night
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 381 5 Grand Refreshing Show cipre s 1 That Tired Feeling majestic Shows Today tfff 6.75 9.30 r D ARTISTS present q YOU’tHFUL FROLIC v’EK CARNIVAL” With Lovely •\N SHERIDAJN and f \RI) CARLSON .ii'j i Of Beautiful Girls. An« A Ski-Jump and As Jolly A College Lark. Gazette Interesting Shorts. fing
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    • 281 5 QUEEN'S OPENING TODAY AT 6.30 9.30 MATINEE THUSRDAY AT 3 P.M. The Best Cantonese yet made iXg Chor Fam Lee Yee Nin “ROMANCE OF SCREENLAND” Song Hits Music Stars Romance Everything Matinee Prices—Downstairs 15, 30 50c. Evening Prices—Downstairs 20, 40 600 4fatin.ee Today At 3 p.m. “GOODBYE MR. CHIPS” WITH
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  • 397 6 rpHE seven-point agreement reached by the Balkan Entente at the Conference of Foreign Ministers last week-end is conclusive evidence of the determination of the States concerned to stick together in the crisis which threatens to overtake them today. Although no bloc was formed, the talks can
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  • 117 6 REX CINEMA "Hollywood Cavalcade” (with Don Arneche and Alice Faye) 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m. QUEEN’S CINEMA "Romance Of Screenland” (Cantonese talkie) 6.30 9.30 p.m. MAJESTIC CINEMA Ann Sheridan in "Wintef Carnival’’ 3, 6.15 and 9.30 p.m WINDSOR "Thyag-abhoomi” (Tamil picture) 1.00, 5.30 9.30 p m. WEMBLEY
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  • 663 6 Trolley Buses Again A COLLEAGUE of mine has a bone to pick with the authorities in charge of the local trolley bus services. Having been away for more than two years, he was not at all familiar with “the unwritten bylaws” that the bus conductors and inspectors
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  • 521 6 Tuesday, Feb. 0. rpilE Finns have won yet another big victory. According to a Helsinki telegram received this morning, the 18th Soviet division which was marooned for over one week at Kitcla, north-east of Lake Ladoga, has been virtually wiped out, resulting in between
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 34 6 EVERYBODY’S FAVOURITE For ANY OCCASION I* 1 vdl jiOl’ 'IdSI BBRAIS Produce of THE FAMOUS FIRM DENIS MOUNIE Co., COGNAC. Established in 1838. Sole Agents Henry Waugh Co., Ltd. Penang, Singapore, Ipoh Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 433 7 Vi DEMONSTRATION OF ANY KIND I’olice Officers Present At Aerodrome s R. CH’NG BENG LEE, Assistant Hon. Secretary of the China Distress Relief Fund, against whom an expulsion order was taken out last Saturday, left?/ Penang at 9 o’clock this morning on
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  • 61 7 A verdict of death by misadventure was returned by Tuan Syed Abdul Raiin”ii Aljafree, District Officer, Kedah south who sat as Coroner in the District Court Eandar Bharu on Saturday at the con clusie n of an inquiry into the death of a Tamil boy, Murgiah aged 6
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  • 134 7 Bicycles To Be Returned By Police About 500 Chinese tl,ie majo rity of whom were school boys and girls went, to the Chinese Consulate in Wortham Road at o’clock yesterday afternoon with a request to see the Chinese Consul, Mr Huang Yen-kai. The Consul saw
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  • 264 7 Bridal Couple Well Known In Penang Kuala Lumpur. On Sunday afternoon at the Chinese Assembly Hall, Kuala Lumpur, Miss Low Lian See was married to Mr. Lim Seang Keng. The bride who is a former pupil of the Convent. Kuala Lumpur, was until recently on the tutorial
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  • 90 7 Cyclist And Car Collide Al Burmali Road Junction A collision, involving a car and a Jinghalese cyclist, occurred at the jnction of Burmah Road and Lorong lamat about 2.30 yesterday aftercon. The cyclist was thrown off his nount and sustained slight injuries, rhe car, driven by
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  • 57 7 Mr. Ong Joo Sun Elected To Mr. Bennett’s Pluce Mr. Ong) Joo Sun, J.P., was elected n place of Mr. J. R. Bennett at the special .meeting of the Licens ng fustices held in the Penang District Oourt yesterday afternoon. Mr. H. A. Forrer, the District Judge,
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  • 71 7 Slipped While Running After Trolley Bus An elderly Ch’nese woman, while running after a Municipal trolley bus along Dato Kramat Road in front of the Magazine Police Station at about 2.30 yesterday afternoon, slipped, fel 1 on tha road and became unconscious She was carried into th?
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  • 277 7 NOT SETTING UP AS PROFESSIONAL TRAINER (By ‘WC-TAC”) rpHERE was a rumour during the last Perak Turf Club Meeting at Ipoh that Major Lindsay Vears, popular A.D.C. to the late Sultan of Perak was setting up as a professional trainer at Taiping,
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  • 103 7 Prison And Supervision For Thief Sentence of four months’ rigorous imprisonment in addition to a year’s police supervision was passed by the Third Magistrate, Mr. Lim Koon Teck, this morning, on a 30-year-old Teochew, Yew Gim Lee who had pleaded guilty to a charge of theft of
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  • 32 7 An interesting item in the 8.8. C. programme tonight will be at 9.50 p.m. when the feature called “The French Army, its traditions and its music” will be heard.
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  • 49 7 The annual prize-giving of the Government Commercial Day School will be held at the Mortimer Hall, Hutchings School at 5.30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23 The Hon. the Resident Councillor, Mr A. M. Goodman, will preside and Mrs. Goodman will present the prizes ard certificates.
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  • POST BAG
    • 145 7 (To The Editor Pinang Gazette) Sir, The road from near the Post Office to near the Swettenham Pier is completely black these days. It is impossible to walk this area without receiving a. black nose or specks of dirt on your clothes. Gone are the
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  • 210 7 To Be He’d During Chinese New Year A Charity Fair in aid of the Hwa Uan Public School, Taiping, will he held during the Chinese New Year Holidays (Bth and 9th February, 1940). The* location of the Fair, which is being organised by a committee consisting ’of
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  • 120 7 Motor Accident In Perak Road A car and a Malay cyclist were in collision at Perak Road near th-e Sungei Pinang Bridge about 7.30 last night. The cyclist sustained slight injuries, and his machine was badly damaged. Tl.e car, driven by a Malay, was proceeding along Perak Road
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  • 215 7 Re-arrested in Malacca and escorted to Penang. Ang Chuan. Seng, a salesman and bill-collector for Chop Heng Guan cf Beach Street, who stood his trial before Mr. Lim Koon Teck, Third Magistrate, yesterday on a charge of criminal breach of trust
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  • 234 7 Body Found In Grounds With Blood-stained Razor 4 CANTONESE was found with his throat cut in a compound in Mesjid Road off Chulia Street about six o clock last evening. He was dead. The man, Yeow Ah Lek, aged 37, was employed m a
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  • 126 7 Further Hearing Of Case Against Indian That a telephone was installed in h’s house for legitimate business purpose; was a statement made by Shaik Isrr.-il bin Kadersah, an Indian Mohamedan, who stood his trial before Mr. A. W Bellamy in the Police Court yesterday afternoon on
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 137 7 -AiiWMS SUPREME NJk In the Sunday Despatch’ Bonnyßaby Com petition 1934, open to all comers w «r babies out of the final 12 were fed on COW c? WW GATE. Here are three including vii IV the first prize-winner! *l. H W||||||n Cculd there be a more w convincing proof
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  • 1384 8 Total Penang Contributions Now $99,522 The Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China as treasurers ox the Malaya Patriotic Fund acknowledged receipt ot the following Penang subscriptions: Amount previously acknowledged $98,453.22 Penang Ladies Hockey Club (being proceeds of Charity Hockey Match on Jan. 20) 301.10 December
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  • DAILY SHARE QUOTATIONS
    • 234 8 KENNEDY CO's SHARE LIST MINING Buyers Sellers Ampat 5/ 5/4} Austral Amal 6/3 6/9c Ayer W’eng 85 90 Batu Celangor 1.57} 1.60 Berjuntai 10/6 11/ Hitam 42 45 Hong Fatt 1.21 123 Jelebu 871 90 K. Kamunting 7/9 8/3?x K. Lanjut 22/ 22/6 Kamra 1/6 2/ Kinta Kellas 6/3 6/9
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    • 93 8 Penang, February 5. 1946 Courtesy of the Chartered bankt. On London Bank Demand 2/4 1/16 On London Bank 4 months 2/4 1/8 Private O. D. 2/1 5/16 Private 3 m/s Documentary 2/4 7/lo On Nev; York Demand 46 15/It Canadian 51 11/lt On Fiance Demand 2060 1/4 Lire
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    • 172 8 A.A. ANTHONY CO's QUOTATIONS TINS Buyers Sellers A. Amalgamated 6/3 6/9 Bangrin 22/6 ffl/ Batu Selangor 1.57 J 1.62 J Hitam Tin 42J 45 Hong Fatt 1.22$ 1.25 Jelapang 32/ 33/ Jelebu 87$ 92$ K. Kamunting 9/ 9/6 Kampong Lanjut 22/ 23/ Kamra Tin 1/6 1/9 z Killinghall 15/ 16/
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    • 301 8 SOON THEAM CO's QUOTATIONS tin Buyers Selleti Ampat 5/ 5/4$ A. Amalg. 6/3 6/9 A. Hitam 25/ 26/ Bgngnns 22/9 23/9 B. Selangors 1.57$ 1.62$ Hohg Fatts L2ls 1.24 Jelebul 88 92 Johans 32 34 Kamras 2/ 2/3 Kamuntings 12/3 13/c K. Lanjut* 22/ 22/9eKatus 24/ 25/ Kramats 11/6 12/
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    • 240 8 RUBBER Buyers Allenbys 1.30 Ayer Panas 1.3 Q Bassetts 50 Batu Lintangs 1.02 j Bentas 97} Borellis 1.42> Brogas 65 Indragins 1.30 Kempas 2.17-' Kuala Sidims 240 Lunas 167 Malaka Pindas 1.40 Menta;abs 41 Nyalas t 77 1 Pajams 1.85 Sungei TuJkangs 97 j Tapahs 1.82}
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    • 213 8 LEAN CO's QUOTATIONS MINING Buyers Sellers Ampats 5/ 5/4$ A. 6/ Berj mtais 10/3 11/ B. Selangors 1.50 100 Hitams 44 48 Hong Fatts 1.2 i 1.24 Jelebus 87} 92} Jelapangs 34/ 35' Johans 32/ 35 K. Kamuntings 9/ ?'’cd K. Lanjuts 22/3 23/ Kamras 1/10 2/1} Kramats 11 3
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  • 61 8 —Reuter Short Engagement East Of Blies Paris, February 5 A German reconnoitring patrol got the worst of it when they advanced towards the French lines east of the Blies and made contact with French advance posts. There was a brief engagement in which bombs and
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  • 828 9 Hitler Rebuffed By Red Dictator TTITLER has been very disappointed with the lengthy written reports which Himmler, the head of the Gestapo, has submitted on his visit to Mussolini in Rome (according to Madame Tabouis, well-known French commentator, in an article in the “Sunday Dispatch”).
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  • 217 9 German Call For Ruthlessness The German authorities have blown up and demolished the Kosciuszko monument in Liberty Square, Lodz, which they describe as the sole public Polish monument which hitherto disfigured a German town adding that Kosciuszko’s bronze statue cost 1,000,000 zlotys. Herr Uebelhor, the
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  • 725 9 Tin And Rubber Amon» Them Investigation of the problem of Germany’s supplies of raw materials has led Britain to the conclusion that the Reich must get along without at least 14 essential raw materials, including tin and rubber, as long as the British Naw
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  • 386 9 But It R On Paper A decree issued fry the Nazi Minister for Labour or. Dec 12 re-esta-blished —on paper Oie eight-hour working day. It was .nailed toy the ventriloquised press as a proof of the continuing solicitude of the Nazi Goernment for the welfare of
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    • 1297 9 ILli > rO-DAY SHORTWAVE STATIONS BROADCASTING News In English TRANSMISSION—FIVE. Mom 6.40 9.35 am. B. B. C. GSE 9.51 Mc/s (31.55 m.) GSC 9-oB Mc/s (3132 m.i (Local Time) GSE 11.36 Mc/s (2329 m.j Transmission 5 650 a m GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.) IKANSMISSION—SIX. 7 80 am PToxn lo.ot)
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    • 409 9 NIROM YDA 6.04 mc/s (49.6 mj Ydb 9.65 mc/s (31.20 m. t Pinu\ 10.26 mc/s (2J.2 ia.) YiJB ll.tG mc/s (2a.3 nil YDC 15.16 mc/s (19.30 m.) 6.20 a.m. Opening. News report. 628 GvmnasLcs. 6.40 Recoras. 6.a0 Time signal, dal Records--contd. 7.20 News repeated 7.27 Records—contd. 7.50 Close down. 10
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  • 41 10 v.—Reuter. New Delhi, February 5. Mr. Gandhi had his eagerly-awaited interview with the Viceroy this morning. The conversation Lasted two and half hours. An official statement will be issued today or tomorrow.—Reuter.
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  • 54 10 .—Reuter. Returned Unopposed For Ciity Of London London, January 5. Sir Andrew Dunean, recently anpotnted President of the Board of ’Trade, w.as returned unopposed as one of the two Members of Parliament for the City of London. Sir Andrew Dun<affi succeeds Sir Alan Anderson who jref i
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  • 466 10 SPRING OFFENSIVE EXPECTED Intensive Air Raids On Open Towns Helsinki, Feb. 5 All that remains of the great forest round Summa on the Karelian Isthmus where the Russian assault began last week is a desolate waste of charred tree stumps. Russian shells poured
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  • 106 10 Reuter. Shells Meant For Enemy Transport Shanghai, February 4. The U.S.S. “Luzon” with the American Ambassador, Mr. Nelson Johnson on board, returned to Shanghai this evening from Hankow. Regarding the allegation that the “Luzon” was endangered by a Chinese shore battery, Mr. Johnson declared
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  • 39 10 -Reuter Foodstuffs Allowed To Enter Concession Tients n, February 5. The acute food situation which followed the “Asama Maru” incident was relieved today when three truck-loads of foodstuffs were allowed to enter the British Concession —Reuter
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  • 346 10 “Military Necessity J’ Says Japan In Reply To Protest. Kunming, Feb. 5 A further severe air raid was staged by Japanese aeroplanes yesterday on the same bridge on the Haiphong-Kunming railway where a passenger train was hit on Thursday. Yesterday’s raid cut both the
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  • 82 10 —Reuter Export Tax To Be Imposed Alexandria, February 3. It is announced that a cotton export tax of 200 milliems per hundred kilos is being imposed from August 15. The Ministry of Finance dec 1 ares that in the event of the United States Government subsidising exports of
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  • 62 10 —Reuter Private Of Seaforths Found Shot Dead Shanghai, February 5. A private of the Seaforth Highlanders was found shot dead in his room in the barracks at the race course at 11 a.m. yesterday. His rifle lay beside him. The author ties are now conducting a
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  • 102 10 i. —Chinese Central News Forty Delegates From Malaya Chungking, Feb. The South Seas Chinese Goodwill Mission to China are completing preparations, according to information received from Singapore. It is understood that seventy to Righty members are joining the party, which will split into six groups to
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  • 82 10 Indiscipline Of Japanese Air Force Paris, February 3. D it* understood that no demarche will be made by the French author ties to Japan on the subject of yesterday’s bombing of the Haiphong-Yunnan Railway. The bombing is attributed to indiscipline of the local Japanese air forces.
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  • 125 10 Employers And Workers Reach Agreement Rugby, February 5. Trinidad oil-field emp’oyers and workers have arrived at a far-reaching agreement signed on February 2, fixing wages and declaring an industrial truce free from strike and lock-outs for the duration of the war. The workers get an increase of two
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  • 81 10 -Reuter. Organisation Under Experts Stockholm. February 3 It was announced that the Swedish Government are organising a Home Defence Corps to be supplementary to the army and troops. They are to be placed under experts. Fnch local organisation will be linked with rifle clubs in each
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  • 51 10 .—8.0. W. One Woman Killed And Four Men Injured Rugby, Feb. 5. One woman was killed and four men injured today as a result of a passenger train running into a landslide near Watford. The engine and four coaches were derailed, two of the latter being
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  • 136 10 —Reuter. Keeping Peace In South-East Europe Rome, Feb. 5 Political circles hailed the result of the Balkan Entente conference as a striking vindication of the arduous work put in by Italian diplomacy preparatory to the meeting. The Italian efforts, it is said, were aimed
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  • 76 10 -Chinese Central News. Message From The China Campaign Committee Chungking, Feb. 2 Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek have re<y ivod a message from the China Campaign Committee at London pledging to “support the appeal for positive measures to help China prevent the British recognition tn
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  • 431 10 MINOR CHINESE SUCCESSES 1)1 KING PAST WEEK REVIEWED Chungking, Feb. 2 Minor gains on the various war fronts by the Chinese troops in the past week were reviewed by a military spokesman at a press conference. .—Chinese Central News Upwards of four divisions and
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  • 200 10 MR. ARITA’S SPEECH AND THIRD-POWER RIGHTS Chungking, Feb 2 Mr. Arita’s speech has glaringly revealed the Japanese swallow China, dominate the Sou.n Seas and proclaim the w ’’J mony,” declares the Sao Tang commenting on the Japan-. Fo r <dg Minister’s speech to the D.et yester
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  • 1514 11 TROPHIES TO BE AWARDED THIS YEAR Players To Be Seeded For All Events A; ie Malayan Badminton Association Meeting held at Johore Bahru on Sunday it was decided to hold the Malayan Champ 'hips at Ipoh on March 22 to 25 and
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  • 69 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, February 5 The South Team for the annual hockey match against the North at Kuala Luuipup on February 17:— B. Mannuel (Negri Sembilan), FayLieut. Fortin (Singapore), Tam Chee Lim (Malacca); W. H. Jackson (Malacca), Sergeant Cfcpnin (Singapore), P.
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  • 143 11 Elizabeth Blackburn I (Exeter) 1 kNE of the most promising young table tennis players in the country, Elizabeth Blackburn, not yet sixteen years of I age, has been playing the gam»- I seriously only 13 months. Her progress has been amazing. Slightly built, shy and demure, this
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  • 283 11 Spring Tournament Draw The following is the draw for the Men’s Singles Handicap event. The first round is to be played off by February 17, 1940. —5 F. N. Syer bye. 3 J. R. McDougall vs Scr. J. M. Venters. 2 E. G. Bird vs 4-2 R. A.
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  • 47 11 O.F.A. vs P.R.C. On the Esplanade today at 5.30 p.m. sharp:— O.F.A. —Tye Tlioon Choy; Lim Cheng Hoe and A. Rahman; Chong Ah Har, Gan Thean Beng and Hayati Meah; Nur bin Hashim, Ng Beng Heng, Tye Choon Tuck, Lim Cheng Poh and Tan Luang Gark.
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  • 718 11  -  London. IV OT many years have produc e d so few British championship contests as the one now ending. The best boxing was provided by the lightweights. Big tournaments met wit h mixed financial success. The Ilarvey-McAvoy and Phillips-Doyle bill at White City drew the largest
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  • 109 11 With the .playing off of the soccer match between the Krian Dauntless XI and the Coronation Youngsters of Penang, on Friday, February 9, at Parit Euntar, the Krian Soccer season will be officially started. The Krian Dauntless XI are fielding almost the same' team as that which played
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  • 389 11 CREDITABLE DISPLAY AGAINST OFFICERS OF H.M.S. NAMELESS ONE of the fastest games in women’s hockey was witnessed on the Hutchings School ground yesterday when the Penang Ladies Hockey Club put up a most creditable display against an officer’s team of H.M.S. Nameless,
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  • 175 11 Only Three Teams Entered For Race Ipoh, Feb. 5 Only iiiret teams, the Perak WmgfootHarriers, the Selangor Harriers and the F.M.S. Police, have entered for the AllMalayan Inter-team Cross-country Race to be held at Ipoh on February 10. There are nine individual entries. The teams are as follows: Perak
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  • 312 12 LADY IDA FANCIED 48 A WINNER Nieuwsgierigfs Form Hard To Reverse i Singapore, Today. E’ TAST gallops were seen at Bukit Timah this morning, when horses from all the stables with the exception of Hobbs, Duval, Orchard and Silley were exercised. Turley’s horses were
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  • 52 12 Reuter. Major Industries Affected By Frost Snow London, Feb. 5 The number of unemployed on the registers on January 15 showed an increase <jf over 157,000 compared with December 11 last. Over 130,000 of the increase was accounted for by the major industries adaffected by frost
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  • 87 12 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 WIN: Penang $121.00 Business done 100 tons Singapore $l2l ,<X) RUBBER: Penang Spot 37 4c Singapore Spot 374 c COPRA: Sundried $4.16 buyers Black Pepper Nominal TAPIOCA: Medium $5.50 sellers Fair Seed $4.80 seller» WTf.: Indian Parboiled 133 lbs $6.20 New Crop Old Crop Rangoon
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  • 123 12 Fly Decides Winner Light Indian coolies «<io were waiting for a fly to settle on their coin were arrested by detectives and oh being produced before Mr. Lim Roon Teck, Third Magistrate, yesterday, pleaded guilty tb a charge of gaming on a piece of vacant land at
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  • 127 12 —Reuter When Revision May Be Made Brussels, Feb. 6. The speech last night by M. Cauwelaert, President of the Chamber and the leader of the Flemish Right Party in which he aligned himself with the Government on neutrality has aroused considerable interest among political circles. M. Cauwelaert
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  • 158 12 New York, Feb. 6. The decision to refrain as far as possible from sending any more sharp notes to Britain over the neutrality questions has been reached by the Administration, according to an Associated Press Washington Dispa ich. —Reuter. The dispatch says that
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  • 75 12 —Reuter. One Sentenced To Death 27 To Hard Labour Kaunas, February 5 A Koemgsberg dispatch says that thirty-two Germans, including eight municipal officials, were tried before the special court at Koenigsberg on charges involving the illegal granting and receiving of ration cards. One official was
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  • 49 12 New Maximum Price For Penang Singapore. The Food Controller announces that the retail maximum selling price of Java sugar has been reduced in the Colony by one cent a katti. The new maximum price will therefore be 84 cents a katti in Penang i
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  • 76 12 Reuter Military Party Held Up By Tribal Gang New Delhi, February 3. Two members of a mil tary party were ki’led and three wounded when their cars were held up by a tribal gang from across the border of British India. The hold-up occurred near Bannu. The
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  • 85 12 —Reuter. Credit Supplies Ample London, Feb. 3. On the money market, helped by some large dividend payments credit supp'ies were ample. With the Government funds now being augmented by the good inflow of revenue on’y £50,000 000 of the £55 OCO 000 Treasury Bills offered were allotted.
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  • 159 12 A baby believed to be a still-bo-n infant was discovered in the cess pool at Kampong] Java Baharu early yesterday morning. The infant reported to be of Chinese nationa'ity, is be”eved to have been placed in one of the conservancy tub, in one of the houses in
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  • 161 12 1.—8.0. W. Britain Not Falling Into Trap Rugby, Feb. 6. The silence of the Admiralty regarding the successes claimed by Germany in Saturday’s “tip-and-run” raids on British shipping causes no surprise in informed London circles where it is recognised that the German claims include the usual
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  • 691 12 Increased Rail Fixed For Relief Fund Chief Clerk LLEGATIONS that Penang was the head office for Northem Malaya of the Anti-Enemy Backing-Up Society and that the policy had been seditious since the outbreak of the present war were made by Mr. I.
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  • 129 12 I.—Reuter. More Taxes On People Unwise Zurich, Feb. 6. A Berlin telegram to the ''Neuedeutsche Zeitung” says that all the ne v taxation and war economy plans which were ventilated in Germany last month nave been shelved for the time being. it is considered psychologically unwise to
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  • 121 12 Full Programme For Conference The following programme has been drawn up in connection with the Conference of Eurasian Associations which is being held at the S.R.C. Reading Rcom in Singapore on Thursday and Friday next: Thursday, 10 a.m. —Opening of the Conference. Chairman’s address. Views of
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  • 33 12 tural Association. —Chinese Central News Chungking, Feb. 2. Sir Stafford Cripps, British Member of Parliament, was honoured at a tea reception by the local Sino-British CuJ tural Association. —Chinese Central
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    • 238 12 MUNICIPAL NOTICE The Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, hereby invite tenders for the undermentioned work:“OONSTRUCTION OF NEW DRAINS IN SEANG TEK ROAD AND SOUTH SIDE OF ANSON ROAD.” Full particulars and tender forms may be obtained from the Municipal Engineer. Tenders which should be endorsed as above will be
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